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Billings, David Kitto (2nd-Lieutenant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1917-September-14

Male Head

Canada

Birth Date: unkown date (age 23)

Born: Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England

Rev. Percy Billings & Lilla Adelaide Kitto

unmarried

Home: Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment: Toronto, Ontario: enlisted in the RFC

Enlistment Date: 1917-04-01

Service
RFC

Unit
71 (F) HD- Home Defence (RFC)

Rank

Position
pilot-trainee

Service Numbers
70208, RFC

1917-09-14: Billings was attached to the Australian Flying Corps at the time of his death. He had completed his pilot training and was to go on for advanced training when he took a final flight. He fell out of his aircraft at a height of 1,500 - 2,000- feet when the pin on one side securing his safety belt broke after a loop, allowing it to open. His body was found a mile from where his plane crashed.

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