Bark, Robert Charles

Killed in Flying Accident 1918-03-27

Birth Date: unkown date

Born: York County, Ontario

Robert John Bark & and Julia Elizabeth Austen

Home: Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment: Toronto, Ontario: enlisted in the RFC

Enlistment Date: 1917-01-15

Service

RFC

Unit

103 (OT) TS- Training Squadron (RFC)

Base

Salisbury England

Rank

Second-Lieutenant

Position

AM3

Service Numbers

70430, RFC

Home
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First Burial
Google MapCity Of London Cemetery, London, Essex, Uk
1918-03-27: Bark died in DH-9, C6107 when he stalled while trying to turn back to the aerodrome after engine failure at 200ft after take off, for France. He crashed and caught fire and died from burns received in the crash on 1918-03-28 at Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth, England. His air-gunner Capt. Leslie Norman Witley (British) also died in the crash.

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DH.9 C6107

Second-Lieutenant Bark, Robert Charles (RFC)
pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1918-March-27
City Of London Cemetery and Crematorium, Essex, UK

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The Airco DH.9 (from de Havilland 9) also known after 1920 as the de Havilland DH.9 was a British single-engined biplane bomber developed and deployed during the First World War.

The DH.9 was a development of Airco's earlier successful DH.4, with which it shared many components. These were mated to an all-new fuselage and the BHP/Galloway Adriatic engine, which promised increased performance. Anticipating its usefulness, the type was ordered in very large numbers for Britain's Royal Flying Corps (RFC).

Upon entering service, the DH.9's performance was found to be unsatisfactory. The Adriatic engine was unreliable and failed to provide the expected power, which gave the DH.9 poorer performance than the aircraft it had been meant to replace. The performance deficit was blamed for the heavy losses they suffered over the Western Front. The redesigned DH.9A was fitted with a more powerful and reliable American Liberty L-12 engine which rectified the shortcomings of the original DH.9 model.Wikipedia

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