Barwick, Richard Laurence Cotter

Killed in Flying Accident 1918-07-05

Birth Date: unkown date

Born: Barrie, Ontario

Richard Lee & Margaret L. Barwick

Home: Barrie, Ontario.

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RAF

Unit

93 (F) TS- Training Squadron (RFC)

Base

RAF Tangmere

Rank

Second-Lieutenant

Position

Second-Lieutenant

Service Numbers

Home
Google MapBarrie, Ontario.
First Burial
Google MapPortfield Cemetery, Chichester, Sussex, England
Newspaper reports him as Flight-Lieutenant.Stalled and crashed after take-off from Tangmere. *SL*1918-07-05: Barwick tried a low climbing turn, but stalled because his flying speed was too low, and spun to the ground near Tangmere. He died in the crash.

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

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Second-Lieutenant Barwick, Richard Laurence Cotter (RAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1918-July-05
Portfield Cemetery, Chichester, Sussex, UK

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