Dunbar, John David

Killed in Flying Accident 1918-07-25

Birth Date: unkown date

Born: Wawanesa, Manitoba

Alexander Dunbar & Hannah Dunbar

Home: North Portal, Saskatchewan

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RAF

Unit

1 (OT) FS- Fighting School (RAF)

Base

Turnberry, England

Rank

Second-Lieutenant

Position

Second-Lieutenant

Service Numbers

Home
Google MapNorth Portal, Saskatchewan
First Burial
Google MapDoune Cemetery, Girvan, Ayrshire Scotland
1918-07-25: Dunbar died in Sopwith Dolphin, E-4437; the wings folded up while diving at a raft firing target during aerial gunnery practice. He crashed in the sea, his body was not recovered.

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Dolphin E4437

Second-Lieutenant Dunbar, John David (RAF)
pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1918-July-25
Dunure Cemetery, Ayrshire County, UK

Sopwith Dolphin

Source Kestrel Publications
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The Sopwith 5F.1 Dolphin was a British fighter aircraft manufactured by the Sopwith Aviation Company. It was used by the Royal Flying Corps and its successor, the Royal Air Force, during the First World War. The Dolphin entered service on the Western Front in early 1918 and proved to be a formidable fighter. The aircraft was not retained in the postwar inventory and was retired shortly after the war.

No. 1 (Fighter) Squadron, which operated Dolphins along with S.E.5as, Sopwith Snipes, and captured Fokker D.VIIs, was disbanded on 28 January 1920. Although retired from Canadian Air Force service, a small number of Dolphins were sent back to Canada.Wikipedia

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