McAdam, George Ruple Wallace
Died 1918-07-26
Birth Date: unkown date
Born: Washington, Pennsylvania, USA
Dunlap J. McAdam & and the late Rebecca Braden
Home: Washington, Pennsylvania, USA
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RAF
Unit
(OT) TS- Training Squadron (RAF)
Base
81 TDS Upavon England
Rank
Flight Cadet
Position
Flight Cadet
Service Numbers
136300, RFC
First Burial
All Saint's Churchyard, Warlingham, Surrey, England
1918-07-26: McAdam died on this date in England. He had enlisted in the RFC under the name 'George Ruple Wallace', i.e. without his actual surname. This has now been corrected in the record.He died in DH-6, B-3042; when it stalled at 200 feet, nose-dived into the ground and caught fire. His student pilot, Boy Percival Frederick Roberts (age 17) was also killed in the crash.
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