Stacey, John Randolph

Killed in Flying Accident 1918-04-08

Birth Date: unkown date

Born: Caughnawaga, Quebec

John & Mary Stacey

Home: Caughnawaga, Quebec.

Enlistment: Cayuga, Ontario

Enlistment Date: 1916-05-10

Service

RAF

Unit

85 RS Hounslow England (F) Sqn- Squadron (RFC)

Base

Hounslow England

Rank

Lieutenant

Position

Lieutenant

Service Numbers

Home
Google MapCaughnawaga, Quebec.
First Burial
Google MapSt Leonard Churchyard, Heston, Middlesex, Uk
Stalled and crashed on take-off. *L.S.*1918-04-08: Stacey died in Sopwith Dolphin C-3845; when he made a low speed turn to the left, stalled, then over-corrected and nosedived into the ground on his first Dolphin solo flight, at Hounslow.

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Dolphin C3845

Lieutenant Stacey, John Randolph (RAF)
pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1918-April-08
St Leonard Cemetery, Heston, Middlesex, 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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