Whitham, John Harold (Lieutenant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1918-November-26

Lieutenant John Harold Whitham RAF

Birth Date: 1892-July-09

Born: Halifax, Yorkshire, England

Parents: John Edwin Whitham & Harriet Marsh Turney

Spouse: unmarried

Home: Halifax, Yorkshire, England

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAF

Unit

(RAF)

Base

1ASD

Rank

Lieutenant

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

1918-03-27:posted to 1ASD, Central Dispatch Pool Southgate. 1918-11-26: suffered engine failure on transfer flight and crashed his DH-4 due to ground mist, at Palmer's Green Middlesex, England while transferring Capt. Prince Antoine of Orleans (Canadian Dragoons) to England, who later died in hospital.