User:Greenshed/sandbox/List of Royal Air Force general and air officers who died during the First World War

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This is a list of Royal Air Force general and air officers who died during the First World War. This list includes all officers who are listed by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) as having died while serving during the First World War. During this period, Royal Air Force general officers (up to 1919) were those who held the ranks of brigadier-general, major-general or lieutenant-general while air officers (from 1919) were those holding the ranks of air commodore, air vice-marshal or air marshal.

During the hostilities of World War I, both Royal Air Force and Royal Flying Corps generals did not generally fly on operations.[1] While no Royal Air Force general officers died between the creation of the Royal Air Force, 1 April 1918, and the armistice of 11 November 1918, three general or air officers died between the armistice and 31 August 1921 which was defined by an act of British parliament as the formal end of the war. Two air officers were killed in flying accidents.

Deaths[edit]

Image Name Rank Command Date of death Place of death Cause of death Ref.
Sir David Henderson Lieutenant-General Director-General League of Red Cross Societies 17 August 1921 Geneva, Switzerland Natural causes [2][3]
Robert Marsland Groves Air Commodore Air Officer Commanding Egyptian Group 27 May 1920 Heliopolis, Egypt[4] Aircraft crash following engine failure [5]
Edward Maitland Air Commodore Air Officer Commanding RAF Airship Base 24 August 1921 Humber River, England Structural failure of the R38 airship [6]
  1. ^ Ash, Eric (2012). Sir Frederick Sykes and the Air Revolution 1912–1918. Routledge. p. 53. ISBN 9781136315237. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Lieutenant General Sir David Henderson : War Casualty Details 663608". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  3. ^ Smith (2008).
  4. ^ In memoriam Flight International, 10 June 1920
  5. ^ "Air Commodore Robert Marsland Groves". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  6. ^ "Air Commodore Edward Maitland Maitland". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
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