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James McCudden ©NAM (1981-03-28-131) Major James McCudden, born 28 March 1895 in Gillingham, came from a middle-class family with a rich military background. His father, William McCudden, was a Royal Engineer, while his two brothers were also airmen in the RFC. In 1910, aged 15, McCudden joined the Royal Engineers as a bugler.
7 feb 2010 · By the beginning of April 1918, 22 year old James McCudden was the most decorated pilot in the Royal Air Force. Sadly, he was killed three months later when his aircraft stalled after take off and crashed to the ground. McCudden's younger brother, John McCudden, also served in the Royal Flying Corps and became an ace before his death in 1918.
MAJOR J. B. McCUDDEN, joined the Royal Flying Corps in 1913. As a pilot he specialized in making surprise attacks on enemy aircraft and fourteen of the aeroplanes he shot down were accounted for in four flying days. On one occasion he was shot down himself but was uninjured. He was killed in an air accident in 1918 when returning to his ...
James Thomas Byford McCudden VC, DSO & Barra, MC & Barra, MM ( Gillingham, Medway, Kent, Anglaterra 28 de març de 1895 - Auxi-le-Château, França 9 de juliol de 1918) fou un aviador de combat i as de la Primera Guerra Mundial condecorat amb la Creu Victòria, la condecoració de més nivell pel valor mostrat davant l'enemic de l' Imperi ...
James McCudden was one of the most successful flying ‘aces’ of World War One, credited with being the seventh on the list of all fighter pilots in terms of the number of kills he made. James McCudden was born on 28th March 1895 into a military family and he chose to join the Royal Engineers in 1910. In 1913, he trained as a mechanic and ...
Major James McCudden Flying Fury: Five Years in the Royal Flying Corps. By Stephen Sherman, Aug. 2002.Updated April 11, 2012. M cCudden's memoirs, Flying Fury: Five Years in the Royal Flying Corps, written a few months before his death at age 23 in 1918, do not grab the reader's attention with thrilling tales of dogfights, bravery, and aerial combat.
James Thomas Byford McCudden, VC, DSO a Bar, MC a Bar, MM a Croix de Guerre, byl pohřben odpoledne 10. července 1918 na malém vojenském hřbitově ve Wavans, poblíž Auxi-I-Chateau. Piloti od 56., 60. a dalších perutí se zúčastnili obřadu, kde byl také přítomen generál. Salmond.
