James McCudden
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 106 years ago |
Date of birth | March 28,1895 |
Zodiac sign | Aries |
Born | Gillingham |
United Kingdom | |
Date of died | July 9,1918 |
Died | Auxi-le-Chateau |
France | |
Battles and wars | First World War |
Western Front | |
Place of burial | Wavans British Cemetery, Beauvoir-Wavans, France |
Books | Flying fury |
Five Years in the Royal Flying Corps | |
Awards | Military Medal |
Croix de guerre 1914–1918 | |
Distinguished Service Order | |
Croix de Guerre | |
Victoria Cross | |
Nicknam | "Mac" |
Siblings | John McCudden |
Servicebranch | British Army |
Royal Air Force | |
Battleswar | First World War |
Western Front | |
Year of servic | 1910–18 |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 755538 |
James McCudden Life story
James Thomas Byford McCudden, VC, DSO & Bar, MC & Bar, MM was a British flying ace of the First World War and among the most highly decorated airmen in British military history. Born in 1895 to a middle class family with military traditions, McCudden joined the Royal Engineers in 1910.