John Alcock
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 105 years ago |
Date of birth | November 5,1892 |
Zodiac sign | Scorpio |
Born | Greater Manchester |
United Kingdom | |
Date of died | December 19,1919 |
Died | Cottevrard |
France | |
Buried | Southern Cemetery, Manchester, United Kingdom |
Years of service | 1914–1919 |
Service/branches | Royal Navy |
Royal Air Force | |
Awards | Order of the British Empire |
Distinguished Service Cross | |
Britannia Trophy | |
Place of burial | Southern Cemetery, Manchester, United Kingdom |
Parents | Mary Whitelegg |
John Alcock | |
Nationality | British |
Books | Mons Perfectionis |
Mons Perfectionis, Otherwyse in Englysshe, the Hylle of Perfeccyon | |
Servicebranch | Royal Navy |
Royal Naval Air Service | |
Royal Air Force | |
Year of servic | 1914–1919 |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 715710 |
John Alcock Life story
Captain Sir John William Alcock KBE DSC was a British Royal Navy and later Royal Air Force officer who, with navigator Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown, piloted the first non-stop transatlantic flight from St. John's, Newfoundland to Clifden, Ireland in June 1919.