Biographical Data
Greene, John Edmund If you have images associated with this Person, please contact us at admin@nauticapedia.ca

 

Title	Flight Sub-Lieutenant (RNAS)
Official Number	(nk)

 

Birth	02/07/1894	Death	14/10/1918
Place	Winnipeg	Place	Koksijde (Killed in action)
Area	MB	Area
Country	Canada	Country	Belgium (Killed in action)

 

Titles
Honours	DFC.
Awards
Qualifications

 

Biography

 

Military Service
He was appointed as a Probationary Flight Sub-Lieutenant (Temp.) RNAS (With seniority dated 1916). He was appointed as a Flight Sub-Lieutenant (Temp.) RNAS 1917. He served in #13 (Naval) Squadron 1917. (Transferred to RAF 1918). He served in #213 RAF Squadron 1918. He was killed in action in Belgium on 14/10/1918.

 

Vessels Owned
Aircraft Flown	Service Aircraft Flown: Sopwith Camel.
Named Features

 

Anecdotes
(He had 15 victories in World War One including 6 destroyed.) Toward the end of 1917, he was posted to 13 Naval Squadron as a Sopwith Camel pilot. He was shot down by a German naval ace over the Belgian lines. He was buried at the crash site - Coxyde Military Cemetery, Koksijde, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

 

References
Hiorth, D. (1995); Grant, Scottie & Bob Murray (nd); Blatherwick, John (1992); MacFarlane, John and Robbie Hughes (1997);
Last update
2011-02-15 00:00:00

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