Biographical Data
Oliver, William Smith If you have images associated with this Person, please contact us at admin@nauticapedia.ca

 

Title	Flight Sub-Lieutenant (RNAS)
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Birth	27/07/1891	Death	24/03/1917
Place	Toronto	Place	Dover (Died on active service)
Area	ON	Area	Kent
Country	Canada	Country	UK (Died on active service)

 

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Biography

 

Military Service
He was appointed as a Probationary Flight Sub-Lieutenant (Temp.) RNAS. He was appointed as a Flight Sub-Lieutenant RNAS. He served in RNAS Dunkirk in 10 (RNAS) Squadron.

 

Vessels Owned
Aircraft Flown	Service Aircraft Flown: Sopwith Triplane
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Anecdotes
Crossing the Channel from 10 Naval Squadron in Dunkirk, he was in Dover to pick up a new Sopwith Triplane. While conducting a test flight dive, the aircraft broke up in the air.

 

References
Last update
2023-10-10 13:39:01

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