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Fallen Eagles: Airmen Who Survived the Great War Only to Die in Peacetime
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In his introduction, Norman Franks states that he came across a list of RAF officers who died between the end of the First World War and the end of 1928 while surfing the internet. Rationalising the lists, he identified ninety-three who had distinguished themselves in the war only to die in the peace ‘they had so valiantly fought for.’ The resul...
15 March 1918 : 2nd Lieut. Harold ‘Harry’ Curtis-Beals
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Harry Curtis-Beals was born in Arlington, Massachusetts, USA 29 February 1892. His parents were John and Margaret. Harry was educated in Boston. He enlisted in the A.S.C. (M.T) 15 April 1915 On 11 March 1917 he married May Katherine Francis (born 1893) at the Parish Church, Milton, Northampton. Gazetted 2nd Lieut. R.A.F. on 19 Jan 1918, he ser...