John Alcock
Military Person
1892 – 1919
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Who was John Alcock?
Captain Sir John William Alcock KBE DSC was a Captain in the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force who, together with navigator Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown, piloted the first non-stop transatlantic flight from St. John's, Newfoundland to Clifden, Connemara, Ireland. He was killed in a flying accident in France in 1919.
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- Born
- Nov 5, 1892
Greater Manchester - Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Died
- Dec 18, 1919
Rouen
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on July 23, 2013
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