John Theobald Milne

Who was John Theobald Milne?

Captain John Theobald Milne MC was an English fighter pilot and flying ace in the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War. He was credited with nine aerial victories.

Milne was born in 1895 in Kensington, London, the son of John and Isabel Milne.

By 1917 he was a fighter pilot with 48 Squadron flying the Bristol Fighter, between 6 July 1917 and 28 September 1917 he shot down nine German aircraft. On 24 October 1917 Milne and his observer, Lt. J. Wright, were shot down near Merken by Fritz Kieckhafer of Jasta 29.

Milne is commemorated on the Arras Flying Services Memorial for airmen lost on the Western Front with no known grave.