| LC control no. | no2011110779 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Kinkead, Samuel Marcus, 1897-1928 |
| Variant(s) | Kinkead, Kink, 1897-1928 |
| Birth date | 18970225 |
| Death date | 19280312 |
| Place of birth | Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Place of death | Calshot, England |
| Affiliation | Great Britain. Royal Naval Air Service Great Britain. Royal Air Force |
| Profession or occupation | fighter ace |
| Found in | Racing ace, 2011: title page ('Kink' Kinkead, DSO, DSC, DFC) page xv (Flight Lieutenant Samuel Marcus Kinkead; died March 12, 1928 in Calshot) page 3 (son of Samuel Kinkead and Helen Calder, who emigrated to South Africa in 1889) The Aerodrome: Aces and Aircraft of World War I, via WWW, July 19, 2011 (Samuel Marcus "Kink" Kinkead; born February 25, 1897 in Johannesburg, South Africa; joined the Royal Naval Air Service in September 1915; posted to the Dardanelles with 3 Naval Wing in 1916; in 1917, he saw action on the Somme and at Ypres while serving with 1 Naval Squadron; in April 1918, this unit became 201 Squadron of the newly formed Royal Air Force; after the war, he served with 47 Squadron in Russia, scoring several more victories and receiving the Distinguished Service Order; served with 30 Squadron in the Middle East in 1921; as a member of the RAF Schneider Trophy team, was killed in a crash on March 12, 1928 in Calshot, Hampshire, England as he attempted to break the world air speed record in a Supermarine S5; recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross (DSC), Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) Bar, Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC), Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) Bar, and the Distinguished Service Order (DSO)) Wikipeida, via WWW, July 19, 2011 (Samuel Marcus Kinkead; a South African fighter ace Captain with 33 victories during World War I; joined the Royal Naval Air Service in September, 1915; took pilot training at Eastbourne in South Africa and earned his wings by the end of 1915; he went on to serve in southern Russia and the Middle East postwar) |
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