Desmond Arthur Irish Aviator
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| First Name |
Desmond
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| Last Name |
Arthur
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| Birthday |
31st March, 1884
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| Birthplace |
O'Brien's Bridge, County Clare, Ireland
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| Died |
27th May, 1913
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| Place of Death |
Lunan Bay near Montrose, Angus, Scotland
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| Zodiac Sign |
Aries
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| Nationality |
Irish
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| Occupation |
Aviator
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Lieutenant Desmond Arthur (1884–1913) was an Irish aviator in No. 2 Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps. Following his death in Scotland's first fatal aircraft accident; a government inquiry was launched to investigate the circumstances surrounding the crash. The first inquiry found him responsible, but a later investigation exonerated Arthur. His name is most famously connected to sightings of a ghost believed to haunt the airfield at RAF Montrose in Montrose, Angus, Scotland. It is considered one of the most well-known ghost stories of the First World War. Desmond Arthur was the first Irishman to be killed in an aircraft accident.
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