Edwin Benbow British Aviator
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| First Name |
Edwin
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| Last Name |
Benbow
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| Birthday |
10th December, 1895
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| Birthplace |
Abbotsbury, Dorset, England
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| Died |
30th May, 1918
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| Zodiac Sign |
Sagittarius
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| Nationality |
British
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| Occupation |
Aviator
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Captain Edwin Louis Benbow MC (10 December 1895 – 30 May 1918) was an English flying ace during the First World War, credited with eight victories, comprising six destroyed and one shared destroyed, and one 'out of control'. He was the only pilot to gain 'ace' status flying the Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.8 exclusively. His father Joseph was the Head Gardener for the Ilchester Estate in Abbotsbury, having been born on 6 March 1864 in Ombersley, Worcestershire. Joseph married German-born British subject Jane Caroline Brommer in 1886, in Nice, France, and their first child William was born in Cannes, in 1889. William died in Abbotsbury in 1918, and is buried in the churchyard there. Edwin was born in 1895 in Abbotsbury where his father is listed as 'Head Gardener (Not Domestic)' in the 1901 Census.
