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| Date: | Saturday 9 June 1917 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2d |
| Owner/operator: | 20 Sqn RFC |
| Registration: | A6430 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Warneton, Nord Department, Hauts-de-France -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Ste. Marie-Cappel, France |
On 9 June 1917, two days after scoring their final victory together, Cubbon and Thayre attacked an Albatros two-seater and sent it down in a smoking nose dive. Captain Frederick James Harry Thayre M.C., M.I.D., Captain Francis Richard Cubbon M.C. & Bar, were in their F.E.2d aircraft, A6430, when it received a direct hit from anti-aircraft fire from K Flak Battery 60 near Warneton, Nord Department, Hauts-de-France (at approximate Coordinates: 50°44′52″N 2°57′12″E) and both men were killed. A German message drop confirmed their deaths to the British authorities, but their graves remain undiscovered.
Sources:
1. Aeroplane Monthly, July 2011
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Thayre#Killed_in_action
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/777141/thayre,-frederic-james-harry/
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Cubbon#Killed_in_action
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/746329/cubbon,-francis-richard/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Feb-2012 07:00 | harro | Added |
| 08-Feb-2012 07:01 | harro | Updated [Country, Source, ] |
| 08-Feb-2019 01:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Feb-2019 12:55 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, ] |
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