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Re: Wg Cdr B E Smythies DFC
Born Dehra Dun, Northwest Frontier, India, 9 December 1886
Arrived 4 April 1923
Departed 30 September 1923
Decorations MiD (1918), DFC (1919)
Notes Commissioned in Royal Engineers, 1905; seconded to RFC, Jan 1915; permanent commission, Aug 1919; OC 41 Sqn, 4 April-30 September 1923; seriously injured in a flying accident at North Weald, but died of his injuries the same day, 17 June 1930; funeral with full military honours, North Weald, 21 June 1930
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