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| Name: | Samuel Marcus "Kink" Kinkead | Country: | South Africa | Rank: | Captain | Service: | Royal Naval Air Service Royal Air Force | Squadrons: | 3W, 1N (RNAS) 201 (RAF) | Victories: | 33 | Born: | Johannesburg | Place of Birth: | 25 February 1897 | Died: | 12 March 1928 |  | Place of Death: | Calshot, Hampshire, England |
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| | Joining the Royal Naval Air Service in September 1915, Kinkead was posted to the Dardanelles with 3 Naval Wing in 1916. Here he scored his first three victories flying Nieuport and Bristol Scouts. 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. Flying the Sopwith Camel, Kinkead shot down 24 enemy aircraft and ended the war as 201 Squadron's highest scoring ace. After the war, he served with 47 Squadron in Russia, shooting down several more aircraft and receiving the Distinguished Service Order. In 1921, as a flight commander under Raymond Collishaw, Kinkead saw action with 30 Squadron in the Middle East. A member of the RAF Schneider Trophy team, Kinkead was killed in a crash as he attempted to break the world air speed record in a Supermarine S5. |
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