Empire Gallantry Medal, George Cross, Group Captain
Salv
(2012-04-30
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ISBN-13:
978-613-8-72491-9
ISBN-10:
6138724917
EAN:
9786138724919
Book language:
English
Blurb/Shorttext:
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Group Captain William Neil McKechnie (1907-1944) was a pilot in the Royal Air Force who was awarded The George Cross in 1929 and was killed in action over Germany in 1944.W.N. McKechnie was born on 27 August 1907 the son of Lt. Col. William Ernest McKechnie, I.M.S. and Marion A. McKechnie. He attended The Perse School in Cambridge.He later married Mary Roma McKechnie of Musselburgh, Midlothian.McKechnie earned the Empire Gallantry Medal for an act of bravery in saving Flight Cadet C. J. Giles after an aeroplane crash on 20 June 1929 whilst still a Flight Cadet aged 22.