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Blyth, Richard Reginald

Date of birth:
February 3rd, 1898 (Wapella/Saskatchewan, Canada)
Date of death:
May 1st, 1941 (Ottawa/Ontario, Canada)
Mentioned on:
Ottawa Cremation Memorial
Service number:
R/74270
Nationality:
Canadian

Biography

Sergeant Blyth was a flight instructor at No.6 Service Flying Training School, Dunville, Ontario. He died after a training accident.

During World War I, he served with the 50th Gordon Highlanders and later joined the Royal Flying Corps in 1918. He left in 1920 as an honorary Second Lieutenant, co-founding Bruno and Blythe to promote aeronautics and helping establish the Quiet Birdmen pilots' club.

He was married to Marie Blythe and was the son of George Percy Blythe and Margaret Louise Blythe. His ashes were scattered near St. Eugene, Ontario.

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