Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Edgar_Kain> ?p ?o }
- Edgar_Kain abstract "Edgar James Kain DFC (27 June 1918—7 June 1940) was a New Zealand fighter pilot who flew in the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War. Born in New Zealand in 1918 Kain initially intended to begin a career as a school teacher. He developed an interest in aviation and soon learned to fly. In 1936 he travelled to the United Kingdom and was accepted into the RAF. He completed his flight training in November 1937 and joined No. 73 Squadron RAF and flew the Gloster Gladiator and then Hawker Hurricane. On the outbreak of war in Europe on 3 September 1939 he was sent with his Squadron to France, part of the RAF's RAF Advanced Air Striking Force (AASF).Kain began flying operational sorties during the Phoney War period. He gained No. 73 Squadron's, and his, first victory in November 1939. A second followed days later. In March he had claimed his fifth victory and became a fighter ace—a pilot credited with five or more enemy aircraft destroyed in aerial combat—and the first recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross in the Second World War. During the course of these rare encounters, his fighter was damaged on more than one occasion and he was wounded in action. The Phoney War ended on 10 May 1940 when the Battle of France and the Low Countries began. Within 17 days of the beginning of the campaign, he had claimed a further 12 aerial victories. His success so early in the war meant he was to become a household name in Britain.Deemed to be physically exhausted Kain was ordered to return home on 7 June 1940, with the Allied effort in France now on the brink of collapse. Having bid farewell to his Squadron he intended to pilot a Miles Magister to England across the English Channel. In a gesture to his comrades he took off in a Hurricane to perform a series of low-level aerobatics over the airfield. Kain crashed at high speed and was killed instantly. At the time of his death he held the rank of flying officer and was credited with 17 aerial victories against the German Luftwaffe.".
- Edgar_Kain alias "Edgar James Kain".
- Edgar_Kain award Distinguished_Flying_Cross_(United_Kingdom).
- Edgar_Kain battle Battle_of_France.
- Edgar_Kain battle World_War_II.
- Edgar_Kain birthDate "1918-06-27".
- Edgar_Kain birthPlace Hastings,_New_Zealand.
- Edgar_Kain birthYear "1918".
- Edgar_Kain deathDate "1940-06-07".
- Edgar_Kain deathPlace France.
- Edgar_Kain deathYear "1940".
- Edgar_Kain militaryUnit No._73_Squadron_RAF.
- Edgar_Kain serviceEndYear "1936".
- Edgar_Kain serviceNumber "39534".
- Edgar_Kain serviceStartYear "1936".
- Edgar_Kain thumbnail Cobber_Kain.jpg?width=300.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageExternalLink photos.htm.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageExternalLink choloy399.jpg.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageExternalLink otherm7-17.html.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageExternalLink metz547.jpg.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageExternalLink en.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageID "2904696".
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageLength "13532".
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageOutDegree "86".
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageRevisionID "675028564".
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink Advanced_Air_Striking_Force.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink Aerial_combat.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink Aerial_warfare.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink Australia.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink Aviation.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_France.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink Biplane.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink Category:1918_births.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink Category:1940_deaths.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink Category:Aviators_killed_in_aviation_accidents_or_incidents_in_France.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink Category:New_Zealand_World_War_II_flying_aces.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink Category:New_Zealand_World_War_II_pilots.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink Category:New_Zealand_military_personnel_killed_in_World_War_II.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink Category:New_Zealand_military_personnel_of_World_War_II.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink Category:People_educated_at_Christs_College,_Canterbury.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink Category:Recipients_of_the_Distinguished_Flying_Cross_(United_Kingdom).
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink Category:Royal_Air_Force_officers.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink Category:Royal_New_Zealand_Air_Force_personnel.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink Christs_College,_Canterbury.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink Christs_College,_Christchurch.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink Conflans.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink Cricket.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink Distinguished_Flying_Cross_(United_Kingdom).
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink Dornier_Do_17.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink Dunkirk.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink Empire_Air_Day.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink England.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink English_Channel.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink Fighter_pilot.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink Flying_ace.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink Flying_officer.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink France.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink George_William_von_Zedlitz.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink Gloster_Gladiator.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink Hastings,_New_Zealand.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink Hawker_Hurricane.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink Henschel_Hs_126.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink Imperial_War_Museum.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink JG_53.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink Jagdgeschwader_53.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink KG_3.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink Kampfgeschwader_3.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink London.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink Low_Countries.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink Lubey.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink Luftwaffe.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink Matraville.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink Matraville,_New_South_Wales.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink Mentioned_in_dispatches.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink Messerschmitt_Bf_109.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink Messerschmitt_Bf_110.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink Metz.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink Miles_Magister.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink Monoplane.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink New_Zealand.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink No._73_Squadron_RAF.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink Phoney_War.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink Phoney_war.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink Pilot_officer.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink RAF_Advanced_Air_Striking_Force.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink RAF_Digby.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink RAF_Sealand.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink RAF_Ternhill.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink Royal_Air_Force.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink Rugby_football.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink Second_World_War.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink Sydney.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink United_Kingdom.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink Wellesley_College_(New_Zealand).
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink Wellington.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink World_War_II.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink Wounded_in_action.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLink Échemines.
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLinkText ""Cobber" Kain".
- Edgar_Kain wikiPageWikiLinkText "Edgar Kain".