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Name: DAVIS, Sidney Alexander
Photo Source: East African Aviation, vol 1, no 1, March 1931
Nee: 3rd son of Alexander Davis
Birth Date: 24 July 1910 Nairobi
Death Date: 17 Feb 1931 Singapore, killed in an air accident
First Date: 1910
Last Date: 1931
Profession: RAF - said to be the first Kenya-born boy to be commissioned in the RAF. Served with the RAF from 1928-31
Book Reference: Gillett; East African Aviation, vol 1, no 1, March 1931
War Service: RAF from 1928-31
School: Nairobi European School
General Information:
UK Foreign and Overseas Registers for birth
East African Aviation, vol 1, no 1, March 1931 When he died he was with a Torpedo Bombing Squadron. In June 1928 he was granted a commission as Pilot Officer and was promoted to the rank of Flying officer in autumn 1930. He left Kenya with his father in 1928 and stayed in England when his father returned to Africa.