Flight Serjeant ALBERT EDGAR WARNE
Royal Air Force
39th Training Depot
Died 13 October 1918
Age 23 years old
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Awards Albert Medal
- Additional Info Son of Richard and Jane Warne, of 1, Sunny Dale, Bittaford, Ivybridge, Devon.
- Additional Citation note
An extract from "The London Gazette," dated 26th April, 1918, records the following:-"On the 26th January last, while flying in England, a pilot when attempting to land lost control of his machine, which crashed to the ground from a height of about 150 feet, and burst into flames. Flight Serjeants Warne and Cannon went to the rescue of the pilot at great personal risk, as one tank of petrol blew up and another was on fire; moreover, the machine was equipped with a belt of live cartridges, which they dragged out of the flames. They managed to extricate the pilot, who was strapped to the burning plane, but he died shortly afterwards from his injuries and burns."
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