Robert Barbour (RAF officer)

Robert Lyle McKendrick Barbour
Born(1895-08-31)31 August 1895
Scotland
Died1980 (aged 84–85)
Devon, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchBritish Army
Royal Air Force
RankGroup Captain
UnitKing's Own Scottish Borderers
Royal Flying Corps
No. 205 Squadron RAF
AwardsDistinguished Flying Cross
Air Force Cross

Group Captain Robert Lyle McKendrick Barbour, DFC, AFC (31 August 1895 – 1980) was a Scottish airman and a flying ace of the First World War credited with six aerial victories.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Robert Lyle McKendrick Barbour". theaerodrome.com. 2014. Archived from the original on 21 August 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  2. ^ Franks, Norman; Guest, Russell F.; Alegi, Gregory (1997). Above the War Fronts: The British Two-seater Bomber Pilot and Observer Aces, the British Two-seater Fighter Observer Aces, and the Belgian, Italian, Austro-Hungarian and Russian Fighter Aces, 1914–1918. London, UK: Grub Street. ISBN 978-1-898697-56-5.