John Alcock (RAF officer)

This article is about the aviator. For other people of the same name, see John Alcock (disambiguation).
John Alcock
William Alcock
Born(1892-11-05)5 November 1892
Seymour Grove, Stretford, England,
Died19 December 1919(1919-12-19) (aged 27)
Cottévrard, near Rouen, Normandy, France
Buried
Southern Cemetery, Manchester
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchRoyal Navy (Royal Naval Air Service), Royal Air Force
Years of service1914–1919
RankCaptain
AwardsOrder of the British Empire
Distinguished Service Cross
Britannia Trophy (posthumous)

Captain Sir John William Alcock KBE DSC (5 November 1892 – 19 December 1919)[1] was a British Royal Navy and later Royal Air Force officer who, with navigator Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown, piloted the first non-stop transatlantic flight from St. John's, Newfoundland to Clifden, Ireland in June 1919. He died in a flying accident in France in December later that same year.

  1. ^ United Press, "Trans-Atlantic Aviator And Hero Alcock Is Dead," Riverside Daily Press, Riverside, California, Friday 19 December 1919, Volume XXXIV, Number 301, page 1.