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Rupert Atkinson (RAF officer)

Rupert Atkinson, English RAF officer (died 1919)

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Born
July 17, 1896
Died
March 7, 1919
Zodiac sign
Cancer
Birth year
1896

About Rupert Atkinson (RAF officer)

Captain Rupert Norman Gould Atkinson was a British World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories. On 2 November 1918 he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross: Captain Rupert Norman Gould Atkinson, MC. He was awarded a bar to his DFC on 30 May 1919, and the Croix de guerre from Belgium on 11 July 1919, both posthumously.

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Rupert Atkinson (RAF officer) timeline

  1. On 2 November 1918 he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross: Captain Rupert Norman Gould Atkinson, MC.
  2. He was awarded a bar to his DFC on 30 May 1919, and the Croix de guerre from Belgium on 11 July 1919, both posthumously.

The world when Rupert Atkinson (RAF officer) was born

Rupert Atkinson (RAF officer) was born in 1896. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst modern Olympic Games held in Athens
  • Top headlinePlessy v. Ferguson — "separate but equal" upheld
  • Technology milestoneGuglielmo Marconi patents wireless telegraph (radio)
  • World population~1.56B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderGrover Cleveland
  • U.S. population69.0M

1896 versus 2026

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Measure18962026
Population69.0M341 million

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