The grave of Second Lieutenant Samuel Franklin Leslie Cody 41st Squadron, RFC in Perth (China Wall) War Cemetery, Belgium
Second Lieutenant Samuel Franklin Leslie Cody 41st Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and General List P17479, killed in action 23 January 1917 aged 21 and buried in Perth CWGC Cemetery, near Ypres, Belgium, was the son of the Col. Sam Cody, the first person to fly an aeroplane in England. Lieut. Frank Cody’s death while flying is the first case, so far as I know, of father and son both dying in this way. He was the youngest son of the late Col Cody, one of the most persistent pioneers of flying in this country, who finally met with a fatal flying accident in the air in 1913. Lieut. Frank Cody, who was only 21, fought five German machines on the western front , and was brought down. His fate remained in doubt until, in response to a note of inquiry dropped over enemy lines, a reply came in the same way that he had been killed in action. Samuel was issued with a Pilot’s licence (1797) by the Royal Aero Club on 28 September 1915. The index card records that he was born 7 September 1895 in Basle Switzerland, and that his certificate was taken on a Maurice Farman Biplane at the British Flying School, Le Crotoy, France.
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Location: Perth (China Wall) Cemetery, Ieper, Belgium
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