“COBBER” KAIN.
VERY SIMPLE FUNERAL. BURIED IN TEMPORARY GRAVE. (Received This Day, 11 a.m). LONDON, June 13. The British United Press correspondent with the Royal Air Force in France says: “The war’s most famous air ace, “Cobber” Kain, hero of 100 ah' battles, 1i.0,s beneath 'a (simple wooden cross beside the airfield from which, he began many brilliant exploits. The cross and the grave are only temporary. The body of the young hero, whose death the whole Royal Air Force mourns, will be moved to a. war cemetery after the Avar.” Kain’s funeral Avas very simple. Only a feAV comrades were present, the others being aloft battling, with the enemy.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 211, 14 June 1940, Page 5
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