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FLYING OFFICER KAIN “MOST FAMOUS AIR ACE” (Reed. June 14, noon.) LONDON, June 12. The British'United Press correspondent with the Royal Air Force in France says that the war’s most famous air ace, Flying Officer “Cobber” Kain, the hero of 100 air battles, lies beneath a simple wooden cross beside the airfield from which he began many brilliant exploits. Both the cross and the grave are only temporary. The body .of the young hero whose death the whole Roval Air Force mourns will be moved to the war cemetery after the war. Flying Officer Kain’s funeral was very simple. Ofay a few of his comrades were present, the others being aloft battling with the enemy.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20273, 14 June 1940, Page 2
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117SIMPLE FUNERAL Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20273, 14 June 1940, Page 2
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