Lt Shri Krishna Welinkar, 23 Sqn. From Bombay aged 23. shot down 27 June 1918 in Dolphin D3691 by Fritz Rumey and DoW 30 June 1918 Buried Hargard, France. Fritz Rumey - The Aerodrome - Aces and Aircraft of World War I Name: WELINKAR, SHRI KRISHNA CHANDA Initials: S K C Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Lieutenant Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Unit Text: 23rd Sqdn. Age: 23 Date of Death: 30/06/1918 Additional information: Son of Mrs. Lakshmibai B. Welinkar, of Ridge Rd., Shri Krishna Niwas, Bombay, India. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: III. J. 1. Cemetery: HANGARD COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Lt. Shrikrishna Chanda Welingkar, was a brave man who sustained wounds in action on June 27, 1918 and died three days later on June 30, 1918. During his service, he was awarded the Military Cross. His death in action is commemorated at the Hangard Communal Cemetery Extension, at Somme, France. Welcome to the Abhijit Air Safety Foundation I just realised ... you know all about him !! ... sorry !!
Thanks Annie. Interingly the second gets both his surname spelt wrong ANF credits him with an MC that he never received!!
I'm very excited about seeing this. Mr Welingkar was my father-in-law's uncle! I was looking for some information and found this site realy useful. I have to admit that my knowledge on investigating his records is very limited. To find out how he died is sad but still of great interest. Does anyone know how to see his air force personnel papers (I don't know what you call these). Also how did he receive his Military cross. He apparently came over to the UK initially to study at Cambridge university hence why he was in England at that time. regards, Alan
I have not been able to track down his service records. However, the main site that is digitising all available WW1 records haven't finished yet, and are so haven't reached the letter W. However, there is no guarantee that they will be available because only 30 or so percent of all WW1 records survived the Blitz in 1940. British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920 - Ancestry.co.uk He never received the Military Cross. There is no evidence of it in either his CWGC entry nor in the London Gazette. The link in the post #2 is rather erroneous.
Royal Air Force AIR POWER REVIEW http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafcms/mediafiles/BC18F893_1143_EC82_2E16AC19F19FE2D2.pdf An excellent article on Indians and the RFC/RAF. The following is a section relevant to this thread
Thought this maybe of interest .... The Hindu Business Line : Flying high EDIT ...... I meant to say K ... that that is a very informative piece and actually gives good details on Errol Suvo Chunder Sen .... (you probably already have the book in my post ... but just in case anybody else wants it !! )