Thread: Cobber Cain
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Old 26 December 1999, 08:26 PM   #2 (permalink)
Tom Cervo
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Edgar "Cobber" Kain was a New Zealander serving in the RAF, in 73 Sqn, in France 1939-1940. He was the first notable Ace of the RAF in the war, but died in an accident June 1940.
73 had a "split-arse" reputation--its wing-mate, 1 Sqn., was a little more regular and by-the-book.