FALL KILLS WINNER OF 54 AIR BATTLES
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Maj. McCudden, Leading British Flier, Had Many Honors
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(Special Cable to The Washington Post and Philadelphia Public Ledger)
(Copyright 1918 by the Public Ledger Co)
London July 19—Maj.
James Byford McCudden was accidentally killed in France Monday. He shared with Maj. Bishop the honors of being the most distinguished British flying men.
Maj. McCudden had won the Victoria Cross, the distinguished service order, the military cross and the military medal. Up to April last he had accounted for fifty-four enemy machines, whereof forty-two were definitely destroyed, nineteen within the British lines. He fell near his own aerodrome in France.
The Washington Post (Washington D.C.) - Thursday, July 11, 1918
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