Frederick Thayre

Captain Frederick James Harry Thayre MC* (20 October 1894 – 9 June 1917) was a British two-seater flying ace in World War I who, in conjunction with his observer-gunners, was credited with twenty aerial victories.

1478 on 29 July 1915, after soloing a Maurice Farman biplane at the Military School at Brooklands,[3] and was commissioned as a second lieutenant (on probation) in the Royal Flying Corps the same day.

[4][5] On completion of his military flight training he was appointed a flying officer on 29 December 1915,[6] and was confirmed in his rank on 12 January 1916.

[2][8] On 30 April he received a mention in despatches for his "gallant and distinguished conduct in the field" from General Sir Douglas Haig, the Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C) of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in France.

At last, having exhausted their machine gun ammunition in that fight, Thayre and Cubbon used their automatic pistols as weapons of last resort.