Squadron Leader Richard Michael Trevethan MC (24 January 1895 – 30 December 1971) was a British First World War flying ace credited with twelve aerial victories.
[6] On 22 September 1914, Trevethan was commissioned a temporary second lieutenant[7] and served in the 6th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment,[8] seeing active service in France and in the Gallipoli campaign in 1915.
[1][13] On 17 August 1917 Trevethan was awarded the Military Cross, which was presented to him in the field by General Sir Herbert Plumer, but not gazetted until 17 September.
[17] On 22 December 1919, he received a mention in despatches[18] while serving with the British "Syren Force" in Murmansk, northern Russia, during the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War.
Trevethan, in command of the advance party, travelled from RAF Bircham Newton in Norfolk, to Liverpool, where the squadron and its aircraft were loaded onto the steamships Eboe and Khartoum, and sailed for Constantinople, arriving on 11 October.
However, the crisis was eventually settled by negotiation, and the squadron returned to England in August 1923, proceeding to its new home at RAF Eastchurch.
[24] On 21 September 1926 he was posted to the headquarters of Iraq Command,[25] serving as Senior Meteorological Officer,[6] until returning to the RAF Depot at Uxbridge on 26 January 1929.
440 (Fleet Reconnaissance) Flight, flying Fairey IIIF biplanes, and alternating between RAF Kai Tak, Hong Kong, and the carrier HMS Hermes,[28][29] also receiving a promotion to squadron leader on 1 December 1932.