Captain Robert Alexander Birkbeck DFC (8 October 1898 – 9 January 1938), was a British World War I flying ace credited with 10 aerial victories.
His final tally was three enemy airplanes destroyed, and seven driven down out of control; one of the out of control victories was shared with Captain William Victor Trevor Rooper and two other pilots.
[2] On 3 November 1917 he was appointed a flight commander with the temporary rank of captain.
[7] Birkbeck was transferred to the unemployed list on 23 May 1919,[8] but was granted a short service commission on 8 June 1920, when he was promoted from flying officer to flight lieutenant,[9] later amended to date from 12 May 1920.
[10] Birkbeck later became shipbroker, and resided at Stack House, Oxted, until his death on 9 January 1938.