Jack Newcombe

Jack Newcombe

Personal information
Nationality	England
Born	1910 Kent
Died	26 February 1931(1931-02-26) (aged 20–21) Switzerland
Sport
Sport	Bobsleigh
Medal record FIBT World Championships 1931 four man

Jack Stewart Newcombe (1910-1931) was a British bobsledder who competed in the early 1930s. He won the bronze medal in the four-man event at the 1931 FIBT World Championships in St. Moritz.

Bobsleigh

Newcombe was the brakeman and a member of the British and Royal Air Force bobsleigh team along with Pilot Officer Dennis Field (steersman), Pilot Officer Ralph Wallace and Pilot Officer Paddy Coote. ^{[1] [2]}

After the World Championships Newcombe fell ill and died of Peritonitis on 26 Feb 1931. ^[3]

Royal Air Force

Newcombe passed through RAF Cranwell on 26 July 1930 from the same class as Douglas Bader. ^[4]

References

1. ""Bobsleighing." Times [London, England] 6 Feb. 1931". Times Digital Archive.
2. "Royal Air Force" (PDF). The Gazette.
3. ""Deaths." Times [London, England] 3 Mar. 1931". Times Digital Archive.
4. "Royal Air Force" (PDF). The Gazette.

[Category:20th-century Royal Air Force personnel]]