| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  England |
| Born | 1910 Kent |
| Died | 26 February 1931 (aged 20–21) Switzerland |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Bobsleigh |
Medal record | |
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.
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]
Newcombe passed through RAF Cranwell on 26 July 1930 from the same class as Douglas Bader. [4]
Marshal of the Royal Air Force William Sholto Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Kirtleside, was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force. After serving as a pilot, then a flight commander and finally as a squadron commander during the First World War, he served as a flying instructor during the inter-war years before becoming Director of Staff Duties and then Assistant Chief of the Air Staff at the Air Ministry.
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Geoffrey Phelps Longfield was an English first-class cricketer and Royal Air Force officer. Enlisting in the Royal Air Force in 1929, he played first-class cricket for the Royal Air Force cricket team in the early 1930s, before later serving in the Second World War with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, during which he was killed on a mission while commanding 105 Squadron.
