Jack Newcombe
Jack Stewart Newcombe 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.
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Born | 1910 Kent |
Died | 26 February 1931 20–21) Switzerland | (aged
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Sport | Bobsleigh |
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]
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References
- ""Bobsleighing." Times [London, England] 6 Feb. 1931". Times Digital Archive.
- "Royal Air Force" (PDF). The Gazette.
- ""Deaths." Times [London, England] 3 Mar. 1931". Times Digital Archive.
- "Royal Air Force" (PDF). The Gazette.
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