Andrew Cowper, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Australian flying ace, Air Force officer and horticulturalist.
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Place of Birth: Bingara, New South Wales, Australia
About Andrew Cowper
- Andrew King Cowper, (16 November 1898 – 25 June 1980) was an Australian fighter pilot and flying ace of the First World War.
- Born in Bingara, New South Wales, he was educated in the United Kingdom at Eastbourne College.
- Joining the Royal Flying Corps in May 1917, he was posted to No.
- 24 Squadron RFC in France and was credited with shooting down nineteen German aircraft between November 1917 and March 1918.
- Cowper was awarded the Military Cross and two Bars during the war for his efforts in destroying German aircraft, in addition to carrying out ground-attacks.
- He was posted to the Home Establishment in April 1918, serving out the remainder of the war in the United Kingdom; he was discharged in 1920.
- Returning to Australia, he established his own horticultural business.
- He served in the Royal Australian Air Force in the Second World War, and died on 25 June 1980 aged eighty-one.
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