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MARTIN
1. Name
2. Date Commissioned
3. Date Retired
4. Rank
5. Awarded Wings
6. Flying Schools
7. Aircraft Types Flown
8. Squadrons
9. Aircraft Carriers
10. Senior Appointments
11. Decorations
John Seymour MARTIN
1 September 1923
30 December 1929 (Medically unfit)
Died 22 June 1954
Lieutenant RM
May 1928
R.A.F. Netheravon 15 November 1927 to 26 August 1928
Fighters - Flycatcher etc
405 Flight, Furious 27 August 1928 - 7 January 1929
403 Flight, Hermes 8 January 1929 - 21 June 1929
Furious
Hermes
None
None
12. General
13. RAF Rank
J.S. Martin transferred to the F.A.A.in 1927 and served in Fighter Flights in Furious and Hermes.
His record shows that on 8 MAy 1929 he was granted a hurt certificate for a fracture dislocation of the left elbow caused by slipping on the wet steel deck whilst Officer of the Watch on board H.M.S. Hermes. Then followed four months sick at RA.F. Uxbridge before he was retired as medically unfit. His flying record is endorsed "permanently unfit for Combatant Flying Duties" 25 October 1929.
So as a result of an unfortunate slip on a wet steel deck whilst on duty as Officer of the Watch, Martin's complete Service career was bought to a halt.
He died on 22 June 1954 at the early age of 49.
Flying Officer 15 November 1927 to 25 October 1929
Flying Marines
A History of Royal Marines Aviation
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