Talk:Lanoe Hawker

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Contradiction

The article presently says that Hawker "was the third pilot to receive the Victoria Cross" but also that he was "the first aviator ever to earn Britain's top award for valour [The Victoria Cross]". So... was he the first or the third? Jacob1207 (talk) 02:08, 9 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

After Warneford and Rhodes-Moorhouse, Hawker was indeed the third RFC VC recipient. I have amended the tex accordingly. Thanks Harryurz (talk) 13:51, 9 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"British Boelcke"

Should this moniker be added to the article? Apparently, it's how the Red Baron referred to him. (ref: "Who Killed the Red Baron? Explore Competing Theories", PBS, NOVA, 2003 ) 76.66.193.119 (talk) 07:36, 28 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Richthofen Photograph

I'm removing the large photograph of Richthofen (it's larger, in fact, than the one of Lanoe Hawker at the top of the article). Those who are interested in Richthofen can see it in the Richthofen article that is linked. However, if I'd been shot in the back of the head by someone, the last thing I'd want to see in a Wikipedia article about me would be an enormous portrait of the culprit. JO 24 (talk) 10:11, 15 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Without leaping to reinstate the Richthofen picture - the fact is that Hawker had been doing his very best to put a bullet into a suitable portion of the Baron's anatomy for most of the preceding half hour or so - and given an aeroplane as good as Richthofen's he would quite likely have succeeded. Even as it was he gave him quite a good run. Brave young men do kill each other in wartime, alas. As it panned out, in fact, it is almost the most notable thing (among several others) about Hawker that he was shot down by Richthofen. Could we somehow enlarge the Hawker portrait and/or reduce the size of the Richthofen one, it that's the issue? --Soundofmusicals (talk) 22:28, 15 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The obvious solution to the problem identified by JO 24 is to reduce the image size, not delete it. Otherwise the reasoning seems a little odd. After all Richtofen's page has a photo of Roy Brown on it. Perhaps that should be deleted as well? Asteuartw (talk) 08:27, 16 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I put up an image of Richtofen's aircraft instead. Hopefully that will seem a little less personal. Asteuartw (talk) 11:20, 25 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

BRNC

The article says he left Dartmouth because his grades were disappointing, in an article by Chaz Bowyer it says he withdrew from training due to ill health. Rather than change it I have left a cite needed tag for the grades to see if any other references are available. MilborneOne (talk) 19:49, 11 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Arthur Bagot - cousin dispute.

Arthur Bagot's parents were: Christopher Michael Jr. (15 June 1852 – 8 October 1899) and Eleanor Mary Hawker (1855 – 11 January 1939). Eleanor's Mary's father was George Charles Hawker

Lanoe's parents were both surnamed 'Hawker'. Lanoe's paternal father was Lt. Henry Colley Hawker RN who was a son of George Charles Hawker. Therefore both Lanoe Hawker and Arthur Bagot shared a direct grandfather in George Charles Hawker making them first cousins. Eleanor Mary and Henry Colley were siblings.

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