Thomas Traill
Royal Air Force officer
Died when: 74 years 56 days (889 months)Star Sign: Leo
Air Vice Marshal Thomas Cathcart Traill, CB, OBE, DFC (6 August 1899 – 1 October 1973) was a senior Royal Air Force officer.He began his military career as a midshipman in the Royal Navy, transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in 1917 and rose to the rank of captain during the First World War, becoming a flying ace credited with eight aerial victories.
He remained in the newly formed Royal Air Force after the war; by the time he retired in 1954, he had risen to the rank of air vice marshal.
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