Robert Barbour

Group Captain Robert Lyle McKendrick Barbour, (31 August 1895 – 1980) was a Scottish airman and a flying ace of the First World War credited with six aerial victories.

Biography Barbour attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, as a Gentlemen Cadet, from where he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the King's Own Scottish Borderers on 27 October 1916. On 22 December 1917 he was seconded to the Royal Flying Corps, receiving promotion to lieutenant on 27 April 1918.

Barbour resigned his army commission on 1 August 1919 in order to accept a permanent commission in the Royal Air Force. and was awarded the Air Force Cross in June 1928. He received further promotions; to squadron leader on 1 October 1934, to wing commander on 31 December 1937, and to temporary group captain on 1 September 1940.