Harry King Goode
| Harry King Goode | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Harry King |
| Born |
22 October 1892 Handsworth, England |
| Died | 21 August 1942 (aged 49) Carnlough, Northern Ireland |
| Buried at | Tamlaght Finlagan Churchyard, Ballykelly, County Londonderry (55°02′44.4″N 7°00′42.1″W / 55.045667°N 7.011694°W) |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/branch | British Army Royal Air Force |
| Years of service | 1914–1941 |
| Rank | Group Captain |
| Unit |
Royal Engineers No. 66 Squadron RAF No. 45 Squadron RAF No. 502 Squadron RAF |
| Commands held |
No. 66 Squadron RAF No. 24 Squadron RAF No. 60 OTU |
| Battles/wars | World War I World War II |
| Awards |
Distinguished Service Order Distinguished Flying Cross Air Force Cross |
| Spouse(s) | Ena Marshall Goode (née Scales) |
Group Captain Harry King Goode DSO, DFC, AFC (22 October 1892 – 21 August 1942) was an English officer of the Royal Air Force. During World War I he was a flying ace credited with 15 aerial victories. He remained in RAF service until retiring in 1941.
He was born Harry King, in Handsworth, Staffordshire, the son of Florence Annie King, a dressmaker, but was adopted by Thomas and Margaret Goode of Ryton, Bulkington, Warwickshire. He attended a local school, and in 1907 was offered a scholarship from the local education authority, on condition he serve as a student teacher for not less than a year on completion of his studies. He entered King Edward VI Free Grammar School in Nuneaton on 16 September 1907, and in 1912 was awarded a Cambridge local honours degree. However, having spent time as a student teacher in Nuneaton and Rugby, he decided against a teaching career, and instead took a job at Alfred Herbert's making machine tools.
Goode joined the army soon after the outbreak of World War I, enlisting in the Royal Engineers on 8 September 1914. He served in France for two years, from July 1915 to July 1917, mainly as a motorcycle dispatch rider, and also gained promotion to corporal. In late 1917 he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps, starting his flight training at the No. 2 School of Military Aeronautics in Oxford on 21 September as a cadet, and was appointed a probationary second lieutenant on 8 November. In late November he was posted to No. 5 Training Squadron at Castle Bromwich, and in January 1918 to No. 63 Training Squadron at RAF Joyce Green, near Dartford, Kent, for advanced flying training. Goode was confirmed in his rank of second lieutenant on 8 April, just over a week after the Army's Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) had been merged to form the Royal Air Force. In early May he was sent to the No. 2 School of Aerial Fighting and Gunnery in Marske, Yorkshire, to complete his training.
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