Jack Newcombe Explained

Jack Newcombe
Birth Date:	1910
Birth Place:	Kent
Death Place:	Switzerland
Sport:	Bobsleigh

Jack Stewart Newcombe (1910-1931) was a British bobsledder who competed in the early 1930s. He won the bronze medal in the four-man event at the 1931 FIBT World Championships in St. Moritz.

Bobsleigh

Newcombe was the brakeman and a member of the British and Royal Air Force bobsleigh team along with Pilot Officer Dennis Field (steersman), Pilot Officer Ralph Wallace and Pilot Officer Paddy Coote.^{[1] [2]}

After the World Championships Newcombe fell ill and died of Peritonitis on 26 Feb 1931.^[3]

Royal Air Force

Newcombe passed through RAF Cranwell on 26 July 1930 from the same class as Douglas Bader.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: "Bobsleighing." Times [London, England] 6 Feb. 1931]. Times Digital Archive.
2. Web site: Royal Air Force. The Gazette.
3. Web site: "Deaths." Times [London, England] 3 Mar. 1931]. Times Digital Archive.
4. Web site: Royal Air Force. The Gazette.