Career
Remaining in the Royal Air Force after that war, he rose to the rank of air vice marshal during I. Graham was a medical student when began. In 1915, he joined the Royal Naval Division. In September, he pulled a lateral transfer into the Royal Naval Air Service as a Flight Sub-Lieutenant.
In 1916, he served at the Dover Seaplane Base.
He then moved to Dunkirk, flying cover for the North Sea Fleet. During this time, he was forced into landing in the sea on two occasions.
He became part of the Saint Political Seaplane Defence Flight, which formed on 30 June 1917. Graham tallied his first two victories at this time, destroying a German seaplane on 19 June while piloting a Sopwith Baby, and another while piloting a Sopwith Pup on 12 August 1917.
The latter was shared with Leonard Slatter.
His unit morphed into Number. 13 Squadron Royal Naval Air Service, sometimes referred to as 13 Naval Squadron. He switched to Sopwith Camels for his next three victories.
He shared number three with Slatter, on 15 September, and destroyed two more, one each on 25 September and 19 October 1917.
Then, on 29 December, while showboating for his nurse girlfriend, he crashed and seriously injured himself. After his convalescence, he returned to his squadron, which was now Number.
213 Squadron Royal Air Force, and took command in May 1918. In total he was credited with five aerial victories.
I On the outbreak of I, Graham was an Air Commodore on the staff at the headquarters of Fighter Command.
Citations Distinguished Service Cross.
