Re: US Navy top ace WW1? (David Ingalls)

Bill Shatzer (bshatzer@ednet1.osl.or.gov)
Sun, 3 Dec 1995 15:58:18 -0800

>
>On Sat, 2 Dec 1995, Bill Shatzer wrote:
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>>His first victory was with 13 sqdn RNAS before it become 213 sqdn RAF.

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>_Above the Trenches_ lists his first victory on 11 Aug 1918, which would
>be RAF. While AtT lists no OOC victories, they list five of the six as
>shared victories. His only unshared victory is listed as a Fokker D.VII
>on 20 Sep 1918. The shared aircraft victories are over two-seaters, and
>one balloon.
>
>Bill Ciciora
>
Yep, you're right on the RNAS/RAF question - I misread the paragraph in
Wings of Honor. Sorry.

Cheers,

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