William George Lance Rank: Second-Lieutenant Status: Killed in Flying Accident 1918-08-13

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Lance, William George (Second-Lieutenant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1918-August-13

Birth Date: unkown date (age 25)

Born: Essex, England

Henry & Elizabeth Lance

unmarried

Home: London, Ontario (parents)

Enlistment: flight training at 4TDS

Enlistment Date: 1918-02-16

Service
RAF

Unit
19 (F) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Possunt Quia Posse Videntur They can because they think they can

Base
France

Rank

Second-Lieutenant

Marshal
Air Chief Marshal	A/C/M
Air Marshal	A/M
Air Vice Marshal	A/V/M
Air Commodore	A/C
Group Captain	G/C
Wing Commander	W/C
Squadron Leader	S/L
Flight Lieutenant	F/L
Flying Officer	F/O
Pilot Officer	P/O
Warrant Officer 1st Class	WO1
Warrant Officer 2nd Class	WO2
Flight Sergeant	FS
Sergeant	SGT
Corporal	CPL
Senior Aircraftman	SAC
Leading Aircraftman	LAC
Aircraftman 1st Class	AC1
Aircraftman 2nd Class	AC2

Position
Pilot

Service Numbers
74412

1918-08-16: Lance was killed in a mid-air collision with Dolphin D-3762, flown by Lt. Percy John Emerson Pierce (British). Lt. Pierce was also killed.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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Home

London, Ontario (parents)

Burial
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Vignacourt British Cemetery
Plot V Row C Grave 20

Dolphin C3902

Second-Lieutenant Lance, William George (RAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1918-August-13
Vignacourt British Cemetery, Vignacourt, Somme, France

Sopwith Dolphin

Source Kestrel Publications

The Sopwith 5F.1 Dolphin was a British fighter aircraft manufactured by the Sopwith Aviation Company. It was used by the Royal Flying Corps and its successor, the Royal Air Force, during the First World War. The Dolphin entered service on the Western Front in early 1918 and proved to be a formidable fighter. The aircraft was not retained in the postwar inventory and was retired shortly after the war.

No. 1 (Fighter) Squadron, which operated Dolphins along with S.E.5as, Sopwith Snipes, and captured Fokker D.VIIs, was disbanded on 28 January 1920. Although retired from Canadian Air Force service, a small number of Dolphins were sent back to Canada. Wikipedia

YouTube Dolphin