Watkins, Loudon Pierce

Killed in Action 1918-07-01

Birth Date: unkown date

Born: Toronto, Ontario

Edward James & Elizabeth Loudin

Home: Toronto.Ontario

Enlistment: joined RFC

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Decorations: MC

Military Cross

Service

RAF

Unit

48 (FB) Sqn- Squadron (RFC)

Base

France

Rank

Captain

Position

2nd Lieutenant

Service Numbers

1917-06-17: Watkins shot down a Zeppelin near London while with 37HD Sqn, Woodham Mortimer, flying an F2b.1918-07-01: Watkins was killed on this date, when his 48 Sqn FE2b made a forced landing at Ostreville due to enemy fire, while returning from a night bombing raid on Vitry. His gunner, 2Lt C.W. Ridgway (British) survived the crash.

Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2

(RAF Photo)(Source Harold A Skaarup web page)
Royal Aircraft Factory (Farman Experimental) F.E.2b, "Gold Coast No. 10".
Royal_Aircraft_Factory_F_E_2_ExCC.jpg image not found

Between 1911 and 1914, the Royal Aircraft Factory used the F.E.2 (Farman Experimental 2) designation for three quite different aircraft that shared only a common "Farman" pusher biplane layout.

The third "F.E.2" type was operated as a day and night bomber and fighter by the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War. Along with the single-seat D.H.2 pusher biplane and the Nieuport 11, the F.E.2 was instrumental in ending the Fokker Scourge that had seen the German Air Service establish a measure of air superiority on the Western Front from the late summer of 1915 to the following spring.Harold Skaarup web page

YouTube F.E.2

Wikipedia Wikipedia F.E.2

General Harold A Skaarup Web Page