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Watkins, Loudon Pierce Military Cross (Captain)

Killed in Action 1918-July-01

Birth Date: unkown date (age 90)

Born: Toronto, Ontario

Edward James & Elizabeth Loudin

Dorothy McCullough

Home: Toronto.Ontario

Enlistment: joined RFC

Enlistment Date: 1915-01-01

Decorations: Military Cross

Service
RAF
Unit
48 (FB) Sqn- Squadron (RFC)
Base
France
Rank
Captain
Marshal
Air Chief MarshalA/C/M
Air MarshalA/M
Air Vice MarshalA/V/M
Air CommodoreA/C
Group CaptainG/C
Wing CommanderW/C
Squadron LeaderS/L
Flight LieutenantF/L
Flying OfficerF/O
Pilot OfficerP/O
Warrant Officer 1st ClassWO1
Warrant Officer 2nd ClassWO2
Flight SergeantFS
SergeantSGT
CorporalCPL
Senior AircraftmanSAC
Leading AircraftmanLAC
Aircraftman 1st ClassAC1
Aircraftman 2nd ClassAC2
Position
Pilot
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.

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F.E.2 A6599

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".

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

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Wkikpedia Wikipedia F.E.2

General Harold A Skaarup Web Page

last update: 2021-10-16 20:31:28

F.E.2 b A6599



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