Fairclough, Arthur Bradfield

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Birth Date: unkown date

Born: Toronto, Ontario

William Erving Fairclough & Edith 'Ettie' Carter

Home: Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment: Toronto, Ontario; 166 Btn. CEF

Enlistment Date: 1916-05-24

Decorations: MC

Military Cross

Service

RAF

Unit

23 (F) Sqn- Squadron (RFC)

Base

France

Rank

Captain

Position

Captain

Service Numbers

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After training, he was posted to 19 Squadron and scored 9 victories flying SPADs in December 1917. When the squadron converted to Sopwith Dolphins in 1918, he scored 5 more victories prior to joining 23 Squadron as a Flight Commander. Before he returned to England in the summer of 1918, he scored 5 more victories in June and July, bringing his total to 19.

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Captain Fairclough, Arthur Bradfield (RAF)
pilot
Survived
1918-July
cemetery unknown

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

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