PL - Medley Kingdom Parlee Survived

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Parlee, Medley Kingdom (Lieutenant)

Survived 1916-November-06

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Canada

Birth Date: unkown date (age 78)

Born: Auburn, Nova Scotia

Rev. Henry Thomas Parlee & Agnes Louise White

Kathleen DeWolfe Rathbun

Home: Minden, Ontario

Enlistment: Regina, Saskatchewan

Enlistment Date: 1914-10-01

Service
RFC

Unit
22 (FR) Sqn- Squadron (RFC)

Rank
Lieutenant

Position
gunner/observer later pilot

Service Numbers
73789 CEF

Parlee, a student, joined the Machine Gun Section of the 28th Infantry Battalion, CEF as a private in October 1914. He was seconded for service with the Royal Flying Corps on 1916-11-06 as a Lieutenant. Posted to 22 Squadron as an observer, he scored 6 victories flying the FE2b in 1917, flying mostly with 2nd Lieutenant J.V.Aspinal as pilot. He was trained as a pilot and by 1918 was a RFC Flight Instructor in England. By October 1918 he was a CAF Flight Instructor in Canada. He ceased to be seconded for duty with the Royal Air Force on 31 March 1919.

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