Edward Featherstone-Briggs DSO and bar Rank: Lieutenant Colonel RAF Status: Prisoner of War 1914-11-14

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Featherstone-Briggs, Edward DSO and bar (Lieutenant Colonel RAF)

Prisoner of War 1914-November-14

Male Head

Birth Date: unkown date (age 81)

Born: Bristol, Gloucestershire, England

William & Florence Briggs

Violet Briggs

Home: Cookham, Berkshire, England

Enlistment Date: 1905-07-07

Decorations: DSO and bar

Service
RAF

Unit
(RN)

Rank

Squadron Commander

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

On 21st November 1914 Briggs led three Avro 504 aircraft on a bombing raid to the Zeppelin works at Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance. The attack was launched from an airship station at Belfort in eastern France, 125 miles from the target. Little damage was done but it forced the Germans to move airship production out of reach of Allied aircraft. Briggs had to land his badly shot up aircraft in front of one of the hangars, wounded in the head, and was taken prisoner. The other two aircraft returned safely. Briggs was awarded the DSO plus a further Bar for his conduct while a PoW.

Home

Cookham, Berkshire, England

Target
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Burial
Google Map

Cookham Parish Cemetery, UK

Avro 504

(RCAF Photo)
Avro 504K, G-CYEI in flight.

The Avro 504 was a First World War biplane aircraft made by the Avro aircraft company and under license by others. Production during the war totaled 8,970 and continued for almost 20 years, making it the most-produced aircraft of any kind that served in any military capacity during the First World War. More than 10,000 were built from 1913 until production ended in 1932. Wikipedia

Wkikpedia Wikipedia Avro 504

General Harold A Skaarup Web Pages

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Took part in Fredrichshafen raid, November 1914.

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Featherstone-Briggs, Edward DSO and bar (Lieutenant Colonel RAF)

Prisoner of War 1914-November-14

Avro 504

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