Middleton, James Russell

Prisoner of War Died 1917-06-21

Birth Date: unkown date

Born:

George Hodgson and Nannie Hester Middleton

Home: Edinburgh, Scotland.

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RFC

Unit

11 Sqn- Squadron (RFC)

Base

Rank

Lieutenant

Position

Lieutenant

Service Numbers

1917-06-21: Middleton died of wounds as a PoW on 1917-06-21 that he received when he was shot down. His gunner, 2AM H.V. Gosney is missing, presumed dead since the FE was shot down.

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".
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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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