Pauline, Victor Reginald

Killed in Flying Accident 1918-05-08

Birth Date: unkown date

Born: Victoria, B.C.

George Pauline & Edith Emily Nickells

Home: Victoria, B.C.

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RAF

Unit

23 (F) Sqn- Squadron (RFC)

Base

Saint-Omer France

Rank

Lieutenant

Position

Second-Lieutenant

Service Numbers

Home
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First Burial
Google MapSt Omer Souvenir Cemetery, St. Omer, Pas De Calais, France
Stalled and crashed during a practice take-off at St. Omer. *L.S.*1918-03-23: OK in SPAD, B-6845; in a forced landing near Voyennes due to engine seizing while flying to new aerodrome.1918-05-18: Pauline died in C-4149, Sopwith Dolphin; made a very steep, climbing turn, stalled and fell to the ground on take off, for flying practice.

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Dolphin C4149

Lieutenant Pauline, Victor Reginald (RAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1918-May-08
St Omer Souvenir Cemetery, Longuenesse, Pas-De-Calais, France

Sopwith Dolphin

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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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