Stevenson, Frederick Joseph

Survived 1918-08-31

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Birth Date: unkown date

Born: Parry Sound, Ontario

Joseph Stevenson & Annie Laurie Quinn

Home: The Pas, Manitoba

Enlistment: Winnipeg, MN; 196 Btn., CEF, RFC in Summer, 1917

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Decorations: DFC

Distinguished Service Cross

Service

RAF

Unit

79 (F) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Nil Nobis Obstare Potest Nothing can withstand us

Base

Rank

Captain

Position

Lieutenant

Service Numbers

Home
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1918-06-01: posted to 79 Sqn.1918-08-31: OK in D-5220' Sopwith Dolphin; heavy landing in strong wind from offensive patrol.Stevenson had scored 3 confirmed victories by the end of the war.He died in the crash of his Fokker Universal aircraft, G-CAGE, when it crashed on a test flight after repairs, when it was coming in to land.

Dolphin D5220

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Captain Stevenson, Frederick Joseph (RAF)
pilot
Survived
1918-August-31
cemetery unknown

Sopwith Dolphin

Source Kestrel Publications
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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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