Baillon, Edward Noël (Lieutenant)

Prisoner of War 1917-September-25

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Birth Date: 1893-December-25

Born: Flackwell Heath, Buckinghamshire, England

Parents: Louis Augustin Baillon & Mary Julia Isabelle Williams

Spouse: Marjory Doble

Home: Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RFC

Unit

63 (BR) Sqn- Squadron (RFC)

Base

Basra Mesopotamia

Rank

Lieutenant

Position

Observer/gunner

Service Numbers

116208, CEF

1917-09-25: Baillon and his pilot Capt. John Reginald Philpott (British) were lost while carrying out the squadron's first mission over Turkish lines. Meeting a Halberstadt fighter near Tikrit, Philpott dived to the attack only to have the extensions of his upper wing fold back, forcing him to make a crash landing in enemy territory. They were made POW, and were repatriated on 1918-11-26. Baillon embarked from Alexandria, Egypt to return to England, and then to Canada.