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Name: George Hatfield Dingley Gossip
George Gossip
Country: Australia
Rank: Captain
Service: Royal Naval Air Service
Royal Air Force
Units: 4N (RNAS)
204 (RAF)
Victories: 6
Born: 06 January 1897
Place of Birth: Sydney, New South Wales
Died: 1922
Place of Death:  
Cemetery: Istanbul, Turkey
 
 
The son of Harold and Matilda Gossip, Flight Sub-Lieutenant George Hatfield Gossip received Royal Aero Club Aviator's Certificate 4526 on the Grahame-White biplane at Royal Naval Air Station, Chinford on 21 April 1917.
 
Victories
Date Time Unit Aircraft Opponent Location
1 01 Oct 1917 1345 4N Sopwith Camel (B3856) Albatros D.V (OOC) Zeebrugge
2 04 Nov 1917 1445 4N Sopwith Camel (B3856) Albatros C (DES) NE of Zeebrugge
3 13 Nov 1917 1130 4N Sopwith Camel (B3856) Albatros C (OOC) SE of Dixmude
4 20 May 1918 1845 204 Sopwith Camel (B3832) Albatros D.V (OOC) Ghistelles
5 30 Jun 1918 1440 204 Sopwith Camel (D3353) Fokker D.VII (OOC) Zeebrugge
6 30 Jul 1918 1055 204 Sopwith Camel (D3342) Fokker D.VII (OOC) SE of Ostend
 
Books
Sopwith Camel Aces of World War 1
Norman Franks / Softcover / Osprey Publishing (March 25, 2003)
 
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