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Name: Norman Charles Trescowthick
Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)
Country: Australia
Rank: Lieutenant
Service: Australian Flying Corps
Unit: 4 (AFC)
Victories: 7
Born: 18 July 1895
Place of Birth: Clifton Hill, Victoria
Died: March 1966
Place of Death: Sarasota, Florida, USA
 
 
A boot maker from Melbourne, Trescowthick joined the Australian Flying Corps and was posted to France with 4 Squadron in the summer of 1918. Flying the Sopwith Camel, he was credited with seven victories by the end of the war.
 
Victories
Date Time Unit Aircraft Opponent Location
1 14 Jul 1918 0715 4 (AFC) Sopwith Camel (D1927) AGO C (DES) Laventie
2 30 Jul 1918 2005 4 (AFC) Sopwith Camel (D1927) Fokker D.VII (OOC) N of Armentières
3 07 Aug 1918 1245 4 (AFC) Sopwith Camel (D1927) Pfalz D.III (DES) S of  Armentières
4 07 Aug 1918 1245 4 (AFC) Sopwith Camel (D1927) Pfalz D.III (DESF) S of Armentières
5 13 Aug 1918 1700 4 (AFC) Sopwith Camel C (DES) 1 Cartigny
6 16 Aug 1918 1315 4 (AFC) Sopwith Camel Fokker D.VII (DES) 2 Wavrin
7 30 Oct 1918 1455 4 (AFC) Sopwith Snipe (E8064) Fokker D.VII (DES) Leuze

1 Shared with Lt R King, Lt D C Carter, Lt R G Smallwood
2 Shared with Capt Arthur Cobby, Lt D C Carter, Lt R King, Lt T R Edols, Lt M H Eddie
 
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