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| Name: |
Edward Carter Eaton |
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| Country: |
Canada |
| Rank: |
Lieutenant |
| Service: |
Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force |
| Units: |
65 |
| Victories: |
5 |
| Born: |
17 September 1898 |
| Place of Birth: |
Montreal, Quebec |
| Died: |
26 June 1918 |
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| Place of Death: |
NE of Albert, France |
| Cemetery: |
Bouzincourt Ridge Cemetery, Albert, Somme, France |
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After serving on the Western Front with the 60th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, Edward Carter Eaton, the son of Edward C. & Isabella (Carter) Eaton, transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in 1917. Later that year, he was assigned to 65 Squadron as a Sopwith Camel pilot. He was credited with five confirmed victories before he was killed in action by Fritz Rumey of Jasta 5.
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
23 Nov 1917 |
1525 |
65 |
Sopwith Camel (B2413) |
Albatros D.III (OOC) 1 |
2 mi E of Passchendaele |
| 2 |
04 Jan 1918 |
1045 |
65 |
Sopwith Camel (B2394) |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
Passchendaele |
| 3 |
16 Feb 1918 |
0735 |
65 |
Sopwith Camel (B5621) |
Albatros D.V (DES) 2 |
Moorslede-Dadizeele |
| 4 |
20 May 1918 |
2030 |
65 |
Sopwith Camel (D6630) |
Fokker DR.I (DES) 3 |
SE of Albert |
| 5 |
28 May 1918 |
0955 |
65 |
Sopwith Camel (D6630) |
Pfalz D.III (OOC) |
Bois de Tailleux |
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| 1 |
Shared with Capt L S Weedon (B2394), Lt B Balfour (B5221) |
| 2 |
Shared with Lt H D Harrington (B2416) |
| 3 |
Shared with Capt John Gilmour |
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