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| Name: |
John Edmund Greene |
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| Country: |
Canada |
| Rank: |
Captain |
| Service: |
Royal Naval Air Service
Royal Air Force |
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13N (RNAS)
213 (RAF) |
| Victories: |
15 |
| Born: |
02 July 1894 |
| Place of Birth: |
Winnepeg, Manitoba |
| Died: |
14 October 1918 |
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| Place of Death: |
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| Cemetery: |
Coxyde Military Cemetery, Koksijde, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium |
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John Edmund Greene joined the Royal Naval Air Service in 1916. Toward the end of 1917, he was posted to 13 Naval Squadron where he scored 15 victories flying the Sopwith Camel. Shot down by Carl Degelow on 4 October 1918, Greene survived but ten days later he was killed in action when he was shot down over the Belgian lines. His body was buried at the crash site. |
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
29 Jan 1918 |
1400 |
13N |
Sopwith Camel (B3909) |
Seaplane (DES) 1 |
100 yds off Blankenberghe |
| 2 |
12 Mar 1918 |
0905 |
13N |
Sopwith Camel (B6407) |
Rumpler C (DESF) 2 |
Ostend-Wenduyne |
| 3 |
24 Mar 1918 |
1030 |
13N |
Sopwith Camel (B3999) |
Pfalz D.III (OOC) |
E of Middelkerke |
| 4 |
01 Apr 1918 |
abt 1430 |
213 |
Sopwith Camel (B3999) |
Seaplane (DES) |
Zeebrugge |
| 5 |
11 May 1918 |
1445 |
213 |
Sopwith Camel (D3357) |
Albatros D.V (DES) |
4 mi N of Westende |
| 6 |
11 May 1918 |
1445 |
213 |
Sopwith Camel (D3357) |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
N of Westende |
| 7 |
12 Aug 1918 |
1215 |
213 |
Sopwith Camel (D9659) |
Fokker D.VII (OOC) |
4 mi SE of Ypres |
| 8 |
13 Aug 1918 |
1340 |
213 |
Sopwith Camel (D9659) |
Pfalz D.III (OOC) |
3 mi W of Ostend |
| 9 |
25 Aug 1918 |
0730 |
213 |
Sopwith Camel (E1406) |
Fokker D.VII (DES) |
10 mi S of Ostend |
| 10 |
05 Sep 1918 |
1440 |
213 |
Sopwith Camel (E1406) |
Fokker D.VII (DES) |
S of Varsenaere aerodrome |
| 11 |
04 Oct 1918 |
0930 |
213 |
Sopwith Camel (B7270) |
Fokker D.VII (DES) |
2 mi E of Roulers |
| 12 |
04 Oct 1918 |
1555 |
213 |
Sopwith Camel (B7270) |
Fokker D.VII (DESF) |
N of Iseghem |
| 13 |
04 Oct 1918 |
1555 |
213 |
Sopwith Camel (B7270) |
Fokker D.VII (OOC) |
N of Iseghem |
| 14 |
08 Oct 1918 |
1205 |
213 |
Sopwith Camel (D3409) |
Fokker D.VII (DES) |
E of Aertrycke |
| 15 |
14 Oct 1918 |
1015 |
213 |
Sopwith Camel (D3409) |
Fokker D.VII (OOC) 3 |
Ardoye |
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| 1 |
Shared with FCdr Leonard Slatter, FSL John Paynter, FSL George MacKay, FSL Maurice Cooper |
| 2 |
Shared with FSL Maurice Cooper, FSL George MacKay, FSL E V Bell (B7226) |
| 3 |
Shared with 1/Lt K MacLeish (B7270) |
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