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Name: Hugh Bradford Griffith
Country: Canada
Rank: Captain
Service: Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
Units: 11, 20, 48
Victories: 5
Born: 30 March 1893
Place of Birth: Montreal, Quebec
Died: April 1974
Place of Death:  
 
 
The son of Dr. Alexander R. Griffith, Hugh Bradford Griffith studied art at McGill University. He enlisted on 14 November 1914 and served with No. 6 Field Ambulance of the Canadian Army Service Corps before he joined the Royal Flying Corps on 24 October 1916. He scored 5 victories as an observer with 48 Squadron flying the Bristol F.2a. He was a banker in Quebec in 1930.
 
Victories
Date Time Unit Aircraft Opponent Location
1 05 Apr 1917 1000 48 Bristol F.2a (A3325) 1 Albatros D.III (OOC) Douai
2 09 Apr 1917 a.m. 48 Bristol F.2a 2 Two-seater (DES) Lens
3 09 Apr 1917 a.m. 48 Bristol F.2a 2 Albatros C (OOC) Lens
4 13 Apr 1917 p.m. 48 Bristol F.2a 3 Albatros D.III (DES) Vitry-en-Artois
5 13 Apr 1917 p.m. 48 Bristol F.2a 3 Albatros D.III (OOC) Vitry-en-Artois

1 Pilot Lt P Pike
2 Pilot Capt Alan Wilkinson
3 Pilot Lt J W Warren
 
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