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| Name: |
Henry Coyle Rath |
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| Country: |
Canada |
| Rank: |
Lieutenant |
| Service: |
Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force |
| Units: |
29 |
| Victories: |
12 |
| Born: |
12 November 1898 |
| Place of Birth: |
Hastings, Ontario, Canada |
| Died: |
26 October 1918 |
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| Place of Death: |
Tournai, Belgium |
| Cemetery: |
Tournai Communal Cemetery Allied Extension, Tournai, Hainaut, Belgium |
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The son of Thomas and Maggie Rath, Henry Coyle Rath was a hardware clerk from Tweed, Ontario when he enlisted. He was posted to 29 Squadron on the Western Front on 5 June 1918. He scored 12 victories flying the S.E.5a. Rath collided with another 29 Squadron plane at 12,000 feet over Tournai on 25 October 1918. He died from injuries the following day. |
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| Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) |
Lieut. Henry Coyle Rath. (FRANCE)
A bold and resolute fighter in the air who has six enemy aeroplanes to his credit. On 14th October he, with three other machines, engaged a large number of enemy scouts; five were shot down, Lieut. Rath destroying two.
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
28 Jul 1918 |
0815 |
29 |
S.E.5a (E5964) |
C (OOC) 1 |
SW of Merville |
| 2 |
31 Jul 1918 |
1347 |
29 |
S.E.5a (E5964) |
C (DES) 1 |
NE of Estaires |
| 3 |
31 Jul 1918 |
1350 |
29 |
S.E.5a (E5964) |
C (OOC) |
NE of Estaires |
| 4 |
01 Aug 1918 |
1015 |
29 |
S.E.5a (E5964) |
C (OOC) |
Steenwerck |
| 5 |
08 Aug 1918 |
1920 |
29 |
S.E.5a (E5964) |
Albatros C (DES) 2 |
E of La Gorgue |
| 6 |
09 Aug 1918 |
1015 |
29 |
S.E.5a (E5964) |
DFW C (OOC) |
Steenwerck |
| 7 |
14 Aug 1918 |
0817 |
29 |
S.E.5a (E5964) |
Hannover C (DES) |
SE of Bailleul |
| 8 |
17 Aug 1918 |
0755 |
29 |
S.E.5a (E5964) |
Albatros D.V (DES) |
Armentières |
| 9 |
18 Aug 1918 |
1720 |
29 |
S.E.5a (D6940) |
DFW C (DES) |
NE of Neuve-Eglise |
| 10 |
29 Aug 1918 |
0930 |
29 |
S.E.5a (E5964) |
Fokker D.VIII (OOC) |
Estaires-Steenwerck |
| 11 |
14 Oct 1918 |
0835 |
29 |
S.E.5a (C1915) |
Fokker D.VII (DES) |
E of Roulers |
| 12 |
14 Oct 1918 |
0850 |
29 |
S.E.5a (C1915) |
Fokker D.VII (DES) |
W of Inglemunster |
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| 1 |
Shared with Capt Robert Holme |
| 2 |
Shared with Lt Arthur Reed, Lt R H Humphries, Lt D A O'Leary, Lt Claude Wilson |
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