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| Name: |
Emerson Arthur Lincoln Fisher Smith |
| Country: |
Canada |
| Rank: |
Lieutenant |
| Service: |
Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force |
| Units: |
45 |
| Victories: |
7 |
| Born: |
07 September 1896 |
| Place of Birth: |
York, Ontario, Canada |
| Died: |
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Emerson Smith was promoted to temporary 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) on 16 June 1917. That summer, flying the Sopwith 1½ Strutter, he scored his first victory on 21 August, downing an Albatros D.III southeast of Ypres. Shortly thereafter, 45 Squadron was re-equipped with Sopwith Camels and Smith scored six more victories before he was shot down by Joachim von Busse of Jasta 3 on 26 October 1917. Wounded in the chest and left arm, he crashed behind enemy lines and was captured. |
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
21 Aug 1917 |
1000 |
45 |
Sopwith 1½ Strutter 1 |
Albatros D.III (DES) |
SE of Ypres |
| 2 |
09 Sep 1917 |
1630 |
45 |
Sopwith Camel (B3791) |
Albatros C (DESF) |
Comines |
| 3 |
09 Sep 1917 |
1635 |
45 |
Sopwith Camel (B3791) |
Albatros C (OOC) |
3 mi E of Ypres |
| 4 |
10 Sep 1917 |
1730 |
45 |
Sopwith Camel |
Albatros D.III (OOC) |
Houthoulst Forest |
| 5 |
20 Sep 1917 |
1825 |
45 |
Sopwith Camel |
C (DESF) 2 |
Passchendaele |
| 6 |
21 Sep 1917 |
1840 |
45 |
Sopwith Camel |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
Passchendaele |
| 7 |
01 Oct 1917 |
1220 |
45 |
Sopwith Camel |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
Quesnoy |
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| 1 |
Observer Gnr H Grenner |
| 2 |
Shared with Lt Henry Moody, Lt Raymond Brownell |
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