Basil John Blackett

Name:

Basil John Blackett

Attestation Paper

Country:

England

Rank:

Lieutenant

Service:

Australian Flying Corps
Royal Air Force

Units:

18, 25, 102 (AFC)

Victories:

Born:

23 June 1886

Place of Birth:

Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Potters Bar, London, Middlesex, England

Died:

22 April 1927

Place of Death:

Middlesex, England

The son of John Stanley Wilson Blackett, John Basil Blackett was a single, 28 year old racehorse trainer and jockey living in Australia when he enlisted on 11 August 1914 at Sydney. He'd previously served with the 2nd Bucks, the Ceylon Planters Rifle Corp and was on leave from the Ceylon Mounted Rifles. He was wounded at Gallipoli on 22 August 1915 and invalided from Malta to England at the end of September 1915.

Victories

	Date	Time	Unit	Aircraft	Opponent	Location
1	05 Aug 1917	1730	25	D.H.4 (A7477) ¹	Albatros D.V (DES)	Perenchies
2	03 Sep 1917	0940	25	D.H.4 (A7477) ¹	Albatros D.V (OOC)	Quesnoy
3	03 Sep 1917	1930	25	D.H.4 (A7477) ¹	Albatros D.V (OOC)	Douai
4	30 May 1918	2030	18	D.H.4 (A8018) ²	Fokker D.VII (DESF)	Bac St. Maur
5	30 May 1918	2050	18	D.H.4 (A8018) ²	Fokker D.VII (OOC)	Bac St. Maur

1	Pilot Conrad Lally
2	Pilot Albert Waller