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| Name: |
Basil John Blackett |
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| Country: |
England |
| Rank: |
Lieutenant |
| Service: |
Australian Flying Corps
Royal Air Force |
| Units: |
18, 25, 102 (AFC) |
| Victories: |
5 |
| Born: |
23 June 1886 |
| Place of Birth: |
Potters Bar, London, Middlesex, England |
| Died: |
22 April 1927 |
| Place of Death: |
Middlesex, England |
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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. |
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| Victories |
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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 |
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| 1 |
Pilot Conrad Lally |
| 2 |
Pilot Albert Waller |
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