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A Sopwith Camel pilot with 45 Squadron, Jack Escott Child, brother of James Martin Child, was the
oldest son of Tylney Harris and Constance Octavio (Oxley) Child. He
served in the Territorial Artillery before transferring to the Royal Flying Corps in February 1917. He scored three victories in France and two victories in Italy. On 10 March 1918, his flight was mistakenly attacked by Italian scouts. In the
brief action that followed, Child may have downed one of the Italians. He died of pneumonia
at Lees Court Military Hospital during the influenza pandemic in 1918.
WO 339/102401
Appears as James E. Child in Above the Trenches |
Flight, No. 519. (No. 49, Vol. X.), 5 Dec 1918, 1389
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
11 Sep 1917 |
1200 |
45 |
Sopwith Camel (B2328) |
Albatros D.III (OOC) |
E of Ypres |
| 2 |
27 Oct 1917 |
1015 |
45 |
Sopwith Camel (B2443) |
Albatros D.V (DES) 1 |
NE of Comines |
| 3 |
08 Nov 1917 |
1025 |
45 |
Sopwith Camel |
Junkers J.I (DES) |
Westroosebeke |
| 4 |
22 Feb 1918 |
1300 |
45 |
Sopwith Camel (B2443) |
Albatros D.III (DESF) |
Salgareda |
| 5 |
07 Jul 1918 |
abt 0900 |
45 |
Sopwith Camel (D1975) |
LVG C (DES) |
Val d'Assa |
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| 1 |
Shared with Lt Matthew Frew and 2Lt Raymond Brownell |
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