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| Name: |
Edward Duncan Crundall |
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| Country: |
England |
| Rank: |
Captain |
| Service: |
Royal Naval Air Service
Royal Air Force |
| Units: |
8N (RNAS)
210 (RAF) |
| Victories: |
7 |
| Born: |
09 December 1896 |
| Place of Birth: |
Whitfield, Kent,
England |
| Died: |
December 1981 |
| Place of Death: |
Brighton,
East Sussex, England |
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The eldest son of Edward, a coal merchant, and Sarah Jane Crundall,
Edward Duncan Crundall boarded at Tudor Hall School, Hawkhurst in 1911. He joined the
Royal Naval Air Service in 1914. Flight Sub-Lieutenant Crundall received Royal Aero Club Aviator's Certificate 3543 on a Maurice Farman biplane at Royal Naval Air Station, Eastbourne on 5 September 1916. He was posted to 8 Naval Squadron
in 1916 and in 1917 he scored 3 victories flying the Sopwith
Triplane. Wounded in action on 10 May 1917, he was forced to
land near Bethune by Alois
Heldmann of Jasta 10. On 28 July 1917, he was downed by Adolf von Tutschek. In 1918, Crundall was posted to 210
Squadron as a flight commander and scored 4 more victories flying
the Sopwith
Camel. During World War II, he served as the commanding
officer of 116 Calibration Squadron and was awarded the Air Force
Cross.
Crundall continued flying in civilian life, accumulating over
8,500 hours of flight time on charter routes to Africa. His
autobiography, Fighter Pilot on the Western Front,
was published in 1975.
ADM 273/9/253 |
Great Britain, Royal Aero Club Aviators' Certificates, 1910-1950
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Great Britain, Royal Aero Club Aviators' Certificates, 1910-1950
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
14 Apr 1917 |
0905 |
8N |
Sopwith Triplane (N5464) |
Albatros C (OOC) |
Henin-Lietard |
| 2 |
14 Apr 1917 |
0905 |
8N |
Sopwith Triplane (N5464) |
Albatros C (OOC) |
Henin-Lietard |
| 3 |
18 Aug 1917 |
1830 |
8N |
Sopwith Triplane (N5465) 1 |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
Henin-Lietard |
| 4 |
30 Jul 1918 |
1000 |
210 |
Sopwith Camel (B7860) |
Pfalz D.III (OOC) |
E of Dixmude |
| 5 |
01 Aug 1918 |
1925 |
210 |
Sopwith Camel (B7860) |
Fokker D.VII (OOC) |
N of Lille |
| 6 |
09 Aug 1918 |
0725 |
210 |
Sopwith Camel (B7860) |
Fokker D.VII (DES) |
Zonnebeke |
| 7 |
09 Aug 1918 |
0730 |
210 |
Sopwith Camel (B7860) |
Fokker D.VII (DES) |
SE of Staden |
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| 1 |
Shared with FCdr Charles Booker and FLt Richard Munday |
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