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| Name: |
Henry Eric Dolan |
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| Country: |
England |
| Rank: |
Lieutenant |
| Service: |
Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force |
| Unit: |
74 |
| Victories: |
7 |
| Born: |
20 January 1896 |
| Place of Birth: |
Saint Leonards, Sussex |
| Died: |
12 May 1918 |
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| Place of Death: |
Near Wulverghem, Belgium |
| Cemetery: |
La Laiterie Military Cemetery, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium  |
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The son of Alfred Dolan, Henry Eric Dolan attended Saint Gregory's Catholic College, near Bath. When the war began, Dolan was in Canada and he enlisted in the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force on 22 September 1914. He transferred to the Royal Flying Corps and was posted to 74 Squadron in 1918. An S.E.5a pilot in Edward Mannock's flight, Dolan claimed seven enemy aircraft in his first month at the front before he was killed in action, shot down by Raven von Barnekow of Jasta 20. |
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
12 Apr 1918 |
0825 |
74 |
S.E.5a (B173) |
Albatros D.V (DES) |
E of Merville |
| 2 |
21 Apr 1918 |
0915 |
74 |
S.E.5a |
Fokker DR.I (OOC) |
Steenwerck |
| 3 |
29 Apr 1918 |
1140 |
74 |
S.E.5a (B173) |
Albatros D.V (DES) |
S of Dickebusch Lake |
| 4 |
30 Apr 1918 |
1440 |
74 |
S.E.5a (B173) |
Halberstadt C (CAP) 1 |
Dickebusch Lake |
| 5 |
03 May 1918 |
1855 |
74 |
S.E.5a (B173) |
LVG C (DES) 2 |
S of Merville |
| 6 |
07 May 1918 |
1525 |
74 |
S.E.5a (C1112) |
Fokker DR.I (DES) |
E of Zillebeke Lake |
| 7 |
11 May 1918 |
1740 |
74 |
S.E.5a |
Pfalz D.III (DES) 1 |
NE of Armentières |
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| 1 |
Shared with Edward Mannock (D278) |
| 2 |
Shared with Edward Mannock, Lt Harris Clements, Lt Andrew Kiddie |
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