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Name: Thomas Arthur Doran
Country: England
Rank: Lieutenant
Service: Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
Unit: 23
Victories: 7
Born: 24 April 1895
Place of Birth: Stoke Newington, London, England
Died:  
Place of Death:  
 
 
The son of Thomas William and Lizzie Rebecca (Pooley) Doran, Thomas Arthur Doran, a junior correspondent clerk, enlisted 21 October 1915 and served with the 5th T. F. Battalion of the Manchester Regiment before being seconded to the Royal Flying Corps as a temporary 2nd Lieutenant on 20 March 1917. Posted to 23 Squadron, he scored seven victories flying SPADs in France. Promoted to Lieutenant on 4 December 1917.
UK, Roll of the Indian Medical Service, 1615 -1930
British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920
 
Victories
Date Time Unit Aircraft Opponent Location
1 02 May 1917 1715 23 SPAD Albatros D.III (OOC) Brebieres
2 13 May 1917 0735 23 SPAD (A262) Albatros D.III (OOC) Vis en Artois
3 13 May 1917 0735 23 SPAD (A262) Albatros D.III (OOC) Vis en Artois
4 14 Jun 1917 2015 23 SPAD (B1530) Albatros D.III (OOC) Roulers
5 28 Jul 1917 0850 23 SPAD (B1530) C (DES) 1 E of Polygon Wood
6 10 Aug 1917 0545 23 SPAD (B3550) Albatros D.V (OOC) S of Houthoulst Forest
7 14 Aug 1917 1915 23 SPAD C (DES) 2 E of St. Julien

1 Shared with 2Lt W R Brookes (B1581)
2 Shared with 2Lt Conn Standish O'Grady, 2Lt GID Marks, 2Lt C F Briggs
 
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