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Name: Percy Douglas  
Country: England
Rank: 2nd Lieutenant
Service: Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
Unit: 11
Victories: 8
Born: 1897
Place of Birth: Great Sutton, Yorkshire, England
Died: After 1981
Place of Death:  
 
 
Percy Douglas enlisted with the Liverpool Scottish Regiment and served on the Western front. After being wounded, he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in August 1917. A Brisfit observer with 11 Squadron, he scored eight victories with his pilot, John Chick, in March 1918.

See Special Collections of Leeds University. Papers are also held at the Imperial War Museum.
 
Victories
Date Time Unit Aircraft Opponent Location
1 12 Mar 1918 1115 11 Bristol F.2b (C4847) 1 Two-seater (OOC) S of Cambrai
2 12 Mar 1918 1145 11 Bristol F.2b (C4847) 1 Fokker DR.I (OOC) S of Caudry
3 12 Mar 1918 1150 11 Bristol F.2b (C4847) 1 Fokker DR.I (OOC) Caudry
4 12 Mar 1918 1155 11 Bristol F.2b (C4847) 1 Fokker DR.I (OOC) Caudry
5 12 Mar 1918 1155 11 Bristol F.2b (C4847) 1 Fokker DR.I (OOC) Caudry
6 13 Mar 1918 1345 11 Bristol F.2b (C4847) 1 Albatros D.V (OOC) S of Cambrai
7 15 Mar 1918 1115 11 Bristol F.2b (A7153) 1 Albatros D.V (OOC) Rumilly
8 15 Mar 1918 1115 11 Bristol F.2b (A7153) 1 Albatros D.V (DESF) Rumilly

1 Pilot 2Lt John Chick
 
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