Trevor Durrant

Name:

Trevor Durrant

Country:

England

Rank:

Captain

Service:

Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force

Units:

55, 56

Victories:

Born:

21 January 1893

Place of Birth:

Puttenham, Surrey, England

Died:

16 May 1918

Place of Death:

NE of Albert, France

Cemetery:

Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz, Somme, France

The son of Edward Marling and Lilian (Ellis) Durrant, Trevor Durrant joined the Royal Flying Corps on 5 August 1916. Serving first with 55 Squadron, he scored his first victory as an observer aboard a D.H.4. After becoming a pilot, he was reassigned to 56 Squadron on 7 December 1917. Flying the S.E.5a, he scored ten more victories before he was shot down while fighting several Fokker DR.Is northeast of Albert.

Victories

	Date	Time	Unit	Aircraft	Opponent	Location
1	04 May 1917	1215	55	D.H.4 (A7415) ¹	Albatros D.III (OOC)	Denain
2	25 Jan 1918	1415	56	S.E.5a (B35)	C (OOC)	S of Cambrai
3	21 Mar 1918	1315-1345	56	S.E.5a (B35)	Albatros D.V (OOC)	Inchy
4	06 Apr 1918	1845	56	S.E.5a (B183)	C (DESF)	N of Lamotte
5	11 Apr 1918	1830	56	S.E.5a (B183)	Albatros D.V (DESF)	W of Pozieres
6	02 May 1918	1125	56	S.E.5a (B183)	Pfalz D.III (OOC)	SE of Martinpuich
7	03 May 1918	0940	56	S.E.5a (B183)	Rumpler C (DES)	S of Pozieres
8	03 May 1918	0945	56	S.E.5a (B183)	Rumpler C (DES) ²	Montauban
9	03 May 1918	0945	56	S.E.5a (B183)	Rumpler C (OOC) ²	Montauban
10	09 May 1918	1050	56	S.E.5a (B183)	Rumpler C (OOC) ³	Achiet le Grand
11	13 May 1918	0605	56	S.E.5a (B183)	LVG C (DES)	SW of Beaucourt

1	Pilot Lt P J Barnett
2	Shared with Capt Edward Atkinson, Lt William Irwin
3	Shared with Capt Edward David George Galley (B8376)