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| Name: |
Trevor Durrant |
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| Country: |
England |
| Rank: |
Captain |
| Service: |
Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force |
| Units: |
55, 56 |
| Victories: |
11 |
| Born: |
21 January 1893 |
| Place of Birth: |
Puttenham, Surrey, England |
| Died: |
16 May 1918 |
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| Place of Death: |
NE of Albert, France |
| Cemetery: |
Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz, Somme,
France |
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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. |
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| Victories |
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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 |
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| 1 |
Pilot Lt P J Barnett |
| 2 |
Shared with Capt Edward Atkinson, Lt William Irwin |
| 3 |
Shared with Capt Edward David George Galley (B8376) |
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