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Name: Harold Edwin Easton
Country: England
Rank: 2nd Lieutenant
Service: Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
Unit: 20
Victories: 8
Born: 28 Sep 1893
Place of Birth: Dulwich, Surrey, England
Died: 1978
Place of Death: Kent, England
 
 
The son of James and Caroline Easton, Harold Edwin Easton was admitted to St. Augustine's School in London on 14 Oct 1901. During the Great War, he served as an observer with 20 Squadron. With his pilot, Wilfred Beaver, he scored eight victories flying the Bristol Fighter in the first three months of 1918.
 
Victories
Date Time Unit Aircraft Opponent Location
1 03 Jan 1918 1545 20 Bristol F.2b (B883) 1 Albatros D.V (DES) NE of Moorslede
2 06 Jan 1918 1210 20 Bristol F.2b (B883) 1 Albatros C (OOC) Houthulst Forest
3 03 Feb 1918 1245 20 Bristol F.2b (B1156) 1 Albatros D.V (DESF) Roulers-Menin
4 04 Feb 1918 1415 20 Bristol F.2b 1 Albatros D.V (OOC) Roulers
5 05 Feb 1918 1130 20 Bristol F.2b (B1156) 1 Albatros D.V (OOC) N of Staden
6 05 Feb 1918 1130 20 Bristol F.2b (B1156) 1 Albatros D.V (OOC) N of Staden
7 16 Feb 1918 1140 20 Bristol F.2b (C4826) 1 Two-seater (OOC) Menin
8 23 Mar 1918 1220 20 Bristol F.2b (B1114) 1 Albatros D.V (DES) Menin-S of Roncq

1 Pilot Wilfred Beaver
 
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