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| Name: |
Cyril Askew Eyre |
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| Country: |
England |
| Rank: |
Flight Commander |
| Service: |
Royal Naval Air Service |
| Unit: |
1N |
| Victories: |
6 |
| Born: |
25 April 1896 |
| Place of Birth: |
Codnor, Derbyshire |
| Died: |
07 July 1917 |
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| Place of Death: |
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| Cemetery: |
Pont-Du-Hem Military Cemetery, La Gorgue, Nord, France |
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In 1915, Cyril Askew Eyre joined the Royal Naval Air Service in Toronto, Canada. With 1 Naval Squadron he scored six victories before he was killed in action. It seems likely that Eyre's Sopwith Triplane was shot down by Alfred Niederhoff of Jasta 11.
1901 residence same as place of birth. |
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
04 May 1917 |
0830-1030 |
1N |
Sopwith Triplane (N5435) |
Albatros D.III (OOC) |
Wancourt |
| 2 |
19 May 1917 |
1945 |
1N |
Sopwith Triplane (N5435) |
Albatros D.III (OOC) |
Henin-Lietard |
| 3 |
15 Jun 1917 |
1200 |
1N |
Sopwith Triplane (N5444) |
C (CAP) |
St. Jean, NE of Ypres |
| 4 |
21 Jun 1917 |
1745 |
1N |
Sopwith Triplane (N5444) |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
St. Julien |
| 5 |
03 Jul 1917 |
0945 |
1N |
Sopwith Triplane (N6291) |
Albatros D.III (OOC) |
Tenbrielen |
| 6 |
03 Jul 1917 |
1835 |
1N |
Sopwith Triplane (N6291) |
Albatros D.III (DESF) |
E of Gheluvelt |
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