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| Name: |
Robert Mordaunt Foster |
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| Country: |
England |
| Rank: |
Captain |
| Service: |
Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force |
| Units: |
54 (RFC)
209 (RAF) |
| Victories: |
16 |
| Born: |
03 September 1898 |
| Place of
Birth: |
Richmond, Surrey |
| Died: |
23 October 1973 |
| Place of Death: |
Glemham, Suffolk |
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Robert Mordaunt Foster attended Royal Military College, Camberley in 1914. He served with the Royal Fusiliers before he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in 1916. Posted to 54 Squadron in 1917, he scored his first victory flying the Sopwith Pup. Flying the Sopwith Camel in 1918, he claimed fifteen more enemy aircraft with 209 Squadron. |
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| Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) |
Lt. (T./Capt.) Robert Mordaunt Foster.
This officer has taken part in numerous combats and led his patrols brilliantly; he has destroyed five hostile machines. On one occasion he attacked two biplanes single-handed; one he forced down and the other burst into flames and broke up in the air.
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
06 Jun 1917 |
1200 |
54 |
Sopwith Pup (A6167) |
Albatros D.III (DES) |
SW of Cambrai |
| 2 |
21 Apr 1918 |
1025 |
209 |
Sopwith Camel (B3858) |
Albatros C (DESF) 1 |
Le Quesnel |
| 3 |
22 Apr 1918 |
0610 |
209 |
Sopwith Camel (B3858) |
DVW C.V (CAP) 2 |
Albert |
| 4 |
27 Apr 1918 |
1445 |
209 |
Sopwith Camel (B3858) |
Albatros D.V (DES) 3 |
E of Villers Brettoneaux |
| 5 |
04 May 1918 |
1555 |
209 |
Sopwith Camel (B3858) |
Pfalz D.III (OOC) |
1 mi S of Hamel |
| 6 |
16 May 1918 |
0940 |
209 |
Sopwith Camel (B3858) |
LVG C (DESF) 4 |
Villers Brettoneaux |
| 7 |
30 May 1918 |
1130 |
209 |
Sopwith Camel (B3858) |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
NW of Méaulte |
| 8 |
17 Jun 1918 |
0830 |
209 |
Sopwith Camel (B3858) |
LVG C (CAP) 5 |
Ailly-sur-Noye |
| 9 |
29 Jun 1918 |
2010 |
209 |
Sopwith Camel (B3858) |
Fokker D.VII (DESF) |
Harbonnières |
| 10 |
01 Aug 1918 |
0945 |
209 |
Sopwith Camel (C61) |
Fokker D.VII (DES) 6 |
Bailleul |
| 11 |
08 Aug 1918 |
1905 |
209 |
Sopwith Camel (C61) |
Halberstadt C (DESF) 7 |
Harbonnières |
| 12 |
12 Aug 1918 |
0905 |
209 |
Sopwith Camel (C61) |
Fokker DR.I (CAP) |
SW of Proyart |
| 13 |
30 Aug 1918 |
1040 |
209 |
Sopwith Camel (C61) |
Fokker D.VII (OOC) |
Recourt-Dury |
| 14 |
15 Sep 1918 |
1700 |
209 |
Sopwith Camel (C61) |
Fokker D.VII (DES) |
Ecoust St. Quentin |
| 15 |
15 Sep 1918 |
1720 |
209 |
Sopwith Camel (C61) |
Fokker D.VII (DES) |
Ecoust St. Quentin |
| 16 |
04 Nov 1918 |
0730 |
209 |
Sopwith Camel (C61) |
Pfalz D.XII (OOC) 8 |
Athies |
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| 1 |
Shared with Capt Oliver LeBoutillier (D3338), Lt Merrill Taylor |
| 2 |
Shared with Capt Oliver LeBoutillier, Lt Merrill Taylor, Lt M A Harker, Lt Cecil Brock |
| 3 |
Shared with Lt Oliver Redgate (B7270) |
| 4 |
Shared with Capt Oliver LeBoutillier (D3338) |
| 5 |
Shared with Lt R D Gracie (D3328) |
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Shared with Lt Wilfrid May (F5925) |
| 7 |
Shared with Lt Cedric Edwards (D9588), Capt Thomas Luke (C142), Lt Kenneth Walker (C199), Lt M A Harker (D9625) |
| 8 |
Shared with Lt E W Mills (F3946), Lt E K Langton (H6998) |
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