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| Name: |
Maurice Michael Freehill |
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| Country: |
England |
| Rank: |
Captain |
| Service: |
Royal Flying
Corps |
| Units: |
46, 80 |
| Victories: |
7 |
| Born: |
21 January 1899 |
| Place of Birth: |
Chiswick, London, England |
| Died: |
03 February 1939 |
| Place of Death: |
London, England |
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The son of Eugene and Lilian Freehill, Maurice Michael Freehill, a school boy from Battersea, was almost 6 feet tall and just shy of his 18th birthday when he enlisted in the Hampshire Regiment on 20 January 1917. He transferred to the Royal Flying Corps and flew the Sopwith Camel in 1918, scoring six victories with 46 Squadron and one victory with 80 Squadron. |
British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920
British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920
British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920
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| Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) |
Lieut. (A./Capt.) Maurice Michael Freehill. (FRANCE)
A brilliant leader who has destroyed five
enemy aircraft and has displayed conspicuous
bravery in attacking enemy troops
on the ground. On 4th November, observing
that a machine-gun post was holding up
the advance of our infantry, he attacked it
from a very low altitude, inflicting heavy
casualties on the crews and putting them to
flight. Later on he carried out a reconnaissance
of the Army front at a height of 50
feet in the face of intense machine-gun fire,
bringing back most valuable information.
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
23 Mar 1918 |
1300 |
46 |
Sopwith Camel (B9149) |
C (DES) |
Bullecourt |
| 2 |
03 Apr 1918 |
1245 |
46 |
Sopwith Camel (B5636) |
C (DES) 1 |
57D L32 |
| 3 |
20 Apr 1918 |
1000 |
46 |
Sopwith Camel (B5636) |
Albatros C (DES) 1 |
Harnes |
| 4 |
30 May 1918 |
1930 |
46 |
Sopwith Camel (B5636) |
Fokker DR.I (OOC) |
Estaires |
| 5 |
07 Aug 1918 |
0810 |
46 |
Sopwith Camel (B9291) |
Fokker D.VII (DES) 2 |
SW of Armentières |
| 6 |
15 Aug 1918 |
1810 |
46 |
Sopwith Camel (B9291) |
Fokker D.VII (OOC) |
SE of Péronne |
| 7 |
03 Oct 1918 |
1815 |
80 |
Sopwith Camel (H773) |
Fokker D.VII (OOC) |
Beaurevoir |
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| 1 |
Shared with Capt Cecil Marchant (B9211) |
| 2 |
Shared with Lt A L Aldridge (D9407) |
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