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| Name: |
Wilfred Bertie "Twist" Giles |
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| Country: |
England |
| Rank: |
Lieutenant |
| Service: |
Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force |
| Units: |
43, 74 |
| Victories: |
5 |
| Born: |
06 April 1896 |
| Place of Birth: |
Bristol, Gloucestershire |
| Died: |
March 1991 |
| Place of Death: |
Dyfed, Wales |
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Wilfred Bertie Giles, the son of Henry and Emily Giles, was wounded in 1916 while serving with the Somerset Light Infantry on the Somme Front. When he recovered from his wounds, he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps. As an observer with 43 Squadron, he claimed his first victory from a Sopwith 1½ Strutter. On 18 October 1917, 2nd Lieutenant Giles received Royal Aero Club Aviator's Certificate 5337 on a Maurice Farman biplane at military school, Ruislip. Posted to 74 Squadron in France, he claimed four more victories flying a Sopwith Camel before he was injured in a crash on 6 August 1917. He later married the widow of Ira Jones. |
Great Britain, Royal Aero Club Aviators' Certificates, 1910-1950 |
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
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16 Jun 1917 |
0830 |
43 |
Sopwith 1½ Strutter (A1903) 1 |
Albatros D.III (DES) 2 |
Lens |
| 2 |
12 May 1918 |
1830 |
74 |
S.E.5a (C6414) |
Albatros D.V (DES) |
N of Wulverghem |
| 3 |
27 May 1918 |
1130 |
74 |
S.E.5a |
Halberstadt C (OOC) 3 |
Neuf Berquin |
| 4 |
29 Jun 1918 |
2015 |
74 |
S.E.5a (C6494) |
Fokker D.VII (DES) |
Bailleul-Kemmel |
| 5 |
07 Jul 1918 |
1120 |
74 |
S.E.5a (C6494) |
LVG C (DESF) |
Bailleul |
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| 1 |
Pilot 2Lt C G Moore |
| 2 |
Shared with 2Lt S V L Gedge & Pvt C B Blatherwick (A8829); Lt John Womersley & AM1 J M O'Shea (A8244); Sgt A V Webb & 2Lt C E Day (A7798); Capt Kenneth Gopsill & 2Lt J B Smith (A8335) |
| 3 |
Shared with Lt James Ira Jones (C1117) |
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