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| Name: |
Kenneth Lloyd Gopsill |
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| Country: |
England |
| Rank: |
Captain |
| Service: |
Royal Flying Corps |
| Units: |
23, 43 |
| Victories: |
5 |
| Born: |
21 September 1897 |
| Place of Birth: |
Handsworth, Staffordshire, England |
| Died: |
15 February 1918 |
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| Place of Death: |
France |
| Cemetery: |
Merville Communal Cemetery, Nord, France |
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The son of Thomas Frank Lloyd and Mary Eliza Gopsill, 2nd Lieutenant Kenneth Lloyd Gopsill, of the 3rd East Surrey Regiment, received Royal Aero Club Aviator's Certificate 2620 on a Maurice Farman biplane at Military School, Norwich on 24 March 1916. |
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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02 Aug 1916 |
2000 |
23 |
F.E.2b (6964) 1 |
Fokker E (OOC) 5 |
Vitry-en-Artois |
| 2 |
24 Sep 1916 |
1705 |
23 |
F.E.2b (6964) 2 |
Scout (OOC) |
Bertincourt |
| 3 |
24 May 1917 |
0830 |
43 |
Sopwith 1½ Strutter (A8248) 3 |
Albatros D.III (DESF) |
Neuvireuil |
| 4 |
16 Jun 1917 |
0830 |
43 |
Sopwith 1½ Strutter (A8325) 4 |
Albatros D.V (DESF) 6 |
N of Lens |
| 5 |
12 Jul 1917 |
1905 |
43 |
Sopwith 1½ Strutter (A8325) 4 |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
Estrées |
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| 1 |
Observer 2Lt R S Osmaston |
| 2 |
Observer 2Lt F W A Vickery |
| 3 |
Observer 2Lt E H Jones |
| 4 |
Observer 2Lt J Bonner-Smith |
| 5 |
Shared with Capt A T Watson & 2Lt C L Blake (6970) |
| 6 |
Shared with Lt John Womersley & AM1 J M O'Shea (A8244);, 2Lt L S V Gedge & Pvt C B Blatherwick (A8829); 2Lt C G More & Lt Wilfred Giles (A1903) |
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