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| Name: |
Victor Emmanuel Groom |
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| Country: |
England |
| Rank: |
Captain |
| Service: |
Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force |
| Units: |
20, 111 |
| Victories: |
8 |
| Born: |
04 August 1898 |
| Place of Birth: |
Peckham, Surrey, England |
| Died: |
December 1990 |
| Place of Death: |
Surrey, England |
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Victor Emmanuel Groom transferred to the Royal Flying
Corps in September 1917. A Bristol
Fighter pilot with 20 Squadron, he scored 8 victories in 1918
before returning home in September. |
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| Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) |
Lieut. Victor Emmanuel Groom.
An officer of great courage and dash who never hesitates to attack the enemy regardless of the superiority in numbers. While on a recent patrol this officer was one of a formation of eight that engaged twenty-five hostile scouts. Lieut. Groom shot down one, and his observer (Lieut. Hardcastle) a few minutes later destroyed another. On a later date, accompanied by the same observer, they were attacked by twelve scouts; two of these they shot down.
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
08 May 1918 |
1645 |
20 |
Bristol Fighter |
Fokker DR.I (DESF) |
NW of Wervicq |
| 2 |
14 May 1918 |
1845 |
20 |
Bristol Fighter (C4764) |
Albatros D.V (DES) |
E of Zillebeke Lake |
| 3 |
14 May 1918 |
1850 |
20 |
Bristol Fighter (C4764) |
C (DES) |
SW of Polygon Wood |
| 4 |
19 May 1918 |
1030 |
20 |
Bristol Fighter |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
S of Calonne |
| 5 |
01 Jun 1918 |
0630 |
20 |
Bristol Fighter (C4764) |
Pfalz D.III (DES) |
NW of Comines |
| 6 |
01 Jun 1918 |
0630 |
20 |
Bristol Fighter (C4764) |
Pfalz D.III (DES) |
NW of Comines |
| 7 |
30 Jul 1918 |
1930 |
20 |
Bristol Fighter (C7939) |
Fokker D.VII (DESF) |
Bailleul |
| 8 |
30 Jul 1918 |
1930 |
20 |
Bristol Fighter (C7939) |
Fokker D.VII (DESF) |
Bailleul |
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