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| Name: |
Horace Percy Lale |
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| Country: |
England |
| Rank: |
Captain |
| Service: |
Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force |
| Units: |
20, 39, 48 |
| Victories: |
23 |
| Born: |
08 April 1886 |
| Place of Birth: |
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England |
| Died: |
05 April 1955 |
| Place of Death: |
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The son of Katherine Lale of Bristol, Horace Percy Lale emigrated to Canada before the war. He enlisted at Calgary, Alberta on 5 January 1915 and served with the Canadian Mounted Rifles before transferring to the Royal Flying Corps on 26 September 1916. Flying the Bristol Fighter, Lale scored 4 victories with 48 Squadron in 1917 and 19 victories with 20 Squadron in 1918. For post-war service in Waziristan, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order and a bar to his Distinguished Flying Cross. |
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| Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) |
2nd Lieut. (A./Capt.) Horace Percy Lale. (FRANCE)
A bold and courageous officer, who leads his patrol with marked skill and judgment. He has accounted for twelve enemy aeroplanes—five crashed, four shot down in flames, and three driven down out of control. On 6th September he led his patrol of nine machines to the assistance of some formations that were attacked by thirty or forty enemy aircraft; in the engagement he and his Observer accounted for two Fokkers; eventually the enemy was driven off, five of their machines being destroyed and three shot down out of control.
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
24 Jun 1917 |
2015 |
48 |
Bristol F.2b (A7119) 1 |
Albatros D.III (OOC) |
Douai |
| 2 |
22 Jul 1917 |
1330 |
48 |
Bristol F.2b (A7117) 2 |
Albatros D.III (OOC) |
2 mi E of Ostend |
| 3 |
19 Aug 1917 |
1700 |
48 |
Bristol F.2b (A7176) 2 |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
5 mi S of Nieuport |
| 4 |
14 Sep 1917 |
1845 |
48 |
Bristol F.2b (A7219) 2 |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
Slype |
| 5 |
30 Jun 1918 |
0730 |
20 |
Bristol F.2b (A8716) 3 |
Fokker D.VII (DES) |
NW of Menin |
| 6 |
25 Jul 1918 |
0850 |
20 |
Bristol F.2b (C4718) 4 |
Fokker D.VII (DES) |
N of Comines |
| 7 |
25 Jul 1918 |
0855 |
20 |
Bristol F.2b (C4718) 4 |
Fokker D.VII (DESF) 9 |
Comines |
| 8 |
11 Aug 1918 |
1740 |
20 |
Bristol F.2b (E2467) 5 |
Balloon (DES) |
W of Courtrai |
| 9 |
14 Aug 1918 |
abt 1830 |
20 |
Bristol F.2b (E2467) 4 |
Fokker D.VII (OOC) |
Dadizeele |
| 10 |
21 Aug 1918 |
1910 |
20 |
Bristol F.2b (E2467) 4 |
Pfalz D.III (DES) |
NE of Gheluwe |
| 11 |
21 Aug 1918 |
1915 |
20 |
Bristol F.2b (E2467) 4 |
Fokker D.VII (DESF) 10 |
Gheluwe |
| 12 |
21 Aug 1918 |
1915 |
20 |
Bristol F.2b (E2467) 4 |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
Gheluwe |
| 13 |
21 Aug 1918 |
1917 |
20 |
Bristol F.2b (E2467) 4 |
Fokker D.VII (DES) |
W of Menin-Roulers Road |
| 14 |
03 Sep 1918 |
1745 |
20 |
Bristol F.2b (E2181) 4 |
Fokker D.VII (OOC) |
S of Havrincourt Wood |
| 15 |
05 Sep 1918 |
1520 |
20 |
Bristol F.2b (E2467) 6 |
Fokker D.VII (DES) |
SE of Cambrai |
| 16 |
06 Sep 1918 |
0845 |
20 |
Bristol F.2b (E2181) 6 |
Fokker D.VII (DESF) |
St. Quentin |
| 17 |
06 Sep 1918 |
0845 |
20 |
Bristol F.2b (E2181) 6 |
Fokker D.VII (DESF) |
St. Quentin |
| 18 |
07 Sep 1918 |
1810 |
20 |
Bristol F.2b (E2181) 6 |
Fokker D.VII (DES) |
NE of St. Quentin |
| 19 |
03 Oct 1918 |
1005 |
20 |
Bristol F.2b (E2588) 7 |
Fokker D.VII (OOC) |
E of Mericourt |
| 20 |
23 Oct 1918 |
1510 |
20 |
Bristol F.2b (E2407) 8 |
Fokker D.VII (DES) |
SW of Noyelles |
| 21 |
23 Oct 1918 |
1515 |
20 |
Bristol F.2b (E2407) 8 |
Fokker D.VII (DES) |
E of Preux |
| 22 |
30 Oct 1918 |
1205 |
20 |
Bristol F.2b (E2407) 8 |
Fokker D.VII (DES) |
S of Avesnes |
| 23 |
30 Oct 1918 |
1205 |
20 |
Bristol F.2b (E2407) 8 |
Fokker D.VII (DES) |
S of Avesnes |
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| 1 |
Observer 2Lt R N W Jeff |
| 2 |
Observer 2Lt G R Waters |
| 3 |
Observer Lt Ernest Hardcastle |
| 4 |
Observer 2Lt F J Ralphs |
| 5 |
Observer 2Lt John Hills |
| 6 |
Observer Lt Harold Edwards |
| 7 |
Observer Lt W Learmond |
| 8 |
Observer Lt Clement Boothroyd |
| 9 |
Shared with Lt David Smith & Pbr John Hills (C4672), Lt William Thomson & Sgt J D C Summers |
| 10 |
Shared with Dennis Latimer & Sgt Arthur Newland |
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