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Name: Leslie Morton Mansbridge
Leslie Morton Mansbridge
Country: England
Rank: Captain
Service: Royal Flying Corps
Units: 1, 23
Victories: 5
Born: 13 June 1897
Place of Birth: Queensborough Terrace, London
Died: October 1992
Place of Death: Pwllheli and Porthmadog, Gwynedd, Wales
 
 
Leslie Morton Mansbridge served with 1 Squadron, scoring 4 victories flying Nieuport scouts, until wounded in action in 1917. When he recovered, he was posted to 23 Squadron where he scored his fifth victory flying the Sopwith Dolphin.
 
Victories
Date Time Unit Aircraft Opponent Location
1 01 May 1917 1000 1 Nieuport (A6670) 1 Albatros C (DES) Ploegsteert
2 24 May 1917 2005 1 Nieuport (A6670) Albatros D.III (OOC) Zandvoorde
3 28 May 1917 0930 1 Nieuport (B1639) Albatros D.III (OOC) Wervicq
4 02 Jun 1917 0915 1 Nieuport (B1639) Albatros D.III (OOC) Wervicq
5 22 Apr 1918 1140 23 Sopwith Dolphin (D3769) Fokker DR.I (OOC) E of Warfusée-Abancourt

1 Shared with Capt Christopher Brand (A6668)
 
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