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| Name: |
Cecil James "Chaps" Marchant |
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| Country: |
England |
| Rank: |
Captain |
| Service: |
Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force |
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44, 46, 78 |
| Victories: |
9 |
| Born: |
15 July 1895 |
| Place of Birth: |
London |
| Died: |
30 May 1965 |
| Place of Death: |
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2nd Lieutenant Cecil James Marchant received Royal Aero Club Aviator's Certificate 3971 on 1 August 1916. He was wounded on 2 July 1918. |
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| Military Cross (MC) |
T./Capt. Cecil James Merchant, Gen. List and R.F.C.
For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He, with two other pilots of his squadron, bombed a freight train from a height of 50 feet, three trucks being derailed. Again, on a later occasion he, with five other pilots, bombed and fired at a column of enemy transport with such good effect that three-quarters of the personnel became casualties and most of the vehicles were destroyed. Whilst on a low bombing reconnaissance during the recent operations he brought down two hostile two-seater machines out of control and shot down a third in flames. He has at all times displayed marked gallantry and resource.
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
22 Mar 1918 |
1500 |
46 |
Sopwith Camel (C1554) |
LVG C (OOC) 1 |
Bullecourt |
| 2 |
23 Mar 1918 |
1015 |
46 |
Sopwith Camel (B9211) |
C (OOC) |
Croisilles |
| 3 |
23 Mar 1918 |
1030 |
46 |
Sopwith Camel (B9211) |
C (DESF) |
Mory |
| 4 |
23 Mar 1918 |
1410 |
46 |
Sopwith Camel |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
Morchies |
| 5 |
03 Apr 1918 |
1245 |
46 |
Sopwith Camel (B9211) |
Albatros C (DES) 2 |
57 D L32 |
| 6 |
20 Apr 1918 |
1000 |
46 |
Sopwith Camel (B9211) |
Albatros C (DES) 2 |
Harnes |
| 7 |
25 Apr 1918 |
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46 |
Sopwith Camel |
LVG C (DES) 3 |
W of Lens |
| 8 |
02 May 1918 |
1700 |
46 |
Sopwith Camel (B9211) |
Pfalz D.III (OOC) 4 |
Estaires |
| 9 |
06 May 1918 |
1800 |
46 |
Sopwith Camel |
DFW C (CAP) 5 |
St. Venant |
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| 1 |
Shared with 2Lt Donald MacLaren |
| 2 |
Shared with 2Lt Maurice Freehill (B5636) |
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Shared with 2Lt E Smith, 2Lt Philip Tudhope |
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Shared with 2Lt John Smith (C1575) |
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Shared with 2Lt Donald MacLaren, 2Lt John Smith, Lt Victor Yeates, 2Lt H T W Manwaring |
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