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| Name: |
Ernest Harold Masters |
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| Country: |
England |
| Rank: |
Lieutenant |
| Service: |
Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force |
| Unit: |
45 |
| Victories: |
8 |
| Born: |
1899 |
| Place of Birth: |
Oldbury, Worcestershire |
| Died: |
24 December 1918 |
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| Place of Death: |
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| Cemetery: |
Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, Pas de Calais, France |
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The son of George and Fanny Masters, Ernest Harold Masters was posted to 45 Squadron in France in 1918. With this unit, he scored eight victories flying the Sopwith Camel. He was killed in a flying accident on Christmas eve, 1918. |
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
13 May 1918 |
0620 |
45 |
Sopwith Camel (B2379) |
Albatros D.III (DES) |
Costa |
| 2 |
13 May 1918 |
0630 |
45 |
Sopwith Camel (B2379) |
LVG C (DES) |
Frison |
| 3 |
19 Jun 1918 |
0933 |
45 |
Sopwith Camel (D1974) |
Albatros D.V (DES) |
Mt. Meatta |
| 4 |
19 Jun 1918 |
0935 |
45 |
Sopwith Camel (D1974) |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
Asiago |
| 5 |
14 Jul 1918 |
0945 |
45 |
Sopwith Camel (D1974) |
D (DES) |
Mt. Cismon |
| 6 |
10 Aug 1918 |
0650 |
45 |
Sopwith Camel (C54) |
LVG C (DES) |
Foclatti |
| 7 |
20 Aug 1918 |
1910 |
45 |
Sopwith Camel (C54) |
C (DES) |
S of Asiago |
| 8 |
23 Oct 1918 |
1200 |
45 |
Sopwith Camel (F7212) |
Rumpler C (OOC) |
Coincourt |
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| 1 |
Shared with Francis Bowles |
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