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| Name: |
Herbert Victor Rowley |
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| Country: |
England |
| Rank: |
Captain |
| Service: |
Royal Naval Air Service
Royal Air Force |
| Units: |
1N (RNAS)
201 (RAF) |
| Victories: |
9 |
| Born: |
24 October 1897 |
| Place of Birth: |
Audley, Staffordshire |
| Died: |
09 April 1966 |
| Place of Death: |
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Herbert Victor Rowley joined the Royan Naval Air Service as a Temporary Flight Sub-Lieutenant on 30 Apr 1916. Posted to 1 Naval Squadron as a pilot in February 1917; Flight Commander later in 1917. He was involved in the flight, in October-November 1925, from Helwan, Egypt to Kaduna, Nigeria, led by Squadron Leader Arthur Coningham. Rowley retired from Royal Air Force as an Air Commodore on 26 Oct 1944. |
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
29 Apr 1917 |
1150 |
1N |
Sopwith Triplane (N5425) |
Albatros D.III (OOC) 1 |
Villers les Cagnicourt |
| 2 |
13 Jul 1917 |
1025 |
1N |
Sopwith Triplane (N6308) |
C (DES) 2 |
E of Warneton |
| 3 |
17 Jul 1917 |
1805 |
1N |
Sopwith Triplane (N5373) |
Albatros D.V (OOC) 3 |
4 mi E of Messines |
| 4 |
26 Aug 1917 |
0750 |
1N |
Sopwith Triplane (N6301) |
DFW C (OOC) 4 |
E of Deulemont |
| 5 |
13 Nov 1917 |
1210 |
1N |
Sopwith Triplane (N5472) |
C (OOC) |
SE of Nieuport |
| 6 |
12 Mar 1918 |
1315 |
1N |
Sopwith Camel (B6429) |
Balloon (DES) 5 |
Ypres |
| 7 |
16 Mar 1918 |
1145 |
1N |
Sopwith Camel (B6429) |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
Dixmude |
| 8 |
21 Mar 1918 |
1550 |
1N |
Sopwith Camel (B6429) |
Albatros D.V (DES) |
Nieuport |
| 9 |
01 Apr 1918 |
1300 |
201 |
Sopwith Camel (B6429) |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
Arras-Albert |
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| 1 |
Shared with FSL Cyril Ridley (N5437) |
| 2 |
Shared with FCdr Forster Maynard (N5479), FSL Anthony Spence (N5459) |
| 3 |
Shared with FCdr Forster Maynard (N5479), FSL E Anthony (N6296), FSL Cyril Ridley (N6304), FSL Cecil Brock (N5485), FSL G B G Scott (N5455), FLt H L Everitt (N6308), FSL Anthony Spence (N6300) |
| 4 |
Shared with FSL Stanley Rosevear (N6299) |
| 5 |
Shared with FCdr Cyril Ridley (B6418) |
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