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Name: Ivan Couper Sanderson
Ivan Couper Sanderson
Country: England
Rank: Lieutenant
Service: Royal Air Force
Unit: 210
Victories: 11
Born: 21 December 1899
Place of Birth: Chiswick, Middlesex, England
Died: 1968
Place of Death: Sussex, England
 
 
Lieutenant Ivan Couper Sanderson received Royal Aero Club Aviator's Certificate 5840 on 20 April 1918. Posted to 210 Squadron on 9 May 1918, he scored eleven victories flying the Sopwith Camel before being wounded in action on 17 September 1918.
Great Britain, Royal Aero Club Aviators' Certificates, 1910-1950
 
Opponents
#2 Kurt SchönfelderGermany
 
Victories
Date Time Unit Aircraft Opponent Location
1 23 Jun 1918 1215 210 Sopwith Camel (B7153) Pfalz D.III (DES) E of Zillebeke Lake
2 26 Jun 1918 1920 210 Sopwith Camel (B7153) Fokker D.VII (DES) 1 1 mi W of Armentières
3 26 Jun 1918 1920 210 Sopwith Camel (B7153) Fokker D.VII (OOC) 1 1 mi W of Armentières
4 26 Jun 1918 1920 210 Sopwith Camel (B7153) Fokker D.VII (OOC) 1 1 mi W of Armentières
5 26 Jun 1918 1920 210 Sopwith Camel (B7153) Fokker D.VII (OOC) 1 1 mi W of Armentières
6 31 Jul 1918 1115 210 Sopwith Camel (E1405) Fokker D.VII (OOC) 2 Nieuport-Dixmude
7 31 Jul 1918 1825 210 Sopwith Camel (E1405) Fokker D.VII (OOC) 2 Wervicq
8 11 Aug 1918 1845 210 Sopwith Camel (E1405) Fokker D.VII (DES) SE of Dixmude
9 12 Aug 1918 0900 210 Sopwith Camel (E1405) Fokker D.VII (DES) Nieuport-Westende
10 03 Sep 1918 1830 210 Sopwith Camel (E1405) Fokker D.VII (DES) 3 Menin-Courtrai
11 05 Sep 1918 1730 210 Sopwith Camel (E1405) Fokker D.VII (DES) SE of Roulers

1 Shared with Lt Lawrence Coombes, Lt Kenneth Unger
2 Shared with Capt Lawrence Coombes
3 Shared with Capt Solomon Joseph, Lt Clement Payton, Lt J A Lewis (E4405), Lt H R Hughes (B7222)
 
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