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| Name: |
Ronald Roscoe Thornely |
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| Country: |
England |
| Rank: |
Captain |
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Royal Naval Air Service
Royal Air Force |
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8N (RNAS)
208 (RAF) |
| Victories: |
9 |
| Born: |
10 July 1889 |
| Place of Birth: |
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England |
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Promoted to Temporary Flight Sub-Lieutenant on 5 May 1916, Ronald Roscoe Thornely received Royal Aero Club Aviator's Certificate 3290 on a Maurice Farman biplane at Royal Naval Air Station, Chingford on 29 July 1916. He was promoted to Tmporary Captain on 7 May 1918 and scored nine victories with Naval 8 in 1917. Thornely was tranferred to the unemployed list on 1 March 1919. |
Great Britain, Royal Aero Club Aviators' Certificates, 1910-1950
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
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04 Jun 1917 |
0945 |
8N |
Sopwith Triplane (N5465) |
C (DESF) 1 |
E of Lens |
| 2 |
07 Jun 1917 |
1015 |
8N |
Sopwith Triplane (N5465) |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
Henin-Lietard |
| 3 |
16 Jun 1917 |
0830 |
8N |
Sopwith Triplane (N5465) |
C (CAP) 2 |
Loos-E of Lens |
| 4 |
22 Jul 1917 |
0630 |
8N |
Sopwith Camel (B3845) |
Albatros D.III (OOC) |
SE of Gavrelle |
| 5 |
28 Jul 1917 |
0915 |
8N |
Sopwith Camel (B3845) |
Albatros D.III (OOC) |
Lens-La Bassée |
| 6 |
09 Aug 1917 |
0915 |
8N |
Sopwith Camel (B3845) |
Albatros D.V (OOC) 3 |
E of Henin-Lietard |
| 7 |
15 Aug 1917 |
2015 |
8N |
Sopwith Camel (B3845) |
Albatros D.III (OOC) |
Lens |
| 8 |
19 Aug 1917 |
0850 |
8N |
Sopwith Camel |
C (OOC) 4 |
E of Lens |
| 9 |
11 Sep 1917 |
1150 |
8N |
Sopwith Camel (B3845) |
C (OOC) |
Pont a Vendin |
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| 1 |
Shared with FSL Robert Compston, FSL E A Bennetts (N5492) |
| 2 |
Shared with FLt Robert Compston |
| 3 |
Shared with FSL William Jordan |
| 4 |
Shared with FSL William Jordan, FSL Ross McDonald, FSL J H Thompson |
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