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Name: Thomas Cecil Silwood Tuffield
Country: England
Rank: Lieutenant
Service: Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
Unit: 48, 99
Victories: 6
Born: 17 February 1893
Place of Birth: Bombay, India
Died:  
Place of Death:  
 
 
From the 16th Battalion of the Welsh Regiment, Tuffield transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in the summer of 1917. Posted to 48 Squadron as an observer, he scored 6 victories flying the Bristol Fighter before becoming a pilot in 1918.
British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920
 
Victories
Date Time Unit Aircraft Opponent Location
1 21 Jul 1917 1800 48 Bristol F.2b (A7153) 1 Albatros D.V (OOC) 4 Slype
2 22 Aug 1917 0905 48 Bristol F.2b (A7222) 1 Albatros D.V (OOC) Ghistelles
3 03 Sep 1917 0815 48 Bristol F.2b (A7222) 1 Albatros D.V (OOC) N of Dixmude
4 03 Sep 1917 0815 48 Bristol F.2b (A7222) 1 Albatros D.V (DESF) N of Dixmude
5 11 Sep 1917 1015 48 Bristol F.2b (A7220) 2 DFW C (OOC) Dixmude
6 11 Nov 1917 1510 48 Bristol F.2b (B1134) 3 Albatros D.V (OOC) E of St. George

1 Pilot Lt Robert Dodds
2 Pilot 2Lt James Binnie
3 Pilot Lt Norman Millman
4 Shared with Capt Brian Baker & Lt G R Spencer and Lt Robert Coath & 2Lt H Tanner
 
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