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| Name: |
Desmond Percival Fitzgerald Uniacke |
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| Country: |
England |
| Rank: |
2nd Lieutenant |
| Service: |
Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force |
| Unit: |
48 |
| Victories: |
13 |
| Born: |
18 December 1895 |
| Place of Birth: |
Chelsea, London, England |
| Died: |
25 March 1933 |
| Place of Death: |
London, England |
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The son of Richard Gordon Fitzgerald and Cecilia Monica (Lambert) Uniacke, Desmond Percival Fitzgerald Uniacke attended St. John's College, Hurstpierpoint and was serving with the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant on 23 September 1916. A Bristol F.2b observer with 48 Squadron, he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in May 1917. He scored 13 victories with pilot Ralph Curtis before both were shot down over Roulers on 21 September 1917 by Hermann Göring of Jasta 27. Curtis died from his wounds and Uniacke was taken prisoner.
Listed as Desmond Percival Fitz Gerald Uniacke in the Supplement to the London Gazette. |
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
03 Jul 1917 |
0910 |
48 |
Bristol F.2b (A7149) 1 |
Two-seater (OOC) |
Quéant |
| 2 |
05 Jul 1917 |
2020 |
48 |
Bristol F.2b (A7153) 1 |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
Bapaume |
| 3 |
07 Jul 1917 |
0550 |
48 |
Bristol F.2b (A7107) 1 |
Albatros D.V (DES) |
Vitry |
| 4 |
28 Jul 1917 |
0815 |
48 |
Bristol F.2b (A7121) 1 |
Albatros D.III (OOC) |
Ghistelles |
| 5 |
16 Aug 1917 |
1955 |
48 |
Bristol F.2b (A7151) 1 |
Albatros D.V (DESF) |
St. Pierre-Capelle |
| 6 |
16 Aug 1917 |
1955 |
48 |
Bristol F.2b (A7151) 1 |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
St. Pierre-Capelle |
| 7 |
20 Aug 1917 |
2005 |
48 |
Bristol F.2b (A7224) 1 |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
Ghistelles |
| 8 |
22 Aug 1917 |
0907 |
48 |
Bristol F.2b (A7224) 1 |
Albatros D.V (DES) |
Ostende |
| 9 |
22 Aug 1917 |
0907 |
48 |
Bristol F.2b (A7224) 1 |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
Ostende |
| 10 |
02 Sep 1917 |
0930 |
48 |
Bristol F.2b (A7224) 1 |
Albatros D.V (OOC) 2 |
E of Dixmude |
| 11 |
05 Sep 1917 |
0840 |
48 |
Bristol F.2b (A7170) 1 |
DFW C (OOC) |
Middlekerke |
| 12 |
14 Sep 1917 |
1640 |
48 |
Bristol F.2b (A7224) 1 |
Albatros D.V (DES) |
Ghistelles |
| 13 |
17 Sep 1917 |
0915 |
48 |
Bristol F.2b (A7224) 1 |
Two-seater (OOC) 3 |
Leke |
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| 1 |
Pilot Lt Ralph Curtis |
| 2 |
Shared with Lt Keith Park & 2Lt Alan Light |
| 3 |
Shared with Sgt J Oldham & AM2 William Walker |
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