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Name: Robert Chalmers
Country: Scotland
Rank: 2nd Lieutenant
Service: Royal Air Force
Unit: 205
Victories: 6
Born: 17 October 1898
Place of Birth: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Died:  
Place of Death:  
 
 
A shipping clerk from Glasgow, Robert Chalmers was posted to 205 Squadron on 3 April 1918. He scored six victories flying the D.H.4 before he was sent to hospital on 22 October 1918.
 
Victories
Date Time Unit Aircraft Opponent Location
1 03 May 1918 1545 205 D.H.4 (D8401) 1 Pfalz D.III (DESF) 2 Chaulnes-Rosières
2 03 May 1918 1545 205 D.H.4 (D8401) 1 Pfalz D.III (OOC) 2 Chaulnes-Rosières
3 17 May 1918 1605 205 D.H.4 (D9255) 1 Albatros D.V (DESF) W of Chaulnes
4 20 May 1918 0825 205 D.H.4 (D9260) 1 Pfalz D.III (OOC) Rosières
5 10 Aug 1918 1540 205 D.H.4 (A7587) 1 Pfalz D.III (OOC) Brie Bridge
6 11 Aug 1918 0756 205 D.H.4 (A7587) 1 Pfalz D.III (OOC) W of Péronne

1 Observer 2Lt Stanley Hamblin
2 Shared with Lt G E Siedle & AGL William Middleton, Capt Euan Dickson & AGL Charles Robinson, Lt Cyril Heywood & AGL SF Langstone, Lt William Elliott & AGL Whalley, Lt Wilson & AGL Mackay, Lt William Grossart & AGL Richards, Lt Fox & AGL C F Ambler, Capt John Gamon & 2Lt Walter Scott, Lt Scott & AGL Humphrey
 
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