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| Name: |
John Gordon Smith Cheetham Smith-Grant |
| Country: |
Scotland |
| Rank: |
Captain |
| Service: |
Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force |
| Units: |
28, 70 |
| Victories: |
6 |
| Born: |
19 March 1893 |
| Place of Birth: |
Glenlivet, Banffshire, Scotland |
| Died: |
30 May 1918 |
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| Place of Death: |
France |
| Cemetery: |
Bagneux British Cemetery, Gezaincourt, Somme, France |
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Heir to the Glenlivet Distillery and son of Colonel and Mrs. G. Smith Grant, of Minmore, Glenlivet, Banffshire, Smith-Grant served with the kilted 9th Royal Scots in the trenches of France before joining the Royal Flying Corps in August 1916. Posted to 70 Squadron in 1917, he claimed 2 victories and became a Flight Commander before being reassigned to 28 Squadron in Italy toward the end of the year. After downing three more enemy aircraft, he rejoined 70 Squadron in France and scored his final victory on 23 May 1918. Six days later, Smith-Grant was wounded in action and taken to a Canadian field hospital where he was killed by a bomb blast during an air raid by German aircraft. |
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
25 Aug 1917 |
1925 |
70 |
Sopwith Camel |
EA (OOC) 1 |
Gheluwe |
| 2 |
20 Oct 1917 |
1115 |
70 |
Sopwith Camel (B2396) |
Albatros D (OOC) 2 |
Roulers-Menin Road |
| 3 |
08 Dec 1917 |
1040 |
28 |
Sopwith Camel (B6406) |
Aviatik (OOC) |
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| 4 |
08 Dec 1917 |
1110 |
28 |
Sopwith Camel (B6406) |
Aviatik (DES) |
NW of Asiago |
| 5 |
10 Dec 1917 |
1505 |
28 |
Sopwith Camel (B6406) |
Aviatik (DES) |
St. Lucia di Piave |
| 6 |
23 May 1918 |
0940 |
70 |
Sopwith Camel (C8246) |
LVG C (OOC) |
Courcelette |
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| 1 |
Shared with Clive Collett |
| 2 |
Shared with Capt Frederic Laurence |
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