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| Name: |
Charles Arthur Bissonette |
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| Country: |
United States |
| Rank: |
Lieutenant |
| Service: |
Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force |
| Units: |
24, 64 |
| Victories: |
6 |
| Born: |
27 December 1896 |
| Place of Birth: |
Toledo, Ohio, USA |
| Died: |
26 April 1971 |
| Place of Death: |
Los Angeles, California, USA |
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The son of Alfred M. and Joohana Bissonette, Charles Arthur Bissonette served two years in the United States Naval Reserve before he went to Canada to enlist in the Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force on 17 October 1916. He joined the Royal Flying Corps in March 1917. Flying the S.E.5a with 64 Squadron in 1918, he scored six victories before being reassigned to 24 Squadron on 24 September 1918.
1910 residence was Toledo, Ohio. Listed as Charles Arthur Bisonette on Attestation Paper. |
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
17 Mar 1918 |
1135 |
64 |
S.E.5a |
Pfalz D.III (OOC) 1 |
Biache |
| 2 |
23 Mar 1918 |
1110 |
64 |
S.E.5a (C9493) |
Two-seater (DES) |
Havrincourt Wood |
| 3 |
09 May 1918 |
1042 |
64 |
S.E.5a (C9517) |
Halberstadt C (OOC) |
Monchy |
| 4 |
09 May 1918 |
1043 |
64 |
S.E.5a (C9517) |
Pfalz D.III (OOC) |
Boiry |
| 5 |
31 May 1918 |
1940 |
64 |
S.E.5a |
Albatros D.V (DES) |
La Bassée |
| 6 |
31 May 1918 |
1940 |
64 |
S.E.5a |
Albatros D.V (DES) |
La Bassée |
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| 1 |
Shared with Capt Edmund Tempest, Lt J F T Barrett, Lt Stringer, Lt Hendrie |
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