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Rejected by the United States Air Service for being too short, Harold Albert Kullberg joined the Royal Flying Corps in Canada on 7 August 1917. He was promoted to temporary 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) on 12 December 1917. In May 1918 he joined 1 Squadron in France to fly the S.E.5a. Scoring his final victory on 16 September 1918, Kullberg was hotly pursued by the companions of the Fokker D.VII he'd just shot down. Severely wounded three times in the leg, he spent the remainder of the war in hospital. Post-war he was president of the Akron Aeronautical Association and was killed, age 28, in a crash near Hudson, Ohio while teaching a student pilot to fly.
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| Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) |
Lt. Harold Albert Kullberg.
This officer has destroyed six enemy aeroplanes and has taken part in seven engagements when others have been destroyed by members of his patrol. A bold and keen officer who possesses a fine fighting spirit.
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
27 May 1918 |
1425 |
1 |
S.E.5a (D337) |
Two-seater (DES) 1 |
S of Bailleul |
| 2 |
27 May 1918 |
1450 |
1 |
S.E.5a (D337) |
Two-seater (DES) 1 |
Kemmel |
| 3 |
28 May 1918 |
0635 |
1 |
S.E.5a (B8254) |
Two-seater (OOC) 2 |
Meteren-Bailleul |
| 4 |
28 May 1918 |
0700 |
1 |
S.E.5a (B8254) |
DFW C (DES) 2 |
Meteren-Berquin |
| 5 |
01 Jun 1918 |
1940 |
1 |
S.E.5a (B8512) |
Pfalz D.III (DES) |
Armentières |
| 6 |
01 Jun 1918 |
1940 |
1 |
S.E.5a (B8512) |
Pfalz D.III (OOC) 3 |
Ploegsteert Wood |
| 7 |
09 Jun 1918 |
0630 |
1 |
S.E.5a (C8842) |
Fokker DR.I (CAP) 4 |
Dickebusch |
| 8 |
09 Jun 1918 |
0730 |
1 |
S.E.5a (C8842) |
Two-seater (OOC) |
N of Merville |
| 9 |
15 Jun 1918 |
1315 |
1 |
S.E.5a (C1835) |
Balloon (DES) 5 |
S of Estaires |
| 10 |
23 Jun 1918 |
0600 |
1 |
S.E.5a (C1835) |
Two-seater (DES) 6 |
NW of Lestrem |
| 11 |
27 Jun 1918 |
0427 |
1 |
S.E.5a (C1835) |
LVG C (DES) 7 |
E of Meteren |
| 12 |
01 Jul 1918 |
0805 |
1 |
S.E.5a (C1835) |
Halberstadt C (DES) 8 |
Messens |
| 13 |
09 Jul 1918 |
2050 |
1 |
S.E.5a (C1835) |
Fokker D.VII (DES) |
Oostnieuwkerke |
| 14 |
29 Jul 1918 |
1745 |
1 |
S.E.5a (C1835) |
Albatros C (DES) |
N of Steenwerck |
| 15 |
09 Aug 1918 |
1025 |
1 |
S.E.5a (C1835) |
Fokker D.VII (DES) |
Proyart |
| 16 |
30 Aug 1918 |
1830 |
1 |
S.E.5a (B8427) |
Fokker D.VII (DES) |
Bourlon |
| 17 |
30 Aug 1918 |
1830 |
1 |
S.E.5a (B8427) |
Fokker D.VII (DES) |
Bourlon |
| 18 |
03 Sep 1918 |
1820 |
1 |
S.E.5a (B8427) |
Fokker D.VII (DES) |
Avesnes le Sec |
| 19 |
16 Sep 1918 |
1030 |
1 |
S.E.5a (B8427) |
Fokker D.VII (DES) |
Valenciennes |
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| 1 |
Shared with Capt Percy Clayson, Lt Duerson Knight, Lt Basil Moody, Lt Ernest Kelly |
| 2 |
Shared with Capt Percy Clayson, Capt K S Henderson, Lt E M Forsyth, Lt Basil Moody, Lt Ernest Owen, Lt A F Scroggs, Lt H B Bradley, Lt Ernest Kelly, Lt Duerson Knight, Lt Kenneth Laing |
| 3 |
Shared with Capt Charles Lavers, Capt Percy Clayson, Lt Wallace Smart, Lt L W Mawbey, Lt E M Newman, Lt Duerson Knight, Lt C B Henderson, Lt H S Hennessy, Lt Ernest Kelly |
| 4 |
Shared with Capt Percy Clayson, Lt H B Bradley, Lt H B Parkinson, Lt Ernest Owen, Lt Duerson Knight, Lt Kenneth Laing, Lt E S Crossley, Lt John Bateman, Lt C B Henderson |
| 5 |
Shared with Capt Percy Clayson, Lt G W Bellin |
| 6 |
Shared with Capt Percy Calyson, Lt Duerson Knight, Lt John Bateman, Lt C B Henderson |
| 7 |
Shared with Capt Percy Clayson, Lt Duerson Knight |
| 8 |
Shared with Lt John Bateman, Lt Wallace Smart |
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