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| Name: |
Cecil Frederick Charles Wilson |
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| Country: |
Wales |
| Rank: |
Lieutenant |
| Service: |
Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force |
| Unit: |
84 |
| Victories: |
5 |
| Born: |
18 July 1897 |
| Place of Birth: |
Newport, Monmouthshire |
| Died: |
19 May 1956 |
| Place of Death: |
Nairobi, Kenya |
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The son of John Edwin and Ellen Wilson, Cecil Frederick Charles Wilson was promoted to temporary Second Lieutenant (on probation) on 9 September 1917 and joined 84 Squadron in April 1918. His final victory was over a Fokker D.VII from which the pilot successfully bailed out. In later life, Wilson lived, farmed and died in Kenya. |
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
28 May 1918 |
0920 |
84 |
S.E.5a (D8223) |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
S of Weincourt |
| 2 |
25 Aug 1918 |
0945 |
84 |
S.E.5a (C6430) |
LVG C (OOC) 1 |
N of Foucaucourt |
| 3 |
03 Sep 1918 |
0625 |
84 |
S.E.5a |
Rumpler C (DES) 2 |
S of Manacourt-Nurlu |
| 4 |
16 Sep 1918 |
0630 |
84 |
S.E.5a (B8420) |
Rumpler C (DES) 3 |
Selenoy |
| 5 |
03 Nov 1918 |
1530 |
84 |
S.E.5a (E6008) |
Fokker D.VII (DES) |
Mormal Wood |
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| 1 |
Shared with Capt Walter Southey |
| 2 |
Shared with Capt Walter Southey, Lt A E Hill, Lt E R W Miller, 2Lt F R Christiani |
| 3 |
Shared with 2Lt Sidney Highwood |
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