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Formed: August 1916 at Filton
Mobilized: 1917
Insignia:  
Aces: 10  
Victories: 76 Destroyed (DES)
85 Out of Control (OOC)
Losses:   Killed in Action (KIA)
  Killed in Flying Accident (KIFA)
  Wounded in Action (WIA)
  Prisoners of War (POW)
 
62 Squadron was formed at Filton, Gloucestershire in August 1916 and was posted to France in late 1917.
 
62 Squadron Record Book - August 1918
62 Squadron Record Book - 7 Aug 1918
62 Squadron Record Book - 8 Aug 1918
62 Squadron Record Book - 9 Aug 1918
62 Squadron Record Book - 10 Aug 1918
62 Squadron Record Book - 11 Aug 1918
62 Squadron Record Book - 12 Aug 1918
62 Squadron Record Book - 12 Aug 1918
62 Squadron Record Book - 13 Aug 1918
62 Squadron Record Book - 15 Aug 1918
62 Squadron Record Book - 16 Aug 1918
62 Squadron Record Book - 18 Aug 1918
62 Squadron Record Book - 21 Aug 1918
62 Squadron Record Book - 23 Aug 1918
62 Squadron Record Book - 24 Aug 1918
62 Squadron Record Book - 25 Aug 1918
62 Squadron Record Book - 25 Aug 1918
62 Squadron Record Book - 26 Aug 1918
62 Squadron Record Book - 27 Aug 1918
62 Squadron Record Book - 28 Aug 1918
62 Squadron Record Book - 29 Aug 1918
62 Squadron Record Book - 30 Aug 1918
62 Squadron Record Book - 31 Aug 1918
62 Squadron Record Book - 31 Aug 1918
"Unfortunately the original squadron record book for September, 1918, was accidently lost by fire at Farnborough, U.K., in 1919, while in temporary storage after transit from France." Stewart K. Taylor, 1979
 
Aces Aircraft COs Aerodromes
1 England William Staton 26
2 England George Gibbons 17
3 Scotland Thomas Purdom 13
4 Australia Geoffrey Hughes 11
5 England Charles Arnison 9
6 Canada Lynn Campbell 7
7 Canada Ernest Morrow 7
8 England Douglas Savage 6
9 Canada William Swayze 6
10 Canada Patrick Manley 5
1 Bristol F.2
   
 
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