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Dallas joined the Australian army in 1913. When war broke out, he applied for a transfer to the Royal Flying Corps but was rejected. Instead, he joined the Royal Naval Air Service in 1915. Flying Nieuport Scouts, Sopwith Triplanes and Sopwith Camels, Dallas scored 23 victories before he assumed command of 40 Squadron on 1 April 1918. Two weeks later, he was wounded while strafing enemy troop positions but continued flying combat missions. With the S.E.5a, he scored 9 more victories before he encountered three members of Jasta 14 and was killed in action, shot down by Johannes Werner in a Fokker DR.I.
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| Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) Bar |
Flt.-Cdr. Roderic Stanley Dallas, D.S.C., R.N.A.S.
In recognition of his services on the 23rd April, 1917, when with two other machines he engaged a formation of nine-hostile scouts and two-seater machines. Two two-seater machines were shot down, one of them by Flt.-Cdr. Dallas unassisted.
(The award of the Distinguished Service Cross was announced in the London Gazette of 6th September, 1916.)
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
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20 Feb 1916 |
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1W |
Nieuport 11 (3981) |
C (DD) |
Nieuport |
| 1 |
22 Apr 1916 |
abt 0530 |
1W |
Nieuport 11 (3987) |
C (OOC) |
Middelkerke |
| 2 |
20 May 1916 |
0700 |
1W |
Nieuport 11 (3993) |
Seaplane (DES) |
Off Blankenberghe |
| 3 |
21 May 1916 |
abt 1400 |
1W |
Nieuport 11 (3991) |
C (OOC) |
N of Dunkerque |
| 4 |
01 Jul 1916 |
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1W |
Sopwith Triplane (N500) |
C (OOC) |
Off La Panne |
| 5 |
09 Jul 1916 |
1510 |
1W |
Nieuport 11 (3994) |
Fokker E.III (OOC) |
Mariakerke |
| 6 |
30 Sep 1916 |
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1W |
Sopwith Triplane (N500) |
D (OOC) |
SW of St. Pierre Capelle |
| 7 |
01 Feb 1917 |
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1W |
Sopwith Triplane (N5436) |
LVG C (DES) |
N of Dixmude |
| 8 |
05 Apr 1917 |
1200 |
1N |
Sopwith Triplane (N5436) |
Albatros D.II (OOC) |
ESE of St. Quentin |
| 9 |
08 Apr 1917 |
1445 |
1N |
Sopwith Triplane (N5436) |
C (OOC) |
E of Cambrai |
| 10 |
22 Apr 1917 |
1722 |
1N |
Sopwith Triplane (N5436) |
Albatros D.III (DES) |
Arleux |
| 11 |
22 Apr 1917 |
1725 |
1N |
Sopwith Triplane (N5436) |
Albatros D.III (DESF) |
Arleux |
| 12 |
23 Apr 1917 |
0800 |
1N |
Sopwith Triplane (N5436) |
Albatros C (OOC) |
W of Douai |
| 13 |
24 Apr 1917 |
0815 |
1N |
Sopwith Triplane (N5436) |
Albatros D.III (OOC) |
SE of Lens |
| 14 |
30 Apr 1917 |
0835 |
1N |
Sopwith Triplane (N5436) |
Rumpler C (DES) |
Haynecourt |
| 15 |
30 Apr 1917 |
0925 |
1N |
Sopwith Triplane (N5436) |
Albatros D.III (OOC) |
Haynecourt |
| 16 |
05 May 1917 |
1900 |
1N |
Sopwith Triplane (N5436) |
Albatros D.III (OOC) |
E of Lens |
| 17 |
19 May 1917 |
1945 |
1N |
Sopwith Triplane (N6296) |
Albatros D.III (OOC) |
Henin-Lietard |
| 18 |
22 Jul 1917 |
0930 |
1N |
Sopwith Triplane (N5466) |
Albatros C (DES) |
Lille |
| 19 |
12 Aug 1917 |
0800 |
1N |
Sopwith Triplane (N6308) |
Albatros D.V (DES) |
E of Wervicq |
| 20 |
16 Aug 1917 |
0845 |
1N |
Sopwith Triplane (N534) |
Albatros D.V (DES) |
Gheluwe |
| 21 |
15 Nov 1917 |
0915 |
1N |
Sopwith Camel (B6427) |
DFW C (DES) |
Ruggevelde |
| 22 |
06 Dec 1917 |
0730 |
1N |
Sopwith Camel (B6431) |
DFW C (OOC) |
Ostend |
| 23 |
12 Mar 1918 |
1115 |
1N |
Sopwith Camel (B6427) |
Rumpler C (CAP) |
Dixmude |
| 24 |
11 Apr 1918 |
1840 |
40 |
S.E.5a (C4879) |
DFW C (DES) |
La Bassée |
| 25 |
12 Apr 1918 |
1925 |
40 |
S.E.5a (B178) |
Albatros D.V (DES) |
S of Estaires |
| 26 |
02 May 1918 |
1450 |
40 |
S.E.5a (D3511) |
Albatros D.V (DES) |
Brebieres |
| 27 |
08 May 1918 |
1745 |
40 |
S.E.5a (D3511) |
Pfalz D.III (DES) |
Brebieres |
| 28 |
15 May 1918 |
0715 |
40 |
S.E.5a (D3511) |
Albatros C (OOC) |
E of La Bassée |
| 29 |
18 May 1918 |
1200 |
40 |
S.E.5a (D3511) |
Rumpler C (DESF) |
Lille |
| 30 |
20 May 1918 |
2000 |
40 |
S.E.5a |
Pfalz D.III (OOC) 1 |
Merville |
| 31 |
22 May 1918 |
1115 |
40 |
S.E.5a (D3511) |
Pfalz D.III (OOC) |
W of Lille |
| 32 |
27 May 1918 |
2015 |
40 |
S.E.5a (D3520) |
Pfalz D.III (DES) |
Hantay, E of Billy |
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| 1 |
Shared with Ivan Hind, Lt H H Wood, Lt C O Rusden, Gwilym Lewis, 1/Lt D S Poler |
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