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| Name: |
Ernest Tilton Sumpter Kelly |
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| Country: |
Canada |
| Rank: |
2nd Lieutenant |
| Service: |
Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force |
| Units: |
1 |
| Victories: |
6 |
| Born: |
20 June 1898 |
| Place of Birth: |
Athol Township, Prince Edward County (Ontario) |
| Died: |
15 June 1918 |
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| Place of Death: |
South of Laventie |
| Cemetery: |
Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, Pas de Calais, France |
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After serving with the Canadian Expeditionary Force, Kelly joined the Royal Flying Corps on 6 July 1917. The following year, he was posted to 1 Squadron as an S.E.5a pilot. Shot down by a Fokker DR.I, he scored six victories before he was killed in action.
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
27 May 1918 |
1425 |
1 |
S.E.5a (B130) |
C (DESF) 1 |
1 mi S of Bailleul |
| 2 |
27 May 1918 |
1450 |
1 |
S.E.5a (B130) |
C (DES) 1 |
Kemmel |
| 3 |
28 May 1918 |
0635 |
1 |
S.E.5a (B130) |
C (OOC) 2 |
Meteren-Bailleul |
| 4 |
28 May 1918 |
0700 |
1 |
S.E.5a (B130) |
DFW C (DES) 2 |
Meteren-Bailleul |
| 5 |
30 May 1918 |
1430 |
1 |
S.E.5a (B1301) |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
N of La Gorgue |
| 6 |
01 Jun 1918 |
1940 |
1 |
S.E.5a (B733) |
Pfalz D.III (OOC) 3 |
Armentières |
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| 1 |
Shared with Capt Percy Clayson, Lt Duerson Knight, Lt Basil Moody, Lt Harold Kullberg |
| 2 |
Shared with Lt E M Forsyth (B733), Lt Basil Moody, Lt Ernest Owen, Lt A F Scroggs (C6416), Capt K S Henderson (C1112), Lt Kenneth Laing, Lt H H Bradley (C1102), Lt Harold Kullberg, Lt Duerson Knight, Capt Percy Clayson |
| 3 |
Shared with Capt Charles Lavers, Lt Duerson Knight, Lt L W Mawbey (B130), Lt E M Newman (C1101), Capt Percy Clayson, Lt Harold Kullberg, Lt C B Henderson (C1849), 2Lt H S Hennessy (D337), Lt Wallace Smart |
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