William Thompson Gilson

Name:	William Thompson Gilson
Country:	England
Rank:	Lieutenant
Service:	Royal Naval Air Service Royal Flying Corps Royal Air Force
Unit:	20 (RFC)
Victories:	5
Born:	09 September 1896
Place of Birth:	London
Died:
Place of Death:

With the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, William Thompson Gilson's temporary commission as a Sub-Lieutenant was gazetted on 10 August 1915. Sub-Lieutenant Gilson became a temporary Lieutenant for duty with the Royal Flying Corps on 6 January 1917, with seniority from 29 October 1916. As an observer flying the F.E.2d with 20 Squadron, he shared five victories with his pilots.

Victories

	Date	Time	Unit	Aircraft	Opponent	Location
1	16 Nov 1916	1100	20	F.E.2d (A29) ¹	Albatros D.II (OOC)	Abeele
2	16 Nov 1916	1130	20	F.E.2d (A29) ¹	Albatros D.II (OOC)	Abeele
3	25 Jan 1917	1510	20	F.E.2d (A32) ²	Halberstadt D (DES)	Menin
4	26 Jan 1917	1550	20	F.E.2d (A31) ³	Albatros D.II (DES)	Westroosbeke
5	26 May 1917	1035	20	F.E.2d (A6431) ⁴	Albatros D.III (DES)	Comines-Quesnoy

1	Pilot Capt Reginald Maxwell
2	Pilot Lt T C Lucas
3	Pilot Lt J K Stead
4	Pilot Lt Donald Cunnell