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Name: Reginald Leach Johns
Country: England
Rank: Lieutenant
Service: Royal Naval Air Service
Royal Air Force
Unit: 8N (RNAS)
208 (RAF)
Victories: 9
Born: 13 November 1894
Place of Birth: London, Middlesex, England
Died: 11 June 1918 Killed In Flying Accident
Place of Death: France
Cemetery: Aire Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
 
The son of John and Hannah Maria Johns, Reginald Leach Johns scored nine victories with 208 Squadron flying the Sopwith Camel in 1918.
 
Victories
Date Time Unit Aircraft Opponent Location
1 24 Jan 1918 1135 8N Sopwith Camel (B6356) Albatros D.V (OOC) 1 Neuvireuil
2 29 Jan 1918 1525 8N Sopwith Camel (B6328) Albatros D.V (OOC) Henin-Lietard
3 02 Feb 1918 1130 8N Sopwith Camel C (DES) 2 Douai-Ostricourt
4 02 Feb 1918 1215 8N Sopwith Camel Albatros D.V (OOC) 2 Carvin
5 22 May 1918 0800 208 Sopwith Camel C (OOC) 3 2 mi NE of Lens
6 31 May 1918 1110 208 Sopwith Camel Fokker DR.I (OOC) 4 Merville
7 01 Jun 1918 1110 208 Sopwith Camel Albatros D.V (OOC) NE of Lens
8 02 Jun 1918 1215 208 Sopwith Camel Albatros D.V (DES) 4 N of Lestrem
9 02 Jun 1918 1220 208 Sopwith Camel Albatros D.V (OOC) Merville-Estaires

1 Shared with FSL Edward Johnstone, FSL William Jordan
2 Shared with FCdr Robert Compston, FSL W F Crundall, FSL Harold Day
3 Shared with Capt William Jordan, Lt John McDonald, Lt Edward Johnstone, Lt Pruett Dennett, Capt Gerald Cooper, Lt Herbert Fowler
4 Shared with Capt William Jordan, Lt Pruett Dennett, Lt John McDonald
 
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