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| Name: |
Harry Gosford Reeves |
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| Country: |
England |
| Rank: |
Captain |
| Service: |
Royal Flying Corps |
| Units: |
1 |
| Victories: |
13 |
| Born: |
30 September 1896 |
| Place of Birth: |
Staines, Middlesex |
| Died: |
24 January 1918 |
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| Place of Death: |
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| Cemetery: |
Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France  |
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Reeves joined the Royal Flying Corps in 1917. Assigned to 1 Squadron in June of that year, he flew Nieuport scouts until the end of November and was promoted to flight commander after scoring his twelfth victory. Early the next year, he was killed in a crash while performing an engine test on a Nieuport 27.
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
18 Jun 1917 |
1145 |
1 |
Nieuport (B1650) |
Albatros D.III (DES) 1 |
Oostaverne |
| 2 |
26 Jun 1917 |
2100 |
1 |
Nieuport (B1630) |
Albatros D.III (OOC) |
Becelaere |
| 3 |
31 Jul 1917 |
1425 |
1 |
Nieuport (B1672) |
Albatros D.V (DES) |
2000 yds S of Terhand |
| 4 |
13 Aug 1917 |
0920 |
1 |
Nieuport (B1672) |
Albatros C (OOC) 2 |
Houthem |
| 5 |
14 Aug 1917 |
1910 |
1 |
Nieuport (B3558) |
Albatros D.V (DES) |
S of Moorslede |
| 6 |
21 Aug 1917 |
1910 |
1 |
Nieuport (B1672) |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
Houthoulst |
| 7 |
04 Sep 1917 |
1115 |
1 |
Nieuport (B1672) |
DFW C (OOC) |
S of Polygon Wood |
| 8 |
09 Sep 1917 |
1035 |
1 |
Nieuport (B1672) |
Rumpler C (OOC) |
E of Polygon Wood |
| 9 |
11 Sep 1917 |
1815 |
1 |
Nieuport (B3630) |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
Houthoulst Forest |
| 10 |
09 Oct 1917 |
1515 |
1 |
Nieuport (B6774) |
Albatros D.V (DESF) |
S of Polygon Wood |
| 11 |
15 Oct 1917 |
1200 |
1 |
Nieuport (B6774) |
DFW C (DES) |
Comines |
| 12 |
17 Oct 1917 |
1430 |
1 |
Nieuport (B6774) |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
Gheluwe |
| 13 |
18 Nov 1917 |
0815 |
1 |
Nieuport (B6774) |
DFW C (OOC) |
Becelaere |
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| 1 |
Shared with Lt Louis Jenkin, Lt Charles Lavers |
| 2 |
Shared with Capt Thomas Hazell |
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