Francis Dominic Casey

Name:

Country:

Ireland

Rank:

Flight Commander

Service:

Royal Naval Air Service

Units:

3N; 2W (RNAS)

Victories:

Born:

03 August 1890

Place of Birth:

Clonmel, Tipperary, Ireland

Died:

11 August 1917

Place of Death:

Cemetery:

Adinkerke Military Cemetery, De Panne, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Francis Dominic Casey joined the Royal Naval Air Service in 1916. A Sopwith Pup pilot, he scored 9 victories in 1917 but he was killed in a crash during a test flight.

Distinguished Service Cross (DSC)

Flt. Lieut. Francis Dominic Casey, R.N.A.S.
For conspicuous bravery and skill in attacking hostile aircraft on numerous occasions. On April 21st, 1917, he attacked a hostile two-seater machine at a range varying from 40 to 100 yards, and brought it down completely out of control. On April 23rd, 1917, on four different occasions during one flight, he attacked hostile machines, one of which was driven down in a spinning nose dive and another turning over on its side went down completely out of control. This Officer has driven down four machines completely out of control, and forced many others down.

Supplement to the London Gazette, 22 June 1917 (30147/6256)

Victories

	Date	Time	Unit	Aircraft	Opponent	Location
1	17 Mar 1917	1040	3N	Sopwith Pup (N6163)	Halberstadt D.II (OOC)	NE of Bapaume
2	08 Apr 1917	1500	3N	Sopwith Pup (N6182)	Albatros D.III (OOC)	NE of Pronville
3	21 Apr 1917	1730	3N	Sopwith Pup (N6182)	Albatros D.III (DES)	Hendecourt
4	21 Apr 1917	1730	3N	Sopwith Pup (N6182)	Albatros D.III (OOC)	Hendecourt
5	23 Apr 1917	1730	3N	Sopwith Pup (N6182)	Albatros D.III (OOC)	Cagnicourt
6	24 Apr 1917	1650	3N	Sopwith Pup (N6182)	DFW C (CAP) ¹	Morchies-Louverval
7	26 Apr 1917	1915	3N	Sopwith Pup (N6182)	Albatros D.III (OOC)	Cambrai
8	29 Apr 1917	1100	3N	Sopwith Pup (N6182)	Albatros D.III (DESF)	Bantouzelle-Cambrai
9	02 May 1917	1120	3N	Sopwith Pup (N6182)	Albatros D.III (OOC)	Moevres

1	Shared with FSL John Malone, FLt Herbert Travers