Oscar Aloysius Patrick Heron

Name:

Country:

Ireland

Rank:

Captain

Service:

Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force

Units:

Victories:

Born:

1898

Place of Birth:

Banbrook, Armagh

Died:

05 August 1933

Place of Death:

Dublin

After serving with the Connaught Rangers, Oscar Aloysius Patrick Heron was assigned to 70 Squadron in May 1918. As a Sopwith Camel pilot, ten of his victories were over the Fokker D.VII. Heron joined the Irish Air Corps in 1922. He was killed during the Irish Air Corps' first Air Pageant at Phoenix Park in 1933.

Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)

2nd Lt. (A./Capt.) Oscar Alois Patrick Heron. (FRANCE)
An officer conspicuous for his skill and daring in aerial combats. He has accounted for eight, enemy aeroplanes. On 28th September he attacked, single-handed, three Fokkers; one of these he shot down. On another occasion he, in company with five other machines, engaged six Fokkers, all six being destroyed, 2nd Lt. Heron accounting for two.

Supplement to the London Gazette, 8 February 1919 (31170/2041)

Victories

	Date	Time	Unit	Aircraft	Opponent	Location
1	30 Jun 1918	2035	70	Sopwith Camel (D6492)	Albatros D.V (OOC)	E of Bray
2	30 Jun 1918	2040	70	Sopwith Camel (D6492)	Albatros D.V (DESF)	E of Bray
3	19 Aug 1918	1955	70	Sopwith Camel (C3306)	Fokker D.VII (DES)	Houthem-Hollebeke
4	28 Sep 1918	1145	70	Sopwith Camel (D6696)	Fokker D.VII (DES)	NE of Passchendaele
5	01 Oct 1918	1630	70	Sopwith Camel (E7201)	LVG C (DES)	SW of Ardoye
6	07 Oct 1918	0845	70	Sopwith Camel (D6696)	Fokker D.VII (DESF)	Lichtervelde
7	07 Oct 1918	0845	70	Sopwith Camel (D6696)	Fokker D.VII (DESF)	Lichtervelde
8	09 Oct 1918	0940	70	Sopwith Camel (E7277)	Fokker D.VII (DES)	E of Roulers
9	09 Oct 1918	0941	70	Sopwith Camel (E7277)	Fokker D.VII (DES)	Roulers
10	09 Oct 1918	0945	70	Sopwith Camel (E7277)	Fokker D.VII (CAP) ¹	W of Mayerneine
11	26 Oct 1918	1515	70	Sopwith Camel (C8201)	Fokker D.VII (DES)	S of Monchau
12	26 Oct 1918	1515	70	Sopwith Camel (C8201)	Fokker D.VII (OOC)	Montroelau Bois
13	28 Oct 1918	1140	70	Sopwith Camel (B7883)	Fokker D.VII (DESF)	Quatres

1	Shared with Capt Sydney Liversedge, Lt E A Copp, Lt A Webster (D6696), Lt Kenneth Watson