Andrew Cameron Kiddie

Name:

Country:

South Africa

Rank:

Captain

Service:

Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force

Units:

32, 74

Victories:

Born:

07 November 1889

Place of Birth:

Kimberley, Northern Cape

Died:

Place of Death:

Having served with the 18^th South African Mounted Rifles, Andrew Cameron Kiddie traveled to England to join the Royal Flying Corps. 2nd Lieutenant Kiddie received Royal Aero Club Aviator's Certificate 3719 on a Maurice Farman biplane at military school, Brooklands on 17 October 1916. Posted to 32 Squadron in 1917, he scored his first victory flying a D.H.5. Later that year, he served as an instructor with the Home Establishment. Among his students was future ace Ira Jones. In the spring of 1918, Kiddie was back in France flying the S.E.5a with 74 Squadron. On the morning of 8 May 1918, just days after scoring his second victory, Kiddie's flight of six S.E.5As was pounced on by ten Fokker Triplanes. With a badly damaged aircraft, Kiddie was the only pilot to make it back to the aerodrome. He went on to become a flight commander in the summer of 1918 and scored thirteen more victories by the end of the war.

Great Britain, Royal Aero Club Aviators' Certificates, 1910-1950

Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)

Lieut. (A./Capt.) Andrew Cameron Kiddie. (FRANCE)
A gallant officer, who has proved himself resolute and courageous in aerial combats. He has to his credit six enemy machines and one balloon shot down in flames.

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

Victories

	Date	Time	Unit	Aircraft	Opponent	Location
1	20 Jul 1917		32	D.H.5	EA (OOC)
2	03 May 1918	1855	74	S.E.5a	LVG C (DES) ¹	S of Merville
3	19 May 1918	1700	74	S.E.5a (C6450)	Balloon (DES)	W of Armentières
4	21 May 1918	0750	74	S.E.5a (C6450)	Pfalz D.III (OOC)	NE of Merville
5	30 May 1918	1540	74	S.E.5a (C6491)	Albatros D.V (OOC)	Steenwerck
6	06 Jun 1918	1935	74	S.E.5a	Pfalz D.III (DES) ²	2 mi W of Roulers
7	09 Jun 1918	0805	74	S.E.5a	Albatros C (DES) ³	S of Mt. Kemmel
8	30 Jul 1918	1145	74	S.E.5a (E1400)	Pfalz D.III (DES)	Merville
9	05 Sep 1918	1045	74	S.E.5a	Fokker D.VII (DES)	S of Cambrai
10	05 Sep 1918	1910	74	S.E.5a	Fokker D.VII (OOC)	W of Lille
11	26 Oct 1918	1455	74	S.E.5a	Fokker D.VII (DES)	Cordes
12	28 Oct 1918	1440	74	S.E.5a	Fokker D.VII (DES) ⁴	NW of Wortegem
13	30 Oct 1918	0820	74	S.E.5a	Fokker D.VII (DES)	Quaremont-Wortegem
14	01 Nov 1918	1550	74	S.E.5a	Fokker D.VII (DES)	W of Audenarde
15	04 Nov 1918	1015	74	S.E.5a	Fokker D.VII (DES)	Cordes

1	Shared with Capt Edward Mannock, Lt Henry Dolan, Lt Harris Clements
2	Shared with Capt Edward Mannock, Capt Wilfred Young, Lt Harris Clements
3	Shared with Capt Edward Mannock, Lt Harris Clements
4	Shared with Lt Frederick Gordon, Lt R O Hobhouse