Ian Henry David Henderson

Name:

Country:

Scotland

Rank:

Captain

Service:

Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force

Units:

19, 56

Victories:

Born:

1896/1897

Place of Birth:

Died:

21 June 1918

Place of Death:

Turnberry, Ayr

Cemetery:

Girvan (Doune) Cemetery, Ayrshire

Ian Henry David Henderson was the son of Lieutenant General Sir David Henderson, commanding officer of the Royal Flying Corps. Serving with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, Henderson transferred to the RFC and was posted to 19 Squadron in 1916. Flying the B.E.12, he scored his first two victories in August. In November, he scored his third victory flying the SPAD VII and was reassigned to 56 Squadron in 1917. That year, Albert Ball was killed in action and Henderson represented his father at the memorial services. Flying the S.E.5a, Henderson scored his final victories in July 1917, shooting down four Albatros D.Vs. Returning to England, he and English ace Harold Redler were killed in a D.H.9 (D1018) crash the following year.

Victories

	Date	Time	Unit	Aircraft	Opponent	Location
1	24 Aug 1916	1630	19	B.E.12	EA (OOC)	Achiet-le-Grand
2	31 Aug 1916	1630	19	B.E.12	D (DES)	Havrincourt Wood
3	10 Nov 1916	1145	19	SPAD (A262)	C (DES)	Guedecourt
4	12 Jul 1917	1400-1500	56	S.E.5a (A4855)	Albatros D.V (OOC)	Zandvoorde
5	13 Jul 1917	1930-2110	56	S.E.5a (A4855)	Albatros D.V (OOC)	Moorslede
6	17 Jul 1917	2015	56	S.E.5a (A8909)	Albatros D.V (OOC) ¹	Roulers-Menin Road
7	28 Jul 1917	0830-0930	56	S.E.5a (B504)	Albatros D.V (OOC)	Menin

1	Shared with 2Lt Leonard Barlow, 2Lt Arthur Rhys Davids, 2Lt Keith Muspratt, Lt V P Cronyn (A4856)