Frederic Ives Lord

Name:

Frederic Ives "Fred" Lord

Country:

United States

Rank:

Captain

Service:

Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force

Units:

Victories:

Born:

18 April 1897

Place of Birth:

Manitowoc, Wisconsin, USA

Died:

21 July 1967

Place of Death:

Apple Valley, California, USA

Cemetery:

Victor Valley Memorial Park, Victorville, California, USA


Photos courtesy of Curtis T. Wilson

Frederic Ives Lord enlisted in the U.S. Army but was discharged from the 3^rd Texas Infantry when it was learned that he was too young for military service. With an altered birth certificate that declared he was born in 1894, Lord went to Canada where he enlisted in the Royal Flying Corps. After completing his training in England, he joined 79 Squadron in France. Flying the Sopwith Dolphin, Lord and four other pilots in the squadron became aces. Post-war became vice-president of the Garland-Lord Aircraft Sales Company.

Listed as Frederick Ives Lord in the Supplement to the London Gazette, the 1900 and 1920 U.S. censuses, and the 1905 Wisconsin State Census. Listed as Frederic Lord in the California Death Register, the 1910 U.S. census and the Social Security Death Index.

Yankee Doodle
Winnipeg Free Press - Thursday, May 13, 1943

Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)

Lt. (T./Capt.) Frederick Ives Lord.
A gallant officer, bold in attack and skilful in manoeuvre. On the 27th June he, single-handed, attacked and destroyed a Fokker biplane. On his return journey he observed one of our formations engaged with a number of Pfalz scouts; joining in the combat he shot down one which crashed.

Supplement to the London Gazette, 2 November 1918 (30989/12969)

Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) Bar

Flying Officer (A./Flt. Lt.) Frederick Ives Lord, D.F.C.
On the 27th June, 1919, whilst piloting an R.E.8 machine, he found the position of the enemy on the Pinega River, four versts from Pilegori, and attacked the moving columns from a height of 200 feet with such effect that their transport was stampeded and their expected attack broke down, without any casualties being sustained by our forces.

Supplement to the London Gazette, 18 November 1919 (31647/14000)

Victories

	Date	Time	Unit	Aircraft	Opponent	Location
1	28 May 1918	0730	79	Sopwith Dolphin (C4182)	Balloon (DES)	Comines
2	07 Jun 1918	0900	79	Sopwith Dolphin (C4131)	Albatros D.V (DES)	La Bassée
3	27 Jun 1918	1930	79	Sopwith Dolphin (C4131)	Albatros D.V (DES)	Neuve Eglise
4	27 Jun 1918	1945	79	Sopwith Dolphin (C4131)	Fokker DR.I (DES)	Neuve Eglise
5	27 Jun 1918	1945	79	Sopwith Dolphin (C4131)	Albatros D.V (OOC)	Neuve Eglise
6	21 Aug 1918	2020	79	Sopwith Dolphin (D3771)	Two-seater (DES)	NW of Armentières
7	03 Sep 1918	1150	79	Sopwith Dolphin (C4127)	Fokker D.VII (DES)	Armentières
8	05 Sep 1918	1900	79	Sopwith Dolphin	Fokker D.VII (OOC)	E of Ploegsteert
9	16 Sep 1918	0945	79	Sopwith Dolphin (C4127)	Fokker D.VII (OOC)	Messines
10	17 Sep 1918	1010	79	Sopwith Dolphin (C4127)	Fokker D.VII (DES)	Comines
11	20 Sep 1918	0635	79	Sopwith Dolphin (C4127)	Hannover CL (DES)	N of Habourdin
12	28 Sep 1918	1315	79	Sopwith Dolphin (C4127)	Pfalz D.III (DES)	Wrecken

Books

American Aces of World War 1: by Norman Franks, Harry Dempsey (Illustrator) / Paperback / Osprey Publishing (September 25, 2001)
Over the Front: by Norman L. R. Franks, Frank W. Bailey / Hardcover / Grub Street the Basement (May 1992)
In Clouds of Glory: American Airmen Who Flew With The British During The Great War: by James J. Hudson / Paperback / University of Arkansas Press (October 1, 1990)