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| Name: |
Robert Miles Todd |
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| Country: |
United States |
| Rank: |
Lieutenant |
| Service: |
United States Air Service |
| Units: |
17th Aero |
| Victories: |
5 |
| Born: |
24 June 1897 |
| Place of Birth: |
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Cincinnati, Ohio, USA |
| Died: |
20 January 1988 |
| Place of Death: |
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La Jolla, California, USA |
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Robert Miles Todd of Madisonville, Ohio attended the University of Cincinnati and Ohio State University. Before he joined the Signal Enlisted Reserve Corps on 6 August 1917, he raised almost $200,000 as a Liberty Bond saleman. After training in Texas and Canada, he served with the 17th Aero Squadron in France. In a melee with members of Jagdgeschwader 3, Todd and six other Sopwith Camel pilots were shot down on 26 August 1918. Todd survived but was captured and spent four months in a German prisoner of war camp. During World War II he returned to active duty and served in England but did not fly. In 1981 he was one of 30 aces honored by France for their contribution to the war effort during the Great War. |
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The Cincinatti Post, Cincinatti, Ohio, Tuesday, 24 September 1918, page 10
The Cincinatti Post, Cincinatti, Ohio, Thursday, 26 September 1918, page 13
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
01 Aug 1918 |
0900 |
17th |
Sopwith Camel |
Fokker DR.I (DES) |
Provin |
| 2 |
14 Aug 1918 |
1130 |
17th |
Sopwith Camel |
Fokker D.VII (DES) 1 |
SW of Bruges |
| 3 |
21 Aug 1918 |
1845 |
17th |
Sopwith Camel |
Balloon (DES) 2 |
57C H17 |
| 4 |
22 Aug 1918 |
1000 |
17th |
Sopwith Camel |
Fokker D.VII (DES) |
57C H32 |
| 5 |
26 Aug 1918 |
1700 |
17th |
Sopwith Camel |
Fokker D.VII (DES) |
Bapaume-Queant |
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| 1 |
Shared with Lt Lloyd Hamilton, Lt J F Campbell |
| 2 |
Shared with Lt Lloyd Hamilton |
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| 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)
- Sopwith Camel Fighter Ace
- Robert Todd / Hardcover / Fall Church, VA: AJAY Enterprises, 1978
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