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Formed: April 1916 at Farnborough
Mobilized: May-August 1916
Insignia:  
Aces: 19  
Victories: 287 Claimed
  Confirmed
Losses:   Killed in Action (KIA)
  Killed in Flying Accident (KIFA)
  Wounded in Action (WIA)
  Prisoners of War (POW)
 
70 Squadron was formed at Farnborough in April 1916 and was posted to the France during May through August 1916.
 
Aces Aircraft COs Aerodromes
1 Canada Frank Quigley 33
2 Scotland John Todd 18
3 England Frank Hobson 15
4 England Frank Gorringe 14
5 Ireland Oscar Heron 14
6 England Sydney Liversedge 13
7 Scotland Walter Carlaw 12
8 Canada George Howsam 12
9 New Zealand Clive Collett 11
10 Canada Alfred Koch 10
11 Canada Kenneth Watson 9
12 England Noel Webb 9
13 England Kenneth Seth-Smith 7
14 Canada Edward Booth 5
15 England Dennis Gilbertson 5
16 Ireland Edward Gribben 5
17 England Frederic Laurence 5
18 England John Morgan 5
19 England Edmund Peverell 5
1 Sopwith 1½ Strutter
2 Sopwith Camel
   
 
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