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Formed: September 1917 at Upavon
Mobilized: April 1918
Insignia:  
Aces: 8  
Victories: 90 Claimed
  Confirmed
Losses: 6 Killed in Action (KIA)
  Killed in Flying Accident (KIFA)
  Wounded in Action (WIA)
3 Prisoners of War (POW)
 
87 Squadron was formed at Upavon in September 1917 and was posted to France in April 1918.
 
Aces Aircraft COs Aerodromes
1 England Arthur Vigers 14
2 Australia Alexander Pentland 13
3 England Leslie Hollinghurst 11
4 Australia Herbert Larkin 11
5 England Henry Biziou 8
6 England Charles Darwin 5
7 Canada Ross MacDonald 5
8 England Charles Worthington 5
1 Sopwith Dolphin
   
 
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