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The only son of Robert Samuel and Susannah Beatrice (March) Banbury, Fred Everest Banbury attended high school in Wolseley and then went to Victoria College (1911-1912) and University College (1912-1914). He enrolled in the Atlantic Coast Aeronautic School at Newport News, Virginia in March 1916 and received pilot's certificate Am. 507 on a Curtiss biplane. In July 1916, he arrived in England and enlisted in the Royal Naval Air Service. After additional training he was posted to France with Naval 9 in March 1917. He scored his first two victories flying the Sopwith Pup and scored nine more flying the Sopwith Camel. Killed in a flying accident on 1 April 1918, Banbury was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. |
Great Britain, Royal Aero Club Aviators' Certificates, 1910-1950
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
31 May 1917 |
1615 |
9N |
Sopwith Pup (N6188) |
C (OOC) 1 |
Ostend |
| 2 |
01 Jun 1917 |
0915 |
9N |
Sopwith Pup (N6188) |
Halberstadt C (OOC) |
Westende-Ghistelles |
| 3 |
25 Jul 1917 |
1730 |
9N |
Sopwith Camel (B3820) |
C (OOC) 2 |
Off Westende |
| 4 |
05 Sep 1917 |
0800 |
9N |
Sopwith Camel (B3832) |
Albatros C (OOC) 3 |
Middelkerke-Nieuport |
| 5 |
13 Sep 1917 |
abt 1430 |
9N |
Sopwith Camel (B3832) |
Albatros D.V (OOC) 4 |
E of Leke |
| 6 |
28 Sep 1917 |
1610 |
9N |
Sopwith Camel (B6230) |
Albatros D.V (DES) 5 |
Dixmude |
| 7 |
02 Oct 1917 |
1450 |
9N |
Sopwith Camel (B6230) |
C (OOC) 6 |
Ostend-Slype |
| 8 |
27 Oct 1917 |
1040 |
9N |
Sopwith Camel (B6230) |
Albatros D.V (OOC) 7 |
Slype |
| 9 |
28 Oct 1917 |
1230 |
9N |
Sopwith Camel (B6230) |
Albatros D.V (DES) |
Schoore |
| 10 |
23 Nov 1917 |
1220 |
9N |
Sopwith Camel (B6230) |
Albatros D.V (OOC) 8 |
S of Dixmude |
| 11 |
26 Mar 1918 |
0725 |
9N |
Sopwith Camel (B7247) |
C (CAP) 9 |
1 mi S of Becelaere |
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| 1 |
Shared with FSL A Shearer (N6193), FSL Harold Stackard |
| 2 |
Shared with FSL John Pinder, FSL Snell (B3813), FSL Oliver Redgate, FSL Harold Mott |
| 3 |
Shared with FCdr Stearne Edwards, FSL Roy Brown, FSL Oliver Redgate, FSL Arthur Wood |
| 4 |
Shared with FCdr Stearne Edwards, FSL Oakley (B3880), FSL John Hales, FSL Ingleson (B3817) |
| 5 |
Shared with FSL Oliver Redgate, FSL John Hales, FSL Merrill Taylor, FSL Cedric Edwards |
| 6 |
Shared with FSL Oliver Redgate |
| 7 |
Shared with FCdr Stearne Edwards, FSL Francis Mellersh, FSL John Hales, FSL John Paynter, FSL CA Narbeth (B3883), FSL Arthur Wood, FSL Merrill Taylor, FCdr Harold Stackard |
| 8 |
Shared with FSL John Hales |
| 9 |
Shared with FSL Squire (D3328), FSL Oliver Redgate, FSL Merrill Taylor |
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