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| Name: |
Ernest Tilton Sumpter Kelly |
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| Country: |
Canada |
| Rank: |
2nd Lieutenant |
| Service: |
Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force |
| Units: |
1 |
| Victories: |
6 |
| Born: |
20 June 1898 |
| Place of Birth: |
Athol Township, Prince Edward County (Ontario) |
| Died: |
15 June 1918 |
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| Place of Death: |
South of Laventie |
| Cemetery: |
Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, Pas de Calais, France |
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After serving with the Canadian Expeditionary Force, Kelly joined the Royal Flying Corps on 6 July 1917. The following year, he was posted to 1 Squadron as an S.E.5a pilot. Shot down by a Fokker DR.I, he scored six victories before he was killed in action. |
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
27 May 1918 |
1425 |
1 |
S.E.5a (B130) |
C (DESF) 1 |
1 mi S of Bailleul |
| 2 |
27 May 1918 |
1450 |
1 |
S.E.5a (B130) |
C (DES) 1 |
Kemmel |
| 3 |
28 May 1918 |
0635 |
1 |
S.E.5a (B130) |
C (OOC) 2 |
Meteren-Bailleul |
| 4 |
28 May 1918 |
0700 |
1 |
S.E.5a (B130) |
DFW C (DES) 2 |
Meteren-Bailleul |
| 5 |
30 May 1918 |
1430 |
1 |
S.E.5a (B1301) |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
N of La Gorgue |
| 6 |
01 Jun 1918 |
1940 |
1 |
S.E.5a (B733) |
Pfalz D.III (OOC) 3 |
Armentières |
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| 1 |
Shared with Capt Percy Clayson, Lt Duerson Knight, Lt Basil Moody, Lt Harold Kullberg |
| 2 |
Shared with Lt EM Forsyth (B733), Lt Basil Moody, Lt Ernest Owen, Lt AF Scroggs (C6416), Capt KS Henderson (C1112), Lt Kenneth Laing, Lt HH Bradley (C1102), Lt Harold Kullberg, Lt Duerson Knight, Capt Percy Clayson |
| 3 |
Shared with Capt Charles Lavers, Lt Duerson Knight, Lt LW Mawbey (B130), Lt EM Newman (C1101), Capt Percy Clayson, Lt Harold Kullberg, Lt CB Henderson (C1849), 2/Lt HS Hennessy (D337), Lt Wallace Smart |
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