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| Name: |
Anthony George Allen Spence |
| Country: |
Canada |
| Rank: |
Lieutenant |
| Service: |
Royal Naval Air Service
Royal Air Force |
| Units: |
1N (RNAS)
201 (RAF) |
| Victories: |
9 |
| Born: |
27 May 1897 |
| Place of Birth: |
Toronto, Ontario |
| Died: |
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After receiving a Bachelor of Arts from Toronto University, Spence joined the Royal Naval Air Service in November 1916. Posted to 1 Naval Squadron (later 201 Squadron of the RAF), he scored six victories flying the Sopwith Triplane but was wounded in action on 8 November 1917. Several months later, he rejoined his squadron, scoring three more victories flying the Sopwith Camel. On 10 May 1918, he returned to England where he spent the remainder of the war at the School of Special Flying in Gosport. |
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
07 Jul 1917 |
1000 |
1N |
Sopwith Triplane (N6300) |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
N of Gheluvelt |
| 2 |
13 Jul 1917 |
1025 |
1N |
Sopwith Triplane (N5459) |
C (DES) 1 |
E of Warneton |
| 3 |
17 Jul 1917 |
1805 |
1N |
Sopwith Triplane (N6300) |
Albatros D.V (OOC) 2 |
4 mi E of Messines |
| 4 |
09 Aug 1917 |
0740 |
1N |
Sopwith Triplane (N6300) |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
Moorslede |
| 5 |
21 Oct 1917 |
1100 |
1N |
Sopwith Triplane (N5449) |
C (OOC) |
S of Comines |
| 6 |
26 Oct 1917 |
1010 |
1N |
Sopwith Triplane (N5449) |
C (OOC) |
Moorslede-Passchendaele |
| 7 |
06 Mar 1918 |
1320 |
1N |
Sopwith Camel (B7267) |
Fokker DR.I (DES) |
Bouchoir |
| 8 |
06 Apr 1918 |
1315 |
201 |
Sopwith Camel (B7267) |
Fokker DR.I (DES) |
Mericourt |
| 9 |
02 May 1918 |
1010 |
201 |
Sopwith Camel (B7278) |
C (OOC) 3 |
N of Albert |
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| 1 |
Shared with F/Cdr Forster Maynard, FSL Herbert Rowley |
| 2 |
Shared with FSL E Anthony (N6296), F/Lt Cyril Ridley, FSL GB Scott (N5455), FSL HL Everitt (N6308), FSL Herbert Rowley, F/Cdr Forster Maynard, FSL Cecil Brock |
| 3 |
Shared with Capt Samuel Kinkead, Lt Hazel Wallace, Lt RE Bright (B7267), 2/Lt H Riddell (B7225), Lt Reginald Brading |
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