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| Name: |
William Hargrove Chisam |
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| Country: |
England |
| Rank: |
Flight Lieutenant |
| Service: |
Royal Naval Air Service |
| Unit: |
3N, 10N (RNAS) |
| Victories: |
7 |
| Born: |
15 November 1894 |
| Place of Birth: |
Carlisle |
| Died: |
1974 |
| Place of Death: |
Winchester |
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William Hargrove Chisam learned to fly in the United States before joining the
Royal Naval Air Service in January 1916. After serving with the Home Defence at Walmer, he was posted to 10
Naval Squadron at Dunkirk on 2 April 1917 but was reassigned to 3 Naval Squadron five days later. Flying the Sopwith Camel with B Flight, Chisam claimed 7
victories with this squadron before he was wounded in the hand on 26 March 1918. |
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
03 Sep 1917 |
0730 |
3N |
Sopwith Camel (B3909) |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
Stelhilde |
| 2 |
11 Sep 1917 |
1100 |
3N |
Sopwith Camel (N6364) |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
Thorout |
| 3 |
09 Mar 1918 |
1120 |
3N |
Sopwith Camel |
DFW C (DES) 1 |
Henin-Lietard |
| 4 |
10 Mar 1918 |
1315 |
3N |
Sopwith Camel (B7223) |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
E of Lens |
| 5 |
16 Mar 1918 |
1035 |
3N |
Sopwith Camel (B7223) |
Albatros C (DES) |
Hermies |
| 6 |
21 Mar 1918 |
1645 |
3N |
Sopwith Camel (B7223) |
Albatros C (DES) 2 |
E of Bapaume |
| 7 |
24 Mar 1918 |
1715 |
3N |
Sopwith Camel (B7223) |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
Beaumetz |
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| 1 |
Shared with FSL James Glen |
| 2 |
Shared with F/Cdr Leonard Rochford, FSL O P Adam (B3798), FSL K D MacLeod (B7222), FSL James Glen, FSL Aubrey Ellwood, FSL C S Devereux (B7228), FSL L A Sands (B7216), FSL Ronald Berlyn, FSL Edwin Hayne |
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