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Name: William Hargrove Chisam
Photo courtesy of Mike Westrop
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
 
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.
 
Victories
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

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
 
Books
Sopwith Camel Aces of World War 1
Norman Franks / Softcover / Osprey Publishing (March 25, 2003)
 
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