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Name: Harold Ross Eycott-Martin
Military Cross (MC)
Country: England
Rank: Lieutenant
Service: Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
Unit: 66
Victories: 8
Born: 02 January 1897
Place of Birth: Haywards Heath, Sussex
Died:  
Place of Death:  
 
 
Harold Ross Eycott-Martin served with the Royal Engineers before he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps. Posted to 66 Squadron, he scored eight victories flying the Sopwith Camel in 1918.
 
Military Cross (MC)
Lt. Harold Ross Eycott-Martin, R.E., R.A.F.
   For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. In a patrol with two other machines he attacked nineteen of the enemy. Of the six enemy aircraft destroyed on this occasion he destroyed two. On two other occasions he destroyed an enemy machine.
Supplement to the London Gazette, 16 September 1918 (30901/xxx)
 
Victories
Date Time Unit Aircraft Opponent Location
1 21 Feb 1918 0710 66 Sopwith Camel (B5623) Aviatik C (DES) NE of Motta
2 21 Mar 1918 1255 66 Sopwith Camel (B7283) Berg D.I (DES) Portobuffalo aerodrome
3 30 Mar 1918 1140 66 Sopwith Camel (B7283) Albatros D.III (DES) Mansue
4 30 Mar 1918 1151 66 Sopwith Camel (B7283) Albatros D.III (DES) Mansue
5 10 May 1918 1050 66 Sopwith Camel (B7283) Albatros D.V (DES) SW of Caldonazzo
6 26 May 1918 0925 66 Sopwith Camel (B7283) Berg D.I (DES) SW of Feltre
7 15 Jun 1918 0820 66 Sopwith Camel (D9390) Hansa-Brandenburg C (DESF) Feltre aerodrome
8 22 Jun 1918 1555 66 Sopwith Camel (B7283) Hansa-Brandenburg C (DESF) Bassano
 
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