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Name: Robert Wallace Farquhar
Country: England
Rank: 2nd Lieutenant
Service: Royal Flying Corps
Units: 18, 23
Victories: 6
Born: 04 February 1898
Place of Birth: Dulwich
Died: 30 October 1918 Killed In Action
Place of Death:  
Cemtery: Auberchicourt British Cemetery, Nord, France
 
Robert Wallace Farquhar scored 1 victory flying two-seaters with 18 Squadron and 5 victories flying SPADs with 23 Squadron. He was shot down on 23 June 1917 by Manfred von Richthofen, becoming the Red Baron's 54th victory. The following year, Farquhar was killed in action during a fight with Jasta 2.
 
Victories
Date Time Unit Aircraft Opponent Location
1 04 Feb 1917 1600 18 F.E.2b (A5460) Albatros D.II (OOC) 1 N of le Sars
2 04 May 1917 abt 1040 23 SPAD Albatros D.III (OOC) Cambrai
3 13 May 1917 1905 23 SPAD (B1530) Albatros D.III (OOC) 2 Etaing
4 26 May 1917 1130 23 SPAD (B1530) Aviatik C (OOC) Lens
5 23 Jun 1917 23 SPAD Albatros D.V (DESF) 3 NE of Ypres
6 07 Jul 1917 1040 23 SPAD (B1530) Albatros D.V (OOC) Zillebeke

1 Observer 2/Lt Giles Blennerhasset
2 Shared with Capt William Kennedy-Cochran-Patrick (B1580)
3 Shared with 2/Lt DP Collis and 2/Lt DAA Sheperson
 
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