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| Name: |
Robert Mordaunt Foster |
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| Country: |
England |
| Rank: |
Captain |
| Service: |
Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force |
| Units: |
54 (RFC)
209 (RAF) |
| Victories: |
16 |
| Born: |
03 September 1898 |
| Place of
Birth: |
Richmond, Surrey |
| Died: |
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No notes for Robert Mordaunt Foster. |
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| Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) |
Lt. (T./Capt.) Robert Mordaunt Foster.
This officer has taken part in numerous combats and led his patrols brilliantly; he has destroyed five hostile machines. On one occasion he attacked two biplanes single-handed; one he forced down and the other burst into flames and broke up in the air.
Supplement to the London Gazette, 3 August 1918 (30827/9200) |
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
06 Jun 1917 |
1200 |
54 |
Sopwith Pup (A6167) |
Albatros D.III (DES) |
SW of Cambrai |
| 2 |
21 Apr 1918 |
1025 |
209 |
Sopwith Camel (B3858) |
Albatros C (DESF) 1 |
Le Quesnel |
| 3 |
22 Apr 1918 |
0610 |
209 |
Sopwith Camel (B3858) |
DVW C.V (CAP) 2 |
Albert |
| 4 |
27 Apr 1918 |
1445 |
209 |
Sopwith Camel (B3858) |
Albatros D.V (DES) 3 |
E of Villers Brettoneaux |
| 5 |
04 May 1918 |
1555 |
209 |
Sopwith Camel (B3858) |
Pfalz D.III (OOC) |
1 mi S of Hamel |
| 6 |
16 May 1918 |
0940 |
209 |
Sopwith Camel (B3858) |
LVG C (DESF) 4 |
Villers Brettoneaux |
| 7 |
30 May 1918 |
1130 |
209 |
Sopwith Camel (B3858) |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
NW of Méaulte |
| 8 |
17 Jun 1918 |
0830 |
209 |
Sopwith Camel (B3858) |
LVG C (CAP) 5 |
Ailly-sur-Noye |
| 9 |
29 Jun 1918 |
2010 |
209 |
Sopwith Camel (B3858) |
Fokker D.VII (DESF) |
Harbonnières |
| 10 |
01 Aug 1918 |
0945 |
209 |
Sopwith Camel (C61) |
Fokker D.VII (DES) 6 |
Bailleul |
| 11 |
08 Aug 1918 |
1905 |
209 |
Sopwith Camel (C61) |
Halberstadt C (DESF) 7 |
Harbonnières |
| 12 |
12 Aug 1918 |
0905 |
209 |
Sopwith Camel (C61) |
Fokker DR.I (CAP) |
SW of Proyart |
| 13 |
30 Aug 1918 |
1040 |
209 |
Sopwith Camel (C61) |
Fokker D.VII (OOC) |
Recourt-Dury |
| 14 |
15 Sep 1918 |
1700 |
209 |
Sopwith Camel (C61) |
Fokker D.VII (DES) |
Ecoust St. Quentin |
| 15 |
15 Sep 1918 |
1720 |
209 |
Sopwith Camel (C61) |
Fokker D.VII (DES) |
Ecoust St. Quentin |
| 16 |
04 Nov 1918 |
0730 |
209 |
Sopwith Camel (C61) |
Pfalz D.XII (OOC) 8 |
Athies |
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| 1 |
Shared with Capt Oliver LeBoutillier (D3338), Lt Merrill Taylor |
| 2 |
Shared with Capt Oliver LeBoutillier, Lt Merrill Taylor, Lt MA Harker, Lt Cecil Brock |
| 3 |
Shared with Lt Oliver Redgate (B7270) |
| 4 |
Shared with Capt Oliver LeBoutillier (D3338) |
| 5 |
Shared with Lt RD Gracie (D3328) |
| 6 |
Shared with Lt Wilfrid May (F5925) |
| 7 |
Shared with Lt Cedric Edwards (D9588), Capt Thomas Luke (C142), Lt Kenneth Walker (C199), Lt MA Harker (D9625) |
| 8 |
Shared with Lt EW Mills (F3946), Lt EK Langton (H6998) |
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