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| Name: |
John Gamon |
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| Country: |
England |
| Rank: |
Captain |
| Service: |
Royal Naval Air Service
Royal Air Force |
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5N (RNAS)
205 (RAF) |
| Victories: |
7 |
| Born: |
25 July 1898 |
| Place of Birth: |
Chester, Cheshire |
| Died: |
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John Gamon was the son of John Percival (born 1865, Chester) and Margaret A. Gamon. |
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| Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) |
Flt. Lieut. John Gamon, R.N.A.S.
For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. On the 30th March, 1918, whilst returning from a bombing raid, he was attacked by three enemy triplanes, one of which he brought down and drove off the other two. He has carried out very many bombing raids on enemy lines of communication, aerodromes, and dumps. His work has always been of the greatest merit, and he has set a splendid example to those around him.
Supplement to the London Gazette, 7 June 1918, 6771 |
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
08 Dec 1917 |
1150 |
5N |
D.H.4 (N6004) 1 |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
Aertrycke Airfield |
| 2 |
30 Mar 1918 |
0912 |
5N |
D.H.4 (N6004) 2 |
Fokker DR.I (DES) |
Villers Bretonneux |
| 3 |
23 Apr 1918 |
1950 |
5N |
D.H.4 (N6004) 3 |
Fokker DR.I (DESF) |
Chaulnes |
| 4 |
23 Apr 1918 |
1950 |
5N |
D.H.4 (N6004) 3 |
Pfalz D.III (DES) |
Chaulnes |
| 5 |
03 May 1918 |
1545 |
205 |
D.H.4 (N6004) 3 |
Pfalz D.III (DESF) 5 |
Chaulnes |
| 6 |
03 May 1918 |
1545 |
205 |
D.H.4 (N6004) 3 |
Pfalz D.III (OOC) 5 |
Chaulnes |
| 7 |
20 May 1918 |
0830 |
205 |
D.H.4 (N6004) 4 |
Pfalz D.III (DESF) |
Mericombe |
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| 1 |
Observer AGL Winter |
| 2 |
Observer 2/Lt FG Stringer |
| 3 |
Observer Lt R Scott |
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Observer Sgt J Jones |
| 5 |
Shared with Lt GE Siedle & AGL William Middleton, Capt Euan Dickson & AGL Charles Robinson, Lt Cyril Heywood & AGL SF Langstone, Lt William Elliott & AGL Whalley, Lt Wilson & AGL Mackay, Lt William Grossart & AGL Richards, Lt Fox & AGL CF Ambler, Lt Robert Chalmers & 2/Lt Stanley Hamblin, Lt Scott & AGL Humphrey |
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