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| Name: |
Wilfred Bertie "Twist" Giles |
| Country: |
England |
| Rank: |
Lieutenant |
| Service: |
Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force |
| Units: |
43, 74 |
| Victories: |
5 |
| Born: |
06 April 1896 |
| Place of Birth: |
Bristol, Gloucestershire |
| Died: |
March 1991 |
| Place of Death: |
Cardiganshire North, Dyfed, Wales |
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Wilfred Bertie Giles was wounded in 1916 whilst serving with the Somerset Light Infantry on the Somme Front. Posted to 74 Squadron in France, he was injured in a crash on 6 August 1917. He later married the widow of Ira Jones. |
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
16 Jun 1917 |
0830 |
43 |
Sopwith 1½ Strutter (A1903) 1 |
Albatros D.III (DES) 2 |
Lens |
| 2 |
12 May 1918 |
1830 |
74 |
S.E.5a (C6414) |
Albatros D.V (DES) |
N of Wulverghem |
| 3 |
27 May 1918 |
1130 |
74 |
S.E.5a |
Halberstadt C (OOC) 3 |
Neuf Berquin |
| 4 |
29 Jun 1918 |
2015 |
74 |
S.E.5a (C6494) |
Fokker D.VII (DES) |
Bailleul-Kemmel |
| 5 |
07 Jul 1918 |
1120 |
74 |
S.E.5a (C6494) |
LVG C (DESF) |
Bailleul |
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| 1 |
Pilot 2/Lt CG Moore |
| 2 |
Shared with 2/Lt SVL Gedge & Pvt CB Blatherwick (A8829); Lt John Womersley & AM1 JM O'Shea (A8244); Sgt AV Webb & 2/Lt CE Day (A7798); Capt Kenneth Gopsill & 2/Lt JB Smith (A8335) |
| 3 |
Shared with Lt James Ira Jones (C1117) |
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