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| Name: |
Reuben George Hammersley |
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| Country: |
England |
| Rank: |
Lieutenant |
| Service: |
Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force |
| Unit: |
24 |
| Victories: |
8 |
| Born: |
26 September 1897 |
| Place of Birth: |
St. Margaret, Leicester |
| Died: |
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| Place of Death: |
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Reuben George Hammersley joined the Royal Flying Corps in May 1917. In 1918 he
scored 8 victories as an S.E.5a pilot with 24 Squadron.
The son of Reuben George and Mary A. Hammersley (they were married in Leicester in 1882); his father was born about 1862 at Bedworth, Warwickshire; the 1897 Reuben's birth was registered in the 4th quarter of 1897 at Leicester, Leicestershire. Hammersley had RAC Certificate No. 3556 (14 Sept 1916). |
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
19 Feb 1918 |
0840 |
24 |
S.E.5a (B891) |
Rumpler C (DESF) 1 |
Servais |
| 2 |
19 Feb 1918 |
0850 |
24 |
S.E.5a (B891) |
DFW C (DES) 1 |
Bernot |
| 3 |
26 Feb 1918 |
1605 |
24 |
S.E.5a (B8257) |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
E of Laon |
| 4 |
06 Mar 1918 |
1635 |
24 |
S.E.5a (B8257) |
DFW C (OOC) |
E of St. Quentin |
| 5 |
23 Mar 1918 |
1600 |
24 |
S.E.5a (C9267) |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
St. Simon |
| 6 |
12 Apr 1918 |
1615 |
24 |
S.E.5a (C1082) |
Albatros D.V (DES) |
Hangard-Moreuil |
| 7 |
19 May 1918 |
1200 |
24 |
S.E.5a (C1085) |
Pfalz D.III (OOC) |
Proyart |
| 8 |
20 May 1918 |
0835 |
24 |
S.E.5a (C1085) |
Pfalz D.III (OOC) |
Chaulnes-Albert |
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| 1 |
Shared with Lt Peter MacDougall (B120), Lt Ronald Mark, Lt Andrew Cowper |
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