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| Name: |
Harold Bolton Redler |
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| Country: |
South Africa |
| Rank: |
Lieutenant |
| Service: |
Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force |
| Units: |
24, 40 |
| Victories: |
10 |
| Born: |
27 January 1897 |
| Place of Birth: |
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| Died: |
21 June 1918 |
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| Place of Death: |
Turnberry |
| Cemetery: |
West Monkton (St. Augustine) Churchyard, Somerset |
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Mid-morning on 15 March 1918, 24 Squadron tangled with Jasta 12 triplanes near Brancourt. Harold Bolton Redler, flying an S.E.5a, shot down Adolf von Tutschek by firing a burst at the Jasta leader's green Fokker DR.I. On 21 April 1918, Redler was wounded in action and left 24 Sqaudron. Later that year, Redler and Scottish ace Ian Henderson were killed in a D.H.9 (D1018) crash.
Listed as Herbert Bolton Redler in some sources. Birth was registered in the 1st quarter of 1897, at Taunton, Somerset. His parents' residence at the time of his enlistment was Boschbeek, Newlands, Cape Town. |
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| Military Cross (MC) |
T./2nd Lt. Harold Bolton Redler, Gen. List, and R.F.C.
For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He encountered four enemy two-seater machines, and attacking the lowest drove it to the ground with its engine damaged. Later, he attacked one of five enemy two-seater machines, and drove it down out of control. He has destroyed in all three enemy machines and driven three others down out of control. He continually attacked enemy troops and transport from a low altitude during operations, and showed splendid qualities of courage and determination throughout.
Supplement to the London Gazette, 22 June 1918 (30761/7421) |
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
07 May 1917 |
0935 |
40 |
Nieuport (B1640) |
Balloon (DES) |
N of Henin-Lietard |
| 2 |
07 Jun 1917 |
1100 |
40 |
Nieuport (B1558) |
Albatros D.III (OOC) |
NE of Ypres |
| 3 |
14 Jul 1917 |
0650 |
40 |
Nieuport (B1558) |
Albatros D.III (OOC) |
E of Douai |
| 4 |
15 Mar 1918 |
1030 |
24 |
S.E.5a (B79) |
Fokker DR.I (OOC) |
Premontre |
| 5 |
18 Mar 1918 |
1140 |
24 |
S.E.5a (B7824) |
C (OOC) 1 |
Villers le Sec |
| 6 |
23 Mar 1918 |
1650 |
24 |
S.E.5a (B7824) |
C (CAP) |
S of Berlancourt |
| 7 |
24 Mar 1918 |
1010 |
24 |
S.E.5a (B7824) |
Rumpler C (DES) |
Pithon, near Ham |
| 8 |
26 Mar 1918 |
0930 |
24 |
S.E.5a (C1081) |
Rumpler C (DESF) |
Estrées-Barleux |
| 9 |
12 Apr 1918 |
1615 |
24 |
S.E.5a (D275) |
Albatros D.V (DES) |
Hangard-Moreuil |
| 10 |
20 Apr 1918 |
1015 |
24 |
S.E.5a (D275) |
Pfalz D.III (OOC) |
Bayonvillers |
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| 1 |
Shared with Capt Bernard Beanlands |
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