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| Name: |
Cyril Burfield Ridley |
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| Country: |
England |
| Rank: |
Captain |
| Service: |
Royal Naval Air Service
Royal Air Force |
| Units: |
1N (RNAS)
201 (RAF) |
| Victories: |
11 |
| Born: |
15 January 1895 |
| Place of Birth: |
Esher, Surrey
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| Died: |
17 May 1920 |
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| Place of Death: |
Cologne, Germany |
| Cemetery: |
Cologne Southern Cemetery, Germany  |
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In 1920, whilst serving with 12 Squadron in Cologne, Germany, Ridley was killed in a mid-air collision with John De Pencier. |
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| Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) |
"Flt. Lieut. (Actg. Flt. Cdr.) Cyril Burfield Ridley, R.N.A.S.
For distinguished services as a pilot and for courage in low-flying expeditions during which he attacked enemy trenches with machine-gun fire from a height of 30 feet.
On the 9th March, 1918, he attacked a formation of enemy scouts, selecting one which was attacking one of our machines. The enemy aircraft dived down with a quantity of smoke issuing from it, but appeared to flatten out at 2,000 feet and disappeared in the mist.
He has previously destroyed several enemy machines, and has at all times led his flight with great skill and courage." Supplement to the London Gazette, 17 April 1918 (30635/4647) |
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
29 Apr 1917 |
1150 |
1N |
Sopwith Triplane (N5437) |
Albatros D.III (OOC) 1 |
Villers les Cagnicourt |
| 2 |
17 Jul 1917 |
2005 |
1N |
Sopwith Triplane (N6304) |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
4m E of Messines |
| 3 |
14 Aug 1917 |
0840 |
1N |
Sopwith Triplane (N6296) |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
NE of Ypres |
| 4 |
10 Sep 1917 |
1705 |
1N |
Sopwith Triplane (N5436) |
DFW C (OOC) 2 |
Zillebeke |
| 5 |
06 Dec 1917 |
1100 |
1N |
Sopwith Camel (B6418) |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
N of Passchendaele |
| 6 |
12 Mar 1918 |
1315 |
1N |
Sopwith Camel (B7248) |
Balloon (DES) |
Ypres |
| 7 |
08 Apr 1918 |
0645 |
201 |
Sopwith Camel (B7248) |
Balloon (DES) |
E of Boyelles |
| 8 |
02 May 1918 |
1250 |
201 |
Sopwith Camel (B7248) |
Pfalz D.III (OOC) |
E of Villers Brettoneaux |
| 9 |
06 May 1918 |
1920 |
201 |
Sopwith Camel (B7248) |
Fokker DR.I (DES) |
S of Albert |
| 10 |
30 Jun 1918 |
0815 |
201 |
Sopwith Camel (B7248) |
Fokker DR.I (OOC) |
Pozieres |
| 11 |
04 Jul 1918 |
1915 |
201 |
Sopwith Camel (B7248) |
Fokker D.VII (OOC) |
Foucaucourt |
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| 1 |
Shared with FSL Herbert Rowley |
| 2 |
Shared with F/Cdr Forster Maynard, FSL E Anthony (N6296), FSL HV Rowley (N5373), FSL Cecil Brock, FSL GBG Scott (N5455), F/Lt HL Everett (N6308), FSL Anthony Spence |
| 3 |
Shared with F/Cdr Herbert Rowley |
| 4 |
Shared with Capt Douglast Bell |
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