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| Name: |
Albert Edward Woodbridge |
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| Country: |
England |
| Rank: |
Lieutenant |
| Service: |
Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force |
| Unit: |
20 |
| Victories: |
7 |
| Born: |
09 January 1898 |
| Place of Birth: |
Southend-on-Sea, Essex |
| Died: |
07 September 1929 |
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| Place of Death: |
Jask, Persia |
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An observer with 20 Squadron, one of the Albatros D.Vs Albert Edward Woodbridge and Donald Cunnell claimed on 6 July 1917 may have been piloted by Manfred von Richthofen who was wounded in the head that morning. Woodbridge was wounded in action on 31 July 1917 but rejoined his squadron in the fall and scored three more victories. He received Royal Aero Club Certificate No. 5696 on 29 December 1917. During a London-to-India flight in 1929, he and two others were killed when the mail plane he was piloting crashed after catching fire. |
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
06 Jul 1917 |
1030 |
20 |
F.E.2d (A6512) 1 |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
Wervicq |
| 2 |
06 Jul 1917 |
1030 |
20 |
F.E.2d (A6512) 1 |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
Wervicq |
| 3 |
06 Jul 1917 |
1030 |
20 |
F.E.2d (A6512) 1 |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
Wervicq |
| 4 |
06 Jul 1917 |
1030 |
20 |
F.E.2d (A6512) 1 |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
Wervicq |
| 5 |
17 Oct 1917 |
0925 |
20 |
Bristol F.2b (A7141) 2 |
DFW C (DES) |
Wervicq-Menin |
| 6 |
27 Oct 1917 |
1310 |
20 |
Bristol F.2b (A7298) 2 |
Albatros D.V (DES) |
SW of Roulers |
| 7 |
08 Nov 1917 |
1330 |
20 |
Bristol F.2b (A7253) 2 |
Albatros D.V (DES) |
NE of Houthulst Forest |
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| 1 |
Pilot Donald Cunnell |
| 2 |
Pilot William Durrand |
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