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| Name: |
Edward Dawson "Spider" Atkinson |
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| Country: |
Ireland |
| Rank: |
Captain |
| Service: |
Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force |
| Units: |
1, 56, 64 |
| Victories: |
10 |
| Born: |
10 November 1891 |
| Place of Birth: |
India |
| Died: |
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Serving with the Indian Army Reserve, Edward Dawson Atkinson transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in 1916. On 1 May 1917, he encountered Jasta 28 and was attacked by "an exceptionally good pilot" flying a red Albatros scout. The German pilot was Karl Schäfer and Atkinson was forced down behind the safety of his own lines in a Nieuport scout that was damaged beyond repair. |
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| Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) |
Lt. (temp. Capt.) Edward Dawson Atkinson.
A brilliant fighting pilot whose flight has proved very successful under his leadership, often in combats where the enemy formation was numerically superior. Capt. Atkinson destroyed single-handed five enemy machines during May, and previously, whilst serving with another squadron, he brought down two enemy aeroplanes and one balloon.
Supplement to the London Gazette, 3 August 1918 (30827/9198) |
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
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25 Mar 1917 |
abt 1700 |
1 |
Nieuport |
Balloon (DES) |
Warneton-Wervicq |
| 2 |
22 Apr 1917 |
0705 |
1 |
Nieuport (A6624) |
Albatros D.II (OOC) |
Lille |
| 3 |
29 Apr 1917 |
1740 |
1 |
Nieuport (A6678) |
Albatros C (OOC) |
Armentières |
| 4 |
03 May 1918 |
0955 |
56 |
S.E.5a (B8494) |
Rumpler C (DES) 1 |
Montauban |
| 5 |
03 May 1918 |
1015 |
56 |
S.E.5a (B8494) |
Rumpler C (OOC) 1 |
SE of Bapaume |
| 6 |
26 May 1918 |
1930 |
64 |
S.E.5a (D6861) |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
Erquinghem-Lys |
| 7 |
28 May 1918 |
0750 |
64 |
S.E.5a (D6861) |
Albatros D.V (DES) |
Bapaume-Bancourt |
| 8 |
28 May 1918 |
0855 |
64 |
S.E.5a (D6861) |
Halberstadt C (DES) |
Bapaume-Bancourt |
| 9 |
31 May 1918 |
0620 |
64 |
S.E.5a (D6861) |
Pfalz D.III (OOC) |
E of Merris |
| 10 |
31 May 1918 |
1940 |
64 |
S.E.5a |
Pfalz D.III (DES) |
La Bassée |
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| 1 |
Shared with Lt Trevor Durrant and Lt William Irwin |
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