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Name: Thomas Grey Culling
Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) Photo courtesy of Mike Westrop
Country: New Zealand
Rank: Flight Sub-Lieutenant
Service: Royal Naval Air Service
Units: 1N
Victories: 6
Born: 31 May 1896
Place of Birth: Dunedin
Died: 08 June 1917 Killed In Action
Place of Death: Warneton
Memorial: Arras Flying Services Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
 
 
No notes for Thomas Grey Culling.
 
Distinguished Service Cross (DSC)
Flt. Lieut. Edward J. Cooper, R.N.A.S.
Flt. Sub-Lieut. Charles Reginald Morrish, R.N.A.S.
Flt. Sub-Lieut. Henry George Boswell, R.N.A.S.
Flt. Lieut. Charles Langston Scott, R.N.A.S.
Flt. Lieut. Walter Travers Swire Williams, R.N.A.S.
Flt. Lieut. Thomas Grey Culling, R.N.A.S.
   In recognition of his services on the 23rd April, 1917, when with two other machines he engaged a formation of nine hostile scouts and two-seater machines. Two two-seater machines were shot down, one of them by Flt. Lieut. Culling unassisted.
Supplement to the London Gazette, 22 June 1917 (30147/6256)
 
Victories
Date Time Unit Aircraft Opponent Location
1 06 Apr 1917 1150 1N Sopwith Triplane (N5444) C NE of St. Quentin
2 22 Apr 1917 1720 1N Sopwith Triplane (N5444) Albatros D.III Arleux
3 23 Apr 1917 0800 1N Sopwith Triplane (N5444) C W of Douai
4 05 May 1917 1900 1N Sopwith Triplane (N5444) Albatros D.III E of Lens
5 19 May 1917 1030 1N Sopwith Triplane (N5444) Albatros D.III Estrées
6 20 May 1917 0540 1N Sopwith Triplane (N5444) C Henin-Lietard
 
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