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| Name: |
Ian Oliver Stead |
| Country: |
South Africa |
| Rank: |
Lieutenant |
| Service: |
Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force |
| Unit: |
22 |
| Victories: |
5 |
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During 1918, Ian Oliver Stead and his observers were credited with five victories. On 2 September 1918, Stead was reported missing in action when his Bristol Fighter went down near Cambrai. He and his observer survived the crash. |
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
22 May 1918 |
1920 |
22 |
Bristol Fighter (C4706) 1 |
Pfalz D.III (OOC) |
Merville-Bailleul |
| 2 |
16 Aug 1918 |
1045 |
22 |
Bristol Fighter (E1330) 2 |
Pfalz D.III (OOC) |
SSE of Lille |
| 3 |
22 Aug 1918 |
1910 |
22 |
Bristol Fighter 2 |
Halberstadt C (DES) 4 |
NE of Bailleul |
| 4 |
31 Aug 1918 |
1710 |
22 |
Bristol Fighter (F4820) 3 |
Fokker D.VII (DES) |
Douai |
| 5 |
02 Sep 1918 |
0915 |
22 |
Bristol Fighter (E2516) 2 |
Fokker D.VII (OOC) |
Cambrai Road, Arras |
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| 1 |
Observer Sgt C WIlliams |
| 2 |
Observer 2/Lt WA Cowie |
| 3 |
Observer Capt Dennis Waight |
| 4 |
Shared with Capt William Harvey & Capt Dennis Waight, Lt Herbert Beddow & Lt Thomas Birmingham |
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