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Name: John Douglas Lightbody
Country: Scotland
Rank: 2nd Lieutenant
Service: Royal Naval Air Service
Royal Air Force
Units: 4N (RNAS)
204 (RAF)
Victories: 5
Born: 30 October 1899
Place of Birth: Hamilton, Scotland
Died: 04 November 1918
Place of Death: Near Melle
Cemetery: Scheldewindeke Churchyard, Oosterzele, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
 
John Douglas Lightbody was the son of John D. and Marjory Lightbody, of "Ardenlee," Portland Park, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. He was missing in action, shot down by a Fokker D.VII, near Melle.
 
Victories
  Date Time Unit Aircraft Opponent Location
1 09 Oct 1918 1120 204 Sopwith Camel (F3109) Fokker D.VII (OOC) Courtrai
2 23 Oct 1918 1105 204 Sopwith Camel (F3109) Fokker D.VII (DES) Termonde
3 23 Oct 1918 1105 204 Sopwith Camel (F3109) Fokker D.VII (DES) Termonde
4 27 Oct 1918 0910 204 Sopwith Camel (F3109) Fokker D.VII (OOC) Ghent
5 30 Oct 1918 1315 204 Sopwith Camel (F3109) Fokker D.VII (OOC) Nazereth
 
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