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| Name: |
Ian Patrick Robert "Old Naps" Napier |
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| Country: |
Scotland |
| Rank: |
Captain |
| Service: |
Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force |
| Units: |
40 |
| Victories: |
12 |
| Born: |
24 July 1895 |
| Place of Birth: |
Milton, Dumbartonshire |
| Died: |
09 May 1977 |
| Place of Death: |
London |
| Cemetery: |
Dumbarton Cemetery |
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Napier attended Eton before joining the army. He transferred from the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders to the Royal Flying Corps in 1916. Assigned to 40 Squadron, he flew Nieuport scouts and the S.E.5a in combat and served as a liaison officer with the French army. After the war, he entered the family shipbuilding business. |
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| Military Cross (MC) |
Capt. Ian Patrick Robert Napier, Arg. & Suth'd Highrs. and R.A.F.
For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. This officer has carried out many reconnaissances, and flying at low altitudes has engaged massed enemy troops with bombs and machine-gun fire, inflicting heavy casualties. He has brought down seven enemy machines.
Supplement to the London Gazette, 16 September 1918 (30901/10993) |
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
14 Apr 1917 |
1610 |
40 |
Nieuport (A6778) |
Albatros D.III (DES) 1 |
Mericourt-La Coulette |
| 2 |
24 Apr 1917 |
1200 |
40 |
Nieuport (A6778) |
DFW C.V (CAP) 2 |
Lens |
| 3 |
06 Mar 1918 |
1625 |
40 |
S.E.5a (B4888) |
Albatros D.V (DES) |
NE of Lens |
| 4 |
06 Apr 1918 |
1035 |
40 |
S.E.5a (B157) |
C (DES) |
Brebieres |
| 5 |
12 Apr 1918 |
0650 |
40 |
S.E.5a (B157) |
Albatros D.V (OOC) 3 |
S of Estaires |
| 6 |
12 Apr 1918 |
0650 |
40 |
S.E.5a (B157) |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
S of Estaires |
| 7 |
29 Apr 1918 |
0720 |
40 |
S.E.5a (B157) |
DFW C.V (CAP) 4 |
W of Bethune |
| 8 |
03 May 1918 |
1850 |
40 |
S.E.5a (B157) |
DFW C.V (DES) |
Merville |
| 9 |
13 May 1918 |
0615 |
40 |
S.E.5a (D213) |
DFW C.V (DES) 5 |
Lacouture |
| 10 |
01 Jul 1918 |
2010 |
40 |
S.E.5a (D6180) |
Pfalz D.III (DES) |
Armentières |
| 11 |
01 Jul 1918 |
2035 |
40 |
S.E.5a (D6180) |
Rumpler C (DES) |
La Gorgue |
| 12 |
04 Jul 1918 |
1525 |
40 |
S.E.5a (D6180) |
Fokker D.VII (OOC) |
Bois du Biez |
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| 1 |
Shared with Lt D de Burgh (A6781) |
| 2 |
Shared with Lt Brevis, FSL Robert Little |
| 3 |
Shared with 2Lt Ivan Hind |
| 4 |
Shared with Lt P D Learoyd (D213), Lt L H Sutton (D3509) |
| 5 |
Shared with Lt J H Jennings & 2Lt J H Hay |
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