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| Name: |
Phillip Bernard "Bruce" Prothero |
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| Country: |
Scotland |
| Rank: |
Captain |
| Service: |
Royal Flying Corps |
| Units: |
24, 56 |
| Victories: |
8 |
| Born: |
15 January 1894 |
| Place of Birth: |
Stevenston, Ayrshire |
| Died: |
26 July 1917 |
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| Place of Death: |
NE of Houthem |
| Memorial: |
Arras Flying Services Memorial, Pas de Calais, France |
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Prothero, son of Edward Douglas Prothero and Margaret Caroline Prothero, transferred from the 4th Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders to the Royal Flying Corps in 1915. He was noted for wearing his kilt into combat. In 1916, he scored his first two victories flying the Bristol Scout. Flying the S.E.5, he scored six more in 1917. In his final dogfight, his aircraft was last seen spinning earthward with its wings shot off by a member of Jasta 27.
"You wouldna have me taken prisoner in disguise would you now laddie?" Phillip Prothero, when asked about the kilt he always wore on combat missions |
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
30 Jun 1916 |
0715 |
24 |
Bristol Scout C (5308) |
EA (DES) |
Grandcourt |
| 2 |
10 Jul 1916 |
0810 |
24 |
Bristol Scout C (5308) |
C (DES) |
W of Grevillers Wood |
| 3 |
23 May 1917 |
1900-1915 |
56 |
S.E.5 (A8909) |
Albatros D.III (OOC) |
Aubigny |
| 4 |
27 May 1917 |
1900-2000 |
56 |
S.E.5 (A8909) |
Albatros D.III (OOC) |
E of Bugnicourt |
| 5 |
28 May 1917 |
1145-1245 |
56 |
S.E.5 (A8909) |
Albatros D.III (OOC) |
Busigny |
| 6 |
15 Jun 1917 |
1315 |
56 |
S.E.5 (A8909) |
C (DES) |
Fort Carnot |
| 7 |
11 Jul 1917 |
1845-1945 |
56 |
S.E.5 (A8909) |
D (OOC) |
Houthoulst Forest |
| 8 |
21 Jul 1917 |
1930-2015 |
56 |
S.E.5 (A8925) |
D (OOC) |
Polygon Wood |
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| 1 |
Shared with Capt Edric Broadberry |
| 2 |
Shared with Lt Gerald Maxwell |
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