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| Name: |
Charles Gray Catto |
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| Country: |
United States |
| Rank: |
Lieutenant |
| Service: |
Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force |
| Units: |
45 |
| Victories: |
6 |
| Born: |
07 November 1896 |
| Place of Birth: |
Dallas, Texas |
| Died: |
24 June 1972 |
| Place of Death: |
Waco, Texas |
| Cemetery: |
Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, Texas
Block 11 Lot 24 |
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The son of John Catto, Sr. of Dallas, Texas, Charles Gray Catto was studying medicine at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland when the war began. Against the wishes of his parents, he enlisted in the Royal Flying Corps in June 1917. Flying the Sopwith Camel with 45 Squadron, Catto served in Italy and France and scored 6 victories. When the war ended, he resumed his studies and became a doctor. He was living in Waco, Texas in 1958. |
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
19 May 1918 |
0625 |
45 |
Sopwith Camel (B6412) |
Aviatik C (DES) 1 |
Mel |
| 2 |
22 May 1918 |
0920 |
45 |
Sopwith Camel (B6372) |
Two-seater (DES) 2 |
Levada |
| 3 |
07 Jun 1918 |
0935 |
45 |
Sopwith Camel (B3872) |
Hansa-Brandenburg C (CAP) |
Cismon |
| 4 |
15 Jun 1918 |
0745 |
45 |
Sopwith Camel (D9392) |
Aviatik C (OOC) |
Mt. Camp-Poselaro |
| 5 |
20 Jun 1918 |
1040 |
45 |
Sopwith Camel (D9392) |
Albatros D.III (OOC) |
Nerversa |
| 6 |
05 Aug 1918 |
1030 |
45 |
Sopwith Camel (D8243) |
Scout (DES) |
Mt. Grappa |
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| 1 |
Shared with Capt Norman Jones |
| 2 |
Shared with Capt G Bush |
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| Books |
- American Aces of World War 1
- by Norman Franks, Harry Dempsey (Illustrator) / Paperback / Osprey Publishing (September 25, 2001)
- Over the Front
- by Norman L. R. Franks, Frank W. Bailey / Hardcover / Grub Street the Basement (May 1992)
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