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| Name: |
Roy Edward Dodds |
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| Country: |
United States |
| Rank: |
Captain |
| Service: |
Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force |
| Units: |
103, 106 (RAF) |
| Victories: |
7 |
| Born: |
19 July 1893 |
| Place of Birth: |
Buffalo, New York |
| Died: |
02 April 1965 |
| Place of Death: |
Detroit, Michigan |
| Cemetery: |
Victoria Memorial Cemetery, Windsor, Ontario  |
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In 1916 Roy Edward Dodds went to Canada to enlist in the Royal Flying Corps. Posted to 103 Squadron on 26 May 1918, he downed 7 German aircraft as a D.H.9 pilot. Post-war he sold automobiles in Detroit, Michigan and served as a pilot instructor with the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II. Plagued by ill health, with no family and little income, Dodds died alone in a boarding house room in Detroit, Michigan. He was 72. When no one claimed his body at the local morgue, the Canadian Legion of Detroit stepped forward and had arranged for his burial.
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| Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) |
Lieut. (A./Capt.) Roy Edward
(FRANCE)
An officer who possesses high courage combined with great power of leadership. He has taken part in sixty bombing raids far over enemy territory, a large number of which he has led. In addition, he has carried out a number of successful photographic reconnaissances, frequently meeting and overcoming strong hostile aerial resistance. In the course of these nights he has destroyed four enemy machines, and his observer has accounted for three others. A fine achievement, for the machine he flies is designed for heavy bombing and long reconnaissance rather than for aerial combats.
Supplement to the London Gazette, 8 February 1919 (31170/2037) |
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
04 Jul 1918 |
2030 |
103 |
D.H.9 (C6150) 1 |
Pfalz D.III (OOC) |
La Bassée |
| 2 |
10 Aug 1918 |
1815 |
103 |
D.H.9 (C2877) 2 |
Fokker D.VII (OOC) |
Péronnes |
| 3 |
10 Aug 1918 |
1815 |
103 |
D.H.9 (C2877) 2 |
Fokker D.VII (OOC) |
Péronnes |
| 4 |
11 Aug 1918 |
1900 |
103 |
D.H.9 (C2877) 2 |
Fokker D.VII (OOC) |
Estaires |
| 5 |
11 Aug 1918 |
1900 |
103 |
D.H.9 (C2877) 2 |
Fokker D.VII (OOC) |
Estaires |
| 6 |
25 Aug 1918 |
0900 |
103 |
D.H.9 (C2877) 2 |
Fokker D.VII (OOC) |
Pernes |
| 7 |
30 Oct 1918 |
0955 |
103 |
D.H.9 (E8884) 2 |
Fokker D.VII (OOC) |
Mainvault |
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| 1 |
Observer 2/Lt John Bernard Russell |
| 2 |
Observer 2/Lt Irving Corey |
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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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