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| Name: |
Frank Kerr Hays |
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| Country: |
United States |
| Rank: |
Lieutenant |
| Services: |
United States Air Service |
| Units: |
13th Aero |
| Victories: |
6 |
| Born: |
03 November 1896 |
| Place of Birth: |
Louisville, Kentucky |
| Died: |
09 March 1988 |
| Place of Death: |
Carmel by the Sea, California |
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The son of C. L. Hays of Chicago, Illinois, Frank Kerr Hays attended the University of Illinois, a member of the class of 1919. After joining the United States Signal Corps, Aviation Section, he was assigned to the 13th Aero Squadron on 29 August 1918. With this unit he scored 6 victories flying the SPAD XIII. |
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| Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) |
| The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Frank Kerr Hays, Second Lieutenant (Air Service), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in the region of Chambley, France, September 13, 1918. Lieutenant Hays was one of an offensive patrol of five planes, attacked by seven enemy scouts (Fokker type), that dived down on them from the clouds, catching the American patrol in a disadvantageous position. In the course of the combat which followed, both of Lieutenant Hays' machine guns jammed. By an extraordinary effort he cleared his guns and drove off the adversary. He then observed his flight commander in a dangerous situation with two enemy planes behind him. He attacked and destroyed one and forced the other to withdraw.
General Orders No. 143, W.D., 1918 |
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
13 Sep 1918 |
1835-1955 |
13th |
SPAD XIII |
Fokker D.VII 1 |
Chambley |
| 2 |
13 Sep 1918 |
1835-1955 |
13th |
SPAD XIII |
Fokker D.VII 1 |
Chambley |
| 3 |
13 Sep 1918 |
1835-1955 |
13th |
SPAD XIII |
Fokker D.VII 1 |
Chambley |
| 4 |
15 Sep 1918 |
1030 |
13th |
SPAD XIII |
Fokker D.VII 2 |
Vaux |
| 5 |
04 Nov 1918 |
1245 |
13th |
SPAD XIII |
Fokker D.VII |
Fontaine |
| 6 |
04 Nov 1918 |
1315 |
13th |
SPAD XIII |
Fokker D.VII |
Fontaine |
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| 1 |
Shared with Lt R R S Converse, Lt J D Este, Lt D W Howe, Lt John Seerley |
| 2 |
Shared with Lt Murray Guthrie |
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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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