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Name: Jens Frederick "Swede" Larson
Country: United States
Rank: Lieutenant
Service: Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
Units: 84
Victories: 9
Born: 10 August 1891
Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts
Died: 06 May 1981
Place of Death: Winston Salem, North Carolina
 
Joining the Canadian army in 1915, Jens Frederick Larson served with the Canadian Field Artillery before transferring to the Royal Flying Corps on 19 October 1916. One of the founding members of 84 Squadron, he was credited with nine victories flying the S.E.5. After the war, he returned to the United States and became an architect.

Listed as Jens Frederick Larsen in several sources.
 
Victories
Date Time Unit Aircraft Opponent Location
1 26 Nov 1917 0800 84 S.E.5a (B612) Albatros D.V (OOC) Fonsomme
2 03 Jan 1918 1500 84 S.E.5a (A8342) Two-seater (DES) NE of St. Quentin
3 16 Feb 1918 1020 84 S.E.5a (A8942) Albatros D.V (OOC) La Fère
4 19 Feb 1918 1020 84 S.E.5a Albatros D.V (OOC) 1 St. Gobain Wood
5 15 Mar 1918 0920 84 S.E.5a (C1077) Pfalz D.III (OOC) NE of Ribemont
6 18 Mar 1918 1130 84 S.E.5a (C1077) Fokker DR.I (OOC) Le Cateau
7 03 Apr 1918 1150 84 S.E.5a (C1077) Albatros D.V (OOC) Rosières
8 03 Apr 1918 1152 84 S.E.5a (C1077) Albatros D.V (DES) E of Rosières
9 06 Apr 1918 1120 84 S.E.5a (C1077) LVG C (CAP) 2 N of Hangard

1 Shared with 2/Lt John McCudden
2 Shared with Lt Charles Stubbs, Lt Hugh Saunders, Lt Hector MacDonald
 
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)
In Clouds of Glory: American Airmen Who Flew With The British During The Great War
by James J. Hudson / Paperback / University of Arkansas Press (October 1, 1990)
 
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