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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 |
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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. |
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| Victories |
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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 |
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| 1 |
Shared with 2/Lt John McCudden |
| 2 |
Shared with Lt Charles Stubbs, Lt Hugh Saunders, Lt Hector MacDonald |
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