That's great Graeme! Just what I was looking for!!
What are the references on that book? Any suggestions on where I can get it? Any links to 24 Sqdn sites/history?
B flight ties in with his serial numbers too, except a possibly borrowed plane S.E 5a C5428 for possibly 6 days on 9-15 Mar.1918 in which he scored an Alb.D.V & Rumpler C.
The same Grub St. 'Trenches' edition record shows he joined and flew in a D.H.5 of ?A flight A9232 from 26 Aug. to about 17 Feb. after which he received & flew a S.E 5a (B664) scoring recorded & verified victories from the 18 Feb. 1918., his (third) first in this type, being a DFW C bomber over La Fere on the 18th.
Thus he appears to have had a period of 2 months & 2 days to 'settle in'. Says something for his CO.,.. & luck, & maybe area, since this was apparantly a very busy time.
Who was that CO, BTW?
Does the book say where they were based, in this time period, and area of ops?