Gerald Ewart Nash
Gerald Ewart Nash | |
|---|---|
| Born | 12 May 1896 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | 10 April 1976 (aged 79) Welland, Ontario, Canada |
| Allegiance | George V of the British Empire |
| Service/ | Aviation |
| Rank | Flight lieutenant |
| Unit | , No. 10 Squadron RNAS |
| Other work | Became Group Captain during World War II |
Group Captain Gerald Ewart Nash (12 May 1896 - 10 April 1976) was a World War I flying ace who went on to high command during World War II.[1]
World War I[]
Nash joined the Royal Naval Air Service in April 1916. His original flying assignment was to 3 Wing to fly Sopwith 1½ Strutters. During Bloody April 1917, he was assigned to Raymond Collishaw's of Sopwith Triplanes. On 21 May 1917, he opened his scorebook by destroying an Albatros D.III over . On 2 June, he cooperated with Collishaw, Ellis Vair Reid, and William Melville Alexander in forcing down a German observation plane. On the 5th, Nash again joined Collishaw and Reid, as well Desmond Fitzgibbon and another pilot, in another victory; this time, they set an Albatros reconnaissance plane aflame. The next day, Nash destroyed another Albatros recon plane, and sent down two Albatros D.III's out of control.[1] On 25 June 1917, Nash was shot down behind enemy lines in Belgium by Karl Allmenröder and became a prisoner of war. He was repatriated after war's end, and returned to Canada in 1919.[2]
World War II[]
Nash served as a Group Captain in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II. He retired in 1945.
Sources of information[]
- ^ a b Above the Trenches: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces 1915–1920. p. 289.
- ^ http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/canada/nash1.php Retrieved 18 February 2010.
References[]
Above the Trenches: a Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces 1915–1920. Christopher F. Shores, Norman L. R. Franks, Russell Guest. Grub Street, 1990. ISBN 0-948817-19-4, ISBN 978-0-948817-19-9.
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