John Jones (RAF airman)
John Jones | |
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Born | Unknown |
Died | Unknown |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army Royal Air Force |
Rank | Sergeant |
Unit | No. 22 Squadron RFC/No. 22 Squadron RAF |
Awards | Distinguished Flying Medal |
Sergeant John Jones DFM was a World War I flying ace credited with 15 aerial victories.[1]
John Jones served as an observer/gunner in the Bristol F.2 Fighters of No. 22 Squadron. Flying with such pilots as Second Lieutenants Frank George Gibbons, Sydney A. Oades, Stanley Wallage, Frank George Gibbons, and Captain , Jones began his victory streak on 5 December 1917. Six months later, on 2 June 1918, he had run his total to four enemy aircraft and an observation balloon destroyed, and ten aircraft driven down out of control.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b "John Jones". The Aerodrome. 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
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- British World War I flying aces
- Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Medal
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