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On 23 May 1917 he led a formation of five machines to attack at least twice that number of hostile aeroplanes. Both formations became split up, and a general fight ensued. Five times during the combat he drove off hostile aeroplanes from another of our machines, and one of those which he attacked was
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Goodman Simpson was born in Saint Kilda, Victoria, Australia, on the outskirts of Melbourne on 14 September 1896, to Minna Alice Lazarus and George Green Simpson. By 1901, the Simpson family, which included elder brother Rolfe, was living at Swaynes Hall, Saint Mary's Church National School,
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On 11 May 1917, while on offensive patrol with five other machines, he attacked six hostile aircraft. One of these he brought down out of control, and a few minutes later he attacked another at close range and brought it down in
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during the latter part of 1917, though without results. He then became a test pilot at
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on 29 January 1916. He was then assigned to No. 1 Wing, where he flew
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On 3 May 1917 he drove down a hostile aeroplane out of control.
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credited with eight confirmed victories while flying for the
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345:Victory shared with another pilot
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1136:Military personnel from Melbourne
534:Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
1171:Royal Air Force squadron leaders
1161:Royal Naval Air Service aviators
1100:Bulgarian Army Aeroplane Section
788:Supplement to the London Gazette
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282:List of aerial victories
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875:Aviation in World War I
829:. London: Grub Street.
806:Franks, Norman (2004).
681:, 26 June 1917, p. 1238
205:Royal Naval Air Service
168:Royal Naval Air Service
1056:Japanese air services
160:George Goodman Simpson
22:George Goodman Simpson
986:British air services
949:Aerial reconnaissance
700:Sopwith Triplane Aces
679:The Edinburgh Gazette
666:Sopwith Triplane Aces
654:Sopwith Triplane Aces
511:Victory shared with
273:RAF Martlesham Heath
115:No. 9 Naval Squadron
111:No. 8 Naval Squadron
54:April 1990 (aged 93)
45:Melbourne, Australia
1041:Greek air services
882:People and aircraft
686:27 May 2012 at the
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203:Simpson joined the
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1017:French Air Service
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959:Flight over Vienna
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199:World War I
125:World War I
41:Saint Kilda
1115:Categories
889:Commanders
800:References
577:6 December
508:, Belgium
483:Leffinghe
359:s/n N5460
298:Date/time
286:See also:
234:, France.
174:Early life
164:flying ace
67:Allegiance
34:1896-09-14
918:Campaigns
909:Zeppelins
603:, p. 339.
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342:, France
310:Location
301:Aircraft
224:commander
217:Nieuports
209:Chingford
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684:Archived
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554:Endnotes
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90:Aviation
85:Service/
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548:Horsham
340:Bapaume
307:Result
257:flames.
193:private
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135:Awards
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831:ISBN
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