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Griffith Jones called out a warning from the plane's rear seat and Traill ducked. The German fighter behind them killed Jones and put a
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October his machine accidentally collided with one of ours at a height of 7,-000 feet, and a part of the left plane was carried away, the machine being thereby rendered out of
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748:RAF Middleton St. George
384:List of aerial victories
346:on 1 April 1918, as the
163:RAF Middleton St. George
818:Allied Command Atlantic
764:Mentioned in Despatches
702:Traill was promoted to
689:University of Cambridge
628:Leslie William Burbidge
508:Southeast of Gheluvelt
364:Leslie William Burbidge
342:Traill was promoted to
210:Mentioned in Despatches
83:Saint Margaret's Church
679:. This was run by the
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227:Thomas Cathcart Traill
32:Thomas Cathcart Traill
388:Further information:
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261:, transferred to the
126:Years of service
21:Thomas Stewart Traill
978:Above the War Fronts
836:, Suffolk, England.
724:No. 2 (Bomber) Group
699:on 23 January 1933.
677:Victory Liberty Loan
981:pp. 7–8, 21, 28–29.
708:No. 14 Squadron RAF
642:Bristol F.2 Fighter
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466:Bristol F.2 Fighter
435:serial number C856
432:Bristol F.2 Fighter
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333:No. 20 Squadron RFC
173:No. 14 Squadron RAF
1286:Burials in Suffolk
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963:The London Gazette
944:Above the Trenches
685:George Stratemeyer
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314:Gallipoli campaign
312:and served in the
297:Traill joined the
263:Royal Flying Corps
89:, Suffolk, England
1184:978-0-948817-19-9
820:, NATO, in 1953.
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1108:"No. 38490"
1090:"No. 38161"
1072:"No. 37268"
1054:"No. 36463"
1036:"No. 34893"
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958:"No. 31770"
834:Heveningham
673:air attaché
490:2 July 1918
448:Armentières
426:29 May 1918
309:Lord Nelson
87:Heveningham
1215:Categories
840:References
824:Later life
720:staff duty
712:RAF Helwan
650:Destroyed
644:s/n E2403
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620:Destroyed
614:s/n E2370
593:Destroyed
587:s/n E2252
556:s/n E2252
529:s/n E2452
505:Destroyed
497:s/n B1344
403:Date/time
344:lieutenant
303:midshipman
299:Royal Navy
277:Early life
271:flying ace
259:Royal Navy
255:midshipman
168:RAF Helwan
109:Royal Navy
95:Allegiance
53:1899-08-06
657:, France
569:, France
468:s/n C938
450:, France
415:Location
406:Aircraft
307:HMS
287:Dartmouth
175:(1935–38)
160:(1945–46)
155:(1946–49)
150:(1952–54)
129:1914–1954
121:(1918–54)
116:(1917–18)
111:(1914–17)
60:Argentina
1150:30 March
921:27 March
866:27 March
653:West of
565:West of
538:Gheluwe
446:West of
395:Sources
144:Commands
103:Service/
1163:Sources
1002:4 March
947:p. 366.
773:to the
567:Busigny
412:Result
352:captain
339:pilot.
283:Osborne
257:in the
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194:Awards
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165:(1941)
105:branch
78:Buried
513:(KIA)
301:as a
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1198:ISBN
1179:ISBN
1152:2012
1004:2016
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409:Foe
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285:and
134:Rank
66:Died
47:Born
246:DFC
239:OBE
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