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| Name: | Gerald Alfred Birks | Country: | Canada | Rank: | Lieutenant | Service: | Royal Flying Corps Royal Air Force | Squadrons: | 66 | Victories: | 12 | Born: | 30 October 1894 | Place of Birth: | Montreal | Died: | 26 May 1991 | Place of Death: | Toronto |
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| | Birks joined the Royal Flying Corps in 1917. The following year, he was sent to Italy where he flew the Sopwith Camel. On 4 May 1918, he shot down an Albatros D.V piloted by Austro-Hungarian ace Karl Patzelt. On 24 May 1918, Birks shot down a Hansa-Brandenberg D.I piloted by Josef Kiss, another Austro-Hungarian ace. |
| | "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in destroying six enemy aeroplanes, two of which fell on our side of the lines." MC citation, London Gazette, 16 September 1918 |
| | "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in destroying four enemy aeroplanes, two of which were destroyed in one fight." MC Bar citation, London Gazette, 16 September 1918 |
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