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| Name: | Phillip Bernard "Bruce" Prothero | Country: | Scotland | Rank: | Captain | Service: | Royal Flying Corps | Squadrons: | 24, 56 | Victories: | 8 | Born: | 15 January 1894 | Place of Birth: | Stevenston, Ayrshire | Died: | 26 July 1917 |  | Place of Death: | NE of Houthem |
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| | From the 4th Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders, Prothero transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in 1915. He was noted for wearing his kilt into combat. In 1916, he scored his first two victories flying the Bristol Scout. Flying the S.E.5, he scored six more in 1917. In his final dogfight, his aircraft was last seen spinning earthward with its wings shot off by a member of Jasta 27. |
| | "You wouldna have me taken prisoner in disguise would you now laddie?" Phillip Prothero |
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