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Acheson Goulding [Canada]

Name:Acheson Gosford Goulding
Country:Canada
Rank:Captain
Service:Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
Squadrons:17 (RFC)
150 (RAF)
Victories:9
Born:15 May 1893
Place of Birth:Stoney Mountains, Manitoba
Died:April 1951
Place of Death:Winnipeg
Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)
Military Cross (MC)
Croix de Guerre
Acheson Goulding

Notes
A law student when the war began, Goulding joined the infantry and served with the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Belgium before transferring to the Royal Flying Corps in September 1916. After training in England, he was assigned to 17 Squadron in Egypt where he flew the B.E.12, Nieuport scouts and the S.E.5a. In 1918, his squadron merged with 47 Squadron to form 150 Squadron in Salonika.

Military Cross (MC)
"For conspicous gallantry and devotion to duty. While escorting a bombing squadron, he attacked and drove down a hostile two-seater machine. He showed great determination and gallantry on many other occasions." MC citation, London Gazette, 18 March 1918

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