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Arthur Rhys Davids [England]

Name:Arthur Percival Foley Rhys Davids
Country:England
Rank:Lieutenant
Service:Royal Flying Corps
Squadrons:56
Victories:25
Born:27 September 1897
Place of Birth:
Died:27 October 1917Killed In Action
Place of Death:
Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
Military Cross (MC) and Bar
Arthur Rhys-Davids

Notes
Rhys Davids attended Eton and received a scholarship to Oxford. Fearing he might be shot down and captured, he always carried a book of Blake's poetry into combat. In his first dogfight on 7 May 1917, his flight commander, Albert Ball, was shot down while Rhys Davids survived an attack by Kurt Wolff of Jasta 11. On 23 September 1917, during one of the most famous dogfights of the war, he shot down the Fokker Triplane of Werner Voss. When Carl Menckhoff arrived on the scene in an Albatros Scout and attempted to assist Voss, Rhys Davids shot him down too. The following month, Rhys Davids was shot down by Karl Gallwitz of Jasta Boelcke.

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