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| Name: | Cecil Robert "Ruggles" Thompson | Country: | South Africa | Rank: | Lieutenant | Service: | Royal Flying Corps Royal Air Force | Squadrons: | 84 | Victories: | 6 | Born: | 4 December 1894 | Place of Birth: | | Died: | 16 March 1973 | | Place of Death: | |
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| | After two and half years in the army, Thompson entered the Royal Flying Corps in August 1917. An S.E.5a pilot, he fought his last dogfight on the morning of 15 September 1918. After shooting down a German kite balloon, he was attacked by several Fokker D.VII's. In the melee that followed, Thompson was badly wounded in the face and shoulder but made it safely back to his aerodrome. |
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