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William Nel [South Africa]

Name:William Joseph Baynes Nel
Country:South Africa
Rank:Lieutenant
Service:Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
Squadrons:84
Victories:7
Born:4 August 1891
Place of Birth:Transvaal
Died:
Place of Death:

Notes
An S.E.5a pilot, Nel was commissioned in July 1917 and posted to 84 Squadron in the summer of 1918. He was credited with seven victories, all of them Fokker D.VII's. After the Armistice, Nel remained in the Royal Air Force, eventually retiring with the rank of Group Captain.

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