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| Name: | John Lightfoot Trollope | Country: | England | Rank: | Captain | Service: | Royal Flying Corps Royal Air Force | Squadrons: | 43, 70 | Victories: | 18 | Born: | 30 May 1897 | Place of Birth: | Wallington, Surrey | Died: | | Place of Death: | |
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| | After serving as a dispatch rider in 1915, Trollope transferred to the Royal Flying Corps. Posted to 70 Squadron as a reconnaissance pilot, he flew the Sopwith 1½ Strutter until 1917, when he was promoted to Captain and reassigned to 43 Squadron. Flying the Sopwith Camel, Trollope scored 18 victories during the first three months of 1918. Incredibly, he shot down seven enemy aircraft during the morning and afternoon of 24 March. Four days later, on the morning of 28 March 1918, he led a nine man patrol across the German lines. Only four of them would make the return flight home. Trollope, Robert Owen and three other pilots were shot down when the patrol was attacked by a flight of Albatros D.V's. Trollope was credited with one balloon and two of his opponents before his Camel was shot down by Paul Billik of Jasta 52. Captured by the Germans, Trollope's left arm was badly wounded, requiring the amputation of his hand. Repatriated in June 1918, Trollope's left arm was eventually amputated at the shoulder. |
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