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| Name: | George Edward Henry "McIrish" McElroy | Country: | Ireland | Rank: | Captain | Service: | Royal Flying Corps Royal Air Force | Squadrons: | 24, 40 | Victories: | 47 | Born: | 14 May 1893 | Place of Birth: | Donnybrook | Died: | 31 July 1918 |  | Place of Death: | Laventie |
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| | Before transferring to the Royal Flying Corps, McElroy spent time in the trenches until he was badly wounded in a gas attack. He was Ireland's highest scoring ace and Edward Mannock's star pupil. Five days after Mannock was killed in combat, McElroy's S.E.5a was shot down over Laventie by antiaircraft fire. The Royal Air Force lost two of its finest pilots in less than one week. |
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