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Harold Hamersley [Australia]

Name:Harold Alan Hamersley
Country:Australia
Rank:Captain
Service:Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
Squadrons:60
Victories:13
Born:6 February 1896
Place of Birth:Guildford
Died:December 1967
Place of Death:
Military Cross (MC)

Notes
A Gallipoli veteran, Hamersley transferred to the Royal Flying Corps and was assigned to 60 Squadron in September 1917.  One of several pilots attacked by Werner Voss in an historic dogfight on 23 September 1917, Hamersley's S.E.5a was severely damaged by the German's machine gun fire. Surviving the encounter, Hamersley scored thirteen victories and remained in the Royal Air Force when the war ended.

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