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| Name: | Harold Alfred "Willy" Whistler | Country: | England | Rank: | Captain | Service: | Royal Flying Corps Royal Air Force | Squadrons: | 3, 80 | Victories: | 23 | Born: | 30 December 1896 | Place of Birth: | Theddlethorpe, Lincolnshire | Died: | | | Place of Death: | |
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| | Educated at London University and the Royal Military College at Sandhurst, Whistler served with the Dorsetshire Regiment before transferring to the Royal Flying Corps in 1916. He flew the Morane Parasol with 3 Squadron until he was wounded in action on 29 January 1917. When he recovered, he returned to France where he flew the Sopwith Camel and became the highest scoring ace of 80 Squadron. After the war, he remained in the Royal Air Force as an instructor at Cranwell. He later served as commanding officer of 55 Squadron and his service against the Najd Bedouin tribesmen brought a second bar for his Distinguished Flying Cross in 1929. Whistler retired from the Royal Air Force as a Wing Commander. |
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