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| Name: | Orlando Clive "Bridget" Bridgeman | Country: | England | Rank: | Second Lieutenant | Service: | Royal Flying Corps Royal Air Force | Squadrons: | 70, 80 | Victories: | 5 | Born: | 1898 | Place of Birth: | | Died: | 21 December 1931 | | Place of Death: | London |
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| | Educated at Rugby, Bridgeman entered the Royal Flying Corps in 1917 and was posted to 70 Squadron. He was wounded in action on 25 August 1917 when his Sopwith Camel was shot up by Hermann Göring of Jasta 27. Having recovered from his wounds, he was reassigned to 80 Squadron as a flight commander in March 1918. On 10 May, Bridgeman scored his third and fourth victories but lost most of his flight in a desperate battle with Jasta 11. For his actions that day, he received the Military Cross. |
| | "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. The patrol he was leading was attacked by twenty or thirty enemy aeroplanes of which he destroyed two himself, and by skillful maneuvering enabled two others to be crashed by officers of his patrol. His tactics and gallantry undoubtedly prevented what might have been a severe reverse to his patrol. On many occasions his work in attacking troops and other ground targets from low altitudes has been excellent, and his example and skillful leadership have been of great value to his squadron." MC citation, London Gazette, 16 September 1918 |
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