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| Name: | John Leacroft | Country: | England | Rank: | Captain | Service: | Royal Flying Corps Royal Air Force | Squadrons: | 14, 19 | Victories: | 22 | Born: | 4 November 1888 | Place of Birth: | | Died: | 1971 | | Place of Death: | Bexhill |
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| | Leacroft first flew as an observer with 14 Squadron in Egypt. After flight training, he was assigned to 19 Squadron and sent to France. During 1917, he scored fourteen victories flying the SPAD XIII. In 1918, Leacroft scored another eight victories when his squadron was the first to receive the new Sopwith Dolphin. Although he was shot down twice, he survived the war and retired from the Royal Air Force in 1937 as a Group Captain. |
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