Name: Alan Jerrard Country: England Rank: Lieutenant Service: Royal Flying Corps Royal Air Force Squadrons: 19, 66 Victories: 7 Born: 3 December 1897 Place of Birth: London Died: 14 May 1968 Place of Death: Weston Super Mare Notes In 1915, Jerrard was a student at Birmingham University when he volunteered for the army. Commissioned in the South Staffordshires on 2 January 1916, he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in August. A year later, he was sent to France to join 19 Squadron. On his second patrol over the lines, he was seriously injured when his SPAD VII crashed on 5 August 1917. After recovering from a broken nose and fractured jaw, Jerrard was assigned to 66 Squadron in Italy on 22 February 1918. For his actions on 30 March 1918, he was credited with three victories for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross. On that day, Peter Carpenter and Harold Eycott-Martin accompanied him on his last patrol of the war. After engaging several Albatros scouts and attacking the Austro-Hungarian aerodrome at Mansue, Jerrard's Sopwith Camel was shot down by Benno Fiala von Fernbrugg of Flik 51J. Jerrard was captured but managed to escape several months later. When the war ended, he remained in the Royal Air Force and retired as a Flight Lieutenant in 1933. Aces ╖ Aircraft ╖ Books ╖ Chat ╖ Forum ╖ Guests ╖ Links ╖ Medals ╖ News ╖ Search ╖ Vote Copyright ⌐ 1997,1998 The Aerodrome Page revised on 18 Nov 1997