Name: Ronald Sykes Country: England Rank: Captain Service: Royal Naval Air Service Royal Air Force Squadrons: 3N, 9N (RNAS) 201 (RAF) Victories: 6 Born: 3 March 1899 Place of Birth: Stockton-on-Tees Died: Place of Death: Notes A Sopwith Camel pilot, Sykes joined the Royal Naval Air Service in April 1917. In September 1917, he was assigned to Roy Brown's flight in 9 Naval Squadron. On 20 September 1917, he scored his first victory but was shot down near St. Pierre Capelle by Paul BΣumer of Jasta Boelcke. Sykes escaped capture by swimming the Yser River. Reassigned to 3 Naval Squadron in March 1918, he scored his second victory while serving under Raymond Collishaw. Joining 201 Squadron in August 1918, he scored four more victories by the end of the war. In 1919, while serving with the Royal Air Force in Russia, Sykes was captured when his Camel crashed. He regained his freedom the following year in an exchange of prisoners. Aces ╖ Aircraft ╖ Books ╖ Chat ╖ Forum ╖ Guests ╖ Links ╖ Medals ╖ News ╖ Search ╖ Vote Copyright ⌐ 1997,1998 The Aerodrome Page revised on 18 Nov 1997