Name: Edward Rochfort Grange Country: United States Rank: Flight Lieutenant Service: Royal Naval Air Service Royal Air Force Squadrons: 1W; 8N Victories: 5 Born: 11 January 1892 Place of Birth: Lansing, Michigan Died: 13 July 1988 Place of Death: Toronto, Canada Notes After graduating from the Curtiss Flying School in 1915, Grange enlisted in the Royal Naval Air Service in Canada. Serving first with 1 Naval Wing in France, he scored his first victory on 25 September 1916. Reassigned to 8 Naval Squadron in October 1916, Grange was credited with three Albatros D.II's on 4 January 1917. Three days later, he was wounded in action while scoring his fifth victory over another Albatros D.II. He finished the war as a flight instructor in England. Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) "For conspicuous gallantry and skill on several occasions in successfully attacking and bringing down hostile machines, particularly on 4 January 1917, when during one flight he had three separate engagements with hostile machines, all of which were driven down out of control. On 5 January 1917, he attacked three hostile machines, one of which was driven down in a nose dive. On 7 January 1917, after having driven down one hostile machine, he observed two other enemy aircraft attacking one of our scouts. He was on the way to its assistance when he was attacked by a third hostile scout. He was hit in the shoulder by a bullet from this machine, but landed his aeroplane safely at an aerodrome on our side of the lines." DSC citation, London Gazette, 16 February 1917 Aces ╖ Aircraft ╖ Books ╖ Chat ╖ Forum ╖ Guests ╖ Links ╖ Medals ╖ News ╖ Search ╖ Vote Copyright ⌐ 1997,1998 The Aerodrome Page revised on 18 Nov 1997