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British World War I flying ace
Lieutenant
John Arthur Aldridge
MBE
(9 February 1899 ? November 1988) was a
First World War
flying ace
credited with five aerial victories. He returned to the colours during the Second World War, joining the
Air Training Corps
.
[1]
[
better source needed
]
Aldridge joined the Royal Flying Corps as an officer cadet, and was made a temporary second lieutenant on 24 May 1917.
[2]
He received
Royal Aero Club
Aviator's Certificate 4846 on a Maurice Farman biplane at Ruislip on 16 June 1917. He was posted to
No. 19 Squadron
in early 1918, where he scored five victories flying the
Sopwith Dolphin
between April and September.
[3]
He officially left the RAF on 12 January 1919.
[4]
On 18 June 1919, Alridge joined the
Board of Agriculture and Fisheries
as an Assistant Clerk (Abstractor).
[5]
During Second World War, he served in the Training Branch of the RAF, with the rank of
pilot officer
, until 31 March 1945.
[6]
He became Secretary at the Veterinary Laboratory near
Woking
,
[1]
[
better source needed
]
and in December 1948 was appointed a
Member of the Order of the British Empire
for his work in the
Civil Service
.
[7]
References
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edit
]
- ^
a
b
"John Aldridge"
.
The Aerodrome
. Retrieved
4 January
2011
.
- ^
"No. 30141"
.
The London Gazette
(Supplement). 19 June 1917. p. 6148.
- ^
Shores
et.al.
(1990), p. 49.
- ^
"No. 31143"
.
The London Gazette
. 24 January 1919. p. 1267.
- ^
"No. 31433"
.
The London Gazette
. 4 July 1919. p. 8404.
- ^
"No. 37057"
.
The London Gazette
(Supplement). 27 April 1945. p. 2294.
- ^
"No. 38493"
.
The London Gazette
(Supplement). 31 December 1948. p. 15.
- Shores, Christopher F.;
Franks, Norman
; Guest, Russell (1990).
Above the Trenches: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces 1915-1920
. London, UK: Grub Street.
ISBN
0-948817-19-4
.