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Keirstead, Ronald McNeill

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Title Flight-Commander (RNAS)
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Birth 20/06/1895 Death 23/10/1970
Place Wolfville Place (nk)
Area BC Area (nk)
Country Canada Country (nk)
 
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Biography
His home was in Toronto at the time of his recruitment. He was a student in the Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph ON. He passed tests at the Curtiss Flying School, Toronto ON, 19/07/1916; During World War Two he served in the Canadian Ministry of Munition and was injured during the demonstration of a shell striker and nearly blinded.
 
Military Service
He was appointed as a Probationary Flight Sub-Lieutenant RNAS (With seniority dated 19 July 1916) in Ottawa ON. He arrived in the United Kingdom 27/08/1916. He served in RAF Cranwell 09/04/1917. He served in RNAS Dover 06/06/1917. He served in #4 (Naval) Squadron 1917. He served in #204 Squadron 15/06/1917 - 08/07/1918. He served in Home Establishment 08/07/1918. He served in #407 Flight 10/01/1919. Transferred to unemployed list 03/04/1919. (He was demobilized.) He was awarded a Distinguished Service Cross "In recognition of conspicuous gallantry in aerial combats. On the 24th September 1917, he engaged single-handed four enemy aeroplanes, of which two were destroyed by him. On the 21st October 1917, during an engagement between a British and a German formation, he attacked one of the enemy scouts and shot its port wings away from the rest of the machine. He then dived on to some enemy scouts which were attacking another of our machines and brought one of them down."
 
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References
Hiorth, D. (1995); Grant, Scottie & Bob Murray (nd); Blatherwick, John (1992); MacFarlane, John and Robbie Hughes (1997); http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_McNeill_Keirstead; http://airforce.ca/uploads/airforce/2009/07/gong-5i-l.html
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2011-02-15 00:00:00

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