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Nelles, Douglas Alexander Hardy
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| Title | Flight Sub-Lieutenant (RNAS) |
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| Birth | 23/08/1892 | Death | (nk) |
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| Place | Simcoe | Place | (nk) |
| Area | ON | Area | (nk) |
| Country | Canada | Country | (nk) |
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| Honours | DSC. |
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| Biography |
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| He was a law student at the University of Toronto before his recruitment. He attended the Curtiss Flying School in Toronto ON. He received Royal Aero Club Certificate #2008 on 15/10/1915. |
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| He was appointed as a Probationary Flight Sub-Lieutenant (Temp.) RNAS (With seniority dated 1915) in Ottawa ON. He was appointed as a Flight Sub-Lieutenant (Temp.) RNAS. He served in RNAS Chingford. He served in Dover Air Station, 10/01/1916. He served in RNAS Redcar, 23/051916. He served in RNAS Dover Air Station 28/05/1916. He served in RNAS Coudekerque (#5 Wing) 04/07/1916. He was missing from a raid against St.Denis Westrem Aerodrome 22/04/1917 (he was interned in Holland). He was released from internment, 26/04/1918. (He was demobilized.) He was awarded a Distinguished Service Cross. |
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| References |
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| Hiorth, D. (1995); Grant, Scottie & Bob Murray (nd); Blatherwick, John (1992); MacFarlane, John and Robbie Hughes (1997); http://airforce.ca/uploads/airforce/2009/07/gong-6m-n.html |
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| 2011-02-15 00:00:00 |
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