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Carleton Main Clement

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Canadian airmen were required to complete an Attestation Paper in which they declared an oath of allegiance to King George the Fifth and agreed to serve in any arm of the service for the duration of the war between Great Britain and Germany.
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manning the front guns. Between 4 December 1916 and 5 June 1917, he flew this obsolescent model to victory over eight different German
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afire, drove another down out of control, and teamed with other pilots to drive two more D.Vs down out of control.
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Above the Trenches: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces 1915-1920
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Above the Trenches: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces 1915-1920
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On 19 August, Clement was shot down and killed by antiaircraft fire from Flakzug 99.
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Christopher F. Shores, Norman L. R. Franks, Russell Guest. Grub Street, 1990.
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Arras Flying Services Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
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fighters, sometimes teaming with such other aces as
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Carleton Clement
Toronto, Ontario
Langemarck
King George V
British Empire
Canadian Expeditionary Force
Royal Flying Corps
No. 22 Squadron RFC
Military Cross
Croix de Guerre
MC
Canadian
flying ace
Victoria University, Toronto
47th Battalion
Canadian Expeditionary Force
Royal Flying Corps
Royal Aircraft Factory FE.2b
Llewelyn Davies
Albatros
Gerald Gordon Bell
Kurt Schneider
Bristol F.2 Fighters
Albatros D.V
Hugh Trenchard
ISBN
0-948817-19-4
ISBN
978-0-948817-19-9
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