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Earl Hand

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to Italy, Hand had a couple of unconfirmed claims on 11 January 1918; he then scored four times between 30 January and 9 May 1918. A summary of his victories shows four destroyed enemy airplanes, one confirmed and two unconfirmed driven down out of control. On 1 June 1918, Hand was shot down by
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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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Hand was repatriated in 1919 and returned to Canada. He became a magistrate. He also helped found the
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Hand was born in Saint Ste. Marie, the son of Thomas A. Hand and Hannah Jane Hand.
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Christopher F. Shores, Norman L. R. Franks, Russell Guest. Grub Street, 1990.
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credited with five confirmed aerial victories and two unconfirmed ones.
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Canadian recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)
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on April 7, 1916. Soon, he was sent to France's Western Front.
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for 45 Squadron. He tallied his first win when he drove an
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Sault Ste. Marie
Ontario
Toronto
George V
British Empire
No. 71 Squadron RFC
No. 73 Squadron RFC
No. 45 Squadron RAF
Distinguished Flying Cross
Croix de Guerre
DFC
World War I
flying ace
Canadian Expeditionary Force
Sopwith Camel
Albatros D.V
Langemark-Poelkapelle
Western Front
Austro-Hungarian
Frank Linke-Crawford
Toronto Flying Club


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