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Lawrence Kingsley Callahan

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accounted for six EA crashed and one out of control without losing a machine, a result largely due to his skilful leading. On another occasion he engaged a formation of EA over Esnes and succeeded in shooting down several of the EA which crashed near Esnes. This officer has accounted for seventeen EA crashed and one driven down out of control; he has proven himself an exceptionally fine patrol leader and has at all times displayed gallantry, initiative and devotion to duty of the highest order.
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For gallantry and skill. On 28 October 1918, this officer, whilst leading his flight, attacked a formation of seven Fokkers and after firing a short burst at one EA, sent it down completely out of control NW of Jenlain, and drove another EA off the tail of one of his flight. His flight in this fight
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fighters to his first three triumphs, on 16 June, 13 July, and 24 July 1918. He then switched to No. 148 Squadron and its
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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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By Elaine Engst and Blaine Friedlander for Cornell Chronicle; January 22, 2015; retrieved June 15, 2017
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Christopher F. Shores, Norman L. R. Franks, Russell Guest. Grub Street, 1990.
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at The Aerodrome, Aces and Aircraft of World War I, Retrieved 6 April 2013.
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Callahan returned to the military for World War II, joining the
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Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)
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Callahan was born in Louisville, Kentucky and graduated from
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Norman Franks, Harry Dempsey. Osprey Publishing, 2001.
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List of World War I flying aces from the United States
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He was living in Chicago when he initially joined the
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Louisville, Kentucky
Gardena, California
United States
Royal Air Force
Air Service, United States Army
No. 85 Squadron RAF
Air Service, United States Army
148th Aero Squadron


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Cornell University
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Western Front
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Sopwith Camels
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Elliott White Springs
U.S. Army Air Corps
12th U.S. Air Force
Oran
Distinguished Flying Cross
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List of World War I flying aces from the United States

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