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James Dewhirst

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Allegiance
  
United Kingdom

Rank
  
Lieutenant


Unit
  
No. 45 Squadron RAF

Name
  
James Dewhirst

Born
  
September 26, 1892 Halifax, Yorkshire, England (
1892-09-26
)

Service/branch
  
Royal Navy Royal Air Force

Awards
  
Distinguished Flying Cross

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Lieutenant James Henry Dewhirst (born 26 September 1892, date of death unknown) was an English World War I flying ace credited with seven aerial victories.

Dewhirst initially served in the Royal Naval Air Service before it became part of the Royal Air Force. Between March and November 1918, while serving in No. 45 Squadron, flying a Sopwith Camel, he accounted for seven German aircraft driven down out of control or destroyed.

He later married Emily Chadwick and had two children; Dorothy (b. 1923) and James Ingham (b. 1925).

References

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