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William Norman Holmes

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Died
  
Unknown

Unit
  
No. 62 Squadron RAF

Allegiance
  
United Kingdom

Awards
  
Military Medal

Service/branch
  
Royal Air Force

Name
  
William Holmes

Rank
  
Sergeant


Sergeant William Norman Holmes MM (born 1896, date of death unknown) was a World War I flying ace credited with eight aerial victories.

Between 11 March and 8 July 1918, while serving as an observer/gunner in No. 62 Squadron RAF, flying the Bristol F.2b fighter, he accounted for eight enemy aircraft; one Fokker D.VII, three Fokker Dr.I and four Albatros D.V. For his first three victories his pilot was Second Lieutenant S. W. Symons, for the fourth and fifth, Sergeant Frank Johnson, and for the last three one each with Captain Thomas L. Purdom, Lieutenant Douglas Savage and Captain William Ernest Staton. He was awarded the Military Medal on 12 June 1918.

References

William Norman Holmes Wikipedia