Charles C. Banks Military person

Captain Charles Chaplin Banks DFC MC (17 December 1893 – 21 December 1971) was a World War I flying ace credited with thirteen aerial victories. He scored a pioneering night fighter victory on 31 May 1918, when he shot down a German Friedrichshafen G bomber.

Personal facts

Birth dateDecember 17, 1893
Birth place
London , Hampstead
Date of deathJanuary 01, 1971
Place of death
Sussex , Lewes

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Military person

award
Military Cross
Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)
military operations
Western Front (World War I)
military branch
British Army
Royal Flying Corps
military unit
Royal Welch Fusiliers
No. 43 Squadron RAF
No. 44 Squadron RAF
relation
Killed in action
service start1914
service end1917

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