Английская Википедия:Francis Mellersh (RAF officer)
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox military person Air vice-marshal Sir Francis John Williamson Mellersh, Шаблон:Post-nominals (22 September 1898 – 25 May 1955) was a Royal Naval Air Service aviator and flying ace credited with five aerial victories during the First World War, and a senior commander in the Royal Air Force during the 1940s and 1950s. He was killed in a helicopter accident in 1955.
First World War
Mellersh joined the Royal Naval Air Service in 1916. He trained as a fighter pilot and was posted to 9 Naval Squadron in 1917. While flying a Sopwith Triplane on 28 July 1917, he drove down an Aviatik C. He switched to flying a Sopwith Camel and scored victories 15 October 1917 and 12 April 1918; the latter win was shared with squadron-mate Roy Brown. On 21 April 1918, Mellersh was a flight commander involved in the dogfight that brought down the Red Baron, Manfred von Richthofen; Mellersh claimed a Fokker Dr.I triplane destroyed on that date. His last victory came two days later.[1]
Death
Mellersh debarked from a helicopter onto a quay on 25 May 1955; he had been invited to cruise on a yacht belonging to the Itchenor Yacht Club. As the helicopter departed, one of its rotors hit the mast of a yacht. As the copter crashed, the main rotor killed Mellersh.[2]
References
Footnotes
Bibliography
- Above the Trenches: a Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces 1915–1920. Christopher F. Shores, Norman L. R. Franks, Russell Guest. Grub Street, 1990. Шаблон:ISBN, Шаблон:ISBN.
External links
- Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Vice Marshal Sir Francis Mellersh
- The Aerodrome – Francis Mellersh
- King's College London – Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives – MELLERSH, Sir Francis John Williamson
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