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Robert Dodds was born in Stoney Creek, Canada on 11 March 1893, to Margaret Dodds. He enrolled in the 129th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force on 3 January 1916 at Dundas, Canada. On his enlistment papers, he gave his occupation as fruit grower, stated he was single and lived on Rural Route 5 with his mother. Though he claimed no prior military experience, he belonged to the 77th Regiment of militia. He signed his enrollment form "R. Dodds, Lieut."〔(Robert Dodds' Attestation Paper - The Aerodrome - Aces and Aircraft of World War I ) Retrieved 16 May 2011.〕 == World War I == On 27 March 1917, Dodds was appointed a Flying Officer.〔(''Supplement to the London Gazette,'' 19 April 1917) http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/30027/supplements/3736 Retrieved 22 May 2011.〕 Dodds was posted to 48 Squadron as a Bristol F.2 Fighter pilot on 12 July 1917. Nine days later, Dodds shared in a victory with fellow aces Brian Edmund Baker and Robert Coath. Dodds scored his fifth victory on 21 October 1917 and closed out the year as an ace. A double victory on 9 January 1918, followed by three wins on 8 March, brought his total to ten.〔(Robert Dodds - The Aerodrome - Aces and Aircraft of World War I ) Retrieved 28 May 2011.〕 On 10 February 1918, after his sixth and seventh wins, Lieutenant Dodds was appointed Flight Commander and temporary captain.〔(''Supplement to the London Gazette,'' 9 March 1918) http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/30566/supplements/3064 Retrieved 22 May 2011.〕 His valor was not confined to air-to-air combat; on 19 March 1918, he led a bombing attack through heavy ground fire to bomb a German hangar from low level. He then circled the German airfield in his riddled plane as his squadron also bombed the enemy.〔http://www.canadaveteranshallofvalour.com/DoddsR.htm Retrieved 27 May 2011.〕 Both of these feats were cited when Military Cross (MC) was published in ''The London Gazette'': Lieutenant (Temporary/Captain) Robert Dodds, 1st Central Ontario Regiment and Royal Flying Corps 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert Dodds」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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