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Robert Dodds


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
"...He has destroyed or driven down eleven enemy machines. On one occasion while on a one-machine patrol he attacked three enemy scouts, but owing to his gun jamming he was forced to withdraw from the attack. Though under heavy fire from the pursuing enemy he succeeded in remedying the defect, and then turned and attacked the enemy again. He destroyed one of them and drove down another out of control. Later, he led a bombing raid on an enemy aerodrome, and under intense machine gun fire from the ground dived to within 100 feet of the hangars before releasing his bombs. Though his machine was damaged, he remained at a height of 200 feet until the rest of his formation had dropped their bombs. His magnificent example of pluck and determination was of the greatest value to the squadron."
〔(''Supplement to the London Gazette,'' 13 May 1918) http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/30681/supplements/5705 Retrieved 22 May 2011.〕


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