Augustus Paget (RAF officer)

Augustus Paget
Born 1898
Bromham, Wiltshire, England
Died 30 October 1918
Fontanafredda, Italy
Giavera del Montello Treviso, Italy
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch Aviation
Rank Second lieutenant
Unit No. 66 Squadron RAF
Awards Distinguished Flying Cross

Second Lieutenant Augustus Paget was a World War I flying ace credited with six aerial victories.[1]

Paget joined the Royal Flying Corps in 1917. He served in Italy with 66 Squadron. Flying a Sopwith Camel, between 15 September and 28 October 1918, he set afire two Albatros D.Vs, destroyed a Berg D.I and an observation balloon, and drove down two observation planes out of control.[2][3]

Paget's Distinguished Flying Cross was gazetted on 1 January 1919.[4]

He was killed in action in 1918[5]

References

  1. ^ http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/england/paget.php Retrieved 18 February 2010.
  2. ^ Above the Trenches: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces 1915-1920. p. 296. 
  3. ^ http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/england/paget.php Retrieved 18 February 2010.
  4. ^ Above the Trenches: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces 1915-1920. p. 296. 
  5. ^ CWGC entry

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. ISBN 0-948817-19-4, 9780948817199.