Howard John Thomas Saint | |
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Born | 20 January 1893 Ruabon, Wales |
Died | Unknown Hove, East Sussex |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/branch | Aviation |
Rank | Captain |
Unit | No. 5 Wing RNAS, No. 10 Squadron RNAS |
Awards | Distinguished Service Cross |
Captain Howard John Thomas Saint DSC (1893-) was a World War I flying ace credited with seven aerial victories.[1]
For conspicuous bravery in attacking superior hostile formations of enemy aircraft. On the 21st September, 1917, he, with three other machines, attacked five hostile scouts. After getting to close quarters with one of them, he fired three bursts from his machine-gun and drove it down completely out of control. On the 23rd September, 1917, while leading a patrol of eight scouts, he attacked a hostile formation of ten machines. One of these he drove down, diving vertically, out of control. He has forced down other machines completely out of control, one of them in flames; and has also shown great courage in attacking enemy troops and aerodromes with machine-gun fire from very low altitudes.
— London Gazette[2]