Howard Saint (aviator)

Howard John Thomas Saint
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]

Honours and awards

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]

References

  1. ^ http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/wales/saint.php
  2. ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 30363. p. 11320. 2 November 1917. Retrieved 12 March 2011.