Reginald Makepeace

Reginald Milburn Makepeace
Born 27 December 1887
Liverpool, England
Died 28 May 1918
Allegiance George V of the British Empire
Service/branch Aviation
Rank Captain
Unit No. 22 Squadron RFC
Awards Military Cross

Captain Reginald Milburn Makepeace was a World War I flying ace credited with 17 aerial victories.[1]

Early life

Makepeace's father was a printer and compositor named John P. Makepeace. His mother was Mary A. Makepeace née Milburn. Reginald Makepeace emigrated to Canada in 1908. He was living in Montreal from 1911 until he enlisted in the military.[2]

World War I flying service

Makepeace was assigned to No. 20 Squadron as a pilot flying a Royal Aircraft Factory FE.2d on 8 June 1917.[3] He scored his first victory on 29 June 1917, with ace Lieutenant Melville Waddington as his observer gunner. Makepeace triumphed seven more times in the FE.2d, with his eighth win coming on 17 August 1917. He then moved into a Bristol F.2 Fighter when the squadron re-equipped, and he and Waddington were the first to score with the new plane when they flamed an Albatros D.V on 3 September. He would score six more times during 1917 flying the Bristol, notching his 15th win on 22 December. Aces George Brooke, John Stanley Chick, and John Herbert Hedley all flew in the rear seat with Makepeace and scored at various times.[4]

Makepeace was killed in a flying accident at Turnberry Aerodrome on 28 May 1918.[5]

Sources of information

  1. ↑ http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/england/makepeace.php Retrieved 28 January 2010.
  2. ↑ http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/england/makepeace.php Retrieved 28 January 2010.
  3. ↑ Pusher Aces of World War 1. p. 89.
  4. ↑ http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/england/makepeace.php Retrieved on 6 May 2010.
  5. ↑ Pusher Aces of World War 1. p. 89.

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