Joseph Stewart Temple Fall
- Joseph Stewart Temple Fall
Infobox Military Person
name=Joseph Stewart Temple Fall
caption=
born=17 November 1895
died=1 December 1988
placeofbirth=Hillbank, British Columbia
placeofdeath=Duncan, British Columbia
nickname=
allegiance=United Kingdom
branch=Royal Naval Air Service
Royal Air Force
serviceyears=1915-1945
rank=Group Captain
unit=3N, 9N (RNAS)
commands=
battles=
awards=Distinguished Service Cross & Two Bars
Air Force Cross
relations=
laterwork=
Joseph Stewart Temple Fall DSC & Two Bars, AFC (17 November 1895 - 1 December1988) was a Canadian World War I flying ace with 36 credited victories. [ [http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/canada/fall.php www.theaerodrome.com] . Accessed 9 June 2008.]
Early life
Fall was born into a farming family on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. He tried to enlist in the army but was rejected because he had suffered a head injury when he was a child. However, he was accepted as a candidate for the Royal Naval Air Service on 23 August 1915.
Military service
The Canadian government would not support a flying school, so Fall went to England for training. He left Canada on 12 November 1915, and was in England in January 1916.
He flew a Sopwith Pup for some time in Royal Naval Air Service Squadron 3 before he achieved his first success on 6 April 1917. A Halberstadt D.II dived on him with a frontal attack; Fall half-looped onto the German plane's tail and fired 50 rounds to down him. Fall would score 7 more victories before changing planes to the Sopwith Camel. He would score 5 more shoot-downs with RNAS 3, using the Camel.
On 30 August 1917, he was transferred to RNAS 9 as a flight commander, still flying Camels. He claimed another 23 successes with this squadron, with the final one occurring on 22 Dec 1917.
Fall stayed in the Royal Air Force from its inception on 1 April 1918 until he retired as a Group Captain in 1945.
Reference
Bibliography
* Norman Franks. "Sopwith Pup Aces of World War I (Aircraft of the Aces), Osprey Publishing, 2005.
* Norman Franks. "Sopwith Camel Aces of World War I (Aircraft of the Aces), Osprey Publishing, 2004.
Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
Joseph Fielding Smith — Naissance 1876 Décès … Wikipédia en Français
Joseph Fielding Smith — LDSInfobox English name=Joseph Fielding Smith birth name=Joseph Fielding Smith, Jr. birth date=birth date|1876|7|19|mf=y birthplace=Salt Lake City, Utah Territory dead=dead death date=death date and age|1972|7|2|1876|07|19|mf=y deathplace=Salt… … Wikipedia
Joseph Needham — For the English cricketer, see Joseph Needham (cricketer). For the Saskatchewan politician, see Joseph Needham (Canadian politician). Joseph Needham Born Noel Joseph Terence Montgomery Needham 6 Dec … Wikipedia
Saint Joseph's Hawks — Infobox college athletics logo width = 125 name = Saint Joseph s Hawks university = Saint Joseph s University conference = A 10 association = NCAA division = Division I director = Don DiJulia city = Philadelphia state = PA stateabb = Pennsylvania … Wikipedia
No. 203 Squadron RAF — Active 1 September 1914 21 January 1920 1929 31 December 1977 October 1996 present Country United Kingdom Branch Royal Air Force Motto Latin … Wikipedia
Liste kanadischer Jagdflieger im Ersten Weltkrieg — In der Liste kanadischer Jagdflieger im Ersten Weltkrieg sind Jagdpiloten der kanadischen Luftstreitkräfte im von 1914 bis 1918 dauernden Ersten Weltkrieg aufgeführt, die 25 Abschüsse aufwärts erzielt hatten. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Übersicht 2… … Deutsch Wikipedia
performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical. The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains … Universalium
United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… … Universalium
Liste von Kriegsfilmen — Es ist teilweise umstritten, welche Spielfilme als „Kriegsfilme“ gelten können. Wie im Hauptartikel Kriegsfilm dargelegt, gibt es die Auffassung, nur die Thematisierung moderner Kriege rechtfertige das Etikett „Kriegsfilm“. Hiervon abweichend… … Deutsch Wikipedia
United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… … Universalium
