Miles Day

Miles Jeffery Game Day
Born	1 December 1896(1896-12-01) St. Ives, Huntingdonshire, England
Died	27 February 1918(1918-02-27) (aged 21) West of Dunkirk, France
Chatham Naval Memorial	Kent, England
Allegiance	England
Service/branch	Flying service
Rank	Flight Commander
Unit	No. 13 Squadron RNAS
Awards	Distinguished Service Cross

Flight Commander Miles Jeffery Game Day was a World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories.^[1]

Day was already an experienced test pilot when he joined 13 Squadron RNAS on 19 December 1917. He scored five victories while flying a Sopwith Camel. His first win came on 3 January 1918, and his final one on 19 February 1918. Eight days later, he was shot down in flames into the sea 25 miles west of Dunkirk, downed by a German seaplane.^[2]

Honors and awards citations

Distinguished Service Cross (DSC)

Flt. Lieut, (actg. Flt. Cdr.) Miles Jeffery Game Day, R.N.A.S. (since killed).

For great skill and bravery as a fighting pilot. On the 25th January he attacked, single-handed, six enemy triplanes, one of which he shot down. On the 2nd February, 1918, he attacked and destroyed an enemy two-seater machine on reconnaissance at 18,000 feet.

He destroyed several enemy machines in a short space of time, and, in addition, had numerous indecisive engagements. Supplement to the London Gazette, 16 March 1918 (30581/3395)^[1]

References

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.

Endnotes

1. ^ ^{a b} www.theaerodrome.com Retrieved 5 February 2010.
2. ^ Above the Trenches: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces 1915-1920. 

Persondata
Name	Day, Miles
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Short description
Date of birth	1 December 1896
Place of birth	St. Ives, Huntingdonshire, England
Date of death	27 February 1918
Place of death	West of Dunkirk, France