2nd Lt
Ralph Luxmore Curtis

Informatie over geboorte

Geboortedatum:
19/03/1898
Geboorteplaats:
Rainham, Essex, Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk

Informatie legerdienst

Land:
Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk
Strijdmacht:
British Expeditionary Force
Rang:
Second Lieutenant
Service nummer:
/
Eenheden:
 —  Royal Flying Corps, 48th Sqdn.  (Laatst gekende eenheid)

Informatie over overlijden

Datum van overlijden:
21/09/1917
Plaats van overlijden:
Roeselare, West-Vlaanderen, België
Doodsoorzaak:
Died of wounds (D.O.W.)
Leeftijd:
19

Begraafplaats

Harlebeke New British Cemetery
Plot: 9
Rij: A
Graf: 1

Points of interest 2

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#2 Plaats van overlijden (bij benadering)

Mijn verhaal

On 21 September 1917, pilot Second Lieutenant Ralph Curtis and his observer Second Lieutenant Desmond Uniacke engaged in aerial combat with pilot Hermann Göring, commander of Jasta 27, over Sleyhage, near Roeselare, West Flanders, also known as Roulers. Curtis was piloting Bristol F.2b (A7224). At 09:05, their Bristol Fighter was shot down by Göring.[12] Uniacke was captured and became a prisoner of war, and Curtis died that day in a German dressing station from the wounds that he had sustained in the combat.[4] Curtis was initially interred at Hooglede Ost German Military Cemetery in Hooglede, West Flanders.[13][14] In 1924, his remains were transferred to Harlebeke New British Cemetery in Harelbeke, West Flanders, Belgium

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