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Title image for the Captain Roby L. Manuel

Captain Roby L. Manuel. DFC.





Name Roby Lewis Manuel
Date of Birth 7th October 1895
Place of Birth Kerang, Victoria
Occupation Occupation
Date of Enlistment 5th of April 1916
Place of Enlistment Kerang, Victoria
Flying Unit 2 Sqn AFC, 6 Sqn AFC
Previous Unit 43 Battalian, AIF
Service Australian Flying Corps
Theatres France
AIF Rank Captain
Awards DFC
Victories 12 aircraft
Nickname -
AIF Fate Returned To Australia
Date of AIF Fate 1st July 1919
Final Rank Captain
Date of Death 18th October 1975
Place of Death -
Cause of Death Natural Causes
Notes -
Portrait

AFC Wings


Royal Aircraft Factory SE5a
2 April 1918 B184 C DES Demuin
2 June 1918 B184 Pfalz DIII DES 15m E Villers Bretoneaux
2 June 1918 B184 Pfalz DIII DES 15 m E Villers Bretoneaux
2 June 1918 B184 Pfalz DIII OOC 10m E Villers Bretoneaux
12 June 1918 B184 Pfalz DIII DES(F) N Bussy
22 July 1918 C1948 Pflaz DIII OOC 1m E Lens
22 July 1918 C1948 Fokker DVII OOC 1m E Lens
31 July 1918 C1948 Alb DV OOC Estaires
14 August 1918 C1948 Fokker DVII DES 1m W Perenchies
16 September 1918 C1948 Fokker DVII OOC Habourdin
16 September 1918 C1948 Fokker DVII CAPT 1.5m S Droglandt
24 September 1918 C1948 Alb C. OOC La Bassee - Bethune

Victory information taken from "Above The Trenches : A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces 1915 - 1920", Christopher Shores, Norman Franks and Russell Guest, 1990. More detail of the AFC ace victories are contained in the volume.



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