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Hoidge, Reginald Theodore Carlos MC & bar (Captain)

Survived 1918-October-29

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Birth Date: unkown date (age 68)

Born: Toronto, Ontario

John Robert Hoidge & Lovida Ann Cotton

Trix C. Hurry

Home: New York, New York, USA

Enlistment: Toronto, Ontario:

Enlistment Date: 1916-11-15

Decorations: MC & bar


Military Cross Bar
Service
RAF
Unit
1 (F) Sqn- Squadron (RFC)
Base
France
Rank
Captain
Marshal
Air Chief MarshalA/C/M
Air MarshalA/M
Air Vice MarshalA/V/M
Air CommodoreA/C
Group CaptainG/C
Wing CommanderW/C
Squadron LeaderS/L
Flight LieutenantF/L
Flying OfficerF/O
Pilot OfficerP/O
Warrant Officer 1st ClassWO1
Warrant Officer 2nd ClassWO2
Flight SergeantFS
SergeantSGT
CorporalCPL
Senior AircraftmanSAC
Leading AircraftmanLAC
Aircraftman 1st ClassAC1
Aircraftman 2nd ClassAC2
Position
pilot
Service Numbers
26639, RFC
After his flying training Hoidge was posted to 56 Sqn, where he wracked up 27 of his 28 total victims between 1917-05-03 and 1917-10-29. He was returned to Home Establishment in early November, for a year off operations. He was posted in the Fall of 1918 to 1 Sqn where he scored his final victory on 1918-10-29. He died in 1963, demobilized 1920-04-01.

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