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Training completed, he was assigned to 11 Squadron as a sergeant pilot of a Bristol F.2 Fighter on 26 November 1917.
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Donald Beard
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Beard originally joined the Royal Flying Corps as a mechanic on 20 August 1913. He was manning the guns in the back seat of a Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2 on a 4 Squadron mission flown on 20 July 1916. During a dogfight, Captain Copeland, the pilot, was wounded.
Beard shot down the attacking Pfalz East.I, then flew the B.E.2 home.
On 9 March 1918, with Sergeant H. West. Scarnell manning the rear guns, Beard drove a German Pfalz Doctorate.III down out of control. Six days later, the same team destroyed an Albatros Doctorate.III fighter and drove down two others
A week later, with Second Lieutenant H. M. Stewart as gunner, Beard set a Doctorate.V on fire. On 3 April 1918, Beard was commissioned as a Temporary Second Lieutenant.
Beard"s final victories came on 9 May 1918, when he destroyed one Pfalz Doctorate.III and drove another down out of control.
On 10 December 1920, Beard gave up his commission because of poor health caused by military service. Beard married Stella Marie Gladys Londt. Beard struggled to serve England during The bare recitation of his official record suffices to illustrate that.
He was commissioned as a Flying Officer for the duration of on 18 November 1940.
On 22 January 1941, probationary Pilot Officer Beard was assigned to administrative duty. On 20 July, he was transferred to the Technical Branch.
On 18 November 1941, Beard transferred into the reserves. On 13 March 1942, he once again resigned his commission as Pilot Officer because of poor health.
As of 8 April 1947, he is also shown resigning his commission, which may indicate he returned to duty after the 1942 resignation.
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