Career
He joined the Royal Flying Corps in May 1916. He began his pilot"s career as an instructor and test pilot. He was posted to 48 Squadron to fly a Bristol F.2 Fighter on 20 August 1917.
He became a flight commander, then rose to command the unit
While there, he drove six enemy planes down out of control between 11 November 1917 and 8 March 1918. He left the squadron in May 1918, and became an instructor back in England.
