Captain Roger Henry Gartside Neville was a World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories. Neville was commissioned in the infantry on 14 July 1915. He transferred to the Royal Flying Corps on 5 December. He joined 21 Squadron early in 1916, to fly a Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.12 single-seat bomber. He scored a victory with it on 14 September 1916, destroying a German LVG two-seater reconnaissance plane. Eight days later, he was wounded in action. When he returned to duty, it was as a flight commander with 23 Squadron to fly Spad VIIs. Flying Spad no. B3519, he tallied four victories in July 1917.
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| - Captain Roger Henry Gartside Neville was a World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories. Neville was commissioned in the infantry on 14 July 1915. He transferred to the Royal Flying Corps on 5 December. He joined 21 Squadron early in 1916, to fly a Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.12 single-seat bomber. He scored a victory with it on 14 September 1916, destroying a German LVG two-seater reconnaissance plane. Eight days later, he was wounded in action. When he returned to duty, it was as a flight commander with 23 Squadron to fly Spad VIIs. Flying Spad no. B3519, he tallied four victories in July 1917.
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| - Captain Roger Henry Gartside Neville was a World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories. Neville was commissioned in the infantry on 14 July 1915. He transferred to the Royal Flying Corps on 5 December. He joined 21 Squadron early in 1916, to fly a Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.12 single-seat bomber. He scored a victory with it on 14 September 1916, destroying a German LVG two-seater reconnaissance plane. Eight days later, he was wounded in action. When he returned to duty, it was as a flight commander with 23 Squadron to fly Spad VIIs. Flying Spad no. B3519, he tallied four victories in July 1917.
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