Clement G. Boothroyd

Clement Graham Boothroyd
Born 25 August 1899
Halifax, Yorkshire, England
Died 6 February 1952
Jesmond, Newcastle on Tyne, England
Allegiance England
Service/branch Aviation
Rank Lieutenant
Unit No. 20 Squadron RAF
Awards Distinguished Flying Cross, Mentioned in Dispatches

Lieutenant Clement Graham Boothroyd DFC became an ace during World War I. He flew as an observer/gunner in a Bristol F.2 Fighter, and in conjunction with his pilots, was credited with 12 confirmed aerial victories.[1]

World War I service

Boothroyd's initial aerial success with 20 Squadron came on 2 July 1918, when he destroyed a Fokker D.VII near Geluwe. On 11 August, he destroyed an kite balloon south of Heule. Then, on 20 September, he began a streak of ten victories that took him through double wins on 23 and 30 October; for this latter pair of double triumphs, he was piloted by fellow ace Capt.Horace Percy Lale. His final tally was: one balloon busted, one Fokker D.VII set afire in mid-air, nine others destroyed in flight, and one sent down out of control.[2]

Post World War I

Boothroyd remained in the service postwar. On 1 August 1920, Observer Officer Clement Graham Boothroyd was Mentioned in Dispatches by General C. C. Monro for exemplary service in Waziristan.[3] On 12 December 1922, Boothroyd transferred to the Class A Reserve.[4] Exactly four years later, he surrendered his commission.[5]

Honors and awards

Distinguished Flying Cross

2nd Lieut. Clement Graham Boothroyd. (FRANCE) An officer of high courage. On 23 October, after attacking with bombs a railway station the formation with which this officer was flying was engaged with about fifteen enemy scouts; of these, he destroyed one and his pilot accounted for a second. In all he has to his credit eight enemy .aircraft and one kite balloon.[6]

References

Endnotes

  1. Above the War Fronts: The British Two-seater Bomber Pilot and Observer Aces, the British Two-seater Fighter Observer Aces, and the Belgian, Italian, Austro-Hungarian and Russian Fighter Aces, 1914-1918. p. 6.
  2. Above the War Fronts: The British Two-seater Bomber Pilot and Observer Aces, the British Two-seater Fighter Observer Aces, and the Belgian, Italian, Austro-Hungarian and Russian Fighter Aces, 1914-1918. p. 6.
  3. (Supplement to the London Gazette", 10 June 1921) http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/32353/supplements/4697 denotes the details of the honor rendered; http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/32353/supplements/4699 lists Boothroyd's name. Retrieved on 21 October 2010.
  4. (The London Gazette", 12 December 1922) http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/32776/pages/8799 Retrieved on 21 October 2010.
  5. (The London Gazette, 14 December 1926) http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/33229/pages/8187 Retrieved on 21 October 2010.
  6. (Supplement to the London Gazette, 8 February 1919) http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/31170/pages/2035 Retrieved on 20 October 2010.

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