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Lt. Louis Fleeming Jenkin MC.

Royal Flying Corps 1 Squadron

from:London

(d.11th Sep 1917)

Louis Jenkin was born in London on 22 August 1895 to Austin Fleeming Jenkin and his wife Betty. On 24 September 1914 he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the 9th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Fusiliers.

Jenkin transferred to the Royal Flying Corps on 19 April 1917 and was posted to No. 1 Squadron on 15 May 1917. Over a period of just 9 weeks Jenkin brought down 20 German aircraft. He was given command of a flight on 31 July, and promoted to captain. He was awarded the Military Cross on 16 August 1917, the citation read: Lt. Louis Fleeming Jenkin, Gen. List and R.F.C.: “For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. Whilst on offensive patrol he has continually shown the greatest dash and determination in attacking enemy aircraft in superior numbers, destroying some and bringing others down out of control.”

He was shot down and killed in action on the 11th September 1917 and was posthumously awarded a bar on his MC.



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