In Memory Of
LLOYD, COLIN CORDEN
Service Details
Age:
21
Date of Birth:
1896-08-20
Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit:
54th Sqdn.
Regiment:
Royal Air Force
Date of Death:
1918-04-17
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, Sopwith Camel single-seat fighter #D1837, He took off from his airfield on a low-level tactical patrol over the fiercely contested frontline sector around Bailleul in northern France. During this phase of the German Spring Offensive, fighter squadrons were ordered to fly extremely low to strafe advancing infantry and bombing columns. His flight was intercepted by German fighter aircraft. Air history records note that his Sopwith Camel was last seen engaging in combat over Bailleul. Subsequent cross-referencing of German aviation records suggests he was targeted and shot down near Vieux-Berquin by Leutnant Paul Strahle, a highly decorated ace commanding Jasta 57.
Commemoration
Cemetery:
ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL
Localitly:
Pas de Calais
Country:
France
Additional Information
Son of Rupert Douglas Corden Lloyd and Ada Pattie Lloyd, of Trowbridge Avenue, Disanat, Sea Point, Cape Province, South Africa.
