Reginald Theodore Carlos Hoidge MC & Bar was a Canadian First World War flying ace, officially credited with 28 victories. He served initially in the Canadian Royal Garrison Artillery before transferr
Lieut R. T. C. Hoidge (William Orpen, 1917)
A flight commander is the leader of a constituent portion of an aerial squadron in aerial operations, often into combat. That constituent portion is known as a flight, and usually contains six or fewe
The lefthand airplane in this formation is in the flight commander position.