Richard Maybery
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Captain Richard Aveline Maybery was a Welsh flying ace in the First World War.
Flesquières Hill British Cemetery
Arthur Rhys-Davids
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Arthur Percival Foley Rhys-Davids, was an English flying ace of the First World War.
Richard Maybery
…to be a pilot, being appointed a flying officer on 11 April 1917, and was posted to France to serve in No. 56 Squadron, alongside aces James McCudden, Arthur Rhys Davids and Keith Muspratt. Aggressive and headstrong, Maybery quickly accumulated a high victory tally, accounting for 21 enemy aircraft between 7 July and…
Lieut. A. P. F. Rhys Davids, DSO, MC painted by William Orpen, October 1917
Rhys-Davids's mother, Caroline Augusta Foley Rhys Davids, a successful author
Werner Voss. The victor in 48 dogfights was eventually defeated by Rhys-Davids and his six comrades after an epic ten-minute battle.