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South African World War I flying ace

Ernest Lindup
BornUnknown
DiedUnknown
Allegiance United Kingdom
RankLieutenant
UnitNo. 20 Squadron RAF
AwardsMilitary Cross

Lieutenant Ernest Lindup MC was a South African World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories.

Lindup scored five victories between 4 February and 31 May 1918 while flying a Bristol F.2 Fighter. His observer gunners included fellow aces M. B. Mather, Ernest Deighton, and Henry Crowe.

Sources of information

  1. Shores, et al (1990). Above the Trenches: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces, 1915–1920. p. 240.
  2. "Ernest Lindup". www.theaerodrome.com. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
  3. Above the Trenches: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces 1915-1920. p. 240.

References

Above the Trenches: a Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces 1915–1920. Christopher F. Shores, Norman L. R. Franks, Russell Guest. Grub Street, 1990. ISBN 0-948817-19-4, ISBN 978-0-948817-19-9.


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