Euan Dickson
British flying ace
Died when: 87 years 345 days (1055 months)Star Sign: Aries
Euan Dickson, DSC & Bar, DFC (31 March 1892 – 10 March 1980) was a British-born New Zealander bomber pilot and flying ace in the First World War.
Serving with the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) and subsequently the Royal Air Force (RAF), he flew over 150 missions flying the D.H.4 aircraft.
As well as flying so many bombing missions he, and his observer, was also credited with shooting down 14 enemy aircraft.
After the war he returned to New Zealand and was the first person to fly across the Cook Strait.
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