Personnel Index - Detail
Name
YATES
First Names
James Attwell
Nationality
British
Rank
Lieutenant
Service
RAF
Crew Position
Pilot
Posting In
20/03/18
PoW Date
08/08/18
PoW Camp(s)
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Earlier in his career we have the following incident recorded.
30th July 1918
DH9 (serial C6162)......... Turned on wing after wheel caught in rut on landing from practice. Lt JA Yates Ok/1AM Deal Ok.
8th August 1918:
Lt J A Yates was wounded and made a PoW when his DH9 (serial C2152) was damaged and made a forced landing near Dreschincourt.
His Observer, 2/Lt G R Schooling was also made a PoW.