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Hailing from Melbourne, Little joined the Royal Naval Air Service and became a certified aviator in October. He arrived in France in June 1916, posted to "Naval Eight" squadron. By year's end he had three victories to his credit, flying Sopwith Pups. When the unit converted to Triplanes, he began scoring heavily: eight victories each in April and May; four in June; and fourteen in July, the month he began flying Sopwith Camels. When he rotated to England for rest that summer, he was credited with 38 victories, incuding 15 destroyed or captured. In March 1918 Little joined Raymond Collishaw 's unit, which became No. 203 Squadron of the new Royal Air Force on 1 April. He gained a further nine successes before being killed attacking a Gotha bomber on 27 May.At age 22 he left a widow and a son, having received the Distinguished Service Order and Distinguished Service Cross . Of Little's 47 victories, 24 were credited as destroyed or captured (six shared) and 23 "out of control". External Links http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/australi/little1.html |
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