Captain Guy Borthwick Moore (1895-1918) was a Canadian World War I

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credited with ten aerial victories.

Biography

Moore lived in

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and attended the

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from 1913 to 1916, gaining a BA. He was an oarsman and a rugby player. He became a

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in the Irish Fusiliers of Canada in 1916, and a Cadet in the

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(RFC) as of December 1916. He voyaged to England the following month. He was commissioned a

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in the RFC on 26 April 1917, and appointed a Flying Officer on 8 June 1917. He finished his pilot's training in August 1917. Moore joined

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on 16 August 1917 as a

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fighter pilot. He scored his first victory on 2 October, sharing it with fellow ace

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. A week later, he tallied his fifth win to become an ace. Moore would score twice more with a Nieuport, on 17 December 1917 and 4 January 1918; then he would upgrade to a Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a. He was also promoted to flight commander. He would use his new mount to cooperate in the destruction of a German Pfalz D.III on 13 March, sharing the win with Hamilton, Harry Rigby,

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, and four other pilots. On 28 March, Moore notched a double victory, sharing one of the wins with Francis Magoun. A summary of Moore's record shows six enemy airplanes destroyed (two of which were shared wins), and four driven down out of control (one of which was shared).The Aerodrome websit

Retrieved 25 February 2010.''Above the Trenches: a Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces 1915–1920'', p. 285. Moore was killed on 7 April 1918, when a German anti-aircraft shell blew up his airplane. He was awarded a posthumous

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.Supplement to the London Gazette, 10 May 1918, p. 5701

Retrieved 25 February 2010.

Honors and awards

Military Cross (MC) T./Capt. Guy Borthwick Moore, Gen. List and R.F.C. For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He led a patrol to attack hostile balloons. The patrol drove down three balloons in a collapsed condition, one of which he accounted for himself. He has also destroyed three enemy aeroplanes and driven down three others out of control. He has always shown splendid courage and resource. (Supplement to the London Gazette, 13 May 1918)

Sources of information

References

* ''Nieuport Aces of World War 1.''

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. Osprey Publishing, 2000. , . * ''Above the Trenches: a Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces 1915–1920.'' Christopher Shores, Norman Franks, Russell Guest. Grub Street, 1990. {{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, Guy 1895 births 1918 deaths Canadian World War I flying aces People from Mattawa, Ontario British military personnel killed in World War I