Arthur Gerald Knight

Military Person

1895 – 1916

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Who was Arthur Gerald Knight?

Captain Arthur Gerald Knight DSO MC was a British-born Canadian World War I flying ace credited with eight aerial victories. He was under attack by Oswald Boelcke and Erwin Böhme when they collided, causing Boelcke's death. Two months later, Knight would fall under the guns of Manfred von Richthofen, who had also been in the dogfight when Boelcke was killed.

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Born
Jul 30, 1895
Bedford
Died
Dec 20, 1916
Monchy-au-Bois

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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