Mills graduated from Campbell College, Belfast before joining the service.[2] In 1916, he was received at Somerville Hospital in Oxford. After being assigned to No. 20 Squadron RAF as an observer gunner, he won his first dogfight by setting afire a Fokker Dr.I on 9 May 1918. In the end of May, he had eight wins to his credit. On 2 July he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.[3] He tallied only a single kill in July, on the 24th.[1] His last six victories came in September 1918. In summary, only three of his victories were the "soft" out of control sort, and all but two were over enemy fighter aircraft.[1]
Mills won nine times while being piloted by Captain Thomas Middleton, and three while Lieutenant Paul Iaccaci was at the helm.[1]
Honours and awardsedit
Distinguished Flying Cross
Second Lieutenant (Honorary Lieutenant) Alfred Mills.
"A capable and gallant observer who has been very successful in destroying enemy machines by reason of excellent marksmanship. He has accounted for many enemy aircraft in a short period of time, and has generally fought against larger formations than his own".[4]
Mills was deprived of his Distinguished Flying Cross on account of being sentenced to imprisonment for theft. His service record [5] quotes from the Daily Express of 11 October 1924.
Referencesedit
^ abcd"Alfred Stanley Mills". The Aerodrome. 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
alfred, mills, lieutenant, alfred, stanley, mills, born, june, 1899, date, death, unknown, world, flying, credited, with, aerial, victories, alfred, stanley, millsborn, 1899, june, 1899belfast, irelanddiedunknownallegianceunited, kingdomservice, branchbritish,. Lieutenant Alfred Stanley Mills born 26 June 1899 date of death unknown was a World War I flying ace credited with 15 aerial victories 1 Alfred Stanley MillsBorn 1899 06 26 26 June 1899Belfast IrelandDiedUnknownAllegianceUnited KingdomService wbr branchBritish ArmyRoyal Air ForceRankLieutenantUnitNo 20 Squadron RAFAwardsDistinguished Flying Cross Mills graduated from Campbell College Belfast before joining the service 2 In 1916 he was received at Somerville Hospital in Oxford After being assigned to No 20 Squadron RAF as an observer gunner he won his first dogfight by setting afire a Fokker Dr I on 9 May 1918 In the end of May he had eight wins to his credit On 2 July he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross 3 He tallied only a single kill in July on the 24th 1 His last six victories came in September 1918 In summary only three of his victories were the soft out of control sort and all but two were over enemy fighter aircraft 1 Mills won nine times while being piloted by Captain Thomas Middleton and three while Lieutenant Paul Iaccaci was at the helm 1 Honours and awards editDistinguished Flying Cross Second Lieutenant Honorary Lieutenant Alfred Mills A capable and gallant observer who has been very successful in destroying enemy machines by reason of excellent marksmanship He has accounted for many enemy aircraft in a short period of time and has generally fought against larger formations than his own 4 dd Mills was deprived of his Distinguished Flying Cross on account of being sentenced to imprisonment for theft His service record 5 quotes from the Daily Express of 11 October 1924 References edit a b c d Alfred Stanley Mills The Aerodrome 2015 Retrieved 22 June 2015 Guttman amp Dempsey 2007 p 52 No 30775 The London Gazette Supplement 28 June 1918 p 7746 No 30827 The London Gazette Supplement 2 August 1918 p 9202 UK National Archives AIR 76 348 Bibliography Guttman Jon amp Dempsey Harry 2007 Bristol F2 Fighter Aces of World War I Osprey Publishing ISBN 978 1 84603 201 1 nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to the Royal Air Force is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alfred Mills amp oldid 1061472985, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
