“To fly, fight and die?”: The Story of Frederick Lord

Frederick ran away to Canada and managed to join the Royal Flying Corps. He arrived in England and was assigned to the 79th Squadron. Flying his Sopwith Dolphin, Frederick would be shot down, become a double ace with 12 confirmed kills, and earn 2 distinguished flying crosses. This quote from his first action sums up his experience pretty well “I sighted on the leader carefully and fired, what a mistake! These 3 planes suddenly looked like the whole German flying corps. They were on all sides of me at the same time! I wound up the watch and kicked the compass for want of something better to do while they gave me lessons on flying and shooting.”