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Robert
Little
Name: Robert
Alexander Little
Country: Australia
Rank: Captain
Service: Royal Naval Air Service Royal Air Force
Units: 1 Wing; 8 Naval (RNAS) 203 (RAF)
Victories: 47
Date Of Birth: 19 July 1895
Place of Birth: Melbourne
Date Of Death: 27 May 1918
Place of Death: Near NoeuxAustralia's highest scoring ace joined the Royal Naval Air
Service in 1915. Assigned to Dunkirk in late June of 1916, he flew
the Bristol Scout and the Sopwith 1½ Strutter, participating in
several bombing missions before joining 8 Naval Squadron on
October 26, 1916. Scoring his first four victories while flying
the Sopwith Pup, his squadron was re-equipped with Sopwith
Triplanes in the spring of 1917. With this aircraft, Little scored
24 victories before his Triplane was replaced with a Sopwith
Camel. Credited with 19 more victories, he was killed in action
attempting to shoot down a Gotha bomber on a night raid.
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