| 词条 | Percy Jack Clayson |
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|name = Percy Jack Clayson |image = |image_size = |alt = |caption = |birth_date = {{Birth date|1896|6|7|df=yes}} |death_date = |birth_place = Deptford, London, England |death_place = |placeofburial = |placeofburial_label = |nickname = Pip |allegiance =United Kingdom |branch = Royal Navy British Army Royal Air Force |serviceyears = 1914–1929 1941-1954 |rank = Flight Lieutenant |servicenumber = |unit = |commands = |battles = World War I World War II |awards = Military Cross Distinguished Flying Cross |relations = |laterwork = }}Percy Jack Clayson {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MC|DFC|sep=yes}} (b. 7 June 1896) was a British flying ace in the First World War credited with 29 victories.[1] BiographyEarly life and educationClayson was born in Deptford, London[2][3] on 7 June 1896. In the 1910 Census of Watford, he is listed as a 14-year-old pupil at the Royal Masonic School for Boys at Bushey.[2] First World WarClayson joined the Royal Naval Air Service at the outbreak of war and served in France from December 1914. He then transferred to the Royal Flying Corps, being appointed a probationary temporary second lieutenant on the General List on 19 July 1917,[2] and was confirmed in the rank on 28 September.[3] On 30 September 1917 he was awarded his Royal Aero Club Aviators License (No. 5617) after flying a Curtiss Biplane at the Military School at Beverley.[4] He joined No. 1 Squadron on 31 October 1917.[5] Clayson gained his first victory on 16 February 1918.[1] He was awarded the Military Cross on 9 April, and on 8 May was appointed a flight commander with the rank of acting captain.[6] On 12 June 1918, he was cited for the Distinguished Flying Cross[7] and by 14 July had achieved a total of 29 credited victories; 1 shared destroyed balloon, 1 (and 1 shared) aircraft captured, 9 (and 9 shared) aircraft destroyed, and 5 (and 3 shared) aircraft 'out of control'.[1] He was invested with his DFC on 24 July 1919 by The King at Buckingham Palace.[13] Clayson was posted to Home Establishment on 3 August 1918, ending his involvement in direct engagement with the enemy.[5] Later military serviceOn 24 October 1919 he was granted a short service commission in the Royal Air Force with the rank of flying officer.[8] He served during the 1920s with Nos. 6 and 70 Squadrons. On 1 July 1925 he was promoted to flight lieutenant,[9] and on 9 July was posted to No. 23 Squadron at RAF Henlow.[10] On 21 September 1926 he was posted to the Aircraft Depot, Iraq,[11] finally returning to the UK to serve at the RAF Depot at RAF Uxbridge from 14 November 1928.[12] He was placed on the retired list due to ill health on 16 April 1929.[20] On 7 September 1929, at Our Lady of Victories Church, Kensington, he married Kathleen Thornton of Kelvingrove, Glasgow.[13] In 1936 Clayson was the Chief Ground Instructor at the Civil Training Flying School operated by the Bristol Aeroplane Company at Yatesbury.[14] During World War II Clayson returned to active service in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve being appointed a flying officer in the Administrative and Special Duties Branch on 20 December 1941.[15] He was promoted to flight lieutenant on 1 January 1944.[16] Clayson remained in the Air Force Reserve of Officers until finally relinquishing his commission on 10 February 1954.[17] Honours and awards
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1. ^1 2 {{cite web |url=http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/england/clayson.php |title=Percy Jack Clayson |work=The Aerodrome |year=2014 |accessdate=13 October 2014 }} [18][19][20][21][22]2. ^{{London Gazette |date=7 August 1917 |supp=y |issue= 30221 |pages=8096–8097 |nolink=yes}} 3. ^{{London Gazette |date=16 October 1917 |supp=y |issue= 30342 |page=10742 |nolink=yes}} 4. ^Royal Aero Club Aviators Certificate Record Card No. 5617 Clayson, Percy Jack 5. ^1 Shores et.al. (1997), p.107. 6. ^{{London Gazette |date=24 May 1918 |issue= 30702 |page=6110 |nolink=yes}} 7. ^{{London Gazette |date=28 June 1918 |supp=y |issue= 30775 |page=7746 |nolink=yes}} 8. ^{{London Gazette |date=24 October 1919 |issue= 31616 |page=13033 |nolink=yes}} 9. ^{{London Gazette |date=3 July 1925 |issue= 33063 |page=4456 |nolink=yes}} 10. ^{{cite journal |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1925/1925%20-%200621.html |title=Royal Air Force: Appointments |issue=874 |volume=XVII |page=621 |work=Flight |date=24 September 1925 |accessdate=13 October 2014}} 11. ^{{cite journal |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1926/1926%20-%200765.html |title=Royal Air Force: Appointments |issue=929 |volume=XVIII |page=681 |work=Flight |date=14 October 1926 |accessdate=13 October 2014}} 12. ^{{cite journal |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1929/1929%20-%200034.html |title=Royal Air Force: Appointments |issue=1046 |volume=XXI |page=16 |work=Flight |date=3 January 1929 |accessdate=13 October 2014}} 13. ^{{cite journal |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1929/1929-1%20-%201241.html |title=Personals: Married |issue=1083 |volume=XXI |page=1064 |work=Flight |date=27 September 1929 |accessdate=13 October 2014}} 14. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1936/1936%20-%203197.html |title=Yatesbury sets the Pace |work=Flight |issue=1456 |volume=XXX |date=12 November 1936 |accessdate=13 October 2014}} 15. ^{{London Gazette |date=3 March 1942 |issue= 35476 |page=1020 |nolink=yes}} 16. ^{{London Gazette |date=18 January 1944 |supp=y |issue= 36340 |pages=412–414 |nolink=yes}} 17. ^{{London Gazette |date=1 July 1955 |supp=y |issue= 40528 |pages=3878–3879 |nolink=yes}} 18. ^1 {{London Gazette |issue=30827 |date=3 August 1918 |page=9199 |supp=y }} 19. ^1 {{London Gazette |issue=33488 |date=23 April 1929 |page=14 }} 20. ^1 2 1910 Census of Watford, RG14/7698, Percy Jack Clayson, Royal Masonic School, The Avenue, Bushey, Hertfordshire. 21. ^1 General Register Office Index of Births registered in July, August, September, 1896. Name: Clayson, Percy Jack. District: Greenwich. Volume: 1D. Page: 1077. 22. ^1 {{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=Court Circular |author= |section= |day_of_week=Friday |date=25 July 1919 |page_number=15 |page_numbers= |issue=42161 |column=B}} }}
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