Fall, Joseph Stewart Temple: my Air Force recollections
Fall, Joseph Stewart Temple: my Air Force recollections
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Description:
Item is an interview/narrative of Joseph Stewart Temple Fall' s experiences during World War I. Group Captain Fall, D.S.C., A.F.C. served with the Royal Naval Air Service and the Royal Air Force. Interview took place on September 10, 1983.
Date:
1983-09-10
Collection:
Fall, Joseph Stewart Temple: my Air Force recollections
People Depicted:
Group Captain Fall, Joseph Stewart Temple, 1895-1988
Page Title:
Fall_J_0060_01.mp3
Abstract:
Born on Nov. 17, 1895 near Hillbank, B.C., on Vancouver Island (d. Dec. 1, 1988). At the end of 1915 he paid his own way from Montreal to England to join the Royal Naval Air Service. Flew Maurice Farman aircraft in England; Nieuports and Sopwith Pup single-seater fighter aircraft in France. (10:00) Later Sopwith Camel fighters. Many air battles with No. 3 (N) Squadron and No. 9 (N) Squadron. (20:00) At the end of the war accepted a permanent commission in the Royal Air Force. Operations in the Middle East. (30:00)
Retired at the age of fifty. Returned to Cobble Hill and took over the family property, building it into a good size dairy farm (eighty-five head). He retired from dairy farming in 1974. Note: At the time of the interview G/C Fall was seriously incapacitated as a result of a stroke. Note 2: G/C Fall was awarded the D.S.C. and two bars as well as the A.F.C.