Albert Tonkin

Lieutenant Albert Victor Tonkin was a World War I flying ace credited with six aerial victories. He worked as a grocer prewar. He originally joined No.Machine Gun Company in the Australian Imperial Force. OnSeptember 1917, he joinedSquadron AFC and was posted to Egypt for training. He rejoined the squadron as a pilot onJanuary 1918 he flew Royal Aircraft Factory BE 2Bs against the Turks and Germans. He scored six confirmed victories, and had three unconfirmed victories onJuly 1918, when he strafed three Albatros D.Vs he had forced to land. OnAugust, he persisted in chasing a Rumpler 50 miles in an attempt to bring it to battle. OnAugust, engine trouble forced Tonkin and his observer to land. They were captured by local Arabs, who ransomed them back to the British for a hundred sovereigns. OnSeptember, they were brought down by antiaircraft fire and taken prisoner, only to be repatriated by rescuing cavalry.

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