Ronald McClintock
Ronald Saint Clair McClintock | |
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Born | County Carlow, Ireland | 13 July 1892
Died | 22 June 1922 RAF Northolt, London, England | (aged 29)
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army Royal Air Force |
Years of service | 1914–1922 |
Rank | Major |
Unit | |
Commands held | No. 3 Squadron RAF |
Awards | Military Cross |
Relations | John McClintock (great-grandfather) |
Major Ronald Saint Clair McClintock MC (13 July 1892 – 22 June 1922) was a British World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories.[1][2]
Family background
McClintock was born in County Carlow, Ireland, the fifth and youngest son of Arthur George Florence McClintock
World War I service
McClintock first served in Egypt from November 1914, as a private in the Ceylon Planters' Rifle Corps,[1] however he was soon commissioned as a second lieutenant in the West Lancashire Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (Territorial Force), and was promoted to temporary lieutenant on 5 July 1915.[4]
He was seconded for duty with the
In July he was posted to No. 64 Squadron RFC,[2] flying the Airco DH.5 fighter.[10] The squadron moved to France in October, and took part in the battle of Cambrai, flying low-level ground attack missions.[11] The squadron replaced their DH.5s with the SE.5a in March 1918.
McClintock gained his first aerial victory on 10 March 1918, driving down an
McClintock was awarded the
- Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) Ronald Sinclair McClintock, RFA and RFC.
- "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. On one occasion he shot down two enemy machines, and on the following day he attacked and shot down a hostile two-seater machine at a height of 100 feet. He has led upwards of forty patrols and has performed much valuable work on low-flying reconnaissance and bombing patrols. As a flight commander he has been untiring in his care of personnel and machines, and as a patrol leader he has displayed the greatest courage and resource."[13]
Post-war career
McClintock was granted a permanent commission in the RAF, with the rank of captain, on 1 August 1919.[14] From 1920 he served at the No. 3 School of Technical Training (Men) at RAF Manston,[15] while living in Birchington-on-Sea.[16]
On 22 June 1922
Personal life
McClintock married Mary Gordon Laird, daughter of John Laird, Chairman of shipbuilders Cammel Laird, at the Church of the Holy Trinity, Kensington Gore, London, on 20 December 1916.[18] They had two children. John Arthur Peter McClintock (1920–1940), who served as a flight lieutenant in Auxiliary Air Force Squadron 615 In World War II. He fought in the Battle of Britain and became a member of the Caterpillar Club, surviving bailing out over the North Sea. He was killed in action in October 1940 aged 20. He left a sister, Pamela Mary McClintock, (b 19 Feb 1922). She was less than four months old at the time of her father's death.[3]
References
Footnotes
- ^ a b c "Ronald St. Clair McClintock". The Aerodrome. 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
- ^ a b c d e Shores et.al. (1990), p.226.
- ^ a b Bunbury, Turtle (2015). "McClintock Family History". turtlebunbury.com. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
- ^ "No. 29285". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 September 1915. p. 8835.
- ^ "No. 29589". The London Gazette (Supplement). 19 May 1916. p. 5048.
- ^ "No. 29552". The London Gazette. 18 April 1916. p. 4024.
- ^ "No. 29723". The London Gazette. 25 August 1916. p. 8399.
- ^ "No. 29931". The London Gazette. 6 February 1917. pp. 1269–1270.
- ^ "No. 30155". The London Gazette. 26 June 1917. p. 6398.
- ^ Halley (1980), pp.101–102.
- ^ Jones (1934), pp. 235–240, 243–247, 253–254
- ^ "No. 30673". The London Gazette. 7 May 1918. p. 5483.
- ^ "No. 30761". The London Gazette. 21 June 1918. p. 7418.
- ^ "No. 31486". The London Gazette. 1 August 1919. p. 9867.
- ^ Barrass, M. B. (2015). "No 3 School of Technical Training (Men)". Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
- ^ a b "Personals: Killed". Flight. XIV (706): 390. 6 July 1922. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
- ^ Barrass, M. B. (2015). "RAF Casualties 1922". Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
- ^ "Personals: Married and to be Married". Flight. VIII (416): 1100. 14 December 1916. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
Bibliography
- Bruce, J. M. (1965). War Planes of the First World War: Volume One: Fighters. London: Macdonald.
- Halley, J. J. (1980). The Squadrons of the Royal Air Force. Tonbridge: Air Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-083-9.
- Jones, H. A. (1934). History of the Great War. Vol. IV. Oxford: Clarendon Press. OCLC 769886209.
- Shores, C. F.; et al. (1990). Above the Trenches. London: Grub Street. ISBN 9780948817199.