Harold Walkerdine

Lieutenant Harold John Walkerdine MC (13 January 1899 – 18 June 1966)[1] was a World War I flying ace officially credited with seven aerial victories.

He scored his first aerial victory on 29 November 1917, when he destroyed a German DFW two-seater reconnaissance aircraft over Neuvireuil.

On 23 March, Walkerdine, Maurice Mealing, Henry John Burden, and three other pilots claimed a shared victory by destroying a German reconnaissance aircraft over Moreuil.

Four days later, Walkerdine and fellow ace Louis Jarvis destroyed an Albatros D.V southeast of Bray.

[8] Walkerdine returned to military service, being commissioned an acting pilot officer on probation in the Training Branch of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve on 4 March 1941.