Reginald Soar

Captain Reginald Rhys Soar DSC was a British flying ace during World War I.

[1] Soar scored his first aerial victories on 20 December 1916, when he used Sopwith Pup serial number N5181 to drive two German Halberstadt fighter planes down out of control.

[2] In his logbook, Soar noted that when the German plane landed at Sainte-Catherine-lès-Arras, the pilot had suffered a head wound while the observer was shot through the abdomen.

[3] By 22 July, Soar had raised his score to an even dozen, sharing some of his wins with Charles Dawson Booker, Robert A.

[6] Flight Lieutenant Soar was appointed to a short service commission as a flying officer in the Royal Air Force on 7 April 1921.