Ernest Lindup Explained

Ernest Lindup
Birth Date:	Unknown
Death Date:	Unknown
Rank:	Lieutenant
Unit:	No. 20 Squadron RAF
Awards:	Military Cross

Lieutenant Ernest Lindup ^[1] was a South African World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories.^[2]

Lindup scored five victories between 4 February and 31 May 1918 while flying a Bristol F.2 Fighter. His observer gunners included fellow aces M. B. Mather, Ernest Deighton, and Henry Crowe.^[3]

References

Above the Trenches: a Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces 1915–1920. Christopher F. Shores, Norman L. R. Franks, Russell Guest. Grub Street, 1990., .

Notes and References

1. Shores, et al (1990). Above the Trenches: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces, 1915–1920. p. 240.
2. Web site: Ernest Lindup . www.theaerodrome.com . 7 February 2010.
3. Book: Above the Trenches: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces 1915-1920 . 240 .