Military Service
The Canadian government would not support a flying school, so Fall went to England for training. He left Canada on 12 November 1915, and was in England in January 1916.
He flew a Sopwith Pup for some time in 3 Squadron, Royal Naval Air Service before he achieved his first success on 6 April 1917. A Halberstadt D.II dived on him with a frontal attack; Fall half-looped onto the German plane's tail and fired 50 rounds to down him. Fall would score 7 more victories before changing planes to the Sopwith Camel. He would score 5 more shoot-downs with 3 RNAS, using the Camel.
On 30 August 1917, he was transferred to 9 Squadron, RNAS as a flight commander, still flying Camels. He claimed another 23 victories with 9 Naval, with the final one occurring on 22 December 1917.
Falls' claims tally consisted of 11 (and 12 shared) aircraft destroyed, 10 (and 3 shared) 'out of control'.
Fall stayed in the Royal Air Force from its inception on 1 April 1918 until he retired as a Group Captain in 1945. He died in 1988.
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