 88 Squadron, flying Bristol Fighters.He shot down 20 German aircraft (7 solo and 1 shared destroyed, 11 solo and 1 shared 'out of control') between his entry into the war and the war's end in 1918, making him the eighth highest-scoring Australian pilot of the war.In late 1918, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for a particularly brave patrol in which he defeated two superior German flights.