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  • Leslie Rummell
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  • Lieutenant Leslie Jacob Rummell was a World War I flying ace credited with seven aerial victories. Rummell joined the 93d Aero Squadron on 7 August 1918. He shot down his first Fokker D.VII on 12 September over Thiacourt. His triple win on the 29th, when he downed two more Fokker D.VIIs and shared a win over an Albatros two-seater, won him the Distinguished Service Cross. He went on to score three more times in October, including a shared win with Chester Wright. Rummell died in the Influenza Pandemic of 1919, on 2 February.
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  • 8035200.0
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Birth Date
  • 1895-02-21
Branch
  • Aviation
death place
  • France
Nickname
  • Rummy
Name
  • Leslie Jacob Rummell
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Birth Place
  • Newark, New Jersey
Awards
death date
  • 1919-02-02
Rank
  • Lieutenant
Allegiance
  • United States of America
placeofburial
  • Thiaucourt, France
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  • Lieutenant Leslie Jacob Rummell was a World War I flying ace credited with seven aerial victories. Rummell joined the 93d Aero Squadron on 7 August 1918. He shot down his first Fokker D.VII on 12 September over Thiacourt. His triple win on the 29th, when he downed two more Fokker D.VIIs and shared a win over an Albatros two-seater, won him the Distinguished Service Cross. He went on to score three more times in October, including a shared win with Chester Wright. Rummell died in the Influenza Pandemic of 1919, on 2 February.