William George Barker earned the Victoria Cross flying a Sopwith Snipe on 27 October 1918

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The Sopwith Snipe was a British single-seat biplane fighter aircraft introduced late in World War I as a successor to the Sopwith Camel.

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Label	Occurrences
William George Barker earned the Victoria Cross flying a Sopwith Snipe on 27 October 1918 canonical	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human ⓘ
aircraftFlown	Sopwith Camel NERFINISHED ⓘ Sopwith Snipe NERFINISHED ⓘ
allegiance	British Empire ⓘ
awardReceived	Distinguished Service Order ⓘ Italian Silver Medal of Military Valor NERFINISHED ⓘ Military Cross ⓘ Victoria Cross NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	World War I ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Canada ⓘ
dateOfActionForVictoriaCross	1918-10-27 ⓘ
deathCause	aircraft crash ⓘ
decoratedFor	extraordinary bravery in aerial combat ⓘ
familyName	Barker NERFINISHED ⓘ
foughtIn	First World War NERFINISHED ⓘ
fullName	William George Barker NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName	William ⓘ
hasNationality	Canadian ⓘ
middleName	George NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryBranch	Royal Air Force ⓘ Royal Flying Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	being one of the most decorated Canadian fighter pilots of World War I ⓘ
notableWork	aerial combat on 27 October 1918 ⓘ
occupation	fighter pilot ⓘ military aviator ⓘ
placeOfBurial	Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto NERFINISHED ⓘ
rank	Lieutenant Colonel ⓘ Major ⓘ
serviceNumber	(unknown) ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
significantEvent	earned the Victoria Cross flying a Sopwith Snipe on 27 October 1918 ⓘ
theatreOfWar	Western Front NERFINISHED ⓘ
victoriaCrossActionAircraft	Sopwith Snipe NERFINISHED ⓘ
victoriaCrossActionDate	27 October 1918 ⓘ
victoriaCrossActionLocation	over the Western Front ⓘ
victoriaCrossActionRole	single-seat fighter pilot ⓘ

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Sopwith Snipe → notableEvent → William George Barker earned the Victoria Cross flying a Sopwith Snipe on 27 October 1918 ⓘ