Flight Commander Herbert Gardner Travers (born 1 April 1891, date of death unknown) was a World War I

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

 flying ace

Flying ace

A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down several enemy aircraft during aerial combat. The actual number of aerial victories required to officially qualify as an "ace" has varied, but is usually considered to be five or more...

 credited with five aerial victories. Postwar, he worked in civil aviation. He returned to service during World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

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Travers began his military service as a machine gunner in the Honourable Artillery Company. He transferred to the Royal Naval Air Service

Royal Naval Air Service

The Royal Naval Air Service or RNAS was the air arm of the Royal Navy until near the end of the First World War, when it merged with the British Army's Royal Flying Corps to form a new service , the Royal Air Force...

 on 14 December 1915. On 27 May 1916, he joined 1 Wing as a fighter pilot. After a rest at the end of 1916, he was assigned to 3 Naval Squadron in early 1917. There he began to score, tallying four 'out of control' victories and a capture, beginning on 11 March 1917 and finishing on 21 April 1917. He had help from fellow aces John Malone and Francis Casey in capturing the DFW

Deutsche Flugzeug-Werke

Deutsche Flugzeug-Werke, usually known as DFW was a German aircraft manufacturer of the early twentieth century. It was established by Bernhard Meyer and Erich Thiele at Lindenthal in 1910, and initially produced Farman designs under licence, later moving on to the Etrich Taube and eventually to...

 reconnaissance plane and its crew.

His Distinguished Service Cross

Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom)

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was gazetted on 22 June 1917, by which time he was in a new assignment at Dunkirk.