Frank Granger Quigley
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| Born |
10 July 1894 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | 20 October 1918 (aged 24) Liverpool, England |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch | Royal Flying Corps |
| Years of service | 1914 - 1918 |
| Rank | Captain |
| Unit | No. 70 Squadron |
| Awards |
Distinguished Service Order Military Cross with Bar |
Frank Granger Quigley DSO, MC & Bar (10 July 1894 – 20 October 1918) was a Canadian World War I flying ace who was credited with 33 victories. He was notable for scoring the majority of his victories against German fighter planes.
Quigley was the youngest son of R. J. Quigley. He attended St. Andrew's College in Aurora, Ontario, and was attending his second year at Queen's University in Kingston when World War I began. He excelled at the sports of football and hockey.
Quigley enlisted on 16 December 1914, and served with the 5th Field Company of the Canadian Army Engineers on the Western Front. In early 1917, he transferred to the RFC. On 12 September 1917, he was assigned to 70 Squadron RFC to fly a Sopwith Camel.
In less than a month, on 10 October, he opened his victory list by shooting an Albatros D.V down in flames, and driving another down out of control. They were the first of 21 victories he scored against the Albatros D.V.
He had three victories in October, one in November, and five in December. In 1918, he scored eight times in January. On 6 January, he, William Fry, and P. G. Kemsley teamed up to shoot down and kill Leutnant Walter von Bülow-Bothkamp, himself an ace with 28 victories. Quigley triumphed once again in February, then 15 times between 8 and 23 March 1918. On 11 March alone, he helped destroy the only observation balloon of his career in the morning, then in the afternoon destroyed a Pfalz D.III and drove two others down out of control.
His victory tally comprised 16 enemy fighter planes destroyed and ten others driven down out of control, four observation planes destroyed and two driven down out of control, as well as an observation balloon destroyed. Quigley was the antithesis of the lone wolf pilot, sharing victories not just with Fry and Kemsley, but with such other aces as Frank Gorringe, George R. Howsam, John Todd, Frank Hobson, Alfred Michael Koch, and Walter M. Carlaw.
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