William Elliott (RAF officer)


Captain William Boyd Elliott was a World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories.

Honours and awards citations

Lieut. William Boyd Elliott.
This officer has taken part in one hundred bombing raids, in the majority of which he has been leader, a position for which he has the essential qualities in a marked degree. viz., courage, resolution, and resource. While leading one bombing raid his formation was attacked by thirty hostile machines; ten of these were destroyed, the objective was successfully bombed, and the formation returned without the loss of a machine. This brilliant success was mainly due to Captain Elliott's skilful leadership.
Supplement to the London Gazette, 2 November 1918