Claim: The Sopwith Triplane (N5465), shared with Flight Sub-Lieutenants Robert Compston and E. A. Bennetts, was destroyed by a German reconnaissance aircraft in the East of Lens on July 4, 1917.
Evidence: Sopwith Triplane
(N5465) German reconnaissance aircraft Set afire; destroyed Shared with Flight Sub-Lieutenants Robert Compston and E. A. Bennetts. 4 June 1917
@ 0945 hours East of Lens