Facts: - death place: near arras , france - battles: first world war - death date: 29 april 1917 - allegiance: united kingdom 23px - relations: charles harvey-kelly -lrb- brother -rrb- - nickname: bay - awards: distinguished service order mentioned in despatches - birth date: 09 february 1891 - name: h.d. harvey-kelly - branch: british army - image: hd harvey-kelly . jpg - birth place: teignmouth , devon , england Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of h.d. harvey-kelly .
hubert dunsterville harvey-kelly -lrb- 1891 -- 1917 -rrb- was a british first world war pilot who was credited with being the first royal flying corps -lrb- rfc -rrb- pilot to land in france in the war , and of being the first rfc pilot to down an enemy aircraft .he was eventually shot down during bloody april and died of head wounds in a german hospital .the aircraft he flew while a lieutenant , the royal aircraft factory b.e. 2 , along with a plaque , hangs in the main hall of the imperial war museum in london .