Guy Borthwick Moore

Who was Guy Borthwick Moore?

Captain Guy Borthwick Moore was a World War I flying ace credited with ten aerial victories.

Moore lived in Vancouver and attended the University of British Columbia from 1913–1916, gaining a BA. He was an oarsman and a rugby player. He became a lieutenant in the Irish Fusiliers of Canada in 1916, and a Cadet in the Royal Flying Corps as of December 1916. He voyaged to England the following month. he was commissioned a second lieutenant in the RFC on 26 April 1917, and appointed a Flying Officer on 8 June 1917. He finished his pilot's training in August 1917.

Moore joined 1 Squadron on 16 August 1917 as a Nieuport fighter pilot. He scored his first victory on 2 October, sharing it with fellow ace Herbert Hamilton. A week later, he tallied his fifth win to become an ace. Moore would score twice more with a Nieuport, on 17 December 1917 and 4 January 1918; then he would upgrade to a Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a. He would use his new mount to cooperate in the destruction of a German Pfalz D.III on 13 March, sharing the win with Hamilton, Harry Rigby, Percy Jack Clayson, and four other pilots. On 28 March, Moore notched a double victory, sharing one of the "kills" with Francis Magoun. A summation of Moore's record shows six enemy airplanes destroyed, and four driven down out of control.