Qualla: Harry King Goode https://qualla.com/harry-king-goode en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:13 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Harry King Goode https://qualla.com/harry-king-goode Harry King Goode: Introduction https://qualla.com/harry-king-goode/ His wheels almost touched the ground. That was the citation for his Distinguished Service Order, awarded for his actions on 29 October 1918 - the very last week of the war between Italy and Austria-Hungary. Captain Harry King Goode of No. 66 Squadron, flying a Sopwith Camel over the Veneto, returned alone to the enemy aerodrome at San Giacomo and attacked it at an altitude so low that his wheels brushed the grass. He destroyed one parked aircraft with a bomb, set fire to another with machine-gun fire, and drove the ground crew back into the village. By the end of the day he had flown three patrols, strafed troops, balloons, hangars, and a train, and earned one of the rarer combinations in British military aviation: the DSO and the DFC on the same man.

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]]> Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/g/1/harry-king-goode-wp/gcg1-harry-king-goode-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Harry King Goode: From Handsworth to the Sky https://qualla.com/harry-king-goode/ He was born Harry King on 22 October 1892 in Handsworth, Staffordshire, the son of Florence Annie King, a dressmaker. He was adopted as a child by Thomas and Margaret Goode of Ryton, Bulkington, Warwickshire, and took their surname. A bright scholar, he won a local education auth...

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