In November 1917 during low level bombing and strafing attacks, Arthur Stanley Gould Lee was shot down 3 times by ground fire. He spent 8 months at the front and accumulated 222 hours of flight time in Sopwith Pups and Camels during a staggering 118 patrols; being engaged in combat 56 times. He retired from the RAF as an air vice-marshal in 1946.