Philip Holligan

Lieutenant Philip Terence Holligan was a British World War I flying ace credited with six aerial victories.

Military service

Holligan was commissioned as temporary second lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps on 29 August 1917, and was confirmed in his rank, with seniority from 14 December 1917, on 14 March 1918.
Holligan was posted to No. 49 Squadron in France, as an observer/gunner in a DH.9 bomber. He gained his first victory on 8 March 1918, flying with pilot Second Lieutenant Gordon Fox Rule, by driving down a Rumpler C reconnaissance aircraft over Brebières. Two days later, on 10 March, Holligan and Fox Rule drove down another reconnaissance aircraft, a LVG C, over Marquion. His third victory came on 23 April, with pilot Lieutenant A. H. Curtiss, shooting down an Albatros D.V east of Nieuport. Holligan's final three victories came on 8 and 9 August, all Fokker D.VIIs, with pilot Captain Clifford Bowman, over Béthencourt, Falvy and Marchélepot.
In November 1918 he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, his citation reading:
Holligan finally left the RAF, being transferred to the unemployed list on 1 February 1919.