title: William Elliott (RAF officer)
text: # William Elliott (RAF officer)
  
  Captain William Boyd Elliott was a World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories.
  
  ## Honours and awards citations
  
  Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)
  
  Lieut. (T./Capt.) William Boyd Elliott.
  
  This officer has taken part in one hundred bombing raids, in the majority of which he has been leader, a position for which he has the essential qualities in a marked degree. viz., courage, resolution, and resource. While leading one bombing raid his formation was attacked by thirty hostile machines; ten of these were destroyed, the objective was successfully bombed, and the formation returned without the loss of a machine. This brilliant success was mainly due to Captain Elliott's skilful leadership.
  
  Supplement to the London Gazette, 2 November 1918 (30989/12964)
  
  ## Sources of information
  
  * ↑ "William Boyd Elliott". www.theaerodrome.com. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
  