Frank Douglas Stevens

Captain Frank Douglas Stevens (7 April 1893 – 31 March 1977) was a British First World War flying ace credited with five aerial victories.

Military service Stevens was commissioned as a temporary second lieutenant in the infantry on 22 September 1914. He served briefly in the 9th (Service) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, before being seconded for service with the Motor Machine Gun Service on 21 November 1914, and was later transferred to the General List. He was promoted to lieutenant on 1 March 1915.

Stevens joined the Royal Flying Corps to serve as a gunner/observer, being appointed a flying officer (observer) on 21 June 1916, but soon trained a pilot, and was appointed a flying officer on 21 November 1916. He was posted to No. 20 Squadron RFC, to fly the F.E.2d two-seater fighter, where he gained his first victory on 3 May 1917 by driving down "out of control" an Albatros D.III. and gained his remaining four victories, all D.IIIs driven down, between 17 May and 16 August 1917. On 21 July 1918 he was appointed an acting-major.

List of aerial victories +Combat record and on 3 June, in the King's Birthday Honours, he was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire "in recognition of distinguished services rendered during the War".

On 7 July 1921 he married Eva May, youngest daughter of William Gore of Sandymount, Dublin, at Sandymount Presbyterian Church.