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Albert Ball, VC, DSO & Two Bars, MC (14 August 1896 – 7 May 1917) was a British fighter pilot during the First World War. At the time of his death he was the United Kingdom's leading flying ace, with 44 victories, and remained its fourth-highest scorer behind Edward Mannock, James McCudden, and George McElroy. [1]
Albert Ball è stato un aviatore britannico. Fu un asso dell'aviazione britannico tra i più importanti durante la prima guerra mondiale. Al momento della sua morte, il suo numero di vittorie era solamente inferiore a quello dell'asso tedesco Manfred von Richthofen.
Not of the eponymous Sheriff, but of a 20-year-old fighter ace of the Great War, Albert Ball VC. Albert is with the angels, both literally and metaphorically and looks out over the city of his birth. Ball was the son of a director of the Austin Motor Company and Lord Mayor of Nottingham.
Albert Ball was a fearless and skilled pilot who shot down 44 German planes in World War I. He was killed in action in 1917 and became a national icon of bravery and patriotism.
2 giorni fa · Learn about Albert Ball, Britain's highest scoring profile fighter pilot during the First World War, who shot down 43 enemy planes and one balloon. Find out how he died, how he was honoured and how he is remembered in Nottingham.
Albert Ball (born Aug. 21, 1896, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Eng.—died May 7, 1917, Annoeullin, near Lens, Fr.) was a British fighter ace during World War I who achieved 43 victories in air combat. Ball was educated at Trent College, which he left in 1913.
Albert Ball was a fighter pilot who shot down 44 enemy aircraft during the First World War, making him the UK's leading ace at the time of his death in 1917. He received the Victoria Cross, the Distinguished Service Order and the Military Cross for his bravery and skill in the air.
