Gerald Pilditch
Gerald Pilditch | |
|---|---|
| Born | Unknown |
| Died | Unknown |
| Allegiance |  Union of South Africa |
| Service/ | Flying service |
| Rank | Lieutenant |
| Unit | No. 73 Squadron RAF |
| Awards | Military Cross |
Lieutenant Gerald Pilditch was a South African World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories.[1] He won a Military Cross[2] on 11 April 1918. On 11 June, he rescued American pilot Lieutenant J. H. Ackermann from six German fighters. Pilditch shot down one, and possibly two, of the three Germans who were on the wounded American's tail.[3]
Sources of information
- ^ http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/safrica/pilditch.php
- ^ http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/30761/supplements/7420
- ^ above the Trenches Supplement. p. 4.
References
Above the Trenches Supplement: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces. Christopher F. Shores, Norman L. R. Franks, Russell Guest. Grub Street, 1996. ISBN 1-898697-39-6, ISBN 978-1-898697-39-8
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