Robert_Hall_(aviator)

Robert Hall (RAF officer)

Robert Hall (RAF officer)

World War I flying ace

For the pilot and designer, see Robert Hall (aircraft designer).

Captain Robert Norwood Hall (17 May 1890 – 28 April 1965) was a South African World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories.[2][3]: 180 

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Hall tallied his first win on 24 April 1917, when he drove an enemy two-seater down out of control. On 7 May, he became a balloon buster by destroying three observation balloons on the same mission; Lieutenant Charles Cudemore shared credit on two of these.[4] On 15 August, he destroyed an Albatros D.V for his last triumph. Upon return to Home Establishment, he served with No. 44 Squadron until at least May 1918.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    RAF Officer Service Records, 1918–1919
  2. [2]
    "Robert Norwood Hall".
  3. [3]
    Shores, Christopher F. (1990). Above the Trenches: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces 1915-1920. Grub Street. ISBN 0-948817-19-4.
  4. [4]
    Nieuport Aces of World War 1.. p. 26.
  5. [5]
    Above the Trenches: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces 1915-1920. p. 181.

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