Image ID: 11788

Statue of Captain Albert Ball V.C., D.S.O., M.C., Nottingham, c 1991-92

Courtesy of Mrs Brenda M Hadley

Nottingham
England

Albert Ball was born 14 August 1896. At the outbreak of the First World War he joined the Sherwood Foresters. He became a fighter pilot, earning two Distinguished Service Orders and the Military Cross, becoming the first flying ace to become a British popular hero. He crashed to his death in a field in France on 7 May 1917 aged just 20. His death in action set off a national wave of mourning and increased posthumous recognition. At the time of his death he was, with fourty-four victories, the United Kingdom's leading flying ace, and remained its fourth-highest scorer.

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