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| Name: |
Charles Gordon Ross |
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| Country: |
South Africa |
| Rank: |
Captain |
| Service: |
Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force |
| Units: |
29 |
| Victories: |
20 |
| Born: |
12 March 1892 |
| Place of Birth: |
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa |
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Charles Gordon Ross joined the Royal Flying Corps in August 1917. Posted to 29 Squadron on 25 March 1918, he was credited with twenty victories. Post-war, he served with the same squadron in Cologne, Germany but left the Royal Air Force to enlist in the South African Air Force in 1921. Ross became a CBE during World War II and retired with the rank of Brigadier. |
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| Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) |
Lt. Charles Gordon Ross.
A bold and skilful airman who has, during the last few months, accounted for four enemy machines. On 8th August, when on offensive patrol, he engaged a two-seater, driving it down. On his return journey he saw a hostile balloon, which he destroyed, the observer escaping in his parachute.
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| Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) Bar |
Lieut. (A./Capt.) Charles Gordon Ross,
D.F.C. (FRANCE)
A fine fighting pilot and leader who has destroyed twelve enemy machines. On 2nd October he, with three other machines, attacked eight Fokker biplanes; in the engagement that followed four of these were destroyed, Capt. Ross accounting for one.
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
26 May 1918 |
1835 |
29 |
S.E.5a |
DFW C (DES) 1 |
S of Bailleul |
| 2 |
27 May 1918 |
1115 |
29 |
S.E.5a (D5981) |
DFW C (DESF) |
SE of Bailleul |
| 3 |
28 May 1918 |
0905 |
29 |
S.E.5a (D5981) |
DFW C (DESF) 2 |
Neuve Eglise |
| 4 |
29 May 1918 |
1630 |
29 |
S.E.5a (D6137) |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
Merville |
| 5 |
06 Jun 1918 |
1800 |
29 |
S.E.5a (D5953) |
Pfalz D.III (DES) 3 |
NW of Estaires |
| 6 |
28 Jul 1918 |
0730 |
29 |
S.E.5a (E3917) |
DFW C (DES) |
Fournes |
| 7 |
08 Aug 1918 |
0950 |
29 |
S.E.5a (C9071) |
Balloon (DES) |
Estaires |
| 8 |
12 Aug 1918 |
0925 |
29 |
S.E.5a (C9071) |
Fokker D.VII (DES) |
Comines |
| 9 |
16 Aug 1918 |
1845 |
29 |
S.E.5a (D6939) |
Fokker D.VII (DES) |
Poelcapelle |
| 10 |
22 Aug 1918 |
0735 |
29 |
S.E.5a (C9071) |
DFW C (DES) |
Estaires |
| 11 |
23 Aug 1918 |
0630 |
29 |
S.E.5a (C9071) |
DFW C (DES) |
E of Ypres |
| 12 |
23 Aug 1918 |
0630 |
29 |
S.E.5a (C9071) |
Balloon (DES) 4 |
SE of Kemmel |
| 13 |
24 Aug 1918 |
1915 |
29 |
S.E.5a (C9071) |
Fokker D.VII (OOC) |
S of Comines |
| 14 |
28 Sep 1918 |
1710 |
29 |
S.E.5a (D6984) |
Fokker D.VII (DESF) |
S of Menin |
| 15 |
28 Sep 1918 |
1730 |
29 |
S.E.5a (D6984) |
Fokker D.VII (DES) |
Menin-Gheluvelt Road |
| 16 |
02 Oct 1918 |
1520 |
29 |
S.E.5a (E6030) |
Fokker D.VII (DES) |
NE of Roulers |
| 17 |
04 Oct 1918 |
0935 |
29 |
S.E.5a (E6030) |
Fokker D.VII (DES) |
E of Halluin |
| 18 |
09 Nov 1918 |
1025 |
29 |
S.E.5a (F5543) |
Fokker D.VII (DES) 5 |
Laerne |
| 19 |
09 Nov 1918 |
1020 |
29 |
S.E.5a (F5543) |
Fokker D.VII (DES) |
Laerne |
| 20 |
10 Nov 1918 |
1345 |
29 |
S.E.5a (C8904) |
Fokker D.VII (DESF) |
N of Elene |
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| 1 |
Shared with Capt Reginald Rusby, Lt Francis Davies |
| 2 |
Shared with Capt Reginald Rusby, Lt H M Hutton (D6153) |
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Shared with Lt Arthur Reed |
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Shared with 1/Lt A F Diamond (C8859), Capt Ernest Hoy |
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Shared with Lt H Holroyde (H7162) |
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