Captain Robert Norwood Hall was a

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

flying ace A flying ace, fighter ace or air ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. The exact number of aerial victories required to officially qualify as an ace is varied, but is usually co ...

credited with five aerial victories. 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 Balloon busters were military pilots known for destroying enemy observation balloons. These pilots were noted for their fearlessness, as balloons were stationary targets able to receive heavy defenses, from the ground and the air. Seventy-seven fl ...

by destroying three observation balloons on the same mission; Lieutenant

Charles Cudemore Captain Charles William Cudemore (born 19 November 1897, date of death unknown but possibly 1967) was a World War I flying ace credited with 15 aerial victories. World War I service Cudemore was transferred from the Shropshire Light Infantry as ...

shared credit on two of these. On 15 August, he destroyed an

Albatros D.V The Albatros D.V is a fighter aircraft built by the Albatros Flugzeugwerke and used by the ''Luftstreitkräfte'' (Imperial German Air Service) during World War I. The D.V was the final development of the Albatros D.I family and the last Albatro ...

for his last triumph. Upon return to

Home Establishment A home, or domicile, is a space used as a permanent or semi-permanent residence for one or many humans, and sometimes various companion animals. It is a fully or semi sheltered space and can have both interior and exterior aspects to it. H ...

, he served with No. 44 Squadron until at least May 1918.

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* ''Above the Trenches: a Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces 1915-1920.'' Christopher F. Shores, Norman L. R. Franks, Russell Guest. Grub Street, 1990. , . * ''Nieuport Aces of World War 1.'' Norman Franks. Osprey Publishing, 2000. , . South African World War I flying aces South African people of British descent White South African people Recipients of the Military Cross 1888 births Year of death missing {{SouthAfrica-mil-bio-stub