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| Name: | Gerald Pilditch | Country: | South Africa | Rank: | Lieutenant | Service: | Royal Flying Corps Royal Air Force | Squadrons: | 73 | Victories: | 5 | Born: | | Place of Birth: | | Died: | | | Place of Death: | |
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| | On the afternoon of 11 June 1918, American pilot J.H. Ackermann was wounded in a fight with six Fokker D.VII's. Attempting to escape, he struggled desperately to evade the three enemy planes on his tail. Observing Ackermann's dilemma, Pilditch intervened with his Sopwith Camel, shooting down one of the Fokkers and driving off the other two. |
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