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Gerald Pilditch [South Africa]

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:
Military Cross (MC)Gerald Pilditch

Notes
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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