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Charles Ross [South Africa]

Name:Charles Gordon Ross
Country:South Africa
Rank:Captain
Service:Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
Squadrons:29
Victories:20
Born:12 March 1892
Place of Birth:Johannesburg
Died:
Place of Death:
Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) and Bar
Croix de Guerre [Belgium]
Charles Ross

Notes
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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