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Jack Cottle [England]

Name:Jack Cottle
Country:England
Rank:Captain
Service:Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
Squadrons:45
Victories:14
Born:19 June 1893
Place of Birth:Plymouth, Devon
Died:15 August 1967
Place of Death:India
Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)
Silver Medal for Military Valor [Italy]

Notes
Cottle grew up in Zululand, joining the South African Mounted Rifles in 1914. In 1917, he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps and was posted to 45 Squadron in Italy. Flying the Sopwith Camel, he scored 13 victories before his squadron returned to France for the final months of the war. On the morning of 31 August 1918, Cottle shot down three Albatros D.III's, killing Austro-Hungarian ace Josef Pürer and capturing Otto Forster of Flik 3J. Cottle remained in the RAF at the end of the war, later serving in India and Iraq. He received an MBE before his retirement in 1942 and a few years later, he and his wife moved to India.

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