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Captain Albert Ball, VC, DSO, MC. Notts and Derby Regt, and RFC, 1919.<br>Albert Ball was one of the most famous British fighter aces of the First World War and a posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross. He was awarded the medal as a result of taking part in 26 aerial combats between 26 April and 6 May 1917, during which period he destroyed 11 hostile aircraft, brought two down out of control, and forced several others to land. Ball was killed on 7 May 1917 near Douai after his plane crashed behind enemy lines during a dogfight in deteriorating visibility. He was only 20 years old at the time of his death. Edward Newling's portrait of him was conducted posthumously.</div>
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Edward Newling</div>
1919<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1919-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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<td>This photograph <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/20311">Art.IWM ART 2628</a> comes from the collections of the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.iwm.org.uk/">Imperial War Museums</a>.
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