Albert Ball

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fighter ace human military personnel

Albert Ball was a renowned British World War I fighter ace celebrated for his exceptional aerial combat skills and numerous victories before his death in 1917.

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Label Occurrences
Albert Ball canonical 12
British flying ace Albert Ball 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fighter ace ⓘ
human ⓘ
military personnel ⓘ
allegiance United Kingdom ⓘ
awardReceived Croix de Guerre ⓘ
Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
Légion d'honneur ⓘ
surface form: Legion of Honour

Military Cross ⓘ
The Victoria Cross ⓘ
surface form: Victoria Cross
causeOfDeath aircraft crash ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
countryOfBirth England ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1896-08-14 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1917-05-07 ⓘ
deathAge 20 ⓘ
decoratedFor gallantry in aerial combat ⓘ
educatedAt Nottingham High School ⓘ
era 20th century ⓘ
familyName Ball ⓘ
father Albert Ball Sr. ⓘ
givenName Albert ⓘ
hasNationality British ⓘ
hasPlaceOfBurial German military cemetery at Annoeullin ⓘ
hasTitle VC DSO MC ⓘ
mannerOfDeath killed in action ⓘ
memorial Albert Ball Memorial, Nottingham ⓘ
militaryBranch Royal Flying Corps ⓘ
militaryRank Captain ⓘ
mother Harriet Mary Page ⓘ
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
notableFor aerial victories in World War I ⓘ
status as leading British fighter ace of early World War I ⓘ
notableWork pioneering lone-wolf fighter tactics in WWI ⓘ
numberOfAerialVictories 40+ ⓘ
occupation fighter pilot ⓘ
military aviator ⓘ
partOf British Army ⓘ
placeOfBirth Nottingham ⓘ
Nottinghamshire ⓘ
placeOfDeath France ⓘ
near Annoeullin ⓘ
residence Nottingham ⓘ
servedIn Royal Flying Corps ⓘ
Sherwood Foresters ⓘ
serviceNumber British Army officer ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Royal Flying Corps → notableAce → Albert Ball ⓘ
Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 → notablePilot → Albert Ball ⓘ
No. 56 Squadron RFC → notableCommander → Albert Ball ⓘ
No. 56 Squadron RFC → notableAce → Albert Ball ⓘ
S.E.5a fighter aircraft → famousPilot → Albert Ball ⓘ
subject surface form: Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a
German military cemetery at Annoeullin → burialPlaceOf → Albert Ball ⓘ
German military cemetery at Annoeullin → burialPlaceOf → Albert Ball ⓘ
this entity surface form: British flying ace Albert Ball
Albert Ball Memorial, Nottingham → dedicatedTo → Albert Ball ⓘ
Albert Ball Memorial, Nottingham → commemorates → Albert Ball ⓘ
Albert Ball Memorial, Nottingham → namedAfter → Albert Ball ⓘ
No. 60 Squadron RFC → notableMember → Albert Ball ⓘ
Albert Ball Sr. → child → Albert Ball ⓘ
Albert Ball Sr. → notableRelative → Albert Ball ⓘ