Britain's Forgotten Fighter Ace Captain Ball VC

What Manfred von Richthofen was to Germany, Albert Ball was to Great Britain: each, at the time, was the star turn of his country and Richthofen would describe Ball as ''by far the best English flying man''. When Ball was killed in May 1917, during a dogfight with Richthofen''s Jasta 11, his body was buried with full military honours, and when the death was announced it was international news. Thi...