John Herbert Hall | |
Birth Date: | 1899 7, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Starbeck, North Yorkshire |
Death Place: | Leeds, West Yorkshire |
Allegiance: | United Kingdom |
Branch: | British Army Royal Air Force |
Rank: | Sergeant |
Servicenumber: | 93513 |
Unit: | No. 22 Squadron RAF |
Awards: | Décoration Militaire (Belgium) |
Sergeant John Herbert Hall (2 July 1899 – 1978) was an English First World War flying ace, credited with five aerial victories.[1]
He served in No. 22 Squadron RAF, flying as an observer/gunner in the Bristol F.2b. His first two victories came on 5 June 1918, shooting down an Albatros D.V in the morning and a Pfalz D.III in the evening, with pilot Lieutenant John Everard Gurdon. On 9 July, flying with Lieutenant T. W. Martin, he accounted for two Albatros D.Vs, and then a Fokker D.VII on 27 August.[1] Hall was awarded the Décoration Militaire by Belgium in February 1919.