Neil Smuts Explained

Neil Ritz Smuts
Birth Date:	23 December 1898
Death Date:	Unknown
Birth Place:	Johannesburg, South Africa
Allegiance:
Branch:	Aviation
Rank:	Captain
Unit:	No. 3 Squadron RAF
Awards:	Distinguished Flying Cross

Captain Neil Ritz Smuts (born 23 December 1898, date of death unknown) was a World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories.^[1]

Smuts was credited with an Albatros D.V and four Fokker D.VIIs driven down out of control from 6 April 1918 until 4 October 1918.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Neil Ritz Smuts . www.theaerodrome.com . 9 February 2010.
2. Book: Above the Trenches: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces 1915-1920 . Grub Street . Shores, Christopher F. . 1990 . 344 . 0-948817-19-4.