Norman Craig Millman | |
Birth Date: | 30 March 1890 |
Death Date: | 27 July 1981 |
Allegiance: | Canada British Empire |
Branch: | Royal Flying Corps |
Rank: | Captain |
Unit: | No. 48 Squadron RAF |
Awards: | Military Cross Air Force Cross |
Captain Norman Craig Millman was a Canadian First World War flying ace credited with six aerial victories.[1] [2]
He joined the Royal Flying Corps in May 1916.[1] He began his pilot's career as an instructor and test pilot.[2] He was posted to 48 Squadron to fly a Bristol F.2 Fighter on 20 August 1917. He became a flight commander,[1] then rose to command the unit. While there, he drove six enemy planes down out of control between 11 November 1917 and 8 March 1918.[2] He left the squadron in May 1918,[1] and became an instructor back in England.[2] He was awarded the Military Cross the following month, with the citation, appearing in The London Gazette in June, reading as follows: