Albert Ball.....British Ace

[EDUARDO SANCHEZ BARBERO]

Hello everyone​

New aviation aces project.​

It's time for a British Ace.Albert Ball​

I ask for help from any modeller who can provide good information about this pilot, what I need most are good images of his face, so that the resemblance is as accurate as possible.​

Other important details are, the propeller, of what plane is that propeller, emblems of the hat and decorations of the chest​

This is my email [email protected] or put the info here​

Thanks for the help​

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[Nap]

Hi Edu

Will have a look about ...think it's a German planes prop he has shot down looking at the nose cone

Interesting your looking at WW1 pilots how about French , USA , like Nungesser or Luftbury and of course Itallian

Following

Nap

 

[DaddyO]

Hi Edu

Will have a look about ...think it's a German planes prop he has shot down looking at the nose cone

Interesting your looking at WW1 pilots how about French , USA , like Nungesser or Luftbury and of course Itallian

Following

Nap

Pretty sure from looking that it could be his own spinner; so it may well be the prop and spinner from his Nieuport 17 (I think AB used a red painted spinner on this aircraft to give a slight performance increase. He also cut away additional sections of the top wings fabric for better visibility) I also seem to remember reading that he liked to fly without a helmet . . .

Great subject matter - one of my favourite pilots from the first world war
Cheers
Paul

 

[Nap]

Nice one Paul ...at least I got that it was from a plane ...lol

If Edu searches on PF on Albert Ball there's lots of threads

Nap

https://www.planetfigure.com/posts/801259/

 

[MCPWilk]

It will be good to see some RFC/early RAF figures. For some reason, the losers seem to have the biggest fan base (French Napoleonic, Nazi, especially SS) rather than the winners. It is worth remembering that the RAF was the first independent air force, most other air forces were either attached to the military or the navy to start with, as was the RFC/RNAS.

Mike

 

[arj]

This Wikipedia page on Albert contains a photo of all his medals.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Ball
The VC was Posthumous so he won't have that in the photo. This will presumably also apply to the Victory Medal.
The rest can be worked out from the relevant date and what medals had been awarded up to then.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

[Geoff Charman]

Try these,

Geoff

 

[EDUARDO SANCHEZ BARBERO]

Try these,



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Geoff

THANK YOU......

 

[EDUARDO SANCHEZ BARBERO]

This Wikipedia page on Albert contains a photo of all his medals.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Ball

The VC was Posthumous so he won't have that in the photo. This will presumably also apply to the Victory Medal.

The rest can be worked out from the relevant date and what medals had been awarded up to then.



Cheers,

Andrew

THANK YOU....

 

[EDUARDO SANCHEZ BARBERO]

Pretty sure from looking that it could be his own spinner; so it may well be the prop and spinner from his Nieuport 17 (I think AB used a red painted spinner on this aircraft to give a slight performance increase. He also cut away additional sections of the top wings fabric for better visibility) I also seem to remember reading that he liked to fly without a helmet . . .



Great subject matter - one of my favourite pilots from the first world war

Cheers

PaulView attachment 379219

THANK YOU.....

 

[EDUARDO SANCHEZ BARBERO]

Hi Edu



Will have a look about ...think it's a German planes prop he has shot down looking at the nose cone



Interesting your looking at WW1 pilots how about French , USA , like Nungesser or Luftbury and of course Itallian



Following



Nap

THANK YOU......

 

[Hawk_Uk]

Hi,
Here are a few other places which I read when doing our range of First World War, RFC, fighter aces busts:

https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Albert-Ball-Great-War-Fighter-Ace/

http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/england/ball.php

Best of luck as this is where it all started for us.

Regards

 

[EDUARDO SANCHEZ BARBERO]

Hi,
Here are a few other places which I read when doing our range of First World War, RFC, fighter aces busts:

https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Albert-Ball-Great-War-Fighter-Ace/

http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/england/ball.php

Best of luck as this is where it all started for us.

Regards

Thank you

 

[Grod]

Great subject Eduardo.

Gordon

 

[NeilW]

A Google Images search comes up with quite a few (of variable quality). Useful ones may be here (may be some duplicates):

CLICK on the number
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2
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5
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7
8
9
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12
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14
15

Hope these help

 

[EDUARDO SANCHEZ BARBERO]

A Google Images search comes up with quite a few (of variable quality). Useful ones may be here (may be some duplicates):

CLICK on the number
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

Hope these help

Thank you, but I have all these images, but thank you a lot
I need image or name of the emblem of hat and propeler

 

[Hawk_Uk]

The emblem on the hat is the RFC badge

Another source is Shuttleworth collection Old Warden aerodrome as they have lots of RFC uniforms in their collection
https://www.shuttleworth.org/airfield-info/

 

[Nap]

Hi Edu

Here's some headwear originals items

Hope this helps

Nap

 

[Nap]

Try these,

View attachment 379250

Geoff

He would have actualky worn from the left the 2nd and 3rd and the very last on the right

Have a look at my Hawk Miniatùres version

Nap

 

[Tom W.]

The spinner looks like a SSW/Siemens-Schuckert one or from a Morane-Saulnier,"flying bullet"...….