Albert Ball V.C. Statue (Nottingham)

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Albert Ball (14 August 1896 – 7 May 1917) was the most famous British flying ace of the First World War. He was awarded the Military Cross (MC), Distinguished Service Order (DSO), Russian Order of St. George, French Legion d'Honneur, The Victoria Cross (VC) & two Bars. He achieved all this in just two years before he was killed in 1917, aged 20, following a dogfight with Lothar von Richtoven, the Red Baron. A bronze statue of Albert Ball was erected in the grounds of Nottingham castle as a monument for his heroic actions.

The statue shows Captain Ball gazing upwards and tightening his belt before flight. Above is an allegorical robed figure of a woman representing the air, one hand pointing skywards, the other resting on Albert's shoulder.