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Captain Reginald Howard Rusby (4 September 1896 – December 1946) was a World War I flying ace credited with ten aerial victories.〔http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/england/rusby.php Retrieved 23 February 2010.〕 Rusby was appointed Second Lieutenant from Flying Officer Observer on 16 September 1916.〔http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/30307/supplements/9950 Retrieved 23 February 2010.〕 However, his seniority dated from 29 September 1916.〔http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29946/supplements/1624 Retrieved 23 February 2010.〕 Although it would seem he was already serving as an observer/gunner in two-seater reonnaissance aircraft, Rusby was officially seconded for duty with the Royal Flying Corps on 21 January 1917.〔http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/30237/supplements/8515 Retrieved 23 February 2010.〕 He was promoted to Lieutenant (Temporary Captain), dating from 30 April 1917, to remain seconded to RFC.〔http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/30452/supplements/109 Retrieved 23 February 2010.〕〔http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/30115/supplements/5587 Retrieved 23 February 2010.〕 He was then confirmed as Lieutenant 1 June 1917, but ordered to surrender his Temporary Captaincy.〔http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/30143/supplements/6167 Retrieved 23 February 2010.〕 Then he was promoted Captain as of 4 July 1917.〔http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/30185/supplements/7116 Retrieved 23 February 2010.〕 He gained his first victory in a Nieuport single-seat fighter on 16 December 1917, driving down a German Albatros D.V fighter in the vicinity of Roulers. He would score twice more with a Nieuport, on 18 February and 23 March; on the latter occasion, he set a German reconnaissance plane on fire.〔 He was appointed Flight Commander from Flying Officer on 26 March 1918.〔http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/30639/supplements/4719 Retrieved 23 February 2010.〕 He also upgraded to a Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a, which he used for six single victories in May 1918; one of these was a triumph shared with fellow aces Francis James Davies and Charles G. Ross. Rusby's final tally was five enemy planes destroyed (three of which he set afire), two driven down out of control, and one captured.〔 Rusby was honored with a Distinguished Flying Cross on 3 August 1918.〔 ==Honors and awards== Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) "Capt. Reginald Howard Rusby. A patrol leader of great enterprise and courage. During the last six weeks he has destroyed five enemy machines, and previously he has destroyed an enemy kite balloon and a two-seater aeroplane." (Supplement to the London Gazette, 3 August 1918)〔http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/30775/supplements/7746 Retrieved 23 February 2010.〕〔http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/30827/supplements/9203 Retrieved 23 February 2010.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Reginald H. Rusby」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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