| Gerald Pilditch | |
| Birth Date: | 1892 10, df=yes |
| Death Date: | November 1956 (age 64) |
| Branch: | Flying service |
| Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Unit: | No. 73 Squadron RAF |
| Awards: | Military Cross |
Lieutenant Gerald Pilditch (27 October 1892-November 1956) was a South African World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories.[1] He won a Military Cross[2] on 11 April 1918. On 11 June, he rescued American pilot Lieutenant J. H. Ackermann from six German fighters. Pilditch shot down one, and possibly two, of the three Germans who were on the wounded American's tail.[3]
Above the Trenches Supplement: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces. Christopher F. Shores, Norman L. R. Franks, Russell Guest. Grub Street, 1996.,