11 Facts About Arthur Noss

Second Lieutenant Arthur Rex Hurden Noss was a British World War I flying ace credited with nine aerial victories.

Arthur Noss won a Military Cross as Keith Park's gunner, and was killed in a flying accident shortly thereafter.

Arthur Noss was educated at Kent Coast College, Herne Bay, winning eight athletic prizes in his final year.

On 4 April 1917, Arthur Noss was commissioned as a temporary second lieutenant on probation.

Arthur Noss was on the General List of the Royal Flying Corps when he was appointed as a flying officer on 20 June 1917.

Arthur Noss scored his first aerial victory on 27 May 1917, and would score one more before pairing up with Keith Park.

On 2 August 1917, Flight magazine reported Arthur Noss had been wounded.

Arthur Noss fired at the attacking pair; when they overran his fighter, Park took his turn and shot them both down.

At that point, another trio of Germans attacked; Arthur Noss spun one of them out with machine gun fire.

Arthur Noss is buried in plot I E 1, Zuydcoote Military Cemetery, Nord, France.

Arthur Noss is commemorated on the family grave of his grandparents on the west side of Highgate Cemetery.