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World War I fighter pilot Albert Ball (August 14, 1896-May 7, 1917). At the time of his death in the skies over flying ace with forty-four victories in aerial combat. After a crash took his life in 1917, the Germans claimed Ball was shot down by the Red Barons younger brother Lothar von Richtofen. This has been contested with the theory that Ball became disoriented during a maneuver in cloudy skies, suffering a form of temporary vertigo that has killed other pilots.
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