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Quick Facts<\/h4>
Nationality<\/td>South African\/British \ud83c\uddff\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7<\/td><\/tr>
Aerial Victories<\/td>50+ (possibly the highest Commonwealth ace)<\/td><\/tr>
Aircraft Flown<\/td>Gloster Gladiator, Hawker Hurricane<\/td><\/tr>
Wars<\/td>World War II (North Africa, Greece)<\/td><\/tr>
Born \/ Died<\/td>3 Jul 1914 \u2013 20 Apr 1941 (age 26)<\/td><\/tr>
Unit<\/td>No. 80 Sqn RAF<\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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33 Squadron RAF Hurricane pilots Greece WWII IWM ME(RAF) 1246 \u2014 via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\r\n

He may be the greatest fighter ace that history nearly forgot. Marmaduke Thomas St John “Pat” Pattle is believed to have scored more aerial victories than any other British Commonwealth pilot in World War II \u2014 yet his records were largely lost, his story barely known outside specialist circles. What survives is remarkable enough.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

A South African in the Desert<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Born on 3 July 1914 in Butterworth, South Africa, Pattle joined the RAF in 1936 and was posted to 80 Squadron in Egypt when the war began. He first flew the Gloster Gladiator \u2014 a biplane fighter already considered outdated \u2014 against the Italian Regia Aeronautica over Libya. Against modern Italian monoplanes, the agile Gladiator in Pattle’s hands was a deadly weapon, and he began building a tally that would eventually become legendary.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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The Gloster Gladiator \u2014 the biplane fighter in which Pattle began scoring victories against the Italian Regia Aeronautica over the Western Desert. (Wikimedia Commons)<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The Campaign in Greece<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

When Italy invaded Greece in October 1940, RAF squadrons were rushed to assist the Greeks, and Pattle went with them. Flying first Gladiators and then the more modern Hawker Hurricane, he faced both Italian and German aircraft over the mountains and plains of Greece. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar in rapid succession as his victory tally climbed.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

In the chaotic weeks of April 1941, as Germany launched its overwhelming invasion of Greece and Yugoslavia, Pattle flew multiple sorties per day against impossible odds. Eyewitness accounts describe him as virtually living in the cockpit \u2014 shooting down aircraft almost daily while exhausted RAF squadrons fought a desperate rearguard action.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\n

“The greatest air fighter the Royal Air Force has ever known.”<\/p>

Marshal of the Royal Air Force, Sir William Sholto Douglas<\/strong> — on Pat Pattle, post-war assessment quoted in The Observation Post<\/em> SAAF historical record<\/p><\/div>\n\n

The Mystery of His Score<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The precise number of Pattle’s victories is unknown \u2014 the RAF’s record-keeping in the chaos of the Greek campaign was incomplete, and many claims were never formally processed. Conservative estimates credit him with at least 40 to 50 victories; some historians believe the true figure may have approached 60. If the higher estimates are correct, he was the greatest British Commonwealth ace of the war.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\n

The lost logbooks.<\/strong> Squadron Leader Pattle’s personal flying log and his squadron’s war diary were both lost in the chaotic retreat from Greece in April 1941. This is the principal reason his final kill total remains disputed \u2014 believed by SAAF historians to be at least 40, possibly as high as 51. The Western Allies’ top-scoring ace is, in a strict documentary sense, an unverifiable record.<\/p><\/div>\n\n

A Final Sacrifice<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

On 20 April 1941, Pattle led a small force of Hurricanes over Athens against a massive German formation. He was sick with influenza \u2014 so ill he could barely stand \u2014 but refused to stay on the ground while his comrades fought. He was shot down and killed over the Bay of Eleusis. He was twenty-six years old.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Pat Pattle’s body was never recovered. He left behind an unfinished story and a tally that may never be fully known \u2014 but among those who study the air war, his name is spoken with reverence as a pilot of genius, courage, and selfless dedication.<\/p>\r\n\n\n\n

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\n\u201cThere is only one rule in aerial combat: kill or be killed. Everything else is detail.\u201d\n<\/p>\n\u2014 Sqn Ldr Pat Pattle, DFC & Bar<\/cite>\n<\/div>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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