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Arthur Rullion Rattray
Rear Admiral Sir Arthur Rullion Rattray (1891 – 10 August 1966) was a British naval officer who served in the Royal Indian Marine, and also on attachment to the Royal Flying Corps during World War I. He later rose to senior rank in the Royal Indian Navy during World War II.
Biography.
Rattray was born in Gatehouse of Fleet, Scotland, the fourth of five children born to Arthur Rattray, a retired Indian Civil Servant and his wife Mary Louise Wakely (née Sutherland). His
He drove down a Pfalz D.III over Boulay Airfield on 1 August 1918 for his first victory. On a morning patrol on the 12th, Harrop and Smith destroyed another Pfalz D.III, aided Arthur Rullion Rattray and his pilot in destroying an Albatros D.V, and drove down a third German fighter out of control over Saverne. One of these victories was over Vfw. Heinrich Krueger of "Jasta 70". Three days later, at 1830 hours, Harrop and Smith drove another Pfalz down out of control, to make both men aces