GROUPS AND SINGLE DECORATIONS FOR GALLANTRY South African Air Force
Returning to South Africa after the War, he undertook civilian flying until joining the South African Air Force on its formation in January 1922, in the rank of Lieutenant, in No. 1 Squadron, S.A.A.F. at Zwartkop Aerodrome, Pretoria, thereafter specialising in survey work and air photography - thus an air survey of Northern Zululand and his leadership of the first party to photograph the Zimbabwe Ruins from the air.
In the summer of 1936, however, in the rank of Major, his career progressed to more senior command and staff duties, commencing with attendance of the Senior Officer’s Staff Course at Sheerness in England, and a visit to Germany, where he visited aircraft factories and spent a day each with the von Richthofen Squadron, the German Air Force Technical College and an Anti-Aircraft Battery, in addition to attending the Olympic Games in Berlin.
And back in South Africa, he went on to serve as a Staff Officer in Transvaal Command until June 1939, when he was appointed O.C. Witwatersrand Command at Johannesburg - a sensitive time in lieu of riots. Advanced to Colonel in 1940, he was appointed Inspector of the S.A.A.F that August, and attained the rank of Brigadier when he took command of 31 Group, S.A.A.F., in early 1944, this latter post leading to the award of his C.B.E.
Post-war, he joined the Department of Transport as Chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority and, in 1946 travelled to Europe, Canada and the U.S.A. to study civil aviation methods of direction and control. He also acted as Delegate for South Africa at the General Assembly of the I.C.A.O. at Montreal in May 1947 and at the Geneva Air Conference in November of the same year.
Sold with a quantity of original documentation, including the recipient’s Pilot’s Flying Log Book (Army Book 425), covering the period September 1917 to March 1918; his South African Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Books (7), covering the periods January 1922 to October 1923, October 1923 to March 1926, April 1926 to February 1928, March 1928 to November 1929, December 1929 to May 1932, June 1932 to December 1934 and January 1935 to April 1940, the first four bound as one volume; a run of the recipient’s pocket diaries for the period 1947-69; a selection of career photographs (approximately 10 images), from R.F.C. days to C.B.E. investiture as a Brigadier, S.A.A.F.; two or three invitations and letters; a blue leather wallet with ‘C. G. Ross’ in gilt to front cover; a small wooden shield with crest; and a metalled ‘South Africa’ shoulder title.
See Lot No. 597 for the recipient’s miniature dress medals.
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