Major Rothesay Nicholas Montagu Stuart Wortley (alias Rothesay Nicholas Montagu-Stuart-Wortley) was a World War I flying ace credited with six aerial victories. Stuart Wortley was educated at Eton and Oxford, winning an Honours in History. In the middle of 1914, he joined the Hampshire Yeomanry. When war was declared, he served initially on an infantry brigade staff under his father, who was a brigadier general. From there, he was seconded to the Royal Flying Corps in early 1917. He was assigned to 22 Squadron as a flight commander and Bristol F.2 Fighter pilot. Between 6 September 1917 and 28 January 1918, he set an Albatros D.V aflame, destroyed two others, drove down two other enemy airplanes, and captured an Albatros D.III. He was then rotated back to England to 44 Home Defence Squadro
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