Wing Commander Charles Midgley Maud DFC (1 April 1898 – 10 March 1974) was an English World War I flying ace credited with 11 confirmed victories.
[5] He transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in July 1917, receiving a weeks preliminary classroom based training at the No 1 School of Military Aeronautics at Reading, before being posted to No.
66 Squadron based at San Pietro in Gu in northern Italy,[4] flying the Sopwith Camel single-seat fighter, on 8 March 1918,[6] and soon after was promoted to lieutenant, backdated to 1 July 1917.
He was appointed a flight commander with the temporary rank of captain on 1 September,[9] and gained his eleventh and final victory on 7 October, by driving down another Albatros D.V over Oderzo.
[6] Maud was transferred to unemployed list on 8 April 1919,[12] finally relinquishing his commission on 22 July 1921 on accepting an appointment in the Territorial Force,[13] serving as a lieutenant in the 70th (West Riding) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, until 22 August 1923.
[15] At the beginning of World War II, Maud returned to military service, being granted a commission as a pilot officer on probation in the Administrative and Special Duties Branch of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve on 14 February 1939.