Major Edgar Oxenham Amm DFC & Bar (19 August 1898 – 25 March 1953) was a South African flying ace during World War I, credited with ten aerial victories.
[2] After leaving school Amm joined the Royal Flying Corps in South Africa[3] as a temporary second lieutenant (on probation).
Having successfully completed his basic flight training, he was confirmed in his rank and made a flying officer on 19 November 1917.
[5] Initially listed as missing[6] he spent a very short spell as a prisoner of war; one version of his repatriation has him riding a bicycle into his old unit on 24 November;[1] another says he was held for only 48 hours.
[10] Amm declined an opportunity to return home on the first flight ever from England to South Africa,[11] citing a promise to his father to never fly again.