[1] Reginald Howard Rusby was born on 8 September 1893 in Moseley, Worcestershire, England,[1] but he was a London native.
[2] Rusby was promoted to Lieutenant (Temporary Captain), dating from 30 April 1917, to remain seconded to the RFC.
Undaunted, he would score twice more with a Nieuport, on 18 February and 23 March; on the latter occasion, he set a German reconnaissance plane on fire.
[10] He also upgraded to a Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a, which he used for six single victories in May 1918; one of these was a triumph shared with fellow aces Francis James Davies and Charles G. Ross.
Rusby's final tally was five enemy planes destroyed (three of which he set afire), two driven down out of control, and one captured.