This is a list of World War I flying aces from

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. * Captain Lawrence Coombes, born in Madras, garnered 15 aerial victories as a

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pilot for the

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and the Royal Air Force. * Captain Maurice Douglas Guest Scott was credited with 12 aerial victories flying as both observer and pilot. * Captain (later

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)

Edward Dawson Atkinson Edward Dawson Atkinson, (10 November 1891 – 1934) was a British military officer, aviator, and a flying ace of the First World War, credited with a total of 10 aerial victories while serving in three different squadrons. He would serve postwar ...

,of the Indian Army, was credited with 10 aerial victories in two combat tours, one while flying a

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and another flying a Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a. * Captain

Indra Lal Roy Indra Lal Roy (), (2 December 1898 – 22 July 1918) was the sole Indian World War I flying ace. While serving in the Royal Flying Corps and its successor, the Royal Air Force, he claimed ten aerial victories; five aircraft destroyed (one sha ...

was credited with 10 aerial victories, within two weeks in July 1918, while piloting a Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a in

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. He is the only Indian ace of the war. * Captain (later

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) Arthur Peck of No. 111 Squadron RFC was credited with eight aerial victories. * Captain

Douglas Carbery Brigadier Douglas Hugh Moffatt Carbery (26 March 1894 – 27 April 1959) was a British Artillery officer, who became a World War I flying ace credited with six aerial victories while attached to the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force. He la ...

scored six confirmed aerial victories while serving as an aerial observer in various squadrons. * Lieutenant Thomas Cecil Silwood Tuffield had six aerial victories confirmed while flying as an

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in 48 Squadron's

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s. * Captain George M. Cox scored five aerial victories as a

pilot for No. 65 Squadron RAF.

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World War I flying aces The following are lists of World War I flying aces. Historically, a flying ace was defined as a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. The term was first used by French newspapers, describ ...