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were credited with five or more aerial victories during World War I. This list is complete.

20 or more victories (83 names)

Billy Bishop Air Marshal William Avery Bishop, (8 February 1894 – 11 September 1956) was a Canadian flying ace of the First World War. He was officially credited with 72 victories, making him the top Canadian and British Empire ace of the war, and a ...

* Edward "Mick" Mannock * Raymond Collishaw * James McCudden *

Andrew Beauchamp-Proctor Andrew Frederick Weatherby (Anthony) Beauchamp-Proctor, (4 September 1894 – 21 June 1921) was a South African airman and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to Briti ...

* Donald MacLaren *

William George Barker William George Barker, (3 November 1894 – 12 March 1930) was a Canadian First World War fighter ace and Victoria Cross recipient. He is the most decorated serviceman in the history of Canada. Early life Born on a family farm in Dauphin, Man ...

* Robert A. Little *

George McElroy Captain George Edward Henry McElroy MC & Two Bars, DFC & Bar (14 May 1893 – 31 July 1918) was a leading Irish fighter pilot of the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force during World War I. He was credited with 47 aerial victories. Milit ...

Roderic Dallas Roderic Stanley (Stan) Dallas, (30 July 1891 – 1 June 1918) was an Australian fighter ace of World War I. His score of aerial victories is generally regarded as the second-highest by an Australian, after Robert Little, bu ...

* Albert Ball * Tom F. Hazell * Philip F. Fullard *

Charles George Gass Charles George Gass, MC (18 April 1898 – March 1977) was the highest scoring observer ace during the First World War, with a total of 39 victories (16 solo) scored serving as a gunner flying with various pilots. After working in the Post Office ...

John Inglis Gilmour John Inglis Gilmour, (28 June 1896 – 24 February 1928) was a British flying ace of the First World War. He was the highest scoring Scotsman in the Royal Flying Corps, with 39 victories. Gilmour began his military career in the Argyll and Suth ...

William Lancelot Jordan Captain William Lancelot Jordan DSC & Bar, DFC (3 December 1896 – 20 August 1925) was a South African World War I flying ace credited with 39 victories. Early life William Lancelot Jordan was born in Georgetown (now George), Cape Co ...

Alfred Atkey Alfred Clayburn Atkey, (16 August 1894 – 14 February 1971) was a Canadian First World War flying ace, officially credited with 38 aerial victories, making him the fifth highest scoring Canadian ace. However, all those above him flew in singl ...

William Gordon Claxton William Gordon Claxton DSO, DFC & Bar (June 1, 1899 – September 28, 1967) was a Canadian World War I flying ace credited with 37 victories. He became the leading ace in his squadron. Background Born on June 1, 1899, in Gladstone, Manitob ...

* James Ira Thomas Jones * Joseph Stewart Temple Fall * Frederick McCall * Henry Winslow Woollett * Frank Granger Quigley * Geoffrey Hilton Bowman * Samuel Kinkead * Andrew Edward McKeever * Charles Dawson Booker * Percy Jack Clayson * Harry Cobby *

Leonard Henry Rochford Leonard Henry Rochford, (10 November 1896 – 17 December 1986) was a British flying ace of the First World War, credited with 29 aerial victories. He returned to military service in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. First World ...

Albert Desbrisay Carter Albert Desbrisay Carter DSO & Bar (2 June 1892 – 22 May 1919) was a Canadian World War I flying ace credited with 28 victories.John Everard Gurdon John Everard Gurdon, (24 May 1898 – 14 April 1973), was a British flying ace in the First World War credited with twenty-eight victories. Early life and background Gurdon was born in Balham, Surrey, the son of John Gurdon and Mary Gray Rat ...

* Reginald Hoidge * Dennis Latimer *

Clifford McEwen Air Vice Marshal Clifford Mackay McEwen CB, MC, DFC & Bar (2 July 1896 – 6 August 1967) was a fighter ace in the British Royal Flying Corps during World War I and a senior commander in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II. His ...

Thomas Percy Middleton Captain Thomas Percy Middleton (born 10 May 1893, date of death unknown), Distinguished Flying Cross was an English World War I fighter ace credited with 27 victories while flying a two seated fighter. Early life Middleton was born in Earlsfie ...

* Frank Ormond Soden *

Arthur Whealy Arthur Treloar Whealy DSC & Bar DFC (2 November 1895 – 23 December 1945) was a Canadian First World War flying ace, officially credited with 27 victories. Background Whealy was a medical student at the University of Toronto before Worl ...

* Ronald Malcolm Fletcher * William Frederick James Harvey *

Elwyn King Elwyn Roy King, DSO, DFC (13 May 1894 – 28 November 1941) was a fighter ace in the Australian Flying Corps (AFC) during World War I. He achieved twenty-six victories in aerial combat, making him the fourth highest-scoring Australia ...

* Gerald Joseph Constable Maxwell * William Ernest Staton * William McKenzie Thomson *

Keith Caldwell Air Commodore Keith Logan "Grid" Caldwell CBE, MC, DFC & Bar (16 October 1895 – 28 November 1980) was a New Zealand fighter ace of the Royal Flying Corps in World War I who also rose to the rank of Air Commodore in the Royal New Zealand ...

* Robert J. O. Compston *

Stanley Wallace Rosevear Stanley Wallace Rosevear DSC & Bar (9 March 1896 – 25 April 1918) was a Canadian First World War flying ace A flying ace, fighter ace or air ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aeri ...

Peter Carpenter Captain Peter Carpenter (6 December 1891 – 21 March 1971) was a Welsh fighter ace in World War I credited with 24 victories. Early life Peter Carpenter was born in Cardiff, Wales, to Peter S. and Jane Carpenter, who had eight other child ...

* George S. L. Hayward * Harry G. E. Luchford * Tom Cecil Noel * William Ernest Shields * James Anderson Slater * William Melville Alexander * William Charles Campbell * Mathew Brown Frew * Howard Percy Lale * Alexander Pentland * Harold Whistler *

Thomas Sinclair Harrison Major Thomas Sinclair Harrison (born 8 January 1898 in Cape Colony) was a World War I fighter ace credited with 22 aerial victories. He was a balloon buster, as he destroyed two enemy observation balloons. This made him the fourth highest scor ...

Louis Fleeming Jenkin Captain Louis Fleeming Jenkin, Military Cross & Bar, (22 August 1895 – 11 September 1917) was a First World War flying ace credited with 22 victories. Early life and service Jenkin was born in London, England, on 22 August 1895 to Austin Fleem ...

* Cecil Frederick King * Arthur Ernest Newland * Benjamin Roxburgh-Smith * Joseph Leonard Maries White * Francis Cubbon * Harold Leslie Edwards * Charles Hickey * William John Charles Kennedy-Cochran-Patrick *

Richard Maybery Captain Richard Aveline Maybery (4 January 1895 – 19 December 1917) was a Welsh flying ace in the First World War. Biography Maybery was born in Brecon, Wales, on 4 January 1895, the only son of Aveline Maybery, a solicitor, and his wife Lu ...

* Richard Minifie *

George Edwin Thomson Captain George Edwin Thomson DSO MC (19 September 1897 – 23 May 1918) was a Scottish World War I flying ace credited with 21 aerial victories. He was the second ranking ace of his squadron, and one of the leading Sopwith Camel aces. Early ...

* Leonard Monteagle Barlow *

Douglas John Bell Captain Douglas John Bell (16 September 1893 – 27 May 1918) was a South African World War I fighter ace credited with 20 aerial victories. He was one of the first fighter pilots to successfully engage an enemy multi-engine bomber. He became ...

* Kenneth Burns Conn *

Edgar Johnston Edgar Charles Johnston, DFC (30 April 1896 – 22 May 1988) was an Australian fighter pilot and ace of the First World War and, later, a leading member in civil aviation in Australia. Early life and First World War Johnston was born in Pert ...

* Camille Lagesse * Ian Donald Roy McDonald * Keith Park * Charles G. Ross * Walter Southey * Frederick Thayre * Arthur Rhys-Davids * Francis Warrington Gillet

15-19 victories (62 names)

* Horace Barton * Wilfred Beaver *

Andrew Cowper Andrew King Cowper, (16 November 1898 – 25 June 1980) was an Australian fighter pilot and flying ace of the First World War. Born in Bingara, New South Wales, he was educated in the United Kingdom at Eastbourne College. Joining the Royal Flyin ...

* Arthur Bradfield Fairclough * Cedric Howell * Leslie Powell * Arthur Reed * Ellis Vair Reid * Alan Wilkinson *

George Chisholm MacKay George Chisholm MacKay DFC (17 May 1898 – 4 September 1973) was a Canadian First World War flying ace A flying ace, fighter ace or air ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial ...

* William Molesworth * Maurice Newnham *

John Todd John Todd or Tod may refer to: Clergy *John Todd (abolitionist) (1818–1894), preacher and 'conductor' on the Underground Railroad * John Todd (author) (1800–1873), American minister and author * John Todd (bishop), Anglican bishop in the early ...

John Lightfoot Trollope John Lightfoot Trollope, (30 May 1897 – 21 October 1958) was a British First World War flying ace, credited with 18 aerial victories, including seven in one day, the first British pilot to do so. Early life and background Trollope was born ...

* Ronald Bannerman * Alfred Williams Carter * Carl Frederick Falkenberg * George Everard Gibbons *

Fred Parkinson Holliday Fred Parkinson Holliday, DSO, MC, AFC (20 February 1888 – 5 March 1960), was an Australian-born Canadian fighter pilot and ace of the First World War. He shot down 17 German aircraft between his entry into the war and its end, making him t ...

Reginald Makepeace Lieutenant Reginald Milburn Makepeace (27 December 1890 – 28 May 1918) was a British World War I flying ace credited with 17 aerial victories. Early life and background Makepeace was born in Darlington, County Durham, the son of John P. Make ...

* John Pinder * Edwin Swale * Edmund Tempest *

Walter Tyrrell Captain Walter Alexander Tyrrell (23 August 1898 – 9 June 1918) was a British First World War flying ace credited with seventeen aerial victories. Early life and background Tyrrell was born in Belfast, one of three sons of John Tyrrell, a ...

Owen Baldwin Captain Owen Morgan Baldwin (21 February 1893 – 12 January 1942) was a British World War I flying ace credited with 16 aerial victories. Post-war he was a successful professional motorcycle racer, and for a time holder of the official motorc ...

Gerald Gordon Bell Captain Gerald Gordon Bell (11 June 1890 – unknown) was a Canadian First World War flying ace, officially credited with sixteen aerial victories while serving in the British Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force. World War I Bell was born ...

Henry John Burden Henry John Burden DSO DFC (28 April 1894 – 28 March 1960) was a Canadian First World War flying ace, officially credited with 16 victories. Life and work Burden was born in Toronto, the son of Margaret Elizabeth Beattie (Eaton) and Charles E ...

John Stanley Chick Air Commodore John Stanley Chick, (22 December 1897 – 21 January 1960), was a Welsh officer of the Royal Air Force, who began his aviation career as a World War I flying ace credited with 16 aerial victories. World War I service John Stanley ...

* John Cowell * Bruce Digby-Worsley * Stearne Tighe Edwards *

Ernest Elton Ernest John Elton, (25 December 1893 – 8 March 1958) was the highest scoring British non-commissioned flying ace during the First World War. He was credited with 17 aerial victories. Early life He was born in Wimborne Workhouse, the son of Ed ...

* Robert Foster * Robert Grosvenor *

Allan Hepburn Wing Commander Allan Hepburn, DFC, (11 October 1896 – 21 July 1975) was an Australian World War I flying ace, who was born in Melbourne, Victoria. He scored 16 victories during his flying career. Military service Hepburn enlisted in the ...

Sidney Highwood Captain Sidney William Highwood (30 December 1896 – 1975) was a British World War I flying ace and balloon buster credited with sixteen aerial victories. Biography Highwood was born in Marden, Kent, to William and Sarah Highwood, of Hertsfie ...

* Frank Johnson * Oliver Redgate * Francis Smith * David Stewart * Christoffel Venter *

Anthony Wall Anthony David Wall (born 29 May 1975) is an English professional golfer. Career Wall was born in London. He turned professional in 1995 and has played on the European Tour since 1998. He has made the top 100 on the Order of Merit every season s ...

* Lawrence Coombes * Cyril Crowe * Charles Cudemore * Ralph Curtis * Ernest Deighton * George Gates *

James Alpheus Glen James Alpheus Glen DSC & Bar (23 June 1890 – 7 March 1962) was a Canadian First World War flying ace, officially credited with 15 victories. Four of these victories occurred in a Sopwith Pup The Sopwith Pup is a British single-seater bi ...

* Harry King Goode * John Rutherford Gordon *

John Edmund Greene John Edmund Greene DFC (2 July 1894 – 14 October 1918) was a Canadian First World War flying ace, officially credited with 15 victories. Greene was shot down by Carl Degelow on 4 October 1918, but survived to be shot down and killed 10 day ...

Edwin Hayne Captain Edwin Tufnell Hayne was a World War I flying ace credited with 15 aerial victories. Early life Edwin Tufnell Hayne was the son of Emily and Tufnell Hayne. He was born in Johannesburg, South African Republic. He attended King Edward VII ...

* Frank Hobson * John Jones * Andrew Kiddie * Harold Mellings * Alfred Mills *

Roy Cecil Phillipps Roy Cecil Phillipps, MC & Bar, DFC (1 March 1892 – 21 May 1941) was an Australian fighter ace of World War I. He achieved fifteen victories in aerial combat, four of them in a single action on 12 June 1918. A grazier b ...

* Herbert Richardson * Harold Stackard * Frank Weare

11-14 victories (157 names)

* Colin Brown * Carleton Main Clement * Arthur Coningham *

Euan Dickson Euan Dickson, (31 March 1892 – 10 March 1980) was a British-born New Zealander bomber pilot and flying ace in the First World War. Serving with the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) and subsequently the Royal Air Force (RAF), he flew over ...

* Charles Findlay *

Maxwell Findlay Captain Maxwell Hutcheon Findlay (17 February 1898 – 1 October 1936) was a Scottish World War I flying ace credited with 14 aerial victories. He remained in the RAF postwar for several years before going on to a civilian aviation career that en ...

James Fitz-Morris Captain James Fitz-Morris (6 April 1897 – 14 August 1918) was a British World War I flying ace credited with 14 aerial victories. Records give his name in various spellings; Fitz-Morris, J. F. Morris, Fitzmorris or Fitzmaurice. Early life a ...

* Frank George Gibbons *

Albert Earl Godfrey Air Vice-Marshal Albert Earl "Steve" Godfrey MC (27 July 1890 – 1 January 1982) was a Canadian First World War flying ace, officially credited with 14 victories while flying for the Royal Flying Corps. He spent the remainder of his c ...

* Frank Gorringe * Arthur Keen * Ronald T. Mark *

Maurice Mealing Second Lieutenant Maurice Edmund Mealing MC (21 July 1893 – 24 March 1918) was a World War I flying ace credited with 14 aerial victories.Shores ''et.al.'' (1990), p. 278. Military service Mealing was originally an infantryman, and was serving ...

* Walter Naylor * James Dennis Payne * William Sidebottom * John Victor Sorsoleil * George Thomson * Arthur Vigers *

Hazel Wallace Captain Hazel LeRoy Wallace DFC (13 November 1897 – 22 March 1976) was a Canadian First World War flying ace, officially credited with 14 victories. His record shows him to have been a notable team player in squadron tactics. Wallace o ...

Herbert Gilles Watson Herbert Gilles Watson, (30 March 1889 – 29 March 1942) was an Australian flying ace of the First World War credited with 14 aerial victories. He was the highest scoring New Zealand-born ace in the Australian Flying Corps, and the fourth highe ...

* Noel Webb * Thomas F. Williams * Frederick C. Armstrong * Charles C. Banks * Reginald Brading * Geoffrey Hornblower Cock * Douglas Graham Cooke * Sidney Cottle * Wilfred A. Curtis *

Albert Enstone Captain Albert James Enstone (29 August 1895 – 4 October 1963) was a British World War I flying ace. Various sources credit him with differing air victory scores. In one text, he is credited with 13 confirmed aerial victories and driving down ...

* Gavin L. Graham * Harold A. Hamersley * Oscar Heron * Spencer B. Horn * George R. Howsam * Ernest Charles Hoy * Harold B. Hudson * Solomon Clifford Joseph * Ronald M. Keirstead * John Letts * Sydney Tyndall Liversedge * William E. G. Mann * John G. Manuel * Wop May * Thomas L. Purdom * Francis James Ralph * Harry Gosford Reeves *

George R. Riley Lieutenant George Raby Riley (23 February 1899 – 1983) was a British World War I flying ace credited with thirteen aerial victories. He was an ace balloon buster, as well as an ace over enemy aircraft. Early life George Raby Riley was born on ...

* Frederick Sowrey * Stanley Stanger *

Eric John Stephens Captain Eric John Stephens (1895-1967) was an Australian flying ace who served in the Royal Air Force. He was credited with 13 confirmed aerial victories. He later became a Qantas pilot. Early life Eric John Stephens was born in Bendigo, Victoria ...

* Francis S. Symondson * John Howard Umney * Desmond Uniacke * Oliver H. D. Vickers * David John Weston * Walter Bertram Wood *

John Oliver Andrews Air Vice Marshal John Oliver Andrews, (20 July 1896 – 29 May 1989) was an English flying ace of the First World War and later a senior officer in the Royal Air Force. He was credited with twelve aerial victories. His most significant victory ...

Brian Edmund Baker Air Marshal Sir Brian Edmund Baker (31 August 1896 – 8 October 1979), was an officer of the Royal Air Force who served in both World Wars. He was a flying ace in World War I credited, in conjunction with his gunners, with twelve victories, c ...

* Thomas Baker * Gerald A. Birks * Clement G. Boothroyd *

Quintin Brand Air Vice-Marshal Sir Christopher Joseph Quintin Brand, (25 May 1893 – 7 March 1968) was a South African officer of the Royal Air Force. Early life Brand was born in Beaconsfield (now part of Kimberley, Northern Cape) in South Africa to a CID ...

* Edwin C. Bromley *

Raymond Brownell Air Commodore Raymond James Brownell, (17 May 1894 – 12 April 1974) was a senior officer in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and a First World War flying ace. Born in Hobart, Tasmania, Brownell was working as a clerk with a firm of accou ...

Oliver Bryson Oliver Campbell Bryson (18 August 1896 – 27 March 1977) was a Royal Air Force officer who served in both World Wars. He was a flying ace credited with 12 aerial victories during the First World War. Early life Bryson was born in Lickey, a vill ...

* Walter M. Carlaw * Percival V. G. Chambers * Edwin A. Clear * Francis James Davies * Frank Godfrey * Ernest Hardcastle *

William Leeming Harrison Captain William Leeming Harrison was a Canadian fighter ace in the First World War. He was credited with twelve aerial victories. Enlistment information William Leeming Harrison enlisted in the 220th Battalion (12th Regiment York Rangers), CEF o ...

* William Henry Hubbard * John E. L. Hunter * Gordon Budd Irving * William Stanley Jenkins * George Hubert Kemp *

Gwilym Hugh Lewis Wing Commander Gwilym Hugh Lewis (5 August 1897 – 18 December 1996) was a British flying ace during World War I. He was credited with 12 confirmed aerial victories. He went on to a very successful career as an insurance broker. Lewis was the n ...

* Frederic Ives Lord *

Roby Lewis Manuel Roby Lewis Manuel, with Bar, (7 October 1895 – 18 October 1975) was an Australian flying ace of the First World War credited with 12 official aerial victories. He led the Anzac Day flyby in London in 1919. When World War II erupted, Manuel joi ...

* Roy Manzer * Norman Mawle * Douglas McGregor * Kenneth Barbour Montgomery * Josiah Lewis Morgan *

Ian Napier Captain Ian Patrick Robert Napier (24 June 1895 – 9 May 1977) was a Scottish World War I flying ace credited with twelve aerial victories. Biography Early life Ian Napier was born in Milton, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, one of three childr ...

* Walter Noble * Guy William Price * John Steele Ralston * Henry Coyle Rath *

Cecil Roy Richards Lieutenant Cecil Roy Richards was an Australian flying ace of World War I. He was credited with twelve aerial victories. Early life Richards enlisted on 16 March 1915. He served on ground duty in both Gallipoli and France before transferring to ...

Alfred William Saunders Captain Alfred William Saunders (16 January 1888 – 22 May 1930) was an Irish flying ace of the First World War, credited with twelve aerial victories. He remained in the RAF post-war, serving until 1927. Early life and background Saunders was ...

* James Scaramanga * Maurice D. G. Scott *

Alexander MacDonald Shook Major Alexander MacDonald Shook was a Canadian World War I flying ace. During his stint with the Royal Naval Air Service, he was credited with 12 official aerial victories. Early life Shook was born in Ontario, Canada on 2 December 1888; the ex ...

* Ross MacPherson Smith * Reginald Soar *

William Samuel Stephenson Sir William Samuel Stephenson (23 January 1897 – 31 January 1989), born William Samuel Clouston Stanger, was a Canadian soldier, fighter pilot, businessman and spymaster who served as the senior representative of the British Security Coord ...

Leonard Taplin Lieutenant Leonard Thomas Eaton Taplin (16 December 1895 – 8 July 1961) was an Australian World War I flying ace. During his service in Palestine, he helped pioneer the use of aerial photography for cartography. He then transferred to the ...

* Chester Thompson *

Adrian Tonks Captain Adrian James Boswell Tonks (10 May 1898 – 14 July 1919) was a British First World War flying ace. He was officially credited with twelve aerial victories, and was twice awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. Early life and backgro ...

Richard M. Trevethan Squadron Leader Richard Michael Trevethan (24 January 1895 – 30 December 1971) was a British First World War flying ace credited with List of World War I aces credited with 11–14 victories, twelve aerial victories. Early life and background ...

* Melville Wells Waddington *

Dennis Waight Colonel Dennis Edward Francis Waight (15 February 1895 – October 1984) was a British Army professional infantryman. After being decorated for valor while serving as a fusilier early in World War I, he flew in combat as an aerial observer u ...

* James White * Fred Everest Banbury * Harold F. Beamish * Alexander Beck * Philip Scott Burge *

Arnold Jacques Chadwick Flight Commander Arnold Jacques Chadwick (August 23, 1893 – July 28, 1917) was a Canadian-born World War I flying ace credited with 11 aerial victories. He became an ace twice over; once while flying Sopwith Pups and again while piloting Sopwi ...

* Roy W. Chappell *

Hugh Claye Hugh Claye (22 June 1889 – 9 August 1972) was a British flying ace of World War I. In conjunction with his pilots he was credited with 11 aerial victories (four destroyed, seven 'driven down out of control') while flying as an observer/gunner ...

Clive Franklyn Collett Captain Clive Franklyn Collett (28 August 1886 – 23 December 1917) was a World War I flying ace from New Zealand credited with 11 aerial victories. He was the first British or Commonwealth military pilot to use a parachute, in a test. While se ...

* Thomas Colvill-Jones * Hiram Frank Davison * Harold Day * William Duncan * Trevor Durrant * Thomas Elliott * John C. B. Firth * Henry Garnet Forrest * William M. Fry * Frederick J. Gibbs * Charles D. B. Green * Thomas M. Harries *

John Herbert Hedley Captain John Herbert Hedley (19 July 1887 – 1 April 1977) was a World War I British flying ace credited with eleven aerial victories. The observer ace claimed to have survived a bizarre flying mishap which earned him the moniker "The Luckiest ...

Leslie Norman Hollinghurst Air Chief Marshal Sir Leslie Norman Hollinghurst, (2 January 1895 – 8 June 1971) was a British flying ace of the First World War and a senior commander in the Royal Air Force. Early life and First World War Hollinghurst was born in Muswell ...

* Geoffrey H. Hooper *

Campbell Hoy Group Captain Campbell Alexander Hoy (13 February 1893 – 9 March 1985) was a British flying ace during the First World War, credited with eleven aerial victories. He remained in the Royal Air Force post-war and served through the end of the Seco ...

Geoffrey Forrest Hughes Geoffrey Forrest Hughes, (12 July 1895 – 13 September 1951) was an Australian aviator and flying ace of the First World War. He was credited with 11 aerial victories, and won a Military Cross for his valour. After a postwar award of the Air ...

* Patrick Huskinson * William Roy Irwin * Mansell Richard James *

George Owen Johnson Air Marshal George Owen Johnson CB, MC (January 24, 1896 – March 28, 1980) was a Canadian aviator, World War I Flying Ace and a senior commander in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II. Military career World War I service Bor ...

* Arthur G. Jones-Williams * Herbert Joseph Larkin * Walter H. Longton * Charles M. Maude * Malcolm C. McGregor * Finlay McQuistan * James Hart Mitchell * Sydney A. Oades * Harold Anthony Oaks *

Herbert A. Patey Captain Herbert Andrew Patey (25 September 1898 – 18 February 1919) was an English World War I flying ace credited with 11 aerial victories. World War I Patey began his military career by joining the Royal Naval Division early in World War I. ...

* Leonard A. Payne * Clement W. Payton * George E. Randall * Hervey Rhodes *

Cyril Ridley Flight Lieutenant Cyril Burfield Ridley (15 January 1895 – 17 May 1920) was a British World War I flying ace, who served in the Royal Naval Air Service and the Royal Air Force, before being killed in a flying accident in 1920. Early life a ...

* Thomas Rose * Ivan C. Sanderson *

John Stevenson Stubbs Captain John Stevenson Stubbs DFC AFC was an English First World War flying ace credited with 11 official victories. He was a pioneering bomber pilot who was the war's leading ace for the British Airco DH.9. He also carried off the rather unus ...

* Albert Gregory Waller * Arthur W. Wood * Wilfred Ernest Young

10 victories (47 names)

* Laurence W. Allen * Edgar O. Amm *

Gordon Apps Lieutenant Gordon Frank Mason Apps (3 May 1899 – 24 October 1931) was a British-born World War I flying ace credited with 10 aerial victories. After working for the Imperial Wireless Chain in England postwar, he returned to Canada and joined t ...

* Edward Dawson Atkinson * Herbert H. Beddow *

Hilliard Brooke Bell Captain Hilliard Brooke Bell (9 March 1897 – 16 September 1960) was a Canadian First World War flying ace credited with ten aerial victories while serving in the British Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force. Early life and education Hillia ...

* Robert A. Birkbeck * Lloyd S. Breadner *

Arthur Roy Brown Arthur Roy Brown, (23 December 1893 – 9 March 1944) was a Canadian flying ace of the First World War, credited with ten aerial victories. The Royal Air Force officially credited Brown with shooting down Manfred von Richthofen, the "Red ...

* Frederick Elliott Brown * Sydney Carlin * Robert L. Chidlaw-Roberts * Adrian Cole * Valentine Collins *

Jack Armand Cunningham Lieutenant-Colonel Jack Armand Cunningham, (4 December 1890 – 3 April 1956) was an English World War I flying ace credited with 10 aerial victories. His victory record was remarkable for being scored over a four-year stretch, using four differ ...

* Douglas Arthur Davies * Edgar G. Davies * Robert Dodds *

Aubrey Ellwood Air Marshal Sir Aubrey Beauclerk Ellwood, (3 July 1897 – 20 December 1992) was a senior Royal Air Force commander. RAF career Educated at Marlborough College, Ellwood joined the Royal Naval Air Service in 1916. During his service as a figh ...

William H. Farrow Wing Commander William Hastings Farrow (30 March 1893 – 11 July 1946) was a British World War I flying ace credited with 10 aerial victories. He would pursue a military career well into the 1920s before resigning in 1926. Like many World War ...

* Cecil Gardner *

Thomas Gerrard Thomas Gerard (1500?–1540) (Gerrard, also Garret or Garrard) was an English Protestant reformer. In 1540, he was burnt to death for heresy, along with William Jerome and Robert Barnes. Life He matriculated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, ...

* Gerald Gibbs * Stanley Goble * George Stacey Hodson *

Will Hubbard Captain Will Hubbard (25 February 1895 – 1 July 1969) was a British World War I aviation equipment developer and flying ace. He fought in the Gallipoli campaign prior to his aviation career. In 1916, he was sent to England to work on developi ...

* William Edward Jenkins * Alfred Michael Koch *

Patrick Anthony Langan-Byrne Second Lieutenant Patrick Anthony Langan Byrne (1895 – 16 October 1916) was an Irish flying ace of the First World War credited with ten aerial victories. Early life and education Byrne was born in Clogherhead, Co. Louth, the son of Dr. and ...

* John Joseph Malone * Alfred E. McKay * Guy Borthwick Moore * Gordon Olley * John Paynter * Croye Pithey *

Arthur Randall Flight Lieutenant Arthur Clunie Randall (b. 6 February 1896) was a Scottish World War I flying ace credited with 10 aerial victories. After earning a Distinguished Flying Cross during the war, he remained in military service until 1926. Early ...

Harold Redler Lieutenant Harold Bolton Redler (27 January 1897 – 21 June 1918) was a British World War I flying ace credited with ten aerial victories. His most notable triumph was over a leading German ace, Adolf von Tutschek, whom he killed in action. E ...

* Harry Robinson *

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 sh ...

* John Rudkin * Reginald H. Rusby * Alfred Shepherd * Saint Cyprian Tayler *

Frank Harold Taylor Lieutenant Frank Harold Taylor (11 August 1896—7 June 1985) was a Canadian-born flying ace. During World War I, he was credited with ten aerial victories. Early life and service Frank Harold Taylor was Toronto born, being the child of Jane ...

* John Henry Tudhope * William Lewis Wells * Russell Winnicott

9 victories (80 names)

* Cyril John Agelasto *

Charles Arnison Lieutenant Charles Henry Arnison (13 January 1893 – 4 September 1974) was a British World War I flying ace credited with nine aerial victories. He won the Military Cross for valour in World War I, and returned to the RAF to serve in World War ...

* Harold H. Balfour *

William Thomas Barnes Lieutenant William Thomas Barnes (10 March 1892 – 28 November 1920) was an English World War I flying ace. He served as an observer/gunner in Bristol F.2 Fighters, gaining, in conjunction with his pilots, nine confirmed aerial victories (6 de ...

* Walter Beales * Rex George Bennett * James Binnie * John Denis Breakey * Frederick Britnell * William Henry Brown * George William Bulmer *

Francis Dominic Casey Francis Dominic Casey, (3 August 1890 – 11 August 1917) was an Irish flying ace of the Royal Naval Air Service during the First World War, credited with nine aerial victories. He received the Distinguished Service Cross before his death duri ...

* Thomas Cassady * Leonard Arthur Christian * Eric Douglas Cummings * Donald Cunnell *

Hector Daniel Brigadier Hector Cyril Daniel (189828 December 1953) was a South African military commander. He served in the Royal Air Force in World War I, becoming an ace with nine aerial victories, and joined the South African Air Force in 1923. He w ...

* George Darvill * Richard Dawes * Roger Del'Haye * George Dixon * John Doyle *

Christopher Draper Squadron Commander Christopher Draper (15 April 1892 – 16 January 1979), was an English flying ace of World War I. His penchant for flying under bridges earned him the nickname "the Mad Major". After the war he became a film star through h ...

* Arthur Thomas Drinkwater *

James Henry Forman Captain James Henry Forman DFC (1 February 1896 - 4 October 1972) was a World War I Canadian flying ace credited with nine aerial victories. He was personally decorated by his king for his valor. After leaving military service in the 1920s, he w ...

* Frederick Gordon * Robert MacIntyre Gordon *

Acheson Goulding Group Captain Acheson Gosford Goulding (15 May 1893 – 27 April 1951) was a Canadian World War I flying ace credited with 21 aerial victories. After infantry service, he transferred to aviation and served in Asia Minor and the Balkans. After wi ...

* William Edward Green *

George Hackwill Captain George Henry Hackwill (22 December 1892 – 4 July 1954) was an English World War I flying ace credited with nine aerial victories. His most notable victory was his role in shooting down a German Gotha G.V, over Essex on the night of 28 ...

* James Hardman * Frederick Hunt * Reginald Johns *

Norman Cyril Jones Captain Norman Cyril Jones (8 February 1895 – 23 March 1974) was an English flying ace during World War I. He was credited with nine aerial victories. Early life Norman Cyril Jones was born in Cheshire, England.Shores ''et.al.'' (1990), p. 21 ...

Harold Spencer Kerby Air Vice Marshal Harold Spencer Kerby, (14 May 1893 – 8 June 1963) was Canadian-born air officer of the Royal Air Force. He served in the Royal Naval Air Service during the First World War, where he became a flying ace with nine confirmed aer ...

* Leslie Walter King * Francis Kitto * Charles Lavers * George V. Learmond * James Leith Leith * Selden Long *

Cyril Lowe Cyril Nelson "Kit" Lowe, (7 October 1891 – 6 February 1983) was an English rugby union footballer who held England's international try scoring record for over sixty years, a First World War flying ace credited with nine victories, and suppose ...

* Norman Macmillan * Cecil Marchant * Ronald Mauduit * Reginald Maxwell * John Sutholand McDonald *

Christopher McEvoy Christopher McEvoy, (2 February 1899 – 12 October 1953) was a British aviator and flying ace, credited with nine aerial victories during the First World War. Early life Christopher McEvoy was born in Cricklewood, North London on 2 February 18 ...

* David MacKay McGoun * Horace Merritt *

John Theobald Milne Captain John Theobald Milne (20 August 1895 – 24 October 1917) was an English fighter pilot and flying ace of the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War. He was credited (with his gunners) with nine aerial victories (four destroyed and ...

* Basil Moody * Richard Burnard Munday * Charles Napier * Ernest Norton * Arthur Noss * Conn Standish O'Grady * Samuel Parry * Edmond Pierce *

Frank Ransley Captain Frank Cecil Ransley (18 October 1897 – 31 December 1992) was a British World War I flying ace credited with nine aerial victories. He would survive the war to become one of its oldest aces before dying at 95 years of age. Early life F ...

* Valentine Reed * William Reed *

George Reid Sir George Houston Reid, (25 February 1845 – 12 September 1918) was an Australian politician who led the Reid Government as the fourth Prime Minister of Australia from 1904 to 1905, having previously been Premier of New South Wales fr ...

* William Wendell Rogers * Herbert Rowley *

Ernest James Salter Captain Ernest James Salter was a Canadian World War I flying ace credited with nine aerial victories. He returned to service during World War II. Early life Ernest James Salter was born in Greenbank, Ontario, Canada on 9 November 1897. He was th ...

* Joseph Siddall *

Charles Sims Charles Sims may refer to: * Charles Sims (painter) (1873–1928), British painter * Charles Sims (mathematician) (1938–2017), American mathematician * Charles Sims (aviator) (1899–1929), British World War I flying ace * Charles Sims (American ...

* Arthur Solly * Anthony Spence * Louis Mark Thompson * Ronald Thornely *

Frederick Dudley Travers Captain Frederick Dudley Travers (born 15 February 1897; date of death unknown) was an English World War I flying ace credited with nine aerial victories. His later life saw his continued service to his nation in both the Royal Air Force Volun ...

* Ronald William Turner * Guy Wareing * Kenneth Bowman Watson * Albert Edward Wear * Thomas Williams * Alec Williamson

8 victories (109 names)

* John William Aldred * Gerald Frank Anderson * Geoffrey Bailey * Charles Bartlett * Bernard Beanlands * Donald Beard * Edwin Benbow * Maurice Benjamin * Henry Biziou * Gregory Blaxland * Giles Blennerhasset * Clive Brewster-Joske * Edric Broadberry * Alfred John Brown * James Martin Child * Robert David Coath * Edwin Cole * James Geoffrey Coombe *

Leslie Court Second Lieutenant Leslie Simpson Court (1897 – 10 December 1918) was a British World War I flying ace. He was credited with eight aerial victories, gained while serving as an observer/gunner in No. 25 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps.Guttman & Demps ...

* William Craig * Henry Crowe * James Dawe * John D. De Pencier * Percy Douglas *

Peter Roy Maxwell Drummond Air Marshal Sir Peter Roy Maxwell Drummond, (2 June 1894 – 27 March 1945) was an Australian-born senior commander in the Royal Air Force (RAF). He rose from private soldier in World War I to air marshal in World War ...

Gordon Duncan Gordon Duncan (14 May 1964 – 14 December 2005) was a Scottish bagpiper, low whistle player and composer, born in Turriff, Aberdeenshire. Early life Duncan was born in Turriff, Aberdeenshire on 14 May 1964. His parents were tenant farmer an ...

* William Durrand * Harold E. Easton * Leonard Herbert Emsden *

Harold Ross Eycott-Martin Captain Harold Ross Eycott-Martin (2 January 1897 – date of death unknown) was a British pilot in the First World War. He began and ended his military career in the Royal Engineers. While seconded for duty with the Royal Air Force, he would wi ...

* Garfield Finlay * Desmond Fitzgibbon * Austin Lloyd Fleming * Cyril Gladman * Clive Glynn *

James Grant James Grant may refer to: Politics and law * Sir James Grant, 1st Baronet (died 1695), Scottish lawyer *Sir James Grant, 6th Baronet (1679–1747), Scottish Whig politician *Sir James Grant, 8th Baronet (1738–1811), Scottish member of parliament ...

* Gilbert W. M. Green * Eustace Grenfell *

Victor Groom Air Marshal Sir Victor Emmanuel Groom, (4 August 1898 – 6 December 1990) was a senior officer in the British Royal Air Force and a flying ace of the First World War credited with eight aerial victories. He rose to become a consequential part ...

* Reuben Hammersley * Frederick Harlock * Herbert George Hegarty * Alfred Hemming *

George Hicks George Hicks may refer to: * George Hicks (trade unionist) (1879–1954), British trade unionist and politician * George Hicks (footballer) (1902–?), English footballer * George Elgar Hicks (1824–1914), English painter * George Hicks (RAF offic ...

* D'Arcy Fowlis Hilton * Ivan F. Hind *

William Norman Holmes Sergeant William Norman Holmes (born 1896, date of death unknown) was a World War I flying ace credited with eight aerial victories. Between 11 March and 8 July 1918, while serving as an observer/gunner in No. 62 Squadron RAF, flying the Brist ...

* Thomas Stanley Horry *

Richard Howard Richard Joseph Howard (October 13, 1929 – March 31, 2022; adopted as Richard Joseph Orwitz) was an American poet, literary critic, essayist, teacher, and translator. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and was a graduate of Columbia University, w ...

* Hubert Hunt * Ernest Graham Joy * Kenneth William Junor *

Robert Kirby Kirkman Captain Robert Kirby Kirkman (25 June 1891 – 9 May 1938) was an English World War I flying ace credited with eight aerial victories. Family background Robert Kirkman was born in Cosby, Leicestershire, the youngest of eight children of farme ...

* Arthur Gerald Knight * Sidney Knights * Kenneth Leask * Forde Leathley * Cecil Arthur Lewis * Alan Light * George Lloyd * Dudley Lloyd-Evans *

William Myron MacDonald Lieutenant William Myron MacDonald was an American-born Canadian flying ace. He was credited with eight confirmed victories during World War I while flying as a wingman to Victoria Cross winner William George Barker. Early life William Myron Mac ...

* William John MacKenzie *

Reginald Malcolm Captain Reginald George Malcolm was a Canadian flying ace during World War I. He was credited with eight aerial victories scored during March, April, and May 1916. Early life Reginald George Malcolm was a Canadian, though there are conflicting ...

* George Ivan Douglas Marks * Ernest Masters * M. B. Mather * Hugh Maund * John McCudden * James McDonald * Roderick McDonald * Henry Meintjes * Alexander W. Merchant * Leslie Mitchell *

Henry Moody Flight Lieutenant Henry Michael Moody was a British World War I flying ace credited with eight aerial victories. His sixth triumph was over German ace Alwin Thurm. He served in the Royal Air Force post-war, until killed in a flying accident in ...

* Joseph Michael John Moore * Keith K. Muspratt * Thomas Nash * Eric Olivier * William O'Toole * Eric Pashley *

Arthur Peck Group Captain Arthur Hicks Peck, (25 April 1889 – 14 February 1975) was an officer of the Royal Air Force, who was a flying ace credited with eight aerial victories in the First World War. Family background and education Arthur Peck was bo ...

* Philip B. Prothero * John Quested * Lionel Rees * Charles Robson * William Rooper * Alexander Roulstone * William J. Rutherford * Harold Satchell * Franklin Saunders * Owen Scholte * Walter Scott * Herbert Sellars * John Edward Sharman * George Simpson * Robert Sloley * John Henry Smith * Langley Smith *

William Watson Smith Lieutenant William Watson Smith (born 1892, date of death is unknown) was a Scottish First World War flying ace credited with eight aerial victories. Military service Smith was commissioned as a temporary second lieutenant in the Gordon Highla ...

* Bertram Smyth * John Summers * Leslie Sutherland * Clifford Tolman *

Thomas Traill Air Vice Marshal Thomas Cathcart Traill, (6 August 1899 – 1 October 1973) was a senior Royal Air Force officer. He began his military career as a midshipman in the Royal Navy, transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in 1917 and rose to the ran ...

John Warner John William Warner III (February 18, 1927 – May 25, 2021) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the United States Secretary of the Navy from 1972 to 1974 and as a five-term Republican U.S. Senator from Virginia from 1979 to 20 ...

* Leslie Warren * Claude Melnot Wilson * William Wright

7 victories (133 names)

* Frank Alberry *

Charles Allen Charles Allen may refer to: Politicians *Charles Allen (Massachusetts politician) (1797–1869), American politician and congressman in Massachusetts * Charles Allen (Australian politician) (1833–1913), Australian politician and member of the ...

Ernest Antcliffe Sergeant Ernest Antcliffe (12 October 1898 – 19 June 1974) was a World War I flying ace gunner who, in conjunction with his pilots, was credited with seven aerial victories between 25 June 1918 and the end of the war. Antcliffe was original ...

* Lionel Ashfield *

Thomas Barkell Lieutenant Thomas Henry Barkell (born 1892, date of death unknown) was an Australian flying ace of the First World War, credited with seven aerial victories. Military service No. 3 Squadron AFC Barkell worked as a motor mechanic in Sydney be ...

* John Bateman * Alan Duncan Bell-Irving * Thomas Birmingham * William Harry Bland * Cecil Brock * George Ai Brooke * Stanton Bunting *

David Luther Burgess David Luther Burgess MC MBE (January 28, 1891 – November 30, 1960) was a World War I flying ace who, in 1926, was the sole challenger to Liberal Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King in a by-election held in Prince Albert, Saskatchewa ...

* Lynn Campbell * Leslie Capel * Robert Chandler * Charles Chapman * William Chisam *

Arthur Claydon Captain Arthur Claydon (25 September 1885 – 8 July 1918) was a British World War I flying ace credited with seven aerial victories. Biography Claydon was one of five brothers, born in Deeping St. James, Lincolnshire. In 1902 he and his ol ...

* Stanley Cockerell * Arthur Cyril Cooper * Arthur Gabbettis Cooper * Sidney Cowan * Roland Critchley * Edward Crundall *

Alec Cunningham-Reid Captain Alec Stratford Cunningham-Reid (20 April 1895 – 26 March 1977), known in his early life as Alec Stratford Reid, was a British First World War flying ace credited with seven aerial victories. After the war, he entered politics as a Con ...

* Rowan Daly * Ernest Davies * Ernest Davis * James Dewhirst *

Roy Dodds Captain Roy Edward Dodds (July 19, 1893 – April 2, 1965) was a World War I flying ace credited with seven aerial victories. Biography Born in Buffalo, New York, Dodds went to Canada in 1916 to enlist in the Royal Flying Corps. Trained in the T ...

* Henry Dolan * Thomas A. Doran * Arthur Draisey *

Herbert Drewitt Captain Herbert Frank Stacey Drewitt (25 March 1895 – 4 January 1927) was a New Zealand World War I flying ace credited with seven aerial victories. He was one of the few Royal Army aces that used French-built Spads as his weapon. World War ...

* Cedric Edwards * Herbert Ellis * Conway Farrell * George Buchanan Foster * Gordon Fox-Rule *

Adrian Franklyn Group Captain Adrian Winfrid Franklyn (1 April 1899 – June 1986) was a British World War I flying ace credited with seven aerial victories. He remained in the Royal Air Force post-war, and served throughout World War II before retiring in 194 ...

* Maurice Freehill * John Gamon * Eric Gilroy * Walter Grant * William Edrington Gray * Wilfred Green * John Griffith * Frederick Hall * Herbert Hamilton * Herbert Hartley *

Lanoe Hawker Lanoe George Hawker, (30 December 1890 – 23 November 1916) was a British flying ace of the First World War. Having seven credited victories, he was the third pilot to receive the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration for gallantry awar ...

* Ian Henderson *

William Carrall Hilborn Captain William Carrall Hilborn (whose middle and last names are variously spelled Carroll and Hillborn) (5 July 1898 – 26 August 1918) was a World War I Canadian flying ace. He was raised as a western Canadian pioneer. He undertook his own av ...

* Charles Hill * Richard Frank Hill * John Hills * Edward Hoare * Percy Hobson * Jeffrey Batters Home-Hay * Norman William Hustings *

Arthur Jarvis Arthur Eyguem De Montaigne Jarvis (30 November 1894 - 20 January 1969) was a Canadian World War I flying ace A flying ace, fighter ace or air ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial ...

* Louis Jarvis * Archie Nathaniel Jenks *

Alan Jerrard Alan Jerrard, VC (3 December 1897 – 14 May 1968) was an English aviator and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. An officer of the S ...

* Albert Leslie Jones *

George Jones George Glenn Jones (September 12, 1931 – April 26, 2013) was an American country musician, singer, and songwriter. He achieved international fame for his long list of hit records, including his best-known song " He Stopped Loving Her Today", ...

* Harold Joslyn * Edward Patrick Kenney * Walter Kirk * Frederick John Knowles *

Maurice Le Blanc-Smith Major Maurice Le Blanc-Smith (23 February 1896 – 29 October 1986) was a British World War I flying ace credited with seven aerial victories. Biography Background and education Le Blanc-Smith's great-grandfather was Henry Le Blanc (1776 ...

* Arthur Lee *

Alfred Alexander Leitch Alfred Alexander Leitch was born on 5 February 1894 in Killarney, Manitoba, Canada. He grew into a tall young man. He enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force on 15 May 1917 as an unmarried student. Upon his enlistment, he designated his n ...

* Thomas Le Mesurier * Hector MacDonald * Peter MacDougall * Norman MacGregor * John MacKereth * William MacLanachan * Malcolm Plaw MacLeod * Henry Maddocks * Roy Kirkwood McConnell *

Paul McGinness Paul Joseph McGinness, (14 February 1896 – 25 January 1952) was an Australian flying ace of the First World War, credited with seven aerial victories. He was a co-founder of Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services (Qantas). Ear ...

* Ernest Stanley Moore * Ernest Morrow * William Nel * Charles Odell *

Augustus Orlebar Air Vice Marshal Augustus Henry Orlebar, (17 February 1897 – 4 August 1943) was a British Army and Royal Air Force officer who served in both world wars. After being wounded during the Gallipoli campaign, Orlebar was seconded to the Royal F ...

* Hugh Owen * Robert Owen * John Albert Page * Arthur Palliser * William Patrick * William Pearson * George Peters * Frank Potter * Stuart Harvey Pratt * John Carberry Preston * Stephen Price * William Price * Stanley Puffer * Lewis Ray *

Lancelot Richardson Captain Lancelot Lytton Richardson (18 October 1895 – 13 April 1917) was an Australian flying ace during World War I. He was credited with seven confirmed aerial victories before his death in action on 13 April 1917. Early life and service Lanc ...

* James Robb * Charles Robinson * Howard Saint *

Douglas Savage Douglas Alfred Savage, (1892–1967) was a British flying ace of the First World War, credited with seven aerial victories. First World War Savage was born in Oxford, where his father Alfred Savage, was a stationer, bookseller and publisher. ...

* Harry Scandrett * Kenneth Gordon Seth-Smith *

Leonard Slatter Air Marshal Sir Leonard Horatio Slatter, (8 December 1894 – 14 April 1961) was a naval aviator during the First World War and a senior Royal Air Force commander during the Second World War. Slatter ended his career as the Air Officer Commandi ...

* Emerson Smith * Frederick Stanton * Charles Steele * Charles Owen Stone * Gilbert Strange * Charles Stubbs * Oliver Sutton * Arthur Gilbert Vivian Taylor * James Tennant *

David Tidmarsh Squadron Leader David Mary Tidmarsh (28 January 1892 – 27 November 1944) was an Irish-born flying ace of the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War, credited with seven aerial victories. Personal life Tidmarsh was born on Circular R ...

* William Tinsley * Alexander Tranter *

Norman Trescowthick Norman Charles Trescowthick, (18 July 1895 – 23 March 1966) was an Australian flying ace of the First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in histo ...

* Francis Turner * Awdry Vaucour * Harold Walkerdine *

James Wellwood James Joseph Wellwood (15 October 1892 – 25 October 1984) was an Australian flying ace of the First World War credited with seven aerial victories. After the war, he went on to a long career as an agriculturalist. Early life James Joseph Wel ...

* Harold Albert White * Hugh White * Percy Williams * Percy Wilson * Albert Woodbridge

6 victories (128 names)

* Ivan Agabeg * Percival Appleby * John Aspinall * Robert Barbour * John Barlow * Frank Bell * Eric Betts * Nicholson Boulton * Percy Boulton * Clifford Bowman * Arthur Britton * Eric Brookes *

Leslie William Burbidge Captain Leslie William Burbidge (born 10 March 1891, Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex, England, date and place of death unknown) was a World War I flying ace credited with six aerial victories. He flew as an observer/gunner in Bristol F.2 Fighters in 20 ...

* James Bush * William Cairnes * William Cambray *

John Candy John Franklin Candy (October 31, 1950 – March 4, 1994) was a Canadian actor and comedian known mainly for his work in Hollywood films. Candy rose to fame in the 1970s as a member of the Toronto branch of the Second City and its '' SCTV'' seri ...

* Douglas Carbery * Robert Chalmers * Thomas Chiltern * Henry Gordon Clappison * Edward Clarke * Harris George Clements * John Henry Colbert * Reginald Conder * Gerald Kempster Cooper *

Maurice Cooper Captain Maurice Lea Cooper (18 December 1898 – 2 October 1918) was an Irish World War I flying ace credited with six aerial victories. Early life and background Cooper was born in Dublin, Ireland, the only son of John Hall Cooper, an Irish ...

Irving Corey Second Lieutenant Irving Banfield Corey (August 30, 1892 – April 18, 1976) was a Canadian World War I flying ace credited with six aerial victories. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in the 1919 Birthday Honours The 1919 B ...

* Earl Frederick Crabb *

Thomas Culling Flight Lieutenant Thomas Grey Culling DSC (31 May 1896 – 8 June 1917) was New Zealand's first flying ace of the First World War. Born in Dunedin, New Zealand, Culling joined the Samoa Expeditionary Force following the outbreak of the First W ...

* William Curphey * John Daley * Charles Dance * Edward Darby * Horace Balfour Davey * Charles Davidson * Horace Debenham * John Elmer Drummond * Denis Edwin Edgley * Cyril Askew Eyre * Robert Farquhar * Daniel Galbraith * George Gardiner * Rupert Gifford * George H. D. Gossip *

Herbert Gould Captain Herbert Ruska Gould (23 December 1891 – 14 August 1918) was a British World War I flying ace credited with six aerial victories. Biography Gould was born in Sydney, Australia, the second son of English journalist and novelist Nathan ...

* James Green *

Duncan Grinnell-Milne Captain Duncan William Grinnell-Milne (6 August 1896 – November 1973) was an English First World War pilot credited with six confirmed aerial victories, a prisoner of war who escaped from German captivity, a flying ace, and an author. Initial ...

* Alfred Haines * David S. Hall * Stanley Hamblin * Leslie Hamilton * Geoffrey Hemming * Cyril Heywood * Walter G. R. Hinchliffe * Philip Holligan * Victor Huston * Bruce Jackman * H. S. Jackson * Philip Andrew Johnston * Noel Keeble * Ernest Tilton Sumpter Kelly * George Lawson * Thomas Lewis * H. Lindfield * George Lingham * Alwyne Travers Loyd * Thomas Luke * Andrew MacGregor *

Garnet Malley Garnet Francis Malley, (2 November 1892 – 20 May 1961) was an Australian fighter ace of World War I, credited with six aerial victories. He was an aviation adviser to Chiang Kai-shek's government in China during the 1930s, and an ...

* T. W. Martin * F. H. Maynard * Malcolm McCall * Robert McKenzie * Robert McLaughlin * Oscar McMaking * Leslie McRobert * Earl Stanley Meek *

William Meggitt Flight Lieutenant William Geoffrey Meggitt (8 April 1894 – 28 January 1927) was a British World War I flying ace credited with six aerial victories. World War I Meggitt was commissioned as a second lieutenant (on probation) in the 3rd Battal ...

* Frank Tremar Sibly Menendez * William James Middleton * Archibald Miller * William Miller *

Norman Craig Millman Captain Norman Craig Millman was a Canadian First World War flying ace credited with six aerial victories.,

* Laurence Minot * Hugh Fitzgerald Moore * Gerald Ewart Nash * Ernest Edward Owen *

Augustus Paget Sir Augustus Berkeley Paget GCB (16 April 1823 – 11 July 1896) was a British diplomat. In 1876, Paget was appointed a member of Queen Victoria's privy council. Biography Augustus Berkeley Paget was born on 16 April 1823, the son of the ...

* Medley Parlee * Laurence Pearson * Geoffrey Pidcock * Sydney Pope * Frederick Powell * Thomas G. Rae *

Richard Raymond-Barker Richard Raymond-Barker, MC (6 May 1894 – 20 April 1918) was a British aviator and flying ace, credited with six aerial victories in the First World War. He was Manfred von Richthofen's penultimate victim. Family background and education Richa ...

* Alan Rice-Oxley * Harry Rigby * Cyril H. Sawyer * Laurence Henry Scott *

Evander Shapard Lieutenant Evander Shapard was a World War I flying ace from the United States serving in the Royal Air Force and credited with six aerial victories. Biography The son of Emma Frierson (Lipscomb) and Evander Shapard,Sr.Nashville Tennessean; Apri ...

* Thomas Sharpe * Edward A. Simpson * David Esplin Smith * John Smith-Grant * Cyril Richard Smythe *

Arthur Spurling Arthur Rowe Spurling, (19 May 1896 – 1984) was a Bermudian who served during the First World War as an infantryman and an aviator, becoming an ace credited with six aerial victories. He later served as a ferry pilot during the Second World War ...

* William Strugnell * Rothesay Stuart Wortley * Ronald Sykes * Harry Symons * Cecil Thompson * Claud Robert James Thompson * Albert Tonkin *

James Hamilton Traill James Hamilton Traill, (2 November 1896 – 14 August 1967) was an Australian flying ace of the First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history ...

* George Trapp * Philip Tudhope * Thomas Tuffield * William Tyrell * Eric Walker * Bernard Albert Walkerdine * Stephen Reginald Parke Walter * Harry Watson * William Westwood * William A. Wheeler * Victor White * Frederick Wilton * Harry Wood

5 victories (247 names)

John Aldridge John William Aldridge (born 18 September 1958) is a former football player and manager. He was a prolific, record-breaking striker best known for his time with English club Liverpool in the late 1980s. His tally of 330 Football League goals is ...

* George Benson Anderson * Arnold Ansell * D'Urban Armstrong *

Anthony Arnold Group Captain Anthony Rex Arnold (26 August 1896 – 25 May 1954) was a British World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories. Early life Arnold was born to Mary Delamere Tylor and Charles Lowther Arnold on 26 August 1896, in Fare ...

* Thomas Henry Wright * Edward Asbury * Lionel Ashfield * Rupert Atkinson * Frank Babbage * Lovell Baker *

Charles Gordon Bell Charles Gordon Bell (31 May 1889 – 29 July 1918) was an early British pilot. He was one of the first hundred licensed pilots in the United Kingdom, and in a short career became known as one of the most skilled and experienced pilots in the cou ...

* William Benger * Risdon Mackenzie Bennett * Ronald Berlyn * Frank Billinge * Basil Blackett * George Walker Blaiklock * Arthur Winston Blake * Alfred Blenkiron * Charles Blizard *

William Otway Boger Captain William Otway Boger (19 June 1895 – 10 August 1918) was a Canadian World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories. Early life and background Boger was the son of Henry Western Otway Boger and his wife Sarah Elizabeth, ...

* William Bond * Edward Borgfeldt Booth *

Alan Bott Captain Alan John Bott (14 January 1893 – 17 September 1952) was a World War I flying ace who was credited with five aerial victories. He later became a journalist, editor and publisher who founded Pan Books.Shores ''et.al.'' (1990), p.82. ...

* William Bottrill * Francis Bowles *

Godfrey Brembridge Flight Lieutenant Godfrey Bremridge (1 March 1895 – 12 September 1941) was a World War I flying ace who was credited with five victories. Early life On 1 March 1895, Bremridge was born in Winkleigh, Devon, England. His father was Reverend ...

Orlando Bridgeman Orlando Bridgeman may refer to: *Sir Orlando Bridgeman, 1st Baronet, of Great Lever (1606–1674), English Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas and Lord Keeper of the Great Seal *Sir Orlando Bridgeman, 1st Baronet, o ...

* Allan Brown *

Sydney Brown Sidney or Sydney Brown may refer to: * Sidney Brown (electrical engineer) (1873–1948), British electrical engineer and inventor * Sidney Brown (footballer), English soccer goalkeeper *Sidney Brown (accordion maker) (1906–1981), Cajun accordion m ...

* John Bruce Norton * Malcolm Burger * Lawrence Callahan * Douglas Cameron * Edward Caulfield-Kelly * Reginald Morse Charley * James Child * Alexander Goodlet Clark * William Clarke * Lewis Collins * Harry Compton *

Everett Cook Brigadier General Everett Richard Cook was a World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories. During World War II, Cook became Deputy Chief of Staff for the U. S. 8th Air Force, headquartered in London, under the command of General Carl ...

* George J. Cox * George Montague Cox * Fergus Craig * Kelvin Crawford * Gerard Crole * John Crompton * Robert James Cullen * Lumsden Cummings * Frederick Cunninghame * Sydney Dalrymple *

Charles Darwin Charles Robert Darwin ( ; 12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist, widely known for his contributions to evolutionary biology. His proposition that all species of life have descended ...

* Clive Davies * Llewelyn Davies * Miles Day * Philip De Fontenay * Bruno De Roeper * Edward Barfoot Drake * Chester S. Duffus * William Dyke * Arthur Easterbrook * Edward Eaton * Charles Eddy * Herbert James Edwards * Horace Eldon * Hugh William Elliott * William Elliott * Sidney Emerson Ellis * Henry Evans * Ernest Foot * George W. Furlow *

Hudson Fysh Sir Wilmot Hudson Fysh, KBE, DFC (7 January 18956 April 1974) was an Australian aviator and businessman. A founder of the Australian airline company Qantas, Fysh was born in Launceston, Tasmania. Serving in the Battle of Gallipoli and Pale ...

* Richard Gammon * James Victor Gascoyne * George Gauld * Dennis Henry Stacey Gilbertson * Wilfred Bertie Giles * John Gillanders * William Gillespie * William Gilson * Harry Gompertz * Michael Gonne * Herbert Barrett Good * Henry Goodison * Kenneth Gopsill * Richard Gordon-Bennett * Ronald Graham * Edward Grange *

Charles Gossage Grey Captain Charles Gossage Grey (June 20, 1894 – March 6, 1987) was an American World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories. He remained in France after World War I. During World War II, he joined the Office of Strategic Services and ...

Edward Gribben Edward Gribben was a World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories. He became a lieutenant-colonel in the Territorial Army between the wars, returning to the RAF in World War II, and rising to the rank of squadron leader. Biography ...

* Hugh Griffith * William Grossart * John Playford Hales * John Herbert Hall * Robert Hall * Joseph E. Hallonquist * Arthur William Hammond * Earl Hand * James McKinley Hargreaves * Howard Harker *

Arthur Travers Harris Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur Travers Harris, 1st Baronet, (13 April 1892 – 5 April 1984), commonly known as "Bomber" Harris by the press and often within the RAF as "Butch" Harris, was Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C ...

* Charles Harrison * William Harrop * Edward Hartigan * Hugh Hay * Roger Hay * Eustace Headlam * Robert Herring * George Frederick Hines * William Hodgkinson * Les Holden *

Robert Holme Flight Lieutenant Robert Charles Lyon Holme (10 November 1896 – 4 October 1922) was a British World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories. Biography Holme was the only son of Robert Francis Lyon Holme, and the grandson of Cha ...

* Percy Howe * Malcolm Clifford Howell * David Hughes * Eric Yorath Hughes * Thomas Hunter * Cyril Edward Hurst * George Hyde * Arthur Gordon Jarvis * Charles Jeffs * Olaus Johnsen * Percy Griffith Jones * M. V. Kilroy * James Knowles * Frederick J. Kydd * Kenneth Laing * Conrad Lally * David Langlands * Sydney Frank Langstone * James Latta * Frederic Laurence * James Lennox * John Douglas Lightbody * Ernest Lindup * Robert Hazen Little * George Lloyd * John Lloyd Williams * Reginald Lowe * Charles Lupton * Colin Glen Orr MacAndrew * Ross Morrison MacDonald * Harry MacKay * Loudoun MacLean * John Finley Noel MacRae * Patrick Scarsfield Manley * Leslie Morton Mansbridge * William Stanley Mansell * Stanley Masding *

Jack Mason John Richard Mason (26 March 1874 – 15 October 1958), known as Jack Mason, was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket for Kent County Cricket Club between 1893 and 1914, captaining the team between 1898 and 1902. He pla ...

William Drummond Matheson William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Eng ...

* William Maxted * Ronald McClintock * George McCormack *

John McNeaney John Harry McNeaney (30 May 1897 – 1 March 1919) was a Canadian First World War flying ace, flying with both the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Air Force. He was credited with five aerial victories. John McNeaney was the only Canadian Sopwith ...

* Russell Fern McRae * Harold Medlicott * Francis Mellersh * Zenos Miller * Kenneth Charles Mills * Harold Molyneux * John Towlson Morgan * William John Mostyn * Harold Edgar Mott *

Redford Mulock Air Commodore Redford Henry Mulock, (11 August 1886 – 23 January 1961) was a Canadian aviator and flying ace. He was the first Canadian flying ace of the First World War and the first in the Royal Naval Air Service, achieving five aerial victo ...

* John Murison * Donald Frederick Murmann *

Ernest Mustard Lieutenant Ernest Andrew Mustard (1893-1971) was a World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories. He returned to service during World War II with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). Lt. Mustard flew Avro Lancaster bombers during ...

* Hugh Nangle * Roger Neville * Thomas Henry Newsome * Percy Olieff * Thomas Alfred Oliver * Ernest Edward Owen * John Sidney Owens *

Carrick Paul Lieutenant Carrick Stewart Paul DFC (5 February 1893–22 January 1919 was a World War I flying ace from New Zealand. He was credited with five aerial victories in Palestine between May and August 1918 when flying a Bristol F.2 Fighter. Biog ...

* Edward Pennell * Edmund Heaton Peverell * Charles Pickthorn * Gerald Pilditch * Sidney Platel * George Ramsden Poole * Kenneth Porter * Harold Johnstone Pratt * Walbanke Ashby Pritt * Thomas Proctor *

John Pugh John David Pugh (born 28 June 1948, Liverpool) is a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom. He was the Member of Parliament for Southport from 2001 to 2017. He stood down at the 2017 snap election. In November 2017, he was elected ...

* Hartley Pullan * W. C. Purvis * Arthur Rullion Rattray * John William Rayner * Guy Reid * Alan Incell Riley alias A. G. Riley * Norman Roberts * John Robertson * John Russell * William Sanday *

Robert Saundby Air Marshal Sir Robert Henry Magnus Spencer Saundby, (26 April 1896 – 26 September 1971) was a senior Royal Air Force officer whose career spanned both the First and Second World Wars. He distinguished himself by gaining five victories during ...

* Edward Sayers * Alan John Lance Scott * Joseph Powell Seabrook * John Seerly *

Christopher Shannon Christopher Shannon is an English fashion designer specialising in menswear. Early life and education A Liverpudlian, Shannon graduated from Central Saint Martins with an MA in Menswear, studying under Louise Wilson. Career After working wi ...

* Frank Sharpe * Eric Landon Simonson * Lambert Sloot * Wallace Alexander Smart * George Henry Benjamin Smith * Harry Coleman Smith * James Robert Smith (aviator), James Robert Smith * Sydney Philip Smith (aviator), Sydney Philip Smith * William Thomas Smith (aviator), William Thomas Smith * Neil Smuts * Wilfred Sneath * Ian Oliver Stead * Thomas Frederick Stephenson * Frank Douglas Stevens (aviator), Frank Stevens * Oliver Stewart * Claud Stokes * Edgar Taylor * Patrick Gordon Taylor * Meredith Thomas * Anthony Joseph Hill Thornton * Herbert Travers * John Seymour Turnbull * Arthur Henry Turner * John Vessey * Kenneth MacKenzie Walker * William Walker (aviator), William Walker * John Wallwork (aviator), John Wallwork * Edward Henry Ward * George Arthur Welsh * Mortimer Sackville West * Lewis Whitehead * Charles Whitham * Robert Kenneth Whitney * Edward George Herbert Caradoc Williams * Francis Jefferies Williams * Cecil Frederick Charles Wilson * Rupert Randolph Winter * John Womersley * Charles Woollven * Charles Edward Worthington * Victor Maslin Yeates * Graham Conacher Young * Edmund Leonard Zink