List of World War I aces credited with 11–14 victories

The term ace (now commonly flying ace) was first used by French newspapers during World War I, describing Adolphe Pégoud as l'as ('the ace'), after he downed five German aircraft. When aircraft began to shoot or force down other aircraft, systems to count "air victories" were subsequently developed. The American qualification of five victories eventually became the standard, even though other air services had previously used differing figures.[1]

While "ace" status was most often won by fighter pilots, bomber and reconnaissance crews, and observers in two-seater aircraft such as the Bristol F.2b ("Bristol Fighter"), also destroyed enemy aircraft. If a two-seater aircraft destroyed an aircraft, both crew members were credited with a victory. Because pilots usually teamed with differing observer/gunners in two-seater aircraft, an observer might be an ace when his pilot was not, and vice versa.[2] The few aces among combat aviators have historically accounted for the majority of air-to-air victories in military history.[3]

Loss of records by mischance and the passage of time complicates reconstructing the actual count for given aces. The scores presented in the list cannot be definitive, but are based on itemized lists that are the best available sources of information.[4] Aces are listed after verifying the date and location of combat, and the foe vanquished, for every victory accredited by an aviator's home air service using their own aerial victory standards. Those victories for which the evidence is unavailable or fragmentary have been excluded from the victory count.

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  This along with the symbolic dagger †, indicates that the pilot was known to be either killed in action, missing in action, died of wounds, or killed in a flying accident during World War I.

Name Country Air service(s) Victories Notes
Marius Ambrogi   France Aéronautique Militaire 14 Légion d'honneur, Médaille militaire, Croix de Guerre with ten Palmes and a star[5]
Colin Brow   United Kingdom Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force 14[6] Distinguished Flying Cross with Bar, French Croix de Guerre
Carleton Main Clement   Canada Royal Flying Corps 14[7] Military Cross, French Croix de Guerre
Arthur Coningham   Australia Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 14[8] Order of the Bath, Order of the British Empire, Distinguished Service Order, Military Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Force Cross[9] Commander Western Desert Air Force, and Air Marshal commanding RAF Second Tactical Air Force during World War II.
Euan Dickson   United Kingdom Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force 14[10] Distinguished Service Cross with Bar, Distinguished Flying Cross, French Croix de Guerre
Charles Findlay   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 14[11] Distinguished Flying Cross
Maxwell Findlay   United Kingdom Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force 14[12] Distinguished Service Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross
James Fitz-Morris   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 14[13] Military Cross with Bar.
Frank George Gibbons   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 14[14] Distinguished Flying Cross
Albert Earl Godfrey   Canada Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 14[15] Military Cross
Frank Gorringe   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 14[16] Military Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross
Reinhold Jörke   Germany Luftstreitkräfte 14[17] Iron Cross
Arthur Keen   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 14[18] Military Cross
Frederick Libby   United States Royal Flying Corps, US Army Air Service 14[19] First American ace. British Military Cross[20]
Ronald T. Mark   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 14[21] Military Cross with Bar.
Maurice Mealing   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 14[22] Military Cross
Walter Naylor   United Kingdom Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force 14 Distinguished Service Medal[23]
James Dennis Payne   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 14[24] Military Cross
Franz Piechulek   Germany Luftstreitkräfte 14[25] Iron Cross
Georg Schlenker   Germany Luftstreitkräfte 14[26] Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, Iron Cross
William Sidebottom   United Kingdom Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force 14[27] Distinguished Flying Cross
John Victor Sorsoleil   Canada Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force 14[28] Military Cross
George Thomson   Canada Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 14 Distinguished Flying Cross
Kenneth R. Unger   United States Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 14[29] British Distinguished Flying Cross[30]
Arthur Vigers   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps 14[31] Military Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross
Hazel Wallace   Canada Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force 14[32] Distinguished Flying Cross
Herbert Watson   New Zealand Australian Flying Corps 14[33] Highest scoring New Zealander in AFC. Distinguished Flying Cross
Noel Webb   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps 14[34] Military Cross with Bar.
Rudolf Wendelmuth   Germany Luftstreitkräfte 14[35] Iron Cross
Thomas F. Williams   Canada Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force 14[36] Military Cross, Italian Medal for Military Valor
Frederick C. Armstrong   Canada Royal Naval Air Service 13[37] Distinguished Service Cross, French Croix de Guerre
Charles C. Banks   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 13[38] Military Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross
Reginald Brading   United Kingdom Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force 13[39] Distinguished Flying Cross
Hans-Joachim Buddecke   Germany Luftstreitkräfte 13[40] Pour le Mérite, Iron Cross
Siegfried Büttner   Germany Luftstreitkräfte 13[41]
Jean Casale   France Aéronautique Militaire 13 Légion d'honneur, Médaille militaire, Croix de Guerre with nine Palmes[42]
Friedrich Christiansen   Germany Luftstreitkräfte 13[43] Pour le Mérite (awarded for 21 victories), Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, Iron Cross
Geoffrey Hornblower Cock   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps 13[44] Military Cross, Royal Air Force
Dieter Collin   Germany Luftstreitkräfte 13[45] Iron Cross
Douglas Graham Cooke   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 13[46] Military Cross
Sidney Cottle   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 13[47] Member of The Order of the British Empire, Distinguished Flying Cross, Italian Medal for Military Valor
Wilfred A. Curtis   Canada Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force 13[48] Distinguished Service Cross with Bar. As Air Marshal, served as Canadian Chief of Air Staff.
Omer Demeuldre   France Aéronautique Militaire 13 Légion d'honneur, Médaille militaire, Croix de Guerre with seven Palmes and two Étoiles[49]
Albert Enstone   United Kingdom Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force 13[50] Distinguished Service Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross
Hector Garaud   France Aéronautique Militaire 13 Légion d'honneur, Médaille militaire, Croix de Guerre with eight Palmes and two Étoiles[51]
Heinrich Geigl   Germany Luftstreitkräfte 13 Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, Iron Cross[52]
Gavin L. Graham   South Africa Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 13[53] Distinguished Flying Cross, French Légion d'honneur, French Croix de Guerre
Harold A. Hamersley   Australia Australian Flying Corps 13 Military Cross
Robert Heibert   Germany Luftstreitkräfte 13 Military Merit Cross, Iron Cross
Oscar Heron   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps 13[54] Distinguished Flying Cross, Belgian Croix de guerre
Spencer B. Horn   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps 13[55] Military Cross
George R. Howsam   Canada Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force 13[56] Military Cross. Retired 1945 as Air Vice-Marshal of RCAF.
Ernest Charles Hoy   Canada Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 13[57] Distinguished Flying Cross
Harold B. Hudson   Canada Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 13[58] Military Cross
Johannes Janzen   Germany Luftstreitkräfte 13 Iron Cross[59]
Solomon Clifford Joseph   United Kingdom Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force 13[60] Distinguished Flying Cross with Bar.
Ronald M. Keirstead   Canada Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force 13[61] Distinguished Service Cross
John Letts   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps 13[62] Military Cross
Sydney Tyndall Liversedge   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 13[63]
William E. G. Mann   United Kingdom Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force 13[64] Distinguished Flying Cross
John G. Manuel   Canada Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force 13[65] Distinguished Service Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross
Wilfrid Reid May   Canada Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 13[66] Distinguished Flying Cross
Christian Mesch   Germany Luftstreitkräfte 13<[67]
Marcel Nogues   France Aéronautique Militaire 13 Légion d'honneur, Croix de Guerre with 12 Palmes[68]
Thomas L. Purdom   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 13[69] Military Cross
David Putnam   United States Aéronautique Militaire, US Army Air Service 13[70] Distinguished Service Cross, French Légion d'honneur, Médaille militaire, Croix de Guerre[71]
Francis James Ralph   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 13 Distinguished Flying Cross
Harry Gosford Reeves   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps 13[70]
George R. Riley   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 13[72] Military Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross
Otto Rosenfeld   Germany Luftstreitkräfte 13[73]
Kurt Schoenfelder   Germany Luftstreitkräfte 13<[74]
Frederick Sowrey   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 13[75] Distinguished Service Order, Military Cross, Air Force Cross
Stanley Stanger   Canada Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 13[76] Military Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross
Eric John Stephens   Australia Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 13[77] Distinguished Flying Cross
Francis S. Symondson   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps 13[78] Military Cross, Italian Medal for Military Valor
John Howard Umney   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 13 Military Cross
Desmond Uniacke   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 13
George Augustus Vaughn, Jr.   United States Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force, US Army Air Service 13[79] British Distinguished Flying Cross, U. S. Distinguished Service Cross[80]
Oliver H. D. Vickers   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 13[79]
Erich Rüdiger von Wedel   Germany Luftstreitkräfte 13 Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, Iron Cross[81]
David John Weston   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 13[82] Distinguished Flying Cross
Walter Bertram Wood   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps 13[83] Military Cross with Bar
John Oliver Andrews   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 12[84] Distinguished Service Order, Military Cross with Bar
Bernard Artigau   France Aéronautique Militaire 12 Légion d'honneur, Médaille militaire, Croix de Guerre with nine Palmes, Belgian Croix de guerre
Brian Edmund Baker   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps 12[85] Distinguished Service Order, Military Cross, Air Force Cross, French Croix de Guerre
Thomas Baker   Australia Australian Flying Corps 12[86] Distinguished Flying Cross, Military Medal
Frank Baylies   United States Aéronautique Militaire 12 French Médaille militaire, Croix de Guerre[87]
Louis Bennett Jr.   United States Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 12[88]
Gerald A. Birks   Canada Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 12[89] Military Cross with Bar
Clement G. Boothroyd   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 12 Distinguished Flying Cross
Christopher J. Q. Brand alias Quintin Brand   South Africa Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 12 Distinguished Service Order, Military Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross
Edwin C. Bromley   Canada Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 12[90] Military Cross
Raymond Brownell   Australia Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force 12[91] Military Cross, Military Medal. Rose to Air Commodore in RAAF.
Oliver Bryson   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 12[91] Military Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross
Erich Buder   Germany Luftstreitkräfte 12 Military Merit Cross, Iron Cross[92]
Theodor Cammann   Germany Luftstreitkräfte 12[93]
Walter M. Carlaw   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 12[91] Distinguished Flying Cross
Percival V. G. Chambers   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 12
Edwin A. Clear   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 12[94] Military Cross
Gustave Daladier   France Aéronautique Militaire 12 Légion d'honneur, Médaille militaire, Croix de Guerre with nine Palmes. Also Chevalier du Ouissam Alaouite, Officier du Nichan Iftikar[95]
Francis James Davies   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 12[96] Distinguished Flying Cross
Joseph M. X. de Sévin   France Aéronautique Militaire 12 Légion d'honneur, Croix de Guerre with nine Palmes, British Order of the British Empire[97]
Gottfried Ehmann   Germany Luftstreitkräfte 12 Military Merit Cross, Iron Cross[98]
Otto Esswein   Germany Luftstreitkräfte 12 Military Merit Cross, Iron Cross[99]
Sebastian Festner   Germany Luftstreitkräfte 12 Military Merit Cross, Iron Cross[100]
Wilhelm Frickart   Germany Luftstreitkräfte 12 Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, Iron Cross, Austro-Hungarian Medal for Bravery[101]
Frank Godfrey   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 12 Distinguished Flying Cross
Fernand Guyou   France Aéronautique Militaire 12 Légion d'honneur, Médaille militaire, Croix de Guerre[102]
Ernest Hardcastle   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 12 Distinguished Flying Cross
William Leeming Harrison   Canada Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 12[103] Military Cross
Bertram Heinrich   Germany Luftstreitkräfte 12[104]
Adolf Heyrowsky   Austria-Hungary Luftfahrtruppen 12 Order of the Iron Crown
Walter Höhndorf   Germany Luftstreitkräfte 12 Pour le Mérite, Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, Iron Cross[105]
William Henry Hubbard   Canada Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 12[106] Distinguished Flying Cross
Gerhard Hubrich   Germany Luftstreitkräfte 12 Scored 2 more victories in World War II.[107]
Marcel A. Hugues   France Aéronautique Militaire 12 Légion d'honneur, Croix de Guerre with eight Palmes, British Military Cross. Lieutenant Colonel in World War II.[108]
John E. L. Hunter   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps 12 Distinguished Service Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross[109]
Gordon Budd Irving   Canada Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 12[110] Distinguished Flying Cross
Lucien J. Jailler   France Aéronautique Militaire 12 Légion d'honneur, Médaille militaire[111]
William Stanley Jenkins   Canada Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 12[112] Distinguished Flying Cross with Bar
George Hubert Kemp   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 12
Hans von Keudell   Germany Luftstreitkräfte 12 Royal House Order of Hohenzollern[113]
Field E. Kindley   United States Royal Air Force, US Army Air Service 12[114] Distinguished Service Cross, British Distinguished Flying Cross
Max Kuhn   Germany Luftstreitkräfte 12[115]
Reed G. Landis   United States Royal Air Force, US Army Air Service, United States Army Air Corps 12[116] Distinguished Service Cross, British Distinguished Flying Cross. Colonel during World War II.
Adrien L. J. Leps   France Aéronautique Militaire 12 Légion d'honneur, Croix de Guerre with nine Palmes, 1939-45 Croix de Guerre, British Military Cross. Lieutenant colonel in World War II[117]
Gwilym Hugh Lewis   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps 12[118] Distinguished Flying Cross
Alfred Lindenberger   Germany Luftstreitkräfte, Luftwaffe 12 Scored 4 victories in World War II.[119]
Frederic Ives Lord   United States Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 12[120] British Distinguished Flying Cross with Bar,[121] Russian Order of Saint Stanilas[citation needed]
Charles J. V. Macé   France Aéronautique Militaire 12 Médaille militaire, Croix de Guerre with seven Palmes[122]
Friedrich Manschott   Germany Luftstreitkräfte 12 Iron Cross[123]
Roby Lewis Manuel   Australia Australian Flying Corps, Royal Australian Air Force 12[65] Distinguished Flying Cross with Bar. Served in RAAF in World War II.
Roy Manzer   Canada Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 12[124] Distinguished Flying Cross
Norman Mawle   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 12[125] Distinguished Flying Cross
Douglas McGregor   Canada Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 12[126] Military Cross
Kenneth Barbour Montgomery   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 12[127] Military Cross, Italian War Cross
Josiah Lewis Morgan   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 12 Military Cross
Hans Müller alias Hans Garrelt.   Germany Luftstreitkräfte, Luftwaffe 12[128] Iron Cross.
Ian Napier   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 12[129] Military Cross, French Légion d'honneur, French Croix de Guerre
Jean Navarre   France Aéronautique Militaire 12 Légion d'honneur, Médaille militaire, Croix de Guerre with 12 Palmes[130]
Walter Noble   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 12 Distinguished Flying Cross
Charles Nuville   France Aéronautique Militaire 12 Légion d'honneur, Croix de Guerre with five Palmes and five Étoiles de vermeil, Belgian Croix de guerre, Italian Medal of Valor. Lieutenant colonel in World War II[131]
James William Pearson   United States Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 12[132] Distinguished Flying Cross. Claimed 33 victories.
Guy William Price   United Kingdom Royal Naval Air Service 12[133] Distinguished Service Cross with Bar
John Steele Ralston   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 12[134] Military Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross
Henry Coyle Rath   Canada Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 12[135] Distinguished Flying Cross
Cecil Roy Richards   Australia Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 12[136] Military Cross
Alfred William Saunders   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 12[137] Distinguished Flying Cross
James Scaramanga   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 12
Franz Schleiff   Germany Luftstreitkräfte 12 Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, Iron Cross[138]
Maurice D. G. Scott   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps 12[139] Military Cross
Alexander MacDonald Shook   Canada Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force 12[140] Distinguished Service Order, Distinguished Service Cross, Air Force Cross, French Croix de Guerre
Ross MacPherson Smith   Australia Australian Flying Corps 12[141] Military Cross with Bar, Distinguished Flying Cross with two Bars, Air Force Cross
Reginald Soar   United Kingdom Royal Naval Air Service 12[142] Distinguished Service Cross
William Samuel Stephenson   Canada Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 12[143] Military Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross. Later headed BSC during World War II.
Leonard Taplin   Australia Australian Flying Corps 12[144] Distinguished Flying Cross
Paul Tarascon   France Aéronautique Militaire 12 Légion d'honneur, Médaille militaire, Croix de Guerre with 12 Palmes. Colonel during World War II[145]
Renatus Theiller   Germany Luftstreitkräfte 12<[146]
Chester Thompson   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 12[147]
Adrian Tonks   United Kingdom Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force 12[148] Distinguished Flying Cross with Bar
Richard M. Trevethan   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 12[149] Military Cross
Bernhard Ultsch   Germany Luftstreitkräfte 12 Iron Cross, Military Merit Cross[150]
Melville Wells Waddington   Canada Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 12
Paul Y. R. Waddington   France Aéronautique Militaire 12 Légion d'honneur, Croix de Guerre with five Palmes plus an Étoile de vermeil, an Étoile d'argent, and an Étoile de bronze[151]
Dennis Waight   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 12 Military Cross
Clive W. Warman   United States Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 12[152] British Distinguished Service Order, Military Cross[153]
Richard Wenzl   Germany Luftstreitkräfte 12 Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, Iron Cross First Class[154]
James White   Canada Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force 12[155] Distinguished Flying Cross
Giovanni Ancillotto   Italy Corpo Aeronautico Militare 11 1 Gold and 3 Silver Medal for Military Valor,
Heinrich Arntzen   Germany Luftstreitkräfte 11[156] Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, Iron Cross[157]
Fred Everest Banbury   Canada Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force 11[158] Distinguished Service Cross
Raven Freiherr von Barnekow   Germany Luftstreitkräfte 11[159] Served as staff officer in World War II.
Harold F. Beamish   New Zealand Royal Naval Air Service Royal Air Force 11[158] Distinguished Service Cross
Alexander Beck   Argentina Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 11[160] Distinguished Flying Cross
Armond J. Berthelot   France Aéronautique Militaire 11 Légion d'honneur, Médaille militaire, Croix de Guerre with ten Palmes and an Étoile de bronze[161]
Jean G. Bouyer   France Aéronautique Militaire 11 Légion d'honneur, Médaille militaire, Croix de Guerre with eight Palmes and an Étoile d'argent, British Distinguished Conduct Medal[162]
Jean Bozon-Verduraz   France Aéronautique Militaire 11 Légion d'honneur, Médaille militaire, Croix de Guerre with eight Palmes plus and two Étoiles de vermeil and an Étoile de bronze, Russian Cross of Saint George fourth class[163]
Philip Scott Burge   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 11[164] Military Cross, Military Medal
Joachim von Busse   Germany Luftstreitkräfte 11 Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, Iron Cross[40]
Arnold Jacques Chadwick   Canada Royal Naval Air Service 11[165] Distinguished Service Cross
Andre J. Chainat   France Aéronautique Militaire 11 Légion d'honneur, Médaille militaire, Croix de Guerre with nine Palmes and an Étoile de bronze[166]
Roy W. Chappell   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 11[167] Military Cross
Friedrich Classen   Germany Luftstreitkräfte 11
Hugh Claye   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 11 Military Cross
Clive Franklyn Collett   New Zealand Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 11[168] Military Cross with Bar
Thomas Colvill-Jones   Argentina Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 11
Franz Xaver Danhuber   Germany Luftstreitkräfte 11 Royal House Order of Hohenzollern[169]
Hiram Frank Davison   Canada Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 11[170] Military Cross
Harold Day   United Kingdom Royal Naval Air Service 11[171] Distinguished Service Cross
Andre de Meulemeester   Belgium Belgian Military Aviation 11 Order of Leopold II, Croix de Guerre, French Croix de Guerre, Italian Medal for Military Valor
Kurt-Bertram von Döring   Germany Luftstreitkräfte 11 Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, Iron Cross[172]
Heinrich Drekman   Germany Luftstreitkräfte 11[173]
William Duncan   Canada Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 11[174] Military Cross with Bar.
Trevor Durrant   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 11[175]
Thomas Elliott   United Kingdom Royal Air Force 11
John C. B. Firth   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 11[176] Military Cross, Italian Medal for Military Valor
Henry Garnet Forrest   Australia Royal Flying Corps, Australian Flying Corps 11[177] Distinguished Flying Cross
William M. Fry   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 11[178] Military Cross
Willi Gabriel   Germany Luftstreitkräfte 11 Iron Cross[179]
Frederick J. Gibbs   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps 11[180] Military Cross
Charles D. B. Green   Canada Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 11 Distinguished Flying Cross, French Croix de Guerre
Kurt Gruber   Austria-Hungary Luftfahrtruppen 11 Two awards of the Silver Bravery Medal First Class, four Gold Bravery Medals[181]
Thomas M. Harries   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 11[182] Distinguished Flying Cross
John Herbert Hedley   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 11
André Herbelin   France Aéronautique Militaire 11 Légion d'honneur, Médaille militaire, Croix de Guerre with seven Palmes[183]
William Herisson   France Aéronautique Militaire 11 Légion d'honneur, Médaille militaire, Croix de Guerre[184]
Leslie Norman Hollinghurst   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 11[185] Distinguished Flying Cross
Geoffrey H. Hooper   Australia Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force 11[185] Military Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross
Campbell Hoy   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 11[57] Military Cross
Geoffrey Forrest Hughes   Australia Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 11[186] Military Cross, Air Force Cross
Patrick Huskinson   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 11[187] Military Cross with Bar. Rose to Air Commodore.
William Roy Irwin   Canada Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force 11[188] Order of the British Empire, Distinguished Flying Cross with Bar.
Mansell Richard James   Canada Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 11[189] Distinguished Flying Cross
George Owen Johnson   Canada Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force 11[190] Military Cross, French Croix de Guerre. Rose to Air Marshal.
Arthur G. Jones-Williams   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 11[191] Military Cross with Bar, French Croix de Guerre
Stefan Kirmaier   Germany Luftstreitkräfte 11 Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, Iron Cross[192]
Herbert Joseph Larkin   Australia Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 11[193] Distinguished Flying Cross, French Croix de Guerre
Maxime Lenoir   France Aéronautique Militaire 11 Légion d'honneur, Médaille militaire, Croix de Guerre with eight Palmes[194]
Fritz Loerzer   Germany Luftstreitkräfte 11
Walter H. Longton   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 11[195] Distinguished Flying Cross with Bar, Air Force Cross
Emile John Lussier   United States Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force 11[196] British Distinguished Flying Cross. Served in RCAF during World War II[197]
Charles M. Maude   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 11[198] Distinguished Flying Cross, French Croix de Guerre, Italian War Cross
Ernest Maunoury   France Aéronautique Militaire 11 Légion d'honneur, Croix de Guerre with seven Palmes and an Étoile de vermeil[199]
Malcolm C. McGregor   New Zealand Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 11[200] Distinguished Flying Cross with Bar
Finlay McQuistan   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 11 Distinguished Flying Cross
James Hart Mitchell   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 11[201] Military Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross, Italian Medal for Military Valor
René Montrion   France Aéronautique Militaire 11 Médaille militaire, Croix de Guerre with seven Palmes and an Étoile de vermeil[202]
Hans Nülle   Germany Luftstreitkräfte 11[203]
Sydney A. Oades   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 11[204] Military Cross
Harold Anthony Oaks   Canada Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 11[204] Distinguished Flying Cross. Member of Canadian Aviation Hall of Fame.
Jacques Ortoli   France Aéronautique Militaire 11 Légion d'honneur, Médaille militaire, Croix de Guerre with seven Palmes and two Étoiles de bronze, British Military Cross, Belgian Croix de guerre[205]
Herbert A. Patey   United Kingdom Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force 11[206] Distinguished Flying Cross
Leonard A. Payne   South Africa Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 11[207] Military Cross
Clement W. Payton   United Kingdom Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force 11[204] Distinguished Flying Cross, French Croix de Guerre, Belgian Croix de guerre
Hermann Pfeiffer   Germany Luftstreitkräfte 11 Iron Cross[208]
Reinhold Poss   Germany Luftstreitkräfte 11[209]
George E. Randall   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 11[210] Distinguished Flying Cross
Antonio Reali   Italy Corpo Aeronautico Militare 11 Silver award of Medal for Military Valor
Hervey Rhodes   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 11[211] Distinguished Flying Cross with Bar
Cyril Ridley   United Kingdom Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force 11[212] Distinguished Service Cross
Thomas Rose   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 11[213] Distinguished Flying Cross
Franz Rudorfer   Austria-Hungary Luftfahrtruppen 11 Order of the Iron Crown, Military Merit Cross. Self-taught pilot.
Ivan C. Sanderson   United Kingdom Royal Air Force 11[214]
Hugo Schäfer   Germany Luftstreitkräfte 11[215]
Ivan Smirnov   Russia Imperial Army Air Service 11 Order of Saint George, Cross of Saint George, Order of Saint Stanilas, Order of Saint Anne, Order of Saint Vladimir, French Croix de Guerre, Serbian Order of the White Eagle.
Rudolf Stark   Germany Luftstreitkräfte 11 Iron Cross First and Second Class, Military Merit Order[216]
John Stevenson Stubbs   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 11 Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Force Cross
Albert Gregory Waller   United Kingdom Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force 11 Military Cross
Arthur W. Wood   United Kingdom Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force 11[217]
Wilfred Ernest Young   United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps 11[218] Distinguished Flying Cross

References edit

  1. ^ Maksel, Rebecca (7 April 2008). "What does it take to become an "ace"?". Need to Know. Air & Space Magazine. Retrieved 20 October 2009.[dead link]
  2. ^ Franks, Bailey & Guest 1993, p. 10
  3. ^ Dunnigan 2003, p. 149
  4. ^ Shores, Franks & Guest 1990, p. 7
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