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Pusher Aces of World War 1: Volume 88 of Osprey Aircraft of the Aces: Volume 88 of Aircraft of the Aces. Osprey Publishing, 2009. ISBN 1-84603-417-5, ISBN 978-1-84603-417-6; Herris, Jack & Pearson, Bob Aircraft of World War I. London, Amber Books, 2010. ISBN 978-1-906626-65-5. Jackson, Peter The Guinness Book of Air Warfare. London, Guinness ...
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force: 30 [7] MC, DFC Harald Auffarth German Empire: Luftstreitkräfte: 29 [d] HOH, IC, WB Charles Dawson Booker † United Kingdom: Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force: 29 [7] DSC, CdeG Percy Jack Clayson United Kingdom: Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force: 29 [7] MC, DFC Harry Cobby Australia: Australian ...
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.
SPA124 Lafayette Escadrille: American Volunteer Airmen in World War 1 (Aviation Elite Units, 17) (2004). Osprey Publishing (UK) (ISBN 1841767522). 128 pgs. Guttman, Jon. Spad VII Aces of World War I (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces No 39) (2001). Osprey Aviation (ISBN 1841762229). 96 pgs. Hepplewhite, Peter. World War I: In The Air (2003).
The following are lists of World War I flying aces. Historically, a flying ace was defined as a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. The term was first used by French newspapers, describing Adolphe Pégoud as l'as (the ace), after he downed seven German aircraft.
Australian Flying Corps: 16 [80] Military Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross: Elliott White Springs United States: Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force, US Army Air Service: 16 [81] American Distinguished Service Cross, British Distinguished Flying Cross [82] David Stewart United Kingdom: Royal Flying Corps: 16 [83] Military Cross with Bar ...
The prototype example of the Fokker Eindecker line of fighters (s/n 216, military s/n A.16/15), the first fighter airplane design with a successfully synchronized machine gun. Boelcke learned his aerial tactics flying one of these aircraft. There are various versions of the Dicta. [a] One version that differs somewhat from the above:
This is a list of military aircraft used by the Central Powers in World War I ... "German and Austro-Hungarian Military Aircraft Designations (1914-1918)".