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German ace Manfred von Richthofen known as the Red Baron. 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.
This is a complete list of World War I flying aces from the German Empire. Aces were listed after verifying the date and location of combat, and the foe vanquished, for every victory accredited by an aviator's home air service. Aces awarded honors and thus shown to be notable are linked to their biographies.
The list is of outright records, irrespective of race, nationality or gender, and in which at least one of the following criteria is met: Scientific contribution to theory and principles (whether correct or not) that were used as contemporary resources, building blocks, or influenced period thought, significant scientific or theoretical ...
The following is a list of notable people from various professions who are also pilots: A. Prince Andrew, Duke of York ... Hermann Göring, German politician, ...
1920 Stained glass window of the monk Eilmer of Malmesbury holding his wings (early 11th century) In 559 A.D., several prisoners of Emperor Wenxuan of Northern Qi, including Yuan Huangtou of Ye, were said to have been forced to launch themselves with a kite from a tower, as an experiment. Only Yuan Huangtou survived, only to be executed later. [1]
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.
The National Socialist Flyers Corps (German: Nationalsozialistisches Fliegerkorps; NSFK) was a paramilitary aviation organization of the Nazi Party. History [ edit ]
To reduce the vulnerability of early German military aircraft to Allied types equipped with machine guns, "C" types were armed with a rearward firing machine gun operated by the observer and (later) a forward firing synchronised machine gun for the pilot. An engine of more than 150 hp was also specified (later "C" types typically had over 200 hp).