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William Sanders' novel The Wild Blue and the Gray was set in a World War I squadron that flew several balloon-busting missions. In Wilbur Smith's The Burning Shore the lead character carries out balloon-busting missions during World War I. DC Comics published a character known as Steve Savage, the Balloon Buster in All-American Men of War title ...
Frank Luke Jr. (May 19, 1897 – September 29, 1918) was an American fighter ace credited with 19 aerial victories, ranking him second among United States Army Air Service (USAAS) pilots during World War I, after Eddie Rickenbacker.
Captain William Charles Campbell, DSO, MC* (27 April 1889 – 26 February 1958), was a World War I fighter pilot of Scots heritage who was credited with 23 victories. . Serving with No. 1 Squadron during 1917, he was a notable balloon buster, being the first British ace to down five enemy observation ba
Pang, originally released in Japan as Pomping World [a] and known in North America as Buster Bros., is a 1989 action game, co-produced by Mitchell Corporation and Capcom for arcades in 1989. Mitchell handled the game's domestic and most worldwide distribution, while Capcom handled the bulk of development, and distributed the game in North ...
Willy Omer François Jean baron Coppens de Houthulst, DSO MC (6 July 1892 – 21 December 1986) was Belgium's leading fighter ace and the champion "balloon buster" of World War I. He was credited with 37 confirmed victories and six probables.
Lieutenant Frank Luke, Jr., known as the "Arizona Balloon Buster," for his daring feats against German observation balloons, was the squadron's most colorful ace. His 18 victories cost him his life, and he was awarded the Medal of Honor .
Aerial observer in balloon gondola, 1918. Thomas was assigned to Jagdstaffel 9 in December 1917. He shot down his first enemy observation balloon on 3 January 1918. He carried on his career as a balloon buster for Jasta 9 through 16 March 1918, when he downed numbers seven and eight.
Maurice Jean-Paul Boyau (8 May 1888 – 16 September 1918) was a French rugby union player and a leading French ace of the First World War with 35 victories, [1] and one of the most successful balloon busters.