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"A good map is half the battle! The military cartography of the central powers in World War I." in History of military cartography (Springer, Cham, 2016) pp. 83–130. Espenhorst, Jürgen. "The Eye of the Army: German Aircraft and Aero Cartography in World War I." in History of Military Cartography (Springer, Cham, 2016) pp. 61–82.
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.
Air Power in the Age of Total War. Air Power in the Age of Total War. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-21324-2; Gross, C.J. (2002). American Military Aviation: The Indispensable Arm. Centennial of flight series. Texas A&M University Press. ISBN 978-1-58544-215-7
Transferred to Air Service, United States Army, September, 1918 Awarded: Distinguished Service Cross (AS, USA) Distinguished Flying Cross (UK) [30] Silver Star Citation (×2) [31] Lawrence Kingsley Callahan: Lieutenant No. 85 Squadron RAF 148th Aero Squadron: 5 victories Transferred to Air Service, United States Army, November, 1918 [1] Awarded:
US Army Air Service attached to Royal Air Force, US Army Air Service, United States Army Air Corps: 5 [323] George Donald Tod: Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force: 5 [324] Robert Miles Todd: US Army Air Service: 5 [325] Oswald Traenkner: German Empire Luftstreitkräfte: 5 [326] Herbert Travers: United Kingdom Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air ...
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force: 38 [7] Leading 2 seater pilot of war MC* William Gordon Claxton Canada: Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force: 37 [7] DSO, DFC* Willy Coppens Belgium: Belgian Military Aviation: 37 [22] Top Belgian and balloon busting ace of war OL, OWE, OC, CdeG, BCdeG, CdeLd'H, DSO, MC James Ira Thomas Jones United Kingdom
Country War Period Notes Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière: Imperial Germany: World War I: 1915–18 The commander of U-35, Arnauld de la Perière sank a total of 194 merchant vessels and gunboats totaling 453,716 gross metric tons. [38] [39] Wolfgang Lüth: Nazi Germany: World War II: 1933–1945 46 enemy merchant ships sunk and plus French ...
The US Army Air Service would adopt French standards for evaluating American victories scored for the USAAS, with one exception–during the summer of 1918, while flying under operational control of the British, the 17th Aero Squadron and the 148th Aero Squadron naturally used British standards. [8] American observers could become aces.