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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 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.
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).
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 ...
Distinguished Flying Cross (UK) [34] Ernest Sidney Tooker, alias: Norman Cooper: Lieutenant No. 73 Squadron RAF: 6 victories Awarded: Distinguished Flying Cross (UK) [35] Roy Edward Dodds: Captain No. 103 Squadron RAF No. 106 Squadron RAF: 7 victories Awarded: Distinguished Flying Cross (UK) [36] John Owen Donaldson: Captain No. 32 Squadron RAF ...
As aerial combat was a new phenomenon at the war's outbreak, it drew a lot of attention in the press. The idea of "flying aces" (first coined by the French in 1915) who defeated multiple opponents in the skies quickly became popular, but initially there were no rules for determining who "won" an aerial engagement, or what criteria makes someone an "ace". [1]