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1List of World War I aces by victory count: 2Aces 3Analysis 4Notes
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The following is a list of flying aces from the United States of America who served in World War I Contents 1 Overview 2 Air aces 2.1 Served with the Aéronautique Militaire 2.2 Served with the Royal Flying Corps (later Royal Air Force) 2.3 Served with the Air Service, United States Army 3 See also 4 References 5 Bibliography Overview
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The following aviators from the British Empire were credited with five or more aerial victories during World War I. This list is complete. 20 or more victories (83 names) Billy Bishop [1] Edward "Mick" Mannock [2] Raymond Collishaw [3] James McCudden [4] Andrew Beauchamp-Proctor [5] Donald MacLaren [6] William George Barker [7] Robert A. Little [8]
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10 German World War I Aces As Feared As The Red Baron by Elizabeth S. Anderson fact checked by Jamie Frater Manfred von Richthofen, the infamous Red Baron, was the most successful German fighter pilot of World War I. However, there were other German aces who were arguably better and more skilled than he was. 10 Max Immelmann
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American Aces of World War 1. Oxford: Osprey Publishing Ltd., 2001: Franks, Norman and Frank Bailey. Over the Front: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914-1918. London: Grub Street, 1992
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While a POW, Miller kept a diary, which, along with his 1918 datebook, is now in the collection of the National Air and Space Museum. The diary is an exceptional historic document: It contains.
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The War in the Air - Air Aces of World War One The First World War introduced a new form of battleground: to ground and sea warfare could now be added aerial conflict.
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The 'Ace' was born in the air war of World War 1 - led by none other than German high scorer Manfred von Richthofen (The Red Baron). With the arrival of the armed, single-seat fighter in World War 1 arrived the term 'Ace' used to describe a military aviator who had acrued multiple air kills - typically five or more.
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He was called America's Ace of Aces during World War I, the highest scorer of American aerial victories over the Germans. He could just as easily have been labeled the 'luckiest man alive,' however, since he survived — by his own count — 135 brushes with death during his exciting lifetime. Edward Vernon Rickenbacker was born in.
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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. References
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This is a complete list of French flying aces of World War I . While Roland Garros is often called the first French Ace, he has only four confirmed victories. The distinction of being the first French Ace goes to Adolphe Pégoud .
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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. [1]
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Fittingly called as the "ace-of-aces," Richthofen has eighty air victories credited to his name, the highest by any fighter pilot during the First World War. He was a National hero and was even admired by his enemies. At the beginning of the War, Richthofen served as a cavalryman but later left to participate thoroughly in the war.
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1. Albert Ball VC Albert Ball was one of the United Kingdom's highest-scoring air aces. © IWM (Q 69593) Albert Ball (1896-1917) was a British fighter pilot and, with 44 official victories, was one of the United Kingdom's highest-scoring air aces. In 1914 Ball enlisted in the British Army before transferring to the Royal Flying Corps in 1915.
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The following is a list of flying aces from the United States of America who served in World War I Overview Even before the United States entry into World War I in April 1917, many Americans volunteered to serve in the armed forces of Great Britain and France.