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List of World War I aces credited with 10 victories

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Captain Arthur Roy Brown, credited with victory over the Red Baron, never lost a wingman in combat.

The term ace (now commonly flying ace) was first used by French newspapers during World War I, describing Adolphe Pégoud as l'as ('the ace'), after he downed five German aircraft. When aircraft began to shoot or force down other aircraft, systems to count "air victories" were subsequently developed. The American qualification of five victories eventually became the standard, even though other air services had previously used differing figures.[1]

While "ace" status was most often won by fighter pilots, bomber and reconnaissance crews, and observers in two-seater aircraft such as the Bristol F.2b ("Bristol Fighter"), also destroyed enemy aircraft. If a two-seater aircraft destroyed an aircraft, both crew members were credited with a victory. Because pilots usually teamed with differing observer/gunners in two-seater aircraft, an observer might be an ace when his pilot was not, and vice versa.[2] The few aces among combat aviators have historically accounted for the majority of air-to-air victories in military history.[3]

Loss of records by mischance and the passage of time complicates reconstructing the actual count for given aces. 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. Those victories for which the evidence is unavailable or fragmentary have been excluded from the victory count.

Aces

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This list is complete. Notable aces are linked to their biographies.

  cell coloured along with the symbolic dagger †, indicates that the pilot was known to be either killed in action, missing in action, died of wounds, or killed in a flying accident during World War I.

Name Country Air service(s) Victories
Laurence W. Allen  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 10[5]
Edgar O. Amm  South Africa Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 10[6]
Leopold Anslinger  German Empire Luftstreitkräfte 10[7]
Gordon Apps  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 10[6][page needed]
Edward Dawson Atkinson  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 10[6][page needed]
Paul Aue  German Empire Luftstreitkräfte 10[7]
Dietrich Averes  German Empire Luftstreitkräfte 10[7]
Herbert H. Beddow  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 10[6][page needed]
Hilliard Brooke Bell  Canada Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 10[6][page needed]
Hans Berr  German Empire Luftstreitkräfte 10[7]
Robert A. Birkbeck  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 10[6][page needed]
Maurice Bizot  France Aéronautique Militaire 10[8]
Franz Brandt  German Empire Luftstreitkräfte 10[7]
Otto Brauneck  German Empire Luftstreitkräfte 10[7]
Lloyd S. Breadner  Canada Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force 10[6][page needed]
Arthur Roy Brown  Canada Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force 10[6][page needed]
Frederick Elliott Brown  Canada Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 10[6][page needed]
Sydney Carlin  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 10[6][page needed]
Robert L. Chidlaw-Roberts  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 10[6][page needed]
Cecil Clark  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 10[6][page needed]
Adrian Cole  Australia Australian Flying Corps, Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force 10[6][page needed]
Valentine Collins  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 10[5][page needed]
Jack Armand Cunningham  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 10[6][page needed]
Douglas Arthur Davies  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 10[6][page needed]
Edgar G. Davies  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 10[6][page needed]
Martin Dehmisch†  German Empire Luftstreitkräfte 10[7]
Pruett Dennett  United Kingdom Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force 10[6][page needed]
Robert Dodds  Canada Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 10[6][page needed]
Aubrey Ellwood  United Kingdom Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force 10[6][page needed]
William H. Farrow  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 10[6][page needed]
Karl Gallwitz  German Empire Luftstreitkräfte 10[7]
Cecil Gardner  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 10[6][page needed]
Lucien Gasser  France Aéronautique Militaire 10[8]
Thomas Gerrard  United Kingdom Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force 10[6][page needed]
Gerald Gibbs  Australia Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 10[6][page needed]
Stanley Goble  Australia Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force 10[6][page needed]
Justus Grassmann  German Empire Luftstreitkräfte 10[7]
Lloyd Hamilton  United States Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force, US Army Air Service 10[6][page needed]
George Stacey Hodson  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 10[6][page needed]
Will Hubbard  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force 10[6][page needed]
William Edward Jenkins†  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps 10[6][page needed]
Duerson Knight  United States US Army Air Service 10[6][page needed]
Alfred Michael Koch  Canada Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 10[6][page needed]
Auguste Lahoulle  France Aéronautique Militaire 10[8]
Patrick Anthony Langan-Byrne  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps 10[6][page needed]
Oliver Colin LeBoutillier  United States Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force 10[6][page needed]
Paul Lotz†  German Empire Luftstreitkräfte 10[7]
John Joseph Malone  Canada Royal Naval Air Service 10[6][page needed]
Rudolf Matthaei  German Empire Luftstreitkräfte 10[7]
Alfred E. McKay  Canada Royal Flying Corps 10[6][page needed]
Guy Borthwick Moore  Canada Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 10[6][page needed]
Max Ritter von Mulzer  German Empire Luftstreitkräfte 10[7]
Alfons Nagler  German Empire Luftstreitkräfte 10[7]
Miroslav Navratil alias Friedrich Navratil  Austria-Hungary Luftfahrtruppen 10[5][page needed]
Gordon Olley  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 10[6][page needed]
John Paynter  United Kingdom Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force 10[6][page needed]
Jean Andre Pezon  France Aéronautique Militaire 10[8]
Croye Pithey  South Africa Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 10[5][page needed]
Charles Quette  France Aéronautique Militaire 10[8]
Arthur Randall  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 10[6][page needed]
Harold Redler  South Africa Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 10[6][page needed]
Harry Robinson  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 10[6][page needed]
Indra Lal Roy  India Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 10[6][page needed]
Laurent B. Ruamps  France Aéronautique Militaire 10[8]
John Rudkin  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 10[5][page needed]
Reginald H. Rusby  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 10[6][page needed]
Hans Schuez  German Empire Luftstreitkräfte 10[7]
Alfred Shepherd  Australia Royal Flying Corps 10[6][page needed]
Werner Steinhäuser†  German Empire Luftstreitkräfte 10[7]
Raoul Stojsavljevic  Austria-Hungary Luftfahrtruppen 10[5][page needed]
Jacques Swaab  United States US Army Air Service 10[8]
Saint Cyprian Tayler  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 10[6][page needed]
Frank Harold Taylor  Canada Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 10[6][page needed]
Edmond Thieffry  Belgium Aviation Militaire Belge 10[9]
Erich Thomas  German Empire Luftstreitkräfte 10[7]
John Henry Tudhope  South Africa Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force 10[6][page needed]
Paul Turck  German Empire Luftstreitkräfte 10[7]
Stanley Wallage  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 10[6][page needed]
William Lewis Wells  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 10[6][page needed]
Paul Wenzel  German Empire Luftstreitkräfte 10[7]
Russell Winnicott  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps 10[6][page needed]
Hans Wolff  German Empire Luftstreitkräfte 10[7]

Notes

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  1. ^ Maksel, Rebecca (7 April 2008). "What does it take to become an "ace"?". Need to Know. Air & Space Magazine. Retrieved 20 October 2009.[dead link]
  2. ^ Franks, Bailey & Guest 1993, p. 10
  3. ^ Dunnigan 2003, p. 149
  4. ^ Shores, Franks & Guest 1990, p. 7
  5. ^ a b c d e f Franks, Guest & Alegi 1997
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw Shores, Franks & Guest 1990
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Franks, Bailey & Guest 1993.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g Franks & Bailey 1992
  9. ^ Guttman, 2001. p. 70.




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