List of World War I aces credited with 20 or

more victories

The Nieuport 17, a French biplane ghter aircraft of World War

I

ing 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 denitive,
lists that are the best available
Manfred von Richthofen, the most successful ying ace of World but are based on itemized
[4]
sources
of
information.
Aces
are listed after verifying
War I wearing the Pour le Mrite, Prussia's highest military order
the date and location of combat, and the foe vanquished,
in this ocial portrait, c. 1917
for every victory accredited by an aviators home air serSee also: Flying ace, Aerial victory standards of World vice using their own aerial victory standards. Those victories for which the evidence is unavailable or fragmentary
War I, and Aviation in World War I
have been excluded from the victory count.
The term ace (now commonly ying ace) was rst
used by French newspapers during World War I, describing Adolphe Pgoud as l'as (the ace), after he downed
ve German aircraft. When aircraft began to shoot or
force down other aircraft, systems to count air victories
were subsequently developed. The American qualication of ve victories eventually became the standard, even
though other air services had previously used diering
gures.[1]

1 List of World War I aces by victory count:

+20
1519
1114

While ace status was most often won by ghter pilots,

bomber and reconnaissance crews, and observers in twoseater 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 dier-

10
9
8
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[7] Shores, 2001. p. 89

[8] Shores, Frank, Guest 1990, pp. 255-256.

[9] Franks, 2004. pp. 6869

[10] Franks, 2000. pp. 4344

Aces

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

[11] Franks, 2007. p. 41

[12] See victory list in linked article; it was compiled from
Above the Lines, Australian Hawk Over the Western
Front,Australian Air Aces, Sopwith Triplane Aces of World
War I.

This along with the symbolic sword , indicates that the

pilot was known to be either killed in action, missing in [13] Franks, 2000. pp. 2829
action, died of wounds, or killed in a ying accident dur[14] Franks, 2000. pp. 5658
ing World War I.
[15] Franks, 2000. p. 51

Top

[16] Guttman, 2007. pp. 2931, 87

Legend

[17] Franks, Bailey, Guest, 1993. p. 239

Awards:

[18] Franks, 2000. p. 71

Allies

[19] Franks, Bailey, Guest, 1993. pp. 169171

Central Powers

[20] Franks, 2000. pp. 6061

External links

[21] Chant, 2002. p. 90

[22] Franks, 2000. p. 76

Notes

[23] Guttman, 2002. p. 93

[24] Franks, Bailey, Guest, 1993. pp. 8182

1. ^ Speculation about Bishops claims, particularly his [25] Franks, 2003. pp. 1213
2 June 1917 mission which earned him a Victoria
[26] Franks, Bailey, Guest, 1993. p. 75
Cross (VC), have persisted.[76]
2. ^ Although various claim-by-claim analyses ascribe
Dallas a score of 32 aircraft shot down,[77][78] he was
ocially credited with 39,[79][80] and his actual tally
could number in the 50s.[78]

[27] Guttman, 2002. pp. 6566

3. ^ May be 31.[81]

[30] Franks, Bailey, Guest, 1993. pp. 153154

[28] Franks, Bailey, Guest, 1993. p. 90

[29] Franks, Bailey, Guest, 1993. pp. 119120

[31] Franks, Bailey, Guest, 1993. p. 236

References

[32] Franks, Bailey, Guest, 1993. p. 70

[33] Franks, Bailey, Guest, 1993. pp. 111112

[1] Maksel, Rebecca (7 April 2008). What does it take to

become an ace"?". Need to Know. Air & Space Magazine. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
[2] Above the Lines: The Aces and Fighter Units of the German
Air Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps,
19141918. p. 10.

[34] Franks, Bailey, Guest, 1993. pp. 142143

[35] Franks, 2003. p. 88
[36] Franks, 2000. pp. 6162
[37] Franks, Bailey, Guest, 1993. p. 215

[3] How to Make War, p. 149.

[38] Franks, Bailey, Guest, 1993. p. 219

[4] Above the Trenches: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces

and Units of the British Empire Air Forces 19151920. p.
7

[39] Franks, Bailey, Guest, 1993. pp. 233234

[5] Franks, Bailey, Guest, 1993. pp. 241242

[41] Guttman, 2007. p. 87

[6] Guttman, 2002. p. 20

[42] Franks, 2000. p. 74

[40] Franks, Bailey, Guest, 1993. pp. 101102

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[43] Franks, 2001. p. 86

[44] Franks, 2000. pp. 8182
[45] Franks, Bailey, Guest, 1993. p. 68

[79] Wixted, E. P. (1981). Dallas, Roderic Stanley (1891

1918)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra:
Australian National University. Retrieved 16 August
2009.

[47] Franks, Bailey, Guest, 1993. pp. 7778

[80] Garrison, A.D. (1999). Australian Fighter Aces 1914

1953 (PDF). Canberra: Air Power Development Centre.
pp. 27, 5156. ISBN 0-642-26540-2.

[48] Guttman, 2007. p. 88

[81] Franks, Bailey, Guest, 1993. pp. 6364

[46] Franks, Bailey, Guest, 1993. pp. 123124

[49] Franks, 2000. pp. 7879

[50] Franks, 2003. p. 31
[51] Franks, Bailey, Guest, 1993. pp. 6869
[52] Franks, 2000. pp. 4445
[53] Guttman, 2002. pp. 11, 91
[54] Franks, Bailey, Guest, 1993. p. 117
[55] Guttman, 2002. p. 18
[56] Franks, 2003. pp. 5657
[57] Franks, Bailey, Guest, 1993. pp. 182183
[58] Guttman, 2002. p. 3132
[59] Franks, Bailey, Guest, 1993. pp. 230231
[60] Franks, Bailey, Guest, 1993. p. 59
[61] Franks, Bailey, Guest, 1993. pp. 6061
[62] Franks, 2000. pp. 7677
[63] Shores, 2001. p. 87
[64] Franks, 2000. p. 45
[65] Franks, Bailey, Guest, 1993. p. 73
[66] Guttman, 2007. p. 86
[67] Franks, 2000. p. 46
[68] Franks, Bailey, Guest, 1993. p. 104
[69] Franks, Bailey, Guest, 1993. pp. 108109
[70] Franks, 2001. p. 88
[71] Franks, Bailey, Guest, 1993. pp. 118119
[72] Franks, 2000. pp. 8384
[73] Franks, Bailey, Guest, 1993. pp.143144
[74] Franks, Bailey, Guest, 1993. p. 186
[75] Franks, 2000. p. 79
[76] Greenhous, Brereton. Billy Bishop - Brave Flyer, Bold
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[78] Newton, 1996. pp. 3234

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