Who's
Who - Air Aces & Commanders
Updated - Saturday, 17 July, 2004
This sub-section of the Who's Who category of the site contains folio biographies for the war's air aces and their commanding officers.
The aviation war threw up new 'knights of the skies', and include such luminaries as the Red Baron, Manfred von Richthofen, the legendary French air ace Georges Guynemer, and the indomitable and controversial Canadian Billy Bishop.
Click here to view the section on the air war. Click here for a single-page summary of the war's air aces. In addition to the biographies presented below, click here to view contemporary aviation-related photographs within the Vintage Photographs section of the site.
 Karl
Allmenroder, Fighter Pilot
(Germany) |
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Julius
Arigi, Fighter Pilot
(Austria-Hungary) |
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Jean
Paul Elzeard Ambrogi, Fighter
Pilot (France) |
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Pavel
Argeyev, Fighter Pilot (Russia) |
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Edward
Ashmore, London Air Defence
Commander (UK) |
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Paul
Baer, Fighter Pilot (United
States) |
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Albert
Ball, Fighter Pilot (UK) |
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Francesco
Baracca, Fighter Pilot (Italy) |
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William
Barker, Fighter Pilot (Canada) |
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Paul
Bäumer, Fighter
Pilot (Germany) |
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Frank
Baylies, Fighter
Pilot (United States) |
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Andrew
Beauchamp-Proctor, Fighter
Pilot (South Africa) |
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Oliver
Freiherr von Beaulieu-Marconnay, Fighter Pilot
(Germany) |
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Wilfred
Beaver, Fighter Pilot
(United States) |
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Louis
Bennett Jr., Fighter Pilot
(United States) |
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Fritz
Bernert, Fighter Pilot
(Germany) |
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Hans
Berr, Fighter Pilot
(Germany) |
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Rudolf
Berthold, Fighter Pilot
(Germany) |
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William
Bishop, Fighter Pilot (Canada) |
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Maurice
Bizot, Fighter Pilot (France) |
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Oswald
Boelcke, Fighter Pilot
(Germany) |
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Henry
Botterell, Fighter Pilot
(Canada) |
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Leon
Bourjade, Fighter Pilot
(France) |
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Maurice
Boyau, Fighter Pilot
(France) |
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Arthur
Roy Brown, Fighter Pilot
(Canada) |
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Godwin
Brumowski, Fighter Pilot
(Austria-Hungary) |
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Franz
Buchner, Fighter Pilot
(Germany) |
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Fulco
Ruffo di Calabria, Fighter Pilot
(Italy) |
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Albert
Desbrisay Carter, Fighter Pilot (Canada) |
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Jean
Casale, Fighter Pilot (France) |
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William
Claxton, Fighter Pilot
(Canada) |
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Arthur
Cobby, Fighter Pilot
(Australia) |
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Raymond
Collishaw, Fighter Pilot
(Canada) |
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Michel
Coiffard, Fighter Pilot
(France) |
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Willy
Coppens, Fighter Pilot
(Belgium) |
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Roderic
Dallas, Fighter Pilot
(Australia) |
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Albert
Louis Deullin, Fighter Pilot
(France) |
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Jacques
Ehrlich, Fighter
Pilot (France) |
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William
Erwin, Fighter Pilot (United
States) |
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Victor
Fedorov, Fighter
Pilot (Russia) |
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Benno
Fiala von Fernbrugg, Fighter
Pilot (Austria-Hungary) |
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Rene
Fonck, Fighter Pilot (France) |
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Philip
Fullard, Fighter Pilot (UK) |
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Hector
Garaud, Fighter Pilot
(France) |
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Roland
Garros, Fighter Pilot (France) |
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Paul
Gastin, Fighter Pilot (France) |
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Frederick
Gillet, Fighter Pilot (United
States) |
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Juri
Gilsher, Fighter Pilot (Russia) |
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Herman
Goering, Fighter Pilot (Germany) |
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Gabriel
Guerin, Fighter Pilot
(France) |
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Georges
Guynemer, Fighter Pilot
(France) |
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Lloyd
Hamilton, Fighter Pilot
(United States) |
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Lanoe
Hawker, Fighter Pilot
(UK) |
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Tom
Hazell, Fighter Pilot
(Ireland) |
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Max
Immelmann, Fighter Pilot
(Germany) |
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David
Ingalls, Fighter Pilot
(United States) |
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Josef
Jacobs, Fighter Pilot
(Germany) |
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Fernand
Jacquet, Fighter Pilot
(Belgium) |
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Alan
Jerrard, Fighter Pilot (UK) |
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Alexei
Kazakov, Fighter Pilot (Russia) |
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Field
Kindley, Fighter Pilot (United
States) |
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Elwyn
King, Fighter Pilot (Australia) |
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Hans
Kirschstein, Fighter Pilot (Germany) |
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Josef
Kiss, Fighter Pilot (Austria-Hungary) |
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Auguste
Lahoulle, Fighter Pilot
(France) |
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Reed
Landis, Fighter Pilot
(United States) |
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William
Leefe-Robinson, Fighter Pilot
(UK) |
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Ernst
Leman, Fighter Pilot (Russia) |
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Maxime
Lenoir, Fighter Pilot (France) |
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Adrien
Leps, Fighter Pilot (France) |
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Frank
Linke-Crawford, Fighter Pilot
(Austria-Hungary) |
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Robert
Little, Fighter Pilot
(Australia) |
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Erich
Lowenhardt, Fighter Pilot
(Germany) |
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Raoul
Lufbery, Fighter Pilot (United
States) |
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Frank
Luke Jr, Fighter Pilot (United
States) |
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Charles
Mace, Fighter Pilot (France) |
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Donald
MacLaren, Fighter Pilot
(Canada) |
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Georges
Madon, Fighter Pilot (France) |
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Hardutt
Singh Malik, Fighter Pilot (India) |
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Edward
Mannock, Fighter Pilot (UK) |
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Pierre
Marinovitch, Fighter Pilot (France) |
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Frederick
McCall, Fighter Pilot (Canada) |
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James
McCudden, Fighter Pilot (UK) |
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George
McElroy, Fighter Pilot (Ireland) |
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Andrew
McKeever, Fighter Pilot (Canada) |
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Carl
Menckhoff, Fighter Pilot
(Germany) |
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Andre
de Meulemeester, Fighter Pilot
(Belgium) |
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William
Mitchell, Air Force Commander
(Unites States) |
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Thomas
Mottershead, Fighter Pilot (UK) |
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Jean
Navarre, Fighter Pilot (France) |
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Marcel
Nogues, Fighter Pilot (France) |
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Charles
Nungesser, Fighter Pilot
(France) |
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Jan
Olieslagers, Fighter Pilot
(Belgium) |
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Armand
Pinsard, Fighter Pilot (France) |
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Eduard
Pulpe, Fighter Pilot
(Russia) |
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David
Putnam, Fighter Pilot (United
States) |
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Francis
Quigley, Fighter Pilot
(Canada) |
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William
Rhodes-Moorhouse, Fighter Pilot (UK) |
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Arthur
Rhys Davids, Fighter Pilot (UK) |
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Lothar
von Richthofen, Fighter Pilot
(Germany) |
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Manfred
von Richthofen, The 'Red Baron'
(Germany) |
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Eddie
Rickenbacker, Fighter Pilot
(Unites States) |
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Indra
Lal Roy, Fighter Pilot (India) |
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Fritz
Rumey, Fighter Pilot
(Germany) |
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Giovanni
Sabelli, Fighter Pilot
(Italy) |
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Silvio
Scaroni, Fighter Pilot
(Italy) |
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Alexander
Shook, Fighter Pilot
(Canada) |
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Ivan
Smirnov, Fighter Pilot
(Russia) |
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Robert
Smith-Barry, Aviation Pioneer
(UK) |
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Grigory
Suk, Fighter Pilot (Russia) |
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Edmond
Thieffry, Fighter Pilot (Belgium) |
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Ernst
Udet, Fighter Pilot (Germany) |
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Victor
Utgoff, Fighter Pilot (Russia) |
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Joseph
Veltjens, Fighter Pilot (Germany) |
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Werner
Voss, Fighter Pilot (Germany) |
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Joseph
Wehner, Fighter Pilot (United
States) |
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Wilbert
White, Fighter Pilot (United
States) |
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Kurt
Wolff, Fighter Pilot (Germany) |
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Henry
Woollett, Fighter Pilot (UK) |
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Vasili
Yanchenko, Fighter Pilot
(Russia) |
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