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Who's Who - Air Aces & Commanders

Manfred von Richthofen, "The Red Baron" 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.

Biographies Description
GermanyKarl Allmenroder Fighter Pilot
Austria-HungaryJulius Arigi Fighter Pilot
FranceJean Paul Elzeard Ambrogi Fighter Pilot
RussiaPavel Argeyev Fighter Pilot
United KingdomEdward Ashmore London Air Defence Commander
United States of AmericaPaul Baer Fighter Pilot
United KingdomAlbert Ball Fighter Pilot
ItalyFrancesco Baracca Fighter Pilot
CanadaWilliam Barker Fighter Pilot
GermanyPaul Bäumer Fighter Pilot
United States of AmericaFrank Baylies Fighter Pilot
South AfricaAndrew Beauchamp-Proctor Fighter Pilot
GermanyOliver Freiherr von Beaulieu-Marconnay Fighter Pilot
United States of AmericaWilfred Beaver Fighter Pilot
United States of AmericaLouis Bennett Jr. Fighter Pilot
GermanyFritz Bernert Fighter Pilot
GermanyHans Berr Fighter Pilot
GermanyRudolf Berthold Fighter Pilot
CanadaWilliam Bishop Fighter Pilot
FranceMaurice Bizot Fighter Pilot
GermanyOswald Boelcke Fighter Pilot
CanadaHenry Botterell Fighter Pilot
FranceLeon Bourjade Fighter Pilot
FranceMaurice Boyau Fighter Pilot
CanadaArthur Roy Brown Fighter Pilot
Austria-HungaryGodwin Brumowski Fighter Pilot
GermanyFranz Buchner Fighter Pilot
ItalyFulco Ruffo di Calabria Fighter Pilot
CanadaAlbert Desbrisay Carter Fighter Pilot
FranceJean Casale Fighter Pilot
CanadaWilliam Claxton Fighter Pilot
AustraliaArthur Cobby Fighter Pilot
CanadaRaymond Collishaw Fighter Pilot
FranceMichel Coiffard Fighter Pilot
BelgiumWilly Coppens Fighter Pilot
AustraliaRoderic Dallas Fighter Pilot
FranceAlbert Louis Deullin Fighter Pilot
FranceJacques Ehrlich Fighter Pilot
United States of AmericaWilliam Erwin Fighter Pilot
RussiaVictor Fedorov Fighter Pilot
Austria-HungaryBenno Fiala von Fernbrugg Fighter Pilot
FranceRene Fonck Fighter Pilot
United KingdomPhilip Fullard Fighter Pilot
FranceHector Garaud Fighter Pilot
FranceRoland Garros Fighter Pilot
FrancePaul Gastin Fighter Pilot
United States of AmericaFrederick Gillet Fighter Pilot
RussiaJuri Gilsher Fighter Pilot
GermanyHerman Goering Fighter Pilot
FranceGabriel Guerin Fighter Pilot
FranceGeorges Guynemer Fighter Pilot
United States of AmericaLloyd Hamilton Fighter Pilot
United KingdomLanoe Hawker Fighter Pilot
IrelandTom Hazell Fighter Pilot
GermanyMax Immelmann Fighter Pilot
United States of AmericaDavid Ingalls Fighter Pilot
GermanyJosef Jacobs Fighter Pilot
BelgiumFernand Jacquet Fighter Pilot
United KingdomAlan Jerrard Fighter Pilot
RussiaAlexei Kazakov Fighter Pilot
United States of AmericaField Kindley Fighter Pilot
AustraliaElwyn King Fighter Pilot
GermanyHans Kirschstein Fighter Pilot
Austria-HungaryJosef Kiss Fighter Pilot
FranceAuguste Lahoulle Fighter Pilot
United States of AmericaReed Landis Fighter Pilot
United KingdomWilliam Leefe-Robinson Fighter Pilot
RussiaErnst Leman Fighter Pilot
FranceMaxime Lenoir Fighter Pilot
FranceAdrien Leps Fighter Pilot
Austria-HungaryFrank Linke-Crawford Fighter Pilot
AustraliaRobert Little Fighter Pilot
GermanyErich Lowenhardt Fighter Pilot
United States of AmericaRaoul Lufbery Fighter Pilot
United States of AmericaFrank Luke Jr Fighter Pilot
FranceCharles Mace Fighter Pilot
CanadaDonald MacLaren Fighter Pilot
FranceGeorges Madon Fighter Pilot
IndiaHardutt Singh Malik Fighter Pilot
United KingdomEdward Mannock Fighter Pilot
FrancePierre Marinovitch Fighter Pilot
CanadaFrederick McCall Fighter Pilot
United KingdomJames McCudden Fighter Pilot
IrelandGeorge McElroy Fighter Pilot
CanadaAndrew McKeever Fighter Pilot
GermanyCarl Menckhoff Fighter Pilot
BelgiumAndre de Meulemeester Fighter Pilot
United States of AmericaWilliam Mitchell Air Force Commander
United KingdomThomas Mottershead Fighter Pilot
FranceJean Navarre Fighter Pilot
FranceMarcel Nogues Fighter Pilot
FranceCharles Nungesser Fighter Pilot
BelgiumJan Olieslagers Fighter Pilot
FranceArmand Pinsard Fighter Pilot
RussiaEduard Pulpe Fighter Pilot
United States of AmericaDavid Putnam Fighter Pilot
CanadaFrancis Quigley Fighter Pilot
United KingdomWilliam Rhodes-Moorhouse Fighter Pilot
United KingdomArthur Rhys Davids Fighter Pilot
GermanyLothar von Richthofen Fighter Pilot
GermanyManfred von Richthofen The 'Red Baron'
United States of AmericaEddie Rickenbacker Fighter Pilot
IndiaIndra Lal Roy Fighter Pilot
GermanyFritz Rumey Fighter Pilot
ItalyGiovanni Sabelli Fighter Pilot
ItalySilvio Scaroni Fighter Pilot
CanadaAlexander Shook Fighter Pilot
RussiaIvan Smirnov Fighter Pilot
United KingdomRobert Smith-Barry Aviation Pioneer
RussiaGrigory Suk Fighter Pilot
BelgiumEdmond Thieffry Fighter Pilot
GermanyErnst Udet Fighter Pilot
RussiaVictor Utgoff Fighter Pilot
GermanyJoseph Veltjens Fighter Pilot
GermanyWerner Voss Fighter Pilot
United States of AmericaJoseph Wehner Fighter Pilot
United States of AmericaWilbert White Fighter Pilot
GermanyKurt Wolff Fighter Pilot
United KingdomHenry Woollett Fighter Pilot
RussiaVasili Yanchenko Fighter Pilot

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