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As Defence Journal describes it, at the outbreak of the First World War (WW1) in 1914, military aviation consisted of light wooden bi/tri planes with maximum speeds of under 100 mph and very limited load carrying capacity.

Their roles were initially restricted to reconnaissance and artillery observations.

While there may not have been any air power doctrine on the eve of WW1, there was no shortage of alarming speculations about strikes from the sky, thanks to pre-war novels from H.G Wells and others.

Within seven weeks of WW1 beginning, Sopwith Tabloids of Britain's Royal Naval Air Service conducted an air raid on the Zeppelin (airship) sheds in Germany. A year later Germany retaliated when Zeppelins in turn bombed English cities.

The actual damage in all these raids may have been minimal but the psychological impact on civilians and populations was profound.

With both sides using increasing numbers of aircraft for reconnaissance, artillery observations and occasional bombing raids, the inevitable happened and aircraft started to shoot at each other to prevent the adversary from taking military advantage of the new medium. This marked the birth of fighter aircraft whose numbers proliferated whilst their performance took a quantum leap. The battle for control of the air had truly begun. The writing was clearly on the wall for military tactics and precepts that had stood for hundreds of years as the full flower of air power's potential to change the course of events and even win wars had to be acknowledged.

The Air War assumed a giant scale on both sides. By way of example, the British had upwards of 2,000 planes active by war end. And the war saw many tactics and strategies develop that were further developed in the Second World War.

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#	Name* SORT (↓)	First Names	Rank	Awards	Country SORT (↓)	Alliance	Role	Victories	Details	Units	Air Service	Death	Notes/Aircraft	Sources	Links	Photo
1	McCloughry (later McClaughry)	Wilfred Ashton		DSO MC DFC MiD (x3)	Australia	Allies	Pilot	3		4 Sqn	Australian Flying Corps	1943	Wilfred Ashton McCloughry (1894-1943) and Edgar James McCloughry (1896-1972), airmen, were the first and second sons of James Kingston McCloughry from Larne, Northern Ireland, and his Australian-born wife Charlotte Rebecca Ashton. Wilfred was born on 26 November 1894 at Knightsbridge, Adelaide, and Edgar on 10 September 1896 at Hindmarsh. Wilfred later changed his surname to McClaughry and Edgar became Kingston-McCloughry. Wilfred was educated at Queen's School, North Adelaide, University of Adelaide and the Adelaide School of Mines. Commissioned into the Australian Military Forces in 1913, he transferred to the Australian Imperial Force in 1914 and went overseas with the 9th Light Horse Regiment. On Gallipoli from May to August 1915 he was wounded twice. Seconded to the Royal Flying Corps in March 1916, after flying training he served in a home defence squadron operating against German airships. He joined No.100 Squadron, the R.F.C.'s first night bomber unit, on its formation and in March 1917 accompanied it to France as a flight commander. He was awarded the Military Cross in July. One of the experienced Australians in the R.F.C. selected to strengthen the expanding Australian Flying Corps, Wilfred joined the Second Squadron and accompanied it to France as a flight commander in September 1917. In October he was recalled to England to command the Fourth Squadron and took that overseas in December. Quiet but firm, he led one of the most efficient Sopwith Camel squadrons on the Western Front in 1918. He flew frequent daylight missions and undertook several risky night sorties against enemy heavy bombers in Camels not equipped for night flying. Credited with three victories, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Distinguished Service Order and was mentioned in dispatches three times. During the battle of Britain Wilfred commanded No.9 Fighter Group and in 1942, appointed C.B. and air vice marshal, became Air Officer Commanding, Egypt. Died Accidental (air crash), Heliopolis, Egypt, 4 January 1943, aged 48 years. Buried Heliopolis War Cemetery		Bio	Heliopolis
2	Edwards	Herbert James	Capt		Australia	Allies	Pilot	5	[2+3] (4 kills+1 Lost Control)	32Sqn, 92Sqn	RFC		DH5 ace, 1917.	Shores
3	Thompson	Claud Robert James	Lt		Australia	Allies	Pilot	6	[5+1] (2 kills+4 Lost Control)	19Sqn	RFC	17/07/1918	Spad ace, 1917. KIFA.	Shores
4	Smith	Ross McPherson 'Hadji' (Sir)	Capt	Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Military Cross & Bar Distinguished Flying Cross & Two Bars AFC	Australia	Allies	Pilot 2 Seater	10	(10 kills+1 Lost Control)	67 Sqn, 1 Australian Flying Corps Sqn	Australian Flying Corps	14/04/1922	BE12, F2B ace, Palestine, 1917-18. KIFA. Australian aviator and WWI pilot ace, Ross MacPherson "Hadji" Smith was born 4/12 1892. Sir Ross Macpherson Smith, KBE, MC & Bar, DFC & Two Bars, AFC (4 December 1892 – 13 April 1922) was an Australian aviator. He and his brother, Sir Keith Macpherson Smith, were the first pilots to fly from England to Australia, in 1919. Smith enlisted in 1914 in the 3rd Light Horse Regiment, landing at Gallipoli 13 May 1915. In 1917, he volunteered for the Australian Flying Corps. He was later twice awarded the Military Cross and the Distinguished Flying Cross three times, becoming an air ace with 11 confirmed aerial victories. With Ernest Mustard in their Bristol Fighter in Palestine, 1918. Smith was pilot for T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) and fought in aerial combat missions in the Middle East. He is mentioned several times in Lawrence's book, Seven Pillars of Wisdom, Chapter 114. Smith and his brother Keith, Sergeant James Mallett (Jim) Bennett and Sergeant Wally Shiers, flew from Hounslow Heath Aerodrome, England on 12 November 1919 in a Vickers Vimy, eventually landing in Darwin Australia on 10 December, taking less than 28 days, with actual flying time of 135 hours. The four men shared the £10,000 prize money put forward by the Australian government. Smith was killed (along with the recently commissioned Lieutenant Bennett) while testing a Vickers Viking amphibian aircraft which crashed in Byfleet soon after taking off from Brooklands on 13 April 1922. Captain Stanley Cockerell, test pilot for Vickers, had flown Smith and Bennett as passengers on the aircraft's maiden flight earlier that day and testified to the inquest that the machine seemed to be in perfect working order. The jury returned a verdict of death by misadventure.[3] The bodies were transported to Australia and Smith was given a state funeral and later buried on 15 June at the North Road Cemetery, Adelaide. The Australian cricketer Keith Ross Miller was named after Smith and his brother.	Shores.
5	Traill	James H.	Lt		Australia	Allies	Observer	6	(5 kills+1 Lost Control)	1Sqn (gunner)	Australian Flying Corps		Bristol Fighter gunner, 1918.	Franks-Guest
6	Weir	William James Alexander	Lt		Australia	Allies	Observer	6	[4+2] (5 kills+1 Lost Control)	1Sqn (gunner)	Australian Flying Corps		Bristol Fighter gunner, 1918.	Franks-Guest (5 Shores)
7	Wellwood	James Joseph	Lt		Australia	Allies	Pilot	7	(5 kills+2 Lost Control)	2 AFC Sqn	Australian Flying Corps		SE5 ace, 1918.	Shores
8	Brownell	Raymond James 'Brownie'	Capt	CBE MC MM	Australia	Allies	Pilot	12	[8+4] (1 balloon)(9 kills+3 Lost Control)	45Sqn	RFC & RAF	1974-04-02, aged 79, Subiaco West Australia	Camel ace, 1917-18, Italian front. He served as a gunner in Gallipoli, the Western Front and the battles of both the Somme and Pozieres. Whilst serving as a Sergeant with the 5th Battery, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade he was awarded the Military Medal and promoted to Second Lieutenant. Discharged on 16th March 1917 he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps (RFC), one of 200 Australians recruited by the RFC, at the same rank. He was transferred to 45 Squadron on completion of training, where he shot down five enemy aircraft over France before the squadron was transferred to Italy in November 1917. Seven more kills occurred in Italy, notably that of the German Ace, Alwin Thurm on the 31st December 1917, which he shared with Henry Moody. On the 4th March 1918 Raymond Brownwell was awarded the Military Cross MC Citation: “2nd Lt. Raymond James Brownell MM Military Cross For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. Within the last three months he has brought down six enemy aeroplanes, four of which were seen to come down in flames, the other two falling completely out of control. The dash, gallantry and offensive spirit displayed on all occasions by this officer are worthy of the highest praise.” Raymond James Brownell’s Victories 45Sqn Sopwith Camel 10 Sep 1917 1720 in B2323 DFW Houthoulst Wood 20 Sep 1917 1825 Shared with Henry Moody and Emerson Smith, Paschendaele 01 Oct 1917 1220 in B2323 Albatross DV, Quesnoy 20 Oct 1917 1240 Albatross DV, Kastelhoek 27 Oct 1917 1015 Albatross DV shared with James Child and Matthew Frew, NE of Comines 31 Dec 1917 0945 in B2430 Albatross Dlll, Piave de Soligo 31 Dec 1917 1030 in B2430 Albatross DV shared with Henry Moody, Paderno 10 Jan 1918 1615 in B2430 Albatross Dlll, Portobuffolo 11 Jan 1918 1535 in B2430 Albatross Dlll, St. Stino 30 Jan 1918 1045 in B6283 DFW, Saleto 17 Apr 1918 0915 in B3872 Albatross Dlll Oderzo 18 Apr 1918 in B3872 Balloon, Piave River Following World War 1, Brownwell returned to Australia, joining the Royal Australian Air Force serving with Number 1 Squadron from 1926 to 1928 and at RAAF Base Pearce (No 23 City of Perth Squadron) between 1938 and 1940. He further served in the following capacities during World War 2. • Wing Commander commanding RAAF Base 'Pearce', Western Australia, in 1939 • Commanded RAAF. units in the Far East 1940-1941. RAF Sembawang (1940–41) • Air Officer Commanding (AOC) 1 Training Group 1941-1942 • Promoted to Air Commodore and was (AOC) Western Area 1943-1945 • Appointed CBE on 01 January 1945 • Placed in command of No.11 Group, Morotai, on 30 July 1945 – 1946	Shores/Tasman Aviation Historical	Tasman Aviation Historical
9	Goble	Stanley James	Maj		Australia	Allies	Pilot	10	(4 kills+6 Lost Control)	1Wg,8Sqn, 5Sqn RNAS; 205Sqn RAF	RNAS & RAF		Nieuport, Pup, 1916; DH-4, 1918.	Shores
10	McCloughry (later Kingston-McCloughry)	Edgar James Kingston	Capt	DSO DFC & Bar MiD	Australia	Allies	Pilot	21	(4 balloons)(20 kills+1 Lost Control)	23 Sqn RFC; 4 Sqn AFC (CO)	RFC & AFC	15 November 1972	Camel ace, 1918. Australian WWI fighter ace, Edgar James Kingston McCloughry was born 10/9 1896. He authored 2 books: Direction of War A Critique of the Political Direction and High Command in War; E.J. Kingston McCloughry / Hardcover / New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1958 Defense Policy and Strategy E.J. Kingston McCloughry / Hardcover / New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1960 More: http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/australi/mccloughry.php Citation DFC: Lieut. (T./Capt.) Edgar James McClaughry (Australian Flying Corps). Early one morning this officer left the ground, and, meeting an enemy two-seater ten miles over the lines, he engaged and destroyed it. He was immediately attacked by five scouts; these he out-manoeuvred, destroying one and driving the remainder down. He is a determined and successful scout leader, who in recent operations has accounted for nine enemy machines, in addition to three others and one balloon when serving with another squadron. Citation DFC Bar: Lt. (T./Capt.) Edgar James McClaughry, D.F.C. (Australian Flying Corps). In the short space of one month this officer has destroyed ten enemy aeroplanes and balloons. He has organised and carried out numerous raids on the enemy, frequently at very low altitudes. Altogether he has destroyed fifteen aeroplanes and four balloons. Early one morning he crossed our lines to attack a balloon which he had previously located. As soon as daylight allowed he dived and opened fire on the balloon, which was on the ground, descending to within fifty feet of it. The balloon burst into flames. He then attacked some horse transport, dropping bombs and firing, some 300 rounds at 1,500 feet altitude. Citation DSO: Capt. Edgar James McClaughry, D.F.C. (Australian F.C.). (FRANCE) A bold and fearless officer, who has performed many gallant deeds of daring, notably on 24th September, when, attacking a train at 250 feet altitude, he obtained a direct hit, cutting it in two, the rear portion being derailed. He then fired a number of rounds at the fore portion, which pulled up. Sighting a hostile two-seater he engaged it and drove it down. Proceeding home he observed seven Fokker biplanes; although he had expended the greater part of his ammunition, Captain McClaughry never hesitated, but engaged the leader. During the combat that ensued he was severely wounded by fire from a scout that attacked him from behind; turning, he drove this machine off badly damaged. His ammunition being now expended he endeavoured to drive off two hostile scouts by firing Very lights at them. Exhausted by his exertions, he temporarily lost consciousness, but recovered sufficiently to land his machine safely. This officer has destroyed fourteen machines and four balloons, and has repeatedly displayed an utter disregard for danger in attacking ground targets. Later changed name to Kingston-McCloughry. Brother of Wilfred Ashton McCloughry who changed his name to McClaughry	Shores (Other sources 23)	Bio
11	Coppens de Houthulst	Willy Omer Franois	Lt	Order of Leopold II Order of the Crown Belgian Croix de Guerre French Legion d'Honneur Serbian Order of the White Eagle British Distinguished Service Order British Military Cross French Croix de Guerre	Belgium	Allies	Pilot	37	(35 balloons)(+ 5 unofficial.)	Esc6, Esc4, Esc1, Esc9	Aviation Militaire Belge		Hanriot Drachen killer, 1918. Date Of Birth: July 6, 1892 Place of Birth: Watermaal-Bosvoorde Date Of Death: December 21, 1986	Franks-Guest	(1) Belgian Air Force (2) Story
12	Glen	James Alpheus	Capt		Canada	Allies	Pilot	15	[5+10] (9 kills+6 Lost Control)	3(N)Sqn, 203Sqn	RNAS & RAF		Pup and Camel ace, 1917-18.	Shores
13	Forman	James Henry	Capt		Canada	Allies	Pilot	9	[7+2] (4 kills+5 Lost Control)	6(N)Sqn, 1(N)Sqn, 201Sqn, 70Sqn	RNAS & RAF		Camel ace, 1917-18. POW.	Shores
14	Salter	Ernest James	Capt		Canada	Allies	Pilot	9	[8+1] (4 kills+5 Lost Control)	54Sqn	RAF		Camel ace, 1918.	Shores
15	James	Mansell Richard	Capt		Canada	Allies	Pilot	11	(9 kills+2 Lost Control)	45Sqn	RAF	28/05/1919	Camel ace, 1918. MIFA.	Shores
16	Smith	James Robert	2ndLt		Canada	Allies	Observer	5	(2 kills+3 Lost Control)	18Sqn (observer)	RFC		FE2b gunner ace, 1916-17.	Franks-Guest
17	Smith	James Robert	2ndLt		Canada	Allies	Observer	5	(2 kills+3 Lost Control)	18Sqn (observer)	RFC		FE2b gunner ace, 1916-17.	Franks-Guest
18	Duncan	William James Arthur	Capt		Canada	Allies	Pilot	11	[6+5] (9 kills+2 Lost Control)	60Sqn	RFC & RAF		SE5 ace, 1917-18.	Shores
19	White	Joseph Leonard Maries	Capt	DFC and Bar Belgium Croix de Guerre Medal for Military Valour	Canada	Allies	Pilot	22	[20+2] (12 kills+10 Lost Control)	65 Sqn	RAF	1925-02-24	Camel ace, 1918. KIFA. Citation: DFC 'Lt. Joseph Leonard Maries White (late Canadian Machine Gun Corps). This officer is distinguished for his bravery and dash in action, never hesitating to attack, regardless of the enemy's numerical superiority. He has destroyed three enemy aircraft and driven down two out of control. In addition he has carried out most valuable reconnaissance service at low altitudes.' Citation: DFC - Bar 'Lt. (T./Capt.) Joseph Leonard Maries White, DFC (Can. M.G.C.). In company with another pilot this officer recently attacked a hostile formation of fourteen scouts. One of these he shot down in flames, and a second out of control. Captain White not only displays courage and skill of a high order in attacking machines in the air and troops on the ground, but he has rendered excellent service on reconnaissance duty, obtaining most valuable information.' (Photo courtesy François Dutil)	Shores (Other sources 31)
20	White	James Butler	Capt		Canada	Allies	Pilot	12	[10+2] (7 kills+5 Lost Control)	8Sqn, 208Sqn	RNAS & RAF		Camel ace, 1918.	Shores
21	Dell'Oro	Arturo		Gold Medal for Military Valor (Italy)	Chile	Allies	Pilot	1			Corpo Aeronautico Militare		Nieuport, 1 Aviatik by ramming, killed. The first known instance of ramming in air warfare was made over Zhovkva by the Russian pilot Pyotr Nesterov on 8 September, 1914, against an Austrian plane. That incident was fatal to both parties. The second ramming—and the first successful ramming that was not fatal to the attacker—was performed in 1915 by Alexander Kazakov, a flying ace and the most successful Russian fighter pilot of World War I. Sgt Arturo Dell'Oro of the Italian 83rd Squadron rammed a two-man Br.C.1 of Flik 45 on 1 September, 1917. Wilbert Wallace White rammed a German plane on October 10, 1918. On September 1, 1917 Arturo Dell'Oro, 21 year-old sergeant pilot of the 2nd Section of the 83rd Fighter Squadron of San Pietro in Campo, died in an air battle in the skies of Belluno, near Monte Pelf, La Palazza. Dell'Oro, after his machine gun had jammed attempting to down a two-seater Austrian Hansa-Brandenburg C.I reconnaissance aircraft (below), did not hesitate to ram his opponent, sacrificing his life. His corpse, and those of the two Austrian pilots of the 45th aviation company of the Kaiserliche und Königliche Luftfahrtruppen, the Lt. Leopold Müller and Corporal Stanislav Franz, were solemnly transferred to the Prade cemetery in Belluno. For this action he was awarded the Gold Medal for Military Valor, the highest Italian military decoration. On 19 June 1921, the San Giusto Airfield was named for him, later the same happened for Belluno Airport. There are many roads named after him both in Italy and in Chile where he was born to Italian parents. In Chile the Italian School of Valparaiso, located in Avenida Pedro Montt, is named after him.	C. Balladares
22	Mai	Josef	LtdR	Iron Cross	Germany	Central Powers	Pilot	30		Kasta 29, Jasta 5	Deutsche Luftstreitkräfte		Leutnant der Reserve Josef Mai - Fokker DVII - 'Jasta 5' - September 1918. He is seen here standing in front of his famous black and white striped Fokker DVII soon after his promotion on the 27th September 1918.	Franks
23	Böhning	Hans	Ltn	Iron Cross	Germany Bavaria	Central Powers	Pilot	17		FAA290, Jasta 36, Jasta 76, Jasta 79, Jasta 32	Deutsche Luftstreitkräfte	0 October 1934	Böhning made the transition to aviation in 1916. He began his flying career with Feldflieger Abteilung (Field Flier Detachment) 290, which was an artillery cooperation unit, on 26 April 1917. He transferred from FA(A) 290 on 3 July 1917, to take training as a fighter pilot. He survived an accident on 17 July 1917. Upon completion of training, Böhning was transferred to Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 36. He scored his first victory with them on 23 August 1917. He scored his fourth triumph with the unit on 27 October 1917. He was then transferred to Royal Bavarian Jagdstaffel 76 and scored his fifth win over opposing fighter planes on 1 December 1917. By February, 1918, he had transferred to another Bavarian squadron, Jagdstaffel 79. He now began his greatest string of victories while flying a Pfalz D.III with his initials painted aft of the cockpit. He would upgrade to a newer Albatros D.Va with a fuselage ringed by blue and white stripes and decked by the ace of spades, its upper tail surfaces bearing both light and dark blue stripes. Between 22 March 1918 and 18 September, he tallied another dozen victories, including three over enemy observation balloons. On 20 September 1918, he was wounded while using a Fokker D.VII to fight British Airco DH.9s over Soriel. On 1 November 1918, he was selected to command Bavarian Jagdstaffel 32; the war ended 11 days after his appointment. He was awarded both classes of the Iron Cross during his service. Böhning transferred to the Fliegertruppe in 1916. Injured in accident on 17 July 1917. Two days after scoring his final victory, he was wounded in the hip when his Fokker D.VII was shotup by a D.H.9 over Soriel. Assumed command of Jasta 32b just before the Armistice was signed. Böhning killed in a glider crash in 1934 . More: http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/germany/bohning.php If Link Broken	Franks (Other Sources + 1 unconfirmed)
24	Powell	Frederick James	Maj		Great Britain	Allies	Pilot	6	[5+1] (with observer)(2 kills+4 Lost Control)	5Sqn, 40Sqn, 41Sqn	RFC		VF5b, FE8, 1915-16; SE5, 1917. POW.	Shores
25	Tennant	James	Lt		Great Britain	Allies	Observer	7	(2 kills+5 Lost Control)	20Sqn, 51Sqn, 143Sqn (gunner)	RFC		FE2d gunner ace, 1917.	Franks-Guest
26	Marchant	Cecil James 'Chips'	Capt		Great Britain	Allies	Pilot	9	[3+6] (5 kills+4 Lost Control)	46Sqn, 78Sqn, 44Sqn	RAF		Camel ace, 1918.	Shores
27	Bailey	Eric Henry Platt	Lt.		Great Britain	Allied	Pilot			6 Sqn (N), 206 Sqn	RAF	11 August 1918	Lt. Eric Henry Platt Bailey of 206 Squadron Royal Air Force was born 25th March 1898 in Friern Barnet, Enfield, Middlesex, the son of Esther (nee Platt) and her husband James Henry Bailey. He joined the Royal Naval Air Service on 22nd April 1917 and survived a crash landing in an Avro 504 (1487) at Redcar on 3rd November and another in a Maurice Farman Longhorn (N5334) on 14th October that year. After training he was posted to France in March 1918 and joined No 6 (Naval )Squadron at Dunkerque. No 6 Squadron became 206 squadron RAF on the creation of the RAF on 1st April 1918. On 11 August that year he was shot down and killed while flying a DH9 north of Lille. He is buried in Grave D5 in the British section of Linselles Communal Cemetery, Dept du Nord, France and is commemorated on his grandparents grave in Weaver Methodist Church, Winsford, Cheshire. Information and Photo Courtesy Mike McQuaid
28	McCudden	James Thomas Byford	Maj	Victoria Cross DSO & Bar Military Cross & Bar Military Medal Croix de Guerre (France)	Great Britain	Allies	Pilot	57	[54+3] (47 kills+10 Lost Control)	3 Sqn,20 Sqn,29 Sqn,66 Sqn,56 Sqn,60 Sqn	RFC	9 July 1918, Auxi-le-Château, France	DH-2, SE5 ace 1917-18. KIFA.	Shores
29	Mcdonald	James	Lt		Great Britain	Allies	Observer	8	(2 kills+6 Lost Control)	22Sqn (gunner)	RAF		Bristol Fighter gunner, 1918.	Franks-Guest (9 Shores)
30	Middleton	William James	Sgt		Great Britain	Allies	Observer	6	[4+2] (2 kills+4 Lost Control)	205Sqn (gunner)	RAF	04/10/1918	DH4 bomber gunner, 1918. DOW.	Franks-Guest
31	Mitchell	James Hart 'Mitch'	Capt		Great Britain	Allies	Pilot	12	[10+1] (10 kills+1 Lost Control)	28Sqn	RFC & RAF		Camel ace, France, Italy, 1917-18.	Shores
32	White	Hugh Granville	Capt		Great Britain	Allies	Pilot	7	(4 kills+3 Lost Control)	20Sqn, 29Sqn	RAF		FE2, 1917; SE5, 1918.	Shores
33	Payne	James Dennis	Capt		Great Britain	Allies	Pilot	14	(4 kills+10 Lost Control)	41Sqn, 29Sqn	RFC		Nieuport Scout ace, 1917-18.	Shores
34	Tonks	Adrian James Boswell	Capt		Great Britain	Allies	Pilot	12	(1 kill+11 Lost Control)	4(N)Sqn, 204Sqn	RAF	14/07/1919	Camel ace, 1917-18. KIFA.	Shores (Other sources 10 victories)
35	Ralph	Francis James	2ndLt		Great Britain	Allies	Observer	13	[11+2] (8 kills+5 Lost Control)	20Sqn (gunner)	RAF	03/09/1918	Bristol Fighter gunner, 1918. KIA.	Franks-Guest
36	Robb	James Milne 'Robbo'	Capt		Great Britain	Allies	Pilot	7	[4+3] (4 kills+3 Lost Control)	32Sqn, 92Sqn	RFC & RAF		DH2, 1917; SE5 ace, 1918. RAF WWII.	Shores
37	White	Victor Rodney Stokes	Lt		Great Britain	Allies	Observer	6		45Sqn, 20Sqn (gunner)	RFC		Strutter, BF2 gunner, 1917.	Franks-Guest
38	Scaramanga	James John	Lt		Great Britain	Allies	Pilot See Note	12	(5 kills+7 Lost Control)	20Sqn, 22Sqn (gunner)	RFC & RAF	10/07/1918	Bristol Fighter gunner, 1918. KIA.	Franks-Guest
39	Shannon	Christopher James	Sgt		Great Britain	Allies	Observer	5	(2 kills+3 Lost Control)	22Sqn (gunner)	RFC		Bristol Fighter gunner, 1917.	Franks-Guest
40	Slater	James Anderson	Capt	Military Cross and Bar, DFC	Great Britain	Allies	Pilot	24	[20+4] (12 kills+12 Lost Control)	18Sqn, 1Sqn, 64Sqn	RFC & RAF	26/11/1925	Nieuport, DH5, 1917; SE5 ace, 1918.	Shores
41	Thayre	Frederick James Harry	Capt	Military Cross and Bar	Great Britain	Allies	Pilot 2 Seater	20	(18 kills+2 Lost Control)	16Sqn, 20Sqn	RFC	09/06/1917	BE2, 1916; FE2 top ace, 1917. KIA.	Shores.
42	Maclean	Loudoun James	Capt		Great Britain	Allies	Pilot	5	[0+5] (2 kills+3 Lost Control)	41Sqn	RFC		SE5 ace, 1917-18.	Shores
43	Lennox	James Scott	Lt		Great Britain	Allies	Pilot	5	(3 kills+2 Lost Control)	66Sqn	RAF		Camel ace, Italian front, 1918.	Shores
44	Belgrave	James Dacres	Capt		Great Britain	Allies	Pilot	18	[14+4] (6 with observer)(9 kills+9 Lost Control)	45Sqn, 61Sqn, 60Sqn	RFC & RAF	13/06/1918	Strutter (1917) and SE5 (1918) ace.	Shores
45	Birmingham	Thomas James	Lt		Great Britain	Allies	Observer	7	(4 kills+3 Lost Control)	22Sqn (observer)	RAF		Bristol Fighter observer ace, 1918.	Franks-Guest
46	Bush	James Cromwell	Lt		Great Britain	Allies	Pilot 2 Seater	6	[4+2] (3 kills+3 Lost Control)	22Sqn	RFC	07/10/1917	Bristol Fighter ace, 1917. KIA.	Shores.
47	Child	James E.	Lt		Great Britain	Allies	Pilot	5	[4+1] (4 kills+1 Lost Control)	45Sqn	RFC & RAF		Camel ace, West, Italy, 1917-18.	Shores
48	Child	James Martin	Capt		Great Britain	Allies	Pilot	8	[7+1] (5 kills+3 Lost Control)	4Sqn, 19Sqn, 84Sqn	RFC	23/08/1918	Spad, SE5 ace, 1917. KIFA.	Shores
49	Coombe	James Geoffrey	Capt		Great Britain	Allies	Pilot	8	(1 kill+7 Lost Control)	21Sqn, 29Sqn	RFC		Nieuport ace, 1917-18.	Shores
50	Cullen	Robert James	Lt		Great Britain	Allies	Pilot 2 Seater	5	(with observer)(3 kills+2 Lost Control)	88Sqn	RAF		Bristol Fighter ace, 1918.	Shores.
51	Davies	Francis James	Capt		Great Britain	Allies	Pilot	12	[11+1] (1 balloon)(8 kills+4 Lost Control)	29Sqn	RFC & RAF		SE5 ace, 1918.	Shores
52	Dawe	James Jeffery	Lt		Great Britain	Allies	Pilot	8	[5+3] (4 kills+4 Lost Control)	24Sqn	RAF	07/06/1918	SE5 ace, 1918. KIA.	Shores
53	Dewhirst	James Henry	Lt		Great Britain	Allies	Pilot	7	(6 kills+1 Lost Control)	45Sqn	RAF		Camel ace, Tyrol, 1918.	Shores (8 Tesar)
54	Enstone	Albert James	Capt	Distinguished Service Order (DSO) Distinguished Flying Cross Distinguished Service Cross	Great Britain	Allies	Pilot	15	[13+2] (11 kills,4Lost Control,11 driven to ground)	4 Sqn (N), 204 Sqn	RNAS & RAF		Pup, Camel ace, 1917-18. English WWI fighter ace, Albert James 'Jim' Enstone was born 25/8 1895. Enstone joined the Royal Naval Air Service on 3 April 1916 with the rank of temporary probationary flight sub-lieutenant. He learned to fly at Cranwell; seems to have showed early promise, as he was appointed as an acting flight commander during training. He graduated on 15 September 1916 with Royal Aero Club certificate 3677. Enstone was confirmed in his rank as flight sub-lieutenant on 8 November 1916; he had already been appointed an acting flight lieutenant as early as 10 April 1916. He was one of the founding members of 4 Naval Squadron in April 1917; it was stationed at Bray Dunes on the Franco-Belgian border, and was tasked with both flying offensive patrols and escorting RNAS bombing missions. He used a Sopwith Pup (below) to counter German probes over the English Channel. Sopwith Pup Enstone destroyed four enemy aircraft near or over the English Channel between 9 May and 5 June 1917, including one kill shared with Arnold Jacques Chadwick. His second victory, scored on 9 May, forecast his later citation for valour; Naval 4 battled a large opposing force of German Albatroses for 25 minutes, with Alexander MacDonald Shook and Langley Frank Willard Smith joining Enstone in victory. After he and his squadron upgraded to Sopwith Camels, Enstone used his new mount to down three more German aircraft in July 1917, including an effort against a seaplane teamed with Chadwick and Ronald M. Keirstead. The new ace would go on to push his victory total to 10 for 1917. Between his ninth and tenth wins, on 1 October 1917, Enstone was promoted from temporary flight sub-lieutenant to temporary flight lieutenant. He also won the Distinguished Service Cross during this string of victories. Enstone continued to win throughout the first half of 1918. When the RNAS was consolidated into the Royal Air Force on 1 April 1918, his position as flight commander automatically gained him the rank of captain. In August 1918, he was relieved of combat duty and returned to Home Establishment in England. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross during this period. Citation DSC: Flight Commander Alexander MacDonald Shook RNAS Flight Lieutenant Arnold Jacques Chadwick RNAS (since reported drowned) Flight Sub-Lieutenant Albert James Enstone, R.N.A.S. Flight Sub-Lieutenant Langley Frank Willard Smith RNAS (since reported missing) For exceptional gallantry and remarkable skill and courage whilst serving with the RNAS at Dunkirk during May and June, 1917, in repeatedly attacking and destroying hostile aircraft. Citation DFC: Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) Capt. Albert James Enstone, DSC (Sea Patrol). Has been engaged for eighteen months on active service flying (ten months as Flight Leader). Has destroyed twelve hostile machines and brought down six more out of control. During the past month Capt. Enstone attacked an enemy gun, which was firing on one of our crashed machines, and succeeded in blowing up the ammunition dump alongside the gun, causing a great explosion, with flames reaching to a height of nearly 300 feet.	Shores (Other sources 18 victories)
55	Fitz-morris	James	Capt		Great Britain	Allies	Observer	7	(7 with observer)(10 kills+4 Lost Control)	11Sqn (observer), 25Sqn, 23Sqn	RFC		DH4 ace, 1917-18.	Shores
56	Fitz-morris	James	Capt		Great Britain	Allies	Pilot See Note	14	[13+1] (7 with observer)(10 kills+4 Lost Control)	11Sqn (observer), 25Sqn, 23Sqn	RFC		DH4 ace, 1917-18.	Shores
57	Grant	James	Sgt		Great Britain	Allies	Observer	8	(6 kills+2 Lost Control)	57Sqn (gunner)	RAF		DH4 bomber gunner, 1918.	Franks-Guest
58	Green	James Hubert Ronald	Sgt		Great Britain	Allies	Pilot 2 Seater	6	(2 kills+4 Lost Control)	25Sqn	RFC	15/12/1917	FE2 ace, 1916-17. KIFA.	Shores.
59	Hamilton	Herbert James	Capt		Great Britain	Allies	Pilot	6	[2+4] (1 kill+5 Lost Control)	1Sqn, 29Sqn	RFC	13/06/1918	Nieuport, 1917; SE5, 1918. KIFA.	Shores
60	Hardman	James Donald Innes	Capt		Great Britain	Allies	Pilot	9	[5+4] (4 kills+5 Lost Control)	19Sqn	RAF		Dolphin ace, 1918.	Shores
61	Harvey	William Frederick James	Capt	Military Cross, DFC and Bar	Great Britain	Allies	Pilot 2 Seater	26	(3 balloons)(17 kills+9 Lost Control)	22Sqn	RAF		Bristol Fighter ace, 1918. Some sources 25 victories)	Shores.
62	Leith	James Leith	Capt		Great Britain	Allies	Pilot 2 Seater	8	[7+2] (3 kills+6 Lost Control)	25Sqn RFC; 46Sqn RAF	RFC & RAF		FE2 ace, 1916-17, Camel, 1918.	Shores.
63	Latta	James Douglas	Capt		Great Britain	Allies	Pilot	5	(2 balloons)(3 kills+2 Lost Control)	5Sqn, 1Sqn, 60Sqn, 66Sqn	RFC		Nieuport ace, 1916; Pup, 1917. WIA.	Shores
64	Mcdonald	James	Lt		Great Britain Scotland	Allies	Pilot	8	(2 kills+6 Lost Control)	22Sqn (gunner)	RAF		Bristol Fighter gunner, 1918.	Franks-Guest (9 Shores)
65	Binnie	James Alex. Weatherhead	Lt		Great Britain Scotland	Allies	Pilot	9	[7+2] (with observer)(5 kills+4 Lost Control)	48Sqn	RFC		Bristol Fighter ace, 1917.	Shores
66	Smith	James Robert	2ndLt		Great Britain Scotland	Allies	Pilot	5	(2 kills+3 Lost Control)	18Sqn (observer)	RFC		FE2b gunner ace, 1916-17.	Franks-Guest
67	Clifford	Reginald Morgan	Flt Sub Lt RNAS		Great Britan	Allies	Pilot				RNAS, RAF		Schneider Seaplane in operations against targets in Aden in 1916 Reginald Morgan Clifford was born in April 1889 and entered the Royal Naval Air Service as a Probationary Flight Sub. Lieutenant in May 1915, direct from his appointment as a Second Officer in the Mercantile Marine. Taking his Aviator’s Certificate (No. 1741) at the Grahame-White School, Hendon, that September, he joined the seaplane carrier H.M.S. Empress a few weeks later, in which capacity he remained actively employed in the Eastern Mediterranean until the end of 1916, on occasion on attachment to another seaplane carrier, the Raven II, and to No.2 Wing R.N.A.S. at Thasos. And as evidenced by official records, he undertook a number of bombing sorties against targets in Aden in the same period - thus two Schneider seaplane operations mounted from Raven II in the Red Sea on 31 March 1916, when Clifford dropped four bombs on an enemy camp near Waht - ‘there was considerable rifle and machine-gun fire at the camp and the three seaplanes that reached it were all several times hit’ - and later that day four more on the western village at Subar. In fact Clifford flew another double-sortie from Raven II the very next day, his seaplane being engaged by a gun situated between Abdurrub Bubakr and Amr Maudtha, while in the course of a reconnaissance flight from El Arish to Bir on 25 April, he ran into an enemy aircraft. His flight report takes up the story: ‘Reconnoitred North Road at a height of 2,000 feet. No movements were observed on the road. When in the vicinity of Lake Bardawil observed enemy aeroplane astern about six miles at altitude of about 5,000 feet, diving and giving chase. Altered course to seaward and kept machine down, attaining a speed of 80 knots and dropping rapidly. Enemy machine continued chase to about 15 miles out at sea, firing machine-gun (apparently mounted abaft the pilot’s seat) at intervals. When at 200 feet released bombs to lighten machine and altered course sharply in direction of ship. Enemy machine ceased fire and sheered off, steering south and climbing. His machine appeared to be a two-seater, with pilot in front; only one gun was carried which could not fire ahead. Damage to machine - one shot in chassis strut and two holes in fuselage fabric.’ The same report notes that Clifford’s sole defensive armament was ‘one Webley semi-automatic pistol.’ Invalided home from Malta with malaria in December 1916, Clifford returned to duty at East Fortune in July 1917, but ‘made a bad landing in a seaplane, bouncing on to the beach and totally wrecking the aircraft - pilot sustained severe cuts to face, legs and head’ (his service record refers), as a consequence of which he requested a transfer from seaplanes to aeroplanes. Advanced to Acting Flight Commander in February 1918, his request appears to have been accepted, since he ended the War as ‘a Camel Flight Commander’ in No. 205 (Training) Squadron back in France. Clifford was placed on the Unemployed List in July 1919 but was re-appointed as a Flying Officer in the General Duties Branch in May 1923, and attained the rank of Flight Lieutenant prior to resigning his commission in September 1924;
68	Smirnoff (alt spelling Smirnov)	Ivan Vasilyevich	Capt	Croix de Guerre, Cross of St. George (when he was foot soldier), White Eagle of Siberia, Order of St. Anna, Order of St. George (equivalent to our Victoria Cross), Order of St. Stanislaus, Dutch Airman's Cross Dutch Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau	Russia	Allies	Pilot	11	(1 sh. observer)	19th Korpusnoi Aviatsionniy Otrad (19th Corps Aviation Detachment)	Imperial Russian Air Service & ML-KNIL	Born 1895-01-30 – Died1956-10-28 (some sources 1959-10-23)	Nieuport, Morane, 1917, Spad V11. Russia's 4th highest ace. Later moved to Netherlands. 1 million miles as KLM captain	Franks ( 12 Shores;12+8 unconf;13	Not Many People Know That Archive Report
69	Tkachev	Vyacheslav Matveyevich	Gal		Russia	Allies	Pilot	5		20AO, 1BAG	Imperial Russian Air Service & White Russian Air Force		DH9 pilot, ww1. Civil War.	Arkhipov, Abramov
70	Bagrovnikov	Ivan Mikhaylovich			Russia	Allies	Pilot	5		1FAO	Imperial Russian Air Service & White Russian Air Force		ww1 and Civil War	Arkhipov, Abramov
71	Yanchenko	Vasili Ivanovich	Ens		Russia	Allies	Pilot	16		12KAO, 3KAO, 7KAO, 32KAO; 2Sqn White Army	Imperial Russian Air Service & White Russian Air Force		Nieuport, Morane, 1916-17. Civil War.	Franks (Other sources 19; 6+10 unconf)
72	Kozakov (Kazakov?)	Alexandr Alesandrovich	Kapt	Order of Saint George, Order of Saint Vladimir, Order of Saint Stanislas, Order of Saint Anne, British DSO, Military Cross, and DFC, French Legion d'Honneur and Croix De Guerre	Russia	Allies	Pilot	20		4KAO, 19KAO, 1BAG; 1.Slavo-British Sqn,	Imperial Russian Air Service & White Russian Air Force	1919-08-03	Morane, Nieuport, 1915-17. Civil War. Top Russia ace. The first known instance of ramming in air warfare was made over Zhovkva by the Russian pilot Pyotr Nesterov on 8 September, 1914, against an Austrian plane. That incident was fatal to both parties. The second ramming—and the first successful ramming that was not fatal to the attacker—was performed in 1915 by Alexander Kazakov, a flying ace and the most successful Russian fighter pilot of World War I. Sgt Arturo Dell'Oro of the Italian 83rd Squadron rammed a two-man Br.C.1 of Flik 45 on 1 September, 1917. Wilbert Wallace White rammed a German plane on October 10, 1918. Alexander Kazakov flew on Morane-Saulnier, Spad – SА2, Nieuport 11 and Nieuport 17 planes and is alleged to have the largest number of victories over enemy aircraft among Imperial Russian Air Force pilots. Unofficially he shot down 32 German and Austro-Hungarian planes, although his official tally is only 20 because only planes crashed in Russian-held territory were counted. Russian military aviation tradition during World War I was different from that of its Western allies and rivals and the individual scores of pilots were considered to be of lesser value compared to their contribution to the overall war effort. On 31 March 1915 Alexander Kazakov successfully repeated the aerial ramming attack first attempted by Pyotr Nesterov, using a Morane-Saulnier G (below) as his piloted projectile. For this bit of daring, he was awarded the Order of Saint Anne, first in the Fourth Class, then in the Third. He was appointed to command of 19th Corps Fighter Detachment in September 1915. Here he had Nieuport 10s and Nieuport 11s to fly. Between 27 June and 21 December 1916, he racked up four more victories to become an ace. Five months later, Kazakov resumed his winning streak with his sixth victory on 6 May 1917, which was shared with Ernst Leman and Pavel Argeyev. By 25 May, with his eighth win, he switched to a Nieuport 17, which he used henceforth.[3] Between 1915 and 1917 he fought on the Russian front as well as in Romania and participated in the Brusilov Offensive as a commander of 1st Combat Air Group. In January 1918, in the wake of the Russian Revolution, Kazakov resigned his Russian commission.	Franks (Other Sources 32; 18; 17)
73	Beane	James Dudley	1stLt		USA	Allies	Pilot	6		22ndSqn	US Air Service	30/10/1918	KIA.	Toliver-Constable
74	Springs	Elliott White	Capt		USA	Allies	Pilot	16	(12 kills+4 Lost Control) [13+3]	85Sqn, 148AeSqn	RAF & US Air Service		SE5, Camel ace, 1918.	Shores (12 Toliver)
75	White	Harold Albert	Lt		USA	Allies	Pilot	7	(3 kills+4 Lost Control) [4+3]	23Sqn	RAF		Dolphin ace, 1918.	Shores
76	White	Wilbert Wallace Jr.	1stLt		USA	Allies	Pilot	8		147th Sqn	US Air Service	10/10/1918	KIA.	Toliver-Constable
77	Healy	James A.	Capt		USA	Allies	Pilot	5		147th Sqn	US Air Service			Toliver-Constable
78	Pearson	James William	Capt		USA	Allies	Pilot	12	(6 kills+6 Lost Control) [10+2]	23Sqn	RAF		Dolphin ace, 1918.	Shores
79	Knowles	James Jr.	1stLt		USA	Allies	Pilot	5		95thSqn	US Air Service			Toliver-Constable
80	Connelly	James Alexander Jr.	Lt		USA	Allies	Pilot	7	(1 balloon) [4+4]	SPA 157, SPA 163 FFC	Aviation Militaire Française	02/02/1944		Bailey & Cony (8 Porret/Toliver)
81	Hall	James Norman	Capt		USA	Allies	Pilot	5		N124 FFC, 103rdAS, 94thAS	US Air Service		POW 1918.	Robertson - Tesar (Some sources 4, 6 victories)
82	Meissner	James Armand	Maj		USA	Allies	Pilot	8		94thAS, 147thAS	US Air Service			Toliver-Constable (5 Bailey & Cony)
83	Keating	James Alfred	Maj		USA	Allies	Pilot	6	(shared with observer)	49Sqn (Bomber)RFC	RFC		DH9 bomber pilot, 1918.	Toliver-Constable (5 NG/FG) (Some sources 3 victories)
84	Jones	James Ira Thomas 'Taffy'	Capt	DSO and Bar, Military Cross, DFC and Bar	Wales (Great Britain)	Allies	Pilot	37	[35+2] (1 balloon)(30 kills+7 Lost Control)	10Sqn, 74Sqn	RAF		SE5 ace, 1918. RAF, WWII.	Shores
85	Hughes	David James	Capt		Wales (Great Britain)	Allies	Pilot	5	(3 kills+2 Lost Control)	3Sqn	RAF		Camel ace, 1918.	Shores