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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.

See also: Flying ace, Aerial victory standards of World War I, and Aviation in World War I

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.

|- | Laurence W. Allen |style="text-align:left;"| Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom | Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force | 10[5] |- |Edgar O. Amm |style="text-align:left;"| South Africa Flag 1912-1928 Union of South Africa | Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force | 10[6] |- | Leopold Anslinger |style="text-align:left;"| Flag of the German Empire German Empire | Luftstreitkräfte | 10[7] |- | Gordon Apps | United Kingdom | Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force | 10[6] |- | Edward Dawson Atkinson | United Kingdom | Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force | 10[6] |- | 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] |- | Hilliard Brooke Bell |style="text-align:left;"| Canadian Red Ensign 1868-1921 Canada | Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force | 10[6] |- | style="background:#e3d9ff;"|Hans Berr† | German Empire | Luftstreitkräfte | 10[7] |- | Robert A. Birkbeck | United Kingdom | Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force | 10[6] |- | Maurice Bizot |style="text-align:left;"| Flag of France France | Aéronautique Militaire |10[8] |- | Franz Brandt | German Empire | Luftstreitkräfte | 10[7] |- | style="background:#e3d9ff;"|Otto Brauneck† | German Empire | Luftstreitkräfte | 10[7] |- | Lloyd S. Breadner | Canada | Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force | 10[6] |- | Arthur Roy Brown | Canada | Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force | 10[6] |- | Frederick Elliott Brown | Canada | Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force | 10[6] |- | Sydney Carlin | United Kingdom | Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force | 10[6] |- | Robert L. Chidlaw-Roberts | United Kingdom | Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force | 10[6] |- | Cecil Clark | United Kingdom | Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force | 10[6] |- | Adrian Cole |style="text-align:left;"| Flag of Australia Australia | Australian Flying Corps, Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force | 10[6] |- | style="background:#e3d9ff;"|Valentine Collins† | United Kingdom | Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force | 10[5] |- | Jack Armand Cunningham | United Kingdom | Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force | 10[6] |- | Douglas Arthur Davies | United Kingdom | Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force | 10[6] |- | Edgar G. Davies | United Kingdom | Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force | 10[6] |- | style="background:#e3d9ff;"|Martin Dehmisch† | German Empire | Luftstreitkräfte | 10[7] |- | style="background:#e3d9ff;"|Pruett Dennett† | United Kingdom | Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force | 10[6] |- | Robert Dodds | Canada | Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force | 10[6] |- | Aubrey Ellwood | United Kingdom | Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force | 10[6] |- | William H. Farrow | United Kingdom | Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force | 10[6] |- | Karl Gallwitz | German Empire | Luftstreitkräfte | 10[7] |- | style="background:#e3d9ff;"|Cecil Gardner† | United Kingdom | Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force | 10[6] |- | Lucien Gasser | France | Aéronautique Militaire |10[8] |- | Thomas Gerrard | United Kingdom | Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force | 10[6] |- | Gerald Gibbs | Australia | Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force | 10[6] |- | Stanley Goble | Australia | Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force | 10[6] |- | Justus Grassmann | German Empire | Luftstreitkräfte | 10[7] |- | style="background:#e3d9ff;"|Lloyd Hamilton† |style="text-align:left;"| US flag 48 stars United States | Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force, US Army Air Service | 10[6] |- | George Stacey Hodson | United Kingdom | Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force | 10[6] |- | Will Hubbard | United Kingdom | Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force | 10[6] |- | style="background:#e3d9ff;"|William Edward Jenkins† | United Kingdom | Royal Flying Corps | 10[6] |- | Duerson Knight | United States | Royal Air Force, United States Army Air Service|US Army Air Service | 10[6] |- | Alfred Michael Koch | Canada | Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force | 10[6] |- | Auguste Lahoulle | France | Aéronautique Militaire |10[8] |- | style="background:#e3d9ff;"|Patrick Anthony Langan-Byrne† | United Kingdom | Royal Flying Corps | 10[6] |- | Oliver Colin LeBoutillier | United States | Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force | 10[6] |- | style="background:#e3d9ff;"|Paul Lotz† | German Empire | Luftstreitkräfte | 10[7] |- | style="background:#e3d9ff;"|John Joseph Malone† | Canada | Royal Naval Air Service | 10[6] |- | style="background:#e3d9ff;"|Rudolf Matthaei† | German Empire | Luftstreitkräfte | 10[7] |- | style="background:#e3d9ff;"|Alfred E. McKay† | Canada | Royal Flying Corps | 10[6] |- | style="background:#e3d9ff;"|Guy Borthwick Moore† | Canada | Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force | 10[6] |- | style="background:#e3d9ff;"|Max Ritter von Mulzer† | German Empire | Luftstreitkräfte | 10[7] |- | Alfons Nagler | German Empire | Luftstreitkräfte | 10[7] |- | Miroslav Navratil alias Friedrich Navratil |style="text-align:left;"| Flag of Austria-Hungary 1869-1918 Austria-Hungary | Luftfahrtruppen | 10[9] |- | Gordon Olley | United Kingdom | Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force | 10[6] |- | style="background:#e3d9ff;"|John Paynter† | United Kingdom | Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force | 10[6] |- | Jean Andre Pezon | France | Aéronautique Militaire |10[8] |- | Croye Pithey | Union of South Africa | Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force | 10[10] |- | style="background:#e3d9ff;"|Charles Quette† | France | Aéronautique Militaire | 10[8] |- | Arthur Randall | United Kingdom | Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force | 10[6] |- | style="background:#e3d9ff;"|Harold Redler† | Union of South Africa | Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force | 10[6] |- | Harry Robinson | United Kingdom | Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force | 10[6] |- | style="background:#e3d9ff;"|Indra Lal Roy† |style="text-align:left;"| British Raj Red Ensign India | Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force | 10[6] |- | Laurent B. Ruamps | France | Aéronautique Militaire |10[8] |- | John Rudkin | United Kingdom | Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force | 10[5] |- | Reginald H. Rusby | United Kingdom | Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force | 10[6] |- | Hans Schuez | German Empire | Luftstreitkräfte | 10[7] |- | style="background:#e3d9ff;"|Alfred Shepherd† | Australia | Royal Flying Corps | 10[6] |- | style="background:#e3d9ff;"|Werner Steinhäuser† | German Empire | Luftstreitkräfte | 10[7] |- | Raoul Stojsavljevic | Austria-Hungary | Luftfahrtruppen | 10[9] |- | Jacques Swaab | United States | US Army Air Service | 10[11] |- | style="background:#e3d9ff;"|Saint Cyprian Tayler† | United Kingdom | Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force | 10[6] |- | Frank Harold Taylor | Canada | Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force | 10[6] |- | Edmond Thieffry |style="text-align:left;"| Flag of Belgium (civil) Belgium | Aviation Militaire Belge | 10[12] |- | Erich Thomas | German Empire | Luftstreitkräfte | 10[7] |- | John Henry Tudhope | Union of South Africa | Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force | 10[6] |- | Paul Turck | German Empire | Luftstreitkräfte | 10[7] |- | Stanley Wallage | United Kingdom | Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force | 10[6] |- | style="background:#e3d9ff;"|William Lewis Wells† | United Kingdom | Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force | 10[6] |- | Paul Wenzel | German Empire | Luftstreitkräfte | 10[7] |- | style="background:#e3d9ff;"|Russell Winnicott† | United Kingdom | Royal Flying Corps | 10[6] |- | style="background:#e3d9ff;"|Hans Wolff† | German Empire | Luftstreitkräfte | 10[7] |- |}

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References[]

  1. ↑ Maksel, Rebecca (7 April 2008). "What does it take to become an "ace"?". Need to Know. Air & Space Magazine. http://www.airspacemag.com/need-to-know/Aces_High.html. 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, 1914–1918.  p. 10.
  3. ↑ How to Make War, p. 149.
  4. ↑ Above the Trenches: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces 1915–1920.  p. 7
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Above the War Fronts: The British Two-seater Bomber Pilot and Observer Aces, the British Two-seater Fighter Observer Aces, and the Belgian, Italian, Austro-Hungarian and Russian Fighter Aces, 1914–1918.  Ace listed alphabetically by last name in section of text on British observer aces.
  6. ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 6.14 6.15 6.16 6.17 6.18 6.19 6.20 6.21 6.22 6.23 6.24 6.25 6.26 6.27 6.28 6.29 6.30 6.31 6.32 6.33 6.34 6.35 6.36 6.37 6.38 6.39 6.40 6.41 6.42 6.43 6.44 6.45 6.46 6.47 6.48 Above the Trenches: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces 1915–1920.  Ace listed alphabetically by last name in text.
  7. ↑ 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 7.14 7.15 7.16 7.17 7.18 Above the Lines: The Aces and Fighter Units of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps, 1914–1918.  Ace listed alphabetically by last name in text.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 Over the Front: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914–1918.  Ace listed alphabetically by last name in section of text on French aces.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Above the War Fronts: The British Two-seater Bomber Pilot and Observer Aces, the British Two-seater Fighter Observer Aces, and the Belgian, Italian, Austro-Hungarian and Russian Fighter Aces, 1914–1918.  Ace listed alphabetically by last name in section of text on Austro-Hungarian aces.
  10. ↑ Above the War Fronts: The British Two-seater Bomber Pilot and Observer Aces, the British Two-seater Fighter Observer Aces, and the Belgian, Italian, Austro-Hungarian and Russian Fighter Aces, 1914–1918.  Ace listed alphabetically by last name in section of text on British bomber pilot aces.
  11. ↑ Over the Front: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914–1918.  Ace listed on p. 74.
  12. ↑ Spad VII Aces of World War I.  p. 70.
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