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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.
Name Country Air service(s) Victories Note Manfred von Richthofen † German Empire: Luftstreitkräfte: 80 [5] The Red Baron PLM plus 22 other awards René Fonck France: Aéronautique Militaire: 75 [6] Top Allied and French ace CdeLd'h, MM(Fr), CdeG, BCdeG, MC, MM Billy Bishop Canada: Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force: 72 [7] [b] Top Canadian ...
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.
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.
By the time the United States of America entered the war in 1917—three years after the first shots were fired—several Americans had already gone to fight as pilots by joining the Royal Flying Corps. These pilots reported to Canada, and after flight training were sent to fight as officers in the British military. [5]
Name Country Air service(s) including post-war Victories Frank Alberry Australia: Australian Flying Corps: 7 [5] Charles Allen United Kingdom: Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force: 7 [5] Fritz Anders German Empire: Luftstreitkräfte: 7 [6] Ernest Antcliffe: United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 7 [7] Lionel Ashfield: United Kingdom
Name Country Air service(s) Victories Notes Marius Ambrogi France: Aéronautique Militaire: 14 Légion d'honneur, Médaille militaire, Croix de Guerre with ten Palmes and a star [5] Colin Brow United Kingdom: Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force: 14 [6] Distinguished Flying Cross with Bar, French Croix de Guerre: Carleton Main Clement Canada
From 5 to 16 August 1914, the Belgians successfully resisted the numerically superior Germans, and inflicted surprisingly heavy losses on their aggressors. The German Second Army, comprising 320,000 men, crossed into neutral Belgium in keeping to the Schlieffen Plan, with the ultimate goal of attacking France from the north.