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Name Country Air service(s) Victories Laurence W. Allen United Kingdom: Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force: 10 [5] Edgar O. Amm South Africa: Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 10 [6] Leopold Anslinger German Empire: Luftstreitkräfte: 10 [7] Gordon Apps United Kingdom: Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 10 [6] [page needed] Edward Dawson ...
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.
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.
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.
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]
Before World War II, the events of 1914–1918 were generally known as the Great War or simply the World War. [1] In August 1914, the magazine The Independent wrote "This is the Great War. It names itself". [2] In October 1914, the Canadian magazine Maclean's similarly wrote, "Some wars name themselves. This is the Great War."
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