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United States Army Air Service pilots of World War I (176 P) Pages in category "American World War I pilots" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total.
Detached from: United States Navy, only US Navy air ace in World War I [1] Awarded: Distinguished Service Cross (AS, USA) Distinguished Flying Cross (UK) Légion d'honneur [48] August Thayer Iaccaci: Captain No. 20 Squadron RAF No. 48 Squadron RAF: 17 victories Awarded: Distinguished Flying Cross (UK) [49] James Alfred Keating: Lieutenant
Austro-Hungarian World War I pilots (1 C, 8 P) B. British World War I pilots (1 C, 58 P) C. Canadian World War I pilots (1 C, 10 P) F. French World War I pilots (1 C ...
The notion of an aerial "victory" arose from the first aerial combats, which occurred during the early days of World War I. Different air services developed their own definitions of exactly what an aerial victory might be, as well as different methods of assessing and assigning credit for aerial victories.
[1] The Nieuport 17, a French biplane fighter aircraft of World War I. 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 ...
War crimes and realpolitik: international justice from World War I to the 21st century (PDF). Boulder, Colo.: Rienner. ISBN 978-1-58826-252-3. Schabas, William A. (3 January 2018). "International Prosecution of Sexual and Gender-Based Crimes Perpetrated during the First World War". Justice Without Borders. Brill Nijhoff. pp. 395– 410.
[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.
United Airlines Flight 629 had originated at New York City's La Guardia Airport on November 1, 1955, and made a scheduled stop in Chicago before continuing to Denver's Stapleton Airfield, landing eleven minutes late at 6:11 p.m. [1] At Denver the aircraft was refueled with 3,400 US gallons (2,800 imp gal; 13,000 L) of fuel and had a crew ...