WW1 Aces
Aviation History | The Great War
The 'Ace' was born in the air war of World War 1 - led by none other than German high scorer Manfred von Richthofen (The Red Baron).
With the arrival of the armed, single-seat fighter in World War 1 arrived the term 'Ace' used to describe a military aviator who had acrued multiple air kills - typically five or more. The term originated from French newspapers of the period when aviator Adolphe Pegoud was credited with downing five German aircraft. Various measures were had by the various countries involved in the war to ensure that an air kill was indeed legitimate. In time, even individual bomber crewman - who could prove adept at taking down enemy fighters as well - were also given the title of Ace.
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Overall ranking for each pilot is shown in gray to left of pilot's name. Kill counts are shown in green to right of name.
1
Manfred von Richthofen
80
3
William (Billy) Bishop72
8
Andrew Beauchamp-Proctor54
12
William George Barker50
13
Josef Carl Peter Jacobs48
15
Robert Alexander Little47
16
George Edward Henry McElroy47
21
Paul Wilhelm Baumer (Baeumer)43
26
France Buchner (Buechner)40
27
Philip Fletcher Fullard40
28
Lothar Ritter von Richthofen40
32
William Lancelot Jordan39
34
Alfred Clayburn Atkey38
35
William Gordon Claxton37
36
Willy Coppens de Houthulst37
37
James Ira Thomas Jones37
40
Joseph Stewart Temple Fall36
41
Max Ritter von Mueller (Muller)36
42
Maruice Jean Paul Boyau35
45
Otto Koennecke (Konnecke)35
46
Frederick Robert Gordon McCall35
47
Eduard Ritter von Schleich35
50
Henry Winslow Woollett35
52
Michael Joseph Callixte Marie Coiffard34
54
Samuel Marcus Kinkead33
56
Frank Granger Quigley33
59
Geoffrey Hilton Bowman32
60
Roderic Stanley Dallas32
64
Andrew Edward McKeever31
66
Julius Karl Allmenroeder (Allmenroder)30
70
Karl Emil Schaefer (Shafer)30
71
Samuel Frederick Henry Thompson30
72
Harald Auffarth (Auffahrt)29
73
Charles Dawson Booker29
76
Leonard Henry Rochford29
78
Leon Jean Pierre Bourjade28
79
Walter von Buelow-Bothkamp28
80
Albert Desbrisay Carter28
81
Benno Fiala von Fernbrugg28
82
Robert Ritter von Greim28
84
Reginald Theodore Carlos Hoidge28
87
Friedrich Ritter von Roeth (Roth)28
92
Clifford Mackay McEwan27
93
Thomas Percy Middleton27
98
Arthur Treloar Whealy27
99
Kurt Wuesthoff (Wusthoff)27
100
Oskar Freiherr von Boenigk26
101
Eduard Ritter von Dostler26
102
Ronald Malcolm Fletcher26
103
William Frederick James Harvey26
105
Gerald Joseph Constable Maxwell26
106
Max Naether (Nather)26
107
Edward (Eddie) Vernon Rickenbacker26
109
William Ernest Staton26
110
William McKenzie Thomson
26
111
Olivier Freiherr von Beaulieu-Marconnay
25
113
Robert J.O. Compston
25
114
Georg von Hantelmann
25
116
Stanley Wallace Rosevear
25
119
George S.L. Hayward
24
120
Harry G.E. Luchford
24
123
Pier Ruggero Piccio
24
124
William Earnest Shields
24
125
James Anderson Slater
24
126
William Melville Alexander
23
128
William Charles Campbell
23
130
Matthew Brown Frew
23
133
Alexander Pentland
23
136
Thomas Sinclair Harrison
22
138
Louis Fleeming Jenkin
22
139
Cecil Frederick King
22
142
Arthur Ernest Newland
22
143
Hans Martin Pippart
22
145
Pierre Marinovitch
22
146
Benjamin Roxburgh-Smith
22
148
Joseph Leonard Maries White
22
151
Friedrich Altemeier
21
154
Friedrich Friedrichs
21
158
William John Charles Kennedy-Cochran-Patrick
21
162
Friedrich T. Noltenius
21
163
George Edwin Thomson
21
164
Leonard Monteagle Barlow
20
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