List of World War I aces from Australia

The following is the list of World War I aces from Australia. During the war Australian pilots served in a range of units in the Australian Flying Corps (AFC) and in the British Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS), Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and later the Royal Air Force (RAF). Australia was the only Dominion to have its own independent air arm during the war.[1] Pilots were considered to be "aces" after they had shot down five or more enemy aircraft; 61 Australians are believed to have to achieved this feat, with the highest scorer being Robert Alexander Little, who is credited with 47 air victories.

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Australian WWI aces

Name Squadron(s) Victories Notes
Robert Alexander Little No. 1 Naval Wing, No. 8 Squadron RNAS, No. 203 Squadron RAF 47 [2]
Roderic Stanley Dallas No. 1 Naval Wing, No. 1 Squadron RNAS, No. 40 Squadron RAF 39 [2]
Arthur Henry Cobby No. 4 Squadron AFC 29 [2]
Elwyn Roy King No. 4 Squadron AFC 26 [2]
Alexander Augustus Pentland No. 16 Squadron RFC, No. 29 Squadron RFC, No. 19 Squadron RFC, No. 87 Squadron RAF 23 [2]
Edgar McCloughry No. 23 Squadron RFC, No. 4 Squadron AFC 21 [2]
Richard Pearman Minifie No. 1 Naval Wing, No. 1 Squadron RNAS 21 [2]
Edgar Charles Johnston No. 24 Squadron RFC, No. 88 Squadron RAF 20 [2]
Andrew King Cowper No. 24 Squadron RAF 19 [2]
Cedric Ernest Howell No. 45 Squadron RAF 19 [2]
Fred Parkinson Holliday No. 48 Squadron RFC 17 [2]
Allan Captain Hepburn No. 24 Squadron RFC, No. 40 Squadron RFC, No. 88 Squadron RAF 16 [2]
Francis Ryan Smith No. 2 Squadron AFC 16 [2]
Roy Cecil Phillipps No. 32 Squadron RFC, No. 2 Squadron AFC 15 [2]
Arthur Coningham No. 32 Squadron RFC, No. 92 Squadron RAF 14 [2]
Herbert Gilles Watson No. 4 Squadron AFC 14 [2]
Harold Alan Hamersley No. 60 Squadron RFC 13 [2]
Eric John Stephens No. 41 Squadron RAF 13 [2]
Thomas Charles Richmond Baker No. 4 Squadron AFC 12 [2]
Raymond James Brownell No. 45 Squadron RFC 12 [2]
Roby Lewis Manuel No. 2 Squadron AFC 12 [2]
Cecil Roy Richards No. 20 Squadron RFC 12 [2]
Leonard Thomas Eaton Taplin No. 67 Squadron RFC, No. 1 Squadron AFC, No. 4 Squadron AFC 12 [2]
Henry Garnet Forrest No. 43 Squadron RFC, No. 32 Squadron RFC, No. 2 Squadron AFC 11 [2]
Geoffrey Herbert Hooper No. 11 Squadron RFC, No. 20 Squadron RAF 11 [2]
Geoffrey Forrest Hughes No. 62 Squadron RAF 11 [2]
Herbert Joseph Larkin No. 5 Squadron RFC, No. 87 Squadron RAF 11 [2]
Ross Macpherson Smith No. 67 Squadron RFC, No. 1 Squadron AFC 11 [2]
Adrian Trevor Cole No. 1 Squadron AFC, No. 2 Squadron AFC 10 [2]
Stanley James Goble No. 1 Naval Wing , No. 8 Squadron RNAS, No. 5 Squadron RNAS, No. 205 Squadron RAF 10 [2]
Alfred Seymour Shepherd No. 29 Squadron RFC 10 [2]
Eric Douglas Cummings No. 2 Squadron AFC 9 [2]
Arthur Thomas Drinkwater No. 57 Squadron RFC, No. 40 Squadron RAF 9 [2]
Richard Watson Howard No. 68 Squadron RFC, No. 57 Squadron RFC, No. 2 Squadron AFC 9 [2]
Gregory Hamilton Blaxland No. 2 Squadron AFC 8 [2]
Clive Alexander Brewster-Joske No. 1 Squadron RFC, No. 46 Squadron RFC 8 [2]
Roy Maxwell Drummond No. 67 Squadron RFC, No. 111 Squadron RFC 8 [2]
George Clifton Peters No. 1 Squadron AFC 8 [2]
George Goodman Simpson No. 8 Squadron RNAS 8 [3]
Frank Alberry No. 2 Squadron AFC 7 [2]
Thomas Henry Barkell No. 4 Squadron AFC 7 [2]
Ernest Edgar Davies No. 2 Squadron AFC 7 [2]
George Jones No. 4 Squadron AFC 7 [2]
Edward Patrick Kenney No. 1 Squadron AFC 7 [2]
Paul Joseph McGinness No. 1 Squadron AFC 7 [2]
Arthur John Palliser No. 4 Squadron AFC 7 [2]
Lancelot Lytton Richardson No. 25 Squadron RFC 7 [2]
Albert Ernest Robertson No. 4 Squadron AFC 7 [2]
Norman Charles Trescowthick No. 4 Squadron AFC 7 [2]
John Hay No. 40 Squadron RFC 6 [2]
George Alexander Lingham No. 43 Squadron RAF 6 [2]
Garnet Francis Malley No. 4 Squadron AFC 6 [2]
Robert William McKenzie No. 2 Squadron AFC 6 [2]
Harry Alexander Rigby No. 40 Squadron RFC, No. 1 Squadron RAF 6 [2]
Eric Landon Simonson No. 2 Squadron AFC 6 [2]
Claud Robert James Thompson No. 19 Squadron RFC 6 [2]
James Joseph Wellwood No. 2 Squadron AFC 6 [2]
Allan Runciman Brown No. 1 Squadron AFC 5 [2]
Alexander Clark No. 2 Squadron AFC 5 [2]
George Cox No. 2 Squadron AFC 5 [2]
Herbert James Edwards No. 32 Squadron RFC, No. 92 Squadron RFC 5 [2]
Les Holden No. 2 Squadron AFC 5 [2]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ McGibbon 2000, p. 7.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi Newton 1996, pp. 60–61.
  3. ^ Shores et al 1990, p. 339.

References

  • McGibbon, Ian, ed (2000). The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Military History. Auckland: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195583760. 
  • Newton, Dennis (1996). Australian Air Aces: Australian Fighter Pilots in Combat. Fyschwick: Aerospace Publications. ISBN 1875671250. 
  • Shores, Christopher; Franks, Norman; Guest, Russell (1990). Above the Trenches: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces 1915–1920. London: Grub Street. ISBN 9780948817199. 
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