Major General Clayton Lawrence Bissell was an air officer in the United States Army and United States Army Air Forces during World War I and World War II.
The following are lists of World War I flying aces. Historically, a flying ace was defined as a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. The term was first used by French newspapers, describing Adolphe Pégoud as l'as, after he downed seven German aircraft.
The 104th Fighter Squadron, nicknamed the Fightin' O's, is a unit of the Maryland Air National Guard 175th Wing stationed at Warfield Air National Guard Base, Middle River, Maryland. The 104th is equipped with the Fairchild Republic A-10C Thunderbolt II.
Harold Huston George was a general officer in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. He began his military career before World War I when he enlisted as a private in the 3rd New York Infantry Regiment. Joining the Air Service, he became an ace in France in 1918, credited with five aerial victories.
Lieutenant Orville Alfred Ralston was a World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories. He returned to service for World War II, only to die in a B-17 crash.
Lieutenant Hilbert Leigh Bair began his service career as a World War I flying ace credited with six aerial victories.
Captain Gorman DeFreest Larner was a World War I flying ace credited with seven aerial victories.
Lieutenant Bernard Henri Barny de Romanet was a French World War I flying ace credited with 18 aerial victories.
Colonel Alois Heldmann was a World War I flying ace credited with 15 confirmed aerial victories while he was a Leutnant. He later joined the nascent Luftwaffe in 1933 and was a flying school inspector until the end of World War II.
Oberleutnant Hans Bethge HoH, IC was a German pilot who was one of the first World War I flying aces, as well as an aerial commander. He was credited with 20 aerial victories. He was also a squadron commander for the unusually long term of fourteen months.
Colonel Edward Meeker Haight was a flying ace when he served as a lieutenant in World War I. He was credited with five aerial victories, all against German fighter planes.
Lieutenant Frank Leaman Baylies was an American World War I flying ace credited with twelve aerial victories while flying in the French Aeronautique Militaire. Having originally volunteered for the Ambulance Corps, Baylies transferred into French aviation in May 1917. After scoring his 12 victories with the French, he transferred into American aviation service but remained with the French until his death in action.
Captain Emile John Lussier was an American flying ace during World War I. He was credited with eleven confirmed aerial victories while flying with the Royal Air Force.
Lieutenant Howard Burdick DSC DFC was an American World War I flying ace credited with eight confirmed aerial victories. He and his son, Clinton D. Burdick, are the only known pair of father-son flying aces.
Paul Frank Baer was an American fighter pilot for the United States Army Air Service in World War I. He was credited with nine confirmed victories and seven unconfirmed victory claims, making him the first flying ace in American military aviation history.
During World War I, the national air services involved developed their own methods of assessing and assigning credit for aerial victories.
Oberst Paul Aue was a World War I flying ace from the Kingdom of Saxony in the German Empire. Partial records of his early aviation career credit him with 10 aerial victories. He would join the nascent Luftwaffe during the 1930s and serve Germany through World War II. He died in a Russian prison camp in 1945.
Captain Paul Augustin Edouard Barbreau was an Algerian-born French World War I flying ace credited with eight aerial victories.
Oberleutnant Walter Ewers was a World War I flying ace credited with eight aerial victories.
Alfred Fleischer was a German World War I flying ace credited with six confirmed aerial victories. He served as a grenadier until late 1916 before transferring to aviation and becoming a fighter pilot. In an unusual turn of events, he became friends with an American pilot he shot down.
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