Llista d'asos de l'aviació de la Primera Guerra Mundial amb 6 victòries

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El terme As de l'aviació o en breu as fou utilitzat per primer cop per la premsa francesa durant la Primera Guerra Mundial, per a honrar Adolphe Pégoud com l'as, després d'haver abatut cinc aparells alemanys. Al principi de la Primera Guerra Mundial encara no existien els combats aeris i els aparells eren únicament de reconeixement. Tan bon punt els aparells van començar a ser capaços d'abatre o de forçar a aterrar altres aparells, sistemes d'acreditació de victòries van aparèixer.

Als primers passos de l'aviació militar, diferents serveis aeris van desenvolupar diferents mètodes d'acreditació de victòries aèries. Cap d'aquests sistemes era totalment fiable i eren constantment subjectes a variacions. De fet, el nombre de victòries per a ser considerat com un as oficialment variava depenent del servei militar.

Els alemanys no utilitzaven el terme as sinó que es referien als pilots alemanys amb deu victòries com a Überkanone, i assignaven cada victòria a un pilot en concret, i només després d'haver verificat visualment la destrucció total o parcial de l'aparell enemic. El sistema de l'Armee de l'Air francesa només comptava els aparells totalment destruïts, però acreditaven a tot aquell pilot o observador que hagués participat en la victòria, que en alguns casos podien ser diversos individuals. La majoria de les altres nacions (inclosos els Estats Units) van adoptar la nomenclatura francès. Els aparells britànics lluitaven normalment sobre territori alemany, i per tant no podien verificar visualment totes les victòries, com ho feien els alemanys. Al principi les batalles resultaven sovint en l'oponent forçat a aterrar o expulsat del territori i obligat a marxar cap al seu territori. Per això, els britànics acreditaven combats categoritzats de decisius pels mateixos comandants d'esquadró; podien incloure aparells alemanys expulsats del territori o aparells que havien estat vistos per última vegada for a de control sense verificar si realment havien acabat estavellant-se. Les acreditacions dels russos reflectien a vegades victòries on l'enemic no havia estat totalment destruït. El terme as mai va ser utilitzat oficialment pels britànics.

Tot i que l'estatus d'"as" era sovint associat als pilots de caça, tant els bombarders com els aparells de reconeixement, i observadors en aparells biplaça com per exemple el Bristol F.2b (Bristol Fighter) també obtenien victòries sobre l'enemic. En ambdós bàndols, si un aparell biplaça aconseguia una victòria, aquesta era acreditada a ambdós membres de l'equip, tant el pilot com l'observador amb metralladora. Com que alguns pilots formaven equips amb diversos observadors amb metralladora en aparells biplaça, es podia donar el cas que els observadors fossin asos mentre que els pilots no.

Llista d'asos segons el nº de victòries:principal

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Llegenda[modifica]

  † - Indica algun dels següents: mort (KIA Killed in Action), desaparegut (MIA Missing in Action), mort per ferides (DOW Died of Wounds) o mort en un accident d'aviació (KIFA Killed in a Flying Accident) durant la Primera Guerra Mundial.

Condecoracions[modifica]

Condecoració* indica que una barra s'ha afegit a la cinta de la condecoració en qüestió, resultat de l'obtenció de la medalla per segon cop.
Condecoració** i Condecoració*** similarment a l'anterior per al tercer i quart cop respectivament, de l'obtenció de la condecoració.

Aliats[modifica]

Condecoració Títol Anotacions
AFC Air Force Cross Expedida per actes de galanteria en vol durant operacions no actives per premiar oficials inclosos els de la Royal Air Force
CBE Orde de l'Imperi Britànic Orde de cavalleria creat per Jordi V del Regne Unit
CdeG Creu de Guerra Condecoració militar francesa, coneguda per ésser atorgada normalment a forces aliades a França
BCdeG Creu de Guerra Condecoració militar belga, coneguda per ésser atorgada normalment a forces aliades a Bèlgica
CdeLd'H Legió d'Honor Condecoració militar francesa atorgada per conducta militar/civil excel·lent, sota investigació oficial
CG Croce di Guerra Condecoració militar italiana
DCM Distinguished Conduct Medal Condecoració militar britànica
DFC Distinguished Flying Cross Atorgada a oficials de la Royal Air Force al valor i galanteria durant operacions actives contra l'enemic a l'aire
DFC(US) Distinguished Flying Cross Atorgada a oficials o qualsevol altre militar enllistat amb les forces armades estatunidenques que es distingeix per l'heroisme o la consecució d'algun acte heroic a l'aire
DFM Distinguished Flying Medal Condecoració per a militars de menys rang al reconeixement d'algun acte heroic
DSC Distinguished Service Cross
DSO Distinguished Service Order Atorgada per la consecució d'algun acte meritòri en temps de guerra, normalment en situacions de combat
DSM Distinguished Service Medal Equivalent a la Distinguished Service Cross
MC Creu Militar
MOH Medal d'Honor La condecoració de més nivell atorgada pel govern dels Estats Units
MiD Mentioned in Despatches
MM Medalla Militar (Regne Unit) Equivalent a la Creu Militar
MM(fr) Medalla Militar Condecoració de la República Francesa
MMV Medal of Military Valor Condecoració italiana
OB Order of the Bath La quarta orde més antiga de la cavalleria britànica
OC Order of the Crown Condecoració belga
OLII Order of Leopold II Condecoració atorgada per mèrits a Bèlgica
OR Order of the Redeemer Atorgada a tots aquells que han defensats els interessos de Grècia en temps de guerra
OSA Order of St. Anna Condecoració de cavalleria primer de Holstein i més tard de Rússia
OSG Order of St. George Atorgada a oficials militars i generals únicament per la demostració de valor i habilitat front l'enemic
OSR Order of the Star of Romania Condecoració de més nivell romanesa
OSS Order of Saint Stanislaus Condecoració russa a una carrera civil o servei militar distingits
OSV Order of St. Vladimir Orde imperial russa
OWE Order of the White Eagle Atorgada en reconeixement al servei, tant civil com militar, a favor dels interessos de Polònia
Cr St Geo Cross of St. George Condecoració a oficial de poc rang, soldats o mariners en reconeixement al valor mostrat davant l'enemic
VC Victoria Cross Condecoració britànica més important, atorgada al valor en front l'enemic

Forces Centrals[modifica]

HOH House Order of Hohenzollern Orde de cavalleria de Hohenzollern
IC Creu de Ferro Condecoració de Prússia, més tard d'Alemanya
MMC(AH) Military Merit Cross (Austrohongria) Condecoració militar de l'Imperi Austrohongarès
MMC(P) Military Merit Cross (Prussia) Condecoració més important al valor de Prússia per a oficials de poc rang i soldats
MMM Military Merit Medal (Austrohongria) Condecoració militar de l'Imperi Austrohongarès
MFB Medal for Bravery Condecoració militar de l'Imperi Austrohongarès
MOMJ Military Order of Max Joseph Condecoració militar més important de l'Imperi de Baviera
MOSH Military Order of St. Henry Condecoració militar més important de l'Imperi de Saxònia
OIC Order of the Iron Crown Orde austríaca imperial
OL Order of Leopold Condecoració austríaca com a reconeixement al valor mostrat davant l'enemic
PLM Pour le Mérite Condecoració militar més important de Prússia fins a la fi de la Primera Guerra Mundial
WB Wound Badge Atorgada als soldats ferits/amb congelacions de l'exèrcit imperial alemany

Asos[modifica]

As País Servei Militar Victòries Anotacions
Ivan Agaberg  United Kingdom Royal Air Force 6
Percival Appleby  Canada Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6 Distinguished Flying Cross
Karl Arnold  Germany Luftstreitkräfte 6
John Aspinall  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6
Hilbert Bair  United States Royal Air Force, US Army Air Service 6 Distinguished Service Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross
Lovell Baker  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6
Robert Barbour  United Kingdom Royal Air Force 6 Distinguished Flying Cross
John Barlow  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps 6
Johann Baur  Germany Luftstreitkräfte 6 Iron Cross. Rose to Generaloberst, became Hitler's personal pilot.
James Beane  United States Aéronautique Militaire, US Army Air Service 6 Distinguished Service Cross, French Croix de Guerre
Frank Bell  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6 Distinguished Flying Medal
Eric Betts  United Kingdom Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force 6 Distinguished Service Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross, French Croix de Guerre
Clayton Bissell  United States US Army Air Service, United States Army Air Corps, United States Army Air Forces, United States Air Force 6 Distinguished Service Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross. Retired as Major General in 1950.
Charles Arthur Bissonette  United States Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6
Aldo Bocchese  Italy Corpo Aeronautico Militare 6 Medal for Military Valor
Paul Bona  Germany Luftstreitkräfte 6
Nicholson Boulton  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6
Percy Boulton  United Kingdom Royal Air Force 6 Distinguished Flying Cross
Clifford Bowman  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6 Distinguished Flying Cross
Moritz-Waldemar Bretschneider-Bodemer  Germany Luftstreitkräfte 6
Arthur Britton  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6 French Croix de Guerre
Eric Brookes  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6 Distinguished Flying Cross
Arthur Raymond Brooks  United States US Army Air Service 6 Distinguished Service Cross
Albin Buehl  Germany Luftstreitkräfte 6
Harry von Buelow-Bothkamp  Germany Luftstreitkräfte, Luftwaffe 6 Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, Iron Cross. 24 victòries in World War II as Luftwaffe commander.
Leslie William Burbridge  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6 Distinguished Flying Cross
August Burkard  Germany Luftstreitkräfte 6 Iron Cross
James Bush  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps 6 Military Cross
Alessandro Buzio  Italy Corpo Aeronautico Militare 6 Medal for Military Valor
William Cairnes  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6
William Cambray  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6 Military Cross
Douglas Campbell  United States US Army Air Service 6 Distinguished Service Cross, French Legion d'Honneur, Croix de Guerre
John Candy  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6 Distinguished Flying Cross
Douglas Carbery  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6 Military Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross with Bar
Charles Catto  United States Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6
Albert Chabrier  France Aéronautique Militaire 6 Croix de Guerre
Robert Chalmers  South Africa Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6
Reginald Charley  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6 Military Cross, French Croix de Guerre
Thomas Chiltern  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6
Antonio Chiri  Italy Corpo Aeronautico Militare 6 Medal for Military Valor (3 silver awards), War Cross
Henry Gordon Clappison  Canada Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force 6 Belgian Croix de Guerre
Edward Clarke  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6 Military Cross
Harris George Clements  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6
John Colbert  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6
Reginald Conder  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6
Gerald Cooper  United Kingdom Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force 6
Maurice Cooper  United Kingdom Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force 6 Distinguished Flying Cross
Norman Cooper (Ernest S. Tooker)  United States Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6 Enlisted under alias. Distinguished Flying Cross
Irving Corey  Canada Royal Air Force 6 Distinguished Flying Cross
Bartolomeo Costantini  Italy Corpo Aeronautico Militare 6 Medal for Military Valor (2 silver awards), War Cross
Louis Coudouret  France Aéronautique Militaire 6 Legion d'Honneur, Croix de Guerre, British Distinguished Conduct Medal, Russian Cross of Saint George, Order of Saint George, Order of Saint Vladimir
Jules Covin  France Aéronautique Militaire 6 Medaille Militaire, Croix de Guerre
Earl Frederick Crabb  Canada Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force, United States Army Air Corps 6 Distinguished Flying Cross
Thomas Culling  New Zealand Royal Flying Corps 6 Distinguished Flying Cross
William Curphey  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps 6 Military Cross with Bar
Edward Peck Curtis  United States US Army Air Service, United States Army Air Force 6 Distinguished Service Cross. Rose to Major General.
John Daley  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6 Distinguished Flying Cross
Charles Dance  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6
Edward Darby  United Kingdom Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force 6 Distinguished Service Medal
Horace Davey  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6
Charles Davidson  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6 Military Cross
Horace Debenham  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6
Francois de Boigne  France Aéronautique Militaire 6 Legion d'Honneur, Croix de Guerre
Joseph De Bonnefoy  France Aéronautique Militaire 6 Legion d'Honneur, Medaille Militaire, Croix de Guerre, Belgian Croix de Guerre
Karl Deilman  Germany Luftstreitkräfte 6 Iron Cross
Lionel de Marmier  France Aéronautique Militaire 6 Legion d'Honneur, Medaille Militaire, Croix de Guerre
Alexander De Seversky  Russia Imperial Army Air Service 6 Order of Saint George, Order of Saint Vladimir, Order of Saint Stanilas, Order of Saint Anne (3 awards). Member of Aviation Hall of Fame.
Andreas Dombrowski  Austria-Hungary Luftfahrtruppen 6 Medal for Bravery
John Elmer Drummond  Canada Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6
Adolphe DuBois d'Aische  Belgium Belgian Military Aviation 6 French Medaille Militaire and Croix de Guerre
Andre Du Bonnet  France Aéronautique Militaire 6 Medaille Militaire, Croix de Guerre
Pierre Dufaur de Gavardie  France Aéronautique Militaire 6 Legion d'Honneur, Medaille Militaire, Croix de Guerre
Denis Edwin Edgley  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6
Karl Engelfried  Germany Luftstreitkräfte 6
Cyril Eyre  United Kingdom Royal Naval Air Service 6
Robert Farquhar  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6
Jean-Paul Favre De Thierrens  France Aéronautique Militaire 6 Legion d'Honneur, Croix de Guerre
William Spurrett Fielding-Johnson  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6 Military Cross with Bar
John Findlay  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6
Alfred Fleischer  Germany Luftstreitkräfte 6
Guglielmo Fornagiari  Italy Corpo Aeronautico Militare 6 Medal for Military Valor (2 silver and 1 bronze award)
Herbert Fowler  Canada Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force 6
Gustav Fraedrich  Germany Luftstreitkräfte 6 Iron Cross
Johann Frint  Austria-Hungary Luftfahrtruppen 6 Order of the Iron Crown, Military Merit Medal
Daniel Galbraith  Canada Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force 6 Distinguished Service Cross with Bar, French Croix de Guerre
George Gardiner  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6 Distinguished Flying Cross
Mieczyslaw Garsztka  Germany Luftstreitkräfte 6 Iron Cross & Virtuti Militari
Paul Gastin  France Aéronautique Militaire 6 Legion d'Honneur, Croix de Guerre
Rupert Gifford  United Kingdom Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force 6
Friedrich Gille  Germany Luftstreitkräfte 6
Hermann Gilly  Germany Luftstreitkräfte 6 Austro-Hungarian Military Merit Cross
George H. D. Gossip  Australia Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force 6
Herbert Gould  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6 Military Cross
James Green  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps 6 Italian Medal for Military Valor
Duncan Grinnell-Milne  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6 Distinguished Flying Cross with Bar, Military Cross
Murray Guthrie  United States US Army Air Service 6 Distinguished Service Cross with two Oak Leaf Clusters.
Heinrich Haase  Germany Luftstreitkräfte 6
Erich Hahn  Germany Luftstreitkräfte 6 Military Order of Saint Henry, Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, Iron Cross
Alfred Haines  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6 Distinguished Flying Cross
David S. Hall  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps 6 Military Cross
Stanley Hamblin  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6
Leslie Hamilton  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6 Distinguished Flying Cross
Leonard Hammond  United States US Army Air Service 6 Distinguished Service Cross
Frank Hays  United States US Army Air Service 6 Distinguished Service Cross
Geoffrey Hemming  United Kingdom Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force 6 Distinguished Service Cross, Belgian Order of the Crown and Croix de Guerre, French Croix de Guerre
Marcel Henriot  France Aéronautique Militaire 6 Medaille Militaire, Croix de Guerre
Albert Hets  Germany Luftstreitkräfte 6
Richard Alexander Hewat  United States Aéronautique Militaire, US Army Air Service 6
Cyril Heywood  United Kingdom Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force 6
Robert Hildebrandt  Germany Luftstreitkräfte 6
Walter G. R. Hinchliffe  United Kingdom Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force 6 Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Force Cross
Otto Hoehne  Germany Luftstreitkräfte, Luftwaffe 6 Iron Cross
Philip Holligan  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6 Distinguished Flying Cross
Donald Hudson  United States US Army Air Service 6 Distinguished Service Cross. First pilot to fly over the Andes Mountains.
Frank Hudson  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6 Military Cross
Alfred Huebner  Germany Luftstreitkräfte 6 Iron Cross
Victor Huston  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6 Military Cross
Hans Imelman  Germany Luftstreitkräfte 6 Iron Cross
Attilio Imolesi  Italy Corpo Aeronautico Militare 6 Medal for Military Valor (1 silver, 1 bronze award)
David Ingalls  United States United States Navy attached to Royal Air Force 6 Distinguished Service Cross, British Distinguished Flying Cross, French Legion d'Honneur. First U. S. Navy ace. Rose to Rear Admiral.
Bruce Jackman  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6
H. S. Jackson  United Kingdom Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force 6
Johannes Jensen  Germany Luftstreitkräfte 6 Iron Cross
Philip Andrew Johnston  Australia Royal Naval Air Service 6
Erich Just  Germany Luftstreitkräfte 6
Willy Kahle  Germany Luftstreitkräfte 6 Iron Cross
Max Kahlow  Germany Luftstreitkräfte 6 Iron Cross
Alexander Kasza  Austria-Hungary Luftfahrtruppen 6 Medal for Bravery (2 silver awards), Karl Troop Cross
James Alfred Keating  United States US Army Air Service attached to Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6 American Distinguished Service Cross, British Distinguished Flying Cross
Noel Keeble  United Kingdom Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force 6 Distinguished Service Order, Distinguished Service Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross, French Croix de Guerre
Ernest Kelly  Canada Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6
Otto Klaiber  Germany Luftstreitkräfte 6
Gustav Klaudat  Germany Luftstreitkräfte 6 Iron Cross
Howard Knotts  United States US Army Air Service 6 Distinguished Service Cross, British Distinguished Flying Cross
Erich Koenig  Germany Luftstreitkräfte 6
Kurt Kueppers  Germany Luftstreitkräfte 6 Iron Cross
Herman Kunz  Germany Luftstreitkräfte 6
George Lawson  South Africa Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force, South African Air Force 6 Distinguished Flying Cross
Alfred Lenz  Germany Luftstreitkräfte 6
Andre Robert Levy  France Aéronautique Militaire 6 Legion d'Honneur, Medaille Militaire, Croix de Guerre
Thomas Lewis  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6 Military Cross
H. Lindfield  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6
Robert Opie Lindsay  United States US Army Air Service, United States Army Air Corps 6 Distinguished Service Cross
George Lingham  Australia Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6 Distinguished Flying Cross
Ivan Loiko  Russia Imperial Army Air Service 6 Order of Saint George, Order of Saint Vladimir, Order of Saint Stanilas, Order of Saint Anne, Romanian Order of the Star
Alwayne Loyd  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps 6
Ludwig Luer  Germany Luftstreitkräfte 6 Iron Cross
Thomas Luke  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6 Military Cross
John Knox MacArthur  United States US Army Air Service 6 Distinguished Service Cross
Andrew MacGregor  South Africa Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6 Distinguished Flying Cross
Cesare Magistrini  Italy Corpo Aeronautico Militare 6 Medal for Military Valor (2 silver and 1 bronze awards). Later piloted King of Yemen.
Garnet Malley  Australia Australian Flying Corps 6 Military Cross, Air Force Cross. Later became aviation advisor to Chiang Kai-Shek.
Friedrich Mallincrodt  Germany Luftstreitkräfte 6 Royal House Order of Hohenzollern
Maxmillian Mare-Montembault  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6 Military Cross
Louis Martin  France Aéronautique Militaire 6 Medaille Militaire, Croix de Guerre
T. W. Martin  United Kingdom Royal Air Force 6
Heinrich Maushake  Germany Luftstreitkräfte 6
F. H. Maynard  New Zealand Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force 6 Air Force Cross. RAF Air Vice-Marshal during World War II.
Malcolm McCall  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6
Robert McKenzie  Australia Australian Flying Corps 6 Military Cross
Robert McLaughlin  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6 Distinguished Flying Cross
Oscar McMaking  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps 6
Leslie McRobert  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6
Earl Stanley Meek  Canada Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6
William Meggitt  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6 Military Cross
Emil Meinecke  Germany Luftstreitkräfte 6
Frank Tremar Sibly Menendez  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6 Military Cross
Konrad Mettlich  Germany Luftstreitkräfte 6
William James Middleton  United Kingdom Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force 6 Distinguished Flying Medal
Archibald Miller  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps 6
William Miller  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6 Distinguished Flying Cross
Norman Craig Millman  Canada Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6 Military Cross, Air Force Cross
Laurence Minot  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6 Military Cross
Alfred Mohr  Germany Luftstreitkräfte 6
Hugh Moore  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6
Guido Nardini  Italy Corpo Aeronautico Militare 6 Medal for Military Valor
Gerald Ewart Nash  Canada Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force 6 Rose to Group Captain during World War II.
Gustave Naudin  France Aéronautique Militaire 6 Legion d'Honneur, Medaille Militaire, Croix de Guerre
Werner Niethammer  Germany Luftstreitkräfte 6
Karl Nikitsch  Austria-Hungary Luftfahrtruppen 6 Order of the Iron Crown, Military Merit Medal, German Iron Cross
Hans Oberlander  Germany Luftstreitkräfte 6
Jan Olieslagers  Belgium Belgian Military Aviation 6 Order of Leopold II, Croix de Guerre, French Legion d'Honneur and Croix de Guerre, Russian Order of Saint Stanilas
Luigi Olivi  Italy Corpo Aeronautico Militare 6 Medal for Military Valor
Rudolf Otto  Germany Luftstreitkräfte 6
Ernest Owen  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6
Augustus Paget  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6 Distinguished Flying Cross
Medley Parlee  Canada Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6
Laurence Pearson  United Kingdom Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force 6
Adolphe Pegoud  France Aéronautique Militaire 6 First ace in history. First ace KIA. Legion d'Honneur, Medaille Militaire, Croix de Guerre
Giorgio Pessi  Italy Corpo Aeronautico Militare 6 Medal for Military Valor, French Croix de Guerre.
Franz Peter  Austria-Hungary Luftfahrtruppen 6 Order of the Iron Crown, Military Merit Cross, Medal for Bravery, Military Merit Medal
David McKelvey Peterson  United States Aéronautique Militaire, US Army Air Service 6 Distinguished Service Cross with Oak Leaf Cluster, French Croix de Guerre
Geoffrey Pidcock  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6 French Croix de Guerre Retired as Air Vice-Marshal
Cleo Pineau  United States Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6 British Distinguished Flying Cross
William Ponder  United States Aéronautique Militaire, US Army Air Service 6 American Distinguished Service Cross, French Croix de guerre
Sydney Pope  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6 Military Cross
Frederick Powell  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6 Military Cross
Josef Puerer  Austria-Hungary Luftfahrtruppen 6 Military Merit Cross (two awards), Military Merit Medal
Thomas G. Rae  South Africa Royal Air Force 6 Distinguished Flying Cross
Arthur Rahn  Germany Luftstreitkräfte 6 Iron Cross
Richard Raymond-Barker  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6 Military Cross
Emile Regnier  France Aéronautique Militaire 6 Legion d'Honneur, Medaille Militaire, Croix de Guerre
Alan Rice-Oxley  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6 Distinguished Flying Cross
Rudolf Rienau  Germany Luftstreitkräfte 6
Harry Rigby  Australia Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6 Military Cross
Johann Risztics  Austria-Hungary Luftfahrtruppen 6 Medal for Bravery
Cosimo Rizzotto  Italy Corpo Aeronautico Militare 6 Medal for Military Valor (2 silver awards)
Bogart Rogers  United States Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6
Achille Rousseaux  France Aéronautique Militaire 6 Medaille Militaire, Croix de Guerre
Cyril H. Sawyer  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6
Alfons Scheicher  Germany Luftstreitkräfte 6
Roman Schmidt  Austria-Hungary Luftfahrtruppen 6 Order of the Iron Crown, Military Merit Cross, Military Merit Medal,
Karl Schmueckle  Germany Luftstreitkräfte 6
Edgar Scholtz  Germany Luftstreitkräfte 6
Erich Schuetze  Germany Luftstreitkräfte 6 Military Merit Cross
Wilhelm Schultz  Germany Luftstreitkräfte 6
Gunther Schuster  Germany Luftstreitkräfte 6
Laurence Henry Scott  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6 Military Cross
Heinrich Seywald  Germany Luftstreitkräfte 6
Evander Shapard  United States Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6 British Distinguished Flying Cross
Thomas Sharpe  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6 Distinguished Flying Cross
Edward A. Simpson  United Kingdom Royal Air Force 6 Distinguished Flying Cross
David E. Smith  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6
John Smith-Grant  South Africa Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6
Cyril R. Smythe  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6
Erich Sonneck  Germany Luftstreitkräfte 6
Constant Soulier  France Aéronautique Militaire 6 Medaille Militaire, Croix de Guerre
Otto Splitgerber  Germany Luftstreitkräfte 6
Arthur Spurling  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6 Distinguished Flying Cross
Georg Staudacher  Germany Luftstreitkräfte 6
Mario Stoppani  Italy Corpo Aeronautico Militare 6 Medal for Military Valor (2 silver awards), Russian Cross of Saint George
William H. Stovall  United States US Army Air Service, United States Army Air Corps 6 Distinguished Service Cross, Rose to Colonel during World War II.
William Strugnell  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6 Military Cross with Bar Retired as a Group Captain
Rothesay Stuart Wortley  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6 Military Cross
Kurt Student  Germany Luftstreitkräfte 6 Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, Iron Cross. Generaloberst in World War II.
Hermann Stutz  Germany Luftstreitkräfte 6
William Swayze  Canada Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6
Ronald Sykes  United Kingdom Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force 6 Distinguished Flying Cross, Russian Order of Saint Stanilas
Harry Symons  Canada Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6
Wilhelm Thoene  Germany Luftstreitkräfte 6 Iron Cross
Cecil Thompson  South Africa Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6 Distinguished Flying Cross
Claud Thompson Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force Australian Flying Corps 6
Romolo Ticconi  Italy Corpo Aeronautico Militare 6 Medal for Military Valor, War Cross
Edgar Tobin  United States US Army Air Service 6 Distinguished Service Cross, French Croix de Guerre
Albert Tonkin  Australia Australian Flying Corps 6 Distinguished Flying Cross
James Hamilton Traill  Australia Australian Flying Corps 6 Distinguished Flying Cross
George Trapp  Canada Royal Naval Air Service 6
Reinhard Treptow  Germany Luftstreitkräfte 6 Iron Cross
Philip Tudhope  South Africa Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6 Distinguished Flying Cross
Thomas Tuffield  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6
William Tyrell  United Kingdom Royal Air Force 6
Konstantin Vakulovsky  Russia Imperial Army Air Service 6 Order of Saint George, Order of Saint Vladimir, Order of Saint Stanilas, Order of Saint Anne
Hermann Vallendor  Germany Luftstreitkräfte 6
Jerry Vasconcells  United States US Army Air Service 6 French Croix de Guerre
Remington Vernam  United States Aéronautique Militaire, US Army Air Service 6 Distinguished Service Cross
Hans Waldhausen  Germany Luftstreitkräfte 6 Iron Cross
Eric Walker  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6 Distinguished Service Cross
Bernard Walkerdine  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6
Stephen Walter  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps 6
Harry Watson  Canada Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6 Elected to Ice Hockey Hall of Fame.
Rudolf Weber  Austria-Hungary Luftfahrtruppen 6 Order of the Iron Crown, Military Merit Cross, Military Merit Medal, German Iron Cross
Joseph F. Wehner  United States US Army Air Service 6 Distinguished Service Cross with Oak Leaf Cluster
William Weir  Australia Australian Flying Corps 6 Distinguished Flying Cross
Heinrich Wessels  Germany Luftstreitkräfte 6
Siegfried Westphal  Germany Luftstreitkräfte 6
William Westwood  South Africa Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6
William A. Wheeler  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6
Victor White  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6 Military Cross with Bar
Ernst Wiehle  Germany Luftstreitkräfte 6 Iron Cross
Frederick Wilton  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6 Distinguished Flying Cross
William Winkler  United Kingdom Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6
Harry Wood  Canada Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force 6 Military Cross