En els primers passos de l'aviació militar, diferents serveis aeris van desenvolupar diferents mètodes d'acreditació de victòries aèries. Cap d'aquests sistemes era 100% 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 10 victòries com a Überkanone, assignant 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 el sistema francès. Els aparells britànics lluitaven normalment sobre territori alemany, i per tant no podien fer servir el mateix mètode que els alemanys, de verificar visualment totes les victòries. Al principi les batalles resultaven sovint en l'oponent forçat a aterrar o expulsat del territori essent obligat a marxar cap al seu territori. Per això, els britànics acreditaven combats categoritzats de decisius per els mateixos comandants d'esquadró; podent 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 per els 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/metralladora. Com que alguns pilots formaven equips amb diversos observadors/metralladora en aparells biplaça, es podia donar el cas de que els observadors fossin asos mentre que els pilots no.
| As |
País |
Servei Militar |
Victòries |
Anotacions |
| Ivan Agaberg |
Regne Unit |
Royal Air Force |
6 |
|
| Percival Appleby |
Canada |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
Distinguished Flying Cross |
| Karl Arnold |
Germany |
Luftstreitkräfte |
6 |
|
| John Aspinall |
Regne Unit |
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 |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
|
| Robert Barbour |
Regne Unit |
Royal Air Force |
6 |
Distinguished Flying Cross |
| John Barlow |
Regne Unit |
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 |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
Distinguished Flying Medal |
| Eric Betts |
Regne Unit |
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 |
Itàlia |
Corpo Aeronautico Militare |
6 |
Medal for Military Valor |
| Paul Bona |
Germany |
Luftstreitkräfte |
6 |
|
| Nicholson Boulton |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
|
| Percy Boulton |
Regne Unit |
Royal Air Force |
6 |
Distinguished Flying Cross |
| Clifford Bowman |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
Distinguished Flying Cross |
| Moritz-Waldemar Bretschneider-Bodemer |
Germany |
Luftstreitkräfte |
6 |
|
| Arthur Britton |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
French Croix de Guerre |
| Eric Brookes |
Regne Unit |
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 victories in World War II as Luftwaffe commander. |
| Leslie William Burbridge |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
Distinguished Flying Cross |
| August Burkard |
Germany |
Luftstreitkräfte |
6 |
Iron Cross |
| James Bush |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps |
6 |
Military Cross |
| Alessandro Buzio |
Itàlia |
Corpo Aeronautico Militare |
6 |
Medal for Military Valor |
| William Cairnes |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
|
| William Cambray |
Regne Unit |
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 |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
Distinguished Flying Cross |
| Douglas Carbery |
Regne Unit |
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 |
França |
Aéronautique Militaire |
6 |
Croix de Guerre |
| Robert Chalmers |
Sud-àfrica |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
|
| Reginald Charley |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
Military Cross, French Croix de Guerre |
| Thomas Chiltern |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
|
| Antonio Chiri |
Itàlia |
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 |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
Military Cross |
| Harris George Clements |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
|
| John Colbert |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
|
| Reginald Conder |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
|
| Gerald Cooper |
Regne Unit |
Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force |
6 |
|
| Maurice Cooper |
Regne Unit |
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 |
Itàlia |
Corpo Aeronautico Militare |
6 |
Medal for Military Valor (2 silver awards), War Cross |
| Louis Coudouret |
França |
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 |
França |
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 |
Nova Zelanda |
Royal Flying Corps |
6 |
Distinguished Flying Cross |
| William Curphey |
Regne Unit |
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 |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
Distinguished Flying Cross |
| Charles Dance |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
|
| Edward Darby |
Regne Unit |
Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force |
6 |
Distinguished Service Medal |
| Horace Davey |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
|
| Charles Davidson |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
Military Cross |
| Horace Debenham |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
|
| Francois de Boigne |
França |
Aéronautique Militaire |
6 |
Legion d'Honneur, Croix de Guerre |
| Joseph De Bonnefoy |
França |
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 |
França |
Aéronautique Militaire |
6 |
Legion d'Honneur, Medaille Militaire, Croix de Guerre |
| Alexander De Seversky |
Imperi Rus |
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 |
Imperi Austrohongarès |
Luftfahrtruppen |
6 |
Medal for Bravery |
| John Elmer Drummond |
Canada |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
|
| Adolphe DuBois d'Aische |
Bèlgica |
Belgian Military Aviation |
6 |
French Medaille Militaire and Croix de Guerre |
| Andre Du Bonnet |
França |
Aéronautique Militaire |
6 |
Medaille Militaire, Croix de Guerre |
| Pierre Dufaur de Gavardie |
França |
Aéronautique Militaire |
6 |
Legion d'Honneur, Medaille Militaire, Croix de Guerre |
| Denis Edwin Edgley |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
|
| Karl Engelfried |
Germany |
Luftstreitkräfte |
6 |
|
| Cyril Eyre |
Regne Unit |
Royal Naval Air Service |
6 |
|
| Robert Farquhar |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
|
| Jean-Paul Favre De Thierrens |
França |
Aéronautique Militaire |
6 |
Legion d'Honneur, Croix de Guerre |
| William Spurrett Fielding-Johnson |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
Military Cross with Bar |
| John Findlay |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
|
| Alfred Fleischer |
Germany |
Luftstreitkräfte |
6 |
|
| Guglielmo Fornagiari |
Itàlia |
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 |
Imperi Austrohongarès |
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 |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
Distinguished Flying Cross |
| Mieczyslaw Garsztka |
Germany |
Luftstreitkräfte |
6 |
Iron Cross & Virtuti Militari |
| Paul Gastin |
França |
Aéronautique Militaire |
6 |
Legion d'Honneur, Croix de Guerre |
| Rupert Gifford |
Regne Unit |
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 |
Austràlia |
Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force |
6 |
|
| Herbert Gould |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
Military Cross |
| James Green |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps |
6 |
Italian Medal for Military Valor |
| Duncan Grinnell-Milne |
Regne Unit |
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 |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
Distinguished Flying Cross |
| David S. Hall |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps |
6 |
Military Cross |
| Stanley Hamblin |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
|
| Leslie Hamilton |
Regne Unit |
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 |
Regne Unit |
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 |
França |
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 |
Regne Unit |
Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force |
6 |
|
| Robert Hildebrandt |
Germany |
Luftstreitkräfte |
6 |
|
| Walter G. R. Hinchliffe |
Regne Unit |
Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force |
6 |
Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Force Cross |
| Otto Hoehne |
Germany |
Luftstreitkräfte, Luftwaffe |
6 |
Iron Cross |
| Philip Holligan |
Regne Unit |
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 |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
Military Cross |
| Alfred Huebner |
Germany |
Luftstreitkräfte |
6 |
Iron Cross |
| Victor Huston |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
Military Cross |
| Hans Imelman |
Germany |
Luftstreitkräfte |
6 |
Iron Cross |
| Attilio Imolesi |
Itàlia |
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 |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
|
| H. S. Jackson |
Regne Unit |
Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force |
6 |
|
| Johannes Jensen |
Germany |
Luftstreitkräfte |
6 |
Iron Cross |
| Philip Andrew Johnston |
Austràlia |
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 |
Imperi Austrohongarès |
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 |
Regne Unit |
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 |
Sud-àfrica |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force, South African Air Force |
6 |
Distinguished Flying Cross |
| Alfred Lenz |
Germany |
Luftstreitkräfte |
6 |
|
| Andre Robert Levy |
França |
Aéronautique Militaire |
6 |
Legion d'Honneur, Medaille Militaire, Croix de Guerre |
| Thomas Lewis |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
Military Cross |
| H. Lindfield |
Regne Unit |
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 |
Austràlia |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
Distinguished Flying Cross |
| Ivan Loiko |
Imperi Rus |
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 |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps |
6 |
|
| Ludwig Luer |
Germany |
Luftstreitkräfte |
6 |
Iron Cross |
| Thomas Luke |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
Military Cross |
| John Knox MacArthur |
United States |
US Army Air Service |
6 |
Distinguished Service Cross |
| Andrew MacGregor |
Sud-àfrica |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
Distinguished Flying Cross |
| Cesare Magistrini |
Itàlia |
Corpo Aeronautico Militare |
6 |
Medal for Military Valor (2 silver and 1 bronze awards). Later piloted King of Yemen. |
| Garnet Malley |
Austràlia |
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 |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
Military Cross |
| Louis Martin |
França |
Aéronautique Militaire |
6 |
Medaille Militaire, Croix de Guerre |
| T. W. Martin |
Regne Unit |
Royal Air Force |
6 |
|
| Heinrich Maushake |
Germany |
Luftstreitkräfte |
6 |
|
| F. H. Maynard |
Nova Zelanda |
Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force |
6 |
Air Force Cross. RAF Air Vice-Marshal during World War II. |
| Malcolm McCall |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
|
| Robert McKenzie |
Austràlia |
Australian Flying Corps |
6 |
Military Cross |
| Robert McLaughlin |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
Distinguished Flying Cross |
| Oscar McMaking |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps |
6 |
|
| Leslie McRobert |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
|
| Earl Stanley Meek |
Canada |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
|
| William Meggitt |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
Military Cross |
| Emil Meinecke |
Germany |
Luftstreitkräfte |
6 |
|
| Frank Tremar Sibly Menendez |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
Military Cross |
| Konrad Mettlich |
Germany |
Luftstreitkräfte |
6 |
|
| William James Middleton |
Regne Unit |
Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force |
6 |
Distinguished Flying Medal |
| Archibald Miller |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps |
6 |
|
| William Miller |
Regne Unit |
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 |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
Military Cross |
| Alfred Mohr |
Germany |
Luftstreitkräfte |
6 |
|
| Hugh Moore |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
|
| Guido Nardini |
Itàlia |
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 |
França |
Aéronautique Militaire |
6 |
Legion d'Honneur, Medaille Militaire, Croix de Guerre |
| Werner Niethammer |
Germany |
Luftstreitkräfte |
6 |
|
| Karl Nikitsch |
Imperi Austrohongarès |
Luftfahrtruppen |
6 |
Order of the Iron Crown, Military Merit Medal, German Iron Cross |
| Hans Oberlander |
Germany |
Luftstreitkräfte |
6 |
|
| Jan Olieslagers |
Bèlgica |
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 |
Itàlia |
Corpo Aeronautico Militare |
6 |
Medal for Military Valor |
| Rudolf Otto |
Germany |
Luftstreitkräfte |
6 |
|
| Ernest Owen |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
|
| Augustus Paget |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
Distinguished Flying Cross |
| Medley Parlee |
Canada |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
|
| Laurence Pearson |
Regne Unit |
Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force |
6 |
|
| Adolphe Pegoud |
França |
Aéronautique Militaire |
6 |
First ace in history. First ace KIA. Legion d'Honneur, Medaille Militaire, Croix de Guerre |
| Giorgio Pessi |
Itàlia |
Corpo Aeronautico Militare |
6 |
Medal for Military Valor, French Croix de Guerre. |
| Franz Peter |
Imperi Austrohongarès |
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 |
Regne Unit |
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 |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
Military Cross |
| Frederick Powell |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
Military Cross |
| Josef Puerer |
Imperi Austrohongarès |
Luftfahrtruppen |
6 |
Military Merit Cross (two awards), Military Merit Medal |
| Thomas G. Rae |
Sud-àfrica |
Royal Air Force |
6 |
Distinguished Flying Cross |
| Arthur Rahn |
Germany |
Luftstreitkräfte |
6 |
Iron Cross |
| Richard Raymond-Barker |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
Military Cross |
| Emile Regnier |
França |
Aéronautique Militaire |
6 |
Legion d'Honneur, Medaille Militaire, Croix de Guerre |
| Alan Rice-Oxley |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
Distinguished Flying Cross |
| Rudolf Rienau |
Germany |
Luftstreitkräfte |
6 |
|
| Harry Rigby |
Austràlia |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
Military Cross |
| Johann Risztics |
Imperi Austrohongarès |
Luftfahrtruppen |
6 |
Medal for Bravery |
| Cosimo Rizzotto |
Itàlia |
Corpo Aeronautico Militare |
6 |
Medal for Military Valor (2 silver awards) |
| Bogart Rogers |
United States |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
|
| Achille Rousseaux |
França |
Aéronautique Militaire |
6 |
Medaille Militaire, Croix de Guerre |
| Cyril H. Sawyer |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
|
| Alfons Scheicher |
Germany |
Luftstreitkräfte |
6 |
|
| Roman Schmidt |
Imperi Austrohongarès |
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 |
Regne Unit |
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 |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
Distinguished Flying Cross |
| Edward A. Simpson |
Regne Unit |
Royal Air Force |
6 |
Distinguished Flying Cross |
| David E. Smith |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
|
| John Smith-Grant |
Sud-àfrica |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
|
| Cyril R. Smythe |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
|
| Erich Sonneck |
Germany |
Luftstreitkräfte |
6 |
|
| Constant Soulier |
França |
Aéronautique Militaire |
6 |
Medaille Militaire, Croix de Guerre |
| Otto Splitgerber |
Germany |
Luftstreitkräfte |
6 |
|
| Arthur Spurling |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
Distinguished Flying Cross |
| Georg Staudacher |
Germany |
Luftstreitkräfte |
6 |
|
| Mario Stoppani |
Itàlia |
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 |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
Military Cross with Bar Retired as a Group Captain |
| Rothesay Stuart Wortley |
Regne Unit |
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 |
Regne Unit |
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 |
Sud-àfrica |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
Distinguished Flying Cross |
| Claud Thompson |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
Australian Flying Corps |
6 |
|
| Romolo Ticconi |
Itàlia |
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 |
Austràlia |
Australian Flying Corps |
6 |
Distinguished Flying Cross |
| James Hamilton Traill |
Austràlia |
Australian Flying Corps |
6 |
Distinguished Flying Cross |
| George Trapp |
Canada |
Royal Naval Air Service |
6 |
|
| Reinhard Treptow |
Germany |
Luftstreitkräfte |
6 |
Iron Cross |
| Philip Tudhope |
Sud-àfrica |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
Distinguished Flying Cross |
| Thomas Tuffield |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
|
| William Tyrell |
Regne Unit |
Royal Air Force |
6 |
|
| Konstantin Vakulovsky |
Imperi Rus |
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 |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
Distinguished Service Cross |
| Bernard Walkerdine |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
|
| Stephen Walter |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps |
6 |
|
| Harry Watson |
Canada |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
Elected to Ice Hockey Hall of Fame. |
| Rudolf Weber |
Imperi Austrohongarès |
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 |
Austràlia |
Australian Flying Corps |
6 |
Distinguished Flying Cross |
| Heinrich Wessels |
Germany |
Luftstreitkräfte |
6 |
|
| Siegfried Westphal |
Germany |
Luftstreitkräfte |
6 |
|
| William Westwood |
Sud-àfrica |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
|
| William A. Wheeler |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
|
| Victor White |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
Military Cross with Bar |
| Ernst Wiehle |
Germany |
Luftstreitkräfte |
6 |
Iron Cross |
| Frederick Wilton |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
Distinguished Flying Cross |
| William Winkler |
Regne Unit |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
|
| Harry Wood |
Canada |
Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force |
6 |
Military Cross |