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List of World War I aces from Australia

List of World War I aces from Australia

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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; 81 Australians are believed to have achieved this feat, with the highest scorer being Robert Alexander Little, who is credited with 47 air victories.

Serny, France, November 1918. A score board recording the claims for enemy aircraft destroyed by No. 80 Wing RAF from July – November 1918. The squadrons listed include No. 2 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps and No. 4 Squadron, AFC. The other columns are headed "In Flames", "Crashed", "O.O.C." (Out of Control), "Driven Down" and "Balloons Destroyed"."

Australian WWI aces

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  1. [1]
    McGibbon 2000, p. 7.
  2. [2]
    Newton 1996, pp. 60–61.
  3. [3]
    Franks et al, pp. 20–21.
  4. [4]
    Franks et al, p. 9.
  5. [5]
    Shores et al, 1997, p. 200.
  6. [6]
    Shores et al 1990, p. 339.
  7. [7]
    Franks et al, 1997, p. 47.
  8. [8]
    Franks et al, 1997, p. 29.
  9. [9]
    Shores et al 1990, p. 302.
  10. [10]
    Shores et al 1990, p. 353.
  11. [11]
    Shores et al 1990, p. 173.
  12. [12]
    Shores et al 1990, p. 214.
  13. [13]
    Morgan, Gareth (12 November 2021). "The Fighter Aces from Australia" (PDF). By the Seat of their Pants: The Proceedings of the Conference Held at the RAAF Museum Point Cook. Military History and Heritage Victoria. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  14. [14]
    Franks et al 1997, p. 50.
  15. [15]
    Shores et al 1990, p. 56.
  16. [16]
    Franks et al 1997, pp. 132–133.
  17. [17]
    Franks et al 1997, p. 9.
  18. [18]
    Franks et al 1990, p. 191.
  19. [19]
    Shores et al 1997, p. 38.
  20. [20]
    Franks 2012, p. 36.
  21. [21]
    "Turnbull, John Semour". Virtual War Memorial. Retrieved 28 December 2021.

References

  • Franks, Norman; Guest, Russel; Alegi, Gregory (1997). Above the War Fronts: The British Two-seater Bomber Pilot and Observer Aces, the British Two-seater Fighter Observer Aces, and the Belgian, Italian, Austro-Hungarian and Russian Fighter Aces, 1914–1918. Volume 4 of Fighting Airmen of WWI Series: Volume 4 of Air Aces of WWI. Oxford: Grub Street. ISBN 978-1-898697-56-5.
  • Franks, Norman (2012). Sopwith Pup Aces of World War I. Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-1-78200-727-2.
  • McGibbon, Ian, ed. (2000). The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Military History. Auckland: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-558376-0.
  • Newton, Dennis (1996). Australian Air Aces: Australian Fighter Pilots in Combat. Fyshwick, Australian Capital Territory: Aerospace Publications. ISBN 1-875671-25-0.
  • 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 978-0-948817-19-9.
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