Who's Who - Air Aces & Commanders
This sub-section of the Who's Who
category of the site contains folio biographies for the war's air aces and
their commanding officers.
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Click here to view the section on the air war. Click here for a single-page summary of the war's air aces. In addition to the biographies presented below, click here to view contemporary aviation-related photographs within the Vintage Photographs section of the site.
| Biographies | Description |
|---|---|
 Karl Allmenroder |
Fighter Pilot |
 Julius Arigi |
Fighter Pilot |
 Jean Paul Elzeard Ambrogi |
Fighter Pilot |
 Pavel Argeyev |
Fighter Pilot |
 Edward Ashmore |
London Air Defence Commander |
 Paul Baer |
Fighter Pilot |
| Albert Ball |
Fighter Pilot |
 Francesco Baracca |
Fighter Pilot |
 William Barker |
Fighter Pilot |
| Paul Bäumer |
Fighter Pilot |
| Frank Baylies |
Fighter Pilot |
 Andrew Beauchamp-Proctor |
Fighter Pilot |
| Oliver Freiherr von Beaulieu-Marconnay |
Fighter Pilot |
| Wilfred Beaver |
Fighter Pilot |
| Louis Bennett Jr. |
Fighter Pilot |
| Fritz Bernert |
Fighter Pilot |
| Hans Berr |
Fighter Pilot |
| Rudolf Berthold |
Fighter Pilot |
| William Bishop |
Fighter Pilot |
| Maurice Bizot |
Fighter Pilot |
| Oswald Boelcke |
Fighter Pilot |
| Henry Botterell |
Fighter Pilot |
| Leon Bourjade |
Fighter Pilot |
| Maurice Boyau |
Fighter Pilot |
| Arthur Roy Brown |
Fighter Pilot |
| Godwin Brumowski |
Fighter Pilot |
| Franz Buchner |
Fighter Pilot |
| Fulco Ruffo di Calabria |
Fighter Pilot |
| Albert Desbrisay Carter |
Fighter Pilot |
| Jean Casale |
Fighter Pilot |
| William Claxton |
Fighter Pilot |
 Arthur Cobby |
Fighter Pilot |
| Raymond Collishaw |
Fighter Pilot |
| Michel Coiffard |
Fighter Pilot |
 Willy Coppens |
Fighter Pilot |
| Roderic Dallas |
Fighter Pilot |
| Albert Louis Deullin |
Fighter Pilot |
| Jacques Ehrlich |
Fighter Pilot |
| William Erwin |
Fighter Pilot |
| Victor Fedorov |
Fighter Pilot |
| Benno Fiala von Fernbrugg |
Fighter Pilot |
| Rene Fonck |
Fighter Pilot |
| Philip Fullard |
Fighter Pilot |
| Hector Garaud |
Fighter Pilot |
| Roland Garros |
Fighter Pilot |
| Paul Gastin |
Fighter Pilot |
| Frederick Gillet |
Fighter Pilot |
| Juri Gilsher |
Fighter Pilot |
| Herman Goering |
Fighter Pilot |
| Gabriel Guerin |
Fighter Pilot |
| Georges Guynemer |
Fighter Pilot |
| Lloyd Hamilton |
Fighter Pilot |
| Lanoe Hawker |
Fighter Pilot |
| Tom Hazell |
Fighter Pilot |
| Max Immelmann |
Fighter Pilot |
| David Ingalls |
Fighter Pilot |
| Josef Jacobs |
Fighter Pilot |
| Fernand Jacquet |
Fighter Pilot |
| Alan Jerrard |
Fighter Pilot |
| Alexei Kazakov |
Fighter Pilot |
| Field Kindley |
Fighter Pilot |
| Elwyn King |
Fighter Pilot |
| Hans Kirschstein |
Fighter Pilot |
| Josef Kiss |
Fighter Pilot |
| Auguste Lahoulle |
Fighter Pilot |
| Reed Landis |
Fighter Pilot |
| William Leefe-Robinson |
Fighter Pilot |
| Ernst Leman |
Fighter Pilot |
| Maxime Lenoir |
Fighter Pilot |
| Adrien Leps |
Fighter Pilot |
| Frank Linke-Crawford |
Fighter Pilot |
| Robert Little |
Fighter Pilot |
| Erich Lowenhardt |
Fighter Pilot |
| Raoul Lufbery |
Fighter Pilot |
| Frank Luke Jr |
Fighter Pilot |
| Charles Mace |
Fighter Pilot |
| Donald MacLaren |
Fighter Pilot |
| Georges Madon |
Fighter Pilot |
 Hardutt Singh Malik |
Fighter Pilot |
| Edward Mannock |
Fighter Pilot |
| Pierre Marinovitch |
Fighter Pilot |
| Frederick McCall |
Fighter Pilot |
| James McCudden |
Fighter Pilot |
| George McElroy |
Fighter Pilot |
| Andrew McKeever |
Fighter Pilot |
| Carl Menckhoff |
Fighter Pilot |
| Andre de Meulemeester |
Fighter Pilot |
| William Mitchell |
Air Force Commander |
| Thomas Mottershead |
Fighter Pilot |
| Jean Navarre |
Fighter Pilot |
| Marcel Nogues |
Fighter Pilot |
| Charles Nungesser |
Fighter Pilot |
| Jan Olieslagers |
Fighter Pilot |
| Armand Pinsard |
Fighter Pilot |
| Eduard Pulpe |
Fighter Pilot |
| David Putnam |
Fighter Pilot |
| Francis Quigley |
Fighter Pilot |
| William Rhodes-Moorhouse |
Fighter Pilot |
| Arthur Rhys Davids |
Fighter Pilot |
| Lothar von Richthofen |
Fighter Pilot |
| Manfred von Richthofen |
The 'Red Baron' |
| Eddie Rickenbacker |
Fighter Pilot |
| Indra Lal Roy |
Fighter Pilot |
| Fritz Rumey |
Fighter Pilot |
| Giovanni Sabelli |
Fighter Pilot |
| Silvio Scaroni |
Fighter Pilot |
| Alexander Shook |
Fighter Pilot |
| Ivan Smirnov |
Fighter Pilot |
| Robert Smith-Barry |
Aviation Pioneer |
| Grigory Suk |
Fighter Pilot |
| Edmond Thieffry |
Fighter Pilot |
| Ernst Udet |
Fighter Pilot |
| Victor Utgoff |
Fighter Pilot |
| Joseph Veltjens |
Fighter Pilot |
| Werner Voss |
Fighter Pilot |
| Joseph Wehner |
Fighter Pilot |
| Wilbert White |
Fighter Pilot |
| Kurt Wolff |
Fighter Pilot |
| Henry Woollett |
Fighter Pilot |
| Vasili Yanchenko |
Fighter Pilot |
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