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Speed Climb Ceiling a 14 3 4 11 Series 3 Series 2 J H K *B B/B 15 Aircraft Speed Climb Ceiling Pilot/Observer Country Air Service P SPAD XIII Francesco Barraca Italy Servizio Aeronautico Active service during war A A 16 1 3 14 Rene Fonck France Aéronautique Militaire May 1917 - November 1918 Edward Vernon Rickenbacker USA United States Army Air Service Albatross D.Va Ernst Udet Germany Luftstreitskräfte Active service during war B A 15 2 3 13 Ludwig Weber Germany Luftstreitskräfte May 1917 - November 1918 Kurt Jentsch Germany Luftstreitskräfte Sopwith Camel William George Barker Canada Royal Flying Corps Series 1 Active service during war C A 16 2 2 13 Aubrey R. Ellwood Great Britain Royal Flying Corps May 1917 - November 1918 Jan Olieslagers Belgium Aviation Militaire Belge Fokker DR.1 Manfred von Richthofen Germany Luftstreitskräfte Active service during war D A 13 3 2 13 Fritz Kempf Germany Luftstreitskräfte July 1917 - July 1918 Arthur Rahn Germany Luftstreitskräfte Fokker D.VII Hermann Göring Germany Luftstreitskräfte Active service during war L A 16 2 2 14 Hugo Schäfer Germany Luftstreitskräfte April 1918 - November 1918 Ernst Udet Germany Luftstreitskräfte Sopwith Snipe William George Barker Canada Royal Flying Corps Active service during war M A 16 2 2 14 Thomas C. R. Baker Australia Australian Flying Corps September 1918 - November 1918 Verner Ryrie Australia Australian Flying Corps LFG Roland C.II Manfred von Richthofen* Germany Luftstreitskräfte Series 2 *B Active service during war K 15 3 5 10 Richard Seibert & Arthur Pflieger Germany Luftstreitskräfte B/B February 1916 - October 1917 Luftstreitskräfte Germany Luftstreitskräfte Dehavilland & AIRCO DH.4 Egbert Cadbury & Robert Leckie Great Britain Royal Flying Corps A/B Active service during war H 15 2 4 11 American Expeditionary Force* USA United States Army Air Service *A/A March 1917 - November 1918 Alfred Clayburn Atkey Canada Royal Flying Corps Nieuport 17 & Nieuport 23* Gervais Lufbery & Georges Thenault France Aéronautique Militaire A Active service during war I 12 3 3 12 *Kibanov Russia Imperial Russian Air Force *B May 1917 - November 1918 Charles Nungesser France Aéronautique Militaire Albatross D.III Godwin Brumowski Austria Luftfahrtruppen Active service during war J A 14 3 4 11 Ludwig Hautzmayer Austria Luftfahrtruppen December 1916 - November 1917 Werner Voss Germany Luftstreitskräfte Ufag C.I Fliegerkompanie 23/D Austria Luftfahrtruppen Series 3 Active service during war H B/B 16 2 4 11 Luftfahrtruppen 1 Austria Luftfahrtruppen January 1918 - November 1918 Luftfahrtruppen 2 Austria Luftfahrtruppen RAF R.E. 8 John Longton & Thomas Carson Great Britain Royal Flying Corps Active service during war K B/B 13 3 5 10 Gerald Fergusonn & Air Mech. Fry Great Britain Royal Flying Corps May 1917 - November 1918 Aviation Militaire Belge Belgium Aviation Militaire Belge : No Immelmann maneuver in the deck. SPEED: Lower rating means faster plane. Aircraft Speed Climb Ceiling Pilot/Observer Country Air Service P Nieuport 16 Charles Chouteau Johnson France Aéronautique Militaire Equipped with Le Prieur Rockets Norman Prince France Aéronautique Militaire R B 10 4 5 10 Active service during war Henri de Guibert France Aéronautique Militaire Busters Balloon Balloon March 1917 - November 1918 Henry Lecour Grandmaison France Aéronautique Militaire RAF S.E. 5a William Avery Bishop Canada Royal Flying Corps Active service during war N A 16 1 2 14 Roderic Stanley Dallas Australia Australian Flying Corps March 1917 - November 1918 Joseph E. Boudwin USA United States Army Air Service Pfalz D.II & Pfalz D.IIIa Fritz Hohn Germany Luftstreitskräfte Active service during war J A 16 3 4 11 Hans Klein Germany Luftstreitskräfte March 1917 - November 1918 Max Hotlzem Germany Luftstreitskräfte Breguet BR.14 B2 De Greffier & Marseille France Aéronautique Militaire Series 4 B/A Active service during war K 17 3 4 12 Grebil & Carron* France Aéronautique Militaire *B/B March 1918 - November 1918 Browning & Duke* USA United States Army Air Service Rumpler C.IV C. Marine Feld Flieger Abteilung Germany German Naval Air Service Active service during war K B/B 15 3 4 14 Marine Feld Flieger Abteilung Germany German Naval Air Service May 1917 - November 1918 Marine Feld Flieger Abteilung Germany German Naval Air Service SPAD XIII A A 16 1 3 14 Frank Luke USA United States Army Air Service Sopwith Camel C A 16 2 2 13 Roy Brown Canada Royal Flying Corps Albatross D.Va B Paul Baumer Germany Luftstreitskräfte Deluxe A 15 2 3 13 Edition Fokker DR.1 D A 13 3 2 13 Manfred von Richthofen Germany Luftstreitskräfte Gotha G.V Michael von Korff Germany Luftstreitskräfte Active service during war XD B/B 27 4 5 13 August 1917 - November 1918 Walter Aschoff Germany Luftstreitskräfte Caproni Ca.3 Casimiro Buttini Italy Servizio Aeronautico XD B/B 25 4 6 10 Special Packs Active service during war Giant Bombers February 1917 - November 1918 Escadrille CEP 115 France Aéronautique Militaire Fokker E.III Max Immemann Germany Luftstreitskräfte Active service during war T B 11 4 6 8 Hans-Joachim Buddecke Germany Luftstreitskräfte September 1915 - August 1916 Ludwig Hautzmayer Germany Luftstreitskräfte Airco DH.2 Robert Saundby Great Britain Royal Flying Corps Active service during war P B 13 4 5 10 Lanoe George Hawker Great Britain Royal Flying Corps February 1916 - June 1917 John Oliver Andrews Great Britain Royal Flying Corps Halberstadt D.III Hans von Keudell Germany Luftstreitskräfte Series 5 Active service during war P B 14 4 5 10 Luftstreitskräfte Germany Luftstreitskräfte July 1916 - Early 1917 Luftstreitskräfte Germany Luftstreitskräfte Morane-Saulnier Type N Eugène Gilbert France Aéronautique Militaire Active service during war T B 10 4 6 9 Jean Navarre France Aéronautique Militaire April 1915 - Early 1916 Jean Chaput France Aéronautique Militaire : No Immelmann maneuver in the deck. SPEED: Lower rating means faster plane. The son of a nobleman, Francesco Baracca, Italy's greatest ace, entered Pilot: Francesco Baracca SPAD XIII the Scuola Militaire at Modena in October 1907. Less than a year Country: Italy later, he was an officer in the Royal Piedmont Cavalry. In April 1912, Baracca and other cavalry officers were ordered to Reims, France for Rank: Maggiore flight training. The Kingdom of Italy declared war on the Austro- Service: Servizio Aeronautico Hungarian Empire on May 24th, 1915. With a Nieuport 11, he scored the first Italian victory of the war on April 7th, 1916, His final Victories: 34 victory, an Austrian Albatross D.III, came just three days prior to his Born: May 9th 1888 death. Shot down and killed while strafing enemy lines, his body was recovered a few days later near the burnt out wreckage of his SPAD Died: June 19th 1918 - age 30 VII. When found, Baracca was holding a pistol in his hand and had a Killed in Action bullet hole in his forehead. Whether he was shot down by ground fire, chose suicide over a fiery death in the cockpit or was killed attempting to resist capture will never be known. Fonck was the highest scoring ace for France and the Allies. As a boy Pilot: René Paul Fonck SPAD XIII growing up in the foothills of the Vosges, he was fascinated by stories Country: France of men and their flying machines. Yet when he was conscripted in August 1914, he refused to serve in the French Air Service, choosing Rank: Capitaine instead to go to the trenches. By early 1915, he had changed his mind Service: Aéronautique Militaire and began his flight training. In April 1917, after more than 500 hours of flight time, Fonck was assigned to Spa103. Flying the SPAD Victories: 75 VII, he developed a reputation for studying the tactics of his opponents Born: March 27th, 1894 and conserving ammunition during a dogfight. On two separate occasions, he shot down six enemy aircraft in one day. Fonck was Died: June 18th, 1953 - Age 59 never a humble man and often recounted his many victories. He never achieved the admiration and popularity of the humble Georges Guynemer; but no one could deny that Fonck was an excellent pilot and superb marksman. The son of Swiss immigrants, Edward Vernon Rickenbacker was the Pilot: Edward Rickenbacker SPAD XIII American "Ace of Aces." He recorded 26 official victories against Country: United States of American German aircraft during World War I and was awarded the Medal of Honor. Between WWI and WWII, Rickenbacker bought and Rank: Captain administered the Indianapolis Speedway and became president of Service: United States Air Service Eastern Airlines. In October 1942, he was aboard a B-17 bomber that crashed in the Pacific Ocean while on a secret mission to New Guinea. Victories: 26 "Iron Man Eddie" and six companions survived 24 days afloat on life Born: October 8th, 1890 rafts. In 1995, the United States Postal Service issued a postage stamp in honor of Rickenbacker's accomplishments as an aviation pioneer. Died: July 27th 1973 - Age 82 Udet learned to fly by taking private lessons and entered the German Pilot: Ernst Udet Albatross D.Va Air Force in September 1915. Flying a Fokker D.III, he scored his Country: Germany first victory on March 18th, 1916 in a lone attack against 22 French aircraft. He scored five more victories with Jasta 15 and reportedly Rank: Oberleutnant dueled with Georges Guynemer in June 1917. Udet would later write Service: Luftstreitskräfte that during the dogfight, his guns jammed and the French ace broke off his attack when he saw Udet pounding on the breech of his Victories: 62 machine gun. All of the aircraft he flew in combat were marked with Born: April 26th, 1896 "LO!" on the fuselage in honor of his fiancée, Eleonore Zink. Udet was the highest scoring German ace to survive World War I. Post war he Died: Nov. 17th, 1941 - Age 45 traveled the world performing in air shows for the public.
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