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List of World War I aces from Australia

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

NameSquadron(s)VictoriesNotes
Robert Alexander LittleNo. 1 Naval Wing, No. 8 Squadron RNAS, No. 203 Squadron RAF47[2]
Roderic Stanley DallasNo. 1 Naval Wing, No. 1 Squadron RNAS, No. 40 Squadron RAF39[2]
Arthur Henry CobbyNo. 4 Squadron AFC29[2]
Elwyn Roy KingNo. 4 Squadron AFC26[2]
Alexander Augustus PentlandNo. 16 Squadron RFC, No. 29 Squadron RFC, No. 19 Squadron RFC, No. 87 Squadron RAF23[2]
Edgar McCloughryNo. 23 Squadron RFC, No. 4 Squadron AFC21[2]
Richard Pearman MinifieNo. 1 Naval Wing, No. 1 Squadron RNAS21[2]
Edgar Charles JohnstonNo. 24 Squadron RFC, No. 88 Squadron RAF20[2]
Andrew King CowperNo. 24 Squadron RAF19[2]
Cedric Ernest HowellNo. 45 Squadron RAF19[2]
Fred Parkinson HollidayNo. 48 Squadron RFC17[2]

Australian-born; as a child, lived in UK and later moved to Canada before WW1

Allan Captain HepburnNo. 24 Squadron RFC, No. 40 Squadron RFC, No. 88 Squadron RAF16[2]
Francis Ryan SmithNo. 2 Squadron AFC16[2]
John Rutherford GordonNo. 62 Squadron RAF15[3]
Roy Cecil PhillippsNo. 32 Squadron RFC, No. 2 Squadron AFC15[2]
Arthur ConinghamNo. 32 Squadron RFC, No. 92 Squadron RAF14[2]
Herbert Gilles WatsonNo. 4 Squadron AFC14[2]
Harold Alan HamersleyNo. 60 Squadron RFC13[2]
Eric John StephensNo. 41 Squadron RAF13[2]
Thomas Charles Richmond BakerNo. 4 Squadron AFC12[2]
Raymond James BrownellNo. 45 Squadron RFC12[2]
Roby Lewis ManuelNo. 2 Squadron AFC12[2]
Cecil Roy RichardsNo. 20 Squadron RFC12[2]
Leonard Thomas Eaton TaplinNo. 67 Squadron RFC, No. 1 Squadron AFC, No. 4 Squadron AFC12[2]
Henry Garnet ForrestNo. 43 Squadron RFC, No. 32 Squadron RFC, No. 2 Squadron AFC11[2]
Geoffrey Herbert HooperNo. 11 Squadron RFC, No. 20 Squadron RAF11[2]
Geoffrey Forrest HughesNo. 62 Squadron RAF11[2]
Herbert Joseph LarkinNo. 5 Squadron RFC, No. 87 Squadron RAF11[2]
Ross Macpherson SmithNo. 67 Squadron RFC, No. 1 Squadron AFC11[2]
Adrian Trevor ColeNo. 1 Squadron AFC, No. 2 Squadron AFC10[2]
Stanley James GobleNo. 1 Naval Wing, No. 8 Squadron RNAS, No. 5 Squadron RNAS, No. 205 Squadron RAF10[2]
Alfred Seymour ShepherdNo. 29 Squadron RFC10[2]
Eric Douglas CummingsNo. 2 Squadron AFC9[2]
Arthur Thomas DrinkwaterNo. 57 Squadron RFC, No. 40 Squadron RAF9[2]
Richard Watson HowardNo. 68 Squadron RFC, No. 57 Squadron RFC, No. 2 Squadron AFC9[2]
Gregory Hamilton BlaxlandNo. 2 Squadron AFC8[2]
Clive Alexander Brewster-JoskeNo. 1 Squadron RFC, No. 46 Squadron RFC8[2]
Roy Maxwell DrummondNo. 67 Squadron RFC, No. 111 Squadron RFC8[2]
Garfield FinlayNo. 1 Squadron AFC8[4]
George Clifton PetersNo. 1 Squadron AFC8[2]
Richard Watson HowardNo. 57 Squadron RFC, No. 68 Squadron RFC, No. 2 Squadron AFC8[5]
George Goodman SimpsonNo. 8 Squadron RNAS8[6]
Leslie SutherlandNo. 1 Squadron AFC8[7]
Frank AlberryNo. 2 Squadron AFC7[2]
Thomas Henry BarkellNo. 4 Squadron AFC7[2]
Ernest Edgar DaviesNo. 2 Squadron AFC7[2]
George JonesNo. 4 Squadron AFC7[2]
Edward Patrick KenneyNo. 1 Squadron AFC7[2]
Walter KirkNo. 1 Squadron AFC7[8]
Paul Joseph McGinnessNo. 1 Squadron AFC7[2]
Arthur John PalliserNo. 4 Squadron AFC7[2]
George Clifton PetersNo. 1 Squadron AFC7[9]
Lancelot Lytton RichardsonNo. 25 Squadron RFC7[2]
Albert Ernest RobertsonNo. 4 Squadron AFC7[2]
Charles Owen StoneNo. 2 Squadron AFC7[10]
Norman Charles TrescowthickNo. 4 Squadron AFC7[2]
George H. D. GossipNo. 4 Squadron RNAS6[11]
John HayNo. 40 Squadron RFC6[2]
Philip Andrew JohnstonNo. 8 Squadron RNAS6[12]
George Alexander LinghamNo. 43 Squadron RAF6[2]
Garnet Francis MalleyNo. 4 Squadron AFC6[2]
Robert William McKenzieNo. 2 Squadron AFC6[2]
Harry Alexander RigbyNo. 40 Squadron RFC, No. 1 Squadron RAF6[2]
Eric Landon SimonsonNo. 2 Squadron AFC6[2]
Claud Robert James ThompsonNo. 19 Squadron RFC6[2]
Albert TonkinNo. 1 Squadron AFC6[13]
James Hamilton TraillNo. 1 Squadron AFC6[14]
William James Alexander WeirNo. 1 Squadron AFC6[15]
James Joseph WellwoodNo. 2 Squadron AFC6[2]
Allan Runciman BrownNo. 1 Squadron AFC5[2]
Alexander ClarkNo. 2 Squadron AFC5[2]
George CoxNo. 2 Squadron AFC5[2]
Sydney DalrympleNo. 24 Squadron RFC, No. 27 Squadron RFC, No. 139 Squadron RAF5[16]
Herbert James EdwardsNo. 32 Squadron RFC, No. 92 Squadron RFC5[2]
Wilmot Hudson FyshNo. 1 Squadron AFC, No. 67 Squadron RAF5[17]
Walter Irving Newby GrantNo. 88 Squadron RFC5[13]
Eustace HeadlamNo. 1 Squadron RFC, No. 2 Squadron RFC, No. 67 Squadron AFC5[18]
Les HoldenNo. 2 Squadron AFC5[2]
Ernest MustardNo. 1 Squadron AFC5[19]
Patrick Gordon TaylorNo. 66 Squadron RFC5[20]
John Seymour TurnbullNo. 56 Squadron RFC, No. 41 Squadron RAF5[21]

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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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