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.McGibbon 2000, p. 7. 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.
Australian WWI aces Name Squadron(s) Victories NotesRobert Alexander Little No. 1 Naval Wing, No. 8 Squadron RNAS, No. 203 Squadron RAF 47Newton 1996, pp. 60–61. Roderic Stanley Dallas No. 1 Naval Wing, No. 1 Squadron RNAS, No. 40 Squadron RAF 39 Arthur Henry Cobby No. 4 Squadron AFC 29 Elwyn Roy King No. 4 Squadron AFC 26 Alexander Augustus Pentland No. 16 Squadron RFC, No. 29 Squadron RFC, No. 19 Squadron RFC, No. 87 Squadron RAF 23 Edgar McCloughry No. 23 Squadron RFC, No. 4 Squadron AFC 21 Richard Pearman Minifie No. 1 Naval Wing, No. 1 Squadron RNAS 21 Edgar Charles Johnston No. 24 Squadron RFC, No. 88 Squadron RAF 20 Andrew King Cowper No. 24 Squadron RAF 19 Cedric Ernest Howell No. 45 Squadron RAF 19 Fred Parkinson Holliday No. 48 Squadron RFC 17Australian-born; as a child, lived in UK and later moved to Canada before WW1 Allan Captain Hepburn No. 24 Squadron RFC, No. 40 Squadron RFC, No. 88 Squadron RAF 16 Francis Ryan Smith No. 2 Squadron AFC 16 John Rutherford Gordon No. 62 Squadron RAF 15Franks et al, pp. 20–21. Roy Cecil Phillipps No. 32 Squadron RFC, No. 2 Squadron AFC 15 Arthur Coningham No. 32 Squadron RFC, No. 92 Squadron RAF 14 Herbert Gilles Watson No. 4 Squadron AFC 14 Harold Alan Hamersley No. 60 Squadron RFC 13 Eric John Stephens No. 41 Squadron RAF 13 Thomas Charles Richmond Baker No. 4 Squadron AFC 12 Raymond James Brownell No. 45 Squadron RFC 12 Roby Lewis Manuel No. 2 Squadron AFC 12 Cecil Roy Richards No. 20 Squadron RFC 12 Leonard Thomas Eaton Taplin No. 67 Squadron RFC, No. 1 Squadron AFC, No. 4 Squadron AFC 12 Henry Garnet Forrest No. 43 Squadron RFC, No. 32 Squadron RFC, No. 2 Squadron AFC 11 Geoffrey Herbert Hooper No. 11 Squadron RFC, No. 20 Squadron RAF 11 Geoffrey Forrest Hughes No. 62 Squadron RAF 11 Herbert Joseph Larkin No. 5 Squadron RFC, No. 87 Squadron RAF 11Ross Macpherson SmithNo. 67 Squadron RFC, No. 1 Squadron AFC11Adrian Trevor ColeNo. 1 Squadron AFC, No. 2 Squadron AFC10Stanley James GobleNo. 1 Naval Wing, No. 8 Squadron RNAS, No. 5 Squadron RNAS, No. 205 Squadron RAF10Alfred Seymour ShepherdNo. 29 Squadron RFC10Eric Douglas CummingsNo. 2 Squadron AFC9 Arthur Thomas DrinkwaterNo. 57 Squadron RFC, No. 40 Squadron RAF9 Richard Watson HowardNo. 68 Squadron RFC, No. 57 Squadron RFC, No. 2 Squadron AFC9Gregory Hamilton BlaxlandNo. 2 Squadron AFC8 Clive Alexander Brewster-JoskeNo. 1 Squadron RFC, No. 46 Squadron RFC8Roy Maxwell DrummondNo. 67 Squadron RFC, No. 111 Squadron RFC8 Garfield Finlay No. 1 Squadron AFC 8Franks et al, p. 9.George Clifton PetersNo. 1 Squadron AFC8 Richard Watson Howard No. 57 Squadron RFC, No. 68 Squadron RFC, No. 2 Squadron AFC 8Shores et al, 1997, p. 200. George Goodman Simpson No. 8 Squadron RNAS 8Shores et al 1990, p. 339. Leslie Sutherland No. 1 Squadron AFC 8Franks et al, 1997, p. 47. Frank AlberryNo. 2 Squadron AFC7Thomas Henry BarkellNo. 4 Squadron AFC7Ernest Edgar DaviesNo. 2 Squadron AFC7George JonesNo. 4 Squadron AFC7 Edward Patrick KenneyNo. 1 Squadron AFC7 Walter Kirk No. 1 Squadron AFC 7Franks et al, 1997, p. 29.Paul Joseph McGinnessNo. 1 Squadron AFC7Arthur John PalliserNo. 4 Squadron AFC7 George Clifton Peters No. 1 Squadron AFC 7Shores et al 1990, p. 302.Lancelot Lytton RichardsonNo. 25 Squadron RFC7Albert Ernest RobertsonNo. 4 Squadron AFC7 Charles Owen Stone No. 2 Squadron AFC 7Shores et al 1990, p. 353.Norman Charles TrescowthickNo. 4 Squadron AFC7 George H. D. Gossip No. 4 Squadron RNAS 6Shores et al 1990, p. 173.John HayNo. 40 Squadron RFC6 Philip Andrew Johnston No. 8 Squadron RNAS 6Shores et al 1990, p. 214.George Alexander LinghamNo. 43 Squadron RAF6Garnet Francis MalleyNo. 4 Squadron AFC6Robert William McKenzieNo. 2 Squadron AFC6Harry Alexander RigbyNo. 40 Squadron RFC, No. 1 Squadron RAF6Eric Landon SimonsonNo. 2 Squadron AFC6Claud Robert James ThompsonNo. 19 Squadron RFC6 Albert Tonkin No. 1 Squadron AFC 6 James Hamilton Traill No. 1 Squadron AFC 6Franks et al 1997, p. 50. William James Alexander Weir No. 1 Squadron AFC 6Shores et al 1990, p. 56.James Joseph WellwoodNo. 2 Squadron AFC6Allan Runciman BrownNo. 1 Squadron AFC5Alexander ClarkNo. 2 Squadron AFC5George CoxNo. 2 Squadron AFC5 Sydney Dalrymple No. 24 Squadron RFC, No. 27 Squadron RFC, No. 139 Squadron RAF 5Franks et al 1997, pp. 132–133.Herbert James EdwardsNo. 32 Squadron RFC, No. 92 Squadron RFC5 Wilmot Hudson Fysh No. 1 Squadron AFC, No. 67 Squadron RAF 5Franks et al 1997, p. 9. Walter Irving Newby Grant No. 88 Squadron RFC 5 Eustace Headlam No. 1 Squadron RFC, No. 2 Squadron RFC, No. 67 Squadron AFC 5Franks et al 1990, p. 191.Les HoldenNo. 2 Squadron AFC5 Ernest Mustard No. 1 Squadron AFC 5Shores et al 1997, p. 38. Patrick Gordon Taylor No. 66 Squadron RFC 5Franks 2012, p. 36. John Seymour Turnbull No. 56 Squadron RFC, No. 41 Squadron RAF 5
See also Aerial victory standards of World War I
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