List of World War I aces credited with 15–19 victories
Aces
This list is complete. Notable aces are linked to their biographies.

List of World War I aces credited with 15–19 victories

Section Title: Aces
Table Section Text: This list is complete. Notable aces are linked to their biographies.

Name	Country	Air service(s)	Victories	Notes

Barton, HoraceHorace Barton	South Africa	Royal Flying Corps	19	Distinguished Flying Cross with Bar.

Beaver, WilfredWilfred Beaver	Canada	Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force	19	Military Cross

Cowper, AndrewAndrew Cowper	Australia	Royal Flying Corps	19	Military Cross with two Bars.

Donhauser, ChristianChristian Donhauser	German Empire	Luftstreitkräfte	19	Military Merit Cross, Iron Cross

Ehrlich, JacquesJacques Ehrlich	France	Aéronautique Militaire	19	Médaille militaire, Croix de Guerre

Fairclough, Arthur BradfieldArthur Bradfield Fairclough	Canada	Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force	19	Military Cross

Fieseler, GerhardGerhard Fieseler	German Empire	Luftstreitkräfte	19	Military Merit Cross, Iron Cross

Hay De Slade, HenriHenri Hay De Slade	France	Aéronautique Militaire	19	Légion d'honneur, Croix de Guerre with 14 Palmes, Belgian Croix de guerre, British Military Cross, Italian Croix de la Couronne

Howell, CedricCedric Howell	Australia	Royal Flying Corps	19	Distinguished Service Order, Military Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross

Kiss, JózsefJózsef Kiss†	Austria-Hungary	Luftfahrtruppen	19	Top Hungarian ace. Medal for Bravery (1 Gold, 1 Silver)

Kullberg, Harold AlbertHarold Albert Kullberg	United States	Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force	19	British Distinguished Flying Cross

Powell, LeslieLeslie Powell	United Kingdom	Royal Flying Corps	19	Military Cross with Bar.

Reed (aviator), ArthurArthur Reed (aviator)†	South Africa	Royal Flying Corps	19	Distinguished Flying Cross with Bar.

Reid, Ellis VairEllis Vair Reid	Canada	Royal Naval Air Service	19	Distinguished Service Cross

Wilkinson (aviator), AlanAlan Wilkinson (aviator)	United Kingdom	Royal Flying Corps	19	Distinguished Service Order with Bar.

Wintgens, KurtKurt Wintgens†	German Empire	Luftstreitkräfte	19	First aerial victory ever with a synchronized machine gun. Pour le Mérite, Iron Cross

Zenzes, AlexanderAlexander Zenzes	German Empire	Luftstreitkräfte	19	Iron Cross

Baldamus, HartmuthHartmuth Baldamus†	German Empire	Luftstreitkräfte	18	Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, Iron Cross

De Romanet, Bernard BarnyBernard Barny De Romanet	France	Aéronautique Militaire	18	Légion d'honneur, Médaille militaire, Croix de Guerre with ten Palmes and three étoiles de vermeil

Belgrave, JamesJames Belgrave	United Kingdom	Royal Flying Corps	18	Military Cross with Bar.

Gräser, FranzFranz Gräser	Austria-Hungary	Luftfahrtruppen	18	Order of Leopold, Order of the Iron Crown, Medal for Bravery

Hemer, FranzFranz Hemer	German Empire	Luftstreitkräfte	18	Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, Iron Cross

Lambert, William C.William C. Lambert	United States	Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force	18	British Distinguished Flying Cross

Luke, FrankFrank Luke	United States	US Army Air Service	18	Medal of Honor, Distinguished Flying Cross, Italian War Cross "The Balloon Buster"

MacKay, George ChisholmGeorge Chisholm MacKay	Canada	Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force	18	Distinguished Flying Cross, Belgian Order of Leopold, French Légion d'honneur, French Croix de Guerre

Molesworth, WilliamWilliam Molesworth	United Kingdom	Royal Flying Corps	18	Military Cross with Bar, Italian Medal for Military Valor.

Newnham, MauriceMaurice Newnham	United Kingdom	Royal Flying Corps	18	Distinguished Flying Cross, French Croix de Guerre

Schäpe, EmilEmil Schäpe	German Empire	Luftstreitkräfte	18	Iron Cross

Todd, JohnJohn Todd	United Kingdom	Royal Flying Corps	18	Distinguished Flying Cross, Military Cross

Trollope, John LightfootJohn Lightfoot Trollope	United Kingdom	Royal Flying Corps	18	Military Cross with Bar

Bannerman, RonaldRonald Bannerman	New Zealand	Royal Flying Corps	17	Distinguished Flying Cross

Beckhardt, FritzFritz Beckhardt	German Empire	Luftstreitkräfte	17	Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, Iron Cross

Böhning, HansHans Böhning	German Empire	Luftstreitkräfte	17	Iron Cross

Böning, WalterWalter Böning	German Empire	Luftstreitkräfte	17	Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, Iron Cross

Carter, Alfred WilliamsAlfred Williams Carter	Canada	Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force	17	Distinguished Flying Cross

Marziale Cerutti	Italy	Corpo Aeronautico Militare	17

Falkenberg, Carl FrederickCarl Frederick Falkenberg	Canada	Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force	17	Distinguished Flying Cross with Bar, Air Force Cross

Gibbons, George EverardGeorge Everard Gibbons	United Kingdom	Royal Flying Corps	17	Military Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross

Hess, ErnstErnst Hess†	German Empire	Luftstreitkräfte	17	Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, Iron Cross

Holliday, Fred ParkinsonFred Parkinson Holliday	Australia	Australian Flying Corps	17	Distinguished Service Order, Military Cross, Air Force Cross

Iaccaci, AugustAugust Iaccaci	United States	Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force	17	Distinguished Flying Cross

Iaccaci, PaulPaul Iaccaci	United States	Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force	17	Distinguished Flying Cross

Johnstone, Edward GrahameEdward Grahame Johnstone	United Kingdom	Royal Flying Corps	17	Distinguished Service Cross

Klimke, RudolfRudolf Klimke†	German Empire	Luftstreitkräfte	17	Iron Cross

Makepeace, ReginaldReginald Makepeace	United Kingdom	Royal Flying Corps	17	Military Cross

Pinder, JohnJohn Pinder	United Kingdom	Royal Flying Corps	17	Distinguished Flying Cross

Plauth, KarlKarl Plauth	German Empire	Luftstreitkräfte	17	Iron Cross

Ranza, FerruccioFerruccio Ranza	Italy	Corpo Aeronautico Militare	17	Three Silver awards of Medal for Military Valor, Military Order of Savoy, French Croix de guerre and Belgian Croix de guerre, Serbian Star of Karageogevich

Franz Ray	German Empire	Luftstreitkräfte	17

Rolfes, HansHans Rolfes	German Empire	Luftstreitkräfte	17	Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, Iron Cross

Schwendemann, JosefJosef Schwendemann	German Empire	Luftstreitkräfte	17	Military Merit Cross

Swale, EdwinEdwin Swale	United Kingdom	Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force	17	Distinguished Flying Cross

Tempest, EdmundEdmund Tempest	United Kingdom	Royal Flying Corps	17	Military Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross

Tyrrell, WalterWalter Tyrrell	United Kingdom	Royal Flying Corps	17	Military Cross

Baldwin, OwenOwen Baldwin	United Kingdom	Royal Flying Corps	16	Distinguished Flying Cross, French Légion d'honneur, French Croix de Guerre

Bell, Gerald GordonGerald Gordon Bell	Canada	Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force	16	Distinguished Flying Cross, French Légion d'honneur, French Croix de Guerre

Bönsch, EugenEugen Bönsch	Austria-Hungary	Luftfahrtruppen	16	Medal for Bravery (3 Gold awards)

Bormann, ErnstErnst Bormann	German Empire	Luftstreitkräfte	16	Iron Cross First and Second Class, with Clasps. Knight's Cross and Oak Leaves for Iron Cross.

Burden, Henry JohnHenry John Burden	Canada	Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force	16	Distinguished Service Order, Distinguished Flying Cross

Chaput, JeanJean Chaput	France	Aéronautique Militaire	16	Légion d'honneur, Médaille militaire, Croix de Guerre with 11 Palmes, Belgian Croix de guerre, British Military Cross

Chick, John StanleyJohn Stanley Chick	United Kingdom	Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force	16	Military Cross Rose to Air Commodore in RAF

Coler, EugeneEugene Coler	United States	Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force	16	British Distinguished Flying Cross

Cowell, JohnJohn Cowell	United Kingdom	Royal Flying Corps	16	Distinguished Conduct Medal, Military Medal

Bruce Digby-Worsley	United Kingdom	Royal Flying Corps	16

Edwards, Stearne TigheStearne Tighe Edwards	Canada	Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force	16	Distinguished Service Cross with Bar

Elton, ErnestErnest Elton	United Kingdom	Royal Flying Corps	16	Distinguished Conduct Medal, Military Medal, Italian Medal for Military Valor

Stefan Fejes	Austria-Hungary	Luftfahrtruppen	16	Gold Medal for Bravery (three awards), 1st Class Silver Medal for Bravery (2 awards), 2nd Class Silver Medal for Bravery

Foster, RobertRobert Foster	United Kingdom	Royal Flying Corps	16	Knight of the Order of the Bath, Order of the British Empire, Distinguished Flying Cross. Rose to Air Chief Marshal.

Grosvenor, RobertRobert Grosvenor	United Kingdom	Royal Flying Corps	16	Military Cross

Hanstein, LudwigLudwig Hanstein†	German Empire	Luftstreitkräfte	16	Royal House Order of Hohenzollern

Hepburn, AllanAllan Hepburn	Australia	Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force	16	Distinguished Flying Cross

Highwood, SidneySidney Highwood	United Kingdom	Royal Flying Corps	16	Distinguished Flying Cross

Johnson, FrankFrank Johnson	United Kingdom	Royal Flying Corps	16	Distinguished Conduct Medal with Bar

Klein, JohannesJohannes Klein	German Empire	Luftstreitkräfte	16	Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, Iron Cross

Lufbery, RaoulRaoul Lufbery	France United States	Aéronautique Militaire US Army Air Service	16	French Légion d'honneur, Médaille militaire, and Croix de Guerre with ten Palmes, British Military Medal, Montenegrin Medal for Military Valor.

Odebrett, KarlKarl Odebrett	German Empire	Luftstreitkräfte	16	Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, Iron Cross, Austro-Hungarian Medal for Bravery

Redgate, OliverOliver Redgate	United Kingdom	Royal Flying Corps	16	Distinguished Flying Cross

Rose, OrenOren Rose	United States	Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force	16	Distinguished Flying Cross with Bar

Wilhelm Seitz	German Empire	Luftstreitkräfte	16	Iron Cross

Francis Smith	Australia	Australian Flying Corps	16	Military Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross

Elliott White Springs	United States	Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force, US Army Air Service	16	American Distinguished Service Cross, British Distinguished Flying Cross

David Stewart	United Kingdom	Royal Flying Corps	16	Military Cross with Bar, Distinguished Flying Cross

Christoffel Venter	South Africa	Royal Flying Corps	16	Order of the Bath, Distinguished Flying Cross with Bar. Rose to Major General.

Anthony Wall	United Kingdom	Royal Flying Corps	16	Military Cross with Bar

Weiss, HansHans Weiss†	German Empire	Luftstreitkräfte	16	Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, Iron Cross

Vasili Yanchenko	Russia	Imperial Army Air Service	16	Order of Saint George, Cross of Saint George (1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Class), Order of Saint Vladimir, Order of Saint Anne, Order of the Star, Military Service Medal

Pavel Argeyev	Russia	Aéronautique Militaire, Imperial Army Air Service	15	French Légion d'honneur, French Croix de Guerre, Order of Saint George, Order of Saint Vladimir, Order of Saint Anne

Karl Bohnenkamp	German Empire	Luftstreitkräfte	15	Military Merit Cross

Lawrence Coombes	United Kingdom	Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force	15	Distinguished Flying Cross

Cyril Crowe	United Kingdom	Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force	15	Military Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross

Charles Cudemore	United Kingdom	Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force	15	Military Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross

Ralph Curtis	United Kingdom	Royal Flying Corps	15

Ernest Deighton	United Kingdom	Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force	15	Distinguished Conduct Medal

Armand De Turenne	France	Aéronautique Militaire	15	Légion d'honneur, Croix de Guerre with 11 Palmes and an étoile de bronze, British Military Cross, Belgian Croix de guerre, Italian Croce di guerre

Albert Dossenbach	German Empire	Luftstreitkräfte	15	Pour le Mérite, Military Merit Cross, Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, Iron Cross

Rudolf Francke	German Empire	Luftstreitkräfte	15	Military Merit Cross

George Gates	United Kingdom	Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force	15	Distinguished Flying Cross

James Alpheus Glen	Canada	Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force	15	Distinguished Service Cross with Bar, French Croix de Guerre

Harry King Goode	United Kingdom	Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force	15	Distinguished Service Order, Distinguished Flying Cross

John Rutherford Gordon	Australia	Australian Flying Corps	15	Military Cross

John Edmund Greene	Canada	Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force	15	Distinguished Flying Cross

Albert Haussmann†	German Empire	Luftstreitkräfte	15

Edwin Hayne	South Africa	Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force	15	Distinguished Service Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross

Alois Heldmann	German Empire	Luftstreitkräfte	15	Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, Iron Cross

Frank Hobson	United Kingdom	Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force	15	Military Cross

Immelmann, MaxMax Immelmann†	German Empire	Luftstreitkräfte	15	Pour le Mérite, Military Order of St. Henry, Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, Iron Cross The Immelmann turn named after him.

John Jones	United Kingdom	Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force	15	Distinguished Flying Medal

Andrew Kiddie	South Africa	Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force	15	Distinguished Flying Cross, Belgian Croix de guerre

Otto Löffler	German Empire	Luftstreitkräfte	15

Hans-Georg von der Marwitz	German Empire	Luftstreitkräfte	15	Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, Iron Cross

Harold Mellings	United Kingdom	Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force	15	Distinguished Service Cross with Bar, Distinguished Flying Cross, Greek Royal Order of the Redeemer.

Alfred Mills	United Kingdom	Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force	15	Distinguished Flying Cross

Edmund Nathanael†	German Empire	Luftstreitkräfte	15	Iron Cross

Wilhelm Neuenhofen	German Empire	Luftstreitkräfte	15

Roy Cecil Phillipps	Australia	Australian Flying Corps	15	Military Cross with Bar, Distinguished Flying Cross

Viktor von Pressentin von Rautter†	German Empire	Luftstreitkräfte	15	Military Merit Cross, Iron Cross

Theodor Quandt	German Empire	Luftstreitkräfte	15	Royal House Order of Hohenzollern

Herbert Richardson	United Kingdom	Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force	15	Military Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross

Gilbert Sardier	France	Aéronautique Militaire	15	Légion d'honneur, Médaille militaire, Croix de Guerre with nine Palmes, an étoile de vermeil, and an étoile d'argent, British Military Cross

Hugh Saunders	South Africa	Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force	15	Order of the Bath, Order of the British Empire, Military Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross with Bar, Military Medal

Julius Schmidt	German Empire	Luftstreitkräfte	15	Military Order of St. Henry, Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, Iron Cross

Kurt Schneider†	German Empire	Luftstreitkräfte	15	Military Order of St. Henry, Iron Cross

Harold Stackard	United Kingdom	Royal Naval Air Service	15

Paul Strähle	German Empire	Luftstreitkräfte	15	Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, Iron Cross

Ernst Strohschneider	Austria-Hungary	Luftfahrtruppen	15	Order of Leopold, Silver Military Merit Medal, Military Merit Cross (2 awards), Iron Cross

Frank Weare	United Kingdom	Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force	15	Military Cross

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Gerald Gordon Bell was a Canadian First World War flying ace, credited with sixteen victories while serving in the British Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force.

final_sentence: Gerald Gordon Bell was a Canadian First World War flying ace, credited with sixteen victories while serving in the British Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force.