# List of aviators by nickname

This is a list of aviators by nickname.
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* 0–9
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z

## A

* "Aggy" – Noel Agazarian, British, Battle of Britain ace
* "Assi" – Hans Hahn, German fighter pilot during World War II

## B

* "Bake" – V. H. Baker, British pilot and aircraft designer
* "The Balloon Buster" – Frank Luke, American World War I fighter ace
* "Bam" – C. S. Bamberger, British RAF World War II pilot
* "Barron" – John Worrall, British World War II RAF pilot
* "Beazle" – Hugh John Beazley, Battle of Britain pilot
* "Bee" – Roland Beamont, Battle of Britain pilot
* "Ben" – George Bennions, Battle of Britain ace
* "Big Joe" – Joe McCarthy, RAF Bomber Command pilot (617 Squadron) in the Second World War
* "Bing" – K. B. B. Cross, British World War II RAF pilot
* "Bird" – Herbert Carmichael Irwin, Irish commander of British airships including R101
* "Black Swallow of Death" – Eugene Bullard, African-American World War I fighter pilot
* "The Black Devil"(Russ.), "Bubi"(Ger.) – Erich Hartmann, German fighter ace
* "Blondie" – Arnold Walker, British World War II RAF pilot
* "Bo" – Elwyn King, Australian World War I fighter ace
* "Bobbi" – Evelyn Trout, American aviator
* "Bomber" – Arthur T. Harris, British commander of RAF Bomber Command during World War II
* "Bomber George" – Harold L. George, USAAC precision bombing specialist (to distinguish him from "Fighter" George)
* "Boom" – Hugh Trenchard, British World War I Royal Flying Corps general and founder of the Royal Air Force (for his loud voice)
* "Boy"
** Peter Mould, British Second World War fighter ace
** Geoffrey Wellum, British Second World War fighter pilot
* "Bubi" (German, "young boy", "kid")
** Erich Hartmann, German fighter ace
** Alfred Schreiber, German jet ace
* "Buck" – Robert McNair, Canadian fighter ace
* "Bud" – George E. Day, American POW
* "Bully" – Emil Lang, World War 2 Luftwaffe fighter ace
* "Bunny" – Christopher Currant, British RAF fighter ace in World War II
* "Butch"
** Arthur T. Harris, British commander of RAF Bomber Command during World War II (from "butcher"; affectionately given by his men)
** Edward O'Hare, American World War II fighter ace and Medal of Honor recipient
* "Butcher" – Arthur T. Harris, British commander of RAF Bomber Command (Air Chief Marshal) during World War II (affectionately given by his men)
* "Buzz"
** Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., American aviator and astronaut
** George Beurling, Canadian RAF fighter ace (a nickname he never acknowledged)

## C

* "Cats Eyes" – John Cunningham, Battle of Britain pilot
* "Chappie" – Daniel James, Jr., American Air Force general
* "Chuck" – Charles Elwood Yeager, World War II USAAF fighter ace and first pilot to break the sound barrier in level flight
* "Cobber" – Edgar J. Kain, Second World War RAF fighter ace
* "Cobra" – Ronald Stein, USAF fighter ace
* "Cocky" – Hugh Dundas, British Second World War RAF fighter ace
* "Cowboy" – Howard Peter Blatchford, Battle of Britain pilot
* "Crow" – Denis Crowley-Milling, Battle of Britain pilot
* "Cloudy" – Werner Christie, Norwegian fighter ace

## D

* "Demon of Rabaul" – Hiroyoshi Nishizawa, Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service fighter ace
* "Dizzy" – H. R. Allen, RAF fighter ace and author
* "Dogs" – John Dundas, RAF Battle of Britain fighter ace
* "Dogsbody" – Douglas Bader, RAF fighter ace (radio callsign while Wing Commander of Tangmere)
* "Dolfo" – Adolf Galland, German fighter ace
* "Dookie" – Jenna Dolan, first woman to fly the AV-8B Harrier II in combat
* "Dutch" – Petrus Hugo, South African WW2 pilot

## E

* "The Eagle of Crimea" – Pavel V. Argeyev, Russian World War I flying ace

## F

* "Fighter George" – Harold George, USAAC fighter ace (to distinguish him from "Bomber" George)
* "Fighter of Libau" – Erich Rudorffer, World War II German ace
* "Fish" – Herman Salmon, American test pilot
* "Flotte Lotte" – Charlotte Möhring, German female pilot
* "Flying Knight of the Northland" – Clennell H. Dickins, Canadian pioneer bush pilot

## G

* "Gabby" – Francis Gabreski, American Army Air Force fighter ace
* "Ginger" – James Lacey, British fighter ace
* "Grumpy" - George Unwin, British fighter ace, Battle of Britain

## H

* "Hamish" – T. G. Mahaddie, Bomber Command pilot, Pathfinder Force
* "Hap" – Henry H. Arnold, American Army Air Forces commanding general
* "Hasse" – Hans Wind, Finnish fighter ace
* "Hilly" – Mark Henry Brown, Battle of Britain pilot
* "Hipshot" – Danny Hamilton, US Air Force Reserve
* "Hoagy" – Peter Carmichael, British fighter pilot
* "Hooter" – Steve Rainey, American test pilot
* "Hoppy" – Colin Hodgkinson, British fighter pilot
* "Huss" – F. Hussain, IMA, Col, US Air Force Reserve

## I

* "Igo" – Ignaz Etrich, Austrian aviator and aircraft builder
* "Illu" – Ilmari Juutilainen, top Finnish World War II fighter ace

## J

* "Jack" – John Frost, South African Air Force pilot
* "Jake" – Leon Swirbul, co-founder of Grumman Aircraft
* "JB" – James Brown, American test pilot
* "Jimmy" – John S. Thach, American Navy fighter ace
* "Johnnie" – James E. Johnson, British RAF fighter ace
* "Johnny" – George L. Johnson, British WW2 RAF bomber navigator

## K

* "Kaos" – Art Nalls, American test pilot and air show pilot
* "Killer" – Clive Caldwell, Australian RAAF flying ace
* "Kinch" – Iven Kincheloe, American test pilot

## L

* "Little Dragon" – Muhammad Mahmood Alam, Pakistani fighter ace
* "Lock" – Ormer Locklear, American stunt pilot
* "Lightning" – Joe Little, African American WW2 pilot (member of the Tuskegee Airmen)
* "Lucky Breeze" – George Scott, British Royal Naval Air Service pilot and airship pilot

## M

* "The Mad Major" – Christopher Draper, British World War I fighter ace
* "Mick" – Edward Mannock, British World War I fighter ace
* "Mouse" – Gordon Cleaver, Battle of Britain pilot
* "Mutt" – Joseph Summers, British test pilot
* "Miketop" – Mike Tendino, test pilot
* "Mover" – C.W. Lemoine, American author, former military aviator, and YouTuber

## O

* "One Armed Mac" – James MacLachlan, a British World War 2 ace who flew with a prosthetic arm

## P

* "Paddy"
** Hubert Adair, Battle of Britain pilot
** Brendan Finucane, Irish World War II RAF fighter ace
** W. H. Harbison, British RAF officer
* "Pancho" – Florence L. Lowe, American pioneer aviator
* "Pappy"
** Greg Boyington, American World War II U.S. Marine Corps fighter ace
** Paul Gunn, American World War II Army Air Force bomber pilot
* "Pete"
** Frank K. Everest, Jr., American test pilot
** Marc Mitscher, American World War II carrier admiral
** Elwood R. Queseda, American fighter ace
* "Petit Rouge" (French: Little Red) – Manfred von Richthofen, German fighter ace
* "Pick" - Percy Charles Pickard, well known in England during the Second World War, KIA during the Amiens prison raid
* "Pritzl" – Heinz Bär, German fighter ace, because of his affection for Pritzl candy bars.
* "Punch" – Clennell H. Dickins, Canadian pioneer bush pilot

## R

* "Ratsy" – George Preddy, P-51 Mustang ace
* "Red" – Eugene Tobin, American who flew with the RAF during the Battle of Britain
* "The Red Baron" (German, der Rote Baron) – Manfred von Richthofen, German fighter ace
* "The Red Battle-flyer" (German: der rote Kampfflieger) – Manfred von Richthofen, German fighter ace
* "The Red Knight" – Manfred von Richthofen, German fighter ace
* "Reeste" – Heinz Bär, German fighter ace
* “Raspy” - ‘’’Jack Gilardi’’’, Iceland fighter ace Battle of Queef

## S

* "Sailor" – Adolph Malan, South African RAF fighter ace
* "Sandy" – Brian Lane, RAF Battle of Britain pilot, Squadron Leader and fighter ace
* "Sexy Rexy" – Ola Mildred Rexroat, Women Airforce Service Pilot (WASP) aviator
* "Shorty" – Vernon Keogh, American who flew with the RAF during the Battle of Britain (named for diminutive height)
* "The Silver Fox" – Robert L. Stephens, record-setting American test pilot
* "Skip" – Jean Ziegler, American test pilot on Bell X-1 program
* "Slew" – John S. McCain, Sr., American naval aviator and chief of Bureau of Aeronautics
* "Snort" – Dale Snodgrass, American naval aviator, demonstration pilot, and commander of Fighter Wing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet
* "Snow Eagle" – Clennell H. Dickins, Canadian pioneer bush pilot
* "Spig" – Frank W. Wead, U.S. Navy aviator and screenwriter
* "Spuds" – Theodore Ellyson, pioneer U.S. Navy aviator
* "Stan" – Roderic Dallas, top Australian fighter ace of World War I
* "Stapme" – Gerald Stapleton, British Battle of Britain fighter ace
* "Strafer" – Geoffrey Warnes, No. 263 Squadron RAF
* "Stuffy" – Hugh Dowding, British commander of RAF Fighter Command from before the war into the Battle of Britain
* "Sawn Off Locky" – Eric Lock, Battle of Britain pilot

## T

* "Taffy" – Trafford Leigh-Mallory, Fighter Command Group commander during the Battle of Britain
* "Tex" – David L. Hill, American fighter pilot
* "Tim" – John Elkington, Battle of Britain pilot
* "Timbertoes" – Sydney Carlin, Battle of Britain gunner who lost a leg in World War I
* "Titch" – George Palliser, Battle of Britain pilot

## U

* "Uncle Wiggly Wings" – Gail S. Halvorsen, American Air Force officer

## W

* "Wop" – Wilfrid R. May, Canadian pioneer bush pilot
* "Whitey" – Edward L. Feightner, American fighter ace and Blue Angels solo
* "White Eagle" – Clennell H. Dickins, Canadian pioneer bush pilot
* "Willie" – Hugh Wilson, RAF aviator
* "Winkle" – Eric Brown, British naval aviator and test pilot
* "Wrong Way" – Douglas Corrigan, American aviator (from having to lie to Civil Aeronautics Board to fly the Atlantic)

## Z

* "Zulu"
** Albert Lewis, Battle of Britain pilot
** George Lloyd World War I pilot