# List of World War I flying aces from the United States

The following is a list of flying aces from the United States of America who served in World War I.

## Overview

Even before the United States entry into World War I in April 1917, many Americans volunteered to serve in the armed forces of Great Britain and France. Many eventually found their ways into the Royal Flying Corps and Aéronautique Militaire (French Air Service). The British integrated the Americans into their existing squadrons, while the French set up separate American squadrons such as the Lafayette Escadrille and then the Lafayette Flying Corps, as well as integrated the pilots into existing squadrons.
When American Air Service units began reaching England and France in the fall of 1917, many of the Americans serving in British and French squadrons transferred to the American units, but not all. This list is separated such that American pilots who served in the Royal Flying Corps (later Royal Air Force) squadrons and Aéronautique Militaire are listed as such, while those who served only in the Air Service, United States Army Aero Squadrons are listed separately. Known American air aces that chose to remain with their British or French squadrons are also listed.
The British and French documented aerial victories in different ways. The British decided early in the war that since the majority of air combat occurred behind enemy lines, confirmation of aerial victories would be made by witnesses mostly in the front line trenches. If an aircraft was seen going down "out of control", then the pilot would be given credit for a victory as it was presumed the plane crashed in enemy territory.
The French implemented a strict system of victories being confirmed by independent observers, and an enemy plane had to be seen to fall in flames and crash; or be destroyed in the air. Unconfirmed victories were also noted if the enemy plane was seen to spin out of control but the final end was not observed. These unconfirmed victories were noted, but not included in a pilots score.
The Americans generally used the French rules of scoring aerial victories with the exception of the 17th and 148th Aero Squadrons, which were under British control until October, 1918. The pilots flying in those squadrons were scored under British rules. "Shared" victories were noted when two or more pilots attacked an enemy plane, and it could not be determined precisely which pilot shot down the aircraft.

## Air aces

Pilots who scored five or more aerial victories were classified as "air aces". The lists below show the names; military rank; units in which they served, and miscellaneous notes along with the known decorations which they received.

### Served with the Aéronautique Militaire

| Name | Rank | Units | Notes |
| William Terry Badham | Lieutenant | Escadrille AR.214 Escadrille BR.40 Escadrille BR.210 91st Aero Squadron | 5 victories (all shared) Flew as observer/gunner Transferred to Air Service, United States Army, December, 1917 Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross (AS, USA)  Silver Star Citation (×2) |
| Paul Frank Baer | Lieutenant | Escadrille N.124 (Lafayette Escadrille) Escadrille SPA.80 103d Aero Squadron | 9 victories (2 shared) Transferred to Air Service, United States Army, February, 1918 Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross (AS, USA) (×2)  Légion d'honneur  Croix de guerre |
| Frank Leaman Baylies | Lieutenant | Escadrille SPA.73 Escadrille SPA.3 | 12 victories (3 shared) Killed in action: 17 June 1918 Awarded:  Légion d'honneur  Médaille militaire  Croix de guerre (with seven palms) |
| James Dudley Beane | Lieutenant | Escadrille SPA.69 22d Aero Squadron | 6 victories (4 shared) Transferred to Air Service, United States Army, August, 1918 Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross (AS, USA)  Croix de guerre |
| Charles John Biddle | Major | Escadrille N.124 (Lafayette Escadrille) Escadrille SPA.73 13th Aero Squadron 103d Aero Squadron | 7 victories (4 shared); 1 unconfirmed. Transferred to Air Service, United States Army, February, 1918 Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross (AS, USA)  Légion d'honneur  Croix de guerre  Order of Leopold II (Belgium) |
| Thomas Gantz Cassady | Captain | Escadrille SPA.157 Escadrille SPA.163 28th Aero Squadron 103d Aero Squadron | 9 victories (5 shared); 3 unconfirmed. Transferred to Air Service, United States Army, July, 1918 Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross (AS, USA) (×2)  Légion d'honneur  Croix de guerre |
| James Alexander Connelly Jr. | Adjutant | Escadrille SPA.157 Escadrille SPA.163 | 7 victories (5 shared); 2 unconfirmed. Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross (AS, USA)  Médaille militaire  Croix de guerre (4 palms) |
| Charles Gossage Grey | Captain | Escadrille SPA.93 Lafayette Flying Corps 213th Aero Squadron | 5 victories (3 shared) Transferred to Air Service, United States Army, March, 1918 Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross (AS, USA) |
| Lansing Colton Holden Jr. | Lieutenant | Escadrille N.461 95th Aero Squadron | 7 victories (1 shared) Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross (AS, USA) (×2) |
| Gorman DeFreest Larner | Captain | Escadrille SPA.86 103d Aero Squadron | 7 victories (4 shared) Transferred to Air Service, United States Army, June, 1918 Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross (AS, USA) (×2)  Croix de guerre |
| Gervais Raoul Lufbery | Major | Escadrille VB.106 Escadrille N.124 (Lafayette Escadrille) 94th Aero Squadron | 16 victories (3 shared); 3 unconfirmed. Transferred to Air Service, United States Army, April, 1918; Killed in action: 17 June 1918 Awarded:  Purple Heart (Retroactive, 2004)  Légion d'honneur  Médaille militaire  Croix de guerre Silver Medal for Bravery, Montenegro (Orden za hrabrost)  Military Medal (United Kingdom)) |
| Edwin Charles Parsons | Lieutenant | Escadrille N.124 (Lafayette Escadrille) Escadrille SPA.3 | 8 victories (2 shared) Awarded:  Médaille militaire  Croix de guerre  Order of Leopold II (Belgium)  Croix de guerre (Belgium) |
| David McKelvey Peterson | Major | Escadrille N.124 (Lafayette Escadrille) 103d Aero Squadron 94th Aero Squadron 95th Aero Squadron | 6 victories (1 shared) Transferred to Air Service, United States Army, February, 1918 Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross (AS, USA) (×2)  Croix de guerre |
| William Thomas Ponder | Lieutenant | Escadrille SPA.67 Escadrille SPA.163 103d Aero Squadron | 6 victories (4 shared) Transferred to Air Service, United States Army, February, 1918 Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross (AS, USA)  Croix de guerre |
| David Endicott Putnam | Lieutenant | Escadrille SPA.38 Escadrille SPA.94 Escadrille SPA.156 139th Aero Squadron | 13 victories (2 shared); 16 unconfirmed. Transferred to Air Service, United States Army, May, 1918; Killed in action: 12 September 1918 Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross (AS, USA)  Légion d'honneur  Médaille militaire  Croix de guerre |
| William Thaw II | Lieutenant Colonel | Escadrille D.6 Escadrille C.42 Escadrille N.65 Escadrille N.124 (Lafayette Escadrille) 103d Aero Squadron 3d Pursuit Group (Commander) | 5 victories (3 shared); 2 unconfirmed. Transferred to Air Service, United States Army, June, 1918 Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross (AS, USA) (×2)  Légion d'honneur  Croix de guerre |
| Remington D. B. Vernam | Lieutenant | Escadrille SPA.96 17th Aero Squadron | 6 victories (2 shared) Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross (AS, USA) |

### Served with the Royal Flying Corps (later Royal Air Force)

| Name | Rank | Units | Notes |
| Hilbert Leigh Bair | Lieutenant | No. 24 Squadron RAF 25th Aero Squadron | 6 victories (4 shared) Transferred to Air Service, United States Army, October, 1918 Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross (AS, USA)  Distinguished Flying Cross (UK) |
| Louis Bennett Jr. | Lieutenant | No. 40 Squadron RAF | 12 victories (1 shared) Killed in action: 24 August 1918 |
| Charles Arthur Bissonette | Lieutenant | No. 24 Squadron RAF No. 64 Squadron RAF | 6 victories (1 shared) |
| Harold Koch Boysen | Lieutenant | No. 66 Squadron RAF | 5 victories (3 shared) Awarded:  Medal of Military Valor (Italy) |
| Sydney MacGillvary Brown× | Lieutenant | No. 29 Squadron RAF | 5 victories Awarded:  Distinguished Flying Cross (UK)  Croix de guerre |
| Archibald Buchanan | Lieutenant | No. 210 Squadron RAF | 7 victories Royal Naval Air Service (prior to 1 April 1918) Killed in action: 30 October 1918 Awarded:  Distinguished Flying Cross (UK)  Croix de guerre |
| Henry Robinson Clay | Lieutenant | No. 43 Squadron RAF 41st Aero Squadron 148th Aero Squadron | 8 victories Transferred to Air Service, United States Army, September, 1918 Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross (AS, USA)  Distinguished Flying Cross (UK)  Silver Star Citation (×2) |
| Lawrence Kingsley Callahan | Lieutenant | No. 85 Squadron RAF 148th Aero Squadron | 5 victories Transferred to Air Service, United States Army, November, 1918 Awarded:  Distinguished Flying Cross (UK)  Silver Star Citation (×3) |
| Alvin Andrew Callender | Captain | No. 32 Squadron RAF | 8 victories Killed in action: 30 October 1918 |
| Charles Gray Catto | Lieutenant | No. 45 Squadron RAF | 8 victories (2 shared) |
| Eugene Seeley Coler | Lieutenant | No. 11 Squadron RAF | 16 victories (all shared with observer/gunner) Awarded:  Distinguished Flying Cross (UK) |
| Ernest Sidney Tooker, alias: Norman Cooper | Lieutenant | No. 73 Squadron RAF | 6 victories Awarded:  Distinguished Flying Cross (UK) |
| Roy Edward Dodds | Captain | No. 103 Squadron RAF No. 106 Squadron RAF | 7 victories Awarded:  Distinguished Flying Cross (UK) |
| John Owen Donaldson | Captain | No. 32 Squadron RAF | 7 victories Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross (AS, USA)  Distinguished Flying Cross (UK)  Croix de guerre (Belgium) |
| Arthur Edmund Easterbrook | Lieutenant | No. 9 Squadron RAF 1st Aero Squadron | 5 victories (all shared), Flew as observer/gunner Transferred to Air Service, United States Army, October, 1917 Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross (AS, USA) (×2) |
| Francis Warrington Gillet | Captain | No. 70 Squadron RAF | 20 victories Awarded:  Distinguished Flying Cross (UK)  Croix de guerre (Belgium) |
| John McGavock Grider | Lieutenant | No. 85 Squadron RAF | 4 victories Killed in action June 18th, 1918 |
| John Sharpe Griffith | Lieutenant | No. 60 Squadron RAF | 7 victories Awarded:  Distinguished Flying Cross (UK)  Order of St. Vladimir (Russian Empire) |
| Frank Lucien Hale | Captain | No. 32 Squadron RAF No. 85 Squadron RAF | 7 victories Awarded:  Distinguished Flying Cross (UK) |
| Lloyd Andrews Hamilton | Lieutenant | No. 3 Squadron RAF 17th Aero Squadron | 10 victories (6 shared) Transferred to Air Service, United States Army, June, 1918 Killed in action: 24 August 1918 Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross (AS, USA)  Distinguished Flying Cross (UK) |
| Harold Evans Hartney | Lieutenant Colonel | No. 20 Squadron RAF 27th Aero Squadron 185th Aero Squadron 1st Pursuit Group | 7 victories (5 shared); 1 unconfirmed. Transferred to Air Service, United States Army, June, 1918 Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross (AS, USA)  Légion d'honneur  Croix de guerre  Medal of Military Valor (Italy)  Silver Star Citation |
| Richard Alexander Hewat | Lieutenant | No. 19 Squadron RAF No. 67 Squadron RAF | 6 victories Killed in action: 14 August 1918 |
| Malcolm Clifford Howell | Lieutenant | No. 208 Squadron RAF | 5 victories (1 shared) |
| Paul Thayer Iaccaci | Captain | No. 20 Squadron RAF | 17 victories (all shared with observer/gunner) Awarded:  Distinguished Flying Cross (UK) |
| David Sinton Ingalls | Lieutenant | No. 213 Squadron RAF No. 217 Squadron RAF | 6 victories (5 shared) Detached from: United States Navy, only US Navy air ace in World War I Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross (AS, USA)  Distinguished Flying Cross (UK)  Légion d'honneur |
| August Thayer Iaccaci | Captain | No. 20 Squadron RAF No. 48 Squadron RAF | 17 victories Awarded:  Distinguished Flying Cross (UK) |
| James Alfred Keating | Lieutenant | No. 49 Squadron RAF | 5 victories (all shared with observer/gunner) Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross (AS, USA)  Distinguished Flying Cross (UK) |
| Field Eugene Kindley | Captain | No. 65 Squadron RAF 148th Aero Squadron | 12 victories (2 shared), 1 unconfirmed Transferred to Air Service, United States Army, August, 1918 Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross (AS, USA) (×2)  Distinguished Flying Cross (UK) |
| Duerson Knight | Lieutenant | No. 1 Squadron RAF | 10 victories (8 shared) |
| Harold Albert Kullberg | Captain | No. 1 Squadron RAF | 19 victories (10 shared) Awarded:  Distinguished Flying Cross (UK) |
| William Carpenter Lambert | Captain | No. 24 Squadron RAF | 18 victories (5 shared) Awarded:  Distinguished Flying Cross (UK) |
| Reed Gresham Landis | Colonel | No. 40 Squadron RAF 25th Aero Squadron | 12 victories Transferred to Air Service, United States Army, October, 1918 Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross (AS, USA)  Distinguished Flying Cross (UK)  Silver Star Citation |
| Jens Fredrick Larson | Captain | No. 8 Squadron RAF No. 34 Squadron RAF No. 84 Squadron RAF | 9 victories (2 shared) |
| Oliver Colin LeBoutillier | Captain | No. 9N Squadron RNAF No. 209 Squadron RAF | 10 victories (4 shared) Also: Royal Naval Air Service (1916-1918) |
| Frederick Libby | Captain | No. 11 Squadron RAF No. 23 Squadron RAF No. 25 Squadron RAF No. 43 Squadron RAF 22d Aero Squadron | 14 victories (all shared with observer/gunner) Transferred to Air Service, United States Army, August, 1918 Awarded:  Military Cross |
| Frederic Ives Lord | Captain | No. 79 Squadron RAF | 12 victories (1 shared) Awarded:  Distinguished Flying Cross (UK) Order of Saint Stanislaus (Russian Empire) |
| Frederick Ernest Luff | Lieutenant | No. 74 Squadron RAF 25th Aero Squadron | 5 victories Transferred to Air Service, United States Army, October, 1918 Awarded:  Distinguished Flying Cross (UK) |
| Emile John Lussier | Captain | No. 73 Squadron RAF | 11 victories (2 shared) Awarded:  Distinguished Flying Cross (UK) |
| William John MacKenzie | Captain | Dunkirk Seaplane Defence Flight No. 9 Naval Squadron No. 213 Squadron RAF | 8 victories Royal Naval Air Service (prior to 1 April 1918) Awarded:  Distinguished Flying Cross (UK)  Croix de guerre (Belgium) |
| Francis Peabody Magoun | Lieutenant | No. 1 Squadron RAF | 5 victories (3 shared) Awarded:  Military Cross |
| James William Pearson | Captain | No. 23 Squadron RAF | 12 victories (2 shared) Awarded:  Distinguished Flying Cross (UK)  Croix de guerre |
| Cleo Francis Pineau | Lieutenant | No. 6 Squadron RAF | 6 victories Awarded:  Distinguished Flying Cross (UK) |
| Orville Alfred Ralston | Lieutenant | No. 85 Squadron RAF 148th Aero Squadron | 5 victories (1 shared) Transferred to Air Service, United States Army, September 1918 Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross (AS, USA) |
| Bogart Rogers | Lieutenant | No. 32 Squadron RAF | 6 victories |
| Oren John Rose | Captain | No. 92 Squadron RAF | 16 victories Awarded:  Distinguished Flying Cross (UK) |
| Evander Shapard | Lieutenant | No. 92 Squadron RAF | 6 victories (1 shared) Awarded:  Distinguished Flying Cross (UK) |
| Harold Goodman Shoemaker | Lieutenant | No. 74 Squadron RAF 17th Aero Squadron | 5 victories (3 shared) Transferred to Air Service, United States Army, June, 1918 |
| Walter Carl Simon | Lieutenant | No. 34 Squadron RAF No. 139 Squadron RAF | 8 victories (all shared with observer/gunner) Awarded:  Distinguished Flying Cross (UK) |
| Elliott White Springs | Captain | No. 85 Squadron RAF 148th Aero Squadron | 16 victories (3 shared) Transferred to Air Service, United States Army, September 1918 Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross (AS, USA)  Distinguished Flying Cross (UK) |
| Edgar Taylor | Lieutenant | No. 79 Squadron RAF | 5 victories Killed in action: 24 August 1918 |
| William Dolley Tipton | Lieutenant | No. 3 Squadron RAF 17th Aero Squadron | 5 victories (3 shared) U.S. Air Force officially credits Tipton with 4 victories. Some have disputed the cited reference as possibly conflating the records of pilots William Dolley Tipton and William Duncan Tipton.  Distinguished Flying Cross (UK) |
| Kenneth Russell Unger | Lieutenant | No. 210 Squadron RAF | 14 victories (4 shared) Awarded:  Distinguished Flying Cross (UK) |
| George Augustus Vaughn Jr. | Lieutenant | No. 84 Squadron RAF 17th Aero Squadron | 13 victories (7 shared) Transferred to Air Service, United States Army, August 1918 Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross (AS, USA)  Distinguished Flying Cross (UK)  Silver Star Citation (×2) |
| Clive Wilson Warman | Captain | No. 23 Squadron RAF | 12 victories Awarded:  Distinguished Service Order  Military Cross |

### Served with the Air Service, United States Army

| Name | Rank | Units | Notes |
| Clayton Lawrence Bissell | Captain | 22d Aero Squadron 148th Aero Squadron | 6 victories Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross  Distinguished Flying Cross (UK)**  Silver Star Citation * Squadron attached to RAF July–October 1918 |
| Arthur Raymond Brooks | Captain | 22d Aero Squadron 139th Aero Squadron | 6 victories (4 shared) Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross |
| Harold Robert Buckley | Captain | 95th Aero Squadron | 5 victories (4 shared) Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross (×2)  Croix de guerre |
| Howard Burdick | Lieutenant | 17th Aero Squadron | 8 victories (3 shared) Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross  Distinguished Flying Cross (UK)**  Silver Star Citation * Squadron attached to RAF June–October 1918 |
| Douglas Campbell | Lieutenant | 94th Aero Squadron | 6 victories (1 shared) Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross (×5)  Légion d'honneur  Croix de guerre  Silver Star Citation |
| Reed McKinley Chambers | Major | 94th Aero Squadron | 7 victories (2 shared) Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross (×4)  Légion d'honneur  Croix de guerre |
| Everett Richard Cook | Captain | 91st Aero Squadron | 5 victories (all shared with observer/gunner) Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross  Légion d'honneur  Croix de guerre  Silver Star Citation |
| Harvey Weir Cook | Captain | 94th Aero Squadron | 7 victories (2 shared) Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross (×2) |
| Hamilton Coolidge | Captain | 94th Aero Squadron | 8 victories (3 shared) Killed in Action: 27 October 1918 Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross  Croix de guerre |
| Jesse Orin Creech | Lieutenant | 148th Aero Squadron | 7 victories (2 shared) Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross  Distinguished Flying Cross (UK)**  Silver Star Citation * Squadron attached to RAF July–October 1918 |
| Edward Peck Curtis | Lieutenant | 95th Aero Squadron | 6 victories (5 shared) Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross  Silver Star Citation |
| Charles Rudolph d'Olive | Captain | 93d Aero Squadron 141st Aero Squadron | 5 victories (3 shared) Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross |
| William Portwood Erwin | Lieutenant | 1st Aero Squadron | 8 victories (all shared), Flew as observer/gunner Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross (×2)  Croix de guerre |
| George Willard Furlow | Lieutenant | 103d Aero Squadron | 5 victories (4 shared) Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross (×2) |
| Harold Huston George | Lieutenant | 139th Aero Squadron | 5 victories (4 shared) Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross |
| Murray Kenneth Guthrie | Lieutenant | 13th Aero Squadron | 6 victories (4 shared) Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross (×3) |
| Edward Meeker Haight | Lieutenant | 139th Aero Squadron | 5 victories (4 shared) Awarded:  Silver Star Citation |
| Leonard Coombes Hammond | Captain | 91st Aero Squadron | 6 victories (all shared); Flew as observer/gunner Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross  Silver Star Citation |
| Frank Kerr Hays | Lieutenant | 13th Aero Squadron | 6 victories (4 shared) Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross  Silver Star Citation |
| James Andrew Healy | Lieutenant | 147th Aero Squadron | 5 victories (3 shared) Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross  Croix de guerre |
| Donald Hudson | Lieutenant | 27th Aero Squadron | 6 victories (5 shared) Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross |
| Frank O'Driscoll Hunter | Captain | 94th Aero Squadron 103d Aero Squadron | 9 victories (3 shared) Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross (×5)  Légion d'honneur |
| Clinton Leonard Jones Jr. | Lieutenant | 22d Aero Squadron | 3 victories (3 shared) Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross (×2) |
| Howard Clayton Knotts | Lieutenant | 17th Aero Squadron | 6 victories (1 shared) Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross  Distinguished Flying Cross (UK)**  Silver Star Citation * Squadron attached to RAF June–October 1918 |
| James Knowles Jr. | Lieutenant | 95th Aero Squadron | 5 victories (1 shared) Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross  Croix de guerre  Silver Star Citation |
| Robert Opie Lindsay | Lieutenant | 139th Aero Squadron | 6 victories (5 shared) Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross |
| Frank Luke Jr. | Lieutenant | 27th Aero Squadron | 18 victories (4 shared) Killed in Action: 29 September 1918 Awarded:  Medal of Honor  Distinguished Service Cross (×2)  War Merit Cross (Italy) |
| John Knox MacArthur | Lieutenant | 27th Aero Squadron | 6 victories (3 shared) Killed in Action: 20 July 1918 Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross  Légion d'honneur  Croix de guerre |
| James Armand Meissner | Captain | 94th Aero Squadron 147th Aero Squadron | 8 victories (4 shared) Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross (×2)  Croix de guerre |
| Zenos Ramsey Miller | Lieutenant | 27th Aero Squadron | 5 victories** Awarded:  Prisoner of War Medal (1985-Retroactive)  Croix de guerre  Silver Star Citation * Became Prisoner of War, 20 July 1918 after shooting down two enemy aircraft during combat. Air Ace status confirmed in November 1918 after release |
| Ralph Ambrose O'Neill | Lieutenant | 147th Aero Squadron | 5 victories (5 shared) Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross  Croix de guerre |
| John Sidney Owens | Lieutenant | 139th Aero Squadron | 5 victories (5 shared) |
| Kenneth Lee Porter | Lieutenant | 147th Aero Squadron | 5 victories (4 shared) Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross  Croix de guerre |
| Edward Vernon Rickenbacker | Captain | 94th Aero Squadron | 26 victories (4 shared) Awarded:  Medal of Honor  Distinguished Service Cross (7x)  Légion d'honneur  Croix de guerre |
| Wendel Archibald Robertson | Lieutenant | 139th Aero Squadron | 7 victories (6 shared) |
| Leslie Jacob Rummell | Lieutenant | 93d Aero Squadron | 7 victories (3 shared) Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross |
| Karl John Schoen | Lieutenant | 139th Aero Squadron | 7 victories (7 shared) Killed in action: 29 October 1918 Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross |
| John Joseph Seerley Jr. | Lieutenant | 13th Aero Squadron | 5 victories (5 shared) |
| Sumner Sewall | Captain | 95th Aero Squadron | 7 victories (4 shared) Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross (×2)  Légion d'honneur  Order of Leopold II (Belgium)  Croix de guerre |
| Francis May Simonds | Lieutenant | 147th Aero Squadron | 5 victories (5 shared) Awarded:  Croix de guerre  Silver Star Citation |
| Martinus Stenseth | Lieutenant | 28th Aero Squadron | 8 victories (3 shared) Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross |
| William Howard Stovall | Lieutenant | 13th Aero Squadron | 6 victories (3 shared) Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross |
| Victor Herbert Strahm | Major | 91st Aero Squadron | 5 victories (5 shared with observer/gunner) Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross  Silver Star Citation |
| Jacques Michael Swaab | Lieutenant | 22d Aero Squadron | 10 victories (3 shared) Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross  Silver Star Citation (×2) |
| Edgar Gardner Tobin | Lieutenant | 103d Aero Squadron | 2 victories (2 shared), 1 unconfirmed Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross  Croix de guerre |
| Robert Miles Todd | Lieutenant | 17th Aero Squadron | 5 victories (2 shared) |
| Jerry Cox Vasconcells | Captain | 27th Aero Squadron 185th Aero Squadron | 6 victories (1 shared) Awarded:  Croix de guerre  Silver Star Citation |
| Joseph Frank Wehner | Lieutenant | 27th Aero Squadron | 6 victories (3 shared) Killed in Action: 18 September 1918 Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross (×2) |
| Wilbert Wallace White | Lieutenant | 147th Aero Squadron | 8 victories (2 shared) Killed in action: 10 October 1918 Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross (×2)  Croix de guerre |
| Chester Ellis Wright | Lieutenant | 93d Aero Squadron | 9 victories (5 shared) Awarded:  Distinguished Service Cross (×2) |