Aces
Profiles and stories of fighter aces from conflicts across the 20th century and beyond, exploring the pilots, aircraft, and aerial combat that shaped aviation history.
Aces: John Stanley Chick – How A Royal Engineer Became A Bristol Fighter Legend
WWI ace John Stanley Chick scored all 16 of his aerial victories in just four…
Aces: Kurt Wintgens – The Pilot With First Victory Using Synchronized Guns
Kurt Wintgens became the first fighter pilot to achieve a confirmed aerial victory using a…
Aces of the Great War: Frederick McCall – The Maverick of No. 41 Squadron
Canadian WWI ace Frederick McCall scored 35 aerial victories with the Royal Flying Corps and…
Aces of War: Karl Bolle – The Leader of the Boelcke Legacy
The story of Karl Bolle, an Oxford-educated German ace who scored 36 victories, led Jasta…
Aces: Raymond Collishaw – The Leader of All-Canadian Black Flight in WWI
The story of Raymond Collishaw, the highest-scoring pilot of the Royal Naval Air Service and…
Aces of War: Donald MacLaren – The Fastest Ace of the Sopwith Camel
The story of Donald MacLaren, the Canadian Sopwith Camel ace who scored 54 victories in…
Aces of the Great War: Alfred Atkey – The Hero of Toronto and the Western Front
Canadian ace Alfred Atkey rose from newspaper journalist to one of WWI’s highest-scoring two-seater pilots,…
Aces of War: Pierre Marinovitch – The Teenaged Terror of the Skies
The story of Pierre Marinovitch, the youngest French ace of World War I, his rapid…
Aces of War: Raoul Lufbery – The Soul of the Lafayette Escadrille
Raoul Lufbery, a WWI ace who flew for France and the U.S., scored 16 victories…
Aces of War: Billy Bishop – The Lone Wolf of the Northern Sky
Canadian ace Billy Bishop scored 72 WWI victories, becoming the British Empire’s top ace and…
Aces of War: Antonio Reali – The Marksman of the 79th Squadriglia
Italian WWI ace Antonio Reali scored 11 confirmed victories and claimed 22 more unverified, making…
Aces of War: Ferruccio Ranza – The Defender of the Venetian Frontier
Italian WWI ace Ferruccio Ranza scored 17 victories and remained in service through WWII, rising…
Aces of War: Albert Louis Deullin – The SPAD Master of the Storks
Albert Louis Deullin, a French WWI ace with 20 victories, rose from infantry officer to…
Aces of War: Grigoriy Suk – The Knight of the Imperial Skies
Grigoriy Suk, a Russian WWI ace, combined reconnaissance skill with combat success, earning top honors…
Aces of War: Marziale Cerutti – The Master of Nieuport 27
Marziale Cerutti, an Italian WWI ace with 17 victories, later served in WWII with Axis…
Aces of War: Edmond Thieffry – The Lawyer Who Took to the Skies
Belgian WWI ace Edmond Thieffry rose from a crash-prone pilot to a 10-victory ace and…
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