List of World War I aces from South Africa
This is a list of fighter aces in the First World War from South Africa. Pilots were considered to be "aces" after they had shot down five or more enemy aircraft; 45 South Africans are believed to have achieved this feat, with the highest scorer being Andrew Beauchamp-Proctor, who is credited with 54 air victories.
During the war South African pilots served with the Royal Flying Corps (RFC), the South African Aviation Corps (SAAC) where they were engaged in German South West Africa and 26 Sqdn RFC in East Africa.
Name | Kills | Squadrons | Awards | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Amm, Edgar | 10 | No. 29 Squadron RAF | Distinguished Flying Cross & Bar | |
Anderson, Gerald | 8 | No. 88 Squadron RAF | OBE, DFC | |
Armstrong, D'Urban | 5 | No. 60 Squadron RFC, No. 44 Squadron RFC, No. 78 Squadron RFC, No. 151 Squadron RAF | Distinguished Flying Cross | [1] |
Barton, Horace | 19 | No. 84 Squadron RFC, No. 24 Squadron RAF | Distinguished Flying Cross with Bar | [2] |
Beauchamp-Proctor, Andrew | 54 | No. 84 Squadron RFC | Victoria Cross, Distinguished Service Order, Distinguished Flying Cross, Military Cross & Bar, Mentioned in Despatches | [3] |
Blake, Arthur Winston | 5 | [4]: 79 | ||
Burger, Malcolm | 5 | [4]: 2 | ||
Charles Eddy | 5 | [5]: 85 | ||
Graham, Gavin | 13 | [4]: 174 | ||
Hall, Robert | 5 | [4]: 180 | ||
Harrison, Thomas | 22 | [4]: 185 | ||
Hayne, Edwin | 15 | DSC, DFC | [4]: 189 | |
Hemming, Alfred | 8 | [4]: 191 | ||
Howe, Percy | 5 | [4]: 200 | ||
Bell, Douglas | 20 | Military Cross and bar | [4]: 71 | |
Jordan, William | 39 | [6] | ||
Kiddie, Andrew | ||||
Kinkead, Samuel | 33 | [7] | ||
Lindup, Ernest | ||||
Lloyd, George | 8 | 20, 48 | Military Cross, Air Force Cross | [4]: 242 |
Meintjes, Henry | 8 | 60, 56 | Military Cross, Air Force Cross | [4]: 279 |
Pilditch, Gerald | 5 | Military Cross | ||
Pithey, Croye | ||||
Reed, Arthur | ||||
Rolfes, Hans | ||||
Smuts, Neil | 5 | No. 3 Squadron RAF | Distinguished Flying Cross | [8] |
Stead, Ian Oliver | 5 | [9][4]: 350 | ||
Thompson, Cecil | 6 | [4]: 36 | ||
Tudhope, John | 10 | 40 | Military Cross | [4]: 369 |
Tudhope, Philip | 6 | 46 | Distinguished Flying Cross | [4]: 369 |
Wilton, Frederick | ||||
Chalmers, Robert | 6 | [5] | ||
Lawson, George | 6 | [4]: 234 | ||
MacGregor, Andrew | 6 | [5] | ||
Smith-Grant, John | 6 | |||
MacDonald, Hector Omdurman | 7 | 84 Squadron | [4]: 247 [10] | |
Nel, William Joseph Baynes | 7 | 84 Squadron | [4]: 290 | |
Benjamin, Maurice | 8 | No. 48 Squadron RFC | Military Cross | |
Hind, Ivan Frank | 8 | [4]: 195 [11] | ||
Sloley, Robert Hugh | 8 | [12][4]: 340 | ||
Daniel, Hector | 9 | 43 Squadron | Military Cross | [4]: 133 |
Moody, Basil Henry | 9 | 1 Squadron | [4]: 284 | |
Quintin Brand | 12 | |||
Venter, Christoffel | 16 | |||
Bell, Douglas John | 20 | 27, 78, 3 | Military Cross | [4]: 71 |
Ross, Charles Gordon | 20 | 29 | [4]: 326 |
References
- ^ "D'Urban Victor Armstrong". www.theaerodrome.com. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
- ^ Retrieved 18 December 2009.
- ^ "8 CELEBRITY AIR ACES OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR".
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x Shores, Christopher F. (1990). Above the Trenches: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces 1915-1920. Grub Street. ISBN 0-948817-19-4.
- ^ a b c Franks, Norman L R (1997). Above the War Fronts: The British Two-seater Bomber Pilot and Observer Aces, the British Two-seater Fighter Observer Aces, and the Belgian, Italian, Austro-Hungarian and Russian Fighter Aces, 1914–1918. Grub Street. ISBN 9781898697565.
- ^ "Jordan, William Lancelot". The Aerodrome. 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ^ "Kinkead, Samuel Marcus". The Aerodrome. 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ^ Retrieved 9 February 2010.
- ^ "Ian Oliver Stead". www.theaerodrome.com. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
- ^ "Hector Omdurman MacDonald". www.theaerodrome.com. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
- ^ "Ivan Frank Hind". www.theaerodrome.com. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
- ^ "Robert Hugh Sloley". www.theaerodrome.com. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
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