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.

NameKillsSquadronsAwardsNotes
Amm, Edgar10No. 29 Squadron RAFDistinguished Flying Cross & Bar
Anderson, Gerald8No. 88 Squadron RAFOBE, DFC
Armstrong, D'Urban5No. 60 Squadron RFC, No. 44 Squadron RFC, No. 78 Squadron RFC, No. 151 Squadron RAFDistinguished Flying Cross[1]
Barton, Horace19No. 84 Squadron RFC, No. 24 Squadron RAFDistinguished Flying Cross with Bar[2]
Beauchamp-Proctor, Andrew54[3]
Blake, Arthur Winston5[4]:79
Burger, Malcolm5[4]:2
Charles Eddy5[5]:85
Graham, Gavin13[4]:174
Hall, Robert5[4]:180
Harrison, Thomas22[4]:185
Hayne, Edwin15DSC, DFC[4]:189
Hemming, Alfred8[4]:191
Howe, Percy5[4]:200
Bell, Douglas20Military Cross and bar[4]:71
Jordan, William39[6]
Kiddie, Andrew
Kinkead, Samuel33[7]
Lindup, Ernest
Lloyd, George820, 48Military Cross, Air Force Cross[4]:242
Meintjes, Henry860, 56Military Cross, Air Force Cross[4]:279
Pilditch, Gerald5Military Cross
Pithey, Croye
Reed, Arthur
Rolfes, Hans
Smuts, Neil5No. 3 Squadron RAFDistinguished Flying Cross[8]
Stead, Ian Oliver5[9][4]:350
Thompson, Cecil6[4]:36
Tudhope, John1040Military Cross[4]:369
Tudhope, Philip646Distinguished Flying Cross[4]:369
Wilton, Frederick
Chalmers, Robert6[5]
Lawson, George6[4]:234
MacGregor, Andrew6[5]
Smith-Grant, John6
MacDonald, Hector Omdurman784 Squadron[4]:247[10]
Nel, William Joseph Baynes784 Squadron[4]:290
Benjamin, Maurice8No. 48 Squadron RFCMilitary Cross
Hind, Ivan Frank8[4]:195[11]
Sloley, Robert Hugh8[12][4]:340
Daniel, Hector943 SquadronMilitary Cross[4]:133
Moody, Basil Henry91 Squadron[4]:284
Quintin Brand12
Venter, Christoffel16
Bell, Douglas John2027, 78, 3Military Cross[4]:71
Ross, Charles Gordon2029[4]:326

References
  1. "D'Urban Victor Armstrong". www.theaerodrome.com. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
  2. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
  3. "8 CELEBRITY AIR ACES OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR".
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. "Jordan, William Lancelot". The Aerodrome. 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  7. "Kinkead, Samuel Marcus". The Aerodrome. 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  8. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
  9. "Ian Oliver Stead". www.theaerodrome.com. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
  10. "Hector Omdurman MacDonald". www.theaerodrome.com. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
  11. "Ivan Frank Hind". www.theaerodrome.com. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
  12. "Robert Hugh Sloley". www.theaerodrome.com. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
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