| Tirailleur corse | 24 Jun 2016 12:12 p.m. PST |
René Fonck: 75 kills recorded no équivalent on the allied side…. Charles Nungesser: "0nly "45 kills recorded, l'As des As! |
| Tirailleur corse | 24 Jun 2016 12:31 p.m. PST |
He was too busy with mankind IMO… Was an horseman and an excellent rider, like most Corsicans are.
He was also a hunter, either on horseback or birdshooting, and a very good shot! Remenber he used to lock his bedroom door when in Paris and to sleep with a pair of loaded pistols at hand… In the french army before WWI it was a common rule that Arabs and Corsicans did not need any instruction for either shooting or riding and caring horses…. We could probably feel at home nearby Tucson …. but our american fellows abide law too much in our opinion. "Vive l'Empereur!" |
| Old Contemptibles | 26 Jun 2016 4:33 a.m. PST |
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| Blutarski | 27 Jun 2016 6:46 a.m. PST |
Permit me to mention the last mission flown by Nungesser and Coli, both WW1 French fighter aces – their non-stop trans-Atlantic attempt in the aircraft "Oiseau Blanc", which disappeared without trace. Hats off and a moment of silence for two intrepid airmen. B |
| grtbrt | 27 Aug 2016 10:53 a.m. PST |
William Alexander (10 RNAS squadron) Flew black Prince -flew sopwith triplane
I met him when I was 10 at the Ottawa Air Museum . Great 2 + hours. He bought a poster of his aircraft from the gift shop and signed it for me .
One of my memories of that was he was showing us (Mum,Dad,Brother and me ) a camel ,he pulled a tuning fork out of his pocket, tapped one of the wires with it and said C flat – I wouldn't fly this ,too loose ( I don't remember exactly what note it was -so I used C flat ). I still have the poster . |
| arthur1815 | 28 Aug 2016 9:36 a.m. PST |
Edward 'Mick' Mannock, because being a sufferer of severe myopia myself – the discovery of which dashed my childish hopes of being a fighter pilot – I admire the way he overcame his unsatisfactory eyesight to become an ace. |
| John the Greater | 29 Aug 2016 6:59 a.m. PST |
Hans Schüz – ten confirmed victories while flying for the Turks. |
| Hussar123 | 29 Aug 2016 6:05 p.m. PST |
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| Buckeye AKA Darryl | 24 Oct 2016 4:37 p.m. PST |
Frank Luke. His spree was one of the most prolific during the war. Any of the boys from N124, particularly Kiffin Rockwell. |
 piper909  | 26 Oct 2016 1:37 p.m. PST |
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| Joes Shop | 27 Oct 2016 8:10 a.m. PST |
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| daler240D | 27 Oct 2016 1:44 p.m. PST |
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| Terry37 | 21 Dec 2016 8:37 p.m. PST |
Snoopy of course, followed by Roy Brown. Terry |
| GGouveia | 07 Jan 2017 7:34 p.m. PST |
Billy Bishop and Albert Ball |
| Old Wolfman | 22 Feb 2017 8:08 a.m. PST |
Of the Allies;Mannock,Ball,Bishop,Rickenbacker,Luke,Guynemere,Lufbury,Nungesser,Aristides Moraitinius,and several others. CP;MvR,his younger brother,Lothar;Boelcke,Voss,Udet,Immelmann,and so on. |
| Warspite1 | 23 Mar 2017 5:55 p.m. PST |
Werner Voss – a brilliant pilot and very mechanically minded for an officer. Mick Mannock – a tough and pugnacious leader who would 'give away' kills to young pilots to encourage them. Barry |
| Great War Ace | 24 Mar 2017 6:06 a.m. PST |
Okay, my "Bruno Stachel" quip was in jest. McCudden is my favorite. He knew how to hunt. Even the greatest can have an "I slipped" moment. His was fatal. His autobiography is arguably the single most valuable and always enjoyable reading. |
| Weasel | 24 Mar 2017 7:50 a.m. PST |
A lot of exceptional pilots but Richthofen is hard to beat for romance and mythology. |
| Pyrate Captain | 22 Apr 2017 7:16 a.m. PST |
I know it's cliche, but Manfred von Richtofen, with Boelke as first runner up followed by Voss. |
bz1bz1  | 27 Apr 2017 12:07 p.m. PST |
Mannock. And Biggles of course……. |
