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List of World War I flying aces from India
This is a
list of World War I flying aces from
British India
.
Captain
Lawrence Coombes
, born in Madras, garnered 15 aerial victories as a
Sopwith Camel
pilot for the
Royal Naval Air Service
and the Royal Air Force.
Captain
Maurice Douglas Guest Scott
was credited with 12 aerial victories flying as both observer and pilot.
Captain (later
Squadron Leader
)
Edward Dawson Atkinson
, of the
British Indian Army
, was credited with 10 aerial victories in two combat tours, one while flying a
Nieuport
and another flying a
Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5
a.
Captain
Indra Lal Roy
was credited with 10 aerial victories, within two weeks in July 1918, while piloting a Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a in
No. 40 Squadron RAF
. He is the only Indian ace of the war.
Captain (later
Group Captain
)
Arthur Peck
of
No. 111 Squadron RFC
was credited with eight aerial victories.
Captain
Douglas Carbery
scored six confirmed aerial victories while serving as an aerial observer in various squadrons.
Lieutenant Thomas Cecil Silwood Tuffield had six aerial victories confirmed while flying as an
observer
in
48 Squadron
's
Bristol F.2 Fighter
s.
Captain
George M. Cox
scored five aerial victories as a
Sopwith Camel
pilot for
No. 65 Squadron RAF
.
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