List of World War I flying aces from India
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This is a list of World War I flying aces from British India.
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- 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.[1]Template:Sfnp
- Captain Maurice Douglas Guest Scott was credited with 12 aerial victories flying as both observer and pilot.[2]
- 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.5a.[3]
- 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.[4]Template:Sfnp He is the only Indian ace of the war.[5]
- Captain (later Group Captain) Arthur Peck of No. 111 Squadron RFC was credited with eight aerial victories.Template:Sfnp
- 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 Fighters.
- Captain George M. Cox scored five aerial victories as a Sopwith Camel pilot for No. 65 Squadron RAF.Template:Sfnp
References
- Notes
- Bibliography
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- ↑ Lawrence Coombes. Retrieved 22 April 2011 from link
- ↑ Maurice Scott. Retrieved 30 October 2017 from link
- ↑ Edward Atkinson. Retrieved 13 April 2011 from link
- ↑ Asian aces and pilots. (8 November 2007) Retrieved 1 January 2016 from link
- ↑ Remembering Indra Lal Roy, India's 'Ace' Over Flanders. (22 July 2017) The Wire. Retrieved from link
