List of British fighter pilots in World War I.

The list of British fighter pilots in the First World War includes fighter pilots of the British Air Force or Navy in the First World War, which lasted from 1914 to 1918, who had at least 25 kills.

Overview

The table contains the British aviators with 25 or more confirmed kills

Surname
Rank
Number of confirmed aerial victories
Awards
unit
Date of death (†)

Note: The list can be sorted : By clicking on a column header, the list is sorted according to this column, clicking twice reverses the sorting.

Surname	rank	L.	Award	Unit / Squadron No.	†
Edward Mannock	major	61	Victoria Cross	74, 85	July 26, 1918
James McCudden	major	57	Victoria Cross	56	July 9, 1918
George McElroy	Captain	47		24	July 31, 1918
Albert Ball	Captain	44	Victoria Cross	56	May 7, 1917
Tom F. Hazell	major	43		24	September 4, 1946
Philip F. Fullard	Air Commodore	40		1	April 24, 1984
Charles George Gass	Squadron Leader	39			March 1977
John Inglis Gilmour	major	39		27, 65	February 24, 1928
James Ira Thomas Jones	Captain	37		74	August 30, 1960
Henry Winslow Woollett	Squadron Leader	35		23	October 31, 1969
Geoffrey Hilton Bowman	Captain	32		29, 56	March 25, 1970
Samuel Frederick Henry Thompson	Captain	30th		20, 22	September 1918
Charles Dawson Booker	major	29		201	August 13, 1918
Percy Jack Clayson	Flight Lieutenant	29		1
Leonard Henry Rochford		29			17th December 1986
John Everard Gurdon		28		22nd	April 14, 1973
Dennis Latimer		28		20th
Thomas Percy Middleton	Captain	27		20th
Ronald Malcolm Fletcher	Second lieutenant	26th		22nd	January 20, 1952
William Frederick James Harvey	Captain	26th		22nd	July 21, 1972
Gerald JC Maxwell		26th		56	18th December 1959
William Ernest Staton	Air Vice Marshal	26th		62	July 22, 1983
Robert JO Compston	major	25th		40	January 28, 1962
Arthur Rhys-Davids	Lieutenant	25th		56	October 27, 1917