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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 Percival Coombes
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
Edward Dawson Atkinson
was credited with 10 aerial victories in two combat tours, one while flying a
Nieuport
and another flying a
Royal Aircraft Factory
SE.5a.
Captain
Indra Lal Roy
was credited with 10 aerial victories while piloting a Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a in No.
40 Squadron
RAF.
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 Fighters.
Captain
George M
. Cox scored five aerial victories as a Sopwith Camel pilot for No.
65 Squadron
RAF.