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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.

  • 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 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 (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 Fighters.
  • Captain George M. Cox scored five aerial victories as a Sopwith Camel pilot for No. 65 Squadron RAF.
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    List of World War I flying aces from India Wikipedia


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