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World War I Practice Test: Flying Aces - Pilots With The Highest Victories
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During World War One fighter aircraft were developed and a new form of warfare was born.  Pilots competed with one another over their number of victories and those who brought down five enemy aircraft or more were considered an ace.  
 

World War I Practice Test: Flying Aces - Pilots With The Highest Victories
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1. The leading African ace, also with 54 victories, was Flight Lieutenant Andrew Beauchamp-Proctor of South Africa. He was noted for his diminutive height. How tall was he?
2. The top ace on the Allied side during the war was Colonel R Fonck, who brought down a total of 75 enemy aircraft. Which country was he from?
3. The Canadian, Air Marshall Billy Bishop, was the leading ace of the British Empire with 72 victories. On his final mission Bishop added how many downed aircraft to his total?
4. In equal tenth place in the list of World War One aces, with 54 victories, was the Canadian, Major Donald MacLaren. He was never injured in combat but missed the final few weeks of the war after breaking his leg doing what?
5. The second-highest scoring British ace was Major James McCudden with 57 victories. He was the most decorated of British airmen with how many medals to his name?
6. The leading British ace was Major Mick Mannock, who brought down 61 enemy aircraft. Mannock always carried what item with him inside his cockpit?
7. The top ace of the Royal Naval Air Service was Canadian, Air Vice Marshal Raymond Collishaw, who brought down 60 enemy aircraft. He also flew in the Second World War, for which branch of the Royal Air Force?
8. The most successful and most famous of the flying aces of World War One was the German pilot, Baron Manfred Von Richthofen. His Albatros aeroplane was painted a particular colour, earning Richthofen what nickname?
9. The German with the third highest number of victories was Oberleutnant Erich Löwenhardt who downed 54 enemy aircraft. He was the youngest of the top ten aces. How old was he when the war broke out?
10. Oberleutnant Ernst Udet was the second-highest ranking ace on the German side, with 62 victories, gained in only two years of fighting. How did he earn his living in the decade after the war ended?

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