James McCudden
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James Thomas Byford McCudden, was an English flying ace of the First World War and among the most highly decorated airmen in British military history. Born in 1895 to a middle class family with milita
McCudden in c. 1918
McCudden indulging in his other engineering interest: motorcycles. Pictured here on a Moto Reve model, 1913 at the RFC manoeuvres.
Manfred von Richthofen. Possibly McCudden's opponent on 27 December 1916.
52 of McCudden's 57 victims fell while he was flying the S.E.5.
Arthur Rhys-Davids
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Arthur Percival Foley Rhys-Davids, was an English flying ace of the First World War.
Lieut. A. P. F. Rhys Davids, DSO, MC painted by William Orpen, October 1917
Rhys-Davids's mother, Caroline Augusta Foley Rhys Davids, a successful author
Werner Voss. The victor in 48 dogfights was eventually defeated by Rhys-Davids and his six comrades after an epic ten-minute battle.