victories confirmed by their parent air service were dubbed "aces". Their numbers would burgeon, until by war's end, there were over 1,800 aces. The following aces scored the most victories for their respective air services. Pioneers of aerial warfare The following aviators were the first to reach important milestones in the development of aerial combat during World War I: Aircraft Aircraft of the Entente Powers Aircraft of the Central Powers See also Biggles a fictional WWI aviator Biplane Dogfight History of aerial warfare History of aviation List of American aero squadrons List of Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons List of Royal Flying Corps squadrons Lists of World War I flying aces Notes References Editors of American Heritage. History of WW1. Simon & Schuster, 1964. Cheesman, E.F. (ed.) Fighter Aircraft of the 1914–1918 War. Letchworth, UK: Harleyford, 1960 The Great War, television documentary by the BBC. Gray, Peter & Thetford, Owen German Aircraft of the First World War. London, Putnam, 1962. Guttman, Jon. Pusher Aces of World War 1: Volume 88 of Osprey Aircraft of the Aces: Volume 88 of Aircraft of the Aces. Osprey Publishing, 2009. , Herris, Jack & Pearson, Bob Aircraft of World War I. London, Amber Books, 2010. . Jackson, Peter The Guinness Book of Air Warfare. London, Guinness Publishing, 1993. Morrow, John. German Air Power in World War I. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1982. Contains design and production figures, as well as economic influences. Pearson, George, Aces: A Story of the First Air War, historical advice by Brereton Greenhous and Philip Markham, NFB, 1993. Contains assertion aircraft created trench stalemate. Terraine, John White Heat: the new warfare 1914–18. London, Guild Publishing, 1982 VanWyngarden, Greg. Early German Aces of World War I: Volume 73 of Aircraft of the Aces. Osprey Publishing, 2006. , . Winter, Denis. First of the Few. London: Allen Lane/Penguin, 1982. Coverage of the British air war, with extensive bibliographical notes. External links Wells, Mark: Aircraft, Fighter and Pursuit, in: 1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War. Morris, Craig: Aircraft, Reconnaissance and Bomber, in: 1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War. Mahoney, Ross & Pugh, James: Air Warfare, in: 1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War. Bombing during World War I at centennialofflight.gov The United States Air Service in World War I – usaww1.com The League of World War I Aviation Historians and Over the Front Magazine – overthefront.com First