BELGIUM
World War I
VICTORIES
NAME CONFIRMED UNCONFIRMED COMMENT
Coppens de Houthulst, Willy Omer Francois Jean 37 6
de Meulemeester, Andre Emile Alfons 11 19 8)
Thieffry, Edmond 10 5
Jacquet, Fernand Maxmillien Leon 7 9
Olieslagers, Jean 6 17 5)
du Bois d'Aische, Adolphe Aloys Marie Hubert 6
Kervyn de Lettenhove, Georges Maria Ghislain Gerard Bruno 4 9
Robin, Louis Maria Omer August 4 8 6)
Hage, Etienne Eduard Antoine Marie Joseph 3 3
Goethals, Jacques 2 6 4)
de Montigny, Charles Albert Marie Paul 2 3
Rondeau, Robert Gustave Florent 2 1 7)
Medaets, Georges Octave Ulrich 2 1
Ledure, Jacques Eduard 2 1
de Crombrugghe de Looringhe, Marcel Alphonse Eugéne Josephe Ghislain Gerard Marie 2 1 1)
Braun ter Meeren, Pierre Louis Marie 2 1
Medaets, Maurice Paul August Jean-Baptiste 2
Guillon, Leon Jean Adolphe 2
de Mevius, Gustave David Hubert Ghislain 1 8 2)
Gallez, Walter Jean Marie 1 3
de Chestret de Haneffe, Pierre Louis Marie Ghislain 1 3
Siraut, Maurice Emile Albert Marie 1 2
Dubois, Pierre Albert Marie 1 2
van der Voordt, Jean Jules Georges Marie 1 1
Orta, José 1 1
Lallemand, G. 1 1
Jamar, Maurice Alphonse Felix Walter 1 1
de Leener, Robert 1 1
de Chestret de Haneffe, Louis Marie Fernand Ghislain 1 1
de Burlet, Louis 1 1 1)
Cornelius H. 1 1 1)
Ciselet, Charles Eduard Louis 1 1
Vuysteke, Joseph Marie Victor 1
Vindevoghel, H. 1 1)
van Cotthem, Jean Albert 1
Toussaint, J. 1 1)
Roland, M. 1
Manseron 1
Kervyn, C. 1 1)
Gisseleire, A. 1
du Roy de Blicquy 1 1)
de Meeus 1
Crombez, Henri Benjamin 1
Bastin, Jean 1
d'Hendecourt, Roger 0 4 1)
Weekers, Edmond Isabelle 0 3
de Roest d'Alkemade, John 0 3
Colignon, Leon Francois Joseph 0 3 1)
Ory, Gilbert Emmanuel Joseph 0 2
Lamarche, Jacques Marie Albert Gustave 0 2
Goossens-Bara, Jules Alphonse Louis Marie Jean 0 2
Walkenauer 0 1 1)
Verhaegen, R. 0 1 1)
Verbessem, Carlos Albert 0 1
Tyck, Jules Ghislain Jacques 0 1
Roobaert, Egide Max Corneille 0 1
Rolin A. 0 1 1)
Orban, Adrien Eugene Joseph Max 0 1
Martin, Max Joseph Valere Ghislain 0 1
Mallet 0 1
Lemaire, Jules Lambert Adolphe Emile Hector Henri 0 1
Kervyn de Meerendré, Georges Joseph Marie Ghislain 0 1
Dreyfus 0 1 1)
de Woot de Trixhe, Fernand 0 1
Desclée, Edmond Marie René Henri Jude Gabriel 0 1
de Roy, W. 0 1
de Robiano 0 1
de Petrowski, Alexandre Sergeivich 0 1 3)
de Neef, Abel Louis Camille Fernande 0 1
de Munck, Charles Alphonse 0 1
Declercq, René Auguste Marie Alphonse 0 1 1)
de Bueger 0 1
Boschmans 0 1
Benselin, G. 0 1 1)
Behaeghe, Aimé 0 1
| 1) | ... | Observer. |
| 2) | ... | G.D.H.G de Mevius is sometimes credited with one confirmed and seven unconfirmed victories (Franks, Norman - Guest, Russell * Alegi, Gregory: Above The War Fronts (A Complete Record of The British Two-Seater Bomber Pilot And Observer Aces, The British Two-Seater Fighter Observer Aces, And The Belgian, Italian, Austro-Hungarian And Russian Fighter Aces 1914-1918), Grub Street 1997). |
| 3) | ... | Russian. |
| 4) | ... | Jacques Goethals is sometimes credited with two confirmed and four unconfirmed victories (Pieters, Walter M.: Above Flanders' Fields: A Complete Record of the Belgian Fighter Pilots and Their Units During the Great War 1914-1918, Grub Street, London, 1998). |
| 5) | ... | Jan Olieslagers is sometimes credited with six confirmed and sixteen unconfirmed victories (Pieters, Walter M.: c.d.). |
| 6) | ... | 4 confirmed and 7 unconfirmed as observer. |
| 7) | ... | R.G.F. Rondeau is sometimes credited with two confirmed and two unconfirmed victories (Pieters, Walter M.: c.d.). |
| 8) | ... | Andre Emile Alfons de Meulemeester is sometimes credited with 11 confirmed and 17 unconfirmed victories (Cony, Christophe: L'Aigle des Flanders (André de Meulemeester), in Avions, No. 74, 1999). |
Willy Omer François Jean baron Coppens de Houthulst.
Hanriot HD 1 No 23 of Sous-Lt Willy Coppens, 9ème Escadrille Belge, Les Moëres, September 1918.
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