1. 5
   20
2. 35

During the Great War, an Allied ace was generally someone who shot down at least five enemy planes. Some pilots shot down many more than five.

1. True
2. False

False. Any crew that shot down enemy planes could be credited with air victories. That included bomber and reconnaissance teams.

1. Blond Bomber
   The Red Baron
2. Hitler’s Minion

During WWI, no pilot was more famous than Manfred von Richthofen. He was a German ace known as the Red Baron.

1. cavalryman
   desk job
2. clergyman

Manfred von Richthofen was a German cavalryman at the beginning of the war. He began pilot training and immediately showed promise in the skies.

1. United States
   France
2. Britain

Albert Ball was a phenomenal pilot from Britain. He started his war in the army and transferred to the Royal Air Force, where he became a legend.

1. 14
   20
2. 44

Ball clearly had a knack for guiding his fighter through combat. During the war, he logged 44 kills, making him one of the deadliest airmen of the war.

1. True
2. False

It’s true, before the Red Baron, there was Max Immelmann, a true celebrity of the skies. He was Germany’s first ace, and as such, he was held in very high regard.

1. South Africa
   India
2. Italy

Andrew Beauchamp-Proctor was a South African star. He served in the infantry, was honorably discharged, and returned to service as a pilot who recorded 54 air victories.

1. 25
   80
2. 335

The Red Baron was a blizzard of bullets in the skies during the war. He is officially credited with 80 kills, more than any other pilot of the conflict.

1. 72
   17
2. 7

Bishop nearly equaled the Red Baron’s deadly proficiency. The Canadian not only recorded 72 kills during the war, but he lived to tell about it, too.

1. He installed rocket launchers on his plane.
   He invented a famous aerial maneuver.
2. He accidentally shot down the Red Baron.

Max Immelmann was a fabulously talented pilot who invented a loop-turn manuever that helped him dodge bullets and dive into position over enemy fighters. It became known as the "Immelmann Turn."

1. mechanic
   camp cook
2. spy

James McCudden, like many pilots of the era, was recruited from another part of the service. He was originally a mechanic, and he eventually became a British ace who scored 57 victories.

1. half the German army
   an entire German squadron
2. an aerodrome

In 1917, Bishop flew behind enemy lines and attacked a German aerodrome (airfield) all by himself. For his rather reckless audacity, he earned the Victoria Cross.

1. True
2. False

When he was promoted to commander, the Red Baron got more than a little cocky. He went so far as to paint his fighter red, so that his enemies would know exactly who he was.

1. Benbow shot the Red Baron’s plane and forced him to land.
   The Red Baron shot down the British pilot.
2. Both men collided in midair.

Edwin engaged the famous Red Baron ... and shot him down. But the German ace managed to land his damaged plane and was soon in the air again.

1. “Brotherhood of Barons"
   “Flying Circus"
2. “Eagle Skulls"

The Red Baron led the "Flying Circus," renowned for their brightly colored planes and the fact that they moved around the front, fighting wherever their services were needed.

1. It was meant to symbolize the blood of their enemies.
   All of them really liked red.
2. to make it harder for enemy pilots to identify the Red Baron

The Red Baron loved to be flamboyant, but the men he commanded didn’t want enemy pilots to be able to easily identify (and shoot down) their leader, so they painted their aircraft red, too.

1. The Red Baron was inspired to kill 10 enemies...in a single day.
   German morale plummeted.
2. It had no effect, really.

Max Immelmann had an air of immortality, so when he was killed, all of Germany went into shock. The air force even temporarily grounded other star pilots to prevent another public relations debacle.

1. He was murdered by his wife.
   He choked on a meatball in the mess hall.
2. He died in a training accident.

It seems that few of WWI’s ace pilots lived to tell their stories. Beauchamp-Proctor had 54 victories, but then crashed and died while in training just after the war.

1. foot
   head
2. buttocks

During a notable dog fight against a British pilot, the Red Baron was shot in the head but survived and even managed to land his plane. He endured a difficult recovery but eventually took to the skies again.

1. He purposely crashed his plane.
   He survived to the end of the war.
2. He was killed by anti-aircraft fire.

Cunnell instantly found fame for wounding the Red Baron. Less than a week later, though, Cunnell was shot down and killed by German anti-aircraft fire.

1. a pilot who never crash landed
   a pilot who died in combat
2. a pilot with 20 or more kills

To become an ace, you needed five air victories. An "ace of aces," however, had 20 or more victories during the conflict, making them the most notable air fighters.

1. 75
   130
2. 41

Fonck was nearly as deadly as the Red Baron. He had 75 air victories, making his home country of France very proud.

1. 2
   28
2. 43

Of the dozens of pilots who achieved "ace of ace" status during WWI, just two were from the United States. They recorded a combined 46 air victories.

1. 6
   26
2. 92

Rickenbacker was America’s number one pilot in WWI. He’s credited with 26 kills, more than any other air fighter from the United States.

1. He was very shy and didn’t like the spotlight.
   He was religious and didn’t want to be associated with killing.
2. to help their confidence

By some accounts Collishaw "gave" some of his victories to new pilots in order to help them feel more confident during battle. Some people credit him with more than 80 kills, which would top the Red Baron.

1. True
2. False

Fonck claimed more than 140 victories, far more than the 75 on his final score. Even if only a few of his unofficial claims are true, he may well have been the deadliest pilot ever.

1. 26
   62
2. 98

Udet wasn’t too far off of the Red Baron’s pace of 80 air victories — he had 62 himself. He also survived the war and eventually became a bigwig in Germany’s Luftwaffe during WWII.

1. He retired.
   He was shot down and killed.
2. He later became an astronaut.

In 1918, the Red Baron’s bloody war finally came to an end. He was shot down and killed in 1918, after he’d already killed dozens of Allied pilots.

1. 20
   10
2. 5

The Russian Empire didn’t have quite the same impact of other nations in the air war. But Alexander Kazakov did plenty of the dirty work, recording 20 kills.