Frank Luke, namesake of Luke Air Force Base in Arizona who was killed in World War I, was awarded the Medal of Honor.

Fighter aircraft are ofttimes named for ... being a bona fide war hero who shot down Imperial Germany's most famous air ace of WWI, Rittmeister (Captain; equivalent of Hauptmann in most Imperial ...

Series editor John Farren writes: Edward Mannock VC and James McCudden VC rose from modest backgrounds to become two of Britain's greatest fighter aces in World War One. As their number of ...