<Table> <Tr> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Date </Th> <Th> Country </Th> <Th> Event </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Pyotr Nesterov </Td> <Td> 7 September 1914 </Td> <Td> Russia </Td> <Td> First air - to - air kill, by ramming an Austrian aeroplane </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Louis Quénault and Joseph Frantz </Td> <Td> 5 October 1914 </Td> <Td> France </Td> <Td> Pilot Frantz and Observer Quénault were the first fliers to successfully use a machine gun in air - to - air combat to shoot down another aircraft . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Roland Garros </Td> <Td> 1 April 1915 </Td> <Td> France </Td> <Td> First aerial victory with forward pointing fixed gun achieved while aiming gun with aircraft </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Adolphe Pégoud </Td> <Td> 3 April 1915 </Td> <Td> France </Td> <Td> First flying "ace" and first French ace . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kurt Wintgens </Td> <Td> 1 July 1915 </Td> <Td> Germany </Td> <Td> First aerial victory using a sychronised machine gun firing through the propeller arc </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lanoe Hawker </Td> <Td> 11 August 1915 </Td> <Td> Britain </Td> <Td> First British ace . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Oswald Boelcke </Td> <Td> 16 October 1915 </Td> <Td> Germany </Td> <Td> First German ace . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Otto Jindra </Td> <Td> 9 April 1916 </Td> <Td> Austro - Hungary </Td> <Td> First Austro - Hungarian ace . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Redford Henry Mulock </Td> <Td> 21 May 1916 </Td> <Td> Canada </Td> <Td> First Canadian ace, as well as first Royal Naval Air Service ace . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Eduard Pulpe </Td> <Td> 1 July 1916 </Td> <Td> Russia </Td> <Td> First Imperial Russian Air Force ace . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Roderic Dallas </Td> <Td> 9 July 1916 </Td> <Td> Australia </Td> <Td> First Australian ace . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Frederick Libby </Td> <Td> 25 August 1916 </Td> <Td> United States of America </Td> <Td> First American ace . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Etienne Tsu </Td> <Td> 26 September 1916 </Td> <Td> France </Td> <Td> First Chinese ace; French Foreign Legion, Escadrille SPA. 37 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mario Stoppani </Td> <Td> 31 October 1916 </Td> <Td> Italy </Td> <Td> First Italian ace . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Fernand Jacquet </Td> <Td> 1 February 1917 </Td> <Td> Belgium </Td> <Td> First Belgian ace . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Maurice Benjamin </Td> <Td> 27 April 1917 </Td> <Td> South Africa </Td> <Td> First South African ace . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Thomas Culling </Td> <Td> 19 May 1917 </Td> <Td> New Zealand </Td> <Td> First New Zealand ace . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Gottfried Freiherr von Banfield </Td> <Td> 31 May 1917 </Td> <Td> Austro - Hungary </Td> <Td> First night victory and first Austro - Hungarian night victory . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Richard Burnard Munday </Td> <Td> 29 September 1917 </Td> <Td> Britain </Td> <Td> First British night victory, over an observation balloon . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Fritz Anders </Td> <Td> 20 August 1918 </Td> <Td> Germany </Td> <Td> First German night victory . Anders was first night fighter ace . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Date </Th> <Th> Country </Th> <Th> Event </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Pyotr Nesterov </Td> <Td> 7 September 1914 </Td> <Td> Russia </Td> <Td> First air - to - air kill, by ramming an Austrian aeroplane </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Louis Quénault and Joseph Frantz </Td> <Td> 5 October 1914 </Td> <Td> France </Td> <Td> Pilot Frantz and Observer Quénault were the first fliers to successfully use a machine gun in air - to - air combat to shoot down another aircraft . </Td> </Tr>

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