List of aviators by nickname
This is a list of aviators by nickname.
A
- "Admiral" – Arthur Blake, Battle of Britain pilot
- "Aggy" – Noel Agazarian, British, Battle of Britain ace
- "Assi" – Hans Hahn, German fighter pilot during World War II
B
- "Bake" — V. H. Baker, British pilot and aircraft designer[1]
- "The Balloon Buster" — Frank Luke, American World War I fighter ace
- "Bam" – C. S. Bamberger, British RAF World War II pilot
- "Barron" – John Worrall, British World War II RAF pilot
- "Beazle" – Hugh John Beazley, Battle of Britain pilot
- "Bee" – Roland Beamont, Battle of Britain pilot
- "Ben" – George Bennions, Battle of Britain ace
- "Bert" – Albert Houle, Canadian fighter ace
- "Beryl" – John Greer Boyle, Battle of Britain pilot
- "Big Joe" – Joe McCarthy, RAF Bomber Command pilot (617 Squadron) in the Second World War
- "Bing" – K. B. B. Cross, British World War II RAF pilot
- "Bird" – Herbert Carmichael Irwin, Irish commander of British airships including R101[2]
- "The Bish" – John Bislee, Battle of Britain pilot
- "Black Swallow of Death" – Eugene Bullard, African-American World War I fighter pilot
- "Blackie" – David Williams, Canadian fighter ace
- "The Black Devil" – Erich Hartmann, German fighter ace[3]
- "The Blond Knight Of Germany" – Erich Hartmann, German fighter ace[3]
- "Blondie" – Arnold Walker, British World War II RAF pilot
- "Bo" – Elwyn King, Australian World War I fighter ace
- "Bob" - Robert A. Hoover, Former airshow pilot, USAF test pilot and fighter pilot
- "Bobbi" – Evelyn Trout, American aviator
- "Bomber" –Arthur T. Harris, British commander of RAF Bomber Command during World War II[4]
- "Bomber George" – Harold L. George, USAAC precision bombing specialist (to distinguish him from "Fighter" George)
- "Boom" – Hugh Trenchard, British World War I Royal Flying Corps general and founder of the Royal Air Force (for his loud voice)[5]
- "Boy" – Geoffrey Wellum, British World War II fighter pilot [6]
- "Brookie" – Tom Brooke-Smith', Short Brothers chief test pilot[7]
- "Bubi" (German, "young boy", "kid") —
- Erich Hartmann, German fighter ace[3]
- Alfred Schreiber, German jet ace
- "Buck"
- Robert McNair, Canadian fighter ace
- Lionel Casson, Battle of Britain pilot
- "Bud"
- Harold W. Bowker, Canadian fighter ace
- George E. Day, American POW
- "Buff" – Clifton Fleming, American helicopter pilot
- "Bugs" – John Keating, Battle of Britain pilot
- "Bully" – Emil Lang, World War 2 Luftwaffe fighter ace
- "Bunny" – Christopher Currant, British RAF fighter ace in World War Two
- "Butch" –
- Henry Baker, Battle of Britain pilot
- Robert Barton, Canadian fighter ace and Battle of Britain pilot
- Arthur T. Harris, British commander of RAF Bomber Command during World War II (from "butcher"; affectionately given by his men)
- Edward O'Hare, American WWII fighter ace and Medal of Honor recipient
- "Butcher" – Arthur T. Harris, British commander of RAF Bomber Command (Air Chief Marshal) during World War II (affectionately given by his men)[8]
- "Buzz" –
- Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., American aviator and astronaut
- George Beurling, Canadian RAF fighter ace (a nickname he never acknowledged)
C
- "Cats Eyes" – John Cunningham, Battle of Britain pilot
- "Chappie" – Daniel James, Jr., American Air Force general[9]
- "Chuck" - Charles E. Yeager, World War II USAAF Fighter Ace, and a record-setting test pilot confirmed as the first pilot to have exceeded the sound barrier in level flight.
- "Cobber" – Edgar J. Kain, World War II RAF fighter ace
- "Cobra" – Ronald Stein, USAF fighter ace
- "Cockney Sparrow" – John Ellis, Battle of Britain pilot
- "Cocky" – Hugh Dundas, British World War II RAF fighter ace[10]
- "Cowboy" – Howard Peter Blatchford, Battle of Britain pilot
- "Crow" – Denis Crowley-Milling, Battle of Britain pilot
- "Cyclone" – Emmett S. Davis, American World War II Army Air Force officer[11]
- "Cloudy" – Werner Christie, Norwegian fighter ace
D
- "Darkie" – Herbert Hallowes, Battle of Britain pilot
- "Demon of Rabaul" – Hiroyoshi Nishizawa, Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service fighter ace
- "Dimsie" – Donald Stones, Battle of Britain pilot
- "Dizzy" – H. R. Allen, RAF fighter ace and author[12]
- "Dogs" – 'John Dundas, RAF Battle of Britain fighter ace[13]
- "Dogsbody" – Douglas Bader, RAF fighter ace (radio callsign while Wing Commander of Tangmere)
- "Dolfo" – Adolf Galland, German fighter ace
- "Dutch" – Petrus Hugo, South African WW2 pilot
- "Drunken Duncan" – Wilfrid Duncan Smith, RAF pilot
E
- "The Eagle of Crimea"– Pavel V. Argeyev, Russian World War One flying ace
- "Elmer" – Lionel Gaunce, Battle of Britain pilot
- "Easy" – Martin Julian, member of the Tuskeegee Airmen
F
- "Fighter George" – Harold George, USAAC fighter ace (to distinguish him from "Bomber" George)
- "Fighter of Libau" – Erich Rudorffer, World War II German ace
- "Fish" — Herman Salmon, American test pilot[14]
- "Flying Knight of the Northland" — Clennell H. Dickins, Canadian pioneer bush pilot
G
- "Gabby" – Francis Gabreski, American Army Air Force fighter ace
- "Gilly" – John Gilders, Battle of Britain pilot
- "Ginger" – James Lacey, British fighter ace
H
- "Hamish" – Claud Hamilton, Battle of Britain pilot
- "Hap" – Henry H. Arnold, American Army Air Forces commanding general
- "Hasse" – Hans Wind, Finnish fighter ace
- "Hawkeye" – Kenneth Lee, Battle of Britain pilot
- "Haybag" – Douglas Haywood, Battle of Britain pilot
- "Henry" – Roy Ford, Battle of Britain pilot
- "Hilly" – Mark Henry Brown, Battle of Britain pilot
- "Hipshot" – Danny Hamilton, US Air Force Reserve
- "Hogey" – Peter Carmichael, British fighter pilot
I
- "Igo" – Ignaz Etrich, Austrian aviator and aircraft builder
- "Illu" – Ilmari Juutilainen, Finnish top WWII fighter ace
J
- "Jack"
- John Frost, South African Air Force pilot
- John Kurtzer, Australian RAAF pilot
- "Jackie" - Jacqueline Cochran American female aviation pioneer and record-setting race pilot.
- "Jake"- Leon Swirbul, co-founder of Grumman Aircraft
- "Jimmy" – John S. Thach, American Navy fighter ace[15]
- "Johnnie" – James E. Johnson, British RAF fighter ace[5]
- "Johnny" – W. E. P. Johnson, British RAF flight instructor
- "Jumbo" – Edward Gracie, Battle of Britain pilot
K
- "Kanga" - John Kurtzer, Australian RAAF Lancaster pilot (for his tendency to bounce his aircraft upon landing)
- "Killer" – Clive Caldwell, Australian RAAF flying ace
- "Killy" – John Kilmartin, Battle of Britain pilot
- "Kinch" – Iven Kincheloe, American test pilot
L
- "Little Dragon" – Muhammad Mahmood Alam, Pakistani fighter ace
- "Lock" – Ormer Locklear, American stunt pilot
- "Lofty" – Russel Hamer, Battle of Britain pilot
- "Libby" – Søren Liby, Norwegian WW2 pilot
- "Lightning" – Joe Little, African American WW2 pilot (member of the Tuskegee Airmen)
- "Lucky Breeze" – George Scott, British Royal Naval Air Service pilot and airship pilot
M
- "The Mad Major" – Christopher Draper, British World War I fighter ace
- "Mick" – Edward Mannock, British World War I fighter ace
- "Mindy" – Minden Blake, Battle of Britain pilot
- "Mitzi" – Edward Darling, Battle of Britain pilot
- "Moose" – Robert Fumerton, Battle of Britain pilot
- "Mouse" – Gordon Cleaver, Battle of Britain pilot
- "Mutt" – Joseph Summers, British test pilot
O
- "One Armed Mac" – James MacLachlan, a British World War 2 ace who flew with a prosthetic arm
- "OV" – Owen Burns, Battle of Britain pilot
P
- "Paddy"
- Hubert Adair, Battle of Britain pilot
- Brendan Finucane, Irish World War II RAF fighter ace
- W. H. Harbison, British RAF officer
- "Pancho" – Florence L. Lowe, American pioneer aviator
- "Pappy" –
- Greg Boyington, American World War II U.S. Marine Corps fighter ace[16]
- Paul Gunn, American World War II Army Air Force bomber pilot
- Charles Yankey, co-founder of Mooney
- "Pete"
- Frank K. Everest, Jr., American test pilot
- Marc Mitscher, American World War II carrier admiral
- Elwood R. Queseda, American fighter ace
- "Petit Rouge" (French: Little Red) — Manfred von Richthofen, German fighter ace
- "Polly" – John Flinders, Battle of Britain pilot
- "Pritzl" – Heinz Bär, German fighter ace, because of his affection for Pritzl candy bars.
- "Punch" – Clennell H. Dickins, Canadian pioneer bush pilot
- "Pyker" – Jean Offenberg, Battle of Britain pilot
Q
- "QTP2T" – Abignayle Wood, RAAF F/A-18A/B Hornet pilot
R
- "Randy" – George Goodman, Battle of Britain pilot
- "Ratsy" – George Preddy, P-51 Mustang ace
- "Red" – Eugene Tobin, American who flew with the RAF during the Battle of Britain
- "The Red Baron" (German, der Rote Baron) — Manfred von Richthofen, German fighter ace
- "The Red Battle-flyer" (German: der rote Kampfflieger) — Manfred von Richthofen, German fighter ace
- "The Red Knight" – Manfred von Richthofen, German fighter ace
- "Reeste" – Heinz Bär, German fighter ace
- "Robin" – Hilary Hood, Battle of Britain pilot
- "Ray Gun" – Ray Gannon, member of the Tuskegee Airmen
S
- "Sailor" – Adolph Malan, South African RAF fighter ace[17]
- "Sandy" – Brian Lane, RAF Battle of Britain pilot, Squadron Leader and fighter ace
- "Sexy Rexy" – Ola Mildred Rexroat, Women Airforce Service Pilot (WASP) aviator[18]
- "Sheep" – George Gilroy, Battle of Britain pilot
- "Shorty" – Vernon Keogh, American who flew with the RAF during the Battle of Britain (named for diminutive height)[19]
- "Skeeter" – Alfred Ogilvie, Battle of Britain pilot and participant in the Great Escape
- "Skeets" – Alfred Ogilvie, Battle of Britain pilot and participant in the Great Escape
- "Skip" – Jean Ziegler, American test pilot on Bell X-1 program
- "Skinny" – Matthew Stokes, RCAF pilot
- "Slew" – John S. McCain, Sr., American naval aviator and chief of Bureau of Aeronautics
- "Snow Eagle" – Clennell H. Dickins, Canadian pioneer bush pilot
- "Spanky" – George Roberts, American commander of the 99th Fighter Squadron (Tuskegee Airmen)
- "Spig" – Frank W. Wead, U.S. Navy aviator and screenwriter
- "Spud" – James Hayter, Battle of Britain pilot
- "Spuds" – Theodore Ellyson, pioneer U.S. Navy aviator
- "Stan" – Roderic Dallas, top Australian fighter ace of World War I
- "Stapme" – Gerald Stapleton, British Battle of Britain fighter ace
- "Sticks" – William Gregory, Battle of Britain pilot
- "Sticky" – Norman Glew, Battle of Britain pilot
- "Strafer" – Geoffrey Warnes, No. 263 Squadron RAF
- "Stuffy" – Hugh Dowding, British commander of RAF Fighter Command from before the war into the Battle of Britain[17]
- "Sawn Off Locky" – Eric Lock, Battle of Britain pilot
T
- "Taffy" –
- Fredrick Higginson, Battle of Britain pilot
- Trafford Leigh-Mallory, Fighter Command Group commander during the Battle of Britain
- "Tage" – Dennis Lockhart, Battle of Britain pilot
- "Tex" – David L. Hill, American fighter pilot
- "Tiger Tim" – Fredrick Eley, Battle of Britain pilot
- "Tim" – John Elkington, Battle of Britain pilot
- "Timbertoes" – Sydney Carlin, Battle of Britain gunner who lost a leg in World War I
- "Titch" – George Palliser, Battle of Britain pilot
- "Tubby" – Herbert Mermegan, Battle of Britain pilot
U
- "Uncle Wiggly Wings" – Gail S. Halvorsen, American Air Force officer[20]
W
- "Wop" – Wilfrid R. May, Canadian pioneer bush pilot
- "White Eagle" – Clennell H. Dickins, Canadian pioneer bush pilot
- "Willie" – Hugh Wilson, RAF aviator
- "Winkle" – Eric Brown, British naval aviator and test pilot
- "Wrong Way" – Douglas Corrigan, American aviator (from having to lie to Civil Aeronautics Board to fly the Atlantic)
Z
- "Zulu" – Albert Lewis, Battle of Britain pilot
- "Zulu" – George Lloyd World War I pilot
See also
- Nickname
- Lists of nicknames – nickname list articles on Wikipedia
References
- ↑ Valentine Henry Baker funeral brochure. Martin-Baker Co. 1942.
- ↑ Long, Patrick (2009), "Irwin, Herbert Carmichael", in McGuire, James; Quinn, James, Dictionary of Irish Biography, 4, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 921–922
- 1 2 3 Erich Hartmann
- ↑ Saward, Dudley (1984). "Bomber" Harris : the story of Marshal of the Royal Air Force, Sir Arthur Harris, Bt, GCB, OBE, AFC, LLD, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Bomber Command, 1942-1945. London: Buchan & Enright. OCLC 11082290.
- 1 2 Johnson, Johnny E. (1964). Full Circle: The Story of Air Fighting. London: Chatto and Windus. OCLC 2486377.
- ↑ Wellum, Geoffrey (2002). First Light. New York: Viking Books. ISBN 0-670-91248-4.
- ↑ Gunston, Bill. "Short's Experimental Sherpa." Aeroplane Monthly, Vol. 5, no. 10, October 1977, p.512.
- ↑ Hastings, Max (1979). Bomber Command. New York: Dial Press/James Wade. OCLC 5170758.
- ↑ http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/photos/index.asp?galleryID=529&page=214
- ↑ The Most Dangerous Enemy, p.362.
- ↑ Molesworth, Carl (2003). P-40 Warhawk Aces of the Pacific. Oxford: Osprey. pp. 50–54. ISBN 978-1-84176-536-5. OCLC 51992611.
- ↑ Allen, Hubert Raymond "Dizzy" (1974). Who Won the Battle of Britain?. London: Barker. ISBN 978-0-213-16489-8. OCLC 1092232.
- ↑ Kershaw, Alex (2008). The Few: July-October 1940. Penguin. p. 151. ISBN 0-14-101850-X.
- ↑ Caidin, Martin. Thunderbirds.
- ↑ Wikipedia, John Thach
- ↑ Boyington, Gregory (1958). Baa baa, black sheep. New York: Putnam. OCLC 2124961.
- 1 2 Deighton, Len (1977). Fighter: The True Story of the Battle of Britain. London: Cape. ISBN 978-0-224-01422-9. OCLC 3388095.
- ↑ staff, Nick Penzenstadler Journal. "Last surviving South Dakota WASP, 'Sexy Rexy,' recalls World War II service". rapidcityjournal.com.
- ↑ "Battle of Britain London Monument – P/O V C KEOUGH". Bbm.org.uk. 1941-02-15. Retrieved 2015-12-24.
- ↑
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