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This is a list of aviators by
nickname .
A
"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
"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]
"Black Swallow of Death" –
Eugene Bullard , African-American World War I fighter pilot
"The Black Devil"(Russ.), "Bubi"(Ger.) –
Erich Hartmann , German fighter ace
[3]
"Blondie" –
Arnold Walker , British World War II RAF pilot
"Bo" –
Elwyn King , Australian World War I fighter ace
"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"
"Bubi" (
German , "young boy", "kid")
"Buck" –
Robert McNair , Canadian fighter ace
"Bud" –
George E. Day , American POW
"Bully" –
Emil Lang , World War 2 Luftwaffe fighter ace
"Bunny" –
Christopher Currant , British RAF fighter ace in World War II
"Butch"
"Butcher" –
Arthur T. Harris , British commander of
RAF Bomber Command (Air Chief Marshal) during World War II (affectionately given by his men)
[7]
"Buzz"
C
"Cats Eyes" –
John Cunningham , Battle of Britain pilot
"Chappie" –
Daniel James, Jr. , American Air Force general
[8]
"Chuck" –
Charles Elwood Yeager , World War II
USAAF fighter ace and first pilot to break the
sound barrier in level flight
"Cobber" –
Edgar J. Kain , Second World War
RAF
fighter ace
"Cobra" –
Ronald Stein ,
USAF
fighter ace
"Cocky" –
Hugh Dundas , British Second World War
RAF
fighter ace
[9]
"Cowboy" –
Howard Peter Blatchford , Battle of Britain pilot
"Crow" –
Denis Crowley-Milling , Battle of Britain pilot
"Cloudy" –
Werner Christie , Norwegian fighter ace
D
E
F
G
H
"Hamish" –
T. G. Mahaddie , Bomber Command pilot, Pathfinder Force
"Hap" –
Henry H. Arnold , American Army Air Forces commanding general
"Hasse" –
Hans Wind , Finnish fighter ace
"Hilly" –
Mark Henry Brown , Battle of Britain pilot
"Hipshot" –
Danny Hamilton , US Air Force Reserve
"Hoagy" –
Peter Carmichael , British fighter pilot
"Hooter" –
Steve Rainey , American
test pilot
[15]
"Hoppy" –
Colin Hodgkinson , British fighter pilot
"Huss" –
F. Hussain , IMA, Col, US Air Force Reserve
I
J
K
L
M
O
"One Armed Mac" –
James MacLachlan , a British World War 2 ace who flew with a prosthetic arm
P
R
S
"Sailor" –
Adolph Malan , South African
RAF fighter ace
[21]
"Sandy" –
Brian Lane , RAF Battle of Britain pilot, Squadron Leader and fighter ace
"Sexy Rexy" –
Ola Mildred Rexroat ,
Women Airforce Service Pilot (WASP) aviator
[22]
"Shorty" –
Vernon Keogh , American who flew with the RAF during the Battle of Britain (named for diminutive height)
[23]
"The Silver Fox" –
Robert L. Stephens , record-setting American
test pilot
[24]
"Skip" –
Jean Ziegler , American test pilot on
Bell X-1 program
"Slew" –
John S. McCain, Sr. , American naval aviator and chief of
Bureau of Aeronautics
"Snort" –
Dale Snodgrass , American naval aviator, demonstration pilot, and commander of
Fighter Wing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet
"Snow Eagle" –
Clennell H. Dickins , Canadian pioneer
bush pilot
"Spig" –
Frank W. Wead , U.S. Navy aviator and screenwriter
"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
"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
[21]
"Sawn Off Locky" –
Eric Lock , Battle of Britain pilot
T
U
W
Z
See also
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^ Long, Patrick (2009), "Irwin, Herbert Carmichael", in McGuire, James; Quinn, James (eds.), Dictionary of Irish Biography , vol. 4, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 921–922
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b
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
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Johnson, Johnny E. (1964). Full Circle: The Story of Air Fighting . London: Chatto and Windus.
OCLC
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^
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ISBN
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^
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OCLC
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^
"National Museum of the USAF - Photos" . Archived from
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^ The Most Dangerous Enemy , p.362.
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ISBN
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OCLC
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ISBN
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^
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