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Air commanders of World War I

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The air commanders of World War I were army or navy officers who came to command air services during the first major conflict in which air power played a significant role.

Entente Powers air commanders

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British Empire

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Australian Flying Corps

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Royal Flying Corps

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Director-General of Military Aeronautics
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General Officer Commanding the RFC in France
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Major-General Hugh Trenchard

Royal Naval Air Service

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Heads of the RNAS
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Royal Air Force

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Chief of the Air Staff
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France

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Director of Military Aeronautics

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Head of the Service Aéronautique

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Greece

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Imperial Russia

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Italy

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Romania

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General Inspector of Engineering and Aeronautics

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  • 1913-1915 - General Mihail Boteanu[4]

Commander of the RAC

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Director of the Aeronautics

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United States

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Chief of Air Service of the American Expeditionary Force in France

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Air Commander, Zone of Advance on the American Expeditionary Force in France

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Central Powers air commanders

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Germany

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Inspector of Flying Troops

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Austro-Hungarian Empire

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Ottoman Empire

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Bulgaria

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References

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  1. ^ "AIR POWER REVIEW Volume 12 Number 1" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2011-04-08.
  2. ^ Harvey. Collision of Empires: Britain in Three World Wars, 1793–1945. p. 419
  3. ^ "Giovanni B. Marieni". Marieni-saredo.it. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
  4. ^ a b c Valeriu Avram (2013). "Din Istoria Aripilor Românești 1910-1916" (PDF). Buletinul Arhivelor Militare Române (in Romanian). No. 61/2013. pp. 2–17.
  5. ^ a b c Războiul de întregire (1916-1919) Comandanți militari români (PDF) (in Romanian). Editura Centrului Tehnic-Editorial al Armatei. 2016. ISBN 978-606-524-176-3.
  6. ^ "Galeria comandantilor". RoAF (in Romanian).
  7. ^ a b Mihail Orzeață; Valeriu Avram (2018). "Romanian Aviation in the First World War" (PDF). Romanian Military Thinking (3): 206–231.
  8. ^ "Istoric". RoAF (in Romanian).