Below is the list of World War I flying aces from New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

. While New Zealand did not have its own military air service during World War I, many New Zealanders did join Australian or British military aviation to fight in the war. Some of New Zealand's first class of aces continued to serve post-war, whether in the Royal Air Force

Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...

 or the Royal New Zealand Air Force

Royal New Zealand Air Force

The Royal New Zealand Air Force is the air arm of the New Zealand Defence Force...

; some served in World War II. Several earned advanced rank in the process.

Name	Air service(s)	Victories	Notes
Keith Caldwell Keith Caldwell Air Commodore Keith Logan "Grid" Caldwell CBE, MC, DFC & Bar was a New Zealand fighter ace of the Royal Flying Corps in World War I who also rose to the rank of Air Commodore in the Royal New Zealand Air Force during World War II.-Early life:Born in Wellington, the son of David Robert Caldwell and...	Royal Flying Corps Royal Flying Corps The Royal Flying Corps was the over-land air arm of the British military during most of the First World War. During the early part of the war, the RFC's responsibilities were centred on support of the British Army, via artillery co-operation and photographic reconnaissance... , Royal Air Force Royal Air Force The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world... , Royal New Zealand Air Force Royal New Zealand Air Force The Royal New Zealand Air Force is the air arm of the New Zealand Defence Force...	25	Rose to Air Commodore Air Commodore Air commodore is an air-officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force...  in RNZAF Royal New Zealand Air Force The Royal New Zealand Air Force is the air arm of the New Zealand Defence Force...
Keith Park Keith Park Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Rodney Park GCB, KBE, MC & Bar, DFC, RAF was a New Zealand soldier, First World War flying ace and Second World War Royal Air Force commander...	Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force	20	Rose to Chief Air Marshal; was a crucial commander in the Battle of Britain Battle of Britain The Battle of Britain is the name given to the World War II air campaign waged by the German Air Force against the United Kingdom during the summer and autumn of 1940...
Ronald Bannerman Ronald Bannerman Air Commodore Ronald Burns Bannerman was a flying ace during World War I, as well as serving as a high level administrator for his native New Zealand's air force during World War II.-Early life and training:...	Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force	17	Rose to Air Commodore
Arthur Coningham Arthur Coningham (RAF officer) Air Marshal Sir Arthur "Mary" Coningham KCB, KBE, DSO, MC, DFC, AFC, RAF was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force. During the First World War, he was at Gallipoli with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, transferred to the Royal Flying Corps, where he became a flying ace...	Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force	14	Rose to Air Marshal Air Marshal Air marshal is a three-star air-officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force...  in RAF; pioneered close air support Close air support In military tactics, close air support is defined as air action by fixed or rotary winged aircraft against hostile targets that are close to friendly forces, and which requires detailed integration of each air mission with fire and movement of these forces.The determining factor for CAS is...
Herbert Gilles Watson	Australian Flying Corps	14	Highest scoring New Zealander in the AFC
Clive Franklyn Collett Clive Franklyn Collett Captain Clive Franklyn Collett was a World War I flying ace from New Zealand credited with 12 aerial victories. He was the first British or Commonwealth military pilot to use a parachute, in a test.-Early life:...	Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force	12	First military pilot in British service to parachute Parachute A parachute is a device used to slow the motion of an object through an atmosphere by creating drag, or in the case of ram-air parachutes, aerodynamic lift. Parachutes are usually made out of light, strong cloth, originally silk, now most commonly nylon...  from an airplane in January 1917
Harold Beamish Harold Beamish Harold Francis Beamish was a flying ace of World War I from New Zealand. He had 11 victories, many in a Sopwith Camel.He served in the R.N.A.S. and the R.A.F., becoming a Captain, and later returned to New Zealand, where he was a sheep farmer....	Royal Naval Air Service Royal Naval Air Service The Royal Naval Air Service or RNAS was the air arm of the Royal Navy until near the end of the First World War, when it merged with the British Army's Royal Flying Corps to form a new service , the Royal Air Force... , Royal Air Force	11	Highest scoring New Zealander in the RNAS
Malcolm C. McGregor Malcolm C. McGregor Captain Malcolm Charles McGregor was a New Zealand born World War I flying ace. He was credited with 11 victories during the war. Postwar, he was an aviation pioneer in his home country and a competitor in intercontinental air racing.-World War I:...	Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force	11
Frederick Gordon	Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force	9
Herbert Drewitt Herbert Drewitt Captain Herbert Frank Stacey Drewitt MC, AFC was a World War I flying ace credited with seven aerial victories. He was one of the few British aces that used French-built Spads as his weapon.-World War I service:...	Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force	7	Earned a DFC Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom) The Distinguished Flying Cross is a military decoration awarded to personnel of the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force and other services, and formerly to officers of other Commonwealth countries, for "an act or acts of valour, courage or devotion to duty whilst flying in active operations against...  for trench strafing exploits
Thomas Culling Thomas Culling Flight Sub-Lieutenant Thomas Grey Culling was New Zealand's first World War I flying ace, and was credited with six aerial victories.Culling was assigned to fly Sopwith Triplane No. N5444 with 1 Naval Squadron after joining the Royal Naval Air Service in 1916. He began to score victories in Bloody...	Royal Naval Air Service	6	New Zealand's first ace; Stan Dallas's wingman
Forster Maynard	Royal Naval Air Service, Royal Air Force	6	Rose to Air Vice Marshal in RAF; commanded air defense of Malta Malta Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...  during WWII World War II World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
Carrick Paul Carrick Paul Lieutenant Carrick Stewart Paul DFC was a World War I flying ace from New Zealand. He was credited with five aerial victories in Palestine between May and August 1918 when flying a Bristol F.2 Fighter....	Australian Flying Corps	5
Alan Scott Alan Scott (British Army officer) Group Captain Alan John Lance Scott CB MC AFC was an officer in the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force during World War I and the following years....	Royal Flying Corps, Royal Air Force	5	Rose to Group Captain Group Captain Group captain is a senior commissioned rank in the Royal Air Force and the air forces of many other Commonwealth countries. It ranks above wing commander and immediately below air commodore... before early death