A

• "Admiral" - Arthur Blake, Battle of Britain Pilot

• "Assi" — Hans Hahn, German fighter pilot during World War I

B

• "The Balloon Buster" — Frank Luke
  Frank Luke
  Frank Luke Jr. was an American fighter ace, ranking second among U.S. Army Air Service pilots after Captain Eddie Rickenbacker in number of aerial victories during World War I . Frank Luke was the first airman to receive the Medal of Honor...
  
  , American World War I fighter ace
• "Bam" — C. S. Bamberger
  Cyril Stanley Bamberger
  Cyril Stanley 'Bam' Bamberger DFC* AE* was a Royal Air Force pilot who fought in the Battle of Britain, the Defence of Malta and the Korean War.- Early life :Bamberger was born in Hyde, Cheshire, and educated locally...
  
  , British RAF World War II pilot
• "Barron" — John Worrall
  John Worrall (pilot)
  Air Vice Marshal John "Barron" Worrall CB, DFC was a Royal Air Force pilot who, during the Second World War, led No. 32 Squadron in the Battle of Britain, flying the Hawker Hurricane.-Early years:...
  
  , British World War II RAF pilot
• "Beazle" - Hugh John Beazley
  Hugh John Beazley
  Wing Commander Hugh John Sherard "Beazle" Beazley, DFC was a famed World War II Royal Air Force fighter pilot.- Early life :...
  
  , Battle of Britain Pilot
• "Bee" - Roland Beamont
  Roland Beamont
  Wing Commander Roland Prosper "Bee" Beamont CBE, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar was a British fighter pilot and test pilot for the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, and the years that followed...
  
  , Battle of Britain Pilot
• "Bert" — Albert Houle, Canadian fighter ace
• "Beryl" - John Greer Boyle, Battle of Britain Pilot
• "Bing" — K. B. B. Cross
  Kenneth Cross
  Air Chief Marshal Sir Kenneth Brian Boyd Cross KCB CBE DSO DFC RAF , was a senior Royal Air Force commander. He was commonly known as Bing.-RAF career:...
  
  , British World War II RAF pilot
• "The Bish" - John Bislee, Battle of Britain Pilot
• "Black Swallow of Death" — Eugene Bullard
  Eugene Bullard
  Eugene Jacques Bullard was the first black military pilot and the only black pilot in World War I along with Ahmet Ali .-Early life:...
  
  , African-American World War I fighter pilot
• "Blackie" — David John Williams, Canadian fighter ace
• "The Black Devil" — Erich Hartmann
  Erich Hartmann
  Erich Alfred Hartmann , nicknamed "Bubi" by his comrades and "The Black Devil" by his Soviet enemies, was a German World War II fighter pilot and is the highest-scoring fighter ace in the history of aerial warfare...
  
  , German fighter ace
• "The Blond Knight Of Germany" — Erich Hartmann
  Erich Hartmann
  Erich Alfred Hartmann , nicknamed "Bubi" by his comrades and "The Black Devil" by his Soviet enemies, was a German World War II fighter pilot and is the highest-scoring fighter ace in the history of aerial warfare...
  
  , German fighter ace
• "Blondie" — Arnold Walker
  Arnold Walker (RAF officer)
  Arnold Edgar 'Blondie' Walker DFC & Bar was a British fighter pilot during World War II who flew 169 sorties, was shot down three times, and won the Distinguished Flying Cross twice.- Early life :...
  
  , British World War II RAF pilot
• "Bo" — Elwyn King
  Elwyn King
  Elwyn Roy King DSO, DFC was a fighter pilot and ace in the Australian Flying Corps during World War I. He scored twenty-six victories in aerial combat, making him the fourth highest-scoring Australian aviator of the war. King entered service as a Lighthorseman in 1915, before transferring to the...
  
  , Australian World War I fighter ace
• "Bobbi" — Evelyn Trout
  Bobbi Trout
  Evelyn "Bobbi" Trout was an early female aviator notable for her pioneering flying activities. Trout began her aviation career at the age of 16 however her first solo flight and solo certificate was only given on April 30, 1928. In the spring of 1928, Trout’s mother bought her an International K-6...
  
  , American aviatrix
• "Bomber" — Arthur Harris
  Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet
  Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur Travers Harris, 1st Baronet GCB OBE AFC , commonly known as "Bomber" Harris by the press, and often within the RAF as "Butcher" Harris, was Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of RAF Bomber Command during the latter half of World War...
  
  , British commander of RAF Bomber Command
  RAF Bomber Command
  RAF Bomber Command controlled the RAF's bomber forces from 1936 to 1968. During World War II the command destroyed a significant proportion of Nazi Germany's industries and many German cities, and in the 1960s stood at the peak of its postwar military power with the V bombers and a supplemental...
  
   (Air Chief Marshal) during World War II
• "Boom" — Hugh Trenchard, British World War I 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...
  
   general and founder of the Royal Air Force (for his loud voice)
• "Bubi" (German
  German language
  German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
  
  , "young boy", "kid") —
  • Erich Hartmann
    Erich Hartmann
    Erich Alfred Hartmann , nicknamed "Bubi" by his comrades and "The Black Devil" by his Soviet enemies, was a German World War II fighter pilot and is the highest-scoring fighter ace in the history of aerial warfare...
    
    , German fighter ace
  • Alfred Schreiber
    Alfred Schreiber
    Alfred Schreiber , nicknamed "Bubi", was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace. He is noted for claiming the first aerial victory by a jet fighter in aviation history. He was born in Keplachowitz....
    
    , German first jet
    Fighter aircraft
    A fighter aircraft is a military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat with other aircraft, as opposed to a bomber, which is designed primarily to attack ground targets...
    
     ace
• "Buck"
  • Robert McNair, Canadian fighter ace
  • Lionel Casson, Battle of Britain Pilot
• "Bud"
  • Harold W. Bowker, Canadian fighter ace
  • George E. Day
    Bud Day
    George Everette "Bud" Day is a retired U.S. Air Force Colonel and Command Pilot who served during the Vietnam War, to include five years and seven months as a Prisoner of War in North Vietnam. He is often cited as being the most decorated U.S. service member since General Douglas MacArthur, having...
    
    , American POW
• "Bugs" - John Keating, Battle of Britain Pilot
• "Bunny" - Christopher Currant
  Bunny Currant
  Wing Commander Christopher Frederick "Bunny" Currant, DSO, DFC & Bar was a British fighter ace in the Second World War.-Early life and enlistment in the RAF:Currant was born on 14 December 1911 in Luton, Bedfordshire...
  
  
• "Butch" —
  • Henry Baker, Battle of Britain Pilot
  • Robert Barton, Canadian fighter ace and Battle of Britain Pilot
  • Arthur T. Harris
    Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet
    Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur Travers Harris, 1st Baronet GCB OBE AFC , commonly known as "Bomber" Harris by the press, and often within the RAF as "Butcher" Harris, was Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of RAF Bomber Command during the latter half of World War...
    
    , British commander of RAF Bomber Command
    RAF Bomber Command
    RAF Bomber Command controlled the RAF's bomber forces from 1936 to 1968. During World War II the command destroyed a significant proportion of Nazi Germany's industries and many German cities, and in the 1960s stood at the peak of its postwar military power with the V bombers and a supplemental...
    
     (Air Chief Marshal) during World War II (from "butcher"; affectionately given by his men)
  • Edward O'Hare
    Edward O'Hare
    Lieutenant Commander Edward Henry “Butch” O’Hare was an Irish-American naval aviator of the United States Navy who on February 20, 1942 became the U.S. Navy's first flying ace and Medal of Honor recipient in World War II. Butch O’Hare’s final action took place on the night of November 26, 1943,...
    
    , American WWII fighter ace and Medal of Honor
    Medal of Honor
    The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. It is bestowed by the President, in the name of Congress, upon members of the United States Armed Forces who distinguish themselves through "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his or her...
    
     recipient
• "Butcher" — Arthur T. Harris
  Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet
  Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur Travers Harris, 1st Baronet GCB OBE AFC , commonly known as "Bomber" Harris by the press, and often within the RAF as "Butcher" Harris, was Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of RAF Bomber Command during the latter half of World War...
  
  , British commander of RAF Bomber Command
  RAF Bomber Command
  RAF Bomber Command controlled the RAF's bomber forces from 1936 to 1968. During World War II the command destroyed a significant proportion of Nazi Germany's industries and many German cities, and in the 1960s stood at the peak of its postwar military power with the V bombers and a supplemental...
  
   (Air Chief Marshal) during World War II
• "Buzz" —
  • Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr.
    Buzz Aldrin
    Buzz Aldrin is an American mechanical engineer, retired United States Air Force pilot and astronaut who was the Lunar Module pilot on Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing in history...
    
    , American aviator, best known as an astronaut and the second man on the Moon
  • George Beurling
    George Beurling
    George Frederick "Buzz" Beurling DSO, DFC, DFM & Bar, RCAF , was the most successful Canadian fighter pilot of the Second World War....
    
    , Canadian RAF fighter ace (a nickname he never acknowledged)

C

• "Cats Eyes" - John Cunningham
  John Cunningham (RAF officer)
  Group Captain John "Cat's Eyes" Cunningham CBE, DSO & Two Bars, DFC & Bar, , was a British Royal Air Force night fighter ace during World War II and a test pilot, both before and after the war...
  
  , Battle of Britain Pilot

• "Chappie" — Daniel James, Jr., American Air Force general^{http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/photos/index.asp?galleryID=529&page=214}

• "Cobber" — Edgar J. Kain
  Cobber Kain
  Edgar James Kain DFC was a New Zealand fighter pilot. Nicknamed "Cobber", Flying Officer Kain was the first RAF air ace of the Second World War, and also the first recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross in the Second World War. During the Battle of France in 1940, he scored 17 confirmed kills...
  
  , World War II RAF fighter ace
  Fighter Ace
  Fighter Ace was a massively multiplayer online computer game in which one flies World War II fighter and bomber planes in combat against other players and virtual pilots...
  
  

• "Cockney Sparrow" - John Ellis, Battle of Britain Pilot

• "Cocky" — Hugh Dundas
  Hugh Dundas
  Sir Hugh Spencer Lisle Dundas CBE DSO and Bar DFC, , nicknamed "Cocky", was a World War II fighter pilot in the Royal Air Force. He was Promoted to Squadron Leader at the age of 21, to Wing Commander at 22. In 1944, Dundas was awarded the DSO and at 24 became one of the youngest Group Captains in...
  
  , British World War II RAF fighter ace
  Fighter Ace
  Fighter Ace was a massively multiplayer online computer game in which one flies World War II fighter and bomber planes in combat against other players and virtual pilots...
  
  

• "Cowboy" - Howard Peter Blatchford, Battle of Britain Pilot

• "Crow" - Denis Crowley-Milling
  Denis Crowley-Milling
  Air Marshal Sir Denis Crowley-Milling KCB, CBE, DSO, DFC & Bar, AE was a Second World War fighter pilot and later an air officer in the Royal Air Force.-Second World War:...
  
  , Battle of Britain Pilot

• "Cyclone" — Emmett S. Davis, American World War II Army Air Force officer

D

• "Darkie" — Herbert Hallowes, Battle of Britain Pilot
• "Dizzy" — H. R. Allen, British Air Force fighter ace
• "Dog's Body" — Douglas Bader
  Douglas Bader
  Group Captain Sir Douglas Robert Steuart Bader CBE, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar, FRAeS, DL was a Royal Air Force fighter ace during the Second World War. He was credited with 20 aerial victories, four shared victories, six probables, one shared probable and 11 enemy aircraft damaged.Bader joined the...
  
  , RAF fighter ace
• "Dolfo" — Adolf Galland
  Adolf Galland
  Adolf "Dolfo" Joseph Ferdinand Galland was a German Luftwaffe General and flying ace who served throughout World War II in Europe. He flew 705 combat missions, and fought on the Western and the Defence of the Reich fronts...
  
  , German fighter ace

F

• "Fish" — Herman Salmon
  Herman Salmon
  Herman R. Salmon , nicknamed "Fish", was a barnstormer, air racer, and test pilot for the Lockheed Corporation. He started work at Lockheed in 1940 ferrying Hudsons to Montreal for the Royal Air Force...
  
  , American
  United States
  The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
  
   test pilot
  Test pilot
  A test pilot is an aviator who flies new and modified aircraft in specific maneuvers, known as flight test techniques or FTTs, allowing the results to be measured and the design to be evaluated....
  
  

• "Flying Knight of the Northland" — Clennell H. Dickins
  Punch Dickins
  Clennell Haggerston "Punch" Dickins OC, OBE, DFC was a pioneering Canadian aviator and bush pilot. Northern Indians called him "Snow Eagle;" northern whites called him "White Eagle;" while the press dubbed him the "Flying Knight of the Northland."-Early years:Clennell Haggerston Dickins was born...
  
  , Canadian pioneer bush pilot

• "Foo" - Flt Lt Kinnell, RAF helicopter pilot

G

• "Gabby" — Francis Gabreski, American Army Air Force fighter ace
  Fighter Ace
  Fighter Ace was a massively multiplayer online computer game in which one flies World War II fighter and bomber planes in combat against other players and virtual pilots...
  
  

• "Gilly" - John Gilders, Battle of Britain Pilot

• "Ginger" — James Lacey
  James Harry Lacey
  Squadron Leader James Harry "Ginger" Lacey DFM & Bar was one of the top scoring Royal Air Force fighter pilots of the Second World War and was the second highest scoring British RAF fighter pilot of the Battle of Britain, behind P/O Eric Lock of No. 41 Squadron RAF...
  
  , British fighter ace

H

• "Hamish" - Claud Hamilton, Battle of Britain Pilot

• "Hap" — Henry H. Arnold
  Henry H. Arnold
  Henry Harley "Hap" Arnold was an American general officer holding the grades of General of the Army and later General of the Air Force. Arnold was an aviation pioneer, Chief of the Air Corps , Commanding General of the U.S...
  
  , American general

• "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

• "Hogey" — Peter Carmichael
  Peter Carmichael
  Commander Peter Carmichael , nicknamed "Hoagy", was a combat pilot with the Royal Navy during and after the Second World War...
  
  , British fighter pilot

J

• "Jimmy" — John S. Thach
  John Thach
  John Smith "Jimmy" Thach was a World War II naval aviator, air combat tactician, and United States Navy admiral. Thach developed the Thach Weave, a combat flight formation that could counter enemy fighters of superior performance, and later the big blue blanket, an aerial defense against Kamikaze...
  
  , American Navy fighter ace
  Fighter Ace
  Fighter Ace was a massively multiplayer online computer game in which one flies World War II fighter and bomber planes in combat against other players and virtual pilots...
  
  

• "Johnnie" — James E. Johnson
  Johnnie Johnson
  Johnnie Johnson may refer to:*Johnnie Johnson *Johnnie Johnson *Johnnie Johnson See also:*Johnny Johnson *John Johnson...
  
  , British RAF fighter ace

• "Johnny" — W. E. P. Johnson
  Johnny Johnson
  Johnny Johnson may refer to:* Johnnie Johnson , RAF pilot* Johnny Johnson , Major League pitcher* Johnny Johnson , American football player* Johnny Johnson , a musical by Kurt Weill...
  
  , British RAF flight instructor

• "Jumbo" - Edward Gracie, Battle of Britain Pilot

K

• "Killer" — Clive Caldwell
  Clive Caldwell
  Group Captain Clive Robertson Caldwell DSO, DFC & Bar was the leading Australian air ace of World War II. He is officially credited with shooting down 28.5 enemy aircraft in over 300 operational sorties. In addition to his official score, he has been ascribed six probables and 15 damaged...
  
  , Australian flying ace
  Flying ace
  A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down several enemy aircraft during aerial combat. The actual number of aerial victories required to officially qualify as an "ace" has varied, but is usually considered to be five or more...
  
  

• "Killy" - John Kilmartin, Battle of Britain Pilot

• "Kinch" — Iven Kincheloe
  Iven Carl Kincheloe, Jr.
  Iven Carl "Kinch" Kincheloe, Jr. was an American test pilot, recipient of the Silver Star and Distinguished Flying Cross, and an ace in the Korean War.-Early life:...
  
  , American
  United States
  The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
  
   test pilot
  Test pilot
  A test pilot is an aviator who flies new and modified aircraft in specific maneuvers, known as flight test techniques or FTTs, allowing the results to be measured and the design to be evaluated....
  
  

L

• "Lock" — Ormer Locklear
  Ormer Locklear
  Ormer Leslie "Lock" Locklear was an American daredevil stunt pilot and film actor during and immediately after World War I.-Early life and career:...
  
  , American
  United States
  The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
  
   stunt pilot

• "Lofty" - Russel Hamer, Battle of Britain Pilot

M

• "The Mad Major" — Christopher Draper
  Christopher Draper
  Squadron Commander Christoper Draper, DSC Croix de guerre , was an English flying ace of World War I. His penchant for flying under bridges earned him the nickname "the Mad Major." After the war he became a film star through his work both as a stunt pilot and as an actor...
  
  , British World War I fighter ace

• "Mick" — Edward Mannock
  Edward Mannock
  Major Edward Corringham "Mick" Mannock VC, DSO and Two Bars, MC & Bar was a British First World War flying ace. Mannock was probably born in Ireland, though of English and Scottish parentage....
  
  , 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
  Gordon Cleaver
  Squadron Leader Gordon Neil Spencer 'Mouse' Cleaver, DFC RAF was a World War II Royal Air Force fighter pilot during the Battle of Britain. Cleaver was scored a total of 7 kills during the Second World War, but is best remembered for the role he played in developing artificial lenses to restore...
  
  , Battle of Britain Pilot

• "Mutt" — Joseph Summers
  Joseph Summers
  Captain Joseph "Mutt" Summers, CBE , was chief test pilot at Vickers-Armstrongs and Supermarine.During his career Summers flew numerous prototype aircraft , from the Supermarine Spitfire, to the Vickers Valiant...
  
  , British test pilot
  Test pilot
  A test pilot is an aviator who flies new and modified aircraft in specific maneuvers, known as flight test techniques or FTTs, allowing the results to be measured and the design to be evaluated....
  
  

O

• "Obi Two" - Colin McGregor, RAF Tornado Pilot, also brother of actor Ewan McGregor
  Ewan McGregor
  Ewan Gordon McGregor is a Scottish actor. He has had success in mainstream, indie, and art house films. McGregor is perhaps best known for his roles as heroin addict Mark Renton in the drama Trainspotting , young Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars prequel trilogy , and poet Christian in the...
  
   who played the character Obi-Wan Kenobi
  Obi-Wan Kenobi
  Obi-Wan Kenobi is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe. He is one of several primary characters in the Star Wars series. Along with Darth Vader, R2-D2, and C-3PO, he is one of the few major characters to appear in all six Star Wars films...
  
   in the Star Wars
  Star Wars
  Star Wars is an American epic space opera film series created by George Lucas. The first film in the series was originally released on May 25, 1977, under the title Star Wars, by 20th Century Fox, and became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon, followed by two sequels, released at three-year...
  
   franchise.

• "OV" - Owen Burns, Battle of Britain Pilot

P

• "Paddy"
  • Hubert Adair
    Hubert Adair
    Sergeant Hubert Hastings "Paddy" Adair was a World War II Royal Air Force pilot during the Battle of Britain.Adair was born in Norwich in 1917, the son of Robert and Elizabeth Adair, and was educated at the City of Norwich School....
    
    , Battle of Britain pilot
  • Brendan Finucane, Irish World War II RAF fighter ace
  • W. H. Harbison
    William Harbison
    -Post-Korean War:After completing his tour in Korea, Harbison was once again flying the F-86 as commander of No. 67 Squadron of the RAF Second Tactical Air Force at RAF Wildenrath in West Germany. In 1956, he returned home to attend the Army Staff College at Camberley, Surrey...
    
    , British RAF officer
• "Pancho" — Florence L. Lowe
  Pancho Barnes
  Florence Lowe "Pancho" Barnes was a pioneer aviator, the founder of the first test pilots union and the owner of the Happy Bottom Riding Club, a bar and restaurant. She broke Amelia Earhart's air speed record in 1930...
  
  , American pioneer aviatrix
• "Pappy" —
  • Greg Boyington, American World War II U.S. Marine Corps fighter ace
  • Paul Gunn
    Paul Gunn
    Colonel Paul I. "Pappy" Gunn was a former U.S.naval aviator known most for his actions in the Second World War as an officer in the United States Army Air Forces...
    
    , American World War II Army Air Force bomber pilot
  • Charles Yankey, co-founder of Mooney
    Mooney Airplane Company
    The Mooney Aviation Company, Inc. is a U.S. manufacturer of single-engined general aviation aircraft. Mooney has been a leader in civil aviation even though the company has gone bankrupt and changed ownership several times...
    
    
• "Pete" — Marc Mitscher
  Marc Mitscher
  Admiral Marc Andrew "Pete" Mitscher was an admiral in the United States Navy who served as commander of the Fast Carrier Task Force in the Pacific in the latter half of World War II.-Early life and career:...
  
  , American World War II
  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...
  
   carrier
  Aircraft carrier
  An aircraft carrier is a warship designed with a primary mission of deploying and recovering aircraft, acting as a seagoing airbase. Aircraft carriers thus allow a naval force to project air power worldwide without having to depend on local bases for staging aircraft operations...
  
    admiral
• "Petit Rouge" — Manfred von Richthofen
  Manfred von Richthofen
  Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen , also widely known as the Red Baron, was a German fighter pilot with the Imperial German Army Air Service during World War I...
  
  , 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
  Punch Dickins
  Clennell Haggerston "Punch" Dickins OC, OBE, DFC was a pioneering Canadian aviator and bush pilot. Northern Indians called him "Snow Eagle;" northern whites called him "White Eagle;" while the press dubbed him the "Flying Knight of the Northland."-Early years:Clennell Haggerston Dickins was born...
  
  , Canadian pioneer bush pilot
• "Pyker" — Jean Offenberg, Battle of Britain pilot

R

• "Randy" - George Goodman, Battle of Britain Pilot

• "Ratsy" — George Preddy
  George Preddy
  George Preddy was an American ace credited with 26.83 enemy air-to-air kills, ranking him as the top P-51 Mustang ace of World War II and sixth on the list of all-time highest scoring American aces....
  
  , top P-51 Mustang ace with 26.83 aerial victories

• "Red" — Eugene Tobin
  Eugene Tobin
  Eugene Quimby "Red" Tobin was an American pilot who flew for the Royal Air Force during the Battle of Britain.-Early life:Born in Los Angeles, California, the son of I. Quimby Tobin and Mary Alicia Tobin. Tobin initially came to Europe to fight Finland against Russia, but too late for that war...
  
  , American who flew with the RAF during the Battle of Britain

• "The Red Baron" (German
  German language
  German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
  
  , der Rote Baron) — Manfred von Richthofen
  Manfred von Richthofen
  Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen , also widely known as the Red Baron, was a German fighter pilot with the Imperial German Army Air Service during World War I...
  
  , German fighter ace
  Fighter Ace
  Fighter Ace was a massively multiplayer online computer game in which one flies World War II fighter and bomber planes in combat against other players and virtual pilots...
  
  

• "The Red Battle-flyer" (German: der rote Kampfflieger) — Manfred von Richthofen
  Manfred von Richthofen
  Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen , also widely known as the Red Baron, was a German fighter pilot with the Imperial German Army Air Service during World War I...
  
  , German fighter ace
  Fighter Ace
  Fighter Ace was a massively multiplayer online computer game in which one flies World War II fighter and bomber planes in combat against other players and virtual pilots...
  
  

• "The Red Knight" — Manfred von Richthofen
  Manfred von Richthofen
  Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen , also widely known as the Red Baron, was a German fighter pilot with the Imperial German Army Air Service during World War I...
  
  , German fighter ace

• "Reeste" — Heinz Bär, German fighter ace

• "Robin" - Hilary Hood, Battle of Britain Pilot

S

• "Sailor" — Adolph Malan, South African Air Force fighter ace
• "Sandy" - Brian Lane, Battle of Britain pilot
• "Shagger" — J. E. Johnston, British World War II RAF pilot
• "Sheep" - George Gilroy, Battle of Britain pilot
• "Shorty" — Vernon Keogh
  Vernon Keogh
  Vernon Charles "Shorty" Keogh was an American pilot who flew for the Royal Air Force during the Battle of Britain.-Biography:Born in Brooklyn, New York around 1912, Keogh had earned a civil pilots licence in America and was also a professional parachute jumper with over 500 jumps, performing at...
  
  , American who flew with the RAF during the Battle of Britain, so-named for diminuitive height
• "Skeets" - Alfred Oglivie, Battle of Britain Pilot
• "Skip" — Jean Ziegler, American test pilot on X-1 program
• "Slew"" — John S. McCain, Sr.
  John S. McCain, Sr.
  John Sidney "Slew" McCain Sr. was a U.S. Navy admiral. He held several command assignments during the Pacific campaign of World War II....
  
  , American naval aviator and chief of BuAer
  Bureau of Aeronautics
  The Bureau of Aeronautics was the U.S. Navy's material-support organization for Naval Aviation from 1921 to 1959. The bureau had "cognizance" for the design, procurement, and support of Naval aircraft and related systems...
  
  
• "Snow Eagle" — Clennell H. Dickins
  Punch Dickins
  Clennell Haggerston "Punch" Dickins OC, OBE, DFC was a pioneering Canadian aviator and bush pilot. Northern Indians called him "Snow Eagle;" northern whites called him "White Eagle;" while the press dubbed him the "Flying Knight of the Northland."-Early years:Clennell Haggerston Dickins was born...
  
  , Canadian pioneer bush pilot
• "Spanky" — George Roberts
  George Roberts
  George Roberts may refer to:*George Roberts , American trombonist*George Brooke Roberts , civil engineer*George E. Roberts , Director of the U.S. Mint*George Henry Roberts , British Labour MP, Minister of Labour...
  
  , American commander of the 99th Fighter Squadron (Tuskegee Airmen
  Tuskegee Airmen
  The Tuskegee Airmen is the popular name of a group of African American pilots who fought in World War II. Formally, they were the 332nd Fighter Group and the 477th Bombardment Group of the U.S. Army Air Corps....
  
  )
• "Spig" — Frank W. Wead
  Frank Wead
  Frank Wilbur "Spig" Wead was a U.S. Navy aviator turned screenwriter who helped promote United States Naval aviation from its inception through World War II.-Military service:A 1916 graduate of the United States Naval Academy, Wead began to promote Naval Aviation after World War...
  
  , U.S. Navy aviator and screenwriter
• "Spud" - James Hayter, Battle of Britain Pilot
• "Spuds" — Theodore Ellyson
  Theodore Gordon Ellyson
  Theodore Gordon Ellyson, USN , nicknamed "Spuds", was the first United States Navy officer designated as an aviator . Ellyson served in the experimental development of aviation in the years before and after World War I. He also spent several years before the war as part of the Navy's new...
  
  , pioneer U.S. Navy aviator
• "Stan" — Roderic Dallas
  Roderic Dallas
  Roderic Stanley Dallas DSO, DSC & Bar was an Australian fighter ace of World War I. His score of aerial victories is generally regarded as the second-highest by an Australian, after Robert Little; however there is considerable dispute over Dallas's exact total...
  
  , top Australian fighter ace of World War I
• "Stapme" — Gerald Stapleton
  Gerald Stapleton
  Squadron Leader Basil Gerald "Stapme" Stapleton DFC was a Royal Air Force officer and fighter ace who flew Spitfires and Typhoons during World War II. He preferred the name Gerald and was nicknamed 'Stapme' after a phrase used in his favourite cartoon strip Just Jake published in The Daily Mirror...
  
  , British Battle of Britain pilot
• "Sticks" - William Gregory, Battle of Britain pilot
• "Sticky" - Norman Glew, Battle of Britain pilot
• "Stuffy" — Hugh C. T. Dowding
  Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding
  Air Chief Marshal Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding GCB, GCVO, CMG was a British officer in the Royal Air Force...
  
  , British commander of RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain
• "Sawn Off Locky" - Eric Lock
  Eric Lock
  Flight Lieutenant Eric Stanley Lock DSO, DFC & Bar was a fighter ace of the Royal Air Force during World War II. Lock became the RAF's most successful British-born pilot during the Battle of Britain, shooting down 16.5 German aircraft...
  
  , Battle of Britain pilot

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• "Taffy" - Fredrick Higginson, Battle of Britain Pilot

• "Tage" - Dennis Lockhart, Battle of Britain Pilot

• "Tex" — David L. Hill, American fighter pilot

• "Tiger Tim" - Fredrick Eley, Battle of Britain Pilot

• "Tim" - John Francis Elkington, Battle of Britain Pilot

• "Titch" - George Pallister, Battle of Britain Pilot

• "Tubby" - Herbert Mermegan, Battle of Britain Pilot

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• "Uncle Wiggly Wings" — Gail S. Halvorsen
  Gail Halvorsen
  Colonel Gail Halvorsen is a retired career officer and command pilot in the United States Air Force known as the original Candy Bomber or the "Rosinenbomber" in Germany. He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah...
  
  , American Air Force officer ^{http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/photos/index.asp?galleryID=529&page=209}

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• "Wop" — Wilfrid R. May
  Wop May
  Captain Wilfrid Reid "Wop" May, OBE, DFC , was a First World War flying ace and a pioneering aviator who created the role of the bush pilot while working the Canadian west....
  
  , Canadian pioneer bush pilot

• "White Eagle" — Clennell H. Dickins
  Punch Dickins
  Clennell Haggerston "Punch" Dickins OC, OBE, DFC was a pioneering Canadian aviator and bush pilot. Northern Indians called him "Snow Eagle;" northern whites called him "White Eagle;" while the press dubbed him the "Flying Knight of the Northland."-Early years:Clennell Haggerston Dickins was born...
  
  , Canadian pioneer bush pilot

• "Winkle" — Eric Brown, British naval aviator
  Naval Aviator
  A United States Naval Aviator is a qualified pilot in the United States Navy, Marine Corps or Coast Guard.-Naming Conventions:Most Naval Aviators are Unrestricted Line Officers; however, a small number of Limited Duty Officers and Chief Warrant Officers are also trained as Naval Aviators.Until 1981...
  
   and test pilot
  Test pilot
  A test pilot is an aviator who flies new and modified aircraft in specific maneuvers, known as flight test techniques or FTTs, allowing the results to be measured and the design to be evaluated....
  
  

• "Wrong Way" — Douglas Corrigan
  Douglas Corrigan
  Douglas Corrigan was an American aviator born in Galveston, Texas. He was nicknamed "Wrong Way" in 1938. After a transcontinental flight from Long Beach, California, to New York, he flew from Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York, to Ireland, though his flight plan was filed to return to Long...
  
  , American
  United States
  The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
  
   aviator (from having to lie to Civil Aeronautics Board to fly the Atlantic)

See also

• Nickname
  Nickname
  A nickname is "a usually familiar or humorous but sometimes pointed or cruel name given to a person or place, as a supposedly appropriate replacement for or addition to the proper name.", or a name similar in origin and pronunciation from the original name....
  
  
• List of athletes by nickname
• List of basketball nicknames
• List of hockey nicknames
• List of nicknames of European Royalty and Nobility
• List of nicknames of historical personages
• List of criminals by nickname
• List of monarchs by nickname
• List of military figures by nickname
• List of nicknames of United States presidents