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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" – 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"
  
  
  
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    Peter Mould, British Second World War fighter ace
  
  
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    Geoffrey Wellum, British Second World War fighter pilot ^[6]
    
  
  
  
  


• "Bubi" (German, "young boy", "kid")
  
  
  
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    Erich Hartmann, German fighter ace^[3]
    
  
  
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    Alfred Schreiber, German jet ace
  
  
  
  


• "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 Two


• "Butch"
  
  
  
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    Arthur T. Harris, British commander of RAF Bomber Command during World War II (from "butcher"; affectionately given by his men)
  
  
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    Edward O'Hare, American World War II 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)^[7]
  


• "Buzz"
  
  
  
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    Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., American aviator and astronaut
  
  
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    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^[8]
  


• "Chuck" – Charles E. 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

• "Demon of Rabaul" – Hiroyoshi Nishizawa, Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service fighter ace


• "Dizzy" – H. R. Allen, RAF fighter ace and author^[10]
  


• "Dogs" – John Dundas, RAF Battle of Britain fighter ace^[11]
  


• "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

E

• "The Eagle of Crimea" – Pavel V. Argeyev, Russian World War One flying ace
  

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^[12]
  


• "Flying Knight of the Northland" – Clennell H. Dickins, Canadian pioneer bush pilot
  

G

• "Gabby" – Francis Gabreski, American Army Air Force fighter ace
  


• "Ginger" – James Lacey, British fighter ace

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


• "Hogey" – Peter Carmichael, British fighter pilot


• "Hooter" – Steve Rainey, American test pilot^[13]
  


• "Hoppy" – Colin Hodgkinson, British fighter pilot

I

• "Igo" – Ignaz Etrich, Austrian aviator and aircraft builder


• "Illu" – Ilmari Juutilainen, top Finnish World War II fighter ace

J

• "Jack" – John Frost, South African Air Force 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^[14]
  


• "Johnnie" – James E. Johnson, British RAF fighter ace^[5]
  


• "Johnny" – George L. Johnson, British WW2 RAF bomber navigator

K

• "Kaos" – Art Nalls, American test pilot and air show pilot^[15]
  


• "Killer" – Clive Caldwell, Australian RAAF flying ace
  


• "Kinch" – Iven Kincheloe, American test pilot
  

L

• "Little Dragon" – Muhammad Mahmood Alam, Pakistani fighter ace


• "Lock" – Ormer Locklear, American stunt 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


• "Mouse" – Gordon Cleaver, Battle of Britain pilot


• "Mutt" – Joseph Summers, British test pilot
  

N

O

• "One Armed Mac" – James MacLachlan, a British World War 2 ace who flew with a prosthetic arm

P

• "Paddy"
  
  
  
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    Hubert Adair, Battle of Britain pilot
  
  
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    Brendan Finucane, Irish World War II RAF fighter ace
  
  
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    W. H. Harbison, British RAF officer
  
  
  
  


• "Pancho" – Florence L. Lowe, American pioneer aviator


• "Pappy"
  
  
  
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    Greg Boyington, American World War II U.S. Marine Corps fighter ace^[16]
    
  
  
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    Paul Gunn, American World War II Army Air Force bomber pilot
  
  
  
  


• "Pete"
  
  
  
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    Frank K. Everest, Jr., American test pilot
    
  
  
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    Marc Mitscher, American World War II carrier admiral
  
  
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    Elwood R. Queseda, American fighter ace
  
  
  
  


• "Petit Rouge" (French: Little Red) – Manfred von Richthofen, German fighter ace


• "Pick" - Percy Charles Pickard, well known in England during the Second World War, KIA during the Amiens prison raid
  


• "Pritzl" – Heinz Bär, German fighter ace, because of his affection for Pritzl candy bars.


• "Punch" – Clennell H. Dickins, Canadian pioneer bush pilot
  


• "Paambu" - snake,famous indian nick name for fast walkers

Q

R

• "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

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]
  


• "Shorty" – Vernon Keogh, American who flew with the RAF during the Battle of Britain (named for diminutive height)^[19]
  


• "The Silver Fox" – Robert L. Stephens, record-setting American test pilot^[20]
  


• "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
  


• "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^[17]
  


• "Sawn Off Locky" – Eric Lock, Battle of Britain pilot

T

• "Taffy" – Trafford Leigh-Mallory, Fighter Command Group commander during the Battle of Britain
  


• "Tex" – David L. Hill, American fighter 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

U

• "Uncle Wiggly Wings" – Gail S. Halvorsen, American Air Force officer^[21]
  

V

W

• "Wop" – Wilfrid R. May, Canadian pioneer bush pilot
  


• "Whitey" – Edward L. Feightner, American fighter ace and Blue Angels solo^[22]
  


• "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)

X

Y

Z

• "Zulu"
  
  
  
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    Albert Lewis, Battle of Britain pilot
  
  
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    George Lloyd World War I pilot
  
  
  
  

See also

• Nickname


• 
  Lists of nicknames – nickname list articles on Wikipedia

References