List of aviators by nickname
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- This is a list of aviators by nickname .
- Baker , British pilot and aircraft designer "The Balloon Buster" – Frank Luke , American World War I fighter ace "Bam" – C.
- ) – Erich Hartmann , German fighter ace "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.
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
- "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
- "Black Swallow of Death" – Eugene Bullard, African-American World War I fighter pilot
- "The Black Devil"(Russ.), "Bubi"(Ger.) – Erich Hartmann, German fighter ace
- "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
- "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)
- "Boy"
- Peter Mould, British Second World War fighter ace
- Geoffrey Wellum, British Second World Wa
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