List of aviators by nickname

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 War fighter pilot
 * "Bubi" (German, "young boy", "kid")
 * Erich Hartmann, German fighter ace
 * 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 II
 * "Butch"
 * Arthur T. Harris, British commander of RAF Bomber Command during World War II (from "butcher"; affectionately given by his men)
 * 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)
 * "Buzz"
 * Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., American aviator and astronaut
 * 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
 * "Chuck" – Charles Elwood 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
 * "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
 * "Dogs" – John Dundas, RAF Battle of Britain fighter ace
 * "Dogsbody" – Douglas Bader, RAF fighter ace (radio callsign while Wing Commander of Tangmere)
 * "Dolfo" – Adolf Galland, German fighter ace
 * "Dookie" – Jenna Dolan, first woman to fly the AV-8B Harrier II in combat
 * "Dutch" – Petrus Hugo, South African WW2 pilot

E

 * "The Eagle of Crimea" – Pavel V. Argeyev, Russian World War I 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
 * "Flotte Lotte" – Charlotte Möhring, German female pilot
 * "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
 * "Grumpy" - George Unwin, British fighter ace, Battle of Britain

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
 * "Hoagy" – Peter Carmichael, British fighter pilot
 * "Hooter" – Steve Rainey, American test pilot
 * "Hoppy" – Colin Hodgkinson, British fighter pilot
 * "Huss" – F. Hussain, IMA, Col, US Air Force Reserve

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
 * "Jake" – Leon Swirbul, co-founder of Grumman Aircraft
 * "JB" – James Brown, American test pilot
 * "Jimmy" – John S. Thach, American Navy fighter ace
 * "Johnnie" – James E. Johnson, British RAF fighter ace
 * "Johnny" – George L. Johnson, British WW2 RAF bomber navigator

K

 * "Kaos" – Art Nalls, American test pilot and air show pilot
 * "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
 * "Miketop" – Mike Tendino, test pilot

O

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

P

 * "Paddy"
 * Hubert Adair, Battle of Britain pilot
 * Brendan Finucane, Irish World War II RAF fighter ace
 * W. H. Harbison, British RAF officer
 * "Pancho" – Florence L. Lowe, American pioneer aviator
 * "Pappy"
 * Greg Boyington, American World War II U.S. Marine Corps fighter ace
 * Paul Gunn, American World War II Army Air Force bomber pilot
 * "Pete"
 * Frank K. Everest, Jr., American test pilot
 * Marc Mitscher, American World War II carrier admiral
 * Elwood R. Queseda, American fighter ace
 * "Petit Rouge" (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

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
 * “Raspy” - ‘’’Jack Gilardi’’’, Iceland fighter ace Battle of Queef

S

 * "Sailor" – Adolph Malan, South African RAF fighter ace
 * "Sandy" – Brian Lane, RAF Battle of Britain pilot, Squadron Leader and fighter ace
 * "Sexy Rexy" – Ola Mildred Rexroat, Women Airforce Service Pilot (WASP) aviator
 * "Shorty" – Vernon Keogh, American who flew with the RAF during the Battle of Britain (named for diminutive height)
 * "The Silver Fox" – Robert L. Stephens, record-setting American test pilot
 * "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
 * "Snort" – Dale Snodgrass, American naval aviator, demonstration pilot, and commander of Fighter Wing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet
 * "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
 * "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

W

 * "Wop" – Wilfrid R. May, Canadian pioneer bush pilot
 * "Whitey" – Edward L. Feightner, American fighter ace and Blue Angels solo
 * "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)

Z

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