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| 1916, April |
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| Battle of Verdun, including heavy air fighting between Germans and French. The French, with the Nieuport 3 and the Spad 3, succeeded in securing mastery of the air. Great French fighters were René Fonck and George Guynemer (d. Sept. 1917). | 1 |
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| July |
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| Battle of the Somme. The British, with the new De Havilland and Farman Experimental planes, definitely put an end to German Fokker supremacy. Great British fighters: Albert Ball (d. May 7, 1917), J. T. B. McCudden (d. July 1918), W. A. Bishop, and Edward Mannock (d. July 1918). | 2 |
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| Sept |
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| The Germans introduced the Albatross and Halberstadt planes and developed formation flying. This reestablished something like a balance on the British front, though the British had a distinct superiority in numbers and continued to take the offensive. | 3 |
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| Nov. 28 |
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| First German airplane raid on London. There were a great many of these in the course of 1917–18, first by daylight, then by night. There was a considerable loss of life and property, but the raids do not appear to have achieved any marked strategic results. | 4 |
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