The subject has been brought up a couple of times - how tall were the Great War aviators? It seems many were below average height, MvR, Voss, Fonck, Ball- on and on. Now, for the other side of the coin.
For those of you who have the last issue of "Over the Front" check out page 31. A photo of American observers (and a pilot) serving as members of the French Squadron C46. We know from the article that Valentine Burger (who wrote the piece and is one of the men in the photograph) was 6'1'' . The man to the far right of the photo is one Horace A. Lake, nicknamed "tiny". Compare him with Burger. If he was not standing on a soap box or the Squadron mascot he had at least 5" and probably more on Burger. Which would have made him a minimum of six and half feet tall.
If I am not mistaken I believe
Cecil Lewis was 6'4". If Lake wasn't the tallest aviator of the war he was at least the tallest I am aware of.