Did Great War pilots receive pensions after the war?

[Maureen Dig Aire]

Did pilots, especially French or British pilots, receive any sort of pension or other compensation from the respective governments after the war? What if a pilot was taken prisoner? What about pilots who had been wouned and discharged because of their wounds? And, what wounds might warrant a discharge?

[StephenLawson]

Only "regular army" commissioned officers received "pensions" in any armed service. Not even reserve officers were given pensions One of the duties that Douglas McArthur was given was to employ his cavalry troops against squatters that had swarmed Washington D.C. in the post war years. The squatters were former armed service members that had been promised pensions by congress but were later denied. Instead their own cavalry were ordered to run them out of town.

High scoring German ace Ltn. des. res. Josef Jacobs never received a pension for his service in WWI. (Also he also refused to become a Nazi in WWII and was branded an outlaw.) In his later years he worked for a mining concern.

[Dan_San_Abbott]

Gentlemen:
I believe awardee, or if killed in action, or his spouse, of the Congressional Medal of Honor should receive a pension of such proportion equal to his Valor, that would ensure the Medal holder or his wife and children would be most adequetely provided for, say $25,000,000.
Blue skies,
Dan-San

[Maureen Dig Aire]

Thank you StephenLawson, and Thank you Dan.

Sooooo...if a pilot joined the regular army before transferring to the air arm, he'd get a pension after the war IF he was a high-ranking officer? (How high is a high-rank?) Is that right? If he transferred from...say.....the foreign legion or even from an ambulance corps, he wouldn't get any sort of pension? Now, what if the pilot was a commanding officer of an air drome? What if an officer had been a POW? Any sort of pension for either or both of them? Now, I'm interested in the French Armee de l'air, here.

[Dan_San_Abbott]

QueenV1;
In the American Army, if you retired after 20 of service (minimum time) you would receive 50% of your pay fotr the highest grade or rank. After thirty years, 75 % of the highest grade held. or rank. for example if the highest rank held was a Captain as a war time rank temporary rank. After the war he reverted to his enlisted rank of Sergeant, and was a Master Sergeant at retirement, he would retire at 50% or 75% depending on length of service.
After WW2, there was a Master Sergeant I knew, who was wearing Command Pilots Wings. When the Korean war broke out, ( he was in active service) he was called out of the Reserves and order to report for duty, in which he was a Major General. One day it was Rusty and the next day it was Sir, would the General, like to have a beer?
Blue skies,
Dan-San