Lieutenant Alfred Michael Koch MC was a Swiss-born Canadian flying ace credited with ten aerial victories.

[2] The younger Koch enlisted in the 19th Alberta Dragoons on 23 September 1914 at Valcartier, Canada, and was assigned regimental number 2077.

He listed a home address in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, his profession as law student, and claimed prior military experience.

He made the transition to fighter pilot and was posted to fly 70 Squadron's Sopwith Camels.

When his Military Cross citation was gazetted on 22 June 1918, it read: "...During ten days' operations he carried out eleven reconnaissances at low altitudes.