Captain George Edward Henry McElroy MC & Two Bars, DFC & Bar (14 May 1893 – 31 July 1918) was a leading Irish fighter pilot of the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force during World War I.

[2] He was serving as a corporal in the Motor Cyclist Section of the Royal Engineers when he was first commissioned as a second lieutenant on 9 May 1915.

[4] While serving in the Royal Irish Regiment[2] he was severely affected by mustard gas and was sent home to recuperate.

McElroy refused to fire upon his fellow Irishmen, and was transferred to a southerly garrison away from home.

His run of success was threatened on the 20th by a vibrating engine that entailed breaking off an attack on a German two seater and a rough emergency landing that left him with scratches and bruises.

Ironically, on that same day, "McIrish" McElroy received the second Bar to his Military Cross.

[citation needed] McElroy's continued apparent disregard for his own safety when flying and fighting could have only one end.

McElroy would receive the Distinguished Flying Cross posthumously on 3 August, citing his shooting down 35 aeroplanes and three observation balloons.

[16] McElroy is interred in Plot I.C.1 at the Laventie Military Cemetery in La Gorgue, northern France.