Air Service, United States Army Captain Henry Robinson Clay, Jr. was a World War I flying ace credited with eight confirmed aerial victories.

[1] Though born in Plattsburg, Missouri on 27 November 1895, Clay later lived in Fort Worth, Texas.

[2] He was one of the first contingent of American fliers shipped to England to gain seasoning with the Royal Flying Corps.

He scored eight times between 16 August and 27 September 1918; on the latter date, he shared in the destruction of a Halberstadt reconnaissance plane with Elliott White Springs.

In total, Clay destroyed five Fokker D.VIIs, and drove another down out of control; he shared in the destruction of two German reconnaissance planes.