Lieutenant (later Colonel) John Sharpe Griffith, DFC* (November 26, 1898 – October 14, 1974) was an American World War I flying ace credited with seven aerial victories while serving in the British Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, also serving during the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War.

He returned to service during World War II in the United States Army Air Forces, and finally retired in 1956.

Between 9 March and 7 July 1918, he destroyed five enemy aircraft, including one each shared with Art Duncan and George Hegarty.

On 18 July, he was shot down by anti-aircraft fire, his wounds ending his participation in the war.

[1][2] In 1919, while serving as part of the North Russian Expeditionary Force, Griffith flew 40 patrols in northern Russia against the Bolsheviks, shooting down one of their observation balloons.