Ten.-Cel.-Av. Nero Moura: Commanding-Officer of the 1º GAVCA, flew 65 missions. His P-47D was finished in natural metal (since the beginning of the operations in Italy) and was marked with the code "1".
Maj.-Av. Oswaldo Pamplona Pinto: Operations-officer of the 1º GAVCA, flew 47 missions. He flew a P-47D in natural metal finish which was identified by the code "2".

Other officers who have flown combat missions with the 1º GAVCA were:

• Ten.-Cel.-Av. Nelson Freire Lavenère-Wanderley, FAB Liaison officer to the Allied forces in the Mediterranean Theatre of Operations, flew 13 missions.
• Maj.-Av. Marcilio Gibson Jacques, Commanding-Officer of the Ground Echelon of the 1º GAVCA, flew 2 missions.
• Cpt. John Buyers, USAAF liaison officer attached to the 1º GAVCA during the war; flew 21 missions.
• 1º-Ten.-Av. José Carlos de Miranda Correa, Intelligence officer of the 1º GAVCA, flew 8 missions.