The most remarkable Fighter Aces
However, we try to create the list of most remarkable fighter aces not solely based on kills, but also on fame, influence, and value the factor that it matters at what time one was active (WWI vs WWII).1. Erich "Bubi" Hartmann
Erich Hartmann is the most successful fighter pilot of all times - with 352 kills. A number that will never be surpassed. His nickname "Bubi" means "little boy" - and it's easy to find out why he was called like that. He was also called "The black devil". Hartmann flew a Messerschmitt Bf 109. Hartmann flew a total of 1404 missions and wasn't not only never shot down in this huge number of aerial battles, but he also never lost a wingman. He was active as a flight teacher for the West German Luftwaffe after the War. Later on, he became a civilian flight instructor. Here is the last interview with Erich "Bubi" Hartmann in 1993 - it shows what an interesting personality Hartmann had.2. The Red Baron

Manfred from Richthofen
3. Douglas Bader
The British fighter ace Douglas Bader might surprise you a bit so high up this list. What is so remarkable about Bader? After all, he has only 20 aerial kills, along with 4 shared, 11 damaged and a probable. But Bader lost his legs when he crashed a plane in his earlier aviation career, 8 years before WWII. And he achieved all this kills later on, despite having no legs, before the Germans shot him down and captured him in 1941. Luckily, he was so respected that the Germans asked for his prosthesis to be sent over from the UK4. Adolf Galland
German fighter ace Adolf Galland is not even in the top 30 list above. So why is he here? His achievement and battlefield bravery were so outstanding that he was promoted general after 104 aerial victories - and therefore banned from the flying service before he turned 30. Adolf Galland flew a total of 705 combat missions. As opposed to Erich Hartmann, Galland was shot done several times as he took a great risk. Galland was known for his fairness, he refused to shoot at pilots parachuting out of their planes once he hit them.5. Hans-Joachim Marseille

Fighter Ace Hans-Joachim Marseille
6. Chuck Yeager
The American Yeager was "Ace in a Day" - despite two of the planes actually had a mid-air collision after Yeager went into shooting position behind them. A total of 11.5 scores, this outstanding pilots kills include the first air-to-air victory over a jet fighter, a German Messerschmitt Me-262 (the first jet-to-jet kill was in the Korean War, by a MiG-15). But the main reason he is so famous is that he was the first human to break the sound barrier in 1947, in a Bell X-1. Yeager is still alive and recently broke the sound barrier again, in an F-15, to mark the 65th anniversary of the first supersonic flight.
7. Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer

Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer
8. Ernst Udet
Udet is the top German fighter Ace who survived WWI - with 62 confirmed victories. He was also the second highest overall ace - right after the Red Baron, Manfred von Richthofen. Udet flew together with the Red Baron in his famous "Flying Circus". After the War he was an aircraft manufacturer, playboy and stunt pilot before joining the Nazis in 1933. He had an important role in building up the Luftwaffe - but finally ended tragically with alcoholism and finally suicide, during WWII.9. René Fonck

Rene Fonck
10. Adolphe Pégoud

Adolphe Pégoud
11. Edward ‘Mick’ Mannock

Mick Mannock
12. James Doolittle

James H. Doolittle
13. Anatoly Kvochur
We already write a recent blog post about The Russian fighter pilot Anatoly Kvochur. Kvochur is widely recognized as one of the best Russian fighter pilots ever, and for his stunning airshow performances including incredible low-level flying. In 1989, he had to eject from his MiG-29 Fulcrum in Paris after a bird strike - steering the Fulcrum away from the crowd and getting off the plane just seconds before impact. That's heroism. Kvochur is currently the Deputy Chief of the Gromov Flight Research Institute - where MiGFlug offered flights in Su-27 Flanker, MiG-25 Foxbat and MiG-29 Fulcrum - see here.14. Robin Olds

Robin Olds
Who else should be on this list?
Now it is your turn - we presented outstanding fighter pilots - for different reasons. Which fighter pilot would you like to be included in this list? Please write in comments below - at the bottom of this post.Who had how many kills in WWII?
Below we have a list of all fighter aces from Second World War II. Name - Country - Air Force - WWII kills Erich "Bubi" Hartmann Germany Luftwaffe 352 Gerhard Barkhorn Germany Luftwaffe 301 Günther Rall Germany Luftwaffe 275 Otto Kittel Germany Luftwaffe 267 Walter "Nowi" Nowotny Germany Luftwaffe 258 Wilhelm Batz Germany Luftwaffe 237 Erich Rudorffer Germany Luftwaffe 222 Heinz Bär Germany Luftwaffe 220 Hermann Graf Germany Luftwaffe 212 Heinrich Ehrler Germany Luftwaffe 208 Theodor Weissenberger Germany Luftwaffe 208 Hans Philipp Germany Luftwaffe 206 Walter Schuck Germany Luftwaffe 206 Anton Hafner Germany Luftwaffe 204 Helmut Lipfert Germany Luftwaffe 203 Walter Krupinski Germany Luftwaffe 197 Anton Hackl Germany Luftwaffe 192 Joachim Brendel Germany Luftwaffe 189 Max Stotz Germany Luftwaffe 189 Joachim Kirschner Germany Luftwaffe 188 Kurt Brändle Germany Luftwaffe 180 Günther Josten Germany Luftwaffe 178 Johannes Steinhoff Germany Luftwaffe 176 Ernst-Wilhelm Reinert Germany Luftwaffe 174 Günther Schack Germany Luftwaffe 174 Emil Lang Germany Luftwaffe 173 Heinz Schmidt Germany Luftwaffe 173 Horst Ademeit Germany Luftwaffe 166 Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke Germany Luftwaffe 162 Hans-Joachim Marseille Germany Luftwaffe 158 Heinrich Sturm Germany Luftwaffe 158 Gerhard Thyben Germany Luftwaffe 157 Hans Beisswenger Germany Luftwaffe 152 Peter Düttmann Germany Luftwaffe 152 Gordon Gollob Germany Luftwaffe 150 Fritz Tegtmeier Germany Luftwaffe 146 Albin Wolf Germany Luftwaffe 144 Kurt Tanzer Germany Luftwaffe 143 Friedrich-Karl Müller Germany Luftwaffe 140 Karl Gratz Germany Luftwaffe 138 Heinrich Setz Germany Luftwaffe 138 Rudolf Trenkel Germany Luftwaffe 138 Franz Schall Germany Luftwaffe 137 Walter Wolfrum Germany Luftwaffe 137 Horst-Günther von Fassong Germany Luftwaffe 136 Otto Fönnekold Germany Luftwaffe 136 Karl-Heinz Weber Germany Luftwaffe 136 Joachim Müncheberg Germany Luftwaffe 135 Hans Waldmann Germany Luftwaffe 134 Alfred Grislawski Germany Luftwaffe 133 Johannes Wiese Germany Luftwaffe 133 Adolf Borchers Germany Luftwaffe 132 Adolf Dickfeld Germany Luftwaffe 132 Erwin Clausen Germany Luftwaffe 132 Wilhelm Lemke Germany Luftwaffe 131 Gerhard Hoffmann Germany Luftwaffe 130 Heinrich Sterr Germany Luftwaffe 130 Franz Eisenach Germany Luftwaffe 129 Walther Dahl Germany Luftwaffe 128 Franz Dörr Germany Luftwaffe 128 Rudolf Rademacher Germany Luftwaffe 126 Josef Zwernemann Germany Luftwaffe 126 Dietrich Hrabak Germany Luftwaffe 125 Wolf-Udo Ettel Germany Luftwaffe 124 Herbert Ihlefeld Germany Luftwaffe 123 Wolfgang Tonne Germany Luftwaffe 122 Heinz Marquardt Germany Luftwaffe 121 Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer Germany Luftwaffe 121 Robert Weiß Germany Luftwaffe 121 Friedrich Obleser Germany Luftwaffe 120 Friedrich Wachowiak Germany Luftwaffe 120 Erich Leie Germany Luftwaffe 118 Franz-Josef Beerenbrock Germany Luftwaffe 117 Hans-Joachim Birkner Germany Luftwaffe 117 Jakob Norz Germany Luftwaffe 117 Walter Oesau Germany Luftwaffe 117 Heinz Wernicke Germany Luftwaffe 117 August Lambert Germany Luftwaffe 116 Wilhelm Crinius Germany Luftwaffe 114 Werner Schröer Germany Luftwaffe 114 Hans Dammers Germany Luftwaffe 113 Berthold Korts Germany Luftwaffe 113 Kurt Bühligen Germany Luftwaffe 112 Helmut Lent Germany Luftwaffe 110 Kurt Ubben Germany Luftwaffe 110 Franz Woidich Germany Luftwaffe 110 Reinhard Seiler Germany Luftwaffe 109 Emil Bitsch Germany Luftwaffe 108 Hans Hahn Germany Luftwaffe 108 Bernhard Vechtel Germany Luftwaffe 108 Viktor Bauer Germany Luftwaffe 106 Werner Lucas Germany Luftwaffe 106 Günther Lützow Germany Luftwaffe 105 Adolf Galland Germany Luftwaffe 104 Eberhard von Boremski Germany Luftwaffe 104 Heinz Sachsenberg Germany Luftwaffe 104 Hartmann Grasser Germany Luftwaffe 103 Siegfried Freytag Germany Luftwaffe 102 Friedrich Geisshardt Germany Luftwaffe 102 Egon Mayer Germany Luftwaffe 102 Max-Hellmuth Ostermann Germany Luftwaffe 102 Josef Wurmheller Germany Luftwaffe 102 Herbert Rollwage Germany Luftwaffe 102 Werner Mölders Germany Luftwaffe 101 Rudolf Miethig Germany Luftwaffe 101 Josef Priller Germany Luftwaffe 101 Ulrich Wernitz Germany Luftwaffe 101 Paul-Heinrich Dähne Germany Luftwaffe 99 Leopold Steinbatz Germany Luftwaffe 99 Wolfgang Späte Germany Luftwaffe 99 Heinrich Bartels Germany Luftwaffe 99 Hans Schleef Germany Luftwaffe 99 Horst Hannig Germany Luftwaffe 98 Gustav Rödel Germany Luftwaffe 98 Helmut Rüffler Germany Luftwaffe 98 Helmut Mertens Germany Luftwaffe 97 Hermann Schleinhege Germany Luftwaffe 97 Diethelm von Eichel-Streiber Germany Luftwaffe 96 Heinrich Höfemeier Germany Luftwaffe 96 Siegfried Lemke Germany Luftwaffe 96 Leopold Münster Germany Luftwaffe 95 Ilmari Juutilainen Finland Finnish Air Force 94 Rudolf Müller Germany Luftwaffe 94 Rudolf Resch Germany Luftwaffe 93 Heinrich Klöpper Germany Luftwaffe 93 Helmut Bennemann Germany Luftwaffe 93 Edmund Roßmann Germany Luftwaffe 93 Siegfried Schnell Germany Luftwaffe 93 Gerhard Loos Germany Luftwaffe 92 Oskar Romm Germany Luftwaffe 92 Anton Resch Germany Luftwaffe 91 Georg Schentke Germany Luftwaffe 91 Heinz Kemethmüller Germany Luftwaffe 89 Josef Jennewein Germany Luftwaffe 86 Anton Mader Germany Luftwaffe 86 Ulrich Wöhnert Germany Luftwaffe 86 Gerhard Köppen Germany Luftwaffe 85 Walter Zellot Germany Luftwaffe 85 Heinz Ewald Germany Luftwaffe 84 Peter Kalden Germany Luftwaffe 84 Werner Quast Germany Luftwaffe 84 Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein Germany Luftwaffe 83 Otto Weßling Germany Luftwaffe 83 Hans Grünberg Germany Luftwaffe 82 Emil Darjes Germany Luftwaffe 82 Hans Götz Germany Luftwaffe 82 Helmut Missner Germany Luftwaffe 82 Franz Beyer Germany Luftwaffe 81 Hugo Broch Germany Luftwaffe 81 Willi Nemitz Germany Luftwaffe 81 Wilhelm Philipp Germany Luftwaffe 81 Rudolf Wagner Germany Luftwaffe 81 Tetsuzo Iwamoto Japan Imperial Japanese Navy 80 Herbert Bachnick Germany Luftwaffe 80 Otto Würfel Germany Luftwaffe 79 Georg-Peter Eder Germany Luftwaffe 78 Wolfgang Ewald Germany Luftwaffe 78 Heinrich Krafft Germany Luftwaffe 78 Max-Hermann Lücke Germany Luftwaffe 78 Johann-Hermann Meier Germany Luftwaffe 78 Karl-Gottfried Nordmann Germany Luftwaffe 78 Alexander Preinfalk Germany Luftwaffe 78 Hubertus von Bonin Germany Luftwaffe 77 Josef Haiböck Germany Luftwaffe 77 Walter Ohlrogge Germany Luftwaffe 77 Hans-Joachim Kroschinski Germany Luftwaffe 76 Maximilian Mayerl Germany Luftwaffe 76 Alfred Teumer Germany Luftwaffe 76 Edwin Thiel Germany Luftwaffe 76 Hans Wind Finland Finnish Air Force 75 Johannes Bunzek Germany Luftwaffe 75 Gustav Frielinghaus Germany Luftwaffe 75 Helmuth Grollmus Germany Luftwaffe 75 Johann Pichler Germany Luftwaffe 75 Hans Röhrig Germany Luftwaffe 75 Waldemar Semelka Germany Luftwaffe 75 Joachim Wandel Germany Luftwaffe 75 Otto Gaiser Germany Luftwaffe 74 Friedrich Haas Germany Luftwaffe 74 Karl-Heinz Meltzer Germany Luftwaffe 74 Wilhelm Herget Germany Luftwaffe 73 Anton Lindner Germany Luftwaffe 73 Gerhard Michalski Germany Luftwaffe 73 Otto Schultz Germany Luftwaffe 73 Shigeo Fukumoto Japan Imperial Japanese Navy 72 Klaus Mietusch Germany Luftwaffe 72 Wilhelm Mink Germany Luftwaffe 72 Karl Heinz Schnell Germany Luftwaffe 72 Hans Fuß Germany Luftwaffe 71 Adolf Glunz Germany Luftwaffe 71 Alfred Heckmann Germany Luftwaffe 71 Günther Scheel Germany Luftwaffe 71 Shoichi Sugita Japan Imperial Japanese Navy 70 Karl Hoffmann Germany Luftwaffe 70 Hermann-Friedrich Joppien Germany Luftwaffe 70 Heinz Lange Germany Luftwaffe 70 Rudi Linz Germany Luftwaffe 70 Emil Omert Germany Luftwaffe 70 Lutz-Wilhelm Burckhardt Germany Luftwaffe 69 Armin Köhler Germany Luftwaffe 69 Ernst Weismann Germany Luftwaffe 69 Eugen-Ludwig Zweigart Germany Luftwaffe 69 Kurt Dombacher Germany Luftwaffe 68 Walter Höckner Germany Luftwaffe 68 Herbert Huppertz Germany Luftwaffe 68 Heinrich Jung Germany Luftwaffe 68 Herbert Kaiser Germany Luftwaffe 68 Richard Leppla Germany Luftwaffe 68 Fritz Losigkeit Germany Luftwaffe 68 Günther Freiherr von Maltzahn Germany Luftwaffe 68 Hans Strelow Germany Luftwaffe 68 Ernst Süß Germany Luftwaffe 68 Otto Tange Germany Luftwaffe 68 Fritz Dinger Germany Luftwaffe 67 Herbert Findeisen Germany Luftwaffe 67 Karl Fuchs Germany Luftwaffe 67 Heinrich Füllgrabe Germany Luftwaffe 67 Karl Hammerl Germany Luftwaffe 67 Reinhold Hoffmann Germany Luftwaffe 67 Erbo Graf von Kageneck Germany Luftwaffe 67 Franz Schieß Germany Luftwaffe 67 Franz Schwaiger Germany Luftwaffe 67 Hubert Strassl Germany Luftwaffe 67 Erwin Fleig Germany Luftwaffe 66 Werner Streib Germany Luftwaffe 66 Berthold Graßmuck Germany Luftwaffe 65 Karl Kempf Germany Luftwaffe 65 Manfred Meurer Germany Luftwaffe 65 Lev Shestakov Soviet Union Soviet Air Force 65 Ivan Kozhedub Soviet Union Soviet Air Force 66 Bernd Gallowitsch Germany Luftwaffe 64 Jürgen Harder Germany Luftwaffe 64 Rolf Hermichen Germany Luftwaffe 64 Walter Lindner Germany Luftwaffe 64 Viktor Petermann Germany Luftwaffe 64 Erhard Peters Germany Luftwaffe 64 Günther Radusch Germany Luftwaffe 64 Heinz Rökker Germany Luftwaffe 64 Rudolf Schoenert Germany Luftwaffe 64 Franz Götz Germany Luftwaffe 63 Heinrich Hoffmann Germany Luftwaffe 63 Gerhard Homuth Germany Luftwaffe 63 Wilhelm Schilling Germany Luftwaffe 63 Hermann Staiger Germany Luftwaffe 63 Kurt Welter Germany Luftwaffe 63 Heino Cordes Germany Luftwaffe 62 Wilhelm Hübner Germany Luftwaffe 62 Helmut Neumann Germany Luftwaffe 62 Gerhard Beutin Germany Luftwaffe 60 Hans-Ekkehard Bob Germany Luftwaffe 60 Horst Carganico Germany Luftwaffe 60 Franz Czech Germany Luftwaffe 60 Alfred Franke Germany Luftwaffe 60 Franz Hrdlicka Germany Luftwaffe 60 Kurt Kelter Germany Luftwaffe 60 August Mors Germany Luftwaffe 60 Karl Munz Germany Luftwaffe 60 Alfred Rauch Germany Luftwaffe 60 Aleksandr Ivanovich Pokryshkin Soviet Union Soviet Air Force 59 Hans-Arnold Stahlschmidt Germany Luftwaffe 59 Walter Borchers Germany Luftwaffe 59 Franz Eckerle Germany Luftwaffe 59 Karl Steffen Germany Luftwaffe 59 Paul Zorner Germany Luftwaffe 59 Hermann Buchner Germany Luftwaffe 58 Martin Becker Germany Luftwaffe 58 Herbert Broennle Germany Luftwaffe 58 Siegfried Engfer Germany Luftwaffe 58 Herbert Friebel Germany Luftwaffe 58 Wilhelm Freuwörth Germany Luftwaffe 58 Gerhard Raht Germany Luftwaffe 58 Hannes Trautloft Germany Luftwaffe 58 Hiromichi Shinohara Japan Imperial Japanese Army 58 Grigoriy Andreevich Rechkalov Soviet Union Soviet Air Force 58 Nikolay Dmitrievich Gulayev Soviet Union Soviet Air Force 57 Heinrich-Wilhelm Ahnert Germany Luftwaffe 57 Konrad Bauer Germany Luftwaffe 57 Walter Brandt Germany Luftwaffe 57 Hugo Dahmer Germany Luftwaffe 57 Kurt Ebener Germany Luftwaffe 57 Adolf Kalkum Germany Luftwaffe 57 Herbert Puschmann Germany Luftwaffe 57 Johannes Seifert Germany Luftwaffe 57 Hermann Wolf Germany Luftwaffe 57 Constantin Cantacuzino Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 56 Manfred Eberwein Germany Luftwaffe 56 Gustav Francsi Germany Luftwaffe 56 Horst Haase Germany Luftwaffe 56 Heinz Hackler Germany Luftwaffe 56 Erich Hohagen Germany Luftwaffe 56 Helmuth Holtz Germany Luftwaffe 56 Eduard Isken Germany Luftwaffe 56 Kurt Knappe Germany Luftwaffe 56 Josef Kraft Germany Luftwaffe 56 Helmut Schönfelder Germany Luftwaffe 56 Günther Seeger Germany Luftwaffe 56 Heinz Strüning Germany Luftwaffe 56 Edmund Wagner Germany Luftwaffe 56 Helmut Wick Germany Luftwaffe 56 Eino Luukkanen Finland Finnish Air Force 56 Karl-Heinz Bendert Germany Luftwaffe 55 Wilhelm-Ferdinand Galland Germany Luftwaffe 55 Herbert Bareuther Germany Luftwaffe 55 Hans-Dieter Frank Germany Luftwaffe 55 Gabriel Tautscher Germany Luftwaffe 55 Takeo Okumura Japan Imperial Japanese Navy 54 Johann Badum Germany Luftwaffe 54 Hans Ehlers Germany Luftwaffe 54 August Geiger Germany Luftwaffe 54 Wilhelm Hauswirth Germany Luftwaffe 54 Heinz Leber Germany Luftwaffe 54 Siegfried Simsch Germany Luftwaffe 54 Heinz Vinke Germany Luftwaffe 54 Kirill A. Yevstigneyev Soviet Union Soviet Air Force 53 Albert Brunner Germany Luftwaffe 53 Heinz-Edgar Berres Germany Luftwaffe 53 Hans-Joachim Heyer Germany Luftwaffe 53 Willy Kientsch Germany Luftwaffe 53 Carl Sattig Germany Luftwaffe 53 Julius Meimberg Germany Luftwaffe 53 Franz Barten Germany Luftwaffe 52 Martin Drewes Germany Luftwaffe 52 Alfred Gross Germany Luftwaffe 52 Ludwig Häfner Germany Luftwaffe 52 Heinz Knoke Germany Luftwaffe 52 Rudolf Pflanz Germany Luftwaffe 52 Friedrich Rupp Germany Luftwaffe 52 Heinrich Wefers Germany Luftwaffe 52 Hermann Greiner Germany Luftwaffe 51 Werner Hoffmann Germany Luftwaffe 51 Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld Germany Luftwaffe 51 Fritz Lüddecke Germany Luftwaffe 51 Otto Schulz Germany Luftwaffe 51 Satoru Anabuki Japan Imperial Japanese Army 51 Yasuhiko Kuroe Japan Imperial Japanese Army 51 Dmitri Hlinka Soviet Union Soviet Air Force 50 Hans-Joachim Jabs Germany Luftwaffe 50 Emil Knittel Germany Luftwaffe 50 Frank Liesendahl Germany Luftwaffe 50 Herbert Lütje Germany Luftwaffe 50 Karl Willius Germany Luftwaffe 50 Heinz Arnold Germany Luftwaffe 49 Rudolf Ehrenberger Germany Luftwaffe 49 Reinhard Kollak Germany Luftwaffe 49 Klaus Quaet-Faslem Germany Luftwaffe 49 Richard Quante Germany Luftwaffe 49 Friedrich Beckh Germany Luftwaffe 48 Paul Gildner Germany Luftwaffe 48 Johannes Hager Germany Luftwaffe 47 Werner Stumpf Germany Luftwaffe 48 Franz Schwaiger Germany Luftwaffe 48 Heinz-Gerhard Vogt Germany Luftwaffe 48 Ernst-Georg Drünkler Germany Luftwaffe 47 Heinz Golinski Germany Luftwaffe 47 Eckhard Hübner Germany Luftwaffe 47 Herbert Kutscha Germany Luftwaffe 47 Erich Schmidt Germany Luftwaffe 47 Georg Seidel Germany Luftwaffe 47 Alexandru Şerbănescu Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 47 Arseniy Vasilievich Vorozheikin Soviet Union Soviet Air Force 46 Aleksandr Ivanovich Koldunov Soviet Union Soviet Air Force 46 Nikolay Mikhailovich Skomorohov Soviet Union Soviet Air Force 46 Hans-Heinz Augenstein Germany Luftwaffe 46 Ludwig Becker Germany Luftwaffe 46 Wolfgang Böwing-Treuding Germany Luftwaffe 46 Günter Fink Germany Luftwaffe 46 Erwin Laskowski Germany Luftwaffe 46 Karl Rammelt Germany Luftwaffe 46 Karl Schnörrer Germany Luftwaffe 46 Franz Schulte Germany Luftwaffe 46 Paul Semrau Germany Luftwaffe 46 Alfred Surau Germany Luftwaffe 46 Kurt Tangermann Germany Luftwaffe 46 Ernst Düllberg Germany Luftwaffe 45 Rudolf Frank Germany Luftwaffe 45 Gerhard Schöpfel Germany Luftwaffe 45 Franz Stigler Germany Luftwaffe 45 Otto Vinzent Germany Luftwaffe 45 Ion Milu Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 45 Urho Lehtovaara Finland Finnish Air Force 44½ Mato Dukovac Croatia Croatian Air Force 44 Oiva Tuominen Finland Finnish Air Force 44 Hans Frese Germany Luftwaffe 44 Karl-Wilhelm Hofmann Germany Luftwaffe 44 Reinhold Knacke Germany Luftwaffe 44 Wilhelm Steinmann Germany Luftwaffe 44 Walther Wever Germany Luftwaffe 44 Vladimir Bobrov Soviet Union Soviet Air Force 43 Karl Borris Germany Luftwaffe 43 Ludwig Franzisket Germany Luftwaffe 43 Hubert Mütherich Germany Luftwaffe 43 Josef Pöhs Germany Luftwaffe 43 Dietrich Schmidt Germany Luftwaffe 43 Olli Puhakka Finland Finnish Air Force 42 Norbert Hannig Germany Luftwaffe 42 Jürgen Brocke Germany Luftwaffe 42 Tudor Greceanu Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 42 Rudolf Schmidt Germany Luftwaffe 42 Herbert Schramm Germany Luftwaffe 42 Robert Olejnik Germany Luftwaffe 41 Werner Baake Germany Luftwaffe 41 Leopold Fellerer Germany Luftwaffe 41 Wilhelm Balthasar Germany Luftwaffe 40 Richard I. Bong United States U.S. Army Air Forces 40 Rudolf Busch Germany Luftwaffe 40 Peter Bremer Germany Luftwaffe 40 Wolf-Dietrich Huy Germany Luftwaffe 40 Hermann Neuhoff Germany Luftwaffe 40 Günter Steinhausen Germany Luftwaffe 40 Marmaduke 'Pat' Pattle South Africa Royal Air Force 40 Iyozo Hujita Japan Imperial Japanese Navy 39 Eckart-Wilhelm von Bonin Germany Luftwaffe 39 Cvitan Galić Croatia Croatian Air Force 38 Ernst Borngen Germany Luftwaffe 38 Detlev Rohwer Germany Luftwaffe 38 Eduard Tratt Germany Luftwaffe 38 James Edgar "Johnnie" Johnson United Kingdom Royal Air Force 38 Thomas B. McGuire United States U.S. Army Air Forces 38 Ivan Babak Soviet Union Soviet Air Force 37 Klaus Neumann Germany Luftwaffe 37 Heinz Bretnutz Germany Luftwaffe 37 Waldemar Radener Germany Luftwaffe 37 Maximilian Volke Germany Luftwaffe 37 Sergey Luganski Soviet Union Soviet Air Force 37 Hiroyoshi Nishizawa Japan Imperial Japanese Navy 36 Olavi Puro Finland Finnish Air Force 36 Nils Katajainen Finland Finnish Air Force 35½ Gunther Bertram Germany Luftwaffe 35 Petr Hnido Soviet Union Soviet Air Force 34 Paul Brandt Germany Luftwaffe 34 David McCampbell United States U.S. Navy 34 Toshio Ota Japan Imperial Japanese Navy 34 Ivan Stepanenko Soviet Union Soviet Air Force 33 Pierre Clostermann France Free French Air Force;Royal Air Force 33 Heinz Beyer Germany Luftwaffe 33 Lauri Nissinen Finland Finnish Air Force 32½ Brendan Eamon Fergus "Paddy" Finucane Ireland Royal Air Force 32 Ján Režňák Slovak Republic Slovak Air Force[4] 32 Kyösti Karhila Finland Finnish Air Force 32 Sugino Kazuo Japan Imperial Japanese Navy 32 Isami Kashiwade Japan Imperial Japanese Army 32 Adolph 'Sailor' Malan South Africa Royal Air Force 32 George F. "Buzz" Beurling Canada Royal Air Force 31⅓ Hans-Karl Mayer Germany Luftwaffe 31 Alexandr Kumanichkin Soviet Union Soviet Air Force 31 Jorma Karhunen Finland Finnish Air Force 31 Dezső Szentgyörgyi Hungary Royal Hungarian Air Force 30½ Amet-Han Sultan Soviet Union Soviet Air Force 30 William Vale United Kingdom Royal Air Force 30 Franz Blazytko Germany Luftwaffe 30 Max Bucholz Germany Luftwaffe 30 Erich Bartz Germany Luftwaffe 30 Friedrich-Karl "Nasen" Müller Germany Luftwaffe 30 Kaneyoshi Mutoh Japan Imperial Japanese Navy 30 Tateo Kato Japan Imperial Japanese Army 30? Ryotaro Jobou Japan Imperial Japanese Army 30 Emil Vesa Finland Finnish Air Force 29½ Walter Adolph Germany Luftwaffe 29 Robert Roland Stanford Tuck United Kingdom Royal Air Force 30 Dezső Szentgyörgyi Hungary Hungarian Air Force 29 Bob Braham United Kingdom Royal Air Force 29 Clive Caldwell Australia Royal Australian Air Force 28½ Tapio Järvi Finland Finnish Air Force 28½ Izidor Kovárik Slovak Republic Slovak Air Force 28 Hans-Heinrich Koenig Germany Luftwaffe 28 Ernst Andres Germany Luftwaffe 28 Alfred Burk Germany Luftwaffe 28 Anton Benning Germany Luftwaffe 28 "Ginger" Lacey United Kingdom Royal Air Force 28 Francis "Gabby" Gabreski United States U.S. Army Air Forces 28 Gregory "Pappy" Boyington United States U.S. Marine Corps 28 Saburō Sakai Japan Imperial Japanese Navy 28 (including shared) Colin Falkland Gray New Zealand Royal Air Force 27½ Neville Duke United Kingdom Royal Air Force 27 Karl Beckmann Germany Luftwaffe 27 Emil Clade Germany Luftwaffe 27 Constantin Rozariu Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 27 Robert S. Johnson United States U.S. Army Air Forces 27 Charles H. MacDonald United States U.S. Army Air Forces 27 Junichi Sasai Japan Imperial Japanese Navy 27 Sadaaki Akamatsu Japan Imperial Japanese Navy 27 George E. Preddy, Jr. United States U.S. Army Air Forces 26.83 Eric Lock United Kingdom Royal Air Force 26½ Nobuo Ogiya Japan Imperial Japanese Navy 26 Ján Gerthoffer Slovak Republic Slovak Air Force 26 Klaus Alakoski Finland Finnish Air Force 26 Joseph J. Foss United States U.S. Marine Corps 26 Lajos Tóth Hungary Royal Hungarian Air Force 26 Russell Bannock Canada RCAF 25½ Egon Albrecht Germany Luftwaffe 25 Ludwig Bellof Germany Luftwaffe 25 Wolfgang Lippert Germany Luftwaffe 25 Robert M. Hanson United States U.S. Marine Corps 25 Boris Safonov Soviet Union Soviet Naval Aviation 25 Naoshi Kanno Japan Imperial Japanese Navy 25 Frank Reginald Carey United Kingdom Royal Air Force 25 John C. Meyer United States U.S. Army Air Forces 24 Cecil E. Harris United States U.S. Navy 24 Raymond H. Littge United States U.S. Air Force 23½ Marcel Albert France Free French Air Force 23 Douglas Bader United Kingdom Royal Air Force 23 Eugene A. Valencia United States U.S. Navy 23 Kalevi Tervo Finland Finnish Air Force 23 Jorma Saarinen Finland Finnish Air Force 23 Lance C. Wade United States Royal Air Force 23 Horst Patuschka Germany Luftwaffe 22 Eero Kinnunen Finland Finnish Air Force 22½ David C. Schilling United States U.S. Army Air Forces 22½ Rolf Pingel Germany Luftwaffe 22 Teresio Vittorio Martinoli Italy Regia Aeronautica 22 Leonardo Ferrulli Italy Regia Aeronautica 22 Fritz Müller Germany Luftwaffe 22 Artur Beese Germany Luftwaffe 22 Edward F. Charles Canada RCAF 22 Alan Christopher Deere New Zealand Royal Air Force 22 Gerald R. Johnson United States U.S. Army Air Forces 22 Neel E. Kearby United States U.S. Army Air Forces 22 Jay T. Robbins United States U.S. Army Air Forces 22 Ion Mucenica Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 22 Dominic S. Gentile United States U.S. Army Air Forces 21.83 Donald Kingaby United Kingdom Royal Air Force 21 Antti Tani Finland Finnish Air Force 21½ William V. Crawford-Crompton New Zealand Royal Air Force 21½ Raymond Brown Hesselyn New Zealand Royal New Zealand Air Force 21½ Fred J. Christensen United States U.S. Army Air Forces 21½ Raymond S. Wetmore United States U.S. Army Air Forces 21¼ Branse Burbridge United Kingdom Royal Air Force 21 Archie McKellar United Kingdom Royal Air Force 21 Jean Demozay France Royal Air Force 21 Franco Lucchini Italy Regia Aeronautica 21 Theodor Rossiwall Germany Luftwaffe 21 Franz von Werra Germany Luftwaffe 21 John J. Voll United States U.S. Army Air Forces 21 Kenneth A. Walsh United States U.S. Marine Corps 21 Paavo Myllylä Finland Finnish Air Force 21 Walker 'Bud' Melville Mahurin United States U.S. Army Air Forces 20.75 Evan Mackie New Zealand Royal Air Force 20 Helmut-Felix Bolz Germany Luftwaffe 20 Helmut Baudach Germany Luftwaffe 20 Rudolph Anter Germany Luftwaffe 20 Paul Becker Germany Luftwaffe 20 Hans Berschwinger Germany Luftwaffe 20 Michael Crossley United Kingdom Royal Air Force 20 Donald N. Aldrich United States U.S. Marine Corps 20 Thomas J. Lynch United States U.S. Army Air Forces 20 Henry W. McLeod Canada RCAF 20 Robert B. Westbrook United States U.S. Army Air Forces 20 Cristea Chirvasuta Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 20 Geoffrey Allard United Kingdom Royal Air Force 19 Viktor Pyötsiä Finland Finnish Air Force 19½ Väinö Suhonen Finland Finnish Air Force 19½ Franco Bordoni Italy Regia Aeronautica 19 Roy Dutton United Kingdom Royal Air Force 19 Luigi Gorrini Italy Regia Aeronautica 19 John "Cat's Eyes" Cunningham United Kingdom Royal Air Force 19 Glenn E. Duncan United States U.S. Army Air Forces 19 Patrick D. Fleming United States U.S. Navy 19 Cornelius N. Nooy United States U.S. Navy 19 John Lucian Smith United States U.S. Marine Corps 19 Alexander Vraciu United States U.S. Navy 19 Erik Teromaa Finland Finnish Air Force 19 Constantin Lungulescu Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 19 Stanisław Skalski Poland Polish Air Force/RAF 18.91 Arthur J. Benko United States U.S. Army Air Forces 18½ Marion E. Carl United States U.S. Marine Corps 18½ Lauri Pekuri Finland Finnish Air Force 18½ Leonard K. Carson United States U.S. Army Air Forces 18½ Glenn T. Eagleson United States U.S. Army Air Forces 18½ Wilbur J. Thomas United States U.S. Marine Corps 18½ Wakamatsu Yukiyoshi Japan Imperial Japanese Army 18+ Karel Kuttelwascher Czechoslovakia Royal Air Force 18 Harry von Bülow-Bothkamp Germany Luftwaffe 18 Witold Urbanowicz Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 18 Walter C. Beckham United States U.S. Army Air Forces 18 Herschel H. Green United States U.S. Army Air Forces 18 John C. "Pappy" Herbst United States U.S. Army Air Forces 18 Charles H. Older United States U.S. Army Air Forces 18 Takemizu Takeo Japan Imperial Japanese Navy 18 Pierre Le Gloan France French Air Force 18 Hubert Zemke United States U.S. Army Air Forces 17.75 John B. England United States U.S. Army Air Forces 17½ Duane W. Beeson United States U.S. Army Air Forces 17⅓ Jouko Huotari Finland Finnish Air Force 17½ John F. Thornell United States U.S. Army Air Forces 17¼ Henry W. Brown United States U.S. Army Air Forces 17.2 Rudolf Božík Slovak Republic Slovak Air Force 17 Ugo Drago Italy Regia Aeronautica 17 William "Willie" McKnight Canada Royal Air Force 17 Josef Frantisek Czechoslovakia Royal Air Force 17 Jorma Sarvanto Finland Finnish Air Force 17 Yrjö Turkka Finland Finnish Air Force 17 Gerald W. Johnson United States U.S. Army Air Forces 17 James S. Varnell, Jr. United States U.S. Army Air Forces 17 Bolesław Gładych Poland Polish Air Force/U.S. Army Air Forces 17 Keith Truscott Australia Royal Australian Air Force 17 Alois Vasatko Czechoslovakia Royal Air Force 17 Eugeniusz Horbaczewski Poland Polish Air Force/RAF 16½ William T. Klersey Canada RCAF 16½ Aulis Lumme Finland Finnish Air Force 16½ James MacLachlan United Kingdom Royal Air Force 16½ Eero Riihikallio Finland Finnish Air Force 16½ Nigel Cullen Australia Royal Air Force 16½ John T. Godfrey United States U.S. Army Air Forces 16⅓ Adrian Goldsmith Australia Royal Australian Air Force 16¼ Clarence E. Anderson United States U.S. Army Air Forces 16¼ Paul Galland Germany Luftwaffe 16 Les Clisby Australia Royal Air Force 16 Franjo Dzal Croatia Croatian Air Force 16 Douglas Baker United States U.S. Navy 16 James Francis Edwards Canada RCAF 16 Eero Halonen Finland Finnish Air Force 16 Bill Harris United States U.S. Army Air Forces 16 Robert W. McNair Canada RCAF 16 John Plagis Rhodesia Royal Air Force 16 Ioan Dicezare Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 16 Ira C. Kepford United States U.S. Navy 16 Charles R. Stimpson United States U.S. Navy 16 Stan Turner Canada RCAF 16 George Welch United States U.S. Army Air Forces 16 Edmond Marin la Meslée France French Air Force 16 Mario Visintini Italy Regia Aeronautica 16 Vasile Gavriliu Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 16 Raymond Harries United Kingdom Royal Air Force 15 Ernest Mason United Kingdom Royal Air Force 15+ John Lloyd Waddy Australia Royal Australian Air Force 15½ Donald M. Beerbower United States U.S. Army Air Forces 15½ Richard A. Peterson United States U.S. Army Air Forces 15½ William T. Whisner, Jr. United States U.S. Army Air Forces 15½ James E. Swett United States U.S. Marine Corps 15½ David Lee "Tex" Hill United States U.S. Army Air Forces 15¼ František Cyprich Slovak Republic Slovak Air Force 15 John "Jack" Frost South Africa South African Air Force 15 Stoyan Stoyanov Bulgaria Royal Bulgarian Air Force 15 Martti Alho Finland Finnish Air Force 15 Ljudevit Bencetic Croatia Croatian Air Force 15 Paterson Hughes Australia Royal Air Force 15 Geoffrey Page United Kingdom Royal Air Force 15 Jack T. Bradley United States U.S. Army Air Forces 15 Samuel J. Brown United States U.S. Army Air Forces 15 Edward "Porky" Cragg United States U.S. Army Air Forces 15 Kenneth H. Dahlberg United States U.S. Army Air Forces 15 William D. Dunham United States U.S. Army Air Forces 15 Robert W. Foy United States U.S. Army Air Forces 15 Ralph K. Hofer United States U.S. Army Air Forces 15 Cyril F. Homer United States U.S. Army Air Forces 15 Harold L. Spears United States U.S. Marine Corps 15 Dan Vizanti Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 15 Donald H. Bochkay United States U.S. Army Air Forces 14.84 Donald J. Blakeslee United States U.S. Army Air Forces 14½ John D. Landers United States U.S. Army Air Forces 14½ Aaro Nuorala Finland Finnish Air Force 14½ Joseph H. Powers, Jr. United States U.S. Army Air Forces 14½ Johnnie Checketts New Zealand Royal New Zealand Air Force 14½ Henry Brown United States U.S. Army Air Force 14½ Charles Scherf Australia Royal Australian Air Force 14½ Mario Bellagambi Italy Regia Aeronautica 14 Svein Heglund Norway Royal Air Force 14 Sophus Baagoe Germany Luftwaffe 14 Günther Wegmann Germany Luftwaffe 14 František Brezina Slovak Republic Slovak Air Force 14 Bruce W. Carr United States U.S. Army Air Forces 14 Robert C. Curtis United States U.S. Army Air Forces 14 Robert M. DeHaven United States U.S. Army Air Forces 14 Archie G. Donahue United States U.S. Marine Corps 14 Wallace N. Emmer United States U.S. Army Air Forces 14 James A. Goodson United States U.S. Army Air Forces 14 Arthur R. Hawkins United States U.S. Navy 14 Arthur F. Jeffrey United States U.S. Army Air Forces 14 Edward O. McComas United States U.S. Army Air Forces 14 Elbert S. McCuskey United States U.S. Navy 14 Daniel T. Roberts, Jr. United States U.S. Army Air Forces 14 John L. Wirth United States U.S. Navy 14 William Henry Franklin United Kingdom Royal Air Force 13½ George C. Duncan United States U.S. Navy 13½ Pekka Kokko Finland Finnish Air Force 13½ Heimo Lampi Finland Finnish Air Force 13½ Roger W. Mehle United States U.S. Navy 13½ Donald J. Strait United States U.S. Army Air Forces 13½ George Carpenter United States U.S. Army Air Forces 13.4 Donald S. Bryan United States U.S. Army Air Forces 13.3 Helmut Lennartz Germany Luftwaffe 13 Darrell S. Cramer United States U.S. Army Air Forces 13 John Wong Pan-Yang United States Chinese Nationalist Air Force(USA-born volunteer) 13 James L. Brooks United States U.S. Army Air Forces 13 Jan Zumbach Poland Polish Air Force 13 Safet Boskic Croatia Croatian Air Force 13 Mervyn Shipard Australia Royal Australian Air Force 13 Daniel A. Carmichael, Jr. United States U.S. Navy 13 James N. Cupp United States U.S. Marine Corps 13 Clyde B. East United States U.S. Army Air Forces 13 Robert E. Galer United States U.S. Marine Corps 13 John F. Hampshire United States U.S. Army Air Forces 13 Bruce K. Holloway United States U.S. Army Air Forces 13 William P. Marontate United States U.S. Marine Corps 13 Willard. W. Millikan United States U.S. Army Air Forces 13 Glennon T. Moran United States U.S. Army Air Forces 13 Robert Neale (pilot) United States AVG 13 Robin Olds United States U.S. Army Air Forces 13 James O'Meara United Kingdom Royal Air Force 13 Yrjö Pallasvuo Finland Finnish Air Force 13 Harry A. Parker United States U.S. Army Air Forces 13 Roy W. Rushing United States U.S. Navy 13 Edward O. Shaw United States U.S. Marine Corps 13 AJ "Jackie" Sewell United Kingdom Fleet Air Arm 13 Robert W. Stephens United States U.S. Army Air Forces 13 John R. Strane United States U.S. Navy 13 Robert Lee Scott, Jr. United States U.S. Army Air Forces 13 Wendell V. Twelves United States U.S. Navy 13 Anthony Charles Bartley United Kingdom Royal Air Force 13 Felix D. Williamson United States U.S. Army Air Forces 13 Tiberiu Vinca Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 13 Ioan Maga Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 13 Henryk Pietrzak Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 12½ Lasse Aaltonen Finland Finnish Air Force 12½ Ted Thorn United Kingdom Royal Air Force 12½ Hugo Armstrong Australia Royal Australian Air Force 12½ Andrew "Nicky" Barr Australia Royal Australian Air Force 12½ Tony Gaze Australia Royal Air Force 12½ Lowell K. Brueland United States U.S. Army Air Forces 12½ Kenneth D. Frazier United States U.S. Marine Corps 12½ David Charles "Foob" Fairbanks United States RCAF 12½ Eino Koskinen Finland Finnish Air Force 12½ Onni Paronen Finland Finnish Air Force 12½ Urho Sarjamo Finland Finnish Air Force 12½ Per-Erik Sovelius Finland Finnish Air Force 12½ James C. Stewart United States U.S. Army Air Forces 12½ Quince L. Brown United States U.S. Army Air Forces 12⅓ Luigi Baron Italy Regia Aeronautica 12 Mato Culinovic Croatia Croatian Air Force 12 Eduard Martinko Croatia Croatian Air Force 12 Veca Mikovic Croatia Croatian Air Force 12 Zlatko Stipcic Croatia Croatian Air Force 12 Marian Pisarek Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 12 John Dundas United Kingdom Royal Air Force 12 John Freeborn United Kingdom Royal Air Force 12 Jozef Štauder Slovak Republic Slovak Air Force 12 Pavol Zeleňák Slovak Republic Slovak Air Force 12 Bruce Bretherton Australia Royal Australian Air Force 12 Charles Crombie Australia Royal Australian Air Force 12 Peter Turnbull Australia Royal Australian Air Force 12 John Yarra Australia Royal Australian Air Force 12 Anton Matúšek Slovak Republic Slovak Air Force 12 Leo Ahokas Finland Finnish Air Force 12 Michael Brezas United States U.S. Army Air Forces 12 Levi R. Chase United States U.S. Army Air Forces 12 Clement M. Craig United States U.S. Navy 12 David B. Eastham United States U.S. Army Air Forces 12 Loren D. Everton United States U.S. Marine Corps 12 Luigi Giannella Italy Regia Aeronautica 12 George W. Gleason United States U.S. Army Air Forces 12 Leroy E. Harris United States U.S. Navy 12 Coatsworth B. Head, Jr. United States U.S. Army Air Forces 12 Roger R. Hedrick United States U.S. Navy 12 William E. Henry United States U.S. Army Air Forces 12 Howard D. Hively United States U.S. Army Air Forces 12 Kenneth G. Ladd United States U.S. Army Air Forces 12 Lydia Litvak Soviet Union Soviet Air Force 12 William J. Masoner, Jr. United States U.S. Navy 12 Pierce W. McKennon United States U.S. Army Air Forces 12 Robert W. Moore United States U.S. Army Air Forces 12 Michael J. Quirk United States U.S. Army Air Forces 12 Attilio Sanson Italy Regia Aeronautica 12 LeRoy A. Schreiber United States U.S. Army Air Forces 12 Harold E. Segal United States U.S. Marine Corps 12 James A. Shirley United States U.S. Navy 12 Norman C. Skogstad United States U.S. Army Air Forces 12 William J. Sloan United States U.S. Army Air Forces 12 Giorgio Solaroli di Briona Italy Regia Aeronautica 12 Eugene A. Trowbridge United States U.S. Army Air Forces 12 Richard E. Turner United States U.S. Army Air Forces 12 James A. Watkins United States U.S. Army Air Forces 12 Richard L. West United States U.S. Army Air Forces 12 Nicholas Megura United States U.S. Army Air Forces 11.84 George R. Carr United States U.S. Navy 11½ James A. Clark, Jr. United States U.S. Army Air Forces 11½ Paul A. Conger United States U.S. Army Air Forces 11½ Olin E. Gilbert United States U.S. Army Air Forces 11½ William T. Halton United States U.S. Army Air Forces 11½ William J. Hovde United States U.S. Army Air Forces 11½ John A. Kirla, Jr. United States U.S. Army Air Forces 11½ William N. Snider United States U.S. Marine Corps 11½ Charles E. "Chuck" Yeager United States U.S. Army Air Forces 11½ Liu Chi-Sheng /Liu Zhesheng China Chinese Nationalist Air Force 11.3 Howard Mayers Australia Royal Air Force 11.3 Louis H. Norley United States U.S. Army Air Forces 11.3 Philip C. DeLong United States U.S. Marine Corps 11.2 Richard John Cork United Kingdom Fleet Air Arm 11 Ian Bedford Nesbitt Russell Australia Royal Air Force 11 Albin Starc Croatia Croatian Air Force 11 Josip Helebrant Croatia Croatian Air Force 11 Stjepan Martinasevic Croatia Croatian Air Force 11 Harold W. Bauer United States U.S. Marine Corps 11 John T. Blackburn United States U.S. Navy 11 William A. Dean, Jr. United States U.S. Navy 11 Geoff Fisken New Zealand Royal New Zealand Air Force 11 Carl M. Frantz United States U.S. Army Air Forces 11 James B. French United States U.S. Navy 11 Robert J. Goebel United States U.S. Army Air Forces 11 Phillip L. Kirkwood United States U.S. Navy 11 John B. Lawler United States U.S. Army Air Forces 11 Hemmo Leino Finland Finnish Air Force 11 Francis J. Lent United States U.S. Army Air Forces 11 Leland P. Molland United States U.S. Army Air Forces 11 William L. Leverette United States U.S. Army Air Forces 11 John S. Loisel United States U.S. Army Air Forces 11 Wayne L. Lowry United States U.S. Army Air Forces 11 Carlo Magnaghi Italy Regia Aeronautica 11 Charles M. Mallory United States U.S. Navy 11 Alexei Petrovich Maresiev Soviet Union Soviet Air Force 11 Charles M. McCorkle United States U.S. Army Air Forces 11 Norman L. McDonald United States U.S. Army Air Forces 11 Hamilton McWhorter III United States U.S. Navy 11 John W. Mitchell United States U.S. Army Air Forces 11 Urho Nieminen Finland Finnish Air Force 11 James V. Reber, Jr. United States U.S. Navy 11 Elmer W. Richardson United States U.S. Army Air Forces 11 Robert H. Riddle United States U.S. Army Air Forces 11 James F. Rigg United States U.S. Navy 11 Donald E. Runyon United States U.S. Navy 11 Donald H. Sapp United States U.S. Marine Corps 11 Murray Shubin United States U.S. Army Air Forces 11 Cornelius Smith, Jr. United States U.S. Army Air Forces 11 Giorgio Solaroli di Briona Italy Regia Aeronautica 11 Kenneth C. Sparks United States U.S. Army Air Forces 11 Richard E. Stanbrook United States U.S. Navy 11 Virgil K. Meroney United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10 Stanley W. Vejtasa United States U.S. Navy 11 Mario Veronesi Italy Regia Aeronautica 11 Ioan Malacescu Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 11 Teodor Zabava Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 11 George T. Burgard United States AVG 10.75 Frank Q. O'Conner United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10.75 Charles F. Anderson, Jr. United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10½ Marshall U. Beebe United States U.S. Navy 10½ George F. Ceulleers United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10½ Jack E. Conger United States U.S. Marine Corps 10½ George A. Doersch United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10½ Niilo Erkinheimo Finland Finnish Air Force 10½ William J. Hovde United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10½ Martti Kalima Finland Finnish Air Force 10½ Kullervo Lahtela Finland Finnish Air Force 10½ Raymond H. Littge United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10½ Kai Metsola Finland Finnish Air Force 10½ Edward Rector United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10½ Russell E. Reiserer United States U.S. Navy 10½ John A. Storch United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10½ John C. Symmes United States U.S. Navy 10½ John V. Newkirk United States AVG 10½ Kai Metsola Finland Finnish Air Force 10½ Eino Peltola Finland Finnish Air Force 10½ Robert E. Murray United States U.S. Navy 10.4 Ralph E. Elliot United States U.S. Navy 10.3 Fred W. Glover United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10.3 Bobby Gibbes Australia Royal Australian Air Force 10¼ William D. McGarry United States AVG 10¼ Robert W Aschenbrenner United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10 Wilfred Arthur Australia Royal Australian Air Force 10 Virgil Brennan Australia Royal Australian Air Force 10 Colin Parkinson Australia Royal Australian Air Force 10 Frank B. Baldwin United States U.S. Marine Corps 10 Wayne K. Blickenstaff United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10 Archie Boyd United Kingdom Royal Air Force 10 Joseph E. Broadhead United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10 Carl A. Brown, Jr. United States U.S. Navy 10 Thaddeus T. Coleman United States U.S. Navy 10 William K. Giroux United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10 Walter J. Goehausen, Jr. United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10 Ernest A. Harris United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10 Iro Ilk Germany Luftwaffe 10 Alwin M. Juchheim, Jr. United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10 Veikko Karu Finland Finnish Air Force 10 Mauno Kirjonen Finland Finnish Air Force 10 Ahti Laitinen Finland Finnish Air Force 10 Herbert H. Long United States U.S. Marine Corps 10 Edward E. Lines United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10 Thomas H. Mann, Jr. United States U.S. Marine Corps 10 Joseph L. Mansker United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10 Harris E. Mitchell United States U.S. Navy 10 Mikko Pasila Finland Finnish Air Force 10 Steve Pisanos Greece Royal Air Force/U.S. Army Air Forces 10 Robert J. Rankin United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10 Thomas H. Reidy United States U.S. Navy 10 Andrew J. Reynolds United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10 Robert L. Scott, Jr. United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10 Arthur Singer, Jr. United States U.S. Navy 10 John M. Smith United States U.S. Navy 10 Claudio Solaro Italy Regia Aeronautica 10 Paul M. Stanch United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10 Josef Stehlík Czechoslovakia Royal Air Force 10 Elliot Summer United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10 James S. Swope United States U.S. Navy 10 Ennio Tarantola Italy Regia Aeronautica 10 Adriano Visconti Italy Regia Aeronautica 10 Robert V. Westermark United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10 Ion Dobran Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 10 Nicolae Polizu-Micsunesti Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 10 Dumitru Ilie Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 10 Fletcher E. Adams United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9 ½ Ernest E. Bankey, Jr. United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9 ½ Leonard J. Check United States U.S. Navy 9 ½ Edward Coate Australia Royal Australian Air Force 9 ½ Ernest C. Fiebelkorn United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9 ½ Aleksander Gabszewicz Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 9 ½ Michał Maciejowski Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 9 ½ Dale F. Spencer United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9 ½ Robert C. Coats United States U.S. Navy 9 ⅓ Mirosław Ferić Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 9 ⅓ Henryk Szczęsny Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 9 ⅓ Charles R. Bond United States AVG 9 ¼ Stephen W. Andrew United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9 William M. Banks United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9 ½ Lee "Buddy" Archer United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9 Aleksander Chudek Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 9 Emanuele Annoni Italy Regia Aeronautica 9 Jan Falkowski Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 9 Roderick Bowes Australia Royal Australian Air Force 9 James Timothy Kearney Australia Royal Australian Air Force 9 Edgar R. Bassett United States U.S. Navy 9 Norman R. Berree United States U.S. Navy 9 William R. Bland United States U.S. Navy 9 George E. Bostwick United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9 Mark K. Bright United States U.S. Navy 9 Paul D. Buie United States U.S. Navy 9 Henry A. Carey, Jr. United States U.S. Navy 9 Frederick F. Champlin United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9 Frank J. Collins United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9 William M. Collins, Jr. United States U.S. Navy 9 Richard L. Cormier United States U.S. Navy 9 Louis E. Curdes United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9 Perry A. Dahl United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9 Jefferson J. DeBlanc United States U.S. Marine Corps 9 Richard W. Dunkin United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9 Richard T. Eastmond United States U.S. Navy 9 Robert A. Elder United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9 Eugene H. Emmons United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9 Grover E. Fanning United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9 Edward L. Feightner United States U.S. Navy 9 Sylvan Feld United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9 Joseph M. Forester United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9 Marvin J. Franger United States U.S. Navy 9 Doris C. Freeman United States U.S. Navy 9 Kenneth W. Gallup United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9 Thomas S. Harris United States U.S. Navy 9 Frederick R. Haviland, Jr. United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9 Allen E. Hill United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9 Frank D. Hurlburt United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9 George C. Kiser United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9 Joseph J. Lesicka United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9 Christopher L. Magee United States U.S. Marine Corps 9 Louis A. Menard, Jr. United States U.S. Navy 9 Virgil K. Merony United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9 Stanley B. Morrill United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9 Walter Omiccioli Italy Regia Aeronautica 9 Edmund F. Overend United States U.S. Marine Corps 9 Lloyd J. Overfield United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9 Joel B. Paris III United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9 Harvey P. Picken United States U.S. Navy 9 Eugene D. Redmond United States U.S. Navy 9 William N. Reed United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9 Daniel R. Rehm, Jr. United States U.S. Navy 9 Eugene P. Roberts United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9 Hans-Ulrich Rudel Germany Luftwaffe 9 Meryl M. Smith United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9 Robert T. Smith United States AVG 9 Natalino Stabile Italy Regia Aeronautica 9 James S. Stewart United States U.S. Navy 9 John S. Stewart United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9 Franklin C. Thomas, Jr. United States U.S. Marine Corps 9 Arthur Van Haren, Jr. United States U.S. Navy 9 Benjamin F. Warmer United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9 Robert H. White United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9 Norman. F Williams Australia Royal Australian Air Force 9 Judge E. Wolfe United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9 Gheorghe Popescu Ciocanel Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 9 Stefan Greceanu Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 9 Gheorghe Cocebas Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 9 Andrei Radulescu Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 9 Charles E. Watts United States U.S. Navy 8.75 Zdzisław Henneberg Poland Polish Air Force 8½ Stanisław Brzeski Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 8½ Wacław Król Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 8½ John L. Banks United States U.S. Navy 8½ William E. Bryan, Jr. United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8½ James B. Cain United States U.S. Navy 8½ Charles J. Cesky United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8½ Oscar I. Chenoweth United States U.S. Navy 8½ Arthur Chin /Chen Ruitian United States Chinese Nationalist Air Force(USA-born volunteer) 8½ Frank A. Cutler United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8½ Carl C. Foster United States U.S. Navy 8½ John F. Gray United States U.S. Navy 8½ Everett G. Hargreaves United States U.S. Navy 8½ Thomas L. Hayes, Jr. United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8½ John H. Hoefker United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8½ Otto D. Jenkins United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8½ Arthur G. Johnson United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8½ Frank L. Lawlor United States AVG 8½ Gregory K. Loesch United States U.S. Marine Corps 8½ Carl J. Luksic United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8½ Donald McDowell United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8½ Bernard J. McGrattan United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8½ Sanford K. Moats United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8½ John L. Morgan, Jr. United States U.S. Marine Corps 8½ George W. Pigman United States U.S. Navy 8½ Claude W. Plant United States U.S. Navy 8½ Albert L. Schlegel United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8½ Larry R. Self United States U.S. Navy 8½ Antoni Głowacki Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 8⅓ Eugeniusz Szaposznikow Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 8⅓ John Fraser Drummond United Kingdom Royal Air Force 8⅓ James H. Howard United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8⅓ Franklin T. Gabriel United States U.S. Navy 8¼ George B. McMillan United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8¼ Adolf Pietrasiak Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 8.1 Erich Mix Germany Luftwaffe 8 Erich Büttner Germany Luftwaffe 8 Hans-Dieter Weihs Germany Luftwaffe 8 John M. Ainlay United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 John R. Alison United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 David W. Allen (USAAF) United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 Frederick A. Bardshar United States U.S. Navy 8 Lloyd G. Barnard United States U.S. Navy 8 Walter G. Benz, Jr. United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 William J. Bonneau United States U.S. Navy 8 Robert J. Booth United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 Roy O. Burnett, Jr. United States U.S. Navy 8 Walter J. Carroll, Jr. United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 William N. Case United States U.S. Marine Corps 8 J. D. Collinsworth United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 Arthur W. Cruikshank United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 Fernley H. Damstrom United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 John F. Dobbin United States U.S. Marine Corps 8 Landis E. Doner United States U.S. Navy 8 Frederick J. Dorsch United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 Walter F. Duke United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 William C. Edens United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 John L. Elder United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 Eric A. Evenson United States U.S. Navy 8 Arthur C. Fielder, Jr. United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 Francis M. Fleming United States U.S. Navy 8 James M. Fowle United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 William A. Gardner United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 Frank Gaunt United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 Francis R. Gerard United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 Clement D. Gile United States U.S. Navy 8 Maxwell H. Glenn United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 Mathew M. Gordon United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 Richard J. Griffin United States U.S. Navy 8 Leroy V. Grosshuesch United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 Fred E. Gutt United States U.S. Marine Corps 8 Mayo A. Hadden, Jr. United States U.S. Navy 8 Frederick A. Harris United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 Kenneth F. Hart United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 Edwin J. Herman (or Hernan), Jr. United States U.S. Marine Corps 8 George L. Hollowell United States U.S. Marine Corps 8 Angus Horne United Kingdom Royal Air Force 8 Jack E. Ilfrey United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 Michael J. Jackson United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 Byron M. Johnson United States U.S. Navy 8 John M. Johnson United States U.S. Navy 8 John L. Jones United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 Claiborne H. Kinnard United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 Charles M. Kunz United States U.S. Marine Corps 8 William N. Leonard United States U.S. Navy 8 William H. Lewis United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 Elvin L. Lindsay United States U.S. Navy 8 Thomas E. Maloney United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 William R. Maxwell United States U.S. Navy 8 Earl May, Jr. United States U.S. Navy 8 Johnnie G. Miller United States U.S. Navy 8 William W. Momyer United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 Douglas W. Mulcahey United States U.S. Navy 8 Alva C. Murphy United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 Joseph L. Narr United States U.S. Marine Corps 8 George P. Novotny United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9 John G. O'Neill United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 Edward M. Owen United States U.S. Navy 8 Nathan T. Post United States U.S. Marine Corps 8 Luther D. Prater, Jr. United States U.S. Navy 8 Edward F. Roddy United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 Robert R. Rowland United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 Philip Sangermano (FO) United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 Charles W. Sawyer United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 Glenn D. Schiltz Jr. United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 David A. Scott United States U.S. Navy 8 Dale E. Shafer United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 Robert M. Shaw United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 William A. Shomo United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 Robert H. Smith United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 Gordon A. Stanley United States U.S. Navy 8 Arland Stanton United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 John L. Sublett United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 James B. Tapp United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 Philip E. Tovrea United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 James O. Tyler United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 John W. Vogt, Jr. United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 Boyd D. "Buzz" Wagner United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 Victor E. Warford United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 Arthur T. Warner United States U.S. Marine Corps 8 Charles E. Weaver United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 Rex Kerslake Wilson Australia Royal Australian Air Force 8 Theodore H. Winters, Jr. United States U.S. Navy 8 Donald K. Yost United States U.S. Marine Corps 8 Dan Scurtu Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 8 Traian Dirjan Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 8 Eugen Cameceanu Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 8 Mihai Mihordea Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 8 Ioan Panaite Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 8 Joseph L. Lang United States U.S. Army Air Forces 7.83 Everett W. Stewart United States U.S. Army Air Forces 7.83 Józef Jeka Poland Polish Air Forces/Royal Air Force 7½ Henryk Pietrzak Poland Polish Air Forces/Royal Air Force 7½ Howard M. Burriss United States U.S. Navy 7½ Kenneth J. Dahms United States U.S. Navy 7½ Harry W. Brown United States U.S. Army Air Forces 7 Noel le Chevalier Agazarian United Kingdom Royal Air Force 7 Hugh C. Godefroy Netherlands/ Canada Royal Air Force/RCAF 7 Walter Prues Germany Luftwaffe 7 Alfred Ambs Germany Luftwaffe 7 Karl-Heinz Becker Germany Luftwaffe 7 Franz Köster Germany Luftwaffe 7 Helmut Eberspächer Germany Luftwaffe 7 Roger Haberman United States U.S. Marine Corps 7 Bolesław Drobiński Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 7 Marian Bełc Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 7 Stanisław Karubin Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 7 Furio Niclot Doglio Italy Regia Aeronautica 7 Liu Chui-Kang /Liu Cuigang China Chinese Nationalist Air Force 7 Sydney S. Woods United States U.S. Army Air Forces 7 William Anderson Sweden U.S. Army Air Forces 7 Robert A. Dibb United States U.S. Navy 7 Edward "Butch" O'Hare United States U.S. Navy 7 Sammy A. Pierce United States U.S. Army Air Forces 7 Arval J. Roberson United States U.S. Army Air Forces 7 Ferruccio Serafini Italy Regia Aeronautica 7 Ernest Shipman United States U.S. Army Air Forces 7 Robert E. Woody United States U.S. Army Air Forces 7 Gordon M. Graham United States U.S. Army Air Forces 7 Bert W. Marshall, Jr. United States U.S. Army Air Forces 7 Iosif Moraru Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 7 Parsifal Stefanescu Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 7 Constantin Pomut Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 7 Liviu Muresan Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 7 Giuseppe Oblach Italy Regia Aeronautica 7 Karol Pniak Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 6.75 Basil Gerald "Stapme" Stapleton South Africa Royal Air Force 6.66 Russell Foskett Australia Royal Australian Air Force 6½ Theo Osterkamp Germany Luftwaffe 6 GianLino Baschirotto Italy Regia Aeronautica 6 Remy Van Lierde Belgium Royal Air Force 6 James B. Dalglish United States U.S. Army Air Forces 6 Livio Bassi Italy Regia Aeronautica 6 Yekaterina Budanova Soviet Union Soviet Air Force 6 Guido Fibbia Italy Regia Aeronautica 6 Norman E. Olson United States U.S. Army Air Forces 6 Fred R. 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I’d definitely put Werner Mölders on the list. He was the first to reach 100 victories.
Respect those legendary people’s who lost their life in War . ??
Love from india ?? ?????
I agree that Werner Molders needs a consideration.
Finally an explanation why the German Air Force put up such a long term fight despite the fact the AXIS produced only a fraction of the aircraft the Allies did in WW2.
We never hear just how successful they were in terms of kills per pilot. All we ever hear about is the failure of the Battle of Britain.
Obviously both German Aircraft and German pilots were very good in there day.
Interesting and very informative read, I was hoping you would mention the name of M.M Alam , he holds the record of scoring 5 kills in a minute in the 1960s with an F 86.
That is a fabrication of the Pakistan Air Force told to keep up the Morale of the Pakistani public and used in the post war inquiry into the performance of the Pakistani Armed Forces against the Forces of India where Pakistan lost a disproportionate amount of men and material in spite of being the aggressor. This has been corrected in the biographies of two Pakistan Air Force Air Marshals Including the then Chief of PAF Asgarh Khan. The circumstances of the earlier claim By M.M Alam with a flight of 11 Sqdn Sabres was impossible, to say the least. This claim has been debunked even by the sqn mates who formed the flight and now M.M Alam is given the credit for one kill.
Danny Daemon . First the Air Chief Marshal on that time was Nur Khan . 2nd Indian Airforce admit 3 kills in that less than 60 second combat . may be its imposible when it is against PAF . But Against Israel and Indian Airforce its not Impositble when Pilots are from PAF
3 kills at that time but alls not by mm Alam… If pakistan has that much potent piolets then how come they lost that conflict against IAf..?
Your government lies alot they never show burn patches given by India to them.. and that’s why ur so-called potent technology of sending pigs(terrorists) in India are under practice now a days..
Yeh yeah yeah Danny, just because you are so butthurt, we would listen to your lies?
Tom Cruise is the GOAT
Check this international platform to confirm the kills of Great MM Alam, from Pakistan Air Force,Tea was really fantastic though
Yeketrina? A Soviet chick?
Nice work, but…
I would’ve mentioned Ilmari Juutilainen of the Finnish Air Force, the first non-german fighter ace in the list.
Flying with a modified Brewster Buffalo (a fighter the U.S. thought was out-of-date) and still having an astonishing sum of kills. He’s also the best pilot to score with both the allied-made (the Brewster) and axis-made (Me Bf109) warbirds.
One should also mention Hans Wind, same plane types, few kills less, but any how, a brilliant pilot also.
As a further comment on Eino Ilmari (Illu)Juutilainen. He stands out of every other, including all the Germans; while having 94 confirmed kills, his aircraft had never taken a single enemy shot – not even a scratch. To consider that every German top ace lost several planes and obviously took a lot of hits.
and Juutilainen never had any of his aircraft hit by an enemy round though his entire career.
Geez, these people crazy!
In terms of sheer brilliance and longevity of career, I think Eric ‘Winkle’ Brown should get a mention. His kill list is small, but his achievements as a military aviator are not only unsurpassed, they probably never will.
Why is William (Billy) Bishop not on this list?
According to Wikipedia, “Air Marshal William Avery “Billy” Bishop VC, CB, DSO & Bar, MC, DFC, ED (8 February 1894 – 11 September 1956) was a Canadian flying ace and Victoria Cross recipient of the First World War. He was officially credited with 72 victories, making him the top Canadian ace of the war” and arguably the top Allied ace of WW1.
He even has an airport named after him:
https://www.portstoronto.com/airport.aspx
This list is of the WWII ace’s only
I realize the second list is only WWII aces (,which may be what you’re referring to) but as Norm says, Billy Bishop had 72 victories, which is a lot compared to many of the others on the main list (thinking James Doolittle here) so I think he deserves a spot there somewhere.
He was pulled out of combat several times; the last time, when they pulled him out for good, was several months before the war ended. In his last 12 days of combat service, he managed an amazing 25 kills; how many more would he have got if they hadn’t pulled him out? He also holds a VC, as Norm says, for raiding an enemy airbase solo and taking out 5 German planes which took off to defend the base before making good his escape and returning his crippled aircraft to his base. Although he exaggerated his achievements for public relations, his own combat reports often understated his performance. If that’s not reason enough to be on the list, I don’t know what is…
See also:
http://www.journal.forces.gc.ca/vo3/no3/doc/55-60-eng.pdf
Because as per usual the Yanks have won every single war single handedly.I looked for him too.
Wing Commander Roland ‘Bee’ Beamont. 1920 – 2001. Battle of France 1939/40, Battle of Britain 1940, Operation Overlord 1944, Operation Market Garden 1944. PoW 1944-45. Credited with 9 kills. Also ‘killed’ 32 V1 Flying Bombs. Exceptional post-war Test Pilot (Canberra, Lightning, TSR-2), first Briton to fly supersonic (in one of only 2 US XP-86 Sabres) in May 1948. Bloody nice bloke and my Grandfather.
Forgot to add…Royal Air Force. CBE, DSO and Bar, DFC and Bar, Croix de Guerre (Belgium)
Giora Epstein IAF
The jet age ace ,
a world record of 17 Jets downed in air to air combat.
Good as gold
Thanks to the Russians, the Germans have all the top spots on the list 🙂
and thanks to the Germans they constantly flew and did so until they were dead.
LOL Agreed.Stalin’s boys did fly some awful junk, didn’t they?
The Finnish pilots should be mentioned however as usual always overlooked. It amazes me how the western nations know almost nothing about the fight for survival of the Finnish people in WW 2. With what the Finns had in 1939 when defending themselves against the ussr and then to defend themselves again against the ussr after Hitler started operation Barbarosa is nothing short of a miracle. Its time for the stories to be told, and I will do just that as a loud and proud Finnish born American raised patriot!
Heinz Baer-highest scoring jet ACE of WW1
Marmaduke pattle-most victories in obsolete aircraft and shot down with influenza/pneu.
Goren epstein-highest scoring ace in jets
on his last days he flew will being sick. He managed to down 6 planes on his last flight and kept flying with fever! His scores were in 1941 against the properly trained Luftwaffe pilots…
Baer was amongst or at the top while in the west, med, east, FW190, BF109 and top in jets,
List fails to include Air Commodore Philip Fletcher Fullard CBE, DSO, MC*, AFC with 40 confirmed victories
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_F._Fullard
Ritchard Ira Bong, or “Dick” Bong. He was the top-scoring American Ace of WWII.
Where is Iran-Iraq war?!
Where is Jalil zandi?!
Where is tomcat aces?!
Not inky Billy Bishop but Raymond Collishaw. He had 60 confirmed kills and likely dozens more but attributed those to young flyers to build up their confidence. His squadron, Black Flight, was the most feared and respected by the Germans including the Flying Circus.
My father an aviation buff whose childhood spanned the 1920s and 30s grew up hearing rumours that Collishaw’s total kill count was well in excess of 100.
Collishaw had extensive combat experience in several other theaters following World War One where he continued to rack up many more victories. He may have flown missions (clandestinely, in a Hawker Hurricane) well into World War Two.
Stories abound of Collishaw crediting his own kills to bolster the confidence of novice pilots, or later on, especially after WW1, not recording victories at all. While flying for the White Russian Forces his squadron was constantly retreating from Red Army Forces so proper record-keeping became a total nuisance. In WW2 any combat he might have participated in would have been completely unauthorized.
You need to do more research with respect to WW1 Fighter Pilots.
William Avery Bishop, VC, CB, DSO & Bar, MC, DFC, ED (8 February 1894 – 11 September 1956) was a Canadian flying ace of the First World War, Victoria Cross recipient, and Air Marshal. He was officially credited with 72 victories, making him the top Canadian ace of the war.
You do realize this list is of the WWII ace’s only right?
ahhh yes, i remember when the vietnam war happened in ww2. It’s not just pilots from the second world war, it just happens that due to the circumstances of ww2 the german pilots managed to get exponentially more kills and this will never be bested as air to air combat has changed so drastically
so what’re Manfred von Richthofen, Ernst Udet, and Mick Mannock doing there then (just to name a few)? The article’s title is “Best fighter pilots of all time”, not “best fighter pilots of WWII”
Red Barron wasn’t in the sequel, so yeah, there are WWI pilots here, too.
” Wonder where his name is coming from? His three-winged Fokker was painted in bright red – so he would scare the shit out of his enemies once they spotted him. ” Not very professional to use foul language on an otherwise awesome and valuable resource you have compiled.
Oh good god, go fuck yourself.
This list is all WW… what about the jet age? AFAIK there’s an Israeli pilot with 17 kills and IIRC all using the French Mirage.
It is difficult to understand or justify that you’ve overlooked Finnish Ilmari Juutilainen, the non-German fighter pilot with the most kills in WWII, 94. The second best non-German was Japanese, Iwamoto, with 14 kills less. Numbers speak for themselves and when one considers he flew much of the time the American Brewster Buffalo that was considered outdated and was not used by the U.S., this does not make his achievement any less remarkable.
William “Billy” Bishop was the commonwealth’s (Britain/Canada/Australia/New Zealand/South Africa/India) top ace in WW1 with 72 victories- Rene Fonck of France was the top ace of the allies with 75 victories and Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen was the overall leader in WW1 with 80 victories. It is to note that Bishop and Fonck both survived the war when Richthofen did not.
Bishop actually might have 80 victories but five of them were not counted due to the fact that he shot them down when no one else in the 60 squadron could find a German plane
And why not add Barker VC he was the highest scoring ace in Italy during the First World War
Hans-Ulrich Rudel was the highest decorated german pilot of WW2. Maybe this should be taken with a slight grain of salt, that Rudel was a dedicated nazi certainly would not have hurt him when it came to rewards, but still.
Rudel flew ground attack planes like Stukas. These had great tactical significance, especially in the first part of the war. So maybe he would make the list more rounded since I did not see the Close Air Support role represented.
I heard previously that he only had one kill against other aircraft even if he shows up as having 9 in the list above.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Ulrich_Rudel
what about Japanese pilots? I would recomend Saburo Sakai for this list. I believe he had 62 kills against USA, Dutch, and Australlian pilots.
In fact, Sakai had 64 confirmed kills.
Sakai had two kills in China before Pearl Harbor (not much competition) and 62 kills against western (US, British Commonwealth and Dutch) planes after Pearl Harbor (the start of the greater Pacific War). Some dispute those numbers now because of author Martin Caidin’s exaggeration in his book on Sakai.
This is a huge list of fighter pilots and yet, there are many others. Here is an up date on some of the lads. Charley Scherf was an Australian, he served with RCAF No.418.
In a recent article from VWoC, ” Stocky ” Edwards stated according to his log book, he
had 20 E/As. CAN/RAF, is by definition a Canadian who enlisted directly in the RAF.
1820 all ranks, 422 were decorated, 777 KIA, 225 transfered to RCAF. A few of the heavy
hitters include: Vernon ” Woody ” Woodward 19 + 2 shared, M.A. ” Hilly : Brown 14 + several shared, R.A. Barton, 13 + 6 shared. Douglas Charles Fairbanks ( u.s.) served in RAF 15 all on Tempest V, RCAF: Donald Laubman 15 ( top scorer in 2 TAF from D – Day forward) J MacKay 12.5 + 1 mIG 15 Korea, J F MacElroy 12 + 3 shared, J H Turnball 12.5,
Claude Weaver 111 American/ RCAF 12.5 + 3 probable ( youngest allied Ace of WWII
age 19 yrs ), G U Hill 10 + 8 shared, R J Audet 10.5 ( “only Spitfire pilot to become Ace
5 victories in single sortie), R A Kipp 10.5 +2 ground,J D Mitchner 10.5, D W Schmidt 10.5, J E Walker 10.5, A U ” Bert ” Houle 11, J W Williams 10, D C Gordon 9 + 2 shared,
I F Kennedy 8 + 4 shared, R D Schultz 8, D A Mac Fadyen 7 + 5 ground + 5 V1s
J T Cain 5 + 15 ground, Irving Kennedy 6 + 4 shared. A little known fact is that some
of the ” Best ” pilots never claimed any A/C shot down. They flew # 4 or arse end Charlie. They kept the others….. alive.
Heinz Baer should absolutely be on any list of greatest or most remarkable fighter pilots. Not only did his score of 220 place him in the top ten, but he did so mostly in the western theaters where the opposition quality was much greater. He also performed very well in the early French campaigns and the Eastern and African theaters – and was remarkably close to the awesome Marseille’s core in that theater alone. But wait there’s more – he also was among the highest scoring Me-262 pilots. He did everywhere and his name should be better known.
Absolutely. In my opinion Bar was the greatest. Hye fought in all theatres – Phoney War, Battle of Britain, Russia, Africa, then Home Defence. Denied the Diamonds, as “Fat Hermann” disliked him, Went from Gruppenkommandeur to Staffelkapitan – and back again and finally led JV44’s Me262s. What a pilot!
Robert S. Johnson (ETO-28 claimed air victories), Ray S. Wetmore (ETO-22 claimed air victories), Don S. Gentile (ETO-22 claimed air victories, 8 ground), Charles E. Yeager (ETO-13 claimed air victories), these pilots and other pilots flying for both Allied and Axis powers also possessed another valuable asset which contributed to their God given abilities as great combat pilots: 20-10 vision. When you can see ‘bogeys’ at up to 50 miles away you definitely have the advantage over your enemy. This aided them greatly during missions and ‘dogfights’. Some great combat pilots (Erich Hartmann, Richard Bong, etc.) simply surprised enemy aircraft and closed to 20 or 30 yards before firing which ensures victories. Also- -my vote for arguably the greatest piston engine fighter/bomber combat aircraft of WW2: Dornier Do 335 ‘Pfeil’. What a brilliant design-excellent. Well done Claude Dornier !!! beautiful restoration Daimler Benz Dornier Lindauer 1970s!! on the only one left in the world @ Natl Air & Space.
A remarkable aircraft, such a beauty.
Johnson had 27 victories and Francis Gabreski had 28. Both flew for the famed 56th FG the “Wolfpack” which flew the P-47 Thunderbolt throughout the war.
the red baron did not shoot down 80 aircraft in a fokker triplane..more than 60 of his kills came flying a red albatros DIII and D V biplane fighter..
Jorma Sarvanto, Finnish pilot, shot down 6 Soviet bombers in 4 minutes. Fastest kills ever.
Why M.M alam is not in this. You dont what he done
MM Alam is also makes a world record who destroyed 5 Indian fighter Jets in just one minutes
How in the world does Gen. Jimmy Doolittle get on a list of best fighter pilots by commanding a famous BOMBING mission? I don’t believe he ever flew a single sortie in a fighter plane. I’m not denigrating his very real and important contributions to the war in both commanding his famous raid and then commanding air groups in Europe, but what in the world has that got to do with being one of the best fighter pilots ever?
I have a question with all those German pilots they’re talking about and all of their kills with the world war if you added all of them up there’s no way that many planes were shot down he probably didn’t even make that you’re talking thousands and thousands of planes it just makes me feel it’s hard to believe that all these German shot down all those planes.. It really seems to be a lot of over exaggerating I mean you understand what I’m trying to say if you add all of those German kills together.. I mean seeing triple or quadruple…lol
There were most likely exaggerated claims, no doubt. But the numbers of aircraft produced/lost in combat/written off, particularly in WW2, are simply staggering.
Hard to believe isn’t it…but true. The Germans had a very strict system for counting aerial victories which included at least one witness, verification plus approval by the squadron commander. They also maintained meticulous records through the end of the war. No half kills were counted etc. If there was a disagreement the action would not be documented/counted at all. They simply had the best fighter pilots that will ever take to the sky. Look at the performance of their soldiers in general. You were not awarded the Knights Cross for one heroic action. You needed to have already distinguished yourself in numerous previous actions, for example…
(EK2/Ek1/German Cross in Gold/Close Combat Clasp in Bronze-Silver-Gold/Knights Cross/Oak Leaves etc). Despite the repugnance of the regime, there will very likely never again be soldiers of this quality to step onto a battlefield of this magnitude. Ironic isn’t it.
Far more than 600.000 Allied Airplanes in total has been produced during WWII.
Compare that number with the planes shot down!
There were most likely exaggerated claims, no doubt. But the numbers of aircraft produced/lost in combat/written off, particularly in WW2, are simply staggering.
There rules were strict but overclaiming still occurred (part fo the nature of the beast) and the Luftwaffe didn’t always follow its own rules especially towards the end of the war.
The records show that, although the Luftwaffe generally did not accept a “kill” without a witness, some pilots habitually submitted unwitnessed claims and sometimes these made it through the verification process, particularly if they were made by pilots with established records. Unlike all of the other air forces that fought during World War II, the Luftwaffe did not accept shared claims, but sometimes it happened. Each claim should have referred to a particular aircraft, but some victories were awarded to other pilots who had claimed the destruction of the same aircraft. Overall they are the most accurate but not 100%.
Your list completely neglects the Battle of Britain, which was by far the most important Ariel battle fought on the western front in WW2.
The British & Foreign fighter pilots, particularly the Poles should be far better represented in your top 10.
I’ve heard that German kill claims had to be verified & were among the most stringent & accurate records of the WW2. They flew more missions & had to fight until they died. The number of planes produced was staggering in WW2. The ME 109 German Fighter had over 30,000 plane types produced during the war alone. German kill ratios were very high when comparing men killed. planes destroyed, tanks destroyed…. Remember, two world wars where Germans basically fought everyone & it was a close fight. Plus they had tremendous achievements in some of the best guns & other small arms, first & best jet fighter plane ME 262, Komet Rocket Plane ME 163. first jet bomber Arado, first guided air to ground missiles, first rocket cruise missile V-1 & first continental ballistic missle V2 & best & most advance submarines.
Your list “Greatest Fighter Aces”, number 12. James Doolittle. He wasn’t a fighter pilot, and not an ace. He flew bombers. And the photo is not him. It is his grandson James Doolittle III, who IS a great test pilot!
Where is the name of group captain Saiful azam of bangladesh air force who fought for three countries as pakistan, Jordan and Iraq.
you forgot the top ranked WESTERN allied aCE OF WORLD WAR 2. MARMADuke St. John Pattle, RAF. Pattle scored at least 41 victories in the early days of the North African CAMPAIGN IN A GLOSTER GLADIATOR biplane fighter before being killed in action.. No list ever includes him yet his victories put him above all western allied aCES ( THE RUSSIANS HAD A 61 VICTORY ACE IVAN KOJEDUB). Pattle’s victories were over German and Italian aircraft
Ilmari Juutilainen – Top non-German ace. And probably the highest scoring non-officer.
Please learn basic MATHS…additions and subtractions will suffice…lol!
Surely Wing Commander J.E. “Johnny” Johnson should be here, as well as Wing Commander Bob StNford-Tuck, who once put an 8mm shell dead centre down the barrel of an 8mm flak gun.
Pl. read John Feeler book on 1965 war(indo_pak)
SAFUL AZAM ONE OF THE GREATEST FIGHTER PILOT OF YHE WORLD BECAUSE OF HE IS ONLY ONE PILOT WHO LED BY THREE WAR . 1965-1967-1971. THE LIVING EAGLE
John “Forty Second ” Boyd.
“During the 1950s, John Boyd dominated fighter aviation in the U.S. Air Force. His fame came on the wings of the quirky and treacherous F-100; the infamous “Hun.” Boyd was known throughout the Air Force as “Forty-Second Boyd,” because he had a standing offer to all pilots that if they could defeat them in simulated air-to-air combat in under 40 seconds, he would pay them $40. Like any gunslinger with a name and a reputation, he was called out many times. As an instructor at the Fighter Weapons School (FWS) at Nellis AFB, he fought students, cadre pilots, Marine and Navy pilots, and pilots from a dozen countries, who were attending the FWS as part of the Mutual Defense Assistance Pact.
He never lost.
Boyd was famous for a maneuver he called “flat-plating the bird.” He would be in the defensive position with a challenger tight on his tail, both pulling heavy Gs, when he would suddenly pull the stick full aft, brace his elbows on either side of the cockpit, so the stick would not move laterally, and stomp the rudder. It was as if a manhole cover were sailing through the air and then suddenly flipped 90 degrees. The underside of the fuselage, wings, and horizontal stabilizer became a speed brake that slowed the Hun from 400 knots to 150 knots in seconds. The pursuing pilot was thrown forward and now Boyd was on his tail radioing “Guns. Guns. Guns.”
The myth of “Forty-Second Boyd” still rankles AF fighter pilots. They say there is no “best” pilot; that everyone has a bad day. But if they went through Nellis in the late 1950s, they know Boyd had no bad days. And they cannot come up with the name of anyone who ever defeated him.
Boyd was equally famous in the classroom where he developed the “Aerial Attack Study.” Until Boyd came along, fighter pilots thought that air combat was an art rather than a science; that it could never be codified. Boyd proved them wrong when he demonstrated that for every maneuver there is a series of counter maneuvers. And there is a counter to every counter. Afterwards, when fighter pilots attacked (or were attacked), they knew every option open to their adversary and how to respond. “
cant find anything about feldwebel adolf denz 110 pilot
Hi,
Good job, but there are several calls without explanation i.e. [4]
Also you mention “Slovak Republic”, “Czechoslovakia”, “Ireland Royal Air Force” and other country names and military units that deserves some explanation too.
In some cases it would be better to include nationality in 1939 and not a “national air force” that didn’t exist during the war.
Germans shot down 33,544 aircraft and still lost the war? Amazing. And, just a little sus.
Ronald Mugs Mckeown first top gun commander… Double mig killer, first operational f14 squadron commander, vx4 pilot (captured mig 17 and 21) ..had a habit of departing the f4 from controlled flight (see air combat mig killers of the midway). Flew NF104 starfighter to 127 k feet, 997 Carrier landings.. Many in f-8 quote (the f4 was easy to land… I was always sure I would get aboard….the f8 I was never sure I would get aboard at night)
I would add two more German pilots: Oswald Boelcke and Werner Voß. Boelcke downed 40 enemies before he died in an accident and was one of the most famous German aces. Why I would add him to the list are not his kills, though, but his development of aerial combat tactis, He is called “the father of air combat”.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oswald_Boelcke
Werner Voß, on the other hand, was maybe the best German pilot of WWI and part of one of the most famous aerial battles of WWI. In his last fight, he took on 8 aces from 56 Squadron under James McCudden alone.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Voss
Concerning Erich “Bubi” Hartmann it should be explained, why the Russians called him the “black devil”.
The reason was the black painting on the nose of his Me-109, also called the black tulip.
Ooops! Manfred von Richthofen . . . along with his 80 victories . . . seems to be absent !
Regarding the ‘exagerated’ claims of German pilots – around 105 thousand planes were destroyed during the years 1941 – 1945.
The Germans generally kept their aces in field whereas the Allies usually removed top pilots (30 – 40) victories and used them as trainers.