We know this is a hard question and easy to criticise – as they flew at different times, had different material etc. We do compare apple and oranges here, and we know it. This list is more entertainment than science, so take it with a pinch of salt. One of the main differences in aerial battle score is that German pilots (as well as Japanese) kept flying and gaining experience until they were killed themselves, while successful Allied pilots where “rewarded” by sending them home where they took over the training of young pilots and passing their skills and experience over to them. So the list with top kills is actually extremely dominated by Nazi German fighter aces, with the top Allied pilot being Lev Shestakov with 66 kills ranks as 231. So the top 230 fighter pilot aces are ALL axis power pilots. Below the top 30 fighter aces of WWII, so you get an idea of the German scores.
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
The so-called “Red Baron” – Manfred von Richthofen – is probably the best-known fighter pilot in general. Red Baron is a household name, even for non-aviation fans. The Red Baron scored 80 kills in WWI – with his Fokker Dr.I. triplane. 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. He trained and flew with a unit called “The Flying Circus” – by far the most feared by Allied forces. The Red Baron was finally shot and injured, but still managed to land his plane before he died.
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 UK
4. 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
Marseille was nicknamed “Star of Africa” thanks to his aerial battles at the North African campaign. Marseille was a Bohème and often stayed out at night so long that he wasn’t allowed to fly the next day. As a result, he was sent a unit heading to Africa. Only there, under his new commander, they (and he himself) discovered his huge talent – and he quickly developed his abilities and became a real ace. Hans-Joachim Marseille flew the Messerschmitt Bf 109 during his entire career and shot down the most Western Allied aircraft: 158 official kills. On September 1st 1942 alone, Marseille shot down 17 Allied aircraft.
Marseille died at only 22 years old – when he had to leave his Messerschmitt after an engine failure, and hit the vertical stabiliser.
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
Schnaufer, nicknamed “Spook of Sint-Truiden“ makes the list for being the highest scoring night fighter ace in history. Sint-Truiden or St. Trond was the place where Schnaufer was based – in occupied Belgium. All his 121 aerial victories are at night, most of them against large British four-engine bombers. Schnaufer started to score not before 1942 – before he was in training and then in support of the breakout of German ships from Brest. Schnaufers crew was so successful that every member got the Knight’s Cross.
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
The French René Fonck was the Top Allied fighter ace in WWI and also he scored the most Allied kills in WWI and WWII combined. So he holds the title “All time Allied Ace of Aces”. The official, confirmed number is 75 kills. Fonck was known as anti-social and 72 out of his 75 are solo kills. Fonck himself claimed not less than 142 kills – but even by his friends, Fonck was considered a braggart and shameless self-promoter. He seemed to overcompensate his shyness by constantly mentioning his (exaggerated) kills – which annoyed anyone around him. The actual number of Fonck’s kills might be somewhere in between the official 75 and his claimed 142.
10. Adolphe Pégoud
The French Adolphe Pégoud makes the list as the first flying ace in history with a total of six aerial combat kills, and for being the first pilot who made a loop. The loop is an aerobatics manoeuvre very popular when doing MiGFlug flights with customers. Tragically, he was shot down by a German pilot who learned to fly with Pégoud during his time as an aviation instructor – before WWI started.
11. Edward ‘Mick’ Mannock
The Irish-born Edward ‘Mick’ Mannock was not only known for being one of the best fighter aces of WWI, but also for his legendary hatred of the Germans and his delight of seeing them burn to death. He joined the Royal Flying Corps and became a flying ace during WWI. He scored at least 61 victories, but didn’t care too much about it and didn’t even count them. Mannock was one of the world’s first theorists of aviation tactics. Over time, he had many phobias, including brning to death himself – which he finally did after flying too low and being exposed to ground fire.
12. James Doolittle
Doolittle is known for the “Dolittle Raid” (aka Tokyo Raid) in WWII. The Dolittle Raid was an air raid on Tokyo. It was to strike back after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour, but also the first attack on mainland Japan – an important psychological raid – to show the Japanese that they could be attacked. Doolittle organized the strike, known from the Movie “Pearl Harbour”. It was an important US propaganda victory – even though Doolittle himself saw it as a failure because of the losses.
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 was a triple ace, with a total of 16 victories in WWII and the Vietnam War. Olds is widely seen as the best wing commander in the Vietnam War – for his reputation of being a brilliant combat leader as well as for his air fighting skills. Olds was often at odds with the leadership, and his career was slowed down by his heavy drinking as well as his maverick views: “There are pilots and there are pilots; with the good ones, it is inborn. You can’t teach it. If you are a fighter pilot, you have to be willing to take risks.” Olds was a popular person and married to Hollywood actress Ella Raines – he was also well known for his trademark “bullet-proof moustache” that was often copied by other pilots.
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. Haviland, Jr. United States U.S. Army Air Forces 6
James P. Hagerstrom United States U.S. Army Air Forces 6
Le Yi-Chin / Le Yiqin China Chinese Nationalist Air Force 6
William B. Freeman United States U.S. Marine Corps 6
Ludwik Paszkiewicz Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 6
James Henry Whalen Canada RCAF 6
Stefan Janus Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 6
Norman W. Mollard, Jr.[7] United States U.S. Navy 6
Henry S. Bille United States U.S. Army Air Forces 6
Lynn E. Witt, Jr. United States U.S. Army Air Forces 6
William E. Whalen United States U.S. Army Air Forces 6
Horia Agarici Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 6
Florin Alexiu Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 6
Constantin Ursachi Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 6
Ioan Vornica Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 6
Radu Reinek Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 6
Gheorghe Tutuianu Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 6
Dean (Diz) S. Laird United States U.S. Navy 5¾
Gordon B. Compton United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5½
Norman J. Fortier United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5.83
Walter J. Koraleski United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5.54
William Cundy Australia Royal Australian Air Force 5½
Charles W. Lenfest United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5½
Leslie D. Minchew United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5½
Laurence Stark United Kingdom Royal Air Force 5½
Kazimierz Rutkowski Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 5½
Stefan Witorzeńć Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 5½
James E. Duffy, Jr United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5.2
Raymond B. Myers United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
William J. Cullerton United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Hayden A. “Buck” Gregory United States U.S. Navy 5
Joseph Heim Germany Luftwaffe 5
Alfred Schreiber Germany Luftwaffe 5
Ulrich Steinhilper Germany Luftwaffe 5
Pentti Tilli Finland Finnish Air Force 5
Robert W. Abernathy United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Fred T. Ackerman United States U.S. Navy 5
Oliver L. Adair United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Robert H. Adams (USAAF) United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
John W. Agnew United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
William H. Allen (USAAF) United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Stuart C. Alley Jr United States U.S. Marine Corps 5
Ernest J. Ambort United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Robert H. Ammon United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Benjamin C. Amsden United States U.S. Navy 5
Leslie E. Anderson United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Richard H. Anderson (USAAF) United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Lester L. Arasmith United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Lee Archer United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
William E. Aron United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Richard W. Asbury United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Abner M. Aust United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Eugene D. Axtell United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Donald A. Baccus United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Jack A. Bade United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Oscar C. Bailey United States U.S. Navy 5
Raphael F. Baird United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Donald L. Balch United States U.S. Marine Corps 5
Robert P. Baldwin United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Raymond W. Bank United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Bruce M. Barackman United States U.S. Navy 5
Rex T. Barber United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Robert M. Barkey United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Truman S. Barnes United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Albert Baumler United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Aaron L. Bearden United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Edward H. Beavers Jr United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Louis Benne United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Jack S. Berkheimer United States U.S. Navy 5
Richard L. Bertelson United States U.S. Navy 5
James D. Billo United States U.S. Navy 5
Lewis S. Bishop United States AVG 5
Walter D. Bishop United States U.S. Navy 5
Foster J. Blair United States U.S. Navy 5
William K. Blair United States U.S. Navy 5
Richard B. Blaydes United States U.S. Navy 5
Victor E. Bocquin United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
John W. Bolyard United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Robert R. Bonebrake United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Robert R. Bonner Jr United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Guy P. Bordelon United States U.S. Navy 5
Clarence A. Borley United States U.S. Navy 5
Ernest O. Bostrom United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Wilbur L. Bowen United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Fred E. Bowker United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
John L. Bradley United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Richard L. Braun United States U.S. Marine Corps 5
Gerald A. Brown United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Jasper R. Brown United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Paul J. Bruneau United States U.S. Navy 5
Robert L. Buchanan United States U.S. Navy 5
Robert G. Burns United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Robert L. Byrnes United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
John B. Carder United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
William A. Carlton United States U.S. Marine Corps 5
Nial K. Castle United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Henry K. Champion United States U.S. Navy 5
George T. Chandler United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Van E. Chandler United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Joseph J. Cielinski United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Arthur B. Cleaveland United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Donald C. Clements United States U.S. Navy 5
Robert E. Clements United States U.S. Navy 5
Dallas A. Clinger United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Vivian A. Cloud United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Paul R. Cochran United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
William F. Collins United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Philip E. Colman United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Harold E. Comstock United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Harry L. Condon United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Merle M. Coons United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Leland B. Cornell United States U.S. Navy 5
Ralph L. Cox United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Niven K. Cranfill United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
William S. Crombie United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
John O. Cross United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Omer W. Culbertson United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Arthur C. Cundy United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Warren D. Curton United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
William A. Daniel United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Clarence E. Davies United States U.S. Navy 5
Leonard K. Davis United States U.S. Marine Corps 5
George E. Dawkins Jr United States U.S. Marine Corps 5
Roald Dahl United Kingdom Royal Air Force 5
William C. Day Jr United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Richard S. Deakins United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
George Della United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Reuben H. Denoff United States U.S. Navy 5
Frederick E. Dick United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Michael Dikovitsky United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Harry W. Dorris United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Cecil J. Doyle United States U.S. Marine Corps 5
Charles W. Drake United States U.S. Marine Corps 5
Daniel B. Driscoll United States U.S. Navy 5
Willie Driscoll United States U.S. Navy 5
Francis E. Dubisher United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Charles H. Dubois United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
James E. Duffy (USN) United States U.S. Navy 5
Richard E. Duffy United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Joseph L. Egen Jr United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Hugh M. Elwood United States U.S. Marine Corps 5
James W. Empey United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Lyle A. Erickson United States U.S. Navy 5
Herman E. Ernst United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Charles D. Farmer United States U.S. Navy 5
Robert A. Farnsworth Jr United States U.S. Navy 5
William Farrell (USMC) United States U.S. Marine Corps 5
Richard D. Faxon United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Marion C. Felts United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
James E. Fenex Jr United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
William Fiedler (USAAF) United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Virgil C. Fields Jr United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Howard J. Finn United States U.S. Marine Corps 5
Charles R. Fischette United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Harry E. Fisk United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Nelson D. Flack Jr United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Kenneth A. Flinn United States U.S. Navy 5
Ralph E. Foltz United States U.S. Navy 5
Paul J. Fontana United States U.S. Marine Corps 5
Claude E. Ford United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Kenneth M. Ford United States U.S. Marine Corps 5
George Formanek Jr United States U.S. Navy 5
Dwight B. Galt United States U.S. Navy 5
Warner F. Gardner United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Noel Gayler United States U.S. Navy 5
Steven N. Gerick United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Grover D. Ghelson United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Robert D. Gibb United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Cyrus R. Gladen United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Lindley W. Godson United States U.S. Navy 5
Norman D. Gould United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Giorgio Graffer Italy Regia Aeronautica 5
Robert F. Graham United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Vernon E. Graham United States U.S. Navy 5
Hayden A. Gregory United States U.S. Navy 5
Robert C. Griffith United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
William Grosvenor Jr United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Cheatham W. Gupton United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Albert E. Hacking United States U.S. Marine Corps 5
Samuel E. Hammer United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Harry T. Hanna United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Christopher J. Hansenman United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Walter R. Harman United States U.S. Navy 5
Thomas L. Harris (USAAF) United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Raymond E. Hartley United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Herbert B. Hatch United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Charles D. Hauver United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Russell C. Haworth United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Frank R. Hayde United States U.S. Navy 5
Frank C. Hearrell United States U.S. Navy 5
Charles F. Held Jr United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Paul M. Henderson Jr United States U.S. Navy 5
Randall W. Hendricks United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
James E. Hill United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Richard Hope Hillary Australia Royal Air Force 5
Donald E. Hillman United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Kenneth G. Hippe United States U.S. Navy 5
Edwin M. Hiro United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Myron M. Hnatio United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
John B. Hoag United States U.S. Navy 5
William R. Hodges United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Cullen J. Hoffman United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Louis Hoffman United States AVG 5
Herbert N. Houck United States U.S. Navy 5
Edward R. Hoyt United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Mark E. Hubbard United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Howard R. Hudson United States U.S. Navy 5
Alvaro J. Hunter United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Joseph W. Icard United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Julius W. Ireland United States U.S. Marine Corps 5
Clayton M. Isaacson United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Hayden M. Jensen United States U.S. Navy 5
Evan M. Johnson United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Wallace R. Johnson United States U.S. Navy 5
Curran L. Jones United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Frank C. Jones United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Lynn F. Jones United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Warren L. Jones United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Joseph W. Jorda United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
William M. Julian United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Charles Kendrick United States U.S. Marine Corps 5
Daniel Kennedy United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Robert H. Kidwell United States U.S. Navy 5
Melvin B. Kimball United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
John R. Kincaid United States U.S. Navy 5
Charles W. King (USAF) United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
David L. King United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Marion F. Kirby United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Lenton F. Kirkland United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Robert H. Knapp United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Carroll S. Knott United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Edward H. Kopsel United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
William J. Kostic United States U.S. Navy 5
Wayne W. Laird United States U.S. Marine Corps 5
William E. Lamoreaux United States U.S. Navy 5
Richard C. Lampe United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Willis Laney United States U.S. Navy 5
Ned W. Langdon United States U.S. Navy 5
Thomas G. Lanphier United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Franklin C. Lathrope United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Charles H. Laughlin United States AVG 5
George Laven United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Earl R. Lazear United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Harold K. Lee United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Richard J. Lee United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Marlow J. Leikness United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Charles W. Lenfest United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Jack Lenox Jr United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
John A. Leppla United States U.S. Navy 5
Alfred B. Lewelling United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Brooks J. Liles United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Hugh D. Lillie United States U.S. Navy 5
James W. Little United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Charles P. London United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Donald Lopez United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
George G. Loving, Jr. United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
John F. Luma United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Lowell C. Lutton United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
John A. Mackay United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Morton D. Magoffin United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Keith Mahon United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Jackson C. Mankin United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Lee P. Mankin United States U.S. Navy 5
Harry A. March Jr United States U.S. Navy 5
Luigi Mariotti Italy Regia Aeronautica 5
Lester C. Marsh United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Albert E. Martin Jr United States U.S. Navy 5
Kenneth R. Martin United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Joseph L. Mason United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
William H. Mathis United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Joseph Z. Matte United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Chester K. Maxwell United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Benjamin I. Mayo United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Paul G. McArthur United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Henry A. McCartney Jr United States U.S. Marine Corps 5
Leo B. McCudden United States U.S. Navy 5
William F. McDownough United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
James N. McElroy United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
John L. McGinn United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Selva E. McGinty United States U.S. Marine Corps 5
Samuel E. McGuffin United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
John W. McGuyrt United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Donald J. McKinley United States U.S. Navy 5
George. McMillan United States AVG 5
Evan D. MacMinn United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Donald M. McPherson United States U.S. Navy 5
George L. Merritt Jr United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Frederick H. Michaelis United States U.S. Navy 5
Everett Miller United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Joseph E. Miller United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Robert C. Milliken United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Charles Milton United States U.S. Navy 5
Marinos Mitralexis Greece Greek Air Force 5
Arthur P. Mollenhauer United States U.S. Navy 5
Franklin H. Monk United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Robert H. Moore United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Paul V. Morriss United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Arthur H. Munson United States U.S. Navy 5
Jennings S. Myers United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Joseph R. Myshrall United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Leslie D. Nelson United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Robert J. Nelson United States U.S. Navy 5
Franklin A. Nichols United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Edward M. Nollmeyer United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Marvin R. Novak United States U.S. Navy 5
Jack G. Oberhansky United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Frank O’Brien Jr United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Edwin L. Olander United States U.S. Marine Corps 5
Austin L. Olsen United States U.S. Navy 5
Paul E. Olson United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Enzo Omiccioli Italy Regia Aeronautica 5
Eugene W. O’Neill Jr United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Lawrence F. O’Neill United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Ernest K. Osher United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Robert J. Overcash United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Edward W. Overton Jr United States U.S. Navy 5
Joel A. Owens United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Melvyn R. Paisley United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Forrest F. Parham United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Edsel Paulk United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Oscar F. Perdomo United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
John Petach United States AVG 5
Costantino Petrosellini Italy Regia Aeronautica 5
David P. Philips III United States U.S. Navy 5
Edward A. Phillips United States U.S. Navy 5
Hyde Phillips United States U.S. Marine Corps 5
Kenneth R. Pool United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Edward S. Popek United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Robert B. Porter United States U.S. Marine Corps 5
George H. Poske United States U.S. Marine Corps 5
Ernest A. Powell United States U.S. Marine Corps 5
MacArthur Powers United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Jack C. Price United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Royce W. Priest United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Roger C. Pryor United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Donald L. Quigley United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Robert J. Raines United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Orvin H. Ramlo United States U.S. Marine Corps 5
WIlliam C. Reese United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Joseph E. Reulet United States U.S. Navy 5
Thomas W. Rhodes United States U.S. Navy 5
Vincent A. Rieger United States U.S. Navy 5
Andrew Ritchey United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Newell O. Roberts United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Leroy W. Robinson United States U.S. Navy 5
Ross F. Robinson United States U.S. Navy 5
Franklin Rose United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Gerald L. Rounds United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Henry S. Rudolph United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
William A. Rynne United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Hartwell V. Scarborough United States U.S. Marine Corps 5
Thomas D. Schank United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Gordon E. Schecter United States U.S. Navy 5
John L. Schell United States U.S. Navy 5
Raymond Scherer United States U.S. Marine Corps 5
James F. Schilke United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Louis Schriber United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Duerr H. Schuh United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Robert B. Schultz United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Harry H. Sealey United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Alexander F. Sears United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Robert B. See United States U.S. Marine Corps 5
Carlo Seganti Italy Regia Aeronautica 5
Robert K. Seidman United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Charles A. Shields United States U.S. Navy 5
Lester H. Sipes United States U.S. Navy 5
Frank Sistrunk United States U.S. Navy 5
Jack R. Smith United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Kenneth B. Smith (USAF) United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Kenneth D. Smith United States U.S. Navy 5
Virgil H. Smith United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Irl V. Sonner Jr United States U.S. Navy 5
James J. Southerland United States U.S. Navy 5
Arthur Spurgin Australia Royal Australian Air Force 5
Clyde P. Spitler United States U.S. Navy 5
William J. Stangel United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Morris A. Stanley United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Edgar E. Stebbins United States U.S. Navy 5
Edward J. Stefanski United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Raymond D. Stehle United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Carl V. Stone United States U.S. Navy 5
Johnnie C. Strange United States U.S. Navy 5
Richard C. Suehr United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Charles P. Sullivan United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Robert C. Sutcliffe United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
John F. Sutherland United States U.S. Navy 5
John F. Swinburne Jr. United States U.S. Navy 5
William J. Sykes United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Stanley Synar United States U.S. Marine Corps 5
Oliver B. Taylor United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
William W. Taylor (USN) United States U.S. Navy 5
Robert D. Thompson United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
John A. Tilley United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Edward W. Toaspern United States U.S. Navy 5
John W. Topliff United States U.S. Navy 5
Harrison B. Tordoff United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Ross E. Torkelson United States U.S. Navy 5
Eugene P. Townsend United States U.S. Navy 5
Clifton H. Troxell United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Peter J. Van Der Linden United States U.S. Navy 5
Rudolph D. Van Dyke United States U.S. Navy 5
Robert H. Vaught Jr. United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
John E. Vogt United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Horace Q. Waggoner United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Walter B. Walker Jr. United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Lyttleton T. Ward United States U.S. Navy 5
Jack R. Warren United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Ralph J. Watson United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Sidney W. Wheatherford United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Willard J. Webb United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Gregory J. Weissenberger United States U.S. Marine Corps 5
Darrell G. Welch United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Albert P. Welles United States U.S. Marine Corps 5
Robert G. West United States U.S. Navy 5
Harry S. White United States U.S. Navy 5
John H. White (USAF) United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
David C. Wilhelm United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Paul H. Wilkins United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
William F. Wilson United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Russell D. Williams United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Robert A. Winston United States U.S. Navy 5
Ralph L. Wire United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Lee V. Wiseman United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
John L. Wolford United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
George L. Wrenn United States U.S. Navy 5
Max J. Wright United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Vasseure F. Wynn United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Robert R. Yaeger Jr. United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Robert M. York United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Michael R. Yunck United States U.S. Marine Corps 5
Aurel Tifrea Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 5
Constantin Popescu Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 5
Constantin Nicoara Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 5
Petre Cordescu Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 5
Aurel Tifrea Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 5
Hariton Dusescu Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 5
Vintila Bratianu Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 5
Nicolae Burileanu Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 5
Laurentiu Catana Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 5
Erich Selei Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 5
Gheorghe Cristea Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 5
Mircea Dumitrescu Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 5
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.
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. “
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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.