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Los ases de los cazas en la Segunda Guerra Mundial tenían puntuaciones de muerte tremendamente variables, afectadas como estaban por muchos factores: el nivel de habilidad del piloto , el rendimiento del avión que voló y aquellos contra los que voló, cuánto tiempo sirvió, su oportunidad de encontrarse con el enemigo en el aire (desproporción de los Aliados al Eje), ya fuera el líder de la formación o un compañero, los estándares que su servicio aéreo trajo a la concesión de créditos de victoria, etcétera.

Hacia el final de la guerra, las potencias del Eje habían agotado en gran medida su suministro de pilotos expertos y los reemplazos no tenían tantas oportunidades de ganar suficiente experiencia para tener éxito. Además, las políticas nacionales diferían; Los pilotos alemanes, italianos y japoneses [1] tendían a volver a la cabina una y otra vez hasta que los mataban. [N 1]

No está claro qué impacto tienen las reglas de cada nación para la acreditación de puntajes en los recuentos enumerados a continuación. Los alemanes atribuyeron una victoria compartida a un solo piloto, mientras que los franceses atribuyeron la victoria total a todos los participantes. Las fuerzas aéreas británicas, finlandesas y estadounidenses acreditaron partes fraccionarias de victorias aéreas, lo que resultó en fracciones, como 11½, que podrían ser, por ejemplo, 10 aviones y tres acciones con el segundo piloto. Algunos comandos estadounidenses también acreditaron aviones destruidos en tierra. Los soviéticos contaron solo las muertes en solitario, mientras que las muertes en grupo se contaron por separado, al igual que los japoneses. La Fuerza Aérea Italiana no atribuyó oficialmente las victorias a los pilotos individuales, sino a su unidad en su conjunto. Las muertes probables generalmente se dejan fuera de la lista.

Es necesario enfatizar que la cuestión de evaluar y comparar la tasa de éxito de los luchadores por número de victorias es una de las más problemáticas. Hay disputas sobre qué es "derribado" y qué es "victoria aérea", pero lo más problemático parece ser la credibilidad de los informes y la fiabilidad de su confirmación, que fue sustancialmente diferente en determinadas fuerzas aéreas. La más confiable se considera la confirmación de las victorias en RAF, que basó sus conteos en la comparación de testimonios de los participantes y, si es posible, material fílmico.

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  Este fondo, junto con el símbolo "†", indica que el piloto murió en acción , desapareció en acción , murió de heridas o murió en un accidente aéreo durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial.

NombrePaísServicios)Victorias aéreasOtras victorias aéreasNotas
Erich Hartmann AlemaniaLuftwaffe352 [2]El mejor as de todos los tiempos. Primero con 300 victorias, logrado coincidiendo con Double-as en un día
Gerhard Barkhorn AlemaniaLuftwaffe301 [2]
Günther Rall AlemaniaLuftwaffe275 [2]
Otto Kittel † AlemaniaLuftwaffe267 [2]Top Focke-Wulf 190 as
Walter Nowotny † AlemaniaLuftwaffe258 [2]Doble as en un día en dos ocasiones diferentes. Primero a 250
Wilhelm Batz AlemaniaLuftwaffe237 [2]
Erich Rudorffer AlemaniaLuftwaffe222 [2]Jet as con 12 victorias en Me 262 , [3] Double-as en un día
Heinz Bär AlemaniaLuftwaffe220 [2]Jet as con 16 victorias en Me 262 [3]
Hermann Graf AlemaniaLuftwaffe212 [2]Primero con 200 victorias
Heinrich Ehrler † AlemaniaLuftwaffe209 [2]Jet as con 5 victorias en Me 262 [3]
Theodor Weissenberger AlemaniaLuftwaffe208 [2]Jet as con 8 victorias en Me 262 [3]
Hans Philipp † AlemaniaLuftwaffe206 [4]
Walter Schuck AlemaniaLuftwaffe206 [4]Jet as con 8 victorias en Me 262 [3]
Anton Hafner † AlemaniaLuftwaffe204 [4]
Helmut Lipfert AlemaniaLuftwaffe203 [4]
Walter Krupinski AlemaniaLuftwaffe197 [4]
Anton Hackl AlemaniaLuftwaffe192 [4]
Joachim Brendel AlemaniaLuftwaffe189 [4]
Max Stotz † AlemaniaLuftwaffe189 [4]
Joachim Kirschner † AlemaniaLuftwaffe188 [4]
Kurt Brändle † AlemaniaLuftwaffe180 [4]
Günther Josten AlemaniaLuftwaffe178 [4]
Johannes Steinhoff AlemaniaLuftwaffe176 [4]Jet as con 6 victorias en Me 262 [3]
Ernst-Wilhelm Reinert AlemaniaLuftwaffe174 [4]
Günther Schack AlemaniaLuftwaffe174 [4]
Heinz Schmidt † AlemaniaLuftwaffe173 [4]
Emil Lang † AlemaniaLuftwaffe173 [4]Triple-as en un día
Horst Ademeit † AlemaniaLuftwaffe166 [4]
Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke † AlemaniaLuftwaffe162 [5]
Hans-Joachim Marsella † AlemaniaLuftwaffe158 [5]As con mejor puntuación fuera del Frente Oriental . Destruyó la mayoría de los aviones aliados occidentales . Triple-as en un día
Heinrich Sturm † AlemaniaLuftwaffe157 [5]
Gerhard Thyben AlemaniaLuftwaffe157 [5]
Hans Beisswenger † AlemaniaLuftwaffe152 [5]
Gordon Gollob AlemaniaLuftwaffe150 [5]Primero con 150 victorias
Peter Düttmann AlemaniaLuftwaffe150 [5]
Fritz Tegtmeier AlemaniaLuftwaffe146 [5]
Albin Wolf † AlemaniaLuftwaffe144 [5]
Kurt Tanzer AlemaniaLuftwaffe143 [5]
Friedrich-Karl Müller † AlemaniaLuftwaffe140 [5]
Karl Gratz AlemaniaLuftwaffe138 [5]
Heinrich Setz † AlemaniaLuftwaffe138 [5]
Rudolf Trenkel AlemaniaLuftwaffe138 [5]
Franz Schall † AlemaniaLuftwaffe137 [5]Jet as con 14 victorias en Me 262 [3]
Walter Wolfrum AlemaniaLuftwaffe137 [5]Doble as en un día en dos ocasiones diferentes
Adolf Dickfeld AlemaniaLuftwaffe136 [5]
Horst-Günther von Fassong † AlemaniaLuftwaffe136 [6]
Otto Fönnekold † AlemaniaLuftwaffe136 [6]
Karl-Heinz Weber † AlemaniaLuftwaffe136 [6]
Joachim Müncheberg † AlemaniaLuftwaffe135 [6]
Hans Waldmann † AlemaniaLuftwaffe134 [6]As en un día
Alfred Grislawski AlemaniaLuftwaffe133 [6]
Johannes Wiese AlemaniaLuftwaffe133 [6]
Adolf Borchers AlemaniaLuftwaffe132 [6]
Erwin Clausen † AlemaniaLuftwaffe132 [6]
Wilhelm Lemke † AlemaniaLuftwaffe131 [6]
Heinrich Sterr † AlemaniaLuftwaffe130 [6]
Franz Eisenach AlemaniaLuftwaffe129 [6]
Walther Dahl AlemaniaLuftwaffe128 [6]
Franz Dörr AlemaniaLuftwaffe128 [6]
Rudolf Rademacher AlemaniaLuftwaffe126 [6]Jet as con 8 victorias en Me 262 [3]
Josef Zwernemann † AlemaniaLuftwaffe126 [7]
Gerhard Hoffmann † AlemaniaLuftwaffe125 [7]
Dietrich Hrabak AlemaniaLuftwaffe125 [7]
Wolf-Udo Ettel † AlemaniaLuftwaffe124 [7]
Herbert Ihlefeld AlemaniaLuftwaffe123 [6]+9 en Guerra Civil EspañolaAs en cada una de las dos guerras
Wolfgang Tonne † AlemaniaLuftwaffe122 [7]
Heinz Marquardt AlemaniaLuftwaffe121 [7]
Schnaufer de Heinz-Wolfgang AlemaniaLuftwaffe121 [8]El mejor luchador nocturno . As en un día
Robert Weiß † AlemaniaLuftwaffe121 [7]
Friedrich Obleser AlemaniaLuftwaffe120 [7]
Erich Leie † AlemaniaLuftwaffe118 [7]
Franz-Josef Beerenbrock AlemaniaLuftwaffe117 [7]
Hans-Joachim Birkner † AlemaniaLuftwaffe117 [7]
Jakob Norz † AlemaniaLuftwaffe117 [7]
Walter Oesau † AlemaniaLuftwaffe117 [7]
Heinz Wernicke † AlemaniaLuftwaffe117 [7]
Agosto Lambert † AlemaniaLuftwaffe116 [7]Triple-as en un día
Wilhelm Crinius AlemaniaLuftwaffe114 [7]
Werner Schröer AlemaniaLuftwaffe114 [9]
Hans Dammers † AlemaniaLuftwaffe113 [9]
Berthold Korts † AlemaniaLuftwaffe113 [9]
Kurt Bühligen AlemaniaLuftwaffe112 [9]
Helmut Cuaresma † AlemaniaLuftwaffe110 [8]As del luchador nocturno
Kurt Ubben † AlemaniaLuftwaffe110 [9]
Franz Woidich AlemaniaLuftwaffe110 [9]
Emil Bitsch † AlemaniaLuftwaffe108 [9]
Hans Hahn AlemaniaLuftwaffe108 [9]
Bernhard Vechtel AlemaniaLuftwaffe108 [9]
Viktor Bauer AlemaniaLuftwaffe106 [9]
Werner Lucas † AlemaniaLuftwaffe106 [9]
Günther Lützow † AlemaniaLuftwaffe105 [10]+5 en Guerra Civil Española
Adolf Galland AlemaniaLuftwaffe104 [9]Jet as con 7 victorias en Me 262 [3]
Heinz Sachsenberg AlemaniaLuftwaffe104 [9]
Hartmann Grasser AlemaniaLuftwaffe103 [9]
Siegfried Freytag AlemaniaLuftwaffe102 [11]
Friedrich Geisshardt † AlemaniaLuftwaffe102 [11]
Egon Mayer † AlemaniaLuftwaffe102 [11]
Max-Hellmuth Ostermann † AlemaniaLuftwaffe102 [11]
Josef Wurmheller † AlemaniaLuftwaffe102 [11]
Werner Mölders † AlemaniaLuftwaffe101 [7]+14 en Guerra Civil EspañolaAs en cada una de las dos guerras, primero en la historia de la aviación con 100 victorias
Rudolf Miethig † AlemaniaLuftwaffe101 [11]
Josef Priller AlemaniaLuftwaffe101 [11]
Ulrich Wernitz AlemaniaLuftwaffe101 [11]
Reinhard Seiler AlemaniaLuftwaffe100 [9]+9 en Guerra Civil Española
Paul-Heinrich Dähne † AlemaniaLuftwaffe99 [12]
Leopold Steinbatz AlemaniaLuftwaffe99 [11]
Wolfgang Späte AlemaniaLuftwaffe99 [11]Jet as con 5 victorias en Me 262 [3]
Heinrich Bartels † AlemaniaLuftwaffe99 [11]
Horst Hannig † AlemaniaLuftwaffe98 [11]
Gustav Rödel AlemaniaLuftwaffe98 [11]
Helmut Rüffler AlemaniaLuftwaffe98 [11]
Hans Schleef † AlemaniaLuftwaffe98 [13]
Helmut Mertens AlemaniaLuftwaffe97 [13]
Hermann Schleinhege AlemaniaLuftwaffe96 [13]
Diethelm von Eichel-Streiber AlemaniaLuftwaffe96 [13]
Heinrich Höfemeier † AlemaniaLuftwaffe96 [13]
Siegfried Lemke AlemaniaLuftwaffe96 [13]
Leopold Münster † AlemaniaLuftwaffe95 [13]
Ilmari Juutilainen FinlandiaFuerza Aérea de Finlandia94El mejor as no alemán. 126 victorias reclamadas. As en un día . Las victorias fueron contra la Unión Soviética, un miembro de las potencias aliadas, pero fueron parte de la Guerra de Continuación entre Finlandia y la Unión Soviética , y Finlandia nunca firmó el Pacto Tripartito para unirse a las potencias del Eje de la Segunda Guerra Mundial.
Rudolf Müller † AlemaniaLuftwaffe94 [13]posiblemente 101 [14]
Anton Döbele † AlemaniaLuftwaffe94 [13]
Heinrich Klöpper † AlemaniaLuftwaffe94 [13]
Rudolf Resch † AlemaniaLuftwaffe93 [13]+1 en la Guerra Civil Española
Edmund Roßmann AlemaniaLuftwaffe93 [13]
Siegfried Schnell † AlemaniaLuftwaffe93 [13]
Helmut Bennemann AlemaniaLuftwaffe92 [13]
Gerhard Loos † AlemaniaLuftwaffe92 [13]
Oskar Romm AlemaniaLuftwaffe92 [13]
Anton Resch AlemaniaLuftwaffe91 [13]
Eberhard von Boremski AlemaniaLuftwaffe90 [15]posiblemente 104 [16]
Heinz Kemethmüller AlemaniaLuftwaffe89 [15]
Georg Schentke † AlemaniaLuftwaffe87 [15]
Josef Jennewein † AlemaniaLuftwaffe86 [15]
Anton Mader AlemaniaLuftwaffe86 [15]
Friedrich Wachowiak † AlemaniaLuftwaffe86 [15]
Ulrich Wöhnert AlemaniaLuftwaffe86 [15]
Gerhard Köppen † AlemaniaLuftwaffe85 [15]
Walter Zellot † AlemaniaLuftwaffe85 [15]
Heinz Ewald AlemaniaLuftwaffe84 [15]
Peter Kalden AlemaniaLuftwaffe84 [15]
Werner Quast AlemaniaLuftwaffe84 [15]
Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein † AlemaniaLuftwaffe83 [8]
Otto Weßling † AlemaniaLuftwaffe83 [15]
Walter Ohlrogge AlemaniaLuftwaffe83 [15]
Hans Grünberg AlemaniaLuftwaffe82 [15]Jet as con 5 victorias en Me 262 [3]
Emil Darjes AlemaniaLuftwaffe82
Hans Götz † AlemaniaLuftwaffe82 [15]
Helmut Missner AlemaniaLuftwaffe82 [15]
Franz Beyer † AlemaniaLuftwaffe81 [17]
Max-Hermann Lücke † AlemaniaLuftwaffe81 [17]
Hugo Broch AlemaniaLuftwaffe81 [17]
Willi Nemitz † AlemaniaLuftwaffe81 [17]
Wilhelm Philipp AlemaniaLuftwaffe81 [17]
Rudolf Wagner AlemaniaLuftwaffe81 [17]
Tetsuzō Iwamoto JapónArmada Imperial Japonesa80+14 en la Segunda Guerra Sino-JaponesaAs en cada una de las dos guerras, un análisis en 1971 sugiere hasta 87 confirmados de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, su diario reclamó 202 victorias
Herbert Bachnick † AlemaniaLuftwaffe80 [17]
Otto Würfel AlemaniaLuftwaffe79 [17]
Georg-Peter Eder AlemaniaLuftwaffe78 [17]Jet as con 12 victorias en Me 262 [3]
Wolfgang Ewald AlemaniaLuftwaffe78 [17]
Heinrich Krafft † AlemaniaLuftwaffe78 [17]
Karl-Gottfried Nordmann AlemaniaLuftwaffe78 [17]
Alexander Preinfalk † AlemaniaLuftwaffe78 [17]
Josef Haiböck AlemaniaLuftwaffe77 [17]
Johann-Hermann Meier † AlemaniaLuftwaffe77 [17]
Hans-Joachim Kroschinski AlemaniaLuftwaffe76 [17]
Maximilian Mayerl AlemaniaLuftwaffe76 [17]
Alfred Teumer † AlemaniaLuftwaffe76 [18]
Edwin Thiel † AlemaniaLuftwaffe76 [18]
Hans Wind FinlandiaFuerza Aérea de Finlandia75Quintuple Ace en un día
Johannes Bunzek † AlemaniaLuftwaffe75 [18]
Helmuth Grollmus AlemaniaLuftwaffe75 [18]
Johann Pichler AlemaniaLuftwaffe75 [18]
Hans Röhrig † AlemaniaLuftwaffe75 [18]
Joachim Wandel † AlemaniaLuftwaffe75 [18]
Gustav Frielinghaus AlemaniaLuftwaffe74 [18]
Otto Gaiser † AlemaniaLuftwaffe74 [18]
Friedrich Haas AlemaniaLuftwaffe74 [18]
Karl-Heinz Meltzer † AlemaniaLuftwaffe74
Hubertus von Bonin † AlemaniaLuftwaffe73 [17]+4 en Guerra Civil Española
Anton Lindner AlemaniaLuftwaffe73 [18]
Gerhard Michalski AlemaniaLuftwaffe73 [18]
Otto Schultz AlemaniaLuftwaffe73 [18]
Wilhelm Herget AlemaniaLuftwaffe72 [8]
Shigeo Fukumoto JapónArmada Imperial Japonesa72
Klaus Mietusch † AlemaniaLuftwaffe72 [18]
Wilhelm Mink † AlemaniaLuftwaffe72 [18]
Karl-Heinz Schnell AlemaniaLuftwaffe72 [18]
Hans Fuß † AlemaniaLuftwaffe71 [19]
Adolf Glunz AlemaniaLuftwaffe71 [18]
Alfred Heckmann AlemaniaLuftwaffe71 [19]
Herbert Rollwage AlemaniaLuftwaffe71 [20]
Günther Scheel † AlemaniaLuftwaffe71 [19]
Shoichi Sugita JapónArmada Imperial Japonesa70+40 compartido
Karl Hoffmann AlemaniaLuftwaffe70
Hermann-Friedrich Joppien † AlemaniaLuftwaffe70 [19]
Heinz Lange AlemaniaLuftwaffe70 [19]
Rudi Linz † AlemaniaLuftwaffe70 [19]
Emil Omert † AlemaniaLuftwaffe70 [19]
Armin Köhler AlemaniaLuftwaffe69 [19]
Ernst Weismann AlemaniaLuftwaffe69 [19]
Eugen-Ludwig Zweigart † AlemaniaLuftwaffe69 [19]
Constantin Cantacuzino RumaniaReal Fuerza Aérea Rumana69+8 sin confirmar

Mejor as rumano

Kurt Dombacher AlemaniaLuftwaffe68 [19]
Walter Höckner AlemaniaLuftwaffe68 [19]
Herbert Huppertz † AlemaniaLuftwaffe68 [19]
Heinrich Jung AlemaniaLuftwaffe68 [19]
Herbert Kaiser AlemaniaLuftwaffe68 [21]
Richard Leppla AlemaniaLuftwaffe68 [21]
Fritz Losigkeit AlemaniaLuftwaffe68 [21]
Günther Freiherr von Maltzahn AlemaniaLuftwaffe68 [19]
Hans Strelow † AlemaniaLuftwaffe68 [19]
Ernst Süß † AlemaniaLuftwaffe68 [21]
Otto Tange † AlemaniaLuftwaffe68 [21]
Fritz Dinger † AlemaniaLuftwaffe67 [21]
Herbert Findeisen AlemaniaLuftwaffe67 [21]
Karl Fuchs AlemaniaLuftwaffe67
Karl Hammerl AlemaniaLuftwaffe67
Reinhold Hoffmann † AlemaniaLuftwaffe67 [22]
Erbo Graf von Kageneck † AlemaniaLuftwaffe67 [21]
Franz Schieß † AlemaniaLuftwaffe67 [21]
Franz Schwaiger † AlemaniaLuftwaffe67 [21]
Hubert Strassl † AlemaniaLuftwaffe67Triple-as en un día
Erwin Fleig AlemaniaLuftwaffe66 [21]
Werner Streib AlemaniaLuftwaffe66 [8]As del luchador nocturno
Ivan Kozhedub Unión SoviéticaFuerza Aérea Soviética66Mejor as aliado en la Segunda Guerra Mundial
Heinrich Füllgrabe † AlemaniaLuftwaffe65 [23]
Waldemar Semelka † AlemaniaLuftwaffe65 [23]
Berthold Graßmuck † AlemaniaLuftwaffe65 [23]
Karl Kempf † AlemaniaLuftwaffe65 [23]
Manfred Meurer † AlemaniaLuftwaffe65 [8]As del luchador nocturno
Günther Radusch AlemaniaLuftwaffe65 [8]As del luchador nocturno
Bernd Gallowitsch AlemaniaLuftwaffe64 [23]
Jürgen Harder † AlemaniaLuftwaffe64 [23]
Rolf Hermichen AlemaniaLuftwaffe64 [23]
Walter Lindner AlemaniaLuftwaffe64
Viktor Petermann AlemaniaLuftwaffe64 [23]
Erhard Peters AlemaniaLuftwaffe64
Heinz Rökker AlemaniaLuftwaffe64 [24]As del luchador nocturno
Rudolf Schoenert AlemaniaLuftwaffe64 [24]As del luchador nocturno
Franz Götz AlemaniaLuftwaffe63 [23]
Heinrich Hoffmann † AlemaniaLuftwaffe63
Gerhard Homuth † AlemaniaLuftwaffe63 [23]
Wilhelm Schilling AlemaniaLuftwaffe63
Hermann Staiger AlemaniaLuftwaffe63
Heino Cordes AlemaniaLuftwaffe62
Wilhelm Hübner AlemaniaLuftwaffe62 [23]
Helmut Neumann AlemaniaLuftwaffe62 [23]
Gerhard Beutin AlemaniaLuftwaffe60
Hans-Ekkehard Bob AlemaniaLuftwaffe60
Horst Carganico † AlemaniaLuftwaffe60 [12]
Franz Checa AlemaniaLuftwaffe60
Alfred Franke † AlemaniaLuftwaffe60
Franz Hrdlicka † AlemaniaLuftwaffe60
Kurt Kelter AlemaniaLuftwaffe60
August Mors † AlemaniaLuftwaffe60 [23]
Karl Munz AlemaniaLuftwaffe60 [25]
Alfred Rauch AlemaniaLuftwaffe60 [25]
Nikolay Dmitrievich Gulayev Unión SoviéticaFuerza Aérea Soviética60
Aleksandr Ivanovich Pokryshkin Unión SoviéticaFuerza Aérea Soviética59+8 antes de los soviéticos oficialmente en la Segunda Guerra Mundial
Hans-Arnold Stahlschmidt † AlemaniaLuftwaffe59 [26]
Franz Eckerle † AlemaniaLuftwaffe59 [27]
Karl Steffen AlemaniaLuftwaffe59
Paul Zorner AlemaniaLuftwaffe59 [24]As del luchador nocturno
Siegfried Engfer AlemaniaLuftwaffe59 [28]
Hermann Buchner AlemaniaLuftwaffe58 [29]Jet as con 12 victorias en Me 262 [3]
Martin Becker AlemaniaLuftwaffe58 [24]As del luchador nocturno
Herbert Broennle † AlemaniaLuftwaffe58 [30]
Herbert Friebel AlemaniaLuftwaffe58 [31]
Wilhelm Freuwörth AlemaniaLuftwaffe58 [32]
Gerhard Raht AlemaniaLuftwaffe58 [24]As del luchador nocturno
Hiromichi Shinohara † JapónEjército Imperial Japonés58
Grigoriy Andreevich Rechkalov Unión SoviéticaFuerza Aérea Soviética58
Lutz-Wilhelm Burckhardt AlemaniaLuftwaffe57+ [33]
Heinrich-Wilhelm Ahnert † AlemaniaLuftwaffe57 [34]
Konrad Bauer AlemaniaLuftwaffe57 [35]
Walter Brandt AlemaniaLuftwaffe57
Hugo Dahmer AlemaniaLuftwaffe57
Kurt Ebener AlemaniaLuftwaffe57
Adolf Kalkum AlemaniaLuftwaffe57
Herbert Puschmann † AlemaniaLuftwaffe57
Johannes Seifert † AlemaniaLuftwaffe57
Hermann Wolf AlemaniaLuftwaffe57
Manfred Eberwein AlemaniaLuftwaffe56
Gustav Francsi AlemaniaLuftwaffe56 [24]As del luchador nocturno
Horst Haase AlemaniaLuftwaffe56
Heinz Hackler † AlemaniaLuftwaffe56
Erich Hohagen AlemaniaLuftwaffe56
Helmuth Holtz AlemaniaLuftwaffe56
Eduard Isken AlemaniaLuftwaffe56
Kurt Knappe † AlemaniaLuftwaffe56
Josef Kraft AlemaniaLuftwaffe56 [24]As del luchador nocturno
Helmut Schönfelder AlemaniaLuftwaffe56
Günther Seeger AlemaniaLuftwaffe56
Heinz Strüning † AlemaniaLuftwaffe56 [24]As del luchador nocturno
Edmund Wagner † AlemaniaLuftwaffe56
Mecha de Helmut † AlemaniaLuftwaffe56
Eino Luukkanen FinlandiaFuerza Aérea de Finlandia56
Karl-Heinz Bendert AlemaniaLuftwaffe55
Wilhelm-Ferdinand Galland † AlemaniaLuftwaffe55 [36]
Herbert Bareuther † AlemaniaLuftwaffe55 [37]
Hans-Dieter Frank AlemaniaLuftwaffe55 [24]As del luchador nocturno
Gabriel Tautscher AlemaniaLuftwaffe55
Takeo Okumura † JapónArmada Imperial Japonesa54
Johann Badum † AlemaniaLuftwaffe54 [38]
Hans Ehlers † AlemaniaLuftwaffe54
Wilhelm Hauswirth AlemaniaLuftwaffe54
Heinz Leber AlemaniaLuftwaffe54
Siegfried Simsch † AlemaniaLuftwaffe54
Heinz Vinke † AlemaniaLuftwaffe54 [24]As del luchador nocturno
Hannes Trautloft AlemaniaLuftwaffe53 [39]+5 en Guerra Civil Española
Agosto Geiger † AlemaniaLuftwaffe53 [24]As del luchador nocturno
Kirill A. Yevstigneyev Unión SoviéticaFuerza Aérea Soviética53
Albert Brunner † AlemaniaLuftwaffe53
Heinz-Edgar Berres † AlemaniaLuftwaffe53
Hans-Joachim Heyer † AlemaniaLuftwaffe53
Willy Kientsch † AlemaniaLuftwaffe53
Carl Sattig AlemaniaLuftwaffe53
Julius Meimberg AlemaniaLuftwaffe53
Herbert Lütje AlemaniaLuftwaffe53 [24]As del luchador nocturno
Franz Barten † AlemaniaLuftwaffe52 [35]
Martin Drewes AlemaniaLuftwaffe52 [24]As del luchador nocturno
Alfred Gross AlemaniaLuftwaffe52
Ludwig Häfner † AlemaniaLuftwaffe52
Heinz Knoke AlemaniaLuftwaffe52
Rudolf Pflanz † AlemaniaLuftwaffe52 [40]
Friedrich Rupp † AlemaniaLuftwaffe52
Heinrich Wefers AlemaniaLuftwaffe52
Werner Hoffmann AlemaniaLuftwaffe52 [24]As del luchador nocturno
Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld † AlemaniaLuftwaffe51 [24]As del luchador nocturno
Fritz Lüddecke † AlemaniaLuftwaffe51 [41]
Otto Schulz † AlemaniaLuftwaffe51
Kurt Welter AlemaniaLuftwaffe50+ [42]Jet ace con 20+ reclamado en Me 262 ; [3] 56 como luchador nocturno ; posiblemente todo el tiempo jet ace
Hermann Greiner AlemaniaLuftwaffe50 [42]As del luchador nocturno
Dmitry Glinka Unión SoviéticaFuerza Aérea Soviética50
Hans-Joachim Jabs AlemaniaLuftwaffe50 [42]As del luchador nocturno
Emil Knittel AlemaniaLuftwaffe50
Frank Liesendahl AlemaniaLuftwaffe50
Karl Willius † AlemaniaLuftwaffe50
Heinz Arnold † AlemaniaLuftwaffe49Jet as con 7 victorias en Me 262 [3]
Rudolf Ehrenberger † AlemaniaLuftwaffe49
Reinhard Kollak AlemaniaLuftwaffe49 [42]As del luchador nocturno
Klaus Quaet-Faslem † AlemaniaLuftwaffe49 [43]
Richard Quante AlemaniaLuftwaffe49
Walter Borchers † AlemaniaLuftwaffe48+ [42]posiblemente 59 [16]As del luchador nocturno
Friedrich Beckh † AlemaniaLuftwaffe48 [35]
Paul Gildner † AlemaniaLuftwaffe48 [42]As del luchador nocturno
Johannes Hager AlemaniaLuftwaffe47
Werner Stumpf † AlemaniaLuftwaffe48
Franz Schwaiger † AlemaniaLuftwaffe48
Heinz-Gerhard Vogt † AlemaniaLuftwaffe48
Ernst-Georg Drünkler AlemaniaLuftwaffe47
Heinz Golinski † AlemaniaLuftwaffe47
Eckhard Hübner AlemaniaLuftwaffe47
Herbert Kutscha † AlemaniaLuftwaffe47
Erich Schmidt AlemaniaLuftwaffe47
Georg Seidel AlemaniaLuftwaffe47
Alexandru Şerbănescu † RumaniaReal Fuerza Aérea Rumana47
Arseniy Vasilievich Vorozheikin Unión SoviéticaFuerza Aérea Soviética46+6 en Batallas de Khalkhin GolAs en cada una de las dos guerras (aunque Khalkhin Gol no fue declarado)
Aleksandr Ivanovich Koldunov Unión SoviéticaFuerza Aérea Soviética46
Nikolay Mikhailovich Skomorohov Unión SoviéticaFuerza Aérea Soviética46
Hans-Heinz Augenstein AlemaniaLuftwaffe46 [42]As del luchador nocturno
Ludwig Becker † AlemaniaLuftwaffe46 [42]As del luchador nocturno
Wolfgang Böwing-Treuding † AlemaniaLuftwaffe46
Günter Fink † AlemaniaLuftwaffe46
Erwin Laskowski AlemaniaLuftwaffe46
Karl Rammelt AlemaniaLuftwaffe46
Karl Schnörrer AlemaniaLuftwaffe46Jet as con 11 victorias en Me 262 [3]
Franz Schulte AlemaniaLuftwaffe46
Paul Semrau † AlemaniaLuftwaffe46 [42]As del luchador nocturno
Alfred Surau AlemaniaLuftwaffe46
Kurt Tangermann AlemaniaLuftwaffe46
Ernst Düllberg AlemaniaLuftwaffe45
Rudolf Frank † AlemaniaLuftwaffe45 [42]As del luchador nocturno
Gerhard Schöpfel AlemaniaLuftwaffe45
Franz Stigler AlemaniaLuftwaffe45
Otto Vinzent AlemaniaLuftwaffe45
Ion Milu RumaniaReal Fuerza Aérea Rumana45
Urho Lehtovaara FinlandiaFuerza Aérea de Finlandia44,5
Mato Dukovac CroaciaFuerza aérea croata44Mejor as croata
Oiva Tuominen FinlandiaFuerza Aérea de Finlandia44
Hans Frese AlemaniaLuftwaffe44
Karl-Wilhelm Hofmann † AlemaniaLuftwaffe44
Reinhold Knacke † GermanyLuftwaffe44Night fighter ace
Wilhelm Steinmann GermanyLuftwaffe44
Walther Wever † GermanyLuftwaffe44
Vladimir Bobrov Soviet UnionSoviet Air Force43
Karl Borris GermanyLuftwaffe43
Ludwig Franzisket GermanyLuftwaffe43
Hubert Mütherich GermanyLuftwaffe43
Josef Pöhs † GermanyLuftwaffe43
Daniel Vizanty RomaniaRoyal Romanian Air Force43
Olli Puhakka FinlandFinnish Air Force42
Norbert Hannig GermanyLuftwaffe42
Jürgen Brocke † GermanyLuftwaffe42
Tudor Greceanu RomaniaRoyal Romanian Air Force42
Rudolf Schmidt GermanyLuftwaffe42
Herbert Schramm † GermanyLuftwaffe42[44]
Robert Olejnik GermanyLuftwaffe41
Werner Baake GermanyLuftwaffe41[42]Night fighter ace
Leopold Fellerer GermanyLuftwaffe41[42]Night fighter ace
Ludwig Meister GermanyLuftwaffe41[45]Night fighter ace
Marmaduke 'Pat' Pattle † South AfricaRoyal Air Force40Top British Commonwealth and South African ace, possibly 50+ victories. He scored all his victories on the Gloster Gladiator and the Hawker Hurricane and is the top ace of both aircraft.
Wilhelm Balthasar † GermanyLuftwaffe40+7 in Spanish Civil WarAce in each of two wars (+13 ground kills WWII)
Richard I. Bong † United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces40Top U.S. ace
Rudolf Busch GermanyLuftwaffe40
Peter Bremer GermanyLuftwaffe40
Wolf-Dietrich Huy GermanyLuftwaffe40
Hermann Neuhoff GermanyLuftwaffe40
Günter Steinhausen † GermanyLuftwaffe40
Eckart-Wilhelm von Bonin GermanyLuftwaffe39[45]Night fighter ace
Dietrich Schmidt GermanyLuftwaffe39[45]possibly 43[46]Night fighter ace
Satoru Anabuki JapanImperial Japanese Army3951 claimed
Iyozo Fujita JapanImperial Japanese Navy39
Eckart-Wilhelm von Bonin GermanyLuftwaffe39[45]Night fighter ace
Hans Dortenmann GermanyLuftwaffe38[47]
James Edgar "Johnnie" Johnson United KingdomRoyal Air Force38Top Spitfire Ace and also top ace against the German Luftwaffe. Only Marmaduke Pattle scored more victories, but most of his victories were against the Italian Regia Aeronautica (Italian Royal Air Force), and all his victories were scored on the Hawker Hurricane and the Gloster Gladiator.
Cvitan Galić † CroatiaCroatian Air Force38
Ernst Borngen GermanyLuftwaffe38
Detlev Rohwer † GermanyLuftwaffe38
Eduard Tratt † GermanyLuftwaffe38
Thomas B. McGuire † United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces38
Günther Bahr GermanyLuftwaffe39[45]Night fighter ace
Ivan Babak Soviet UnionSoviet Air Force37
Klaus Neumann GermanyLuftwaffe37[48]Jet ace with 5 victories in Me 262[3]
Heinz Bretnutz GermanyLuftwaffe37
Waldemar Radener GermanyLuftwaffe37
Maximilian Volke † GermanyLuftwaffe37
Sergey Luganski Soviet UnionSoviet Air Force37
Wilhelm Beier GermanyLuftwaffe36[45]Night fighter ace
Helmut Bergmann † GermanyLuftwaffe36[45]Night fighter ace
Walter Ehle † GermanyLuftwaffe36[45]Night fighter ace
Hiroyoshi Nishizawa † JapanImperial Japanese Navy36Claimed 86 and up to 100-150 victories
Olavi Puro FinlandFinnish Air Force36
Nils Katajainen FinlandFinnish Air Force35.5
Gunther Bertram GermanyLuftwaffe35
Heinz-Horst Hißbach † GermanyLuftwaffe34[45]Night fighter ace
Wilhelm Johnen GermanyLuftwaffe34[45]Night fighter ace
Petr Hnido Soviet UnionSoviet Air Force34
Paul Brandt GermanyLuftwaffe34
David McCampbell United StatesU.S. Navy34Top U.S. Navy ace, Ace in a day on two different occasions
Toshio Ota † JapanImperial Japanese Navy34
Heinz-Martin Hadeball GermanyLuftwaffe33[45]Night fighter ace
Josef Kociok † GermanyLuftwaffe33[45]Night fighter ace
Ernst-Wilhelm Modrow GermanyLuftwaffe33[45]possibly 34[49]Night fighter ace
Ivan Stepanenko Soviet UnionSoviet Air Force33
Pierre Clostermann FranceFree French Air Force, Royal Air Force33Top French ace
Erich Brunotte GermanyLuftwaffe33
Heinz Beyer GermanyLuftwaffe33
Lauri Nissinen † FinlandFinnish Air Force32.5
Werner Husemann GermanyLuftwaffe32[45]Night fighter ace
Ján Režňák Slovak RepublicSlovak Air Force32Top Slovak ace, possibly 35 victories
Kyösti Karhila FinlandFinnish Air Force32
Hugo Frey † GermanyLuftwaffe32
Kazuo Sugino JapanImperial Japanese Navy32
Adolph 'Sailor' Malan South AfricaRoyal Air Force32
George F. "Buzz" Beurling CanadaRoyal Air Force31.5Top Canadian ace of WWII
Hans-Karl Mayer † GermanyLuftwaffe31+8 in Spanish Civil WarAce in each of two wars
Paul-Hubert Rauh GermanyLuftwaffe31[45]Night fighter ace
Karl-Heinz Scherfling † GermanyLuftwaffe31+[45]Night fighter ace
Alexandr Kumanichkin Soviet UnionSoviet Air Force31
Jorma Karhunen FinlandFinnish Air Force31
Dezső Szentgyörgyi HungaryRoyal Hungarian Air Force30.5Top Hungarian ace
Amet-khan Sultan Soviet UnionSoviet Air Force30+19 shared
Gerhard Friedrich † GermanyLuftwaffe30[45]Night fighter ace
Robert Roland Stanford Tuck United KingdomRoyal Air Force30
William Vale United KingdomRoyal Air Force30+6 shared
Franz Blazytko GermanyLuftwaffe30
Max Bucholz GermanyLuftwaffe30Ace in a day
Erich Bartz GermanyLuftwaffe30
Friedrich-Karl "Nasen" Müller GermanyLuftwaffe30[50]Night fighter ace
Erich Woitke † GermanyLuftwaffe30+4 in Spanish Civil War
Kaneyoshi Mutoh † JapanImperial Japanese Navy30
Ryotaro Jobou JapanImperial Japanese Army30
Emil Vesa FinlandFinnish Air Force29.5
Paul Szameitat † GermanyLuftwaffe29[50]Night fighter ace
Heinrich Wohlers † GermanyLuftwaffe29[50]Night fighter ace
Bob Braham United KingdomRoyal Air Force29
Clive Caldwell AustraliaRoyal Australian Air Force28.5Top Australian ace of WWII. Top P-40 ace. Ace in a day.
Tapio Järvi FinlandFinnish Air Force28.5
Izidor Kovárik Slovak RepublicSlovak Air Force28possibly 29
Anton Benning † GermanyLuftwaffe28[50]Night fighter ace
Ernst Andres † GermanyLuftwaffe28
Anton Benning GermanyLuftwaffe28
Alfred Burk GermanyLuftwaffe28
Hans-Heinrich Koenig † GermanyLuftwaffe28
Yasuhiko Kuroe JapanImperial Japanese Army28+2 in Actions in Mongolia51 claimed
"Paddy" Finucane † IrelandRoyal Air Force28Top Irish ace
"Ginger" Lacey United KingdomRoyal Air Force28
Francis "Gabby" Gabreski United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces28+6.5 in Korean WarAce in each of two wars (+2.5 ground kills WWII)
Gregory "Pappy" Boyington United StatesAmerican Volunteer Group; U.S. Marine Corps28Ace status on 2 different air forces. Includes six kills he claimed with the AVG, though records indicate he had only 2 aerial kills and 1.5 kills on the ground.
Saburō Sakai JapanImperial Japanese Navy28Includes unknown number of shared. Claims 64 total victories.
Willi Reschke GermanyLuftwaffe28[51]
Colin Falkland Gray New ZealandRoyal Air Force27.5Top New Zealand ace
Neville Duke United KingdomRoyal Air Force27
Karl Beckmann GermanyLuftwaffe27
Emil Clade GermanyLuftwaffe27
Wilhelm Mayer † GermanyLuftwaffe27[52]
Josef Fözö GermanyLuftwaffe27+3 in Spanish Civil War
Lothar Linke † GermanyLuftwaffe27
Constantin Rozariu RomaniaRoyal Romanian Air Force27
Robert S. Johnson United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces27
Charles H. MacDonald United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces27
Junichi Sasai † JapanImperial Japanese Navy27
Sadaaki Akamatsu JapanImperial Japanese Navy27
George E. Preddy, Jr. † United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces26.83Ace in a day (+5 ground kills)
Eric Lock † United KingdomRoyal Air Force26.5
Klaus Alakoski FinlandFinnish Air Force26
Nobuo Ogiya JapanImperial Japanese Navy26
Ján Gerthoffer Slovak RepublicSlovak Air Force26
Joseph J. Foss United StatesU.S. Marine Corps26Top ace under USMC-only service
Lev Shestakov † Soviet UnionSoviet Air Force65+39 in Spanish Civil WarAce in each of two wars
György Debrődy HungaryRoyal Hungarian Air Force26
Lajos Tóth (fighter pilot) HungaryRoyal Hungarian Air Force26
Russell Bannock CanadaRoyal Canadian Air Force25.5includes 19 V-1 flying bombs
Egon Albrecht-Lemke † Nazi Germany/ BrazilLuftwaffe25[53]
Lance C. Wade † United StatesRoyal Air Force25[54]Top US ace in RAF
Ludwig Bellof GermanyLuftwaffe25
Lydia Litvyak † Soviet UnionSoviet Air Force12range 6-12 highest ranking female ace
Wolfgang Lippert † GermanyLuftwaffe25+5 in Spanish Civil WarAce in each of two wars
Robert M. Hanson † United StatesU.S. Marine Corps25
Boris Safonov † Soviet UnionSoviet Naval Aviation25+14 shared
Naoshi Kanno JapanImperial Japanese Navy25
László Molnár † HungaryRoyal Hungarian Air Force25
Frank Reginald Carey United KingdomRoyal Air Force25
John C. Meyer United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces24+2 in Korean War(+13 ground kills)
Walter Adolph † GermanyLuftwaffe24[53]+1 in Spanish Civil War
Cecil E. Harris United StatesU.S. Navy24
Peter Spoden GermanyLuftwaffe24Night fighter ace
Johannes Le Roux South AfricaRoyal Air Force23.5Generally credited with attacking & wounding Erwin Rommel in his staff car in Normandy on 17 July 1944
Fred Ohr United StatesU.S. Army Air Corps23Top Korean-American ace, +17 Ground kills
Marcel Albert FranceFree French Air Force23Probably 2 more
Douglas Bader United KingdomRoyal Air Force23
Eugene A. Valencia United StatesU.S. Navy23
Kalevi Tervo FinlandFinnish Air Force23
Jorma Saarinen FinlandFinnish Air Force23
Horst Patuschka † GermanyLuftwaffe22
Eero Kinnunen FinlandFinnish Air Force22.5
David C. Schilling United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces22.5(+10.5 ground kills)
Rolf Pingel GermanyLuftwaffe22+6 Spanish Civil WarAce in each of two wars
Teresio Vittorio Martinoli † ItalyRegia Aeronautica22Top Italian ace of WWII; +14 shared
Leonardo Ferrulli † ItalyRegia Aeronautica22
Fritz Müller GermanyLuftwaffe22Jet ace with 6 victories in Me 262[3]
Artur Beese GermanyLuftwaffe22
Edward F. Charles CanadaRoyal Canadian Air Force22
Alan Christopher Deere New ZealandRoyal Air Force22
Gerald R. Johnson United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces22
Neel E. Kearby † United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces22
Jay T. Robbins United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces22
Ion Mucenica RomaniaRoyal Romanian Air Force22
Dominic S. Gentile United StatesRoyal Air Force; U.S. Army Air Forces21.83victories with 2 air forces (+7 ground kills)
Donald Kingaby United KingdomRoyal Air Force21+2 shared
Antti Tani FinlandFinnish Air Force21.5
William V. Crawford-Crompton New ZealandRoyal Air Force21.5
Raymond Brown Hesselyn New ZealandRoyal New Zealand Air Force21.5
Fred J. Christensen United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces21.5
Ray S. Wetmore United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces21¼(+2 ground kills)
Branse Burbridge United KingdomRoyal Air Force21Top RAF night fighter ace
Archie McKellar † United KingdomRoyal Air Force21Ace in a day
Jean Demozay FranceRoyal Air Force21
Franco Lucchini † ItalyRegia Aeronautica21+6 in Spanish Civil WarAce in each of two wars (+52 shared WWII)
Theodor Rossiwall GermanyLuftwaffe21
Franz von Werra † GermanyLuftwaffe21
John J. Voll United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces21
Kenneth A. Walsh United StatesU.S. Marine Corps21
Paavo Myllylä FinlandFinnish Air Force21
Walker 'Bud' Melville Mahurin United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces20.75+3.5 in Korean War
Donald N. Aldrich United StatesU.S. Marine Corps20
Rudolph Anter GermanyLuftwaffe20
Helmut Baudach GermanyLuftwaffe20Jet ace with 5 victories in Me 262[3]
Paul Becker GermanyLuftwaffe20
Hans Berschwinger GermanyLuftwaffe20
Helmut-Felix Bolz GermanyLuftwaffe20+3 in Spanish Civil War
Cristea Chirvasuta RomaniaRoyal Romanian Air Force20
Michael Crossley United KingdomRoyal Air Force20
Thomas J. Lynch † United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces20
Evan Mackie New ZealandRoyal New Zealand Air Force20+3 shared
Henry Wallace McLeod † CanadaRoyal Canadian Air Force20
Gerhard Sommer † GermanyLuftwaffe20
Robert B. Westbrook † United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces20
Vernon Crompton Woodward CanadaRoyal Air Force20
Geoffrey Allard United KingdomRoyal Air Force19+5 shared
Viktor Pyötsiä FinlandFinnish Air Force19.5
Väinö Suhonen FinlandFinnish Air Force19.5
Franco Bordoni ItalyRegia Aeronautica195 victories with biplane; +18 shared
Mark Henry Brown † CanadaRoyal Air Force19First Canadian ace of WWII
Roy Dutton United KingdomRoyal Air Force19
W. G. G. Duncan Smith United KingdomRoyal Air Force19DSO*, DFC**
Luigi Gorrini ItalyRegia Aeronautica191 victory with biplane, 24 victories claimed
John "Cat's Eyes" Cunningham United KingdomRoyal Air Force19Night fighter ace
Glenn E. Duncan United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces19(+7.8 ground kills)
Patrick D. Fleming United StatesU.S. Navy19
Cornelius N. Nooy United StatesU.S. Navy19
John Lucian Smith United StatesU.S. Marine Corps19
Alexander Vraciu United StatesU.S. Navy19
Erik Teromaa FinlandFinnish Air Force19
Constantin Lungulescu RomaniaRoyal Romanian Air Force19
Stanisław Skalski PolandPolish Air Force/Royal Air Force18.91Top Polish ace
Arthur J. Benko United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces18.5highest scoring American aerial gunner of the WW2
Marion E. Carl United StatesU.S. Marine Corps18.5
Lauri Pekuri FinlandFinnish Air Force18.5
Leonard K. Carson United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces18.5(+3.5 ground kills)
Glenn Eagleston United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces18.5+2 in Korean War(+5 ground kills)
Wilbur J. Thomas United StatesU.S. Marine Corps18.5
Yukiyoshi Wakamatsu JapanImperial Japanese Army18+
Motomitsu Aoki † JapanImperial Japanese Army18Korean pilot during the Japanese occupation era. Up to 23 claimed. KIA during the Korean War as Brig. Gen. Geun-Seok Lee of the ROK Air Force
Tateo Katō JapanImperial Japanese Army18up to 30 claimed
Karel Kuttelwascher CzechoslovakiaRoyal Air Force18possibly 20
Harry von Bülow-Bothkamp GermanyLuftwaffe18+6 in World War IAce in each of two wars
Witold Urbanowicz PolandPolish Air Force/Royal Air Force18
Walter C. Beckham United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces18
Herschel H. Green United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces18
John C. "Pappy" Herbst United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces18
Albert Gerald Lewis South AfricaRoyal Air Force18Ace in a day
Miklós Kenyeres HungaryRoyal Hungarian Air Force18
Charles H. Older United StatesAmerican Volunteer Group; U.S. Army Air Forces18Ace status on 2 different air forces
Takeo Tanimizu JapanImperial Japanese Navy18
Pierre Le Gloan † FranceFrench Air Force18Ace in a day
Hubert Zemke United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces17.75
John B. England United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces17.5
Duane W. Beeson United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces17⅓(+4.8 ground kills)
Jouko Huotari FinlandFinnish Air Force17.5
John F. Thornell United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces17¼(+2 ground kills)
Henry W. Brown United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces17.2(+14.5 ground kills)
Rudolf Božík Slovak RepublicSlovak Air Force17
Ugo Drago Italy/ Italian Social RepublicRegia Aeronautica, Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana17
Cobber Kain New ZealandRoyal Air Force17First RAF fighter ace of WWII
William "Willie" McKnight CanadaRoyal Air Force17
Josef Frantisek CzechoslovakiaRoyal Air Force17
Jorma Sarvanto FinlandFinnish Air Force17Ace in a day (four minutes)
Yrjö Turkka FinlandFinnish Air Force17
Gerald W. Johnson United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces17
James S. Varnell Jr. United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces17
Bolesław Gładych PolandPolish Air Force/French Air Force/Royal Air Force/U.S. Army Air Forces17victories with 3 air forces
Keith Truscott AustraliaRoyal Australian Air Force17
Petrus Hugo South AfricaRoyal Air Force17
Stanley Orr United KingdomFleet Air Arm17
Tony Lovell United KingdomRoyal Air Force16+6 shared (+1 ground kill)
Eugeniusz Horbaczewski PolandPolish Air Force/Royal Air Force16.5
William T. Klersey † CanadaRoyal Canadian Air Force16.5(+2 ground kills)
Aulis Lumme FinlandFinnish Air Force16.5
James MacLachlan United KingdomRoyal Air Force16.57.5 after the amputation of his left arm
Eero Riihikallio FinlandFinnish Air Force16.5
Nigel Cullen AustraliaRoyal Air Force16.5
John T. Godfrey United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces16⅓(+18 ground kills)
Adrian Goldsmith AustraliaRoyal Australian Air Force16¼
Clarence E. Anderson United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces16¼Highest scoring living American air ace. (+1 ground kill)
Paul Galland GermanyLuftwaffe16
Les Clisby AustraliaRoyal Air Force16
Franjo Dzal CroatiaCroatian Air Force16
Douglas Baker † United StatesU.S. Navy16
James Francis Edwards CanadaRoyal Canadian Air Force16
Eero Halonen FinlandFinnish Air Force16
Bill Harris United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces16
Buck McNair CanadaRoyal Canadian Air Force16
John Plagis RhodesiaRoyal Air Force16Top Rhodesian ace
Ioan Dicezare RomaniaRoyal Romanian Air Force16
Ira C. Kepford United StatesU.S. Navy16
Charles R. Stimpson United StatesU.S. Navy16
Stan Turner CanadaRoyal Canadian Air Force16
William T. Whisner, Jr. United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces16+5.5 in Korean WarAce in each of two wars (+3.5 ground kills WWII)
George Welch United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces16
Edmond Marin la Meslée † FranceFrench Air Force16
Mario Visintini ItalyRegia Aeronautica16+1 in Spanish Civil WarTop Biplane ace of WWII (+32 ground kills)
Vasile Gavriliu RomaniaRoyal Romanian Air Force16
Ernest Mason United KingdomRoyal Air Force15++2 shared
John Lloyd Waddy AustraliaRoyal Australian Air Force15.5
Donald M. Beerbower United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces15.5
Brian Carbury New ZealandRoyal Air Force15.5Ace in a day
Richard A. Peterson United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces15.5(+3.5 ground kills)
James E. Swett United StatesU.S. Marine Corps15.5Ace in a day
David Lee "Tex" Hill United StatesAmerican Volunteer Group; U.S. Army Air Forces15¼Ace status on 2 different air forces
Martti Alho FinlandFinnish Air Force15
Ljudevit Bencetic CroatiaCroatian Air Force15
Jack T. Bradley United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces15
Samuel J. Brown United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces15
Edward "Porky" Cragg United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces15
František Cyprich Slovak RepublicSlovak Air Force15possibly 18
Kenneth H. Dahlberg United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces15
Robert Francis Thomas "Bob" Doe United KingdomRoyal Air Force15Includes two shared. One more probable.
William D. Dunham United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces15
Robert W. Foy United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces15
John "Jack" Frost † South AfricaSouth African Air Force15
Raymond Harries United KingdomRoyal Air Force15+3 shared
Ralph K. Hofer United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces15(+14 ground kills)
Cyril F. Homer United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces15
Paterson Hughes AustraliaRoyal Air Force15
Don C. Laubman CanadaRoyal Canadian Air Force15
Ian Roy MacLennan CanadaRoyal Canadian Air Force15
Harold L. Spears † United StatesU.S. Marine Corps15
Stoyan Stoyanov BulgariaRoyal Bulgarian Air Force15
Alois Vašátko CzechoslovakiaRoyal Air Force15
Donald H. Bochkay United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces14.84
Donald J. Blakeslee United StatesRoyal Air Force; U.S. Army Air Forces14.5victories with 2 air forces
John D. Landers United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces14.5(+20 ground kills)
Aaro Nuorala FinlandFinnish Air Force14.5
Joseph H. Powers, Jr. United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces14.5
Johnnie Checketts New ZealandRoyal New Zealand Air Force14.5
Henry Brown United StatesU.S. Army Air Force14.5(+14.5 ground kills)
Charles Scherf AustraliaRoyal Australian Air Force14.5(+9 ground kills)
David Fairbanks CanadaRoyal Canadian Air Force14Top Hawker Tempest ace with 13 of his 14 victories scored on it.
Mario Bellagambi ItalyRegia Aeronautica14
Svein Heglund NorwayRoyal Air Force14
Sophus Baagoe GermanyLuftwaffe14[55]
Günther Wegmann GermanyLuftwaffe14Jet ace with 8 victories in Me 262[3]
František Brezina Slovak RepublicSlovak Air Force14
Bruce W. Carr United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces14(+10 ground kills)
Robert C. Curtis United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces14
Robert M. DeHaven United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces14
Archie Donahue United StatesU.S. Marine Corps14
Wallace N. Emmer United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces14
James A. Goodson United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces14(+13 ground kills)
Arthur R. Hawkins United StatesU.S. Navy14
Arthur F. Jeffrey United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces14
Edward O. McComas United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces14
Elbert S. McCuskey United StatesU.S. Navy14
Daniel T. Roberts, Jr. United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces14
John L. Wirth United StatesU.S. Navy14
István Fábián (pilot) HungaryRoyal Hungarian Air Force14
István Kálmán HungaryRoyal Hungarian Air Force14
George Carpenter United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces13.833(+4 ground kills)
William Henry Franklin United KingdomRoyal Air Force13.5
George C. Duncan United StatesU.S. Navy13.5
Pekka Kokko FinlandFinnish Air Force13.5
Heimo Lampi FinlandFinnish Air Force13.5
Roger W. Mehle United StatesU.S. Navy13.5
Donald J. Strait United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces13.5
Donald S. Bryan United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces13.3Ace in a day
Helmut Lennartz GermanyLuftwaffe13Jet ace with 8 victories in Me 262[3]
Darrell S. Cramer United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces13
John Wong Pan-Yang United StatesChinese Nationalist Air Force13
James L. Brooks United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces13
Jan Zumbach PolandPolish Air Force/Royal Air Force13
Safet Boskic CroatiaCroatian Air Force13
Mervyn Shipard AustraliaRoyal Australian Air Force13
Daniel A. Carmichael, Jr. United StatesU.S. Navy13
James N. Cupp United StatesU.S. Marine Corps13
Clyde B. East United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces13
Robert E. Galer United StatesU.S. Marine Corps13
John F. Hampshire United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces13
Bruce K. Holloway United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces13
William P. Marontate United StatesU.S. Marine Corps13
Willard. W. Millikan United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces13(+2 ground kills)
Glennon T. Moran United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces13(+3 ground kills)
Robert Neale United StatesAmerican Volunteer Group13(+2.5 ground kills)
László Pottyondi HungaryRoyal Hungarian Air Force13
László Máthé HungaryRoyal Hungarian Air Force13
Robin Olds United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces13+4 in Vietnam War(+11 ground kills)
James O'Meara United KingdomRoyal Air Force13
Yrjö Pallasvuo FinlandFinnish Air Force13
Harry A. Parker United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces13
Roy W. Rushing United StatesU.S. Navy13
Edward O. Shaw † United StatesU.S. Marine Corps13
AJ "Jackie" Sewell United KingdomFleet Air Arm13
Robert W. Stephens United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces13
John R. Strane United StatesU.S. Navy13
Robert Lee Scott, Jr. United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces13
Wendell V. Twelves United StatesU.S. Navy13
Tony Bartley United KingdomRoyal Air Force13
Ian Richard Gleed United KingdomRoyal Air Force13
Felix D. Williamson United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces13
Tiberiu Vinca RomaniaRoyal Romanian Air Force13
Ioan Maga RomaniaRoyal Romanian Air Force13
Henryk Pietrzak PolandPolish Air Force/Royal Air Force12.5
Lasse Aaltonen FinlandFinnish Air Force12.5
Ted Thorn United KingdomRoyal Air Force12.5
Hugo Armstrong AustraliaRoyal Australian Air Force12.5
Andrew "Nicky" Barr AustraliaRoyal Australian Air Force12.5
Tony Gaze AustraliaRoyal Air Force12.5
Lowell K. Brueland United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces12.5+2 in Korean War
Kenneth D. Frazier United StatesU.S. Marine Corps12.5
David Charles "Foob" Fairbanks United StatesRoyal Canadian Air Force12.5
Irving Farmer Kennedy CanadaRoyal Canadian Air Force12.5
Eino Koskinen FinlandFinnish Air Force12.5
Onni Paronen FinlandFinnish Air Force12.5
Urho Sarjamo † FinlandFinnish Air Force12.5
Per-Erik Sovelius FinlandFinnish Air Force12.5
James C. Stewart United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces12.5(+1 ground kill)
James H. Howard United StatesAmerican Volunteer Group; U.S. Army Air Forces12⅓victories with 2 air forces (6⅓ with AVG and 6 with USAF)
Quince L. Brown United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces12⅓(+2 ground kills)
Luigi Baron ItalyRegia Aeronautica12
Mato Culinovic CroatiaCroatian Air Force12
John A. Kent CanadaRoyal Air Force12(+1 ground kill)
Eduard Martinko CroatiaCroatian Air Force12
Veca Mikovic CroatiaCroatian Air Force12
Zlatko Stipcic CroatiaCroatian Air Force12
Marian Pisarek PolandPolish Air Force/Royal Air Force12
John Dundas United KingdomRoyal Air Force12
John Freeborn United KingdomRoyal Air Force12
Jozef Štauder Slovak RepublicSlovak Air Force12possibly 13
Pavol Zeleňák Slovak RepublicSlovak Air Force12
Bruce Bretherton AustraliaRoyal Australian Air Force12
Charles Crombie AustraliaRoyal Australian Air Force12
Peter Turnbull AustraliaRoyal Australian Air Force12
John Yarra AustraliaRoyal Australian Air Force12
Anton Matúšek Slovak RepublicSlovak Air Force12
Leo Ahokas FinlandFinnish Air Force12
Michael Brezas United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces12
Levi R. Chase United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces12
Clement M. Craig United StatesU.S. Navy12
Nicholas Gresham Cooke † United KingdomRoyal Air Force12Ace in a day
David B. Eastham United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces12
Loren D. Everton United StatesU.S. Marine Corps12
Luigi Giannella ItalyRegia Aeronautica12
George W. Gleason United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces12(+2.5 ground kills)
Leroy E. Harris United StatesU.S. Navy12
Coatsworth B. Head, Jr. United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces12
Roger R. Hedrick United StatesU.S. Navy12
Howard D. Hively United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces12(+2.5 ground kills)
Georg Kraft † GermanyLuftwaffe12Night fighter ace
Kenneth G. Ladd United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces12
Albert Lippett † United KingdomRoyal Air Force12Ace in a day, turret gunner on a two-man fighter plane
William J. Masoner, Jr. United StatesU.S. Navy12
Pierce McKennon United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces12(+9.7 ground kills)
Robert W. Moore United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces12
József Málik † HungaryRoyal Hungarian Air Force12
Ferenc Málnássy † HungaryRoyal Hungarian Air Force12
František Peřina CzechoslovakiaRoyal Air Force12
Michael J. Quirk United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces12(+5 ground kills)
Attilio Sanson ItalyRegia Aeronautica12
LeRoy A. Schreiber United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces12(+2 ground kills)
Harold E. Segal United StatesU.S. Marine Corps12
James A. Shirley United StatesU.S. Navy12
Norman C. Skogstad United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces12
William J. Sloan United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces12
Giorgio Solaroli di Briona ItalyRegia Aeronautica12
Eugene A. Trowbridge United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces12
Richard E. Turner United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces12possibly just 11 (+2 V-1 flying bombs)
James A. Watkins United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces12
Richard L. West United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces12
Nicholas Megura United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces11.84(+3.8 ground kills)
George R. Carr United StatesU.S. Navy11.5
James A. Clark, Jr. United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces11.5(+4.5 ground kills)
Paul A. Conger United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces11.5
Olin E. Gilbert United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces11.5
William T. Halton United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces11.5(+2 ground kills)
John A. Kirla, Jr. United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces11.5(+.5 ground kill)
William N. Snider United StatesU.S. Marine Corps11.5
Albert O. Vorse Jr. United StatesU.S. Navy11.5
Charles E. "Chuck" Yeager United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces11.5
Basilios Michael Vassilios "Vass" Vassiliades GreeceRoyal Air Force11.5
Liu Chi-Sheng / Liu Zhesheng ChinaChinese Nationalist Air Force11.3Top Chinese ace
Howard Mayers AustraliaRoyal Air Force11.3
Louis H. Norley United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces11.3(+5 ground kills)
Philip C. DeLong United StatesU.S. Marine Corps11.2+2 in Korean War
Richard John Cork United KingdomFleet Air Arm11Ace in a day
Ian Bedford Nesbitt Russell AustraliaRoyal Air Force11
Albin Starc CroatiaCroatian Air Force11
Josip Helebrant CroatiaCroatian Air Force11
Stjepan Martinasevic CroatiaCroatian Air Force11
Harold W. Bauer † United StatesU.S. Marine Corps11
John T. Blackburn United StatesU.S. Navy11
William A. Dean, Jr. United StatesU.S. Navy11
László Dániel HungaryRoyal Hungarian Air Force11
Geoff Fisken New ZealandRoyal New Zealand Air Force11
Carl M. Frantz United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces11
James B. French (pilot) United StatesU.S. Navy11
Robert J. Goebel United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces11
Ronald Hamlyn United KingdomRoyal Air Force11Ace in a day
Phillip L. Kirkwood United StatesU.S. Navy11
John B. Lawler United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces11
Hemmo Leino FinlandFinnish Air Force11
Francis J. Lent United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces11
Leland P. Molland United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces11
William L. Leverette United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces11
John S. Loisel United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces11
Wayne L. Lowry United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces11
Carlo Magnaghi ItalyRegia Aeronautica11
Charles M. Mallory United StatesU.S. Navy11
Alexei Petrovich Maresiev Soviet UnionSoviet Air Force113 victories after losing his legs
Charles M. McCorkle United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces11
Norman L. McDonald United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces11
Hamilton McWhorter III United StatesU.S. Navy12
John W. Mitchell United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces11+4 in Korean War
Urho Nieminen FinlandFinnish Air Force11
Harvey P. Picken United StatesU.S. Navy11
James V. Reber, Jr. United StatesU.S. Navy11
Elmer W. Richardson United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces11possibly just 8
Robert H. Riddle United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces11
James F. Rigg United StatesU.S. Navy11
Donald E. Runyon United StatesU.S. Navy11
Donald H. Sapp United StatesU.S. Marine Corps11
Murray Shubin United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces11
Otto Smik CzechoslovakiaRoyal Air Force11(+3 V-1 flying bombs)
Cornelius Smith, Jr. United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces11
Giorgio Solaroli di Briona ItalyRegia Aeronautica11
Kenneth C. Sparks United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces11
Richard E. Stanbrook United StatesU.S. Navy11
Mario Veronesi ItalyRegia Aeronautica11
Virgil K. Meroney United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces10
Ilkka Törrönen FinlandFinnish Air Force11
Mario Veronesi ItalyRegia Aeronautica11
Ioan Malacescu RomaniaRoyal Romanian Air Force11
Teodor Zabava RomaniaRoyal Romanian Air Force11
George T. Burgard United StatesAmerican Volunteer Group10.75
Frank Q. O'Conner United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces10.75
Charles F. Anderson, Jr. United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces10.5(+5.5 ground kills)
Andrew Bosman South AfricaSouth African Air Force10.5
Richard Joseph Audet † CanadaRoyal Canadian Air Force10.5Ace in a day
Marshall U. Beebe United StatesU.S. Navy10.5
George F. Ceulleers United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces10.5
Jack E. Conger United StatesU.S. Marine Corps10.5
George A. Doersch United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces10.5(+.5 ground kill)
Niilo Erkinheimo FinlandFinnish Air Force10.5
William J. Hovde United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces10.5+1 in Korean War(+2 ground kills)
Martti Kalima FinlandFinnish Air Force10.5
Kullervo Lahtela FinlandFinnish Air Force10.5
Raymond H. Littge United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces10.5(+13 ground kills)
Kai Metsola FinlandFinnish Air Force10.5
John V. Newkirk United StatesAmerican Volunteer Group10.5
Eino Peltola FinlandFinnish Air Force10.5
Edward Rector United StatesAmerican Volunteer Group; U.S. Army Air Forces10.5victories with 2 air forces
Russell E. Reiserer United StatesU.S. Navy10.5
John A. Storch United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces10.5(+1.5 ground kills)
John C. Symmes United StatesU.S. Navy10.5
Robert E. Murray United StatesU.S. Navy10.4
Ralph E. Elliot United StatesU.S. Navy10.3
Fred W. Glover United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces10.3(+12.5 ground kills)
Bobby Gibbes AustraliaRoyal Australian Air Force10¼
William D. McGarry United StatesAmerican Volunteer Group10¼
Stanley W. Vejtasa United StatesU.S. Navy10¼Ace in a day
Robert W Aschenbrenner United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces10
Wilfred Arthur AustraliaRoyal Australian Air Force10
Virgil Brennan AustraliaRoyal Australian Air Force10
Colin Parkinson AustraliaRoyal Australian Air Force10
Frank B. Baldwin United StatesU.S. Marine Corps10
Wayne K. Blickenstaff United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces10
Archie Boyd United KingdomRoyal Air Force10
Joseph E. Broadhead United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces10
Carl A. Brown, Jr. United StatesU.S. Navy10
Thaddeus T. Coleman United StatesU.S. Navy10
William K. Giroux United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces10
Walter J. Goehausen, Jr. United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces10
George Ernest Goodman † United KingdomRoyal Air Force10+6 shared
Ernest A. Harris United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces10
Iro Ilk GermanyLuftwaffe10
Alwin M. Juchheim, Jr. United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces10(+6 ground kills)
Veikko Karu FinlandFinnish Air Force10
Mauno Kirjonen FinlandFinnish Air Force10
Ahti Laitinen FinlandFinnish Air Force10
Robert Little † United StatesAmerican Volunteer Group10
Edward E. Lines United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces10
Herbert H. Long United StatesU.S. Marine Corps10
Thomas H. Mann, Jr. United StatesU.S. Marine Corps10
Miroslav J. Mansfeld CzechoslovakiaRoyal Air Force10(+2 V-1 flying bombs)
Joseph L. Mansker United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces10
Harris E. Mitchell United StatesU.S. Navy10
Mikko Pasila FinlandFinnish Air Force10
Steve Pisanos GreeceRoyal Air Force; U.S. Army Air Forces10
Robert J. Rankin United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces10
Thomas H. Reidy United StatesU.S. Navy10
Andrew J. Reynolds United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces10
Robert L. Scott, Jr. United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces10
Arthur Singer, Jr. United StatesU.S. Navy10
John M. Smith United StatesU.S. Navy10
Claudio Solaro ItalyRegia Aeronautica10+1 in Spanish Civil War
Paul M. Stanch United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces10
Josef Stehlík CzechoslovakiaRoyal Air Force10
Elliot Summer United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces10
James S. Swope United StatesU.S. Navy10
Ennio Tarantola ItalyRegia Aeronautica10+1 in Spanish Civil War
Adriano Visconti ItalyRegia Aeronautica10
Robert V. Westermark United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces10
Ion Dobran RomaniaRoyal Romanian Air Force10
Nicolae Polizu-Micsunesti RomaniaRoyal Romanian Air Force10
Dumitru Ilie RomaniaRoyal Romanian Air Force10
Fletcher E. Adams United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces9 .5
Frederick Alan Aikman CanadaRoyal Canadian Air Force9 .5
Ernest E. Bankey, Jr. United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces9 .5(+8 ground kills)
William M. Banks United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces9 .5
Leonard J. Check United StatesU.S. Navy9 .5
Edward Coate AustraliaRoyal Australian Air Force9 .5
Ernest C. Fiebelkorn United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces9 .5possibly just 9 (+2 ground kills)
Aleksander Gabszewicz PolandPolish Air Force/Royal Air Force9 .5
Michał Maciejowski PolandPolish Air Force/Royal Air Force9 .5
Dale F. Spencer United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces9 .5(+.5 ground kill)
Robert C. Coats United StatesU.S. Navy9 ⅓
Mirosław Ferić PolandPolish Air Force/Royal Air Force9 ⅓
Henryk Szczęsny PolandPolish Air Force/Royal Air Force9 ⅓
Charles R. Bond United StatesAmerican Volunteer Group9 ¼
Stephen W. Andrew United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces9(+6.5 ground kills)
Emanuele Annoni ItalyRegia Aeronautica9
Lee "Buddy" Archer United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces9(+6 ground kills) Only African-American ace in WWII
Roderick Bowes AustraliaRoyal Australian Air Force9
Aleksander Chudek PolandPolish Air Force/Royal Air Force9
Edgar R. Bassett † United StatesU.S. Navy9
Norman R. Berree United StatesU.S. Navy9
William R. Bland United StatesU.S. Navy9
George E. Bostwick United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces9(+6 ground kills)
Mark K. Bright United StatesU.S. Navy9
Paul D. Buie United StatesU.S. Navy9
Lajos Buday † HungaryRoyal Hungarian Air Force9
Henry A. Carey, Jr. United StatesU.S. Navy9
Frederick F. Champlin United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces9
Frank J. Collins United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces9possibly just 8
William M. Collins, Jr. United StatesU.S. Navy9
Richard L. Cormier United StatesU.S. Navy9
Louis Edward Curdes United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces9
Perry A. Dahl United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces9
Jefferson J. DeBlanc United StatesU.S. Marine Corps9Ace in a day
Richard W. Dunkin United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces9
Charles H. Dyson United KingdomRoyal Air Force9Ace in a day (six minutes)
Richard T. Eastmond United StatesU.S. Navy9
Robert A. Elder United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces9(+2 ground kills)
Eugene H. Emmons United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces9
Jan Falkowski PolandPolish Air Force/Royal Air Force9
Grover E. Fanning United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces9
Edward L. Feightner United StatesU.S. Navy9
Sylvan Feld United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces9
Joseph M. Forester United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces9
Marvin J. Franger United StatesU.S. Navy9
Doris C. Freeman United StatesU.S. Navy9
Kenneth W. Gallup United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces9(+2 ground kills)
Antoni Glowacki PolandPolish Air Force/Royal Air Force9Ace in a day
Thomas S. Harris United StatesU.S. Navy9
Frederick R. Haviland, Jr. United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces9(+6 ground kills)
Allen E. Hill United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces9
Frank D. Hurlburt United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces9
James Timothy Kearney AustraliaRoyal Australian Air Force9
George C. Kiser United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces9
Joseph J. Lesicka United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces9
Christopher L. Magee United StatesU.S. Marine Corps9
Louis A. Menard, Jr. United StatesU.S. Navy9
Virgil K. Merony United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces9
Stanley B. Morrill United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces9
Walter Omiccioli ItalyRegia Aeronautica9
Edmund F. Overend United StatesAmerican Volunteer Group; U.S. Marine Corps9victories with 2 air forces
Lloyd J. Overfield United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces9
Joel B. Paris III United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces9
Eugene D. Redmond United StatesU.S. Navy9
William N. Reed United StatesAmerican Volunteer Group; U.S. Army Air Forces9victories with 2 air forces
Daniel R. Rehm, Jr. United StatesU.S. Navy9
Eugene P. Roberts United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces9
Hans-Ulrich Rudel GermanyLuftwaffe9Also a top ground attack pilot, with 2000+ targets destroyed
Meryl M. Smith United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces9
Robert T. Smith United StatesAmerican Volunteer Group9
Natalino Stabile ItalyRegia Aeronautica9+ 1 in Spanish Civil War
James S. Stewart United StatesU.S. Navy9
John S. Stewart United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces9
Franklin C. Thomas, Jr. United StatesU.S. Marine Corps9
Arthur Van Haren, Jr. United StatesU.S. Navy9
Adrian Warburton † United KingdomRoyal Air Force9ace while flying aircraft configured for reconnaissance missions
Benjamin F. Warmer United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces9
Robert H. White United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces9
Isamu Kashiide JapanImperial Japanese Army9claims 26 B-29s and 7 Soviet fighters
Judge E. Wolfe United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces9
Gheorghe Popescu Ciocanel RomaniaRoyal Romanian Air Force9
Stefan Greceanu RomaniaRoyal Romanian Air Force9
Gheorghe Cocebas RomaniaRoyal Romanian Air Force9
Andrei Radulescu RomaniaRoyal Romanian Air Force9
Charles E. Watts United StatesU.S. Navy8.75
John L. Banks United StatesU.S. Navy8.5
William E. Bryan, Jr. United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces8.5
Stanisław Brzeski PolandPolish Air Force/Royal Air Force8.5
James B. Cain United StatesU.S. Navy8.5
Charles J. Cesky United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces8.5
Oscar I. Chenoweth United StatesU.S. Navy8.5
Arthur Chin United StatesChinese Nationalist Air Force8.5First American ace of WWII, flew biplane fighter
Frank A. Cutler United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces8.5(+3 ground kills)
Carl C. Foster United StatesU.S. Navy8.5
John F. Gray United StatesU.S. Navy8.5
Everett G. Hargreaves United StatesU.S. Navy8.5
Thomas L. Hayes, Jr. United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces8.5
Zdzisław Henneberg † PolandPolish Air Force/Royal Air Force8.5
John H. Hoefker United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces8.5
Otto D. Jenkins United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces8.5(+2 ground kills)
Arthur G. Johnson United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces8.5
George Noel Keith † CanadaRoyal Canadian Air Force8.5
Wacław Król PolandPolish Air Force/Royal Air Force8.5
Frank L. Lawlor United StatesAmerican Volunteer Group8.5
Gregory K. Loesch United StatesU.S. Marine Corps8.5
Carl J. Luksic United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces8.5(+7 ground kills)
Donald McDowell United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces8.5
Bernard J. McGrattan United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces8.5
Sanford K. Moats United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces8.5
John L. Morgan, Jr. United StatesU.S. Marine Corps8.5
George W. Pigman United StatesU.S. Navy8.5
Claude W. Plant United StatesU.S. Navy8.5
Albert L. Schlegel United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces8.5
Dallas Schmidt CanadaRoyal Canadian Air Force8.5
Larry R. Self United StatesU.S. Navy8.5
Antoni Głowacki PolandPolish Air Force/Royal Air Force8⅓
Eugeniusz Szaposznikow PolandPolish Air Force/Royal Air Force8⅓
John Fraser Drummond United KingdomRoyal Air Force8⅓
Franklin T. Gabriel United StatesU.S. Navy8¼
George Bray McMillan United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces8¼(+1 ground kills)
Adolf Pietrasiak PolandPolish Air Force/Royal Air Force8.1
Witold Łokuciewski PolandPolish Air Force/Royal Air Force8
Erich Büttner GermanyLuftwaffe8[3]Jet ace with all victories in Me 262
John M. Ainlay United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces8possibly just 7
John R. Alison United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces8
David W. Allen (USAAF) United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces8
Frederick A. Bardshar United StatesU.S. Navy8
Lloyd G. Barnard United StatesU.S. Navy8
Walter G. Benz, Jr. United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces8
William J. Bonneau United StatesU.S. Navy8
Robert J. Booth United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces8
Roy O. Burnett, Jr. United StatesU.S. Navy8
Walter J. Carroll, Jr. United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces8
William N. Case United StatesU.S. Marine Corps8
J. D. Collinsworth United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces8possibly just 6
Arthur W. Cruikshank United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces8
Václav Cukr-Cooper CzechoslovakiaRoyal Air Force8
Fernley H. Damstrom United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces8
John F. Dobbin United StatesU.S. Marine Corps8
Landis E. Doner United StatesU.S. Navy8
Frederick J. Dorsch United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces8
Walter F. Duke United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces8
William C. Edens United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces8(+3 ground kills)
John L. Elder United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces8(+13 ground kills)
Eric A. Evenson United StatesU.S. Navy8
Arthur C. Fielder, Jr. United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces8
Francis M. Fleming United StatesU.S. Navy8
James M. Fowle United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces8
William A. Gardner United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces8
Frank Gaunt United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces8possibly just 7
Francis R. Gerard United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces8
Clement D. Gile United StatesU.S. Navy8
Maxwell H. Glenn United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces8possibly just 5 (+3 ground kills)
Mathew M. Gordon United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces8
Leroy V. Grosshuesch United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces8
Fred E. Gutt United StatesU.S. Marine Corps8
Mayo A. Hadden, Jr. United StatesU.S. Navy8
Aladár Heppes HungaryRoyal Hungarian Air Force8
Frederick A. Harris United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces8
Kenneth F. Hart United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces8
Edwin J. Herman (or Hernan), Jr. United StatesU.S. Marine Corps8
George L. Hollowell United StatesU.S. Marine Corps8
Angus Horne United KingdomRoyal Air Force8
Jack M. Ilfrey United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces8
Michael J. Jackson United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces8(+5.5 ground kills)
Byron M. Johnson United StatesU.S. Navy8
John M. Johnson United StatesU.S. Navy8
John L. Jones United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces8
Claiborne H. Kinnard United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces8(+17 ground kills)
Pál Kovács (pilot) † HungaryRoyal Hungarian Air Force8
Charles M. Kunz United StatesU.S. Marine Corps8
William N. Leonard United StatesU.S. Navy8
Elvin L. Lindsay United StatesU.S. Navy8
Thomas E. Maloney United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces8possibly just 7
William R. Maxwell United StatesU.S. Navy8
Earl May, Jr. United StatesU.S. Navy8
Johnnie G. Miller United StatesU.S. Navy8
Erich Mix GermanyLuftwaffe8+3 in World War Ipossibly 13
William W. Momyer United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces8
Douglas W. Mulcahey United StatesU.S. Navy8
Alva C. Murphy United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces8
Joseph L. Narr United StatesU.S. Marine Corps8
George P. Novotny United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces9
John G. O'Neill United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces8
Edward M. Owen United StatesU.S. Navy8
Nathan T. Post United StatesU.S. Marine Corps8
Luther D. Prater, Jr. United StatesU.S. Navy8
Edward F. Roddy United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces8
Robert R. Rowland United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces8
Philip Sangermano (FO) United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces8
Charles W. Sawyer United StatesAmerican Volunteer Group; U.S. Army Air Forces8victories with 2 air forces
Glenn D. Schiltz Jr. United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces8
David A. Scott United StatesU.S. Navy8possibly 9
Dale E. Shafer United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces8
Robert M. Shaw United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces8
William A. Shomo United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces8
Robert H. Smith United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces8
Gordon Arthur Stanley United StatesU.S. Navy8
Arland Stanton United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces8
John L. Sublett United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces8
Leopold Šrom CzechoslovakiaRoyal Air Force8
James B. Tapp United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces8
Philip Edward Tovrea Jr. United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces8
James O. Tyler United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces8
John W. Vogt, Jr. United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces8
Boyd D. "Buzz" Wagner United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces8First U.S. Armed Forces ace, within nine days of Attack on Pearl Harbor
Victor E. Warford United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces8
Arthur T. Warner United StatesU.S. Marine Corps8
Charles E. Weaver United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces8(+3 ground kills)
Hans-Dieter Weihs GermanyLuftwaffe8[3]Jet ace with all victories in Me 262
Norman. F Williams AustraliaRoyal Australian Air Force8Bomber rear gunner, only non-fighter plane ace of WWII
Rex Kerslake Wilson AustraliaRoyal Australian Air Force8
Theodore H. Winters, Jr. United StatesU.S. Navy8
Donald K. Yost United StatesU.S. Marine Corps8
Dan Scurtu RomaniaRoyal Romanian Air Force8
Traian Dirjan RomaniaRoyal Romanian Air Force8
Eugen Cameceanu RomaniaRoyal Romanian Air Force8
Mihai Mihordea RomaniaRoyal Romanian Air Force8
Ioan Panaite RomaniaRoyal Romanian Air Force8
Joseph L. Lang United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces7.83
Everett W. Stewart United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces7.83(+1.5 ground kills)
Józef Jeka PolandPolish Air Forces/Royal Air Force7.5
Henryk Pietrzak PolandPolish Air Forces/Royal Air Force7.5
Howard M. Burriss United StatesU.S. Navy7.5
Kenneth J. Dahms United StatesU.S. Navy7.5
Vermont Garrison United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces7.3+10 in Korean WarAce in each of two wars
Noel le Chevalier Agazarian † United KingdomRoyal Air Force7
Alfred Ambs GermanyLuftwaffe7[3]Jet ace with all victories in Me 262
William Y. Anderson SwedenU.S. Army Air Forces7(+1 V-1 flying bomb)
Karl-Heinz Becker GermanyLuftwaffe7[3]Jet ace with all victories in Me 262
Rolf Arne Berg † NorwayRoyal Air Force7
Marian Bełc PolandPolish Air Force/Royal Air Force7
Harry W. Brown United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces7
Liu Chui-Kang / Liu Cuigang ChinaChinese Nationalist Air Force7
George Andrew Davis Jr. United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces7+21 in Korean WarAce in each of two wars, awarded (posthumously) Medal of Honor for action in Korea
Furio Niclot Doglio ItalyRegia Aeronautica7
Bolesław Drobiński PolandPolish Air Force/Royal Air Force7
Helmut Eberspächer GermanyLuftwaffe7
Hugh C. Godefroy Netherlands/ CanadaRoyal Air Force; Royal Canadian Air Force7
Gordon M. Graham United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces7(+9.5 ground kills)
Roger Haberman United StatesU.S. Marine Corps7
Pál Irányi HungaryRoyal Hungarian Air Force7
Václav Jícha CzechoslovakiaRoyal Air Force7
Stanisław Karubin PolandPolish Air Force/Royal Air Force7
Konstantin Kokkinaki Soviet UnionSoviet Air Forces7+7 in Second Sino-Japanese WarAce in each of two wars
Franz Köster GermanyLuftwaffe7[3]Jet ace with all victories in Me 262
Otmar Kučera CzechoslovakiaRoyal Air Force7
Wolfgang Kuthe † GermanyLuftwaffe7Night fighter ace
Béla Lipcsey HungaryLuftwaffe7
Bert W. Marshall, Jr. United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces7(+4 ground kills)
Iosif Moraru RomaniaRoyal Romanian Air Force7
Liviu Muresan RomaniaRoyal Romanian Air Force7
Giuseppe Oblach ItalyRegia Aeronautica7
Edward "Butch" O'Hare † United StatesU.S. Navy7
Sammy A. Pierce United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces7
Stanislav Plzák CzechoslovakiaRoyal Air Force7
Constantin Pomut RomaniaRoyal Romanian Air Force7
Walter Prues GermanyLuftwaffe7Night fighter ace
Arval J. Roberson United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces7(+1 ground kill)
Ferruccio Serafini ItalyRegia Aeronautica7
Ernest Shipman United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces7
Parsifal Stefanescu RomaniaRoyal Romanian Air Force7
Kálmán Szeverényi † HungaryRoyal Hungarian Air Force7
György Ujszászy HungaryRoyal Hungarian Air Force7
Tomáš Vybíral CzechoslovakiaRoyal Air Force7
Sydney S. Woods United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces7
Robert E. Woody United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces7(+2 ground kills)
Karol Pniak PolandPolish Air Force/Royal Air Force6.75
Basil Gerald "Stapme" Stapleton South AfricaRoyal Air Force6.66
Howard Peter Blatchford † CanadaRoyal Canadian Air Force6.5
Lloyd Chadburn † CanadaRoyal Canadian Air Force6.5
James Douglas Lindsay CanadaRoyal Canadian Air Force6.5+2 in Korean War
Willard Eder United StatesU.S. Navy6.5
Russell Foskett AustraliaRoyal Australian Air Force6.5
Wacław Łapkowski PolandPolish Air Force/Royal Air Force6.33
Alan Peart New ZealandRoyal Air Force6.33
Horia Agarici RomaniaRoyal Romanian Air Force6
Florin Alexiu RomaniaRoyal Romanian Air Force6
GianLino Baschirotto ItalyRegia Aeronautica6+5 in Spanish Civil WarAce in each of two wars
Livio Bassi ItalyRegia Aeronautica6
Wolfrat Bauer † GermanyLuftwaffe6Night fighter ace
Henry S. Bille United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces6(+4 ground kills)
Scrappy Blumer United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces6Ace in a day (fifteen minutes)
Andreas Antoniou GreeceHellenic Air Force6
James B. Dalglish United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces6(+3 V-1 flying bombs)
František Doležal CzechoslovakiaRoyal Air Force6
Josef Dygrýn-Ligotický CzechoslovakiaRoyal Air Force6
Stanislav Fejfar CzechoslovakiaRoyal Air Force6
Guido Fibbia ItalyRegia Aeronautica6+3 in Spanish Civil War
Carlos Faustinos MexicoMexican Air Force6Also known as Charlie Foster.
Ervin Flóznik † HungaryRoyal Hungarian Air Force6
James W. Griffis United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces6
Clayton Kelly Gross United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces6355th FS, 354th FG, ETO
Fred R. Haviland, Jr. United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces6(+6 ground kills)
Horace B. Moranville United StatesU.S. Navy6
James P. Hagerstrom United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces6
Stefan Janus PolandPolish Air Force/Royal Air Force6
Oskar Köstler † GermanyLuftwaffe6
Fritz Kruse † GermanyLuftwaffe6Night fighter ace
Kenneth Lake United StatesU.S. Navy6
Mihály Karátsonyi HungaryRoyal Hungarian Air Force6
Lajos Kracsenics HungaryRoyal Hungarian Air Force6
Raymond Lallemant BelgiumRoyal Air Force6
Mátyás Lőrincz † HungaryRoyal Hungarian Air Force6
János Mátyás HungaryRoyal Hungarian Air Force6
György Michna HungaryRoyal Hungarian Air Force6
Norman W. Mollard, Jr. United StatesU.S. Navy6
Kálmán Nánási † HungaryRoyal Hungarian Air Force6
Norman E. Olson United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces6(+2 ground kills)
Theo Osterkamp GermanyLuftwaffe6+32 in World War IAce in each of two wars
Edward Cobb Outlaw United StatesU.S. Navy6Ace in a day
Imre Pánczél † HungaryRoyal Hungarian Air Force6
Ludwik Witold Paszkiewicz PolandPolish Air Force/Royal Air Force6
Eduard M. Prchal CzechoslovakiaRoyal Air Force6
Radu Reinek RomaniaRoyal Romanian Air Force6
Thomas J. Rennemo United StatesU.S. Navy6
W. R. Scheible United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces6(+3 ground Kills)
Pál Szikora HungaryRoyal Hungarian Air Force6
Gheorghe Tutuianu RomaniaRoyal Romanian Air Force6
Constantin Ursachi RomaniaRoyal Romanian Air Force6
Bram van der Stok NetherlandsRoyal Netherlands Air Force/Royal Air Force6
Remy Van Lierde BelgiumRoyal Air Force6(+44 V-1 flying bombs)
Ioan Vornica RomaniaRoyal Romanian Air Force6
James Henry Whalen † CanadaRoyal Canadian Air Force6
William E. Whalen United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces6(+2 ground kills)
Lynn E. Witt, Jr. United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces6
Yue Yi-Chin / Yue Yiqin ChinaChinese Nationalist Air Force6
Dean S. Laird United StatesU.S. Navy5.75
Gordon B. Compton United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5.5(+15 ground kills)
Norman J. Fortier United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5.83(+5.5 ground kills)
Walter J. Koraleski United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5.54
Robert P. Winks United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5.5
William Cundy AustraliaRoyal Australian Air Force5.5
Charles W. Lenfest United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5.5(+2 ground kills)
Leslie D. Minchew United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5.5(+ 1/2 ground kills)
Laurence Stark United KingdomRoyal Air Force5.5
Kazimierz Rutkowski PolandPolish Air Force/Royal Air Force5.5
Stefan Witorzeńć PolandPolish Air Force/Royal Air Force5.5
Czesław Główczyński PolandPolish Air Force/Royal Air Force5.5
Michał Cwynar PolandPolish Air Force/Royal Air Force5.5
Mieczysław Mümler PolandPolish Air Force/Royal Air Force5.5
Bolesław Własnowolski PolandPolish Air Force/Royal Air Force5.5
James E. Duffy, Jr United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5.2(+9 ground kills)
Desmond J. Scott New ZealandRoyal Air Force, Royal New Zealand Air Force5(+4 Probables)
Panagiotis Argyropoulos GreeceHellenic Air Force5
Raymond B. Myers United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5(+4 ground kills)
William J. Cullerton United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5(+15 ground kills)
Hayden A. "Buck" Gregory United StatesU.S. Navy5
Otto Böhner GermanyLuftwaffe5
František Chábera CzechoslovakiaRoyal Air Force5
Joseph Heim GermanyLuftwaffe5[3]Jet ace with all victories in Me 262
Alfred Schreiber GermanyLuftwaffe5[3]Jet ace – first ever confirmed – with all victories in Me 262
Ulrich Steinhilper GermanyLuftwaffe5
Tony Jonsson IcelandRoyal Air Force5
Pentti Tilli FinlandFinnish Air Force5
Robert W. Abernathy United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Fred T. Ackerman United StatesU.S. Navy5
Oliver L. Adair United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Robert H. Adams (USAAF) United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
John W. Agnew United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
William H. Allen (USAAF) United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Stuart C. Alley Jr United StatesU.S. Marine Corps5
Ernest J. Ambort United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Robert H. Ammon United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5(+9 ground kills)
Benjamin C. Amsden United StatesU.S. Navy5
Leslie E. Anderson United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Richard H. Anderson (USAAF) United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Lester L. Arasmith United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
William E. Aron United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Richard W. Asbury United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Abner M. Aust United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Eugene D. Axtell United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Donald A. Baccus United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Jack A. Bade United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Oscar C. Bailey United StatesU.S. Navy5
Raphael F. Baird United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Donald L. Balch United StatesU.S. Marine Corps5
Raymond W. Bank United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Bruce M. Barackman United StatesU.S. Navy5
Rex T. Barber United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Robert M. Barkey United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Truman S. Barnes United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Albert Baumler United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5+6 in Spanish Civil WarAce in each of two wars
Aaron L. Bearden United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Edward H. Beavers Jr United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
József Bejczi † HungaryRoyal Hungarian Air Force5
Louis Benne United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Jack S. Berkheimer United StatesU.S. Navy5
Richard L. Bertelson United StatesU.S. Navy5
James D. Billo United StatesU.S. Navy5
Lewis S. Bishop United StatesAmerican Volunteer Group5
Walter D. Bishop United StatesU.S. Navy5
Foster J. Blair United StatesU.S. Navy5
William K. Blair United StatesU.S. Navy5
Richard B. Blaydes United StatesU.S. Navy5
Ladislav Bobek CzechoslovakiaRoyal Air Force5
Victor E. Bocquin United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
John W. Bolyard United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Robert R. Bonebrake United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Robert R. Bonner Jr United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Guy P. Bordelon United StatesU.S. Navy5
Clarence A. Borley United StatesU.S. Navy5
Ernest O. Bostrom United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Wilbur L. Bowen United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Fred E. Bowker United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
John L. Bradley United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Richard L. Braun United StatesU.S. Marine Corps5
Gerald A. Brown United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Jasper R. Brown United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Paul J. Bruneau United StatesU.S. Navy5
Robert L. Buchanan United StatesU.S. Navy5
Robert G. Burns United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Robert L. Byrnes United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
John B. Carder United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
William A. Carlton United StatesU.S. Marine Corps5
Nial K. Castle United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Henry K. Champion United StatesU.S. Navy5
George T. Chandler United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Van E. Chandler United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5+3 in Korean War
Joseph J. Cielinski United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Arthur B. Cleaveland United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Donald C. Clements United StatesU.S. Navy5
Robert E. Clements United StatesU.S. Navy5
Dallas A. Clinger United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Vivian A. Cloud United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Paul R. Cochran United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
William F. Collins United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Philip E. Colman United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5+4 in Korean War
Harold E. Comstock United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Harry L. Condon United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Merle M. Coons United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Leland B. Cornell United StatesU.S. Navy5
Ralph L. Cox United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Niven K. Cranfill United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
William S. Crombie United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
John O. Cross United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Omer W. Culbertson United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Arthur C. Cundy United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Warren D. Curton United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Evžen Čížek CzechoslovakiaRoyal Air Force5
William A. Daniel United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Clarence E. Davies United StatesU.S. Navy5
Leonard K. Davis United StatesU.S. Marine Corps5
George E. Dawkins Jr United StatesU.S. Marine Corps5
Roald Dahl United KingdomRoyal Air Force5
William C. Day Jr United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Richard S. Deakins United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
George Della United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Reuben H. Denoff United StatesU.S. Navy5
Frederick E. Dick United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Michael Dikovitsky United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Harry W. Dorris United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Cecil J. Doyle United StatesU.S. Marine Corps5
Charles W. Drake United StatesU.S. Marine Corps5
Daniel B. Driscoll United StatesU.S. Navy5
Willie Driscoll United StatesU.S. Navy5
Francis E. Dubisher United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Charles H. Dubois United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
James E. Duffy (USN) United StatesU.S. Navy5
Richard E. Duffy United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Joseph L. Egen Jr United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Hugh M. Elwood United StatesU.S. Marine Corps5
James W. Empey United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Lyle A. Erickson United StatesU.S. Navy5
Herman E. Ernst United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Charles D. Farmer United StatesU.S. Navy5
Robert A. Farnsworth Jr United StatesU.S. Navy5
William Farrell (USMC) United StatesU.S. Marine Corps5
Richard D. Faxon United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Marion C. Felts United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
James E. Fenex Jr United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
William Fiedler (USAAF) United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Virgil C. Fields Jr United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Howard J. Finn United StatesU.S. Marine Corps5
Charles R. Fischette United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Harry E. Fisk United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Nelson D. Flack Jr United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Kenneth A. Flinn United StatesU.S. Navy5
Ralph E. Foltz United StatesU.S. Navy5
Paul J. Fontana United StatesU.S. Marine Corps5
Claude E. Ford United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Kenneth M. Ford United StatesU.S. Marine Corps5
George Formanek Jr United StatesU.S. Navy5
Béla Füleky † HungaryRoyal Hungarian Air Force5
Bohumil Fürst-Fiřt CzechoslovakiaRoyal Air Force5
Dwight B. Galt United StatesU.S. Navy5
Warner F. Gardner United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Noel Gayler United StatesU.S. Navy5
Steven N. Gerick United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Grover D. Ghelson United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Robert D. Gibb United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Cyrus R. Gladen United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Lindley W. Godson United StatesU.S. Navy5
Norman D. Gould United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Giorgio Graffer ItalyRegia Aeronautica5
Robert F. Graham United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Vernon E. Graham United StatesU.S. Navy5Ace in a day
Hayden A. Gregory United StatesU.S. Navy5
Robert C. Griffith United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
William Grosvenor Jr United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Lindsay W. Grove United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Cheatham W. Gupton United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Albert E. Hacking United StatesU.S. Marine Corps5
Samuel E. Hammer United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Harry T. Hanna United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Christopher J. Hansenman United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Josef G. Hanuš CzechoslovakiaRoyal Air Force5
Walter R. Harman United StatesU.S. Navy5
Thomas L. Harris (USAAF) United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Raymond E. Hartley United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Herbert B. Hatch United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Charles D. Hauver United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Sándor Hautzinger HungaryRoyal Hungarian Air Force5
Russell C. Haworth United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Frank R. Hayde United StatesU.S. Navy5
Frank C. Hearrell United StatesU.S. Navy5
Charles F. Held Jr United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Paul M. Henderson Jr United StatesU.S. Navy5
Randall W. Hendricks United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
James E. Hill United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Richard Hope Hillary AustraliaRoyal Air Force5(+2 probables)
Donald E. Hillman United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Kenneth G. Hippe United StatesU.S. Navy5
Edwin M. Hiro United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Garrett P. Hopkins United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces10(+6 probables)
Myron M. Hnatio United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
John B. Hoag United StatesU.S. Navy5
William R. Hodges United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Cullen J. Hoffman United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Louis Hoffman United StatesAmerican Volunteer Group5
Herbert N. Houck United StatesU.S. Navy5
Edward R. Hoyt United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Mark E. Hubbard United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Howard R. Hudson United StatesU.S. Navy5
Alvaro J. Hunter United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
András Huszár HungaryRoyal Hungarian Air Force5
Joseph W. Icard United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Julius W. Ireland United StatesU.S. Marine Corps5
Clayton M. Isaacson United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Svatopluk Janouch CzechoslovakiaRoyal Air Force5
Hayden M. Jensen United StatesU.S. Navy5
Evan M. Johnson United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Wallace R. Johnson United StatesU.S. Navy5
Curran L. Jones United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Frank C. Jones United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5(+ 5.5 ground kills)
Lynn F. Jones United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Warren L. Jones United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Joseph W. Jorda United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
William M. Julian United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Charles Kendrick United StatesU.S. Marine Corps5
Daniel Kennedy United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Robert H. Kidwell United StatesU.S. Navy5
Melvin B. Kimball United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
John R. Kincaid United StatesU.S. Navy5
Charles W. King (USAAF) United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
David L. King United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Marion F. Kirby United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Lenton F. Kirkland United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Ernő Kiss (pilot) HungaryRoyal Hungarian Air Force5
Jan Klán CzechoslovakiaRoyal Air Force5
Robert H. Knapp United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Carroll S. Knott United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Edward H. Kopsel United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
William J. Kostic United StatesU.S. Navy5
Bedřich Krátkoruký CzechoslovakiaRoyal Air Force5
Jiří V. Kučera CzechoslovakiaRoyal Air Force5
Wayne W. Laird United StatesU.S. Marine Corps5
William E. Lamoreaux United StatesU.S. Navy5
Richard C. Lampe United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Willis Laney United StatesU.S. Navy5
Ned W. Langdon United StatesU.S. Navy5
Thomas G. Lanphier United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Franklin C. Lathrope United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Charles H. Laughlin United StatesAmerican Volunteer Group5
George Laven United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Earl R. Lazear United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Harold K. Lee United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Richard J. Lee United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Marlow J. Leikness United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Charles W. Lenfest United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Jack Lenox Jr United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
John A. Leppla United StatesU.S. Navy5
Alfred B. Lewelling United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Brooks J. Liles United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5+4 in Korean War
Hugh D. Lillie United StatesU.S. Navy5
James W. Little United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5+1 in Korean War
John Lolos GreeceU.S. Army Air Forces5
Charles P. London United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Donald Lopez United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
George G. Loving, Jr. United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
John F. Luma United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Lowell C. Lutton United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
John A. Mackay United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Morton D. Magoffin United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Keith Mahon United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Jackson C. Mankin United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Lee P. Mankin United StatesU.S. Navy5
Harry A. March Jr United StatesU.S. Navy5
Luigi Mariotti ItalyRegia Aeronautica5
Lester C. Marsh United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Albert E. Martin Jr United StatesU.S. Navy5
Kenneth R. Martin United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Joseph L. Mason United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
William H. Mathis United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Joseph Z. Matte United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Chester K. Maxwell United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Benjamin I. Mayo United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Paul G. McArthur United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Henry A. McCartney Jr United StatesU.S. Marine Corps5
Leo B. McCudden United StatesU.S. Navy5
William F. McDownough United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
James N. McElroy United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5(+6 ground kills)
John L. McGinn United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Selva E. McGinty United StatesU.S. Marine Corps5
Samuel E. McGuffin United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
John W. McGuyrt United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Donald J. McKinley United StatesU.S. Navy5
George. McMillan United StatesAmerican Volunteer Group5
Evan D. MacMinn United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Donald M. McPherson United StatesU.S. Navy5
George L. Merritt Jr United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5(+6 ground kills)
Frederick H. Michaelis United StatesU.S. Navy5
Everett Miller United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Joseph E. Miller United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Robert C. Milliken United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Charles Milton United StatesU.S. Navy5
Marinos Mitralexis GreeceRoyal Hellenic Air Force5
Arthur P. Mollenhauer United StatesU.S. Navy5
Franklin H. Monk United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Robert H. Moore United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Paul V. Morriss United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Arthur H. Munson United StatesU.S. Navy5
Jennings S. Myers United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Joseph R. Myshrall United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Leslie D. Nelson United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Robert J. Nelson United StatesU.S. Navy5
Franklin A. Nichols United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Edward M. Nollmeyer United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Marvin R. Novak United StatesU.S. Navy5
Jack G. Oberhansky United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Frank O'Brien Jr United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Edwin L. Olander United StatesU.S. Marine Corps5
Austin L. Olsen United StatesU.S. Navy5
Paul E. Olson United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Enzo Omiccioli ItalyRegia Aeronautica5
Eugene W. O'Neill Jr United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Lawrence F. O'Neill United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5347th FG, 342nd Fighter Squadron, PTO
Ernest K. Osher United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Robert J. Overcash United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Edward W. Overton Jr United StatesU.S. Navy5
Joel A. Owens United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Melvyn R. Paisley United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Tibor Papp HungaryRoyal Hungarian Air Force5
Forrest F. Parham United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Edsel Paulk United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Oscar F. Perdomo United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5Ace in a day
John Petach United StatesAmerican Volunteer Group5
Costantino Petrosellini ItalyRegia Aeronautica5
David P. Philips III United StatesU.S. Navy5
Edward A. Phillips United StatesU.S. Navy5
Hyde Phillips United StatesU.S. Marine Corps5
Kenneth R. Pool United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Edward S. Popek United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Robert B. Porter United StatesU.S. Marine Corps5
George H. Poske United StatesU.S. Marine Corps5
Ernest A. Powell United StatesU.S. Marine Corps5
MacArthur Powers United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Jack C. Price United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Royce W. Priest United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Roger C. Pryor United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Josef Příhoda CzechoslovakiaRoyal Air Force5
Rajmund Půda CzechoslovakiaRoyal Air Force5
Donald L. Quigley United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Robert J. Raines United StatesAmerican Volunteer Group; U.S. Army Air Forces5victories with 2 air forces
Orvin H. Ramlo United StatesU.S. Marine Corps5
William C. Reese United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Joseph E. Reulet United StatesU.S. Navy5
Thomas W. Rhodes United StatesU.S. Navy5
Vincent A. Rieger United StatesU.S. Navy5
Andrew Ritchey United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Newell O. Roberts United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Leroy W. Robinson United StatesU.S. Navy5
Ross F. Robinson United StatesU.S. Navy5
Franklin Rose United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
János Róza HungaryRoyal Hungarian Air Force5
Gerald L. Rounds United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Henry S. Rudolph United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
William A. Rynne United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Hartwell V. Scarborough United StatesU.S. Marine Corps5
Thomas D. Schank United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Gordon E. Schecter United StatesU.S. Navy5
John L. Schell United StatesU.S. Navy5
Raymond Scherer United StatesU.S. Marine Corps5
James F. Schilke United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Louis Schriber United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Duerr H. Schuh United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Robert B. Schultz United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Harry H. Sealey United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Alexander F. Sears United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Robert B. See United StatesU.S. Marine Corps5
Carlo Seganti ItalyRegia Aeronautica5
Robert K. Seidman United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Charles A. Shields United StatesU.S. Navy5
Lester H. Sipes United StatesU.S. Navy5
Frank Sistrunk United StatesU.S. Navy5
Jack R. Smith United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Kenneth B. Smith (USAAF) United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Kenneth D. Smith United StatesU.S. Navy5
Virgil H. Smith United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Irl V. Sonner Jr United StatesU.S. Navy5
James J. Southerland United StatesU.S. Navy5
Arthur Spurgin AustraliaRoyal Australian Air Force5
Clyde P. Spitler United StatesU.S. Navy5
William J. Stangel United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Morris A. Stanley United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Edgar E. Stebbins United StatesU.S. Navy5
Edward J. Stefanski United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Raymond D. Stehle United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Carl V. Stone United StatesU.S. Navy5
Johnnie C. Strange United StatesU.S. Navy5
Richard C. Suehr United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Charles P. Sullivan United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Robert C. Sutcliffe United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
John F. Sutherland United StatesU.S. Navy5
Ladislav Světlík CzechoslovakiaRoyal Air Force5
John F. Swinburne Jr. United StatesU.S. Navy5
William J. Sykes United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5(+5 ground kills)
Stanley Synar United StatesU.S. Marine Corps5
Oliver B. Taylor United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
William W. Taylor (USN) United StatesU.S. Navy5
Robert D. Thompson United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
John A. Tilley United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Edward W. Toaspern United StatesU.S. Navy5
John W. Topliff United StatesU.S. Navy5
Harrison B. Tordoff United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Ross E. Torkelson United StatesU.S. Navy5
Eugene P. Townsend United StatesU.S. Navy5
Clifton H. Troxell United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Peter J. Van Der Linden United StatesU.S. Navy5
Rudolph D. Van Dyke United StatesU.S. Navy5
Robert H. Vaught Jr. United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
John E. Vogt United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Horace Q. Waggoner United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5(+7.5 ground kills)
Walter B. Walker Jr. United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Lyttleton T. Ward United StatesU.S. Navy5
Jack R. Warren United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Ralph J. Watson United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Sidney W. Wheatherford United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Willard J. Webb United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Gregory J. Weissenberger United StatesU.S. Marine Corps5
Darrell G. Welch United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Albert P. Welles United StatesU.S. Marine Corps5
Robert G. West United StatesU.S. Navy5
Harry S. White United StatesU.S. Navy5
John H. White (USAAF) United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
David C. Wilhelm United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Paul H. Wilkins United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
William F. Wilson United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Russell D. Williams United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Robert A. Winston United StatesU.S. Navy5
Ralph L. Wire United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Lee V. Wiseman United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
John L. Wolford United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
George L. Wrenn United StatesU.S. Navy5
Max J. Wright United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Vasseure F. Wynn United StatesRoyal Air Force; U.S. Army Air Forces5victories with 2 air forces
Robert R. Yaeger Jr. United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Robert M. York United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5
Michael R. Yunck United StatesU.S. Marine Corps5
Aurel Tifrea RomaniaRoyal Romanian Air Force5
Constantin Popescu RomaniaRoyal Romanian Air Force5
Constantin Nicoară RomaniaRoyal Romanian Air Force5
Petre Cordescu RomaniaRoyal Romanian Air Force5
Aurel Tifrea RomaniaRoyal Romanian Air Force5
Hariton Dusescu RomaniaRoyal Romanian Air Force5
Vintilă Brătianu RomaniaRoyal Romanian Air Force5
Nicolae Burileanu RomaniaRoyal Romanian Air Force5
Laurențiu Catană RomaniaRoyal Romanian Air Force5
Erich Selei RomaniaRoyal Romanian Air Force5
Gheorghe Cristea RomaniaRoyal Romanian Air Force5
Mircea Dumitrescu RomaniaRoyal Romanian Air Force5
Urban L. Drew United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces6
Michael T. Russo United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces5Only A-36 Ace in the History
Robert Mcwherter United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces6First Three kill with 17th PS in the PTO, other three with 363rd FS in ETO
Samual Wicker United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces7364th Fighter Squadron, ETO
John H. Lowell United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces7.5Acting commanding officer of 364th Fighter Group
Claude J. Crenshaw United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces7(+ 3 on the Ground) Crewshaw shot down 4 Fw190 in one day with three working MG
Harry C. Crim United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces6(+5.25 damage) 531st Fighter Squadron, PTO
Leonard R. Reeves United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces6DFC, 530th Fighter Squadron, CBI
John F. Pugh United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces6357th FG, 362nd Fighter Squadron, ETO
Calvin D. Allen United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces752nd FG, 5th Fighter Squadron, ETO
Gus A. Daymond United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces74th FG, 334th Fighter Squadron, ETO
Ralph Wandrey United StatesU.S. Army Air Forces649th FG, 9th Fighter Squadron, PTO

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ By 1945, combat experienced Japanese airmen were often detailed to provide fighter escort for newer inexperienced Kamikazi pilots en route to their targets in the Pacific

References[edit]

Citations[edit]

  1. ^ Holmes 2011, p. 314.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Spick 1996, p. 227.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab Morgan & Weal 1998, p. 88.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Spick 1996, p. 228.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Spick 1996, p. 229.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Spick 1996, p. 230.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Spick 1996, p. 231.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g Spick 1996, p. 242.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Spick 1996, p. 232.
  10. ^ Obermaier 1989, p. 29.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Spick 1996, p. 233.
  12. ^ a b Obermaier 1989, p. 98.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Spick 1996, p. 234.
  14. ^ Toliver & Constable 1998, p. 389.
  15. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Spick 1996, p. 235.
  16. ^ a b Obermaier 1989, p. 92.
  17. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Spick 1996, p. 236.
  18. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Spick 1996, p. 237.
  19. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Spick 1996, p. 238.
  20. ^ Obermaier 1989, p. 72.
  21. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Spick 1996, p. 239.
  22. ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 1497.
  23. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Spick 1996, p. 240.
  24. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Spick 1996, p. 243.
  25. ^ a b Spick 1996, p. 241.
  26. ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 1523.
  27. ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 1487.
  28. ^ Obermaier 1989, p. 108.
  29. ^ Obermaier 1989, p. 96.
  30. ^ Obermaier 1989, p. 95.
  31. ^ Obermaier 1989, p. 114.
  32. ^ Obermaier 1989, p. 113.
  33. ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 1485.
  34. ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 1479.
  35. ^ a b c Obermaier 1989, p. 85.
  36. ^ Obermaier 1989, p. 117.
  37. ^ Obermaier 1989, p. 84.
  38. ^ Obermaier 1989, p. 83.
  39. ^ Obermaier 1989, p. 216.
  40. ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 1513.
  41. ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 1507.
  42. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Spick 1996, p. 244.
  43. ^ Obermaier 1989, p. 182.
  44. ^ Obermaier 1989, p. 73.
  45. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Spick 1996, p. 245.
  46. ^ Foreman, Matthews & Parry 2004, pp. 72–244.
  47. ^ Obermaier 1989, p. 103.
  48. ^ Obermaier 1989, p. 174.
  49. ^ Obermaier 1989, p. 170.
  50. ^ a b c d Spick 1996, p. 246.
  51. ^ Obermaier 1989, p. 186.
  52. ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 1508.
  53. ^ a b Obermaier 1989, p. 81.
  54. ^ "Wildcat" Wade: The Forgotten RAF Ace
  55. ^ Obermaier 1989, p. 82.

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