List of World War II air aces
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This is a list of the top World War II aces. Fighter aces in World War II had tremendously varying kill scores, affected as they were by many factors: the pilot's skill level, the performance of the airplane he flew and those he flew against, how long he served, his opportunity to meet the enemy in the air (Allied to Axis disproportion), and the standards his air service brought to the awarding of victory credits.
Towards the end of the war, the Axis Powers had largely exhausted their supply of skilled pilots and the replacements did not have as much chance of getting enough skill to be successful. It is not clear what impact each individual nation's rules for score crediting have on the counts listed below, although the impact is likely to be significant.
It is important to note that the listed victories are CLAIMED victories and that they may include:
- some overclaims, which are easy to make in the heat of the battle - such as damaged aircraft that survived, but whom the ace assumed have crashed, or shared victories where neither of the pilots involved was aware of the other.
- some common lies, or even some higher - level inflation.
Exact number of aircraft each of these pilots had shot down will probably remain unknown.
| Name | Country | Service | Victories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erich "Bubi" Hartmann | Germany | Luftwaffe | 352 |
| Gerhard Barkhorn | Germany | Luftwaffe | 301 |
| Günther Rall | Germany | Luftwaffe | 275 |
| Otto Kittel | Germany | Luftwaffe | 267 |
| Walter Nowotny | Germany | Luftwaffe | 258 |
| Wilhelm Batz | Germany | Luftwaffe | 237 |
| Erich Rudorffer | Germany | Luftwaffe | 222 |
| Heinz Bär | Germany | Luftwaffe | 220 (16 Me-262) |
| Hermann Graf | Germany | Luftwaffe | 212 |
| Heinrich Ehrler | Germany | Luftwaffe | 208 |
| Theodor Weissenberger | Germany | Luftwaffe | 208 (8 Me-262) |
| Hans Philipp | Germany | Luftwaffe | 206 |
| Walter Schuck | Germany | Luftwaffe | 206 |
| Anton Hafner | Germany | Luftwaffe | 204 |
| Helmut Lipfert | Germany | Luftwaffe | 203 |
| Walter Krupinski | Germany | Luftwaffe | 197 |
| Anton Hackl | Germany | Luftwaffe | 192 |
| Joachim Brendel | Germany | Luftwaffe | 189 |
| Max Stotz | Germany | Luftwaffe | 189 |
| Joachim Kirschner | Germany | Luftwaffe | 188 |
| Kurt Brändle | Germany | Luftwaffe | 180 |
| Günther Josten | Germany | Luftwaffe | 178 |
| Johannes Steinhoff | Germany | Luftwaffe | 178 |
| Ernst-Wilhelm Reinert | Germany | Luftwaffe | 174 |
| Günther Schack | Germany | Luftwaffe | 174 |
| Emil Lang | Germany | Luftwaffe | 173 |
| Heinz Schmidt | Germany | Luftwaffe | 173 |
| Horst Ademeit | Germany | Luftwaffe | 166 |
| Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke | Germany | Luftwaffe | 162 |
| Hans-Joachim Marseille | Germany | Luftwaffe | 158 |
| Heinrich Sturm | Germany | Luftwaffe | 158 |
| Gerhard Thyben | Germany | Luftwaffe | 157 |
| Hans Beisswenger | Germany | Luftwaffe | 152 |
| Peter Düttmann | Germany | Luftwaffe | 152 |
| Gordon M. Gollob | Germany | Luftwaffe | 150 |
| Fritz Tegtmeier | Germany | Luftwaffe | 146 |
| Albin Wolf | Germany | Luftwaffe | 144 |
| Kurt Tanzer | Germany | Luftwaffe | 143 |
| Friedrich-Karl Müller | Germany | Luftwaffe | 140 |
| Karl Gratz | Germany | Luftwaffe | 138 |
| Heinrich Setz | Germany | Luftwaffe | 138 |
| Rudolf Trenkel | Germany | Luftwaffe | 138 |
| Walter Wolfrum | Germany | Luftwaffe | 137 |
| Horst-Günther von Fassong | Germany | Luftwaffe | 136 |
| Otto Fönnekold | Germany | Luftwaffe | 136 |
| Karl-Heinz Weber | Germany | Luftwaffe | 136 |
| Joachim Muencheberg | Germany | Luftwaffe | 135 |
| Hans Waldmann | Germany | Luftwaffe | 134 |
| Alfred Grislawski | Germany | Luftwaffe | 133 |
| Franz Schall | Germany | Luftwaffe | 133 |
| Johannes Wiese | Germany | Luftwaffe | 133 |
| Adolf Borchers | Germany | Luftwaffe | 132 |
| Adolf Dickfeld | Germany | Luftwaffe | 132 |
| Erwin Clausen | Germany | Luftwaffe | 132 |
| Wilhelm Lemke | Germany | Luftwaffe | 131 |
| Gerhard Hoffmann | Germany | Luftwaffe | 130 |
| Franz Eisenach | Germany | Luftwaffe | 129 |
| Walther Dahl | Germany | Luftwaffe | 129 |
| Heinrich Sterr | Germany | Luftwaffe | 129 |
| Franz Dörr | Germany | Luftwaffe | 128 |
| Rudolf Rademacher | Germany | Luftwaffe | 126 |
| Josef Zwernemann | Germany | Luftwaffe | 126 |
| Dietrich Hrabak | Germany | Luftwaffe | 125 |
| Wolf Ettel | Germany | Luftwaffe | 124 |
| Herbert Ihlefeld | Germany | Luftwaffe | 123 |
| Wolfgang Tonne | Germany | Luftwaffe | 122 |
| Heinz Marquardt | Germany | Luftwaffe | 121 |
| Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer | Germany | Luftwaffe | 121 |
| Robert Weiss | Germany | Luftwaffe | 121 |
| Erich Leie | Germany | Luftwaffe | 121 |
| Friedrich Obleser | Germany | Luftwaffe | 120 |
| Franz-Josef Beerenbrock | Germany | Luftwaffe | 117 |
| Hans-Joachim Birkner | Germany | Luftwaffe | 117 |
| Jakob Norz | Germany | Luftwaffe | 117 |
| Walter Oesau | Germany | Luftwaffe | 117 |
| Heinz Wernicke | Germany | Luftwaffe | 117 |
| August Lambert | Germany | Luftwaffe | 116 |
| Werner Mölders | Germany | Luftwaffe | 115 |
| Wilhelm Crinius | Germany | Luftwaffe | 114 |
| Werner Schroer | Germany | Luftwaffe | 114 |
| Hans Dammers | Germany | Luftwaffe | 113 |
| Berthold Korts | Germany | Luftwaffe | 113 |
| Helmut Lent | Germany | Luftwaffe | 113 |
| Kurt Bühligen | Germany | Luftwaffe | 112 |
| Kurt Ubben | Germany | Luftwaffe | 110 |
| Franz Woidich | Germany | Luftwaffe | 110 |
| Reinhard Seiler | Germany | Luftwaffe | 109 |
| Emil Bitsch | Germany | Luftwaffe | 108 |
| Hans Hahn (pilot) | Germany | Luftwaffe | 108 |
| Bernhard Vechtel | Germany | Luftwaffe | 108 |
| Viktor Bauer | Germany | Luftwaffe | 106 |
| Werner Lucas | Germany | Luftwaffe | 106 |
| Günther Lützow | Germany | Luftwaffe | 105 |
| Adolf Galland | Germany | Luftwaffe | 104 |
| Eberhard von Boremski | Germany | Luftwaffe | 104 |
| Heinz Sachsenberg | Germany | Luftwaffe | 104 |
| Hartmann Grasser | Germany | Luftwaffe | 103 |
| Siegfried Freytag | Germany | Luftwaffe | 102 |
| Friedrich Geisshardt | Germany | Luftwaffe | 102 |
| Egon Mayer | Germany | Luftwaffe | 102 |
| Max-Hellmuth Ostermann | Germany | Luftwaffe | 102 |
| Josef Wurmheller | Germany | Luftwaffe | 102 |
| Rudolf Miethig | Germany | Luftwaffe | 101 |
| Josef Priller | Germany | Luftwaffe | 101 |
| Ulrich Wernitz | Germany | Luftwaffe | 101 |
| Rudolf Müller | Germany | Luftwaffe | 101 |
| Ilmari Juutilainen | Finland | Finnish Air Force | 94 |
| Hiroyoshi Nishizawa | Japan | Imperial Japanese Navy | 87 (some sources indicate kills over 120) |
| Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein | Germany | Luftwaffe | 83 |
| Tetsuzo Iwamoto | Japan | Imperial Japanese Navy | 80 |
| Hans Wind | Finland | Finnish Air Force | 75 |
| Erbo Graf von Kageneck | Germany | Luftwaffe | 67 |
| Heinz Roekker | Germany | Luftwaffe | 64 |
| Saburo Sakai | Japan | Imperial Japanese Navy | 64+ |
| Ivan Kozhedub | Soviet Union | VVS | 62 |
| Aleksandr Ivanovich Pokryshkin | Soviet Union | VVS | 59 |
| Grigori Reschkalow | Soviet Union | VVS | 58 |
| Eino Luukkanen | Finland | Finnish Air Force | 56 |
| Wilhelm-Ferdinand Galland | Germany | Luftwaffe | 55 |
| Marmaduke 'Pat' Pattle | South African | Royal Air Force | 51+ |
| Urho Lehtovaara | Finland | Finnish Air Force | 44½ |
| Oiva Tuominen | Finland | Finnish Air Force | 44 |
| Alexandru Şerbănescu | Romania | Romanian Air Force | 44 |
| Constantine Cantacuzino | Romania | Romanian Air Force | 43 |
| Olli Puhakka | Finland | Finnish Air Force | 42 |
| Richard I. Bong | USA | Army Air Force | 40 |
| James Edgar "Johnnie" Johnson | UK | Royal Air Force | 38 |
| Olavi Puro | Finland | Finnish Air Force | 36 |
| Nils Katajainen | Finland | Finnish Air Force | 35½ |
| Thomas B. McGuire | USA | Army Air Forces | 38 |
| David McCampbell | USA | Navy | 34 |
| Toshio Ohta | Japan | Imperial Japanese Navy | 34 |
| Pierre Clostermann | France | Royal Air Force | 23 (+9 probable) |
| Lauri Nissinen | Finland | Finnish Air Force | 32½ |
| George F. Beurling | Canada | Royal Air Force | 31 1/3 |
| Brendan Eamon Fergus "Paddy" Finucane | Ireland | Royal Air Force | 32 |
| Ján Režňák | Czechoslovakia | Slovak Air Force | 32 |
| Kyösti Karhila | Finland | Finnish Air Force | 32 |
| Adolph 'Sailor' Malan | South Africa | Royal Air Force | 32 |
| Jorma Karhunen | Finland | Finnish Air Force | 31 |
| Dezso Szengyorgyi | Hungary | Hungarian Air Force | 30 1/2 |
| Shoichi Sugita | Japan | Imperial Japanese Navy | 30+ |
| Kaneyoshi Mutoh | Japan | Imperial Japanese Navy | 30 |
| Emil Vesa | Finland | Finnish Air Force | 29½ |
| Robert Roland Stanford Tuck | UK | Royal Air Force | 29 |
| Bob Braham | UK | Royal Air Force | 29 |
| Clive Caldwell | Australia | Royal Australian Air Force | 28½ |
| Tapio Järvi | Finland | Finnish Air Force | 28½ |
| Izidor Kovárik | Czechoslovakia | Slovak Air Force | 28 (29?) |
| "Ginger" Lacy | UK | Royal Air Force | 28 |
| Francis "Gabby" Gabreski | Poland/USA | Army Air Forces | 28 (+2.5 ground) +6.5 Korea |
| Gregory "Pappy" Boyington | United States | U.S. Marine Corps | 28 (2 AVG) |
| Robert S. Johnson | USA | Army Air Forces | 27 |
| Charles H. Macdonald | USA | Army Air Forces | 27 |
| Junichi Sasai | Japan | Imperial Japanese Navy | 27 |
| Ján Gerthoffer | Czechoslovakia | Slovak Air Force | 26 |
| Klaus Alakoski | Finland | Finnish Air Force | 26 |
| Joseph J. Foss | USA | U.S. Marine Corps | 26 |
| Lajos Toth | Hungary | Royal Hungarian Air Force | 26 |
| Adriano Visconti | Italy | Italian Air Force | 26 |
| George E. Preddy, Jr. | United States | Army Air Force | 25.8 (+5 ground) |
| Robert M. Hanson | United States | U.S. Marine Corps | 25 |
| Douglas Bader | UK | Royal Air Force | 23 |
| Cecil E. Harris | USA | Navy | 24 |
| John C. Meyer | United States | Army Air Forces | 24 (+13 ground) +2 Korea |
| Eugene A Valencia | United States | Navy | 23 |
| Kalevi Tervo | Finland | Finnish Air Force | 23 |
| Jorma Saarinen | Finland | Finnish Air Force | 23 |
| Lance C. Wade | USA | Royal Air Force | 23 |
| Eero Kinnunen | Finland | Finnish Air Force | 22½ |
| David C. Schilling | United States | Army Air Forces | 22½ (+10½ ground) |
| Wing Commander Edward F. Charles | Canada | RCAF | 22 |
| Gerald R. Johnson | United States | Army Air Forces | 22 |
| Neel E. Kearby | United States | Army Air Forces | 22 |
| Jay T. Robbins | United States | Army Air Forces | 22 |
| Stanislaw Skalski | Poland | Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force | 22 |
| Donald S. Gentile | United States | Army Air Forces | 21.83 (+7 ground {2 RAF}) |
| Antti Tani | Finland | Finnish Air Force | 21½ |
| Frederick J. Christensen | United States | Army Air Forces | 21½ {Died 4/4/2006} |
| Raymond S. Wetmore | United States | Army Air Forces | 21.25 (+2 ground) |
| John J. Voll | United States | Army Air Forces | 21 |
| Kenneth A. Walsh | United States | U.S. Marine Corps | 21 |
| Paavo Myllylä | Finland | Finnish Air Force | 21 |
| Walker M. Mahurin | United States | Army Air Forces | 20.75 (+3.5 Korea) |
| Donald N. Aldrich | United States | U.S. Marine Corps | 20 |
| Thomas J. Lynch | United States | Army Air Forces | 20 |
| Squadron Leader Henry W. McLeod | Canada | RCAF | 20 (KIA) |
| Robert B. Westbrook | United States | Army Air Forces | 20 |
| Viktor Pyötsiä | Finland | Finnish Air Force | 19½ |
| Väinö Suhonen | Finland | Finnish Air Force | 19½ |
| John "Cat's Eyes" Cunningham | UK | Royal Air Force | 19 (mainly as nightfighter) |
| Glenn E. Duncan | United States | Army Air Forces | 19 (+7.8 ground) |
| Patrick D. Fleming | United States | Navy | 19 |
| Cornelius N. Nooy | USA | Navy | 19 |
| John L. Smith | United States | U.S. Marine Corps | 19 |
| Alexander Vraciu | United States | Navy | 19 |
| Erik Teromaa | Finland | Finnish Air Force | 19 |
| Arthur J. Benko | USA | Army Air Forces | 18½ |
| Marion E. Carl | USA | U.S. Marine Corps | 18½ |
| Lauri Pekuri | Finland | Finnish Air Force | 18½ |
| Leonard K. Carson | USA | Army Air Forces | 18½ (+3.5 ground) |
| Glenn T. Eagleson | USA | Army Air Forces | 18½ (+5 ground) +2 Korea |
| Wilbur J. Thomas | USA | U.S. Marine Corps | 18½ |
| Karel Kuttelwascher | Czechoslovakia | Royal Air Force | 18 (20?) |
| Witold Urbanowicz | Poland | Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force | 18 |
| Walter C. Beckham | USA | Army Air Forces | 18 |
| Herschel H. Green | USA | Army Air Forces | 18 |
| John C. Herbst | United States | Army Air Forces | 18 |
| Charles H. Older | USA | Army Air Forces | 18 (10 AVG) |
| Hubert Zemke | United States | Army Air Forces | 17.75 |
| John B. England | USA | Army Air Forces | 17.5 |
| Duane W. Beeson | United States | Army Air Forces | 17.33 (+4.8 ground) |
| Jouko Huotari | Finland | Finnish Air Force | 17½ |
| John F. Thornell | USA | Army Air Forces | 17.25 (+2 ground) |
| Henry W. Brown | USA | Army Air Forces | 17.2 (+14½ gground) |
| Rudolf Božík | Czechoslovakia | Slovak Air Force | 17 |
| Josef Frantisek | Czechoslovakia | Polish Air Force and RAF | 17 |
| Jorma Sarvanto | Finland | Finnish Air Force | 17 |
| Yrjö Turkka | Finland | Finnish Air Force | 17 |
| Gerald W. Johnson | USA | Army Air Forces | 17 |
| James H. Varnell | USA | Army Air Forces | 17 |
| Keith Truscott | Australia | Royal Australian Air Force | 17 |
| Alois Vasatko | Czechoslovakia | RAF | 17 |
| Eugeniusz Horbaczewski | Poland | Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force | 16½ |
| Squadron Leader William T. Klersey | Canada | RCAF | 16½ |
| Aulis Lumme | Finland | Finnish Air Force | 16½ |
| Eero Riihikallio | Finland | Finnish Air Force | 16½ |
| John T. Godfrey | USA | Army Air Forces | 16.33 (+18 ground) |
| Clarence E. Anderson | USA | Army Air Forces | 16.25 (+1 ground) |
| Bolesław Gładych | Poland | Polish Air Force/USAAF | 16 |
| Douglas Baker | USA | Navy | 16 |
| Wing Commander James F. Edwards | Canada | RCAF | 16 |
| Eero Halonen | Finland | Finnish Air Force | 16 |
| Bill Harris | USA | Army Air Forces | 16 |
| Wing Commander Robert W. McNair | Canada | RCAF | 16 |
| Ira C. Kepford | USA | Navy | 16 |
| Charles R. Stimpson | USA | Navy | 16 |
| Group Captain P. S. Turner | Canada | RCAF | 16 |
| George S. Welch | USA | Army Air Forces | 16 |
| Donald M. Beerbower | USA | Army Air Forces | 15½ |
| Richard A. Peterson | USA | Army Air Forces | 15½ (+3½ ground) |
| William T. Whisner, Jr. | USA | Army Air Forces | 15½(+3½ ground) +5 1/2 Korea |
| James E. Swett | USA | U.S. Marine Corps | 15.5 |
| John Waddy | Australian | Royal Australian Air Force | 15½ |
| William T. Whisner, Jr. | USA | Army Air Forces | 15½ (+3½ ground) + 5.5 Korea |
| David Lee "Tex" Hill | USA | USAAF | 15.25 (10.25 AVG) |
| František Cyprich | Czechoslovakia | Slovak Air Force | 15 (18?) |
| Martti Alho | Finland | Finnish Air Force | 15 |
| Jack T. Bradley | USA | Army Air Forces | 15 |
| Samuel J. Brown | USA | Army Air Forces | 15 |
| Edward Cragg | USA | Army Air Forces | 15 |
| William D. Dunham | USA | Army Air Forces | 15 |
| Robert W. Foy | USA | Army Air Forces | 15 |
| Ralph K. Hofer | USA | Army Air Forces | 15 (+14 ground) |
| Cyril F. Homer | USA | Army Air Forces | 15 |
| Harold L. Spears | USA | U.S. Marine Corps | 15 |
| Donald H. Bochkay | USA | Army Air Forces | 14.84 |
| Donald J. Blakeslee | USA | Army Air Forces | 14½ (incl 3 RAF) |
| John D. Landers | USA | Army Air Forces | 14½ (+20 ground) |
| Aaro Nuorala | Finland | Finnish Air Force | 14½ |
| Joseph H. Powers, Jr. | USA | Army Air Forces | 14½ |
| Johnnie Checketts | NZ | Royal New Zealand Air Force | 14½ |
| František Brezina | Czechoslovakia | Slovak Air Force | 14 |
| Bruce W. Carr | USA | Army Air Forces | 14 (+10 ground) |
| Robert C. Curtis | USA | Army Air Forces | 14 |
| Kenneth H. Dahlberg | USA | Army Air Forces | 14 |
| Robert M. DeHaven | USA | Army Air Forces | 14 |
| Archie G. Donahue | USA | U.S. Marine Corps | 14 |
| Wallace N. Emmer | USA | Army Air Forces | 14 |
| James A. Goodson | USA | Army Air Forces | 14 (+13 ground) |
| Arthur R. Hawkins | USA | Navy | 14 |
| Pat Hughes | Australia | Royal Australian Air Force | 14 |
| Arthur F. Jeffrey | USA | Army Air Forces | 14 |
| Edward O. McComas | USA | Army Air Forces | 14 |
| Elbert S. McCuskey | USA | Navy | 14 |
| Daniel T. Roberts, Jr. | USA | Army Air Forces | 14 |
| Hans-Ulrich Rudel | Germany | Luftwaffe | 14 |
| John L. Wirth | USA | Navy | 14 |
| George C. Duncan | USA | Navy | 13½ |
| Pekka Kokko | Finland | Finnish Air Force | 13½ |
| Heimo Lampi | Finland | Finnish Air Force | 13½ |
| Roger W. Mehle | USA | Navy | 13½ |
| Charlie Scherf | Australia | Royal Australian Air Force | 13½ |
| Donald J. Strait | USA | Army Air Forces | 13½ |
| George Carpenter | USA | Army Air Forces | 13.4 (+4 ground) |
| Donald S. Bryan | USA | Army Air Forces | 13.3 |
| John Wong Pan-Yang / Wang Banyang | USA | Nationalist Chinese Air Force (USA-born volunteer) | 13 |
| James L. Brooks | USA | Army Air Forces | 13 |
| Jan Zumbach | Poland | Polish Air Force | 13 |
| Daniel A. Carmichael, Jr. | USA | Navy | 13 |
| James N. Cupp | USA | U.S. Marine Corps | 13 |
| Clyde B. East | USA | Army Air Forces | 13 |
| Robert E. Galer | USA | U.S. Marine Corps | 13 |
| John F. Hampshire | USA | Army Air Forces | 13 |
| Bruce K. Holloway | USA | Army Air Forces | 13 |
| William P. Marontate | USA | U.S. Marine Corps | 13 |
| Willard. W. Millikan | USA | Army Air Forces | 13 (+2 ground) |
| Glennon T. Moran | USA | Army Air Forces | 13 (+3 ground) |
| Robert Neale | USA | American Volunteer Group | 13 (+2.5 ground) |
| Robin Olds | USA | Army Air Forces | 13 (+11 ground +4 Vietnam) |
| James O'Meara | UK | Royal Air Force | 13 |
| Yrjö Pallasvuo | Finland | Finnish Air Force | 13 |
| Harry A. Parker | USA | Army Air Forces | 13 |
| Roy W. Rushing | USA | Navy | 13 |
| Edward O. Shaw | USA | U.S. Marine Corps | 13 |
| Robert W. Stephens | USA | Army Air Forces | 13 |
| John R. Strane | USA | Navy | 13 |
| Wendell V. Twelves | USA | Navy | 13 |
| Felix D. Williamson | USA | Army Air Forces | 13 |
| Henryk Pietrzak | Poland | Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force | 12½ |
| Lasse Aaltonen | Finland | Finnish Air Force | 12½ |
| Lowell K. Brueland | USA | Air Force | 12½ (+2
Korea) |
| Kenneth D. Frazier | USA | U.S. Marine Corps | 12½ |
| Eino Koskinen | Finland | Finnish Air Force | 12½ |
| Onni Paronen | Finland | Finnish Air Force | 12½ |
| Urho Sarjamo | Finland | Finnish Air Force | 12½ |
| Per-Erik Sovelius | Finland | Finnish Air Force | 12½ |
| James C. Stewart | USA | Army Air Forces | 12½ (+1 ground) |
| Quince L. Brown | USA | Army Air Forces | 12.33 (+2 ground) |
| Jozef Štauder | Czechoslovakia | Slovak Air Force | 12 (13?) |
| Pavol Zeleňák | Czechoslovakia | Slovak Air Force | 12 |
| Anton Matúšek | Czechoslovakia | Slovak Air Force | 12 |
| Leo Ahokas | Finland | Finnish Air Force | 12 |
| Michael Brezas | USA | Army Air Forces | 12 |
| Levi R. Chase | USA | Army Air Forces | 12 |
| Clement M. Craig | USA | Navy | 12 |
| David B. Eastham | USA | Army Air Forces | 12 |
| Loren D. Everton | USA | U.S. Marine Corps | 12 |
| George W. Gleason | USA | Army Air Forces | 12 (+2.5 ground) |
| Leroy E. Harris | USA | Navy | 12 |
| Coatsworth B. Head, Jr. | USA | Army Air Forces | 12 |
| Roger R. Hedrick | USA | Navy | 12 |
| William E. Henry | USA | Navy | 12 |
| Howard D. Hively | USA | Army Air Forces | 12 (+2.5 ground) |
| Kenneth G. Ladd | USA | Army Air Forces | 12 |
| Lydia Litvak | Soviet Union | Soviet Air Force | 12 |
| William J. Masoner, Jr. | USA | Navy | 12 |
| Pierce W. McKennon | USA | Army Air Forces | 12 (+9.7 ground) |
| Robert W. Moore | USA | Army Air Forces | 12 |
| Michael J. Quirk | USA | Army Air Forces | 12 (+5 ground) |
| LeRoy A. Schreiber | USA | Army Air Forces | 12 (+2 ground) |
| Harold E. Segal | USA | U.S. Marine Corps | 12 |
| James A. Shirley | USA | Navy | 12 |
| Norman C. Skogstad | USA | Army Air Forces | 12 |
| William J. Sloan | USA | Army Air Forces | 12 |
| Eugene A. Trowbridge | USA | Army Air Forces | 12 |
| Richard E. Turner | USA | Army Air Forces | 12 (11?) (incl 2 V-1) |
| James A. Watkins | USA | Army Air Forces | 12 |
| Richard L. West | USA | Army Air Forces | 12 |
| Nicholas Megura | USA | Army Air Forces | 11.84 (+3.8 ground) |
| George R. Carr | USA | Navy | 11½ |
| James A. Clark, Jr. | USA | Army Air Forces | 11½ (+4.5 ground) |
| Paul A. Conger | USA | Army Air Forces | 11½ |
| Olin E. Gilbert | USA | Army Air Forces | 11½ |
| William T. Halton | USA | Army Air Forces | 11½ (+2 ground) |
| John A. Kirla, Jr. | USA | Army Air Forces | 11½ (+.5 ground) |
| William N. Snider | USA | U.S. Marine Corps | 11½ |
| Charles E. "Chuck" Yeager | USA | Army Air Forces | 11½ |
| Liu Chi-Sheng / Liu Zhesheng | China | Chinese Nationalist Air Force | 11.3 |
| Louis H. Norley | USA | Army Air Forces | 11.3 (+5 ground) |
| Philip C. DeLong | USA | Marine Corps | 11.2 (+2 Korea) |
| Frederick E. Bakutis | USA | Navy | 11 |
| Harold W. Bauer | USA | U.S. Marine Corps | 11 |
| John T. Blackburn | USA | Navy | 11 |
| Katya Budanova | Soviet Union | Soviet Air Force | 11 |
| William A. Dean, Jr. | USA | Navy | 11 |
| Geoff Fisken | New Zealand | Royal New Zealand Air Force | 11 |
| Carl M. Frantz | USA | Army Air Forces | 11 |
| James B. French | USA | Navy | 11 |
| Robert J. Goebel | USA | Army Air Forces | 11 |
| Phillip L. Kirkwood | USA | Navy | 11 |
| John B. Lawler | USA | Army Air Forces | 11 |
| Robert J. Goebel | USA | Army Air Forces | 11 |
| Hemmo Leino | Finland | Finnish Air Force | 11 |
| Francis J. Lent | USA | Army Air Forces | 11 |
| Leland P. Holland | USA | Army Air Forces | 11 |
| William L. Leverette | USA | Army Air Forces | 11 |
| John S. Loisel | USA | Army Air Forces | 11 |
| Wayne L. Lowry | USA | Army Air Forces | 11 |
| Charles M. Mallory | USA | Navy | 11 |
| Charles M. McCorkle | USA | Army Air Forces | 11 |
| Norman L. McDonald | USA | Army Air Forces | 11 |
| Hamilton McWhorter III | USA | Navy | 11 |
| John W. Mitchell | USA | Air Force | 11 (+4 Korea) |
| Urho Nieminen | Finland | Finnish Air Force | 11 |
| James V. Reber, Jr. | USA | Navy | 11 |
| Elmer W. Richardson | USA | Army Air Forces | 11 (8?) |
| Robert H. Riddle | USA | Army Air Forces | 11 |
| James F. Rigg | USA | Navy | 11 |
| Donald E. Runyon | USA | Navy | 11 |
| Donald H. Sapp | USA | U.S. Marine Corps | 11 |
| Murray Shubin | USA | Army Air Forces | 11 |
| Cornelius Smith, Jr. | USA | Army Air Forces | 11 |
| Kenneth C. Sparks | USA | Army Air Forces | 11 |
| Richard E. Stanbrook | USA | Navy | 11 |
| Ilkka Törrönen | Finland | Finnish Air Force | 11 |
| Stanley W. Vejtasa | USA | Navy | 11 |
| George T. Burgard | USA | AVG | 10.75 |
| Frank Q. O'Conner | USA | Army Air Forces | 10.75 |
| Charles F. Anderson, Jr. | USA | Army Air Forces | 10½ (+5½ ground) |
| Mirosław Ferić | Poland | Polish Air Force | 10½ |
| Marshall U. Beebe | USA | Navy | 10½ |
| George F. Ceulleers | USA | Army Air Forces | 10½ |
| Jack E. Conger | USA | U.S. Marine Corps | 10½ |
| George A. Doersch | USA | Army Air Forces | 10½ (+½ ground) |
| Niilo Erkinheimo | Finland | Finnish Air Force | 10½ |
| William J. Hovde | USA | Army Air Forces | 10½ (+2 ground +4 Korea) |
| Martti Kalima | Finland | Finnish Air Force | 10½ |
| Kullervo Lahtela | Finland | Finnish Air Force | 10½ |
| Raymond H. Littge | USA | Army Air Force | 10½ |
| Kullervo Lahtela | Finland | Finnish Air Force | 10½ |
| Raymond H. Littge | USA | Army Air Forces | 10½ (+13 ground) |
| Raymond H. Littge | USA | AVG | 10½ |
| Kai Metsola | Finland | Finnish Air Force | 10½ |
| Edward Rector | USA | AVG | 10½ (6.5 AVG) |
| Russell E. Reiserer | USA | Navy | 10½ |
| John A. Storch | USA | Army Air Force | 10½ (+1½ ground) |
| John C. Symmes | USA | Navy | 10½ |
| John V. Newkirk | USA | AVG | 10½ |
| Kai Metsola | Finland | Finnish Air Force | 10½ |
| Eino Peltola | Finland | Finnish Air Force | 10½ |
| Robert E. Murray | USA | Navy | 10.4 |
| Ralph E. Elliot | USA | Navy | 10.3 |
| Fred W. Glover | USA | Army Air Force | 10.3 (+12.5 ground) |
| William D. McGarry | USA | AVG | 10.25 |
| Robert W. Aschenbrenner | USA | Army Air Force | 10 |
| Frank B. Baldwin | USA | USMC | 10 |
| Wayne K. Blickenstaff | USA | Army Air Force | 10 |
| Joseph E. Broadhead | USA | Army Air Force | 10 |
| Carl A. Brown, Jr. | USA | Navy | 10 |
| Thaddeus T. Coleman | USA | Navy | 10 |
| William K. Giroux | USA | Army Air Force | 10 |
| Walter J. Goehausen, Jr. | USA | Army Air Force | 10 |
| Ernest A. Harris | USA | Army Air Force | 10 |
| Alwin M. Juchheim | USA | Army Air Force | 10 (+6 ground) |
| Walter J. Goehausen, Jr. | USA | Army Air Force | 10 |
| Veikko Karu | Finland | Finnish Air Force | 10 |
| Mauno Kirjonen | Finland | Finnish Air Force | 10 |
| Ahti Laitinen | Finland | Finnish Air Force | 10 |
| Herbert H. Long | USA | USMC | 10 |
| Edward E. Lines | USA | Army Air Force | 10 |
| Thomas H. Mann, Jr. | USA | USMC | 10 |
| Joseph L. Mansker | USA | Army Air Force | 10 |
| Harris E. Mitchell | USA | Navy | 10 |
| Mikko Pasila | Finland | Finnish Air Force | 10 |
| Robert J. Rankin | USA | Army Air Force | 10 |
| Thomas H. Reidy | USA | Navy | 10 |
| Andrew J. Reynolds | USA | Army Air Force | 10 |
| Robert L. Scott, Jr. | USA | Army Air Force | 10 |
| Arthur Singer, Jr. | USA | Navy | 10 |
| John M. Smith | USA | Navy | 10 |
| Paul M. Stanch | USA | Army Air Force | 10 |
| Elliot Summer | USA | Army Air Force | 10 |
| James S. Swope | USA | Navy | 10 |
| Robert V. Westermark | USA | Army Air Force | 10 |
| Fletcher E. Adams | USA | Army Air Force | 9½ |
| Ernest. E. Bankey, Jr. | USA | Army Air Force | 9½ (+8 ground) |
| Leonard J. Check | USA | Navy | 9½ |
| Ernest C. Fiebelkorn | USA | Army Air Force | 9½((9?) (+2 ground) |
| Dale F. Spencer | USA | Army Air Force | 9½ (+½ ground) |
| Robert C. Coats | USA | Navy | 9.33 |
| Charles R. Bond | USA | AVG | 9.25 |
| Stephen W. Andrew | USA | Army Air Force | 9 (+6½ ground) |
| William M. Banks | USA | Army Air Force | 9½ |
| Edgar R. Bassett | USA | Navy | 9 |
| Norman R. Berree | USA | Navy | 9 |
| William R. Beyer | USA | Army Air Force | 9 |
| George E. Bostwick | USA | Army Air Force | 9 (+6 ground) |
| Mark K. Bright | USA | Navy | 9 |
| Paul D. Buie | USA | Navy | 9 |
| Henry A. Carey, Jr. | USA | Army Air Force | 9 |
| Frederick F. Champlin | USA | Army Air Force | 9 |
| Frank J. Collins | USA | Army Air Force | 9 (8?) |
| William M. Collins, Jr. | USA | Navy | 9 |
| Richard L. Cormier | USA | Navy | 9 |
| Louis E. Curdes | USA | Army Air Force | 9 |
| Perry A. Dahl | USA | Army Air Force | 9 |
| James B. Dalglish | USA | Army Air Force | 9 (incl 3 V-1s) |
| Jefferson J. DeBlanc | USA | USMC | 9 |
| Richard W. Dunkin | USA | Army Air Force | 9 |
| Richard T. Eastmond | USA | Navy | 9 |
| Robert A. Elder | USA | Army Air Force | 9 (+2 ground) |
| Eugene H. Emmons | USA | Army Air Force | 9 |
| Grover E. Fanning | USA | Army Air Force | 9 |
| Edward L. Feightner | USA | Navy | 9 |
| Sylvan Feld | USA | Army Air Force | 9 |
| Joseph M. Forester | USA | Army Air Force | 9 |
| Marvin J. Franger | USA | Navy | 9 |
| Doris C. Freeman | USA | Navy | 9 |
| Kenneth W. Gallup | USA | Army Air Force | 9 (+2 ground) |
| Thomas S. Harris | USA | Navy | 9 |
| Frederick R. Haviland, Jr. | USA | Army Air Force | 9 (+6 ground) |
| Allen E. Hill | USA | Army Air Force | 9 |
| Frank D. Hurlburt | USA | Army Air Force | 9 |
| George C. Kiser | USA | Army Air Force | 9 |
| Joseph J. Lesicka | USA | Army Air Force | 9 |
| Christopher L. Magee | USA | USMC | 9 |
| Louis A. Menard, Jr. | USA | Navy | 9 |
| Virgil K. Merony | USA | Army Air Force | 9 |
| Stanley B. Morrill | USA | Army Air Force | 9 |
| Edmund F. Overend | USA | USMC | 9 (5 AVG) |
| Lloyd J. Overfield | USA | Army Air Force | 9 |
| Joel B. Paris III | USA | Army Air Force | 9 |
| Harvey P. Picken | USA | Navy | 9 |
| Eugene D. Redmond | USA | Navy | 9 |
| William N. Reed | USA | Army Air Forces | 9 (3 AVG) |
| Daniel R. Rehm, Jr. | USA | Navy | 9 |
| Eugene P. Roberts | USA | Army Air Force | 9 |
| Meryl M. Smith | USA | Army Air Force | 9 |
| Robert T. Smith | USA | AVG | 9 |
| James S. Stewart | USA | Navy | 9 |
| John S. Stewart | USA | Army Air Force | 9 |
| Franklin C. Thomas, Jr. | USA | USMC | 9 |
| Arthur van Haren, Jr. | USA | Navy | 9 |
| Benjamin F. Warmer | USA | Army Air Force | 9 |
| Robert H. White | USA | Army Air Force | 9 |
| Judge E. Wolfe | USA | Army Air Force | 9 |
| Charles E. Watts | USA | Navy | 8.75 |
| Zdzisław Henneberg | Poland | Polish Air Force | 8½ |
| John L. Banks | USA | Navy | 8½ |
| William E. Bryan, Jr. | USA | Army Air Force | 8½ |
| James B. Cain | USA | Navy | 8½ |
| Charles J. Cesky | USA | Army Air Force | 8½ |
| Oscar I. Chenoweth | USA | Navy | 8½ |
| Arthur Chin / Chen Ruitian | USA | Nationalist Chinese Air Force (USA-born volunteer) | 8½ |
| Frank A. Cutler | USA | Army Air Force | 8½ (+3 ground) |
| Carl C. Foster | USA | Navy | 8½ |
| John F. Gray | USA | Navy | 8½ |
| Everett G. Hargreaves | USA | Navy | 8½ |
| Thomas L. Hayes, Jr. | USA | Army Air Force | 8½ |
| John H. Hoefker | USA | Army Air Force | 8½ |
| Otto D. Jenkins | USA | Army Air Force | 8½ (+2 ground) |
| Arthur G. Johnson | USA | Army Air Force | 8½ |
| Frank L. Lawlor | USA | AVG | 8½ |
| Gregory K. Loesch | USA | USMC | 8½ |
| Carl J. Luksic | USA | Army Air Force | 8½ (+7 ground) |
| Donald McDowell | USA | Army Air Force | 8½ |
| Bernard J. McGrattan | USA | Army Air Force | 8½ |
| Sanford K. Moats | USA | Army Air Force | 8½ |
| John L. Morgan, Jr. | USA | USMC | 8½ |
| George W. Pigman | USA | Navy | 8½ |
| Claude W. Plant | USA | Navy | 8½ |
| Albert L. Schlegel | USA | Army Air Force | 8½ |
| Larry R. Self | USA | Navy | 8½ |
| James H. Howard | USA | Army Air Forces | 8.33 (2.33 AVG) |
| Franklin T. Gabriel | USA | Navy | 8.25 |
| George B. McMillan | USA | Army Air Force | 8.25 (+1 ground) |
| John M. Ainlay | USA | Army Air Force | 8 (7?) |
| John R. Alison | USA | Army Air Force | 8 |
| David W. Allen | USA | Army Air Force | 8 |
| Frederick A. Bardshar | USA | Navy | 8 |
| Lloyd G. Barnard | USA | Navy | 8 |
| Walter G. Benz, Jr. | USA | Army Air Force | 8 |
| William J. Bonneau | USA | Navy | 8 |
| Robert J. Booth | USA | Army Air Force | 8 |
| Roy O. Burnett, Jr. | USA | USN | 8 |
| Walter J. Carroll, Jr. | USA | Army Air Force | 8 |
| William N. Case | USA | USMC | 8 |
| J. D. Collinsworth | USA | Army Air Force | 8 (6?) |
| Arthur W. Cruikshank | USA | Army Air Force | 8 |
| Fernley H. Damstrom | USA | Army Air Force | 8 |
| John F. Dobbin | USA | USMC | 8 |
| Landis E. Doner | USA | Navy | 8 |
| Frederick J. Dorsch | USA | Army Air Force | 8 |
| Walter F. Duke | USA | Army Air Force | 8 |
| William C. Edens | USA | Army Air Force | 8 (+3 ground) |
| John L. Elder | USA | Army Air Force | 8 (+13 ground) |
| Eric A. Evenson | USA | Navy | 8 |
| Arthur C. Fielder, Jr. | USA | Army Air Force | 8 |
| Francis M. Fleming | USA | Navy | 8 |
| James M. Fowle | USA | Army Air Force | 8 |
| William A. Gardner | USA | Army Air Force | 8 |
| Frank Gaunt | USA | Army Air Force | 8 (7?) |
| Francis R. Gerard | USA | Army Air Force | 8 |
| Clement D. Gile | USA | Navy | 8 |
| Maxwell H. Glenn | USA | Army Air Force | 8 (5?) (+3 ground) |
| Mathew M. Gordon | USA | Army Air Force | 8 |
| Richard J. Griffin | USA | Navy | 8 |
| Leroy V. Grosshuesch | USA | Army Air Force | 8 |
| Fred E. Gutt | USA | USMC | 8 |
| Mayo A. Hadden, Jr. | USA | Navy | 8 |
| Frederick A. Harris | USA | Army Air Force | 8 |
| Kenneth F. Hart | USA | Army Air Force | 8 |
| Edwin J. Herman (or Hernan), Jr. | USA | USMC | 8 |
| George L. Hollowell | USA | USMC | 8 |
| Jack E. Ilfrey | USA | Army Air Force | 8 |
| Michael J. Jackson | USA | Army Air Force | 8 (+5½ ground) |
| Byron M. Johnson | USA | Navy | 8 |
| John M. Johnson | USA | Navy | 8 |
| John L. Jones | USA | Army Air Force | 8 |
| Claiborne H. Kinnard | USA | Army Air Force | 8 (+17 ground) |
| Charles M. Kunz | USA | USMC | 8 |
| William N. Leonard | USA | Navy | 8 |
| William H. Lewis | USA | Army Air Force | 8 |
| Elvin L. Lindsay | USA | Navy | 8 |
| Thomas E. Maloney | USA | Army Air Force | 8 (7?) |
| William R. Maxwell | USA | Navy | 8 |
| Earl May, Jr. | USA | Navy | 8 |
| Johnnie G. Miller | USA | Navy | 8 |
| William W. Momyer | USA | Army Air Force | 8 |
| Douglas W. Mulcahey | USA | Navy | 8 |
| Alva C. Murphy | USA | Army Air Force | 8 |
| Joseph L. Narr | USA | USMC | 8 |
| George P. Novotny | USA | Army Air Force | 8 |
| John G. O'Neill | USA | Army Air Force | 8 |
| Edward M. Owen | USA | Navy | 8 |
| Nathan T. Post | USA | USMC | 8 |
| Luther D. Prater, Jr. | USA | Navy | 8 |
| Edward F. Roddy | USA | Army Air Force | 8 |
| Robert R. Rowland | USA | Army Air Force | 8 |
| Philip Sangermano (FO) | USA | Army Air Force | 8 |
| Charles W. Sawyer | USA | Army Air Force | 8 (2.25 AVG) |
| Glenn D. Schlitz | USA | Army Air Force | 8 |
| David A. Scott | USA | Navy | 8 (9?) |
| Dale E. Shafer | USA | Army Air Force | 8 |
| Robert M. Shaw | USA | Army Air Force | 8 |
| William A. Shomo | USA | Army Air Force | 8 |
| Robert H. Smith | USA | Army Air Force | 8 |
| Gordon A. Stanley | USA | Navy | 8 |
| Arland Stanton | USA | Army Air Force | 8 |
| John L. Sublett | USA | Army Air Force | 8 |
| James B. Tapp | USA | Army Air Force | 8 |
| Philip E. Tovrea | USA | Army Air Force | 8 |
| James O. Tyler | USA | Army Air Force | 8 |
| John W. Vogt, Jr. | USA | Army Air Force | 8 |
| Boyd D. "Buzz" Wagner | USA | Army Air Force | 8
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| Victor E. Warford | USA | Army Air Force | 8 |
| Arthur T. Warner | USA | USMC | 8 |
| Charles E. Weaver | USA | Army Air Force | 8 (+3 ground) |
| Theodore H. Winters, Jr. | USA | Navy | 8 |
| Donald K. Yost | USA | USMC | 8 |
| Joseph L. Lang | USA | Army Air Force | 7.83 |
| Everett W. Stewart | USA | Army Air Force | 7.83 |
| Howard M. Burriss | USA | Navy | 7½ |
| Darrell S. Cramer | USA | Army Air Force | 7½ |
| Kenneth J. Dahms | USA | Navy | 7½ |
| Liu Chui-Kang / Liu Cuigang | China | Chinese Nationalist Air Force | 7 |
| Sydney S. Woods | USA | Army Air Force | 7 |
| Robert A. Dibb | USA | Navy | 7 |
| Edward "Butch" O'Hare | USA | Navy | 7 |
| Gordon M. Graham | USA | Army Air Forces | 7 |
| Le Yi-Chin / Le Yiqin | China | Chinese Nationalist Air Force | 6 |
| Gordon B. Compton | USA | Army Air Forces | 5½ (+15 ground) |
| Kenneth A. Jernstedt | USA | AVG | 5 (+ 7 ground) |
[edit] External links
- ACESOFWW2 - THE BEST WW2 ACES SITE
- Robert S. Johnson Tribute
- Saburo Sakai Memorial Page
- Soviet fighter aces
- [http://www.starduststudios.com/bluegep.htm George Preddy tribute page
- [http://www.starduststudios.com/GeorgePreddyDownunder.htm George Preddy in Australia article
- [http://www.starduststudios.com/bluejc.htm J.C. Meyer page
