Fighter Pilot Aces of WWII1 + in the end of the name means that the pilot has been KIA.

Belgian acesName Yvan Georges du Monceau de Bergandel Charles Detal+ Jean Offenberg+ Victor Ortmanns Jacques Philipart+ Remy Van Lallemant Daniel Le Roy du Vivier Andre Plisnier Lucien Boussa Victories 8 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 5

Bulgarian acesName Cudomir Toplodolski Marin Cvetkov+ Stojan Stojanov Victories 8 8 6

Chinese acesName Li Kwei-Tan Liu Tsui-Kan Lo Chu Chen Jui-tien Chow Ting-fong Huang Shing-Yui Kwang Hsin-Jui Liu Chung-Wu Chu Chin-hsun Hwang Pei-yang Victories 12 11 11 6 6 6 6 6 5 5

Croatian acesName Mato Dukovac Cvitan Galic+ Dragutin Ivanic Ivan Jergovic Ljudevit Bencetic Stjepan Boskic Franjo Dzal Zlatko Stipcic+ Josip Hellebrant Victories 40 38 18 16 16 13 13 12 12

Czech acesName Karel Kuttelwascher Josef Frantisek+ Otto Smik+ Miloslav Mansfeld Alois Vasatko+ Frantisek Peina Leopold srom Otmar Kuera Stanislav Fejfar+ Josef Stehlk Josef Dygrn-Ligotick+ Ladislav Bobek Bohumil Furst Ji Kuera Victories 18 17 10 9 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5

Danish acesName Kaj Birksted Victories 11

Finnish acesName Victories

Eino Juutilainen Hans Wind Eino Luukkanen Urho Lehtovaara Oiva Tuominen Risto Puhakka Olavi Puro Nils Katajainen Lauri Nissinen+ Kyosti Karhila

94 78 56 44 44 42 36 35 32 32

French acesName Pierre Closterman Marcel Albert Jean Demozay-Morlaix+ Pierre Le Gloan+ Louis Delfino Edmond Marin la Meslee+ Jacques Andre Roland De La Poype Albert Littolff+ Michel Dorance Victories 33 23 19 18 16 16 16 16 15 14

German acesNote: **** marks an ace awarded the Knights Cross with oak leaves swords and diamonds medal. Only27 men of all german military branches and ranks were awarded this very high medal during the entire war.

Name Erich Hartmann **** Gerhard Barkhorn Gunther Rall Otto Kittel+ Walter Nowotny+ **** Wilhlem Batz Erich Rudorffer Heinz Bar Hermann Graf **** Heinrich Ehrler+ Theodor Weissenberger

Victories 352 301 275 267 258 237 224 221 212 208 208

Hans Philipp+ Walter Schuck Anton Hafner Helmut Lipfert Walter Krupinski Anton Hackl Joachim Brendel Max Stotz+ Joachim Kirschner+ Kurt Brandle Gunther Josten Johannes Steinhoff Ernst-Wilhelm Reinert Gunther Schack Emil Lang+ Heinz Schmidt+ Horst Ademeit+ Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke+ Hans Joachim Marseille+ **** Heinrich Sturm+ Gerhard Thyben Hans Beisswenger+ Peter Duttmann Gordon Gollob **** Fritz Tegtmeier Albin Wolf+ Kurt Tanzer Friedrich-Karl Muller+ Karl Gratz Heinrich Setz+ Rudolf Trenkel Walter Wolfrum Horst-Gunther von Fassong+ Otto Fonnekold+ Karl-Heinz Weber+ Joachim Muencheberg+ Hans Waldmann+ Alfred Grislawski Franz Schall+ Johannes Wiese Adolf Borchers Adolf Dickfeld Erwin Clausen+ Wilhelm Lemke+ Gerhard Hoffmann+ Franz Eisenach

206 206 204 203 197 192 189 189 188 180 178 178 174 174 173 173 166 162 158 158 157 152 152 150 146 144 143 140 138 138 138 137 136 136 136 135 134 133 133 133 132 132 132 131 130 129

Walther Dahl Heinrich Sterr+ Franz Dorr Rudolf Rademacher Josef Zwernemann+ Dietrich Hrabak Wolf Ettel+ Herbert Ihlefeld Wolfgang Tonne+ Heinz Marquardt Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer **** Robert Weiss+ Erich Leie+ Friedrich Obleser Franz-Josef Beerenbrock Hans-Joachim Birkner+ Jakob Norz+ Walter Oesau+ Heinz Wernicke+ August Lambert+ Wilhelm Crinius Werner Schroer Hans Dammers+ Berthold Korts+ Helmut Lent+ **** Kurt Buhligen Kurt Ubben+ Franz Woidich Reinhard Seiler Emil Bitsch+ Hans Hahn Bernhard Vechtel Viktor Bauer Werner Lucas+ Gunther Lutzow+ Eberhard von Boremski Heinz Sachsenberg Adolf Galland **** Hartmann Grasser Siegfried Freytag Friedrich Geisshardt+ Egon Mayer+ Max-Hellmuth Ostermann+ Josef Wurmheller+ Rudolf Miethig+ Werner Molders+ ****

129 129 128 126 126 125 124 123 122 121 121 121 121 120 117 117 117 117 117 116 114 114 113 113 113 112 110 110 109 108 108 108 106 106 105 104 104 103 103 102 102 102 102 102 101 101

Josef Priller Ulrich Wernitz

101 101

Hungarian acesName Dezs Szentgyorgyi Gyorgy Debrdy Lajos Toth Laszlo Molnar+ Miklos Kenyeres Ferenc Malnassy+ Laszlo Pottyondy Istvan Fabian Kalman Nanasi+ Jozsef Malik Victories 34 26 26 23 18 14 13 13 12 11

Italian acesName Adriano Visconti+ Teresio Martinoli+ Franco Lucchini+ Leonardo Ferrulli+ Mario Visentini+ Franco Bisleri Luigi Gorrini Furio Lauri Ugo Drago Germano La Ferla Victories 26 23 21 21 20 19 19 18 16 13

Japanese acesName Hiroyoshi Nishizawa+ Tetsuzo Iwamoto Shoychi Sugita+ Saburo Sakai Hiromishi Shinohara+ Takeo Okumura+ Satoshi Anabuki Victories 87 80 70 64 58 54 51

Isamu Sasaki Micuyoshi Tarui+ Toshiyo Ota+ Kazuo Sugino Yashiki Kuroe Shizuko Ishi+ Kaneyoshi Muto+ Chiyoshi Saito Kenji Shimada+ Sadaaki Akamatsu Isamu Hosono+ Yunishi Sasai+ Rikia Shibata+ Goychi Sumino+ Moricugu Kanai Hidenori Macunaga Shogo Saito+ Goro Furugori+

38 38 34 32 30 29 28 28 28 27 27 27 27 27 26 26 26 25

Norwegian acesName Svein Heglund Helmer Grundt-Spang Werner Christie Marius Eriksen Martin Gran Nils Jorstad Frederick Fearnley+ Rolf Arne Berg Helge Mehre Arne Austeen Victories 15 11 10 9 9 7 7 6 6 6

Polish acesName Stanislaw Skalski Witold Urbanowicz Eugeniusz Horbaczewski+ Boleslaw Gladych Jan Zumbach Marian Pisarek+ Victories 22 18 16 14 12 11

Romanian acesName Prince Constantine Cantacuzene Alexander Serbanescu+ Ion Milu Florian Budu Ion Di Cezare Victories 60 53 18 16 5

Slovak acesName Jan Reak Izidor Kovarik+ Jan Gerthoffer Stefan Martis Frantisek Cyprich Rudolf Bok Stefan Ocvirk Jozef stauder Anton Matusek Vladimr Krisko Victories 32 29 27 19 18 17 10 10 10 9

Soviet acesName Ivan Kozhedub Alexandr Pokryshkin Nikolay Gulaev Grigoriy Rechkalov Kirill Yevstigneev Dmitriy Glinka Arseniy Vorozheykin Nikolay Skomorokhov Alexandr Koldunov Nikolay Krasnov Georgiy Kostylyov Sergey Morgunov Vitaliy Popkov Victories 62 59 57 56 53 50 46 46 46 44 43 43 41

Spanish acesName Gonzalo Hevia Alvarez de Quiones Mariano Cuadra Medina Jose Ramon Gavilan Ponce de Leon Fernando Sanchez Arjona y Courtoy Angel Salaz Larrazabal Vicente Aldecoa Lecanda Damaso Arango Lopez Luis Azqueta Brunet Manuel Sanchez-Tabernero de Prada Lorenzo Lucas Fernandez Pea Victories 12 10 9 9 7 7 7 6 6 6

British and Commonwealth acesName Marmaduke Pattle+ (South Africa) James Johnson Brendan Finucane+ Adolphus 'Sailor' Malan (South Africa) George Beurling (Canada) William Vale Clive Caldwell (Australia) John Braham Robert Tuck James Lacey Neville Duke Collin Gray (New Zealand) Eric Lock+ Billy Drake Geoffrey Allard+ Jacobus LeRoux+ (South Africa) Douglas Bader Donald Kingaby Robert Boy Michael Crossley Vincent Woodward (Canada) William Crawford-Compton (New Zealand) Alan Deere (New Zealand) Raymond Hesselyn (New Zealand) Victories 51 38 32 32 31 31 29 29 29 28 28 28 26 25 24 23 23 23 23 22 22 22 22 22

Evan Mackie (New Zealand)

22

American acesPlease note that American 'destroyed claims' were generally disregarded by contemporary allied forces as gross overclaims. These claims were not verified by others or by gun camera footage, and are generally regarded as being 50% or lower of actual claims, it is well documented in allied records from the time.

Name Richard Bong Thomas McGuire+ David McCampbell Gregory Boyington Francis Gabreski Robert Johnson Charles MacDonald Joseph Foss George Preddy+ Robert Hanson+ Lance Wade+ Cecil Harris John Meyer Eugene Valencia Raymond Wetmore David Schilling Gerald Johnson+ Noel Kearby+ Jay Robbins Dominic Gentile Fred Joseph Christensen Keneth Walsh John Voll Donald Aldrich Thomas Lynch+

Victories 40 38 34 28 28 28 27 26 26 25 25 24 24 23 23 23 22 22 22 22 22 21 21 20 20