List of World War II aces from Australia

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This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from Australia. For other countries see List of World War II aces by country.

Contents:
Top   0–9 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

[edit] A

Name Kills Squadrons Awards Notes
Archer, John 13
Armstrong, Hugo Throssell "Sinker" 11 2 RAF & 611 RAF DFC* KIA 5 February 1943
Arthur, Wilfred Stanley "Woof" 10 [1][2] 3 RAAF DSO, DFC
Atherton, Geoffrey Charles 6 75 RAAF DFC*

[edit] B

Name Kills Squadrons Awards Notes
Bailey, Hughbert G "Bill" 14
Barr, Andrew William "Nicky" 12 [1][2] MC, DFC*
Bartle, John Phillip "Jack" 7
Bell, Maxwell Heron 5 19 RAF DFC KIA 9 September 1944 [3]
Bisley, John Henry Eric 7
Bowes, Roderick Russell Herbert 7 21/05/1943
Boyd, Alan Hill 7
Boyd, John Livingstone 'Tony' 7 DFM KIA 14 May 1942 (Malta) [4]
Brennan, Paul Virgil 10 [1][2] DFC, DFM KIFA 13 June 1943
Bretherton, Bruce Albert 8
Bungey, Robert Wilton 5 DFC Died 10 June 1943 [5]
Bunting, Bobby 5
Burney, Henry George 5

[edit] C

Name Kills Squadrons Awards Notes
Caldwell, Clive "Killer" 28½ [1][2][6] DSO, DFC*
Cameron, Alan Cecil 7
Chisholm, Keith Bruce 7
Clare, Alfred Wattle Benjamin 5
Clisby, Leslie Redford 16 [2][7] 1 RAF DFC KIA 15 May 1940 (France) [8]
Coate, Edward Ernest "Ern" 10
Cock, John Reynolds 11
Collier, Kenneth R 7
Constantine, Alexander Noel 6
Cowper, Robert Barson 6
Crombie, Charles Arbuthnot 12 [1][7] DSO, DFC KIA 26 August 1945 [9]
Cronin, Laurance Francis Marshall 5 453 RAAF,81 RAF DFC Passed away 03 July 1991
Cullen, Richard Nigel "Ape" 16 [2][7] DFC KIA 4 March 1941 [10]
Cundy, William Ronald 7
Curchin, John 9
Curtis, Victor Farley 5 KIA 6 January 1943 [11]

[edit] E

Name Kills Squadrons Awards Notes
Edwards, Freddie Edward Fitzgerald 6

Trained with the Royal Canadian Airforce, later transferred to the RAF. Presented with DFC in Canberra, upon return to Australia.

[edit] F

Name Kills Squadrons Awards Notes
Fikree, Albert 14½
Foskett, Russell George 6½ [2][7] OBE, DFC KIA 31 October 1944 [12]
Fry, Charles Horace 5

[edit] G

Name Kills Squadrons Awards Notes
Gaze, Frederick Anthony Owen 15 DFC**
Gibbes, Robert Henry Maxwell "Bobby" 10¼ [1][13] DSO, DFC*
Giddy, Peter Radcliffe 5
Glendinning, Alfred 5
Glyde, Richard Lindsay 6 DFC KIA 14 August 1940 [14]
Goldsmith, Adrian Philip "Tim" 17 [2][7] DFC, DFM
Goold, Wilfred Arthur 5
Gordon, Reginald Lloyd 5

[edit] H

Name Kills Squadrons Awards Notes
Hall, Edward Smith 5
Hammond, Ronald Frank 5
Hampshire, Keith MacDermott 7 [2][7] 22 RAAF & 456 RAAF DSO* DFC
Hillary, Richard Hope 5 [2][7] KIA 8th January 1943
Howard, Basil 8 DFC KIFA 29 May 1945 [15]
Hughes, Paterson Clarence 17 [1][2] DFC KIA 7 September 1940

[edit] J

Name Kills Squadrons Awards Notes
Jackson, John Francis "Old John" 8 [2][16][17] 3 RAAF, 75 RAAF (CO) DFC KIA 28 April 1942 [18]
Jackson, Leslie Douglas 5 [2][7] 75 RAAF (CO) DFC*
Jeffrey, Peter 6 [19][20] 3 RAAF (CO) DSO, DFC

[edit] K

Name Kills Squadrons Awards Notes
Kearney, James Timothy 9

[edit] L

Name Kills Squadrons Awards Notes
Lawson, C M "Ac" 6
Leu, Rudolf Morris "Blue" 7

[edit] M

Name Kills Squadrons Awards Notes
MacKerras, D J 14
McBurnie, Donald Hindle 6
McDonald, Kenneth N 8
McIntosh, Lawrence "Laurie" 5
Mailey, Walter Henry Arthur 6
Mayers, Howard Clive 12

[edit] N

Name Kills Squadrons Awards Notes
Neill, Garth Angus 5
Nitschke, Richard Hastings "Slinger" 5 KIA 20 December 1941 [21]

[edit] O

Name Kills Squadrons Awards Notes
Olive, Charles Gordon Chaloner 5


[edit] P

Name Kills Squadrons Awards Notes
Pain, John Francis 8
Parkinson, Colin Henry 10
Paxton, Thomas G 6
Perrin, John Rowley "Jock" 6

[edit] R

Name Kills Squadrons Awards Notes
Rankin, Ronald 8
Ratten, John Richard 5 DFC KIA 27 February 1945 [22]
Rawlinson, Alan Charles 8
Rees, Stewart William 6
Reid, Leonard Stanley 7
Roediger, Keith Alexander 11
Russell, Ian Bedford Nesbitt 'Hack' 10 DFC KIA 1 June 1940 [23]

[edit] S

Name Kills Squadrons Awards Notes
Sanderson, John G "Jock" 5
Saunders, John Henry William 6 KIA 22 November 1941 (Libya) [24]
Scherf, Charles Curnow 14½ [1][2] 418 RCAF DSO, DFC*
Sheen, Desmond Frederick Burt 5
Shipard, Mervyn Charles 13
Simes, Ronald Henry 5 3 RAAF DFM KIA 9 January 1942 (Egypt) [25]
Smith, Donald Hamilton 6
Spurgin, Arthur Leslie Mervyn 5
Steege, Gordon Henry 8 [2][7] 3 RAAF, 450 RAAF (CO) DSO, DFC
Stevens, Frederick Stanley 5
Storey, William John "Jack" 8 DFC

[edit] T

Name Kills Squadrons Awards Notes
Thorold-Smith, Raymond Edward "Throttle" 7 DFC KIA 15 March 1943 [26]
Truscott, Keith William "Bluey" 16 [1][2][27] DFC* KIFA 28 March 1943 [28]
Turnbull, Peter St George Bruce 12 [1][2][7] 3 RAAF, 75 RAAF, 76 RAAF (CO) DFC KIA 27 August 1942 [29]
Turner, Valton Leslie John 6
Tweedale, Gordon Russell 7 DFM KIA 9 May 1942 [30]

[edit] V

Name Kills Squadrons Awards Notes
Vanderfield, Richard Douglas "Doug" 5

[edit] W

Name Kills Squadrons Awards Notes
Waddy, John Lloyd 15½ [1][7] DFC
Wattle, A J 11
Werthner, Hans 9
Whittle, Robert James Clarendon 14 DFM
Wilson, Rex Kerslake 5 DFM KIA 9 December 1941 (Egypt) [31]

[edit] Y

Name Kills Squadrons Awards Notes
Yarra, John William 'Slim' 12 DFM KIA 10 December 1942 [32]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k George Odgers (1984). The Royal Australian Air Force: An Illustrated History, p.125
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q A.D. Garrisson (1999). Australian Fighter Aces 1914–1953, pp.31–32
  3. ^ http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=1083756
  4. ^ http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=1703857
  5. ^ http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2249879
  6. ^ Group Captain Clive Robertson 'Killer' Caldwell, DSO, DFC & bar at Australian War Memorial. Retrieved on 30 April 2010.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Dennis Newton (1996). Australian Air Aces, pp.117–118
  8. ^ Dennis Newton (1996). Australian Air Aces, pp.77–78
  9. ^ http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2246206
  10. ^ Dennis Newton (1996). Australian Air Aces, p.83
  11. ^ http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2247579
  12. ^ http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=1082005
  13. ^ A.D. Garrisson (1999). Australian Fighter Aces 1914–1953, p.133
  14. ^ http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=1798448
  15. ^ http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2667134
  16. ^ Dennis Newton (1996). Australian Air Aces, p.92
  17. ^ Andrew Thomas (2005). Tomahawk and Kittyhawk Aces of the RAF and Commonwealth, p.103. Listed as seven plus one shared.
  18. ^ http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2165391
  19. ^ Dennis Newton (1996). Australian Air Aces, p.118. Listed as five plus one shared.
  20. ^ Andrew Thomas (2005). Tomahawk and Kittyhawk Aces of the RAF and Commonwealth, p.102. Listed as five plus one shared.
  21. ^ http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=1282039
  22. ^ http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2722791
  23. ^ http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2940751
  24. ^ http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2383083
  25. ^ http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=1282534
  26. ^ http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2226711
  27. ^ Squadron Leader Keith William 'Bluey' Truscott, DFC & bar at Australian War Memorial. Retrieved on 30 April 2010.
  28. ^ http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2249713
  29. ^ Turnbull, Peter St George Bruce at Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved on 6 January 2011.
  30. ^ http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=1704424
  31. ^ http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=1283086
  32. ^ http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=1532214
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