List of Iranian flying aces
The following is a list of flying aces from Iran.
Flying aces
Iran–Iraq war (1980–1988)
- Fazlollah Javidnia, 12[1] or 11 (+2 probable)[2] victories
- Jalil Zandi, 11[1] or 9 (+3 probable)[3] victories
- Fereidoun Ali-Mazandarani, 9[1] or 11[2] victories
- Abolfazl Mehreganfar, 6 victories[1][2]
- Hassan Harandi, 6 victories[1][2]
- Shahram Rostami, 5[1] or 6[4] victories
- Jamshid Afshar, 5[1] or 6[4] victories
- Hossein Khalili, 5 victories[1][2]
- Jalil Moslemi, 5 victories[1]
- K. Sedghi, 5 victories[1][4]
- Mostafa Roustaei, 5 victories[2]
- Khalil Dashtizadeh, 5 victories[2]
- Assadollah Adeli, 5 victories[2]
Other
- Mohammad Taqi Pessian who flown several combat missions for the Imperial German Air Service during World War I, reputedly shoot down up to 25 aircraft in aerial dogfights along the western front.[5]
References
Citations
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Razoux 2015, Table 1.3: Victories by Iranian pilots (3 or more victories), p. 571
- ^ a b c d e f g h Razoux 2019, Section 31, p. 15
- ^ Cooper & Bishop 2004, p. 79
- ^ a b c Cooper & Bishop 2004, Appendices: Iranian F-14A Tomcat Victories, pp. 85–88
- ^ Farrokh, Kaveh (2011), "The First World War: Iran on the Edge", Iran at War: 1500–1988, Bloomsbury Publishing, p. 232, ISBN 9781780962405
Sources
- Cooper, Tom; Bishop, Farzad (2004), Holmes, Tony; Hales-Dutton, Bruce (eds.), Iranian F-14 Tomcat Units in Combat, Osprey Combat Aircraft, vol. 49, Oxford: Osprey Publishing, ISBN 1 84176 787 5
- Razoux, Pierre (2015), The Iran-Iraq War, translated by Nicholas Elliott, Harvard University Press, ISBN 978-0-674-91571-8
- Razoux, Pierre (2019), Le siècle des As (1915-1988): Une autre histoire de l'aviation (in French), Place des éditeurs, ISBN 978-2-262-04827-3
- Sadler, John; Serdville, Rosie (2017), Fighter Aces: Knights of the Skies, Casemate Publishers, p. 21, ISBN 978-1-612-00483-9