Jump to content

List of World War II aces from New Zealand

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Kiwipat (talk | contribs) at 23:56, 7 September 2018 (→‎P: link Alan Peart). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Geoff Fisken, credited with shooting down 11 Japanese aircraft

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

B

Name Kills Awards Notes
Balfour, Robert Hamish "Jimmy" 4 & 1 shr. DFC [1]
Bary, Ronald Edward 6? DSO, DFC KIA 12 April 1945
Blake, Minden Vaughan "Mindy" 13 DSO, DFC ♣, POW 19 August 1942[2]
Bonham, Gordon Loversidge "Snowy" 5 V-1s KIA 25 September 1944
Bremner, Robert Duff 8.5 DFC inc. 7 V-1s[3]
Browne, Allen Edward 6 DFC [4]
Browne, Stanley Franklin 6 DFC* [5]
Bush, Charles Roy 5 DFC ♣ KIFA 30 November 1948[6]

C

Name Kills Awards Notes
Cammock, Raymond John 20.5 V-1s KIA 6 October 1944
Carbury, Brian John George 17 DFC* ♣[7] Carbury, Antoni Głowacki of Poland and Ronald Hamlyn and Archie McKellar, both British pilots,[8] were the only four "aces in a day",[9][10] in the Battle of Britain.
Carlson, Donald C 3 & 2 shr. DFC [11]
Chambers, Hansford Ward 7 DFC [12]
Checketts, John Milne 16 (inc. 2 V-1s) DSO, DFC [13]
Clouston, Wilfred Greville 12 DFC ♣[14]
Collyns, Basil Gordon "Buck" 7 DFC ♣ KIA 20 August 1944[15]
Costello, Maurice James "Morrie" 3 [16]
Crawford-Compton, William Vernon 22 DSO*, DFC* [17]
Cullen, James Roy "Jimmy" 16 V-1s [18]

D

Name Kills Awards Notes
Danzey, Raymond Jack "Dan" 11 V-1s [19]
Deere, Alan Christopher "Al" 18 DSO, DFC* ♣[20]
Dini, Antonio Simmons 7 KIFA 31 May 1940[21]
Doherty, Eric Steele "Francis" 7 DFM, DFC (US) [22]

E

Name Kills Awards Notes
Eagleson, Owen David "Ginger" 22 inc. 20 V-1s, POW

F

Name Kills Awards Notes
Fisken, Geoffrey Bryson 11 DFC [23]
Fitzgerald, Thomas Bernard 6 DFC ♣[24]

G

Colin Gray, New Zealand's top scoring ace of the war with 27.5 victories
Name Kills Awards Notes
Gawith, Alan Antill 5 DFC ♣, POW, Surviving Aircrew
Gibson, John Albert Axel 13 DSO, DFC ♣[25]
Grant, Reginald Joseph Cowan 8 DFM, DFC* KIA 28 February 1944[26]
Gray, Colin Falkland 27.5 DSO, DFC** ♣[27]

H

Name Kills Awards Notes
Hall, Bevan Mason 7.5 V-1s KIA 27 December 1944
Hall, Peter Francis Locker 8 DFC* [28]
Hammond, Derek Harold 8 DSO, DFC*
Hardy, Owen Leslie 6 DFC* [29]
Hart, William Alfred 7 V-1s [30]
Hayter, James Chilton Francis "Spud" 5 DFC* ♣[31]
Hayton, Gilbert McLean "Gillie" 6 Drowned aboard HMT Laconia 20 October 1942
Herrick, Michael James 8 DFC* ♣ MIA 16 June 1944[32]
Hesselyn, Raymond Brown 19 DFC, DFM* POW October 1943[33]
Hill, Howard Perry 3.5 ♣ KIA 20 September 1940[34][35]
Hodgson, William Henry 7 DFC ♣ KIFA 13 March 1941[36]
Hooper, Garnet J Michael "Gus" 9 inc. 8 V-1s[37]
Houlton, John Arthur 7 DFC [38]
Hyde, Reginald Jack 5 AFC ♣[39]

I

Name Kills Awards Notes
Ingram, Mervin Robert Bruce 10.33 DFC WIA 11 July 1941[40][41]

J

Name Kills Awards Notes
Jameson, George Edmond "Jamie" 11 DSO, DFC [42]
Jameson, Patrick Geraint 9 DSO, DFC* ♣[43]
Joyce, Ernest Leslie "Nipper" 10 DFM KIA 17 June 1944 [44][45]Ministry of Defence personnel file, Commonwealth War Graves Commission updated records and 122 Squadron Operations Record Book
Julian, Ivon (Evan) 5 DFM [46]

K

Name Kills Awards Notes
Kain, Edgar James "Cobber" 17 DFC KIFA 7 June 1940[47]
Kalka, William Arthur "Wacky" 9 V-1s KIA 25 March 1945[48]
Kilian, John Rutherford Clark 5 CdG [49]
Kleimeyer, Robert Gordon "Dutch" 7.5 V-1s NZ.411985, Australian in the RNZAF[50]
Kuhn, Edmund Eric Geddes 5 [51]

L

Name Kills Awards Notes
Lawless, Frank Brewster "Bruce" 11 inc. 10 V-1s[52]
Lawrence, Keith Ashley 6 DFC ♣ Surviving Aircrew[53]
LeLong, Roy Emile 10 AFC, DFC* [54]
Livingstone, David Franklin 7 DFC [55]
Longley, Harold Watson 5 DFC [56]

M

Evan Mackie in Italy while serving with No. 92 Squadron RAF.
Name Kills Awards Notes
McCarthy, Kevin 6 V-1s [57]
McCaw, James Hugh "Black Mac" 20 V-1s DFC [58]
McGregor, Sir Hector Douglas 6 DSO ♣[59]
MacKenzie, John Noble 10 DFC* ♣[60]
MacKenzie, Russell Merriman 5 DSO, DFC [61]
Mackie, Evan Dall "Rosie" 23 DSO, DFC* [62]
Malfroy, Camille Enright 5 DFC, DFC(US) [63]
Marra, T B 5
Mason, Henry Maurice "Morrie" 7 inc. 5.5 V-1s. KIA 19 July 1948
Miller, William Lister "Dusty" 7 V-1s [64]
Montgomerie, Leighton John 5 DFC KIA 29 August 1944[65]
Murphy, Francis "Spud" 5 DFC [66]

N

Name Kills Awards Notes
Newton, Percival Guy Haig 5 DFC [67]
Nicholls, Charles William Kelvin 5
North, Harold Leslie "Knockers" 5 DFC ♣ KIA 1 May 1942[68]

O

Name Kills Awards Notes
O'Connor, Brian John 11 nc 8.5 V-1s[69]

P

Name Kills Awards Notes
Pannel, Geoffroy Charles Russell 5 ♣
Park, Nigel Manfred 11 DFM KIA 25 October 1942[70]
Peart, Alan McGregor 7 DFC [71]
Player, John Howard 6 DSO, DFC KIFA 8 August 1947[72]
Porteous, James Kerrow 7 DFC
Powell, Neville Joseph "Pip" 6 inc 5 V-1s

R

Name Kills Awards Notes
Rabone, Paul Watling 8 DFC ♣ KIA 24 July 1944[73]
Rae, John Donald 13 DFC* [74]
Robinson, Douglas Nevill DFC [75]

S

Name Kills Awards Notes
Sames, Arthur Norman "Artie" 8 DFC*
Schrader, Warren Edward "Smokey" 13 DFC* [76]
Scott, Desmond James 8 DSO, DFC*, CdG*
Scott, Donald Stuart 14
Sheddan, Cornelius James 15 DFC inc. 7.5 V-1s[77][78]
Short, Sydney John 6 inc 5 V-1s[79]
Smith, Irving Stanley "Black" 8 DFC* ♣[80]
Smith, Keith Alexander 14 inc 12 V-1s[81]
Spurdle, Robert Lawrence 10 DFC* ♣[82]
Stafford, John Harry "Jack" 13 DFC inc 8 V-1s[83]
Stead, Allan Bennetto 5 DFC KIA 6 January 1945
Stenborg, Gray 15 DFC KIA 24 September 1943[84]
Stewart, Kenneth William 5 DFC [85]
Stratton, William Hector 9 DFC* [86]
Sweetman, Harvey Nelson 15 DFC inc 10.5 V-1s[87][88]

T

Name Kills Awards Notes
Tait, Kenneth William 6 DFC ♣ MIA 4 August 1941[89]
Tanner, Eric William "Rick" 6 inc 5 V-1s
Taylor-Cannon, Keith Granville "Hyphen" 7 DFC* MIA 13 April 1945[90]
Tracey, Owen Vincent 6 DFC KIA 8 December 1941[91]
Trott, William Alan Liddell "Bill" 7 DFC inc. 6 V-1s. KIFA 17 February 1955
Trousdale, Richard Mackle (Macklow?) 8 DFC* KIFA 19 May 1947[92]

U

Name Kills Awards Notes
Umbers, Arthur Ernest "Spike" 23 DFC* inc. 15.5 V-1s. KIA 14 February 1945[93]

V

Name Kills Squadrons Awards Notes
Verity, Victor Bosanquet Strachan 9 229,615,No. 96 Squadron RAF,73,108,650 DFC Flew a Boulton Paul Defiant in 96 Night Fighter Sqn so 6 of his victories are also credited to his air gunner Sgt. F.W. Wake
In 1945 released from the RAF as a Flight Leader. Died on 2 February 1979.[94][95]

W

Name Kills Awards Notes
Ward, Derek Harland 8 DFC* ♣ KIA 17 June 1942[96]
Watters, Joseph 8 ♣
Wells, Edward Preston "Hawkeye" 12 DFC* ♣[97]
West, Jeffery George 6 DFM [98]
Westenra, Derrick Fitzgerald "Jerry" 11 DFC* [99]
White, Geoffrey Gordon 5 KIA 23 May 1943
Whitley, Eric William 11 DSO, DFC ♣[100]
Williams, Gordon Albert 5 DFM [101]
Williams, John Edwin Ashley "Willy" 5 DFC (a New Zealand-born Australian) POW 31 October 1942; later in Stalag Luft 3 and took part in the Great Escape,; KIA 29 March 1944.[102][103] (Also listed in Australian Aces)
Williams, Stanford Seaton "Bill" 11 inc. 8 V-1s. KIA 22 December 1944
Wipiti, Bert Samuel 6 KIA 3 October 1943
Woodman, Brian Wallace 5 DFC [104]
Worthington, John Colin 5 DFC Served with No 605 (County of Warwick) Squadron – died 2010

Y

Name Kills Awards Notes
Yule, Robert Duncan 8 DSO, DFC* ♣ KIFA 11 September 1953[105]

Notes

Abbreviations

  • ♣ – flew in the Battle of Britain
  • "KIA" in Notes means Killed in action (dates are included where possible).
  • "KIFA" in Notes means Killed in Flying Accident.
  • "MIA" in Notes means Missing in action.
  • "WIA" in Notes means Wounded in action leading to death which, in some cases, may have occurred months later.
  • "POW" in Notes means Prisoner of War.

Awards

Award Title Notes
AFC Air Force Cross Awarded for "an act or acts of valour, courage or devotion to duty whilst flying, though not in active operations against the enemy".
CDeG Croix de guerre A military decoration of both France and Belgium, also commonly bestowed to foreign military forces allied to France and Belgium.
DFC Distinguished Flying Cross Awarded to Royal Air Force commissioned officers and Warrant Officers for "an act or acts of valour, courage or devotion to duty whilst flying in active operations against the enemy".
DFC* Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar A bar is added to the ribbon for holders of the DFC who received a second award.
DFC(US) Distinguished Flying Cross – United States The Distinguished Flying Cross is a medal awarded to any officer or enlisted member of the United States armed forces who distinguishes himself or herself in support of operations by "heroism or extraordinary achievement while participating in an aerial flight".
DFM Distinguished Flying Medal Awarded to military below commissioned rank, for "an act or acts of valour, courage or devotion to duty whilst flying in active operations against the enemy".
DSO Distinguished Service Order Awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, typically in actual combat.
DSO* Distinguished Service Order and Bar A bar is added to the ribbon for holders of the DSO who received a second award.

References

  1. ^ http://www.nzfpm.co.nz/article.asp?id=balfour
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 May 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ Aces High, Shores, page 661
  4. ^ Aces High; Shores & Williams, page 152
  5. ^ http://www.nzfpm.co.nz/article.asp?id=browne_sf
  6. ^ http://www.nzfpm.co.nz/article.asp?id=bush
  7. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 September 2007. Retrieved 31 December 2007. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ^ Aces High,Shores and Williams
  9. ^ Geissinger, Steve (15 October 1997). "Manmade Thunder". The Argus-Press. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
  10. ^ The term "ace in a day" is used to designate a pilot who has shot down five or more airplanes in a single day, based on usual definition of an "ace"
  11. ^ http://www.nzfpm.co.nz/article.asp?id=carlson
  12. ^ http://www.nzfpm.co.nz/article.asp?id=chambers
  13. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 September 2007. Retrieved 27 October 2007. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  14. ^ http://www.nzfpm.co.nz/article.asp?id=clouston
  15. ^ http://www.nzfpm.co.nz/article.asp?id=collyns
  16. ^ 'Those Other Eagles' Shores, 2004, page 13
  17. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2007. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  18. ^ Aces High, Shores, page 661
  19. ^ Aces high, Shores, page 661
  20. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2007. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  21. ^ http://www.nzfpm.co.nz/article.asp?id=dini
  22. ^ http://www.nzfpm.co.nz/article.asp?id=doherty
  23. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 June 2009. Retrieved 27 July 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  24. ^ http://www.nzfpm.co.nz/article.asp?id=fitzgerald
  25. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 28 December 2009. Retrieved 6 November 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  26. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 25 May 2010. Retrieved 23 May 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  27. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 May 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  28. ^ http://www.nzfpm.co.nz/article.asp?id=hall
  29. ^ http://www.nzfpm.co.nz/article.asp?id=hardy
  30. ^ 'Aces High' , Shores, page 662
  31. ^ http://www.nzfpm.co.nz/article.asp?id=hayter
  32. ^ http://www.nzfpm.co.nz/article.asp?id=herrick
  33. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 10 August 2007. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  34. ^ http://www.nzfpm.co.nz/article.asp?id=hill
  35. ^ 'Aces High' , Shores, page 329
  36. ^ http://www.nzfpm.co.nz/article.asp?id=hodgson
  37. ^ 'Aces High' , Shores, page 662
  38. ^ http://www.nzfpm.co.nz/article.asp?id=houlton
  39. ^ http://www.nzfpm.co.nz/article.asp?id=hyde
  40. ^ http://www.nzfpm.co.nz/article.asp?id=ingram
  41. ^ 'Aces High' , Shores, page 350
  42. ^ http://www.nzfpm.co.nz/article.asp?id=jameson_ge
  43. ^ http://www.nzfpm.co.nz/article.asp?id=jameson_pg
  44. ^ [Defence Force Personnel File, Commonwealth War Graves corrected records, 122 Squadron RAF Operations Record Book]
  45. ^ http://www.nzfpm.co.nz/article.asp?id=joyce
  46. ^ http://www.nzfpm.co.nz/article.asp?id=julian
  47. ^ http://www.nzfpm.co.nz/article.asp?id=kain
  48. ^ 'Aces High' , Shores, page 662
  49. ^ http://www.nzfpm.co.nz/article.asp?id=kilian
  50. ^ 'Aces High',Shores,page 662
  51. ^ 'Those Other Eagles', Shores 2004 , page 334
  52. ^ 'Aces High' , Shores, page 662
  53. ^ http://www.nzfpm.co.nz/article.asp?id=lawrence
  54. ^ http://www.nzfpm.co.nz/article.asp?id=lelong
  55. ^ http://www.nzfpm.co.nz/article.asp?id=livingstone
  56. ^ http://www.nzfpm.co.nz/article.asp?id=longley
  57. ^ 'Aces High' , Shores, page 662
  58. ^ 'Aces High' , Shores, page 662
  59. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 May 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  60. ^ http://www.nzfpm.co.nz/article.asp?id=mackenzie_jn
  61. ^ http://www.nzfpm.co.nz/article.asp?id=mackenzie_rm
  62. ^ http://www.nzfpm.co.nz/article.asp?id=mackie
  63. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 25 May 2010. Retrieved 5 December 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  64. ^ 'Aces High' , Shores, page 662
  65. ^ http://www.nzfpm.co.nz/article.asp?id=montgomerie
  66. ^ http://www.nzfpm.co.nz/article.asp?id=murphy
  67. ^ http://www.nzfpm.co.nz/article.asp?id=newton
  68. ^ http://www.nzfpm.co.nz/article.asp?id=north
  69. ^ 'Aces High' , Shores, page 662
  70. ^ http://www.nzfpm.co.nz/article.asp?id=park_nm
  71. ^ http://www.nzfpm.co.nz/article.asp?id=peart
  72. ^ http://www.nzfpm.co.nz/article.asp?id=player
  73. ^ http://www.nzfpm.co.nz/article.asp?id=rabone
  74. ^ http://www.nzfpm.co.nz/article.asp?id=rae
  75. ^ http://www.nzfpm.co.nz/article.asp?id=robinson
  76. ^ http://www.nzfpm.co.nz/article.asp?id=schrader
  77. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 12 November 2007. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  78. ^ 'Aces High' , Shores, page 662
  79. ^ 'Aces High' , Shores, page 663
  80. ^ http://www.nzfpm.co.nz/article.asp?id=smith
  81. ^ 'Aces High' , Shores, page 663
  82. ^ http://www.nzfpm.co.nz/article.asp?id=spurdle
  83. ^ http://www.nzfpm.co.nz/article.asp?id=stafford
  84. ^ http://www.nzfpm.co.nz/article.asp?id=stenborg
  85. ^ http://www.nzfpm.co.nz/article.asp?id=stewart
  86. ^ http://www.nzfpm.co.nz/article.asp?id=stratton
  87. ^ http://www.nzfpm.co.nz/article.asp?id=sweetman
  88. ^ 'Aces High' , Shores, page 662
  89. ^ http://www.nzfpm.co.nz/article.asp?id=tait
  90. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 22 September 2007. Retrieved 12 November 2007. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  91. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 12 April 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  92. ^ http://www.nzfpm.co.nz/article.asp?id=trousdale
  93. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 22 September 2007. Retrieved 12 November 2007. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  94. ^ Battle of Britain Memorial , The Airmen's Stories – P/O V.B.S. Verity, visited March 20, 2018
  95. ^ New Zealand Fighter Pilot Museum - V.B.S. Verity, visited March 20, 2018
  96. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 25 August 2008. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  97. ^ http://www.nzfpm.co.nz/article.asp?id=wells
  98. ^ http://www.nzfpm.co.nz/article.asp?id=west
  99. ^ http://www.nzfpm.co.nz/article.asp?id=westenra
  100. ^ http://www.nzfpm.co.nz/article.asp?id=whitley
  101. ^ http://www.nzfpm.co.nz/article.asp?id=williams_ga
  102. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 14 October 2008. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  103. ^ David Edlington, "The great crime: Aussies among murder victims" Archived 20 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine (Air Force News, vol. 46, no. 5 April 8, 2004) Access date 6 February 2008.
  104. ^ http://www.nzfpm.co.nz/article.asp?id=woodman
  105. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 25 May 2010. Retrieved 23 May 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_World_War_II_aces_from_New_Zealand&oldid=858547991"