List of World War II flying aces

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This is a list of World War II flying 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), whether he was the formation's leader or a wingman, the standards his air service brought to the awarding of victory credits, et cetera.

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 opportunity to gain enough experience to be successful. Additionally, national policies differed; German, Italian, and Japanese pilots tended to return to the cockpit over and over again until they were killed.

It is not clear what impact each nation's rules for score crediting have on the counts listed below. Germans credited a shared victory to only one pilot, while the French credited full victory to all participants. British, Finnish and US air forces credited fractional shares of aerial victories, resulting in fractions, such as 11½, which might be for example 10 aircraft and three shares with the second pilot. Some U.S. commands also credited aircraft destroyed on the ground. The Soviets counted only solo kills, while group kills were counted separately, as did the Japanese. The Italian Air Force did not officially credit victories to individual pilots, but to their unit as a whole. Probable kills are usually left out of the list.

It is necessary to emphasize, that the question of assessing and comparing the success rate of fighters by number of victories is one of the more problematic, there are disputes about what is "shot down" and what is "air victory", but the most problematic seems to be credibility of reports and reliability of its confirmation, which was substantially different in particular air forces. As the most reliable is considered the confirmation of the victories in RAF, using comparison of testimonials of participants and—if possible—film material.

Flying aces

Gallery

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  Günther Rall

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  Erich Rudorffer

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  Alexander Pokryshkin, Soviet ace of World War II

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  Mato Dukovac, the highest scoring Croatian ace

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  Ilmari Juutilainen, top flying ace of the Finnish Air Force and the highest scoring non-German fighter pilot of all time

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  Ján Režňák, the highest scoring Slovak ace

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  Richard Bong, the highest scoring US ace

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  Robert S. Johnson, the first USAAF fighter pilot in the European theater to surpass Eddie Rickenbacker's World War I score of 26 victories.

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  Tetsuzo Iwamoto, Japanese Navy fighter ace, often credited with being the top scoring Japanese ace

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  Marmaduke 'Pat' Pattle, the highest scoring United Kingdom and Empire ace

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  Teresio Vittorio Martinoli, the highest scoring Regia Aeronautica ace

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  Adrian Warburton DSO & Bar, DFC & Two Bars, RAF reconnaissance pilot and ace

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  Alexandru Șerbănescu, highest scoring Romanian ace at the time of his death (second highest overall)

  This background, along with the symbol "†", indicates that the pilot was killed in action, missing in action, died of wounds, or was killed in a flying accident during World War II.

Table

Name	Country	Service(s)	Aerial Victories	Other Aerial Victories	Notes
Erich Hartmann	Germany	Luftwaffe	352		Top ace of all time. First ever with 300 victories, achieved coincident with Double-ace in a day
Gerhard Barkhorn	Germany	Luftwaffe	301
Günther Rall	Germany	Luftwaffe	275
Otto Kittel †	Germany	Luftwaffe	267		Top Focke-Wulf 190 ace
Walter Nowotny †	Germany	Luftwaffe	258		Double-ace in a day on two different occasions. First to 250
Wilhelm Batz	Germany	Luftwaffe	237
Erich Rudorffer	Germany	Luftwaffe	222		Jet ace with 12 victories in Me 262, Double-ace in a day
Heinz Bär	Germany	Luftwaffe	220		Jet ace with 16 victories in Me 262
Hermann Graf	Germany	Luftwaffe	212		First ever with 200 victories
Heinrich Ehrler †	Germany	Luftwaffe	208		Jet ace with 5 victories in Me 262
Theodor Weissenberger	Germany	Luftwaffe	208		Jet ace with 8 victories in Me 262
Hans Philipp †	Germany	Luftwaffe	206
Walter Schuck	Germany	Luftwaffe	206		Jet ace with 8 victories in Me 262
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	176		Jet ace with 6 victories in Me 262
Ernst-Wilhelm Reinert	Germany	Luftwaffe	174
Günther Schack	Germany	Luftwaffe	174
Emil Lang †	Germany	Luftwaffe	173		Triple-ace in a day
Horst Ademeit †	Germany	Luftwaffe	166
Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke †	Germany	Luftwaffe	162
Hans-Joachim Marseille †	Germany	Luftwaffe	158		Destroyed most Western Allied aircraft. Triple-ace in a day
Heinrich Sturm †	Germany	Luftwaffe	158
Gerhard Thyben	Germany	Luftwaffe	157
Hans Beisswenger †	Germany	Luftwaffe	152
Peter Düttmann	Germany	Luftwaffe	152
Gordon Gollob	Germany	Luftwaffe	150		First ever with 150 victories
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
Franz Schall †	Germany	Luftwaffe	137		Jet ace with 14 victories in Me 262
Walter Wolfrum	Germany	Luftwaffe	137		Double-ace in a day on two different occasions
Adolf Dickfeld	Germany	Luftwaffe	136
Horst-Günther von Fassong †	Germany	Luftwaffe	136
Otto Fönnekold †	Germany	Luftwaffe	136
Karl-Heinz Weber †	Germany	Luftwaffe	136
Joachim Müncheberg †	Germany	Luftwaffe	135
Hans Waldmann †	Germany	Luftwaffe	134		Ace in a day
Alfred Grislawski	Germany	Luftwaffe	133
Johannes Wiese	Germany	Luftwaffe	133
Gerhard Bohrr	Germany	Luftwaffe	132
Erwin Clausen †	Germany	Luftwaffe	132
Wilhelm Lemke †	Germany	Luftwaffe	131
Gerhard Hoffmann †	Germany	Luftwaffe	130
Heinrich Sterr †	Germany	Luftwaffe	130
Franz Eisenach	Germany	Luftwaffe	129
Walther Dahl	Germany	Luftwaffe	128
Franz Dörr	Germany	Luftwaffe	128
Rudolf Rademacher	Germany	Luftwaffe	126		Jet ace with 8 victories in Me 262
Josef Zwernemann †	Germany	Luftwaffe	126
Dietrich Hrabak	Germany	Luftwaffe	125
Wolf-Udo Ettel †	Germany	Luftwaffe	124
Herbert Ihlefeld	Germany	Luftwaffe	123	+9 in Spanish Civil War
Wolfgang Tonne †	Germany	Luftwaffe	122
Heinz Marquardt	Germany	Luftwaffe	121
Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer	Germany	Luftwaffe	121		Top night fighter ace. Ace in a day
Robert Weiß †	Germany	Luftwaffe	121
Friedrich Obleser	Germany	Luftwaffe	120
Friedrich Wachowiak †	Germany	Luftwaffe	120
Erich Leie †	Germany	Luftwaffe	118
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		Triple-ace in a day
Wilhelm Crinius	Germany	Luftwaffe	114
Werner Schröer	Germany	Luftwaffe	114
Hans Dammers †	Germany	Luftwaffe	113
Berthold Korts †	Germany	Luftwaffe	113
Kurt Bühligen	Germany	Luftwaffe	112
Helmut Lent †	Germany	Luftwaffe	110		Night fighter ace
Kurt Ubben †	Germany	Luftwaffe	110
Franz Woidich	Germany	Luftwaffe	110
Emil Bitsch †	Germany	Luftwaffe	108
Hans Hahn	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		Jet ace with 7 victories in Me 262
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
Werner Mölders †	Germany	Luftwaffe	101	+14 in Spanish Civil War	First ever with 100 victories
Rudolf Miethig †	Germany	Luftwaffe	101
Josef Priller	Germany	Luftwaffe	101
Ulrich Wernitz	Germany	Luftwaffe	101
Reinhard Seiler	Germany	Luftwaffe	100
Paul-Heinrich Dähne †	Germany	Luftwaffe	99
Leopold Steinbatz	Germany	Luftwaffe	99
Wolfgang Späte	Germany	Luftwaffe	99		Jet ace with 5 victories in Me 262
Heinrich Bartels †	Germany	Luftwaffe	99
Hans Schleef †	Germany	Luftwaffe	99
Horst Hannig †	Germany	Luftwaffe	98
Gustav Rödel	Germany	Luftwaffe	98
Helmut Rüffler	Germany	Luftwaffe	98
Helmut Mertens	Germany	Luftwaffe	97
Hermann Schleinhege	Germany	Luftwaffe	97
Diethelm von Eichel-Streiber	Germany	Luftwaffe	96
Heinrich Höfemeier †	Germany	Luftwaffe	96
Siegfried Lemke	Germany	Luftwaffe	96
Leopold Münster †	Germany	Luftwaffe	95
Ilmari Juutilainen	Finland	Finnish Air Force	94		Top non-German ace. Claimed 126 victories. Ace in a day.
Rudolf Müller †	Germany	Luftwaffe	94		possibly 101
Rudolf Resch †	Germany	Luftwaffe	93	+1 in Spanish Civil War
Heinrich Klöpper †	Germany	Luftwaffe	93
Helmut Bennemann	Germany	Luftwaffe	93
Edmund Roßmann	Germany	Luftwaffe	93
Siegfried Schnell †	Germany	Luftwaffe	93
Gerhard Loos †	Germany	Luftwaffe	92
Oskar Romm	Germany	Luftwaffe	92
Anton Resch	Germany	Luftwaffe	91
Georg Schentke †	Germany	Luftwaffe	91
Heinz Kemethmüller	Germany	Luftwaffe	89
Josef Jennewein †	Germany	Luftwaffe	86
Anton Mader	Germany	Luftwaffe	86
Ulrich Wöhnert	Germany	Luftwaffe	86
Gerhard Köppen †	Germany	Luftwaffe	85
Walter Zellot †	Germany	Luftwaffe	85
Heinz Ewald	Germany	Luftwaffe	84
Peter Kalden	Germany	Luftwaffe	84
Werner Quast	Germany	Luftwaffe	84
Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein †	Germany	Luftwaffe	83
Otto Weßling †	Germany	Luftwaffe	83
Hans Grünberg	Germany	Luftwaffe	82		Jet ace with 5 victories in Me 262
Emil Darjes	Germany	Luftwaffe	82
Hans Götz †	Germany	Luftwaffe	82
Helmut Missner	Germany	Luftwaffe	82
Franz Beyer †	Germany	Luftwaffe	81
Hugo Broch	Germany	Luftwaffe	81
Willi Nemitz †	Germany	Luftwaffe	81
Wilhelm Philipp	Germany	Luftwaffe	81
Rudolf Wagner	Germany	Luftwaffe	81
Tetsuzo Iwamoto	Japan	Imperial Japanese Navy	80	+14 in Second Sino-Japanese War	Claimed 200+ victories
Herbert Bachnick †	Germany	Luftwaffe	80
Otto Würfel	Germany	Luftwaffe	79
Georg-Peter Eder	Germany	Luftwaffe	78		Jet ace with 12 victories in Me 262
Wolfgang Ewald	Germany	Luftwaffe	78
Heinrich Krafft †	Germany	Luftwaffe	78
Max-Hermann Lücke †	Germany	Luftwaffe	78
Johann-Hermann Meier †	Germany	Luftwaffe	78
Karl-Gottfried Nordmann	Germany	Luftwaffe	78
Alexander Preinfalk †	Germany	Luftwaffe	78
Hubertus von Bonin †	Germany	Luftwaffe	77	+4 in Spanish Civil War
Josef Haiböck	Germany	Luftwaffe	77
Walter Ohlrogge	Germany	Luftwaffe	77
Hans-Joachim Kroschinski	Germany	Luftwaffe	76
Maximilian Mayerl	Germany	Luftwaffe	76
Alfred Teumer †	Germany	Luftwaffe	76
Edwin Thiel †	Germany	Luftwaffe	76
Hans Wind	Finland	Finnish Air Force	75		Double-Ace in a day
Johannes Bunzek †	Germany	Luftwaffe	75
Gustav Frielinghaus	Germany	Luftwaffe	75
Helmuth Grollmus	Germany	Luftwaffe	75
Johann Pichler	Germany	Luftwaffe	75
Hans Röhrig †	Germany	Luftwaffe	75
Waldemar Semelka †	Germany	Luftwaffe	75
Joachim Wandel †	Germany	Luftwaffe	75
Otto Gaiser †	Germany	Luftwaffe	74
Friedrich Haas	Germany	Luftwaffe	74
Karl-Heinz Meltzer †	Germany	Luftwaffe	74
Wilhelm Herget	Germany	Luftwaffe	73
Anton Lindner	Germany	Luftwaffe	73
Gerhard Michalski	Germany	Luftwaffe	73
Otto Schultz	Germany	Luftwaffe	73
Shigeo Fukumoto	Japan	Imperial Japanese Navy	72
Klaus Mietusch †	Germany	Luftwaffe	72
Wilhelm Mink †	Germany	Luftwaffe	72
Karl Heinz Schnell	Germany	Luftwaffe	72
Hans Fuß †	Germany	Luftwaffe	71
Adolf Glunz	Germany	Luftwaffe	71
Alfred Heckmann	Germany	Luftwaffe	71
Herbert Rollwage	Germany	Luftwaffe	71
Günther Scheel †	Germany	Luftwaffe	71
Shoichi Sugita	Japan	Imperial Japanese Navy	70		+40 shared
Karl Hoffmann	Germany	Luftwaffe	70
Hermann-Friedrich Joppien †	Germany	Luftwaffe	70
Heinz Lange	Germany	Luftwaffe	70
Rudi Linz †	Germany	Luftwaffe	70
Emil Omert †	Germany	Luftwaffe	70
Lutz-Wilhelm Burckhardt	Germany	Luftwaffe	69
Armin Köhler	Germany	Luftwaffe	69
Ernst Weismann	Germany	Luftwaffe	69
Eugen-Ludwig Zweigart †	Germany	Luftwaffe	69
Constantin Cantacuzino	Romania	Royal Romanian Air Force	69		Top Romanian ace
Kurt Dombacher	Germany	Luftwaffe	68
Walter Höckner	Germany	Luftwaffe	68
Herbert Huppertz †	Germany	Luftwaffe	68
Heinrich Jung	Germany	Luftwaffe	68
Herbert Kaiser	Germany	Luftwaffe	68
Richard Leppla	Germany	Luftwaffe	68
Fritz Losigkeit	Germany	Luftwaffe	68
Günther Freiherr von Maltzahn	Germany	Luftwaffe	68
Hans Strelow †	Germany	Luftwaffe	68
Ernst Süß †	Germany	Luftwaffe	68
Otto Tange †	Germany	Luftwaffe	68
Fritz Dinger †	Germany	Luftwaffe	67
Herbert Findeisen	Germany	Luftwaffe	67
Karl Fuchs	Germany	Luftwaffe	67
Heinrich Füllgrabe †	Germany	Luftwaffe	67
Karl Hammerl	Germany	Luftwaffe	67
Reinhold Hoffmann †	Germany	Luftwaffe	67
Erbo Graf von Kageneck †	Germany	Luftwaffe	67
Franz Schieß †	Germany	Luftwaffe	67
Franz Schwaiger †	Germany	Luftwaffe	67
Hubert Strassl †	Germany	Luftwaffe	67		Triple-ace in a day
Erwin Fleig	Germany	Luftwaffe	66
Werner Streib	Germany	Luftwaffe	66		Night fighter ace
Berthold Graßmuck †	Germany	Luftwaffe	65
Karl Kempf †	Germany	Luftwaffe	65
Manfred Meurer †	Germany	Luftwaffe	65
Ivan Kozhedub	Soviet Union	Soviet Air Force	66	+2 US planes that mistakenly attacked him	Top Allied ace in WWII
Bernd Gallowitsch	Germany	Luftwaffe	64
Jürgen Harder †	Germany	Luftwaffe	64
Rolf Hermichen	Germany	Luftwaffe	64
Walter Lindner	Germany	Luftwaffe	64
Viktor Petermann	Germany	Luftwaffe	64
Erhard Peters	Germany	Luftwaffe	64
Günther Radusch	Germany	Luftwaffe	64
Heinz Rökker	Germany	Luftwaffe	64
Rudolf Schoenert	Germany	Luftwaffe	64
Franz Götz	Germany	Luftwaffe	63
Heinrich Hoffmann †	Germany	Luftwaffe	63
Gerhard Homuth †	Germany	Luftwaffe	63
Wilhelm Schilling	Germany	Luftwaffe	63
Hermann Staiger	Germany	Luftwaffe	63
Kurt Welter	Germany	Luftwaffe	63		Jet ace with 20+ claimed in Me 262; 56 as night fighter; possibly all time jet ace
Heino Cordes	Germany	Luftwaffe	62
Wilhelm Hübner	Germany	Luftwaffe	62
Helmut Neumann	Germany	Luftwaffe	62
Gerhard Beutin	Germany	Luftwaffe	60
Hans-Ekkehard Bob	Germany	Luftwaffe	60
Horst Carganico †	Germany	Luftwaffe	60
Franz Czech	Germany	Luftwaffe	60
Alfred Franke †	Germany	Luftwaffe	60
Franz Hrdlicka †	Germany	Luftwaffe	60
Kurt Kelter	Germany	Luftwaffe	60
August Mors †	Germany	Luftwaffe	60
Karl Munz	Germany	Luftwaffe	60
Alfred Rauch	Germany	Luftwaffe	60
Aleksandr Ivanovich Pokryshkin	Soviet Union	Soviet Air Force	59	+8 prior to Soviets officially in WWII
Hans-Arnold Stahlschmidt †	Germany	Luftwaffe	59
Walter Borchers †	Germany	Luftwaffe	59
Franz Eckerle †	Germany	Luftwaffe	59
Karl Steffen	Germany	Luftwaffe	59
Paul Zorner	Germany	Luftwaffe	59
Hermann Buchner	Germany	Luftwaffe	58		Jet ace with 12 victories in Me 262
Martin Becker	Germany	Luftwaffe	58
Herbert Broennle †	Germany	Luftwaffe	58
Siegfried Engfer	Germany	Luftwaffe	58
Herbert Friebel	Germany	Luftwaffe	58
Wilhelm Freuwörth	Germany	Luftwaffe	58
Gerhard Raht	Germany	Luftwaffe	58
Hannes Trautloft	Germany	Luftwaffe	58
Hiromichi Shinohara †	Japan	Imperial Japanese Army	58
Grigoriy Andreevich Rechkalov	Soviet Union	Soviet Air Force	58
Nikolay Dmitrievich Gulayev	Soviet Union	Soviet Air Force	57
Heinrich-Wilhelm Ahnert †	Germany	Luftwaffe	57
Konrad Bauer	Germany	Luftwaffe	57
Walter Brandt	Germany	Luftwaffe	57
Hugo Dahmer	Germany	Luftwaffe	57
Kurt Ebener	Germany	Luftwaffe	57
Adolf Kalkum	Germany	Luftwaffe	57
Herbert Puschmann †	Germany	Luftwaffe	57
Johannes Seifert †	Germany	Luftwaffe	57
Hermann Wolf	Germany	Luftwaffe	57
Manfred Eberwein	Germany	Luftwaffe	56
Gustav Francsi	Germany	Luftwaffe	56
Horst Haase	Germany	Luftwaffe	56
Heinz Hackler †	Germany	Luftwaffe	56
Erich Hohagen	Germany	Luftwaffe	56
Helmuth Holtz	Germany	Luftwaffe	56
Eduard Isken	Germany	Luftwaffe	56
Kurt Knappe †	Germany	Luftwaffe	56
Josef Kraft	Germany	Luftwaffe	56
Helmut Schönfelder	Germany	Luftwaffe	56
Günther Seeger	Germany	Luftwaffe	56
Heinz Strüning †	Germany	Luftwaffe	56
Edmund Wagner †	Germany	Luftwaffe	56
Helmut Wick †	Germany	Luftwaffe	56
Eino Luukkanen	Finland	Finnish Air Force	56
Karl-Heinz Bendert	Germany	Luftwaffe	55
Wilhelm-Ferdinand Galland †	Germany	Luftwaffe	55
Herbert Bareuther †	Germany	Luftwaffe	55
Hans-Dieter Frank	Germany	Luftwaffe	55
Gabriel Tautscher	Germany	Luftwaffe	55
Takeo Okumura †	Japan	Imperial Japanese Navy	54
Johann Badum †	Germany	Luftwaffe	54
Hans Ehlers †	Germany	Luftwaffe	54
August Geiger †	Germany	Luftwaffe	54
Wilhelm Hauswirth	Germany	Luftwaffe	54
Heinz Leber	Germany	Luftwaffe	54
Siegfried Simsch †	Germany	Luftwaffe	54
Heinz Vinke †	Germany	Luftwaffe	54
Kirill A. Yevstigneyev	Soviet Union	Soviet Air Force	53
Albert Brunner †	Germany	Luftwaffe	53
Heinz-Edgar Berres †	Germany	Luftwaffe	53
Hans-Joachim Heyer †	Germany	Luftwaffe	53
Willy Kientsch †	Germany	Luftwaffe	53
Carl Sattig	Germany	Luftwaffe	53
Julius Meimberg	Germany	Luftwaffe	53
Franz Barten †	Germany	Luftwaffe	52
Martin Drewes	Germany	Luftwaffe	52
Alfred Gross	Germany	Luftwaffe	52
Ludwig Häfner †	Germany	Luftwaffe	52
Heinz Knoke	Germany	Luftwaffe	52
Rudolf Pflanz †	Germany	Luftwaffe	52
Friedrich Rupp †	Germany	Luftwaffe	52
Heinrich Wefers	Germany	Luftwaffe	52
Hermann Greiner	Germany	Luftwaffe	51
Werner Hoffmann	Germany	Luftwaffe	51		Night fighter ace
Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld †	Germany	Luftwaffe	51
Fritz Lüddecke †	Germany	Luftwaffe	51
Otto Schulz †	Germany	Luftwaffe	51
Dmitry Glinka	Soviet Union	Soviet Air Force	50
Hans-Joachim Jabs	Germany	Luftwaffe	50
Emil Knittel	Germany	Luftwaffe	50
Frank Liesendahl	Germany	Luftwaffe	50
Herbert Lütje	Germany	Luftwaffe	50
Karl Willius †	Germany	Luftwaffe	50
Heinz Arnold †	Germany	Luftwaffe	49		Jet ace with 7 victories in Me 262
Rudolf Ehrenberger †	Germany	Luftwaffe	49
Reinhard Kollak	Germany	Luftwaffe	49
Klaus Quaet-Faslem †	Germany	Luftwaffe	49
Richard Quante	Germany	Luftwaffe	49
Friedrich Beckh †	Germany	Luftwaffe	48
Paul Gildner †	Germany	Luftwaffe	48
Johannes Hager	Germany	Luftwaffe	47
Werner Stumpf †	Germany	Luftwaffe	48
Franz Schwaiger †	Germany	Luftwaffe	48
Heinz-Gerhard Vogt †	Germany	Luftwaffe	48
Ernst-Georg Drünkler	Germany	Luftwaffe	47
Heinz Golinski †	Germany	Luftwaffe	47
Eckhard Hübner	Germany	Luftwaffe	47
Herbert Kutscha †	Germany	Luftwaffe	47
Erich Schmidt	Germany	Luftwaffe	47
Georg Seidel	Germany	Luftwaffe	47
Alexandru Şerbănescu †	Romania	Royal Romanian Air Force	47
Arseniy Vasilievich Vorozheikin	Soviet Union	Soviet Air Force	46	+6 in Battles of Khalkhin Gol
Aleksandr Ivanovich Koldunov	Soviet Union	Soviet Air Force	46
Nikolay Mikhailovich Skomorohov	Soviet Union	Soviet Air Force	46
Hans-Heinz Augenstein	Germany	Luftwaffe	46
Ludwig Becker †	Germany	Luftwaffe	46
Wolfgang Böwing-Treuding †	Germany	Luftwaffe	46
Günter Fink †	Germany	Luftwaffe	46
Erwin Laskowski	Germany	Luftwaffe	46
Karl Rammelt	Germany	Luftwaffe	46
Karl Schnörrer	Germany	Luftwaffe	46		Jet ace with 11 victories in Me 262
Franz Schulte	Germany	Luftwaffe	46
Paul Semrau †	Germany	Luftwaffe	46
Alfred Surau	Germany	Luftwaffe	46
Kurt Tangermann	Germany	Luftwaffe	46
Ernst Düllberg	Germany	Luftwaffe	45
Rudolf Frank †	Germany	Luftwaffe	45
Gerhard Schöpfel	Germany	Luftwaffe	45
Franz Stigler	Germany	Luftwaffe	45
Otto Vinzent	Germany	Luftwaffe	45
Ion Milu	Romania	Royal Romanian Air Force	45
Urho Lehtovaara	Finland	Finnish Air Force	44½
Mato Dukovac	Croatia	Croatian Air Force	44		Top Croatian ace
Oiva Tuominen	Finland	Finnish Air Force	44
Hans Frese	Germany	Luftwaffe	44
Karl-Wilhelm Hofmann †	Germany	Luftwaffe	44
Reinhold Knacke †	Germany	Luftwaffe	44		Night fighter ace
Wilhelm Steinmann	Germany	Luftwaffe	44
Walther Wever †	Germany	Luftwaffe	44
Vladimir Bobrov	Soviet Union	Soviet Air Force	43
Karl Borris	Germany	Luftwaffe	43
Ludwig Franzisket	Germany	Luftwaffe	43
Hubert Mütherich	Germany	Luftwaffe	43
Josef Pöhs †	Germany	Luftwaffe	43
Dietrich Schmidt	Germany	Luftwaffe	43
Daniel Vizanty	Romania	Royal Romanian Air Force	43
Olli Puhakka	Finland	Finnish Air Force	42
Norbert Hannig	Germany	Luftwaffe	42
Jürgen Brocke †	Germany	Luftwaffe	42
Tudor Greceanu	Romania	Royal Romanian Air Force	42
Rudolf Schmidt	Germany	Luftwaffe	42
Herbert Schramm †	Germany	Luftwaffe	42
Robert Olejnik	Germany	Luftwaffe	41
Werner Baake	Germany	Luftwaffe	41
Leopold Fellerer	Germany	Luftwaffe	41
Wilhelm Balthasar †	Germany	Luftwaffe	40	+7 in Spanish Civil War	(+13 ground kills)
Richard I. Bong †	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	40		Top U.S. ace
Rudolf Busch	Germany	Luftwaffe	40
Peter Bremer	Germany	Luftwaffe	40
Wolf-Dietrich Huy	Germany	Luftwaffe	40
Hermann Neuhoff	Germany	Luftwaffe	40
Günter Steinhausen †	Germany	Luftwaffe	40
Marmaduke 'Pat' Pattle †	South Africa	Royal Air Force	40		Top British Commonwealth and South African ace, possibly 50+ victories
Satoru Anabuki	Japan	Imperial Japanese Army	39		51 claimed
Iyozo Fujita	Japan	Imperial Japanese Navy	39
Eckart-Wilhelm von Bonin	Germany	Luftwaffe	39
Cvitan Galić †	Croatia	Croatian Air Force	38
Ernst Borngen	Germany	Luftwaffe	38
Detlev Rohwer †	Germany	Luftwaffe	38
Eduard Tratt †	Germany	Luftwaffe	38
James Edgar "Johnnie" Johnson	United Kingdom	Royal Air Force	38
Thomas B. McGuire †	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	38
Ivan Babak	Soviet Union	Soviet Air Force	37
Klaus Neumann	Germany	Luftwaffe	37		Jet ace with 5 victories in Me 262
Heinz Bretnutz	Germany	Luftwaffe	37
Waldemar Radener	Germany	Luftwaffe	37
Maximilian Volke †	Germany	Luftwaffe	37
Sergey Luganski	Soviet Union	Soviet Air Force	37
Hiroyoshi Nishizawa †	Japan	Imperial Japanese Navy	36		Claimed 87 and up to 100-150 victories
Olavi Puro	Finland	Finnish Air Force	36
Nils Katajainen	Finland	Finnish Air Force	35½
Gunther Bertram	Germany	Luftwaffe	35
Petr Hnido	Soviet Union	Soviet Air Force	34
Paul Brandt	Germany	Luftwaffe	34
David McCampbell	United States	U.S. Navy	34		Top U.S. Navy ace, Ace in a day on two different occasions
Toshio Ota †	Japan	Imperial Japanese Navy	34
Ivan Stepanenko	Soviet Union	Soviet Air Force	33
Pierre Clostermann	France/Brazil	Free French Air Force; Royal Air Force	33		Top French ace
Heinz Beyer	Germany	Luftwaffe	33
Lauri Nissinen †	Finland	Finnish Air Force	32½
Ján Režňák	Slovak Republic	Slovak Air Force	32		Top Slovak ace, possibly 35 victories
Kyösti Karhila	Finland	Finnish Air Force	32
Hugo Frey †	Germany	Luftwaffe	32
Kazuo Sugino	Japan	Imperial Japanese Navy	32
Adolph 'Sailor' Malan	South Africa	Royal Air Force	32
George F. "Buzz" Beurling	Canada	Royal Air Force	31.5		Top Canadian ace
Hans-Karl Mayer †	Germany	Luftwaffe	31	+8 in Spanish Civil War
Alexandr Kumanichkin	Soviet Union	Soviet Air Force	31
Jorma Karhunen	Finland	Finnish Air Force	31
Dezső Szentgyörgyi	Hungary	Royal Hungarian Air Force	30½		Top Hungarian ace
Amet-khan Sultan	Soviet Union	Soviet Air Force	30		+19 shared
Robert Roland Stanford Tuck	United Kingdom	Royal Air Force	30
William Vale	United Kingdom	Royal Air Force	30		+6 shared
Franz Blazytko	Germany	Luftwaffe	30
Max Bucholz	Germany	Luftwaffe	30		Ace in a day
Erich Bartz	Germany	Luftwaffe	30
Friedrich-Karl "Nasen" Müller	Germany	Luftwaffe	30
Erich Woitke †	Germany	Luftwaffe	30	+4 in Spanish Civil War
Kaneyoshi Mutoh †	Japan	Imperial Japanese Navy	30
Ryotaro Jobou	Japan	Imperial Japanese Army	30
Emil Vesa	Finland	Finnish Air Force	29½
Walter Adolph †	Germany	Luftwaffe	29	+1 in Spanish Civil War
Bob Braham	United Kingdom	Royal Air Force	29
Clive Caldwell	Australia	Royal Australian Air Force	28½		Top Australian ace of WWII. Top P-40 ace. Ace in a day.
Tapio Järvi	Finland	Finnish Air Force	28½
Izidor Kovárik	Slovak Republic	Slovak Air Force	28		possibly 29
Ernst Andres †	Germany	Luftwaffe	28
Anton Benning	Germany	Luftwaffe	28
Alfred Burk	Germany	Luftwaffe	28
Hans-Heinrich Koenig †	Germany	Luftwaffe	28
Yasuhiko Kuroe	Japan	Imperial Japanese Army	28	+2 in Actions in Mongolia	51 claimed
"Paddy" Finucane †	Ireland	Royal Air Force	28		Top Irish ace
"Ginger" Lacey	United Kingdom	Royal Air Force	28
Francis "Gabby" Gabreski	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	28	+6½ in Korean War	(+2½ ground kills)
Gregory "Pappy" Boyington	United States	American Volunteer Group; U.S. Marine Corps	28		Ace status on 2 different air forces
Saburō Sakai	Japan	Imperial Japanese Navy	28		Includes unknown number of shared. Claims 64 total victories.
Colin Falkland Gray	New Zealand	Royal Air Force	27½		Top New Zealand ace
Neville Duke	United Kingdom	Royal Air Force	27
Karl Beckmann	Germany	Luftwaffe	27
Emil Clade	Germany	Luftwaffe	27
Josef Fözö	Germany	Luftwaffe	27	+3 in Spanish Civil War
Lothar Linke †	Germany	Luftwaffe	27
Constantin Rozariu	Romania	Royal Romanian Air Force	27
Robert S. Johnson	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	27
Charles H. MacDonald	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	27
Junichi Sasai †	Japan	Imperial Japanese Navy	27
Sadaaki Akamatsu	Japan	Imperial Japanese Navy	27
George E. Preddy, Jr. †	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	26.83		Ace in a day (+5 ground kills)
Eric Lock †	United Kingdom	Royal Air Force	26½
Klaus Alakoski	Finland	Finnish Air Force	26
Willi Reschke	Germany	Luftwaffe	26
Nobuo Ogiya	Japan	Imperial Japanese Navy	26
Ján Gerthoffer	Slovak Republic	Slovak Air Force	26
Joseph J. Foss	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	26		Top ace under USMC-only service
Lev Shestakov †	Soviet Union	Soviet Air Force	65	+39 in Spanish Civil War
György Debrődy	Hungary	Royal Hungarian Air Force	26
Lajos Tóth	Hungary	Royal Hungarian Air Force	26
Russell Bannock	Canada	Royal Canadian Air Force	25½		includes 19 V-1 flying bombs
Egon Albrecht-Lemke †	Nazi Germany/Brazil	Luftwaffe	25
Ludwig Bellof	Germany	Luftwaffe	25
Wolfgang Lippert †	Germany	Luftwaffe	25	+5 in Spanish Civil War
Robert M. Hanson †	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	25
Boris Safonov †	Soviet Union	Soviet Naval Aviation	25		+14 shared
Naoshi Kanno	Japan	Imperial Japanese Navy	25
László Molnár †	Hungary	Royal Hungarian Air Force	25
Frank Reginald Carey	United Kingdom	Royal Air Force	25
John C. Meyer	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	24	+2 in Korean War	(+13 ground kills)
Cecil E. Harris	United States	U.S. Navy	24
Peter Spoden	Germany	Luftwaffe	24		Night fighter ace
Johannes J. le Roux	South Africa	Royal Air Force	23½		Generally credited with attacking & wounding Erwin Rommel in his staff car in Normandy on 17 July 1944
Marcel Albert	France	Free French Air Force	23		Probably 2 more
Douglas Bader	United Kingdom	Royal Air Force	23
Eugene A. Valencia	United States	U.S. Navy	23
Kalevi Tervo	Finland	Finnish Air Force	23
Jorma Saarinen	Finland	Finnish Air Force	23
Lance C. Wade †	United States	Royal Air Force	23
Horst Patuschka †	Germany	Luftwaffe	22
Eero Kinnunen	Finland	Finnish Air Force	22½
David C. Schilling	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	22½		(+10½ ground kills)
Rolf Pingel	Germany	Luftwaffe	22	+6 Spanish Civil War
Teresio Vittorio Martinoli †	Italy	Regia Aeronautica	22		Top Italian ace of WWII; +14 shared
Leonardo Ferrulli †	Italy	Regia Aeronautica	22
Fritz Müller	Germany	Luftwaffe	22		Jet ace with 6 victories in Me 262
Artur Beese	Germany	Luftwaffe	22
Edward F. Charles	Canada	Royal Canadian Air Force	22
Alan Christopher Deere	New Zealand	Royal Air Force	22
Gerald R. Johnson	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	22
Neel E. Kearby †	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	22
Jay T. Robbins	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	22
Ion Mucenica	Romania	Royal Romanian Air Force	22
Dominic S. Gentile	United States	Royal Air Force; U.S. Army Air Forces	21.83		victories with 2 air forces (+7 ground kills)
Donald Kingaby	United Kingdom	Royal Air Force	21		+2 shared
Antti Tani	Finland	Finnish Air Force	21½
William V. Crawford-Crompton	New Zealand	Royal Air Force	21½
Raymond Brown Hesselyn	New Zealand	Royal New Zealand Air Force	21½
Fred J. Christensen	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	21½
Raymond S. Wetmore	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	21¼		(+2 ground kills)
Branse Burbridge	United Kingdom	Royal Air Force	21		Top RAF night fighter ace
Archie McKellar †	United Kingdom	Royal Air Force	21		Ace in a day
Jean Demozay	France	Royal Air Force	21
Franco Lucchini †	Italy	Regia Aeronautica	21	+6 in Spanish Civil War	+52 shared
Theodor Rossiwall	Germany	Luftwaffe	21
Franz von Werra †	Germany	Luftwaffe	21
John J. Voll	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	21
Kenneth A. Walsh	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	21
Paavo Myllylä	Finland	Finnish Air Force	21
Walker 'Bud' Melville Mahurin	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	20.75	+3½ in Korean War
Donald N. Aldrich	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	20
Rudolph Anter	Germany	Luftwaffe	20
Helmut Baudach	Germany	Luftwaffe	20		Jet ace with 5 victories in Me 262
Paul Becker	Germany	Luftwaffe	20
Hans Berschwinger	Germany	Luftwaffe	20
Helmut-Felix Bolz	Germany	Luftwaffe	20	+3 in Spanish Civil War
Cristea Chirvasuta	Romania	Royal Romanian Air Force	20
Michael Crossley	United Kingdom	Royal Air Force	20
Thomas J. Lynch †	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	20
Evan Mackie	New Zealand	Royal New Zealand Air Force	20		+3 shared
Henry Wallace McLeod †	Canada	Royal Canadian Air Force	20
Gerhard Sommer †	Germany	Luftwaffe	20
Robert B. Westbrook †	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	20
Vernon Crompton Woodward	Canada	Royal Air Force	20
Geoffrey Allard	United Kingdom	Royal Air Force	19		+5 shared
Viktor Pyötsiä	Finland	Finnish Air Force	19½
Väinö Suhonen	Finland	Finnish Air Force	19½
Franco Bordoni	Italy	Regia Aeronautica	19		5 victories with biplane; +18 shared
Mark Henry Brown †	Canada	Royal Air Force	19		First Canadian ace of WWII
Roy Dutton	United Kingdom	Royal Air Force	19
Luigi Gorrini	Italy	Regia Aeronautica	19		1 victory with biplane, 24 victories claimed
John "Cat's Eyes" Cunningham	United Kingdom	Royal Air Force	19		Night fighter ace
Glenn E. Duncan	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	19		(+7.8 ground kills)
Patrick D. Fleming	United States	U.S. Navy	19
Cornelius N. Nooy	United States	U.S. Navy	19
John Lucian Smith	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	19
Alexander Vraciu	United States	U.S. Navy	19
Erik Teromaa	Finland	Finnish Air Force	19
Constantin Lungulescu	Romania	Royal Romanian Air Force	19
Stanisław Skalski	Poland	Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force	18.91		Top Polish ace
Arthur J. Benko	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	18½
Marion E. Carl	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	18½
Lauri Pekuri	Finland	Finnish Air Force	18½
Leonard K. Carson	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	18½		(+3½ ground kills)
Glenn Eagleston	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	18½	+2 in Korean War	(+5 ground kills)
Wilbur J. Thomas	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	18½
Yukiyoshi Wakamatsu	Japan	Imperial Japanese Army	18+
Tateo Kato	Japan	Imperial Japanese Army	18		up to 30 claimed
Karel Kuttelwascher	Czechoslovakia	Royal Air Force	18		possibly 20
Harry von Bülow-Bothkamp	Germany	Luftwaffe	18	+6 in World War I
Witold Urbanowicz	Poland	Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force	18
Walter C. Beckham	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	18
Herschel H. Green	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	18
John C. "Pappy" Herbst	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	18
Albert Gerald Lewis	South Africa	Royal Air Force	18		Ace in a day
Miklós Kenyeres	Hungary	Royal Hungarian Air Force	18
Charles H. Older	United States	American Volunteer Group; U.S. Army Air Forces	18		Ace status on 2 different air forces
Takeo Tanimizu	Japan	Imperial Japanese Navy	18
Pierre Le Gloan †	France	French Air Force	18		Ace in a day
Hubert Zemke	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	17.75
John B. England	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	17½
Duane W. Beeson	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	17⅓		(+4.8 ground kills)
Jouko Huotari	Finland	Finnish Air Force	17½
John F. Thornell	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	17¼		(+2 ground kills)
Henry W. Brown	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	17.2		(+14½ ground kills)
Rudolf Božík	Slovak Republic	Slovak Air Force	17
Ugo Drago	Italy/Italian Social Republic	Regia Aeronautica, Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana	17
Cobber Kain	New Zealand	Royal Air Force	17		First RAF fighter ace of WWII
William "Willie" McKnight	Canada	Royal Air Force	17
Josef Frantisek	Czechoslovakia	Royal Air Force	17
Jorma Sarvanto	Finland	Finnish Air Force	17		Ace in a day (four minutes)
Yrjö Turkka	Finland	Finnish Air Force	17
Gerald W. Johnson	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	17
James S. Varnell Jr.	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	17
Bolesław Gładych	Poland	Polish Air Force/French Air Force/Royal Air Force/U.S. Army Air Forces	17		victories with 3 air forces
Keith Truscott	Australia	Royal Australian Air Force	17
Stanley Orr	United Kingdom	Fleet Air Arm	17
Tony Lovell	United Kingdom	Royal Air Force	16		+6 shared (+1 ground kill)
Eugeniusz Horbaczewski	Poland	Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force	16½
William T. Klersey †	Canada	Royal Canadian Air Force	16½		(+2 ground kills)
Aulis Lumme	Finland	Finnish Air Force	16½
James MacLachlan	United Kingdom	Royal Air Force	16½		7½ after the amputation of his left arm
Eero Riihikallio	Finland	Finnish Air Force	16½
Nigel Cullen	Australia	Royal Air Force	16½
John T. Godfrey	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	16⅓		(+18 ground kills)
Adrian Goldsmith	Australia	Royal Australian Air Force	16¼
Clarence E. Anderson	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	16¼		(+1 ground kill)
Paul Galland	Germany	Luftwaffe	16
Les Clisby	Australia	Royal Air Force	16
Franjo Dzal	Croatia	Croatian Air Force	16
Douglas Baker	United States	U.S. Navy	16
James Francis Edwards	Canada	Royal Canadian Air Force	16
Eero Halonen	Finland	Finnish Air Force	16
Bill Harris	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	16
Buck McNair	Canada	Royal Canadian Air Force	16
John Plagis	Rhodesia	Royal Air Force	16		Top Rhodesian ace
Ioan Dicezare	Romania	Royal Romanian Air Force	16
Ira C. Kepford	United States	U.S. Navy	16
Charles R. Stimpson	United States	U.S. Navy	16
Stan Turner	Canada	Royal Canadian Air Force	16
William T. Whisner, Jr.	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	16	+5½ in Korean War	(+3½ ground kills)
George Welch	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	16
Edmond Marin la Meslée †	France	French Air Force	16
Mario Visintini	Italy	Regia Aeronautica	16	+1 in Spanish Civil War	Top Biplane ace of WWII (+32 ground kills)
Vasile Gavriliu	Romania	Royal Romanian Air Force	16
Ernest Mason	United Kingdom	Royal Air Force	15+		+2 shared
John Lloyd Waddy	Australia	Royal Australian Air Force	15½
Donald M. Beerbower	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	15½
Brian Carbury	New Zealand	Royal Air Force	15½		Ace in a day
Richard A. Peterson	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	15½		(+3½ ground kills)
James E. Swett	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	15½		Ace in a day
David Lee "Tex" Hill	United States	American Volunteer Group; U.S. Army Air Forces	15¼		Ace status on 2 different air forces
Martti Alho	Finland	Finnish Air Force	15
Ljudevit Bencetic	Croatia	Croatian Air Force	15
Jack T. Bradley	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	15
Samuel J. Brown	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	15
Edward "Porky" Cragg	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	15
František Cyprich	Slovak Republic	Slovak Air Force	15		possibly 18
Kenneth H. Dahlberg	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	15
Robert Francis Thomas "Bob" Doe	United Kingdom	Royal Air Force	15		Includes two shared. One more probable.
William D. Dunham	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	15
Robert W. Foy	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	15
John "Jack" Frost †	South Africa	South African Air Force	15
Raymond Harries	United Kingdom	Royal Air Force	15		+3 shared
Ralph K. Hofer	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	15		(+14 ground kills)
Cyril F. Homer	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	15
Paterson Hughes	Australia	Royal Air Force	15
Don C. Laubman	Canada	Royal Canadian Air Force	15
Ian Roy MacLennan	Canada	Royal Canadian Air Force	15
Harold L. Spears	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	15
Stoyan Stoyanov	Bulgaria	Royal Bulgarian Air Force	15
Alois Vašátko	Czechoslovakia	Royal Air Force	15
Dan Vizanti	Romania	Royal Romanian Air Force	15
Donald H. Bochkay	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	14.84
Donald J. Blakeslee	United States	Royal Air Force; U.S. Army Air Forces	14½		victories with 2 air forces
John D. Landers	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	14½		(+20 ground kills)
Aaro Nuorala	Finland	Finnish Air Force	14½
Joseph H. Powers, Jr.	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	14½
Johnnie Checketts	New Zealand	Royal New Zealand Air Force	14½
Henry Brown	United States	U.S. Army Air Force	14½		(+14.5 ground kills)
Charles Scherf	Australia	Royal Australian Air Force	14½		(+9 ground kills)
Mario Bellagambi	Italy	Regia Aeronautica	14
Svein Heglund	Norway	Royal Air Force	14
Sophus Baagoe	Germany	Luftwaffe	14
Günther Wegmann	Germany	Luftwaffe	14		Jet ace with 8 victories in Me 262
František Brezina	Slovak Republic	Slovak Air Force	14
Bruce W. Carr	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	14		(+10 ground kills)
Robert C. Curtis	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	14
Robert M. DeHaven	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	14
Archie G. Donahue	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	14
Wallace N. Emmer	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	14
James A. Goodson	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	14		(+13 ground kills)
Arthur R. Hawkins	United States	U.S. Navy	14
Arthur F. Jeffrey	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	14
Edward O. McComas	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	14
Elbert S. McCuskey	United States	U.S. Navy	14
Daniel T. Roberts, Jr.	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	14
John L. Wirth	United States	U.S. Navy	14
István Fábián (pilot)	Hungary	Royal Hungarian Air Force	14
István Kálmán	Hungary	Royal Hungarian Air Force	14
William Henry Franklin	United Kingdom	Royal Air Force	13½
George C. Duncan	United States	U.S. Navy	13½
Pekka Kokko	Finland	Finnish Air Force	13½
Heimo Lampi	Finland	Finnish Air Force	13½
Roger W. Mehle	United States	U.S. Navy	13½
Donald J. Strait	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	13½
George Carpenter	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	13.4		(+4 ground kills)
Donald S. Bryan	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	13.3		Ace in a day
Helmut Lennartz	Germany	Luftwaffe	13		Jet ace with 5 victories in Me 262
Darrell S. Cramer	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	13
John Wong Pan-Yang	United States	Chinese Nationalist Air Force	13
James L. Brooks	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	13
Jan Zumbach	Poland	Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force	13
Safet Boskic	Croatia	Croatian Air Force	13
Mervyn Shipard	Australia	Royal Australian Air Force	13
Daniel A. Carmichael, Jr.	United States	U.S. Navy	13
James N. Cupp	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	13
Clyde B. East	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	13
Robert E. Galer	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	13
John F. Hampshire	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	13
Bruce K. Holloway	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	13
William P. Marontate	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	13
Willard. W. Millikan	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	13		(+2 ground kills)
Glennon T. Moran	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	13		(+3 ground kills)
Robert Neale	United States	American Volunteer Group	13		(+2½ ground kills)
László Pottyondi	Hungary	Royal Hungarian Air Force	13
László Máthé	Hungary	Royal Hungarian Air Force	13
Robin Olds	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	13	+4 in Vietnam War	(+11 ground kills)
James O'Meara	United Kingdom	Royal Air Force	13
Yrjö Pallasvuo	Finland	Finnish Air Force	13
Harry A. Parker	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	13
Roy W. Rushing	United States	U.S. Navy	13
Edward O. Shaw	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	13
AJ "Jackie" Sewell	United Kingdom	Fleet Air Arm	13
Robert W. Stephens	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	13
John R. Strane	United States	U.S. Navy	13
Robert Lee Scott, Jr.	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	13
Wendell V. Twelves	United States	U.S. Navy	13
Tony Bartley	United Kingdom	Royal Air Force	13
Ian Richard Gleed	United Kingdom	Royal Air Force	13
Felix D. Williamson	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	13
Tiberiu Vinca	Romania	Royal Romanian Air Force	13
Ioan Maga	Romania	Royal Romanian Air Force	13
Henryk Pietrzak	Poland	Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force	12½
Lasse Aaltonen	Finland	Finnish Air Force	12½
Ted Thorn	United Kingdom	Royal Air Force	12½
Hugo Armstrong	Australia	Royal Australian Air Force	12½
Andrew "Nicky" Barr	Australia	Royal Australian Air Force	12½
Tony Gaze	Australia	Royal Air Force	12½
Lowell K. Brueland	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	12½	+2 in Korean War
Kenneth D. Frazier	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	12½
David Charles "Foob" Fairbanks	United States	Royal Canadian Air Force	12½
Irving Farmer Kennedy	Canada	Royal Canadian Air Force	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	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	12½		(+1 ground kill)
Quince L. Brown	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	12⅓		(+2 ground kills)
Luigi Baron	Italy	Regia Aeronautica	12
Mato Culinovic	Croatia	Croatian Air Force	12
John A. Kent	Canada	Royal Air Force	12		(+1 ground kill)
Eduard Martinko	Croatia	Croatian Air Force	12
Veca Mikovic	Croatia	Croatian Air Force	12
Zlatko Stipcic	Croatia	Croatian Air Force	12
Marian Pisarek	Poland	Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force	12
John Dundas	United Kingdom	Royal Air Force	12
John Freeborn	United Kingdom	Royal Air Force	12
Jozef Štauder	Slovak Republic	Slovak Air Force	12		possibly 13
Pavol Zeleňák	Slovak Republic	Slovak Air Force	12
Bruce Bretherton	Australia	Royal Australian Air Force	12
Charles Crombie	Australia	Royal Australian Air Force	12
Peter Turnbull	Australia	Royal Australian Air Force	12
John Yarra	Australia	Royal Australian Air Force	12
Anton Matúšek	Slovak Republic	Slovak Air Force	12
Leo Ahokas	Finland	Finnish Air Force	12
Michael Brezas	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	12
Levi R. Chase	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	12
Clement M. Craig	United States	U.S. Navy	12
Nicholas Gresham Cooke †	United Kingdom	Royal Air Force	12		Ace in a day
David B. Eastham	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	12
Loren D. Everton	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	12
Luigi Giannella	Italy	Regia Aeronautica	12
George W. Gleason	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	12		(+2½ ground kills)
Leroy E. Harris	United States	U.S. Navy	12
Coatsworth B. Head, Jr.	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	12
Roger R. Hedrick	United States	U.S. Navy	12
Howard D. Hively	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	12		(+2½ ground kills)
Georg Kraft †	Germany	Luftwaffe	12		Night fighter ace
Kenneth G. Ladd	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	12
Albert Lippett †	United Kingdom	Royal Air Force	12		Ace in a day, turret gunner on a two-man fighter plane
Lydia Litvyak	Soviet Union	Soviet Air Force	12		Top female ace
William J. Masoner, Jr.	United States	U.S. Navy	12
Pierce McKennon	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	12		(+9.7 ground kills)
Robert W. Moore	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	12
József Málik †	Hungary	Royal Hungarian Air Force	12
Ferenc Málnássy †	Hungary	Royal Hungarian Air Force	12
František Peřina	Czechoslovakia	Royal Air Force	12
Michael J. Quirk	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	12		(+5 ground kills)
Attilio Sanson	Italy	Regia Aeronautica	12
LeRoy A. Schreiber	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	12		(+2 ground kills)
Harold E. Segal	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	12
James A. Shirley	United States	U.S. Navy	12
Norman C. Skogstad	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	12
William J. Sloan	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	12
Giorgio Solaroli di Briona	Italy	Regia Aeronautica	12
Eugene A. Trowbridge	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	12
Richard E. Turner	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	12		possibly just 11 (+2 V-1 flying bombs)
James A. Watkins	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	12
Richard L. West	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	12
Nicholas Megura	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	11.84		(+3.8 ground kills)
George R. Carr	United States	U.S. Navy	11½
James A. Clark, Jr.	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	11½		(+4½ ground kills)
Paul A. Conger	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	11½
Olin E. Gilbert	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	11½
William T. Halton	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	11½		(+2 ground kills)
William J. Hovde	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	11½	+1 in Korean War	(+2 ground kills)
John A. Kirla, Jr.	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	11½		(+½ ground kill)
William N. Snider	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	11½
Albert O. Vorse Jr.	United States	U.S. Navy	11½
Charles E. "Chuck" Yeager	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	11½
Liu Chi-Sheng / Liu Zhesheng	China	Chinese Nationalist Air Force	11.3		Top Chinese ace
Howard Mayers	Australia	Royal Air Force	11.3
Louis H. Norley	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	11.3		(+5 ground kills)
Philip C. DeLong	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	11.2	+2 in Korean War
Richard John Cork	United Kingdom	Fleet Air Arm	11		Ace in a day
Ian Bedford Nesbitt Russell	Australia	Royal Air Force	11
Albin Starc	Croatia	Croatian Air Force	11
Josip Helebrant	Croatia	Croatian Air Force	11
Stjepan Martinasevic	Croatia	Croatian Air Force	11
Harold W. Bauer	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	11
John T. Blackburn	United States	U.S. Navy	11
William A. Dean, Jr.	United States	U.S. Navy	11
László Dániel	Hungary	Royal Hungarian Air Force	11
Geoff Fisken	New Zealand	Royal New Zealand Air Force	11
Carl M. Frantz	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	11
James B. French (pilot)	United States	U.S. Navy	11
Robert J. Goebel	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	11
Ronald Hamlyn	United Kingdom	Royal Air Force	11		Ace in a day
Phillip L. Kirkwood	United States	U.S. Navy	11
John B. Lawler	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	11
Hemmo Leino	Finland	Finnish Air Force	11
Francis J. Lent	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	11
Leland P. Molland	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	11
William L. Leverette	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	11
John S. Loisel	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	11
Wayne L. Lowry	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	11
Carlo Magnaghi	Italy	Regia Aeronautica	11
Charles M. Mallory	United States	U.S. Navy	11
Alexei Petrovich Maresiev	Soviet Union	Soviet Air Force	11		3 victories after losing his legs
Charles M. McCorkle	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	11
Norman L. McDonald	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	11
Hamilton McWhorter III	United States	U.S. Navy	11
John W. Mitchell	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	11	+4 in Korean War
Urho Nieminen	Finland	Finnish Air Force	11
Harvey P. Picken	United States	U.S. Navy	11
James V. Reber, Jr.	United States	U.S. Navy	11
Elmer W. Richardson	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	11		possibly just 8
Robert H. Riddle	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	11
James F. Rigg	United States	U.S. Navy	11
Donald E. Runyon	United States	U.S. Navy	11
Donald H. Sapp	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	11
Murray Shubin	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	11
Otto Smik	Czechoslovakia	Royal Air Force	11		(+3 V-1 flying bombs)
Cornelius Smith, Jr.	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	11
Giorgio Solaroli di Briona	Italy	Regia Aeronautica	11
Kenneth C. Sparks	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	11
Richard E. Stanbrook	United States	U.S. Navy	11
Mario Veronesi	Italy	Regia Aeronautica	11
Virgil K. Meroney	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	10
Ilkka Törrönen	Finland	Finnish Air Force	11
Mario Veronesi	Italy	Regia Aeronautica	11
Ioan Malacescu	Romania	Royal Romanian Air Force	11
Teodor Zabava	Romania	Royal Romanian Air Force	11
George T. Burgard	United States	American Volunteer Group	10.75
Frank Q. O'Conner	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	10.75
Charles F. Anderson, Jr.	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	10½		(+5½ ground kills)
Richard Joseph Audet †	Canada	Royal Canadian Air Force	10½		Ace in a day
Marshall U. Beebe	United States	U.S. Navy	10½
George F. Ceulleers	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	10½
Jack E. Conger	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	10½
George A. Doersch	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	10½		(+½ ground kill)
Niilo Erkinheimo	Finland	Finnish Air Force	10½
William J. Hovde	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	10½	+4 in Korean War	(+2 ground kills)
Martti Kalima	Finland	Finnish Air Force	10½
Kullervo Lahtela	Finland	Finnish Air Force	10½
Raymond H. Littge	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	10½		(+13 ground kills)
Kai Metsola	Finland	Finnish Air Force	10½
John V. Newkirk	United States	American Volunteer Group	10½
Eino Peltola	Finland	Finnish Air Force	10½
Edward Rector	United States	American Volunteer Group; U.S. Army Air Forces	10½		victories with 2 air forces
Russell E. Reiserer	United States	U.S. Navy	10½
John A. Storch	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	10½		(+1½ ground kills)
John C. Symmes	United States	U.S. Navy	10½
Robert E. Murray	United States	U.S. Navy	10.4
Ralph E. Elliot	United States	U.S. Navy	10.3
Fred W. Glover	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	10.3		(+12½ ground kills)
Bobby Gibbes	Australia	Royal Australian Air Force	10¼
William D. McGarry	United States	American Volunteer Group	10¼
Stanley W. Vejtasa	United States	U.S. Navy	10¼		Ace in a day
Robert W Aschenbrenner	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	10
Wilfred Arthur	Australia	Royal Australian Air Force	10
Virgil Brennan	Australia	Royal Australian Air Force	10
Colin Parkinson	Australia	Royal Australian Air Force	10
Frank B. Baldwin	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	10
Wayne K. Blickenstaff	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	10
Archie Boyd	United Kingdom	Royal Air Force	10
Joseph E. Broadhead	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	10
Carl A. Brown, Jr.	United States	U.S. Navy	10
Thaddeus T. Coleman	United States	U.S. Navy	10
William K. Giroux	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	10
Walter J. Goehausen, Jr.	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	10
George Ernest Goodman †	United Kingdom	Royal Air Force	10		+6 shared
Ernest A. Harris	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	10
Iro Ilk	Germany	Luftwaffe	10
Alwin M. Juchheim, Jr.	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	10		(+6 ground kills)
Veikko Karu	Finland	Finnish Air Force	10
Mauno Kirjonen	Finland	Finnish Air Force	10
Ahti Laitinen	Finland	Finnish Air Force	10
Robert Little †	United States	American Volunteer Group	10
Edward E. Lines	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	10
Herbert H. Long	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	10
Thomas H. Mann, Jr.	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	10
Miroslav J. Mansfeld	Czechoslovakia	Royal Air Force	10		(+2 V-1 flying bombs)
Joseph L. Mansker	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	10
Harris E. Mitchell	United States	U.S. Navy	10
Mikko Pasila	Finland	Finnish Air Force	10
Steve Pisanos	Greece	Royal Air Force; U.S. Army Air Forces	10
Robert J. Rankin	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	10
Thomas H. Reidy	United States	U.S. Navy	10
Andrew J. Reynolds	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	10
Robert L. Scott, Jr.	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	10
Arthur Singer, Jr.	United States	U.S. Navy	10
John M. Smith	United States	U.S. Navy	10
Claudio Solaro	Italy	Regia Aeronautica	10	+1 in Spanish Civil War
Paul M. Stanch	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	10
Josef Stehlík	Czechoslovakia	Royal Air Force	10
Elliot Summer	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	10
James S. Swope	United States	U.S. Navy	10
Ennio Tarantola	Italy	Regia Aeronautica	10	+1 in Spanish Civil War
Adriano Visconti	Italy	Regia Aeronautica	10
Robert V. Westermark	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	10
Ion Dobran	Romania	Royal Romanian Air Force	10
Nicolae Polizu-Micsunesti	Romania	Royal Romanian Air Force	10
Dumitru Ilie	Romania	Royal Romanian Air Force	10
Fletcher E. Adams	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	9 ½
Frederick Alan Aikman	Canada	Royal Canadian Air Force	9 ½
Ernest E. Bankey, Jr.	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	9 ½		(+8 ground kills)
Leonard J. Check	United States	U.S. Navy	9 ½
Edward Coate	Australia	Royal Australian Air Force	9 ½
Ernest C. Fiebelkorn	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	9 ½		possibly just 9 (+2 ground kills)
Aleksander Gabszewicz	Poland	Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force	9 ½
Michał Maciejowski	Poland	Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force	9 ½
Dale F. Spencer	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	9 ½		(+½ ground kill)
Robert C. Coats	United States	U.S. Navy	9 ⅓
Mirosław Ferić	Poland	Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force	9 ⅓
Henryk Szczęsny	Poland	Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force	9 ⅓
Charles R. Bond	United States	American Volunteer Group	9 ¼
Stephen W. Andrew	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	9		(+6½ ground kills)
William M. Banks	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	9 ½
Emanuele Annoni	Italy	Regia Aeronautica	9
Lee "Buddy" Archer	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	9		(+6 ground kills)
Roderick Bowes	Australia	Royal Australian Air Force	9
Aleksander Chudek	Poland	Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force	9
Edgar R. Bassett	United States	U.S. Navy	9
Norman R. Berree	United States	U.S. Navy	9
William R. Bland	United States	U.S. Navy	9
George E. Bostwick	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	9		(+6 ground kills)
Mark K. Bright	United States	U.S. Navy	9
Paul D. Buie	United States	U.S. Navy	9
Lajos Buday †	Hungary	Royal Hungarian Air Force	9
Henry A. Carey, Jr.	United States	U.S. Navy	9
Frederick F. Champlin	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	9
Frank J. Collins	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	9		possibly just 8
William M. Collins, Jr.	United States	U.S. Navy	9
Richard L. Cormier	United States	U.S. Navy	9
Louis E. Curdes	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	9
Perry A. Dahl	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	9
Jefferson J. DeBlanc	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	9		Ace in a day
Richard W. Dunkin	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	9
Charles H. Dyson	United Kingdom	Royal Air Force	9		Ace in a day (six minutes)
Richard T. Eastmond	United States	U.S. Navy	9
Robert A. Elder	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	9		(+2 ground kills)
Eugene H. Emmons	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	9
Jan Falkowski	Poland	Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force	9
Grover E. Fanning	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	9
Edward L. Feightner	United States	U.S. Navy	9
Sylvan Feld	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	9
Joseph M. Forester	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	9
Marvin J. Franger	United States	U.S. Navy	9
Doris C. Freeman	United States	U.S. Navy	9
Kenneth W. Gallup	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	9		(+2 ground kills)
Antoni Glowacki	Poland	Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force	9		Ace in a day
Thomas S. Harris	United States	U.S. Navy	9
Frederick R. Haviland, Jr.	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	9		(+6 ground kills)
Allen E. Hill	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	9
Frank D. Hurlburt	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	9
James Timothy Kearney	Australia	Royal Australian Air Force	9
George C. Kiser	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	9
Joseph J. Lesicka	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	9
Christopher L. Magee	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	9
Louis A. Menard, Jr.	United States	U.S. Navy	9
Virgil K. Merony	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	9
Stanley B. Morrill	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	9
Walter Omiccioli	Italy	Regia Aeronautica	9
Edmund F. Overend	United States	American Volunteer Group; U.S. Marine Corps	9		victories with 2 air forces
Lloyd J. Overfield	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	9
Joel B. Paris III	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	9
Eugene D. Redmond	United States	U.S. Navy	9
William N. Reed	United States	American Volunteer Group; U.S. Army Air Forces	9		victories with 2 air forces
Daniel R. Rehm, Jr.	United States	U.S. Navy	9
Eugene P. Roberts	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	9
Hans-Ulrich Rudel	Germany	Luftwaffe	9		Also a top ground attack pilot, with 2000+ targets destroyed
Meryl M. Smith	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	9
Robert T. Smith	United States	American Volunteer Group	9
Natalino Stabile	Italy	Regia Aeronautica	9	+ 1 in Spanish Civil War
James S. Stewart	United States	U.S. Navy	9
John S. Stewart	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	9
Franklin C. Thomas, Jr.	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	9
Arthur Van Haren, Jr.	United States	U.S. Navy	9
Benjamin F. Warmer	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	9
Robert H. White	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	9
Isamu Kashiide	Japan	Imperial Japanese Army	9		claims 26 B-29s and 7 Soviet fighters
Judge E. Wolfe	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	9
Gheorghe Popescu Ciocanel	Romania	Royal Romanian Air Force	9
Stefan Greceanu	Romania	Royal Romanian Air Force	9
Gheorghe Cocebas	Romania	Royal Romanian Air Force	9
Andrei Radulescu	Romania	Royal Romanian Air Force	9
Charles E. Watts	United States	U.S. Navy	8.75
John L. Banks	United States	U.S. Navy	8½
William E. Bryan, Jr.	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	8½
Stanisław Brzeski	Poland	Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force	8½
James B. Cain	United States	U.S. Navy	8½
Charles J. Cesky	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	8½
Oscar I. Chenoweth	United States	U.S. Navy	8½
Arthur Chin	United States	Chinese Nationalist Air Force	8½		First American ace of WWII, flew biplane fighter
Frank A. Cutler	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	8½		(+3 ground kills)
Carl C. Foster	United States	U.S. Navy	8½
John F. Gray	United States	U.S. Navy	8½
Everett G. Hargreaves	United States	U.S. Navy	8½
Thomas L. Hayes, Jr.	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	8½
Zdzisław Henneberg †	Poland	Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force	8½
John H. Hoefker	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	8½
Otto D. Jenkins	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	8½		(+2 ground kills)
Arthur G. Johnson	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	8½
George Noel Keith †	Canada	Royal Canadian Air Force	8½
Wacław Król	Poland	Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force	8½
Frank L. Lawlor	United States	American Volunteer Group	8½
Gregory K. Loesch	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	8½
Carl J. Luksic	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	8½		(+7 ground kills)
Donald McDowell	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	8½
Bernard J. McGrattan	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	8½
Sanford K. Moats	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	8½
John L. Morgan, Jr.	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	8½
George W. Pigman	United States	U.S. Navy	8½
Claude W. Plant	United States	U.S. Navy	8½
Albert L. Schlegel	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	8½
Dallas Schmidt	Canada	Royal Canadian Air Force	8½
Larry R. Self	United States	U.S. Navy	8½
Antoni Głowacki	Poland	Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force	8⅓
Eugeniusz Szaposznikow	Poland	Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force	8⅓
John Fraser Drummond	United Kingdom	Royal Air Force	8⅓
James H. Howard	United States	American Volunteer Group; U.S. Army Air Forces	8⅓		victories with 2 air forces
Franklin T. Gabriel	United States	U.S. Navy	8¼
George B. McMillan	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	8¼		(+1 ground kills)
Adolf Pietrasiak	Poland	Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force	8.1
Witold Łokuciewski	Poland	Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force	8
Erich Büttner	Germany	Luftwaffe	8		Jet ace with all victories in Me 262
John M. Ainlay	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	8		possibly just 7
John R. Alison	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	8
David W. Allen (USAAF)	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	8
Frederick A. Bardshar	United States	U.S. Navy	8
Lloyd G. Barnard	United States	U.S. Navy	8
Walter G. Benz, Jr.	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	8
William J. Bonneau	United States	U.S. Navy	8
Robert J. Booth	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	8
Roy O. Burnett, Jr.	United States	U.S. Navy	8
Walter J. Carroll, Jr.	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	8
William N. Case	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	8
J. D. Collinsworth	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	8		possibly just 6
Arthur W. Cruikshank	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	8
Václav Cukr-Cooper	Czechoslovakia	Royal Air Force	8
Fernley H. Damstrom	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	8
John F. Dobbin	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	8
Landis E. Doner	United States	U.S. Navy	8
Frederick J. Dorsch	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	8
Walter F. Duke	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	8
William C. Edens	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	8		(+3 ground kills)
John L. Elder	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	8		(+13 ground kills)
Eric A. Evenson	United States	U.S. Navy	8
Arthur C. Fielder, Jr.	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	8
Francis M. Fleming	United States	U.S. Navy	8
James M. Fowle	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	8
William A. Gardner	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	8
Frank Gaunt	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	8		possibly just 7
Francis R. Gerard	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	8
Clement D. Gile	United States	U.S. Navy	8
Maxwell H. Glenn	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	8		possibly just 5 (+3 ground kills)
Mathew M. Gordon	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	8
Leroy V. Grosshuesch	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	8
Fred E. Gutt	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	8
Mayo A. Hadden, Jr.	United States	U.S. Navy	8
Aladár Heppes	Hungary	Royal Hungarian Air Force	8
Frederick A. Harris	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	8
Kenneth F. Hart	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	8
Edwin J. Herman (or Hernan), Jr.	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	8
George L. Hollowell	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	8
Angus Horne	United Kingdom	Royal Air Force	8
Jack M. Ilfrey	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	8
Michael J. Jackson	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	8		(+5½ ground kills)
Byron M. Johnson	United States	U.S. Navy	8
John M. Johnson	United States	U.S. Navy	8
John L. Jones	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	8
Claiborne H. Kinnard	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	8		(+17 ground kills)
Pál Kovács (pilot) †	Hungary	Royal Hungarian Air Force	8
Charles M. Kunz	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	8
William N. Leonard	United States	U.S. Navy	8
Elvin L. Lindsay	United States	U.S. Navy	8
Thomas E. Maloney	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	8		possibly just 7
William R. Maxwell	United States	U.S. Navy	8
Earl May, Jr.	United States	U.S. Navy	8
Johnnie G. Miller	United States	U.S. Navy	8
Erich Mix	Germany	Luftwaffe	8	+3 in World War I	possibly 13
William W. Momyer	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	8
Douglas W. Mulcahey	United States	U.S. Navy	8
Alva C. Murphy	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	8
Joseph L. Narr	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	8
George P. Novotny	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	9
John G. O'Neill	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	8
Edward M. Owen	United States	U.S. Navy	8
Nathan T. Post	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	8
Luther D. Prater, Jr.	United States	U.S. Navy	8
Edward F. Roddy	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	8
Robert R. Rowland	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	8
Philip Sangermano (FO)	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	8
Charles W. Sawyer	United States	American Volunteer Group; U.S. Army Air Forces	8		victories with 2 air forces
Glenn D. Schiltz Jr.	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	8
David A. Scott	United States	U.S. Navy	8		possibly 9
Dale E. Shafer	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	8
Robert M. Shaw	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	8
William A. Shomo	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	8
Robert H. Smith	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	8
Gordon Arthur Stanley	United States	U.S. Navy	8
Arland Stanton	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	8
John L. Sublett	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	8
Leopold Šrom	Czechoslovakia	Royal Air Force	8
James B. Tapp	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	8
Philip Edward Tovrea Jr.	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	8
James O. Tyler	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	8
John W. Vogt, Jr.	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	8
Boyd D. "Buzz" Wagner	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	8		First U.S. Armed Forces ace, within nine days of Attack on Pearl Harbor
Victor E. Warford	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	8
Arthur T. Warner	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	8
Charles E. Weaver	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	8		(+3 ground kills)
Hans-Dieter Weihs	Germany	Luftwaffe	8		Jet ace with all victories in Me 262
Norman. F Williams	Australia	Royal Australian Air Force	8		Bomber rear gunner, only non-fighter plane ace of WWII
Rex Kerslake Wilson	Australia	Royal Australian Air Force	8
Theodore H. Winters, Jr.	United States	U.S. Navy	8
Donald K. Yost	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	8
Dan Scurtu	Romania	Royal Romanian Air Force	8
Traian Dirjan	Romania	Royal Romanian Air Force	8
Eugen Cameceanu	Romania	Royal Romanian Air Force	8
Mihai Mihordea	Romania	Royal Romanian Air Force	8
Ioan Panaite	Romania	Royal Romanian Air Force	8
Joseph L. Lang	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	7.83
Everett W. Stewart	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	7.83		(+1.5 ground kills)
Józef Jeka	Poland	Polish Air Forces/Royal Air Force	7½
Henryk Pietrzak	Poland	Polish Air Forces/Royal Air Force	7½
Howard M. Burriss	United States	U.S. Navy	7½
Kenneth J. Dahms	United States	U.S. Navy	7½
Noel le Chevalier Agazarian †	United Kingdom	Royal Air Force	7
Alfred Ambs	Germany	Luftwaffe	7		Jet ace with all victories in Me 262
William Y. Anderson	Sweden	U.S. Army Air Forces	7		(+1 V-1 flying bomb)
Karl-Heinz Becker	Germany	Luftwaffe	7		Jet ace with all victories in Me 262
Rolf Arne Berg †	Norway	Royal Air Force	7
Marian Bełc	Poland	Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force	7
Harry W. Brown	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	7
Liu Chui-Kang / Liu Cuigang	China	Chinese Nationalist Air Force	7
Robert A. Dibb	United States	U.S. Navy	7
Furio Niclot Doglio	Italy	Regia Aeronautica	7
Bolesław Drobiński	Poland	Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force	7
Helmut Eberspächer	Germany	Luftwaffe	7
Hugh C. Godefroy	Netherlands/Canada	Royal Air Force; Royal Canadian Air Force	7
Gordon M. Graham	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	7		(+9.5 ground kills)
Roger Haberman	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	7
Pál Irányi	Hungary	Royal Hungarian Air Force	7
Václav Jícha	Czechoslovakia	Royal Air Force	7
Stanisław Karubin	Poland	Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force	7
Konstantin Kokkinaki	Soviet Union	Soviet Air Forces	7	+7 in Second Sino-Japanese War
Franz Köster	Germany	Luftwaffe	7		Jet ace with all victories in Me 262
Otmar Kučera	Czechoslovakia	Royal Air Force	7
Wolfgang Kuthe †	Germany	Luftwaffe	7		Night fighter ace
Béla Lipcsey	Hungary	Luftwaffe	7
Bert W. Marshall, Jr.	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	7		(+4 ground kills)
Iosif Moraru	Romania	Royal Romanian Air Force	7
Liviu Muresan	Romania	Royal Romanian Air Force	7
Giuseppe Oblach	Italy	Regia Aeronautica	7
Edward "Butch" O'Hare †	United States	U.S. Navy	7
Sammy A. Pierce	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	7
Stanislav Plzák	Czechoslovakia	Royal Air Force	7
Constantin Pomut	Romania	Royal Romanian Air Force	7
Walter Prues	Germany	Luftwaffe	7		Night fighter ace
Arval J. Roberson	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	7		(+1 ground kill)
Ferruccio Serafini	Italy	Regia Aeronautica	7
Ernest Shipman	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	7
Parsifal Stefanescu	Romania	Royal Romanian Air Force	7
Kálmán Szeverényi †	Hungary	Royal Hungarian Air Force	7
György Ujszászy	Hungary	Royal Hungarian Air Force	7
Tomáš Vybíral	Czechoslovakia	Royal Air Force	7
Sydney S. Woods	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	7
Robert E. Woody	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	7		(+2 ground kills)
Karol Pniak	Poland	Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force	6.75
Basil Gerald "Stapme" Stapleton	South Africa	Royal Air Force	6.66
Howard Peter Blatchford †	Canada	Royal Canadian Air Force	6½
Lloyd Chadburn †	Canada	Royal Canadian Air Force	6½
James Douglas Lindsay	Canada	Royal Canadian Air Force	6½		+2 in Korean War
Willard Eder	United States	U.S. Navy	6½
Russell Foskett	Australia	Royal Australian Air Force	6½
Wacław Łapkowski	Poland	Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force	6.33
Alan Peart	New Zealand	Royal Air Force	6.33
Horia Agarici	Romania	Royal Romanian Air Force	6
Florin Alexiu	Romania	Royal Romanian Air Force	6
GianLino Baschirotto	Italy	Regia Aeronautica	6	+5 in Spanish Civil War
Livio Bassi	Italy	Regia Aeronautica	6
Wolfrat Bauer †	Germany	Luftwaffe	6		Night fighter ace
Henry S. Bille	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	6		(+4 ground kills)
Scrappy Blumer	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	6		Ace in a day (fifteen minutes)
James B. Dalglish	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	6		(+3 V-1 flying bombs)
František Doležal	Czechoslovakia	Royal Air Force	6
Josef Dygrýn-Ligotický	Czechoslovakia	Royal Air Force	6
Stanislav Fejfar	Czechoslovakia	Royal Air Force	6
Guido Fibbia	Italy	Regia Aeronautica	6	+3 in Spanish Civil War
Carlos Faustinos	Mexico	Mexican Air Force	6		Also known as Charlie Foster.
Ervin Flóznik †	Hungary	Royal Hungarian Air Force	6
James W. Griffis	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	6
Fred R. Haviland, Jr.	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	6		(+6 ground kills)
Horace B. Moranville	United States	U.S. Navy	6
James P. Hagerstrom	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	6
Stefan Janus	Poland	Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force	6
Oskar Köstler †	Germany	Luftwaffe	6
Fritz Kruse †	Germany	Luftwaffe	6		Night fighter ace
Kenneth Lake	United States	U.S. Navy	6
Mihály Karátsonyi	Hungary	Royal Hungarian Air Force	6
Lajos Kracsenics	Hungary	Royal Hungarian Air Force	6
Mátyás Lőrincz †	Hungary	Royal Hungarian Air Force	6
János Mátyás	Hungary	Royal Hungarian Air Force	6
György Michna	Hungary	Royal Hungarian Air Force	6
Norman W. Mollard, Jr.	United States	U.S. Navy	6
Kálmán Nánási †	Hungary	Royal Hungarian Air Force	6
Norman E. Olson	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	6		(+2 ground kills)
Theo Osterkamp	Germany	Luftwaffe	6	+32 in World War I
Edward Cobb Outlaw	United States	U.S. Navy	6		Ace in a day
Imre Pánczél †	Hungary	Royal Hungarian Air Force	6
Ludwik Witold Paszkiewicz	Poland	Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force	6
Eduard M. Prchal	Czechoslovakia	Royal Air Force	6
Radu Reinek	Romania	Royal Romanian Air Force	6
Thomas J. Rennemo	United States	U.S. Navy	6
Pál Szikora	Hungary	Royal Hungarian Air Force	6
Gheorghe Tutuianu	Romania	Royal Romanian Air Force	6
Constantin Ursachi	Romania	Royal Romanian Air Force	6
Remy Van Lierde	Belgium	Royal Air Force	6		(+44 V-1 flying bombs)
Ioan Vornica	Romania	Royal Romanian Air Force	6
James Henry Whalen †	Canada	Royal Canadian Air Force	6
William E. Whalen	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	6		(+2 ground kills)
Lynn E. Witt, Jr.	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	6
Yue Yi-Chin / Yue Yiqin	China	Chinese Nationalist Air Force	6
Dean (Diz) S. Laird	United States	U.S. Navy	5¾
Gordon B. Compton	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5½		(+15 ground kills)
Norman J. Fortier	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5.83		(+5.5 ground kills)
Walter J. Koraleski	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5.54
Robert P. Winks	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5.5
William Cundy	Australia	Royal Australian Air Force	5½
Charles W. Lenfest	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5½		(+2 ground kills)
Leslie D. Minchew	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5½		(+ 1/2 ground kills)
Laurence Stark	United Kingdom	Royal Air Force	5½
Kazimierz Rutkowski	Poland	Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force	5½
Stefan Witorzeńć	Poland	Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force	5½
Czesław Główczyński	Poland	Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force	5½
Michał Cwynar	Poland	Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force	5½
Mieczysław Mümler	Poland	Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force	5½
Bolesław Własnowolski	Poland	Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force	5½
James E. Duffy, Jr	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5.2		(+9 ground kills)
Raymond B. Myers	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5		(+4 ground kills)
William J. Cullerton	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5		(+15 ground kills)
Hayden A. "Buck" Gregory	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Otto Böhner	Germany	Luftwaffe	5
František Chábera	Czechoslovakia	Royal Air Force	5
Joseph Heim	Germany	Luftwaffe	5		Jet ace with all victories in Me 262
Alfred Schreiber	Germany	Luftwaffe	5		Jet ace – first ever confirmed – with all victories in Me 262
Ulrich Steinhilper	Germany	Luftwaffe	5
Tony Jonsson	Iceland	Royal Air Force	5
Pentti Tilli	Finland	Finnish Air Force	5
Robert W. Abernathy	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Fred T. Ackerman	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Oliver L. Adair	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Robert H. Adams (USAAF)	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
John W. Agnew	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
William H. Allen (USAAF)	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Stuart C. Alley Jr	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	5
Ernest J. Ambort	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Robert H. Ammon	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5		(+9 ground kills)
Benjamin C. Amsden	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Leslie E. Anderson	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Richard H. Anderson (USAAF)	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Lester L. Arasmith	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Lee Archer	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5		Only African-American ace
William E. Aron	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Richard W. Asbury	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Abner M. Aust	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Eugene D. Axtell	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Donald A. Baccus	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Jack A. Bade	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Oscar C. Bailey	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Raphael F. Baird	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Donald L. Balch	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	5
Robert P. Baldwin	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Raymond W. Bank	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Bruce M. Barackman	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Rex T. Barber	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Robert M. Barkey	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Truman S. Barnes	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Albert Baumler	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5	+6 in Spanish Civil War
Aaron L. Bearden	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Edward H. Beavers Jr	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
József Bejczi †	Hungary	Royal Hungarian Air Force	5
Louis Benne	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Jack S. Berkheimer	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Richard L. Bertelson	United States	U.S. Navy	5
James D. Billo	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Lewis S. Bishop	United States	American Volunteer Group	5
Walter D. Bishop	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Foster J. Blair	United States	U.S. Navy	5
William K. Blair	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Richard B. Blaydes	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Ladislav Bobek	Czechoslovakia	Royal Air Force	5
Victor E. Bocquin	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
John W. Bolyard	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Robert R. Bonebrake	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Robert R. Bonner Jr	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Guy P. Bordelon	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Clarence A. Borley	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Ernest O. Bostrom	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Wilbur L. Bowen	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Fred E. Bowker	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
John L. Bradley	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Richard L. Braun	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	5
Gerald A. Brown	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Jasper R. Brown	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Paul J. Bruneau	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Robert L. Buchanan	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Robert G. Burns	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Robert L. Byrnes	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
John B. Carder	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
William A. Carlton	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	5
Nial K. Castle	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Henry K. Champion	United States	U.S. Navy	5
George T. Chandler	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Van E. Chandler	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5	+3 in Korean War
Joseph J. Cielinski	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Arthur B. Cleaveland	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Donald C. Clements	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Robert E. Clements	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Dallas A. Clinger	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Vivian A. Cloud	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Paul R. Cochran	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
William F. Collins	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Philip E. Colman	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5	+4 in Korean War
Harold E. Comstock	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Harry L. Condon	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Merle M. Coons	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Leland B. Cornell	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Ralph L. Cox	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Niven K. Cranfill	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
William S. Crombie	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
John O. Cross	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Omer W. Culbertson	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Arthur C. Cundy	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Warren D. Curton	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Evžen Čížek	Czechoslovakia	Royal Air Force	5
William A. Daniel	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Clarence E. Davies	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Leonard K. Davis	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	5
George E. Dawkins Jr	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	5
Roald Dahl	United Kingdom	Royal Air Force	5
William C. Day Jr	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Richard S. Deakins	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
George Della	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Reuben H. Denoff	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Frederick E. Dick	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Michael Dikovitsky	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Harry W. Dorris	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Cecil J. Doyle	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	5
Charles W. Drake	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	5
Daniel B. Driscoll	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Willie Driscoll	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Francis E. Dubisher	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Charles H. Dubois	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
James E. Duffy (USN)	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Richard E. Duffy	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Joseph L. Egen Jr	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Hugh M. Elwood	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	5
James W. Empey	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Lyle A. Erickson	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Herman E. Ernst	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Charles D. Farmer	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Robert A. Farnsworth Jr	United States	U.S. Navy	5
William Farrell (USMC)	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	5
Richard D. Faxon	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Marion C. Felts	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
James E. Fenex Jr	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
William Fiedler (USAAF)	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Virgil C. Fields Jr	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Howard J. Finn	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	5
Charles R. Fischette	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Harry E. Fisk	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Nelson D. Flack Jr	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Kenneth A. Flinn	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Ralph E. Foltz	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Paul J. Fontana	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	5
Claude E. Ford	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Kenneth M. Ford	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	5
George Formanek Jr	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Béla Füleky †	Hungary	Royal Hungarian Air Force	5
Bohumil Fürst-Fiřt	Czechoslovakia	Royal Air Force	5
Dwight B. Galt	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Warner F. Gardner	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Noel Gayler	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Steven N. Gerick	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Grover D. Ghelson	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Robert D. Gibb	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Cyrus R. Gladen	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Lindley W. Godson	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Norman D. Gould	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Giorgio Graffer	Italy	Regia Aeronautica	5
Robert F. Graham	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Vernon E. Graham	United States	U.S. Navy	5		Ace in a day
Hayden A. Gregory	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Robert C. Griffith	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
William Grosvenor Jr	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Lindsay W. Grove	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Cheatham W. Gupton	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Albert E. Hacking	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	5
Samuel E. Hammer	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Harry T. Hanna	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Christopher J. Hansenman	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Josef G. Hanuš	Czechoslovakia	Royal Air Force	5
Walter R. Harman	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Thomas L. Harris (USAAF)	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Raymond E. Hartley	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Herbert B. Hatch	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Charles D. Hauver	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Sándor Hautzinger	Hungary	Royal Hungarian Air Force	5
Russell C. Haworth	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Frank R. Hayde	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Frank C. Hearrell	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Charles F. Held Jr	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Paul M. Henderson Jr	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Randall W. Hendricks	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
James E. Hill	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Richard Hope Hillary	Australia	Royal Air Force	5		(+2 probables)
Donald E. Hillman	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Kenneth G. Hippe	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Edwin M. Hiro	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Garrett P. Hopkins	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	10		(+6 probables)
Myron M. Hnatio	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
John B. Hoag	United States	U.S. Navy	5
William R. Hodges	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Cullen J. Hoffman	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Louis Hoffman	United States	American Volunteer Group	5
Herbert N. Houck	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Edward R. Hoyt	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Mark E. Hubbard	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Howard R. Hudson	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Alvaro J. Hunter	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
András Huszár	Hungary	Royal Hungarian Air Force	5
Joseph W. Icard	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Julius W. Ireland	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	5
Clayton M. Isaacson	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Svatopluk Janouch	Czechoslovakia	Royal Air Force	5
Hayden M. Jensen	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Evan M. Johnson	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Wallace R. Johnson	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Curran L. Jones	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Frank C. Jones	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5		(+ 5.5 ground kills)
Lynn F. Jones	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Warren L. Jones	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Joseph W. Jorda	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
William M. Julian	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Charles Kendrick	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	5
Daniel Kennedy	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Robert H. Kidwell	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Melvin B. Kimball	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
John R. Kincaid	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Charles W. King (USAAF)	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
David L. King	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Marion F. Kirby	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Lenton F. Kirkland	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Ernő Kiss (pilot)	Hungary	Royal Hungarian Air Force	5
Jan Klán	Czechoslovakia	Royal Air Force	5
Robert H. Knapp	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Carroll S. Knott	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Edward H. Kopsel	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
William J. Kostic	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Bedřich Krátkoruký	Czechoslovakia	Royal Air Force	5
Jiří V. Kučera	Czechoslovakia	Royal Air Force	5
Wayne W. Laird	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	5
William E. Lamoreaux	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Richard C. Lampe	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Willis Laney	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Ned W. Langdon	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Thomas G. Lanphier	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Franklin C. Lathrope	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Charles H. Laughlin	United States	American Volunteer Group	5
George Laven	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Earl R. Lazear	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Harold K. Lee	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Richard J. Lee	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Marlow J. Leikness	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Charles W. Lenfest	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Jack Lenox Jr	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
John A. Leppla	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Alfred B. Lewelling	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Brooks J. Liles	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5	+4 in Korean War
Hugh D. Lillie	United States	U.S. Navy	5
James W. Little	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5	+1 in Korean War
John Lolos	Greece	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Charles P. London	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Donald Lopez	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
George G. Loving, Jr.	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
John F. Luma	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Lowell C. Lutton	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
John A. Mackay	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Morton D. Magoffin	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Keith Mahon	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Jackson C. Mankin	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Lee P. Mankin	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Harry A. March Jr	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Luigi Mariotti	Italy	Regia Aeronautica	5
Lester C. Marsh	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Albert E. Martin Jr	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Kenneth R. Martin	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Joseph L. Mason	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
William H. Mathis	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Joseph Z. Matte	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Chester K. Maxwell	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Benjamin I. Mayo	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Paul G. McArthur	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Henry A. McCartney Jr	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	5
Leo B. McCudden	United States	U.S. Navy	5
William F. McDownough	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
James N. McElroy	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5		(+6 ground kills)
John L. McGinn	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Selva E. McGinty	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	5
Samuel E. McGuffin	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
John W. McGuyrt	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Donald J. McKinley	United States	U.S. Navy	5
George. McMillan	United States	American Volunteer Group	5
Evan D. MacMinn	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Donald M. McPherson	United States	U.S. Navy	5
George L. Merritt Jr	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5		(+6 ground kills)
Frederick H. Michaelis	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Everett Miller	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Joseph E. Miller	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Robert C. Milliken	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Charles Milton	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Marinos Mitralexis	Greece	Royal Hellenic Air Force	5
Arthur P. Mollenhauer	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Franklin H. Monk	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Robert H. Moore	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Paul V. Morriss	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Arthur H. Munson	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Jennings S. Myers	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Joseph R. Myshrall	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Leslie D. Nelson	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Robert J. Nelson	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Franklin A. Nichols	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Edward M. Nollmeyer	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Marvin R. Novak	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Jack G. Oberhansky	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Frank O'Brien Jr	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Edwin L. Olander	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	5
Austin L. Olsen	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Paul E. Olson	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Enzo Omiccioli	Italy	Regia Aeronautica	5
Eugene W. O'Neill Jr	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Lawrence F. O'Neill	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Ernest K. Osher	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Robert J. Overcash	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Edward W. Overton Jr	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Joel A. Owens	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Melvyn R. Paisley	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Tibor Papp	Hungary	Royal Hungarian Air Force	5
Forrest F. Parham	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Edsel Paulk	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Oscar F. Perdomo	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5		Ace in a day
John Petach	United States	American Volunteer Group	5
Costantino Petrosellini	Italy	Regia Aeronautica	5
David P. Philips III	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Edward A. Phillips	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Hyde Phillips	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	5
Kenneth R. Pool	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Edward S. Popek	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Robert B. Porter	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	5
George H. Poske	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	5
Ernest A. Powell	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	5
MacArthur Powers	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Jack C. Price	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Royce W. Priest	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Roger C. Pryor	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Josef Příhoda	Czechoslovakia	Royal Air Force	5
Rajmund Půda	Czechoslovakia	Royal Air Force	5
Donald L. Quigley	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Robert J. Raines	United States	American Volunteer Group; U.S. Army Air Forces	5		victories with 2 air forces
Orvin H. Ramlo	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	5
WIlliam C. Reese	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Joseph E. Reulet	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Thomas W. Rhodes	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Vincent A. Rieger	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Andrew Ritchey	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Newell O. Roberts	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Leroy W. Robinson	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Ross F. Robinson	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Franklin Rose	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
János Róza	Hungary	Royal Hungarian Air Force	5
Gerald L. Rounds	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Henry S. Rudolph	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
William A. Rynne	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Hartwell V. Scarborough	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	5
Thomas D. Schank	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Gordon E. Schecter	United States	U.S. Navy	5
John L. Schell	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Raymond Scherer	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	5
James F. Schilke	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Louis Schriber	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Duerr H. Schuh	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Robert B. Schultz	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Harry H. Sealey	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Alexander F. Sears	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Robert B. See	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	5
Carlo Seganti	Italy	Regia Aeronautica	5
Robert K. Seidman	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Charles A. Shields	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Lester H. Sipes	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Frank Sistrunk	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Jack R. Smith	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Kenneth B. Smith (USAAF)	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Kenneth D. Smith	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Virgil H. Smith	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Irl V. Sonner Jr	United States	U.S. Navy	5
James J. Southerland	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Arthur Spurgin	Australia	Royal Australian Air Force	5
Clyde P. Spitler	United States	U.S. Navy	5
William J. Stangel	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Morris A. Stanley	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Edgar E. Stebbins	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Edward J. Stefanski	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Raymond D. Stehle	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Carl V. Stone	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Johnnie C. Strange	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Richard C. Suehr	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Charles P. Sullivan	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Robert C. Sutcliffe	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
John F. Sutherland	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Ladislav Světlík	Czechoslovakia	Royal Air Force	5
John F. Swinburne Jr.	United States	U.S. Navy	5
William J. Sykes	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5		(+5 ground kills)
Stanley Synar	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	5
Oliver B. Taylor	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
William W. Taylor (USN)	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Robert D. Thompson	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
John A. Tilley	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Edward W. Toaspern	United States	U.S. Navy	5
John W. Topliff	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Harrison B. Tordoff	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Ross E. Torkelson	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Eugene P. Townsend	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Clifton H. Troxell	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Peter J. Van Der Linden	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Rudolph D. Van Dyke	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Robert H. Vaught Jr.	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
John E. Vogt	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Horace Q. Waggoner	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5		(+7.5 ground kills)
Walter B. Walker Jr.	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Lyttleton T. Ward	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Jack R. Warren	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Ralph J. Watson	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Sidney W. Wheatherford	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Willard J. Webb	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Gregory J. Weissenberger	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	5
Darrell G. Welch	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Albert P. Welles	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	5
Robert G. West	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Harry S. White	United States	U.S. Navy	5
John H. White (USAAF)	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
David C. Wilhelm	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Paul H. Wilkins	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
William F. Wilson	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Russell D. Williams	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Robert A. Winston	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Ralph L. Wire	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
John L. Wolford	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
George L. Wrenn	United States	U.S. Navy	5
Max J. Wright	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Vasseure F. Wynn	United States	Royal Air Force; U.S. Army Air Forces	5		victories with 2 air forces
Robert R. Yaeger Jr.	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Robert M. York	United States	U.S. Army Air Forces	5
Michael R. Yunck	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	5
Aurel Tifrea	Romania	Royal Romanian Air Force	5
Constantin Popescu	Romania	Royal Romanian Air Force	5
Constantin Nicoară	Romania	Royal Romanian Air Force	5
Petre Cordescu	Romania	Royal Romanian Air Force	5
Aurel Tifrea	Romania	Royal Romanian Air Force	5
Hariton Dusescu	Romania	Royal Romanian Air Force	5
Vintilă Brătianu	Romania	Royal Romanian Air Force	5
Nicolae Burileanu	Romania	Royal Romanian Air Force	5
Laurențiu Catană	Romania	Royal Romanian Air Force	5
Erich Selei	Romania	Royal Romanian Air Force	5
Gheorghe Cristea	Romania	Royal Romanian Air Force	5
Mircea Dumitrescu	Romania	Royal Romanian Air Force	5

See also

• World War II flying aces – Wikipedia book

References

Citations

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