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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), and the standards his air service brought to the awarding of victory credits.

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[1] pilots tended to return to the cockpit over and over again until they were killed.[N 1]

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. 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

  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.

Name Country Service(s) Aerial Victories Other Aerial Victories Notes
Erich Hartmann  Germany Luftwaffe 352 Top ace of all time. Double-Ace in a Day
Gerhard Barkhorn  Germany Luftwaffe 301
Günther Rall  Germany Luftwaffe 275 Later Inspekteur der Luftwaffe der Bundeswehr.
Otto Kittel  Germany Luftwaffe 267 Top scoring Focke-Wulf 190 ace.
Walter Nowotny  Germany Luftwaffe 258
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 pilot 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
Heinz Schmidt  Germany Luftwaffe 173
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 PILOT TO 150 on 29/7/42
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
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
Adolf Borchers  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 pilot 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 early 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 Highest-scoring 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
Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld  Germany Luftwaffe 51
Fritz Lüddecke  Germany Luftwaffe 51
Otto Schulz  Germany Luftwaffe 51
Dmitri Hlinka  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 Staffelkapitän of 1./NJG 1
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 on ground)
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, two-time ace in a day
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-Han 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 (officer)  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 and P-40 ace of WWII. 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 earlier Actions in Mongolia 51 claimed
"Paddy" Finucane  Ireland Royal Air Force 28 Highest scoring Irish ace of all time. Youngest Wing Commander in history.
"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 6 victories with AVG; 22 with USMC
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
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 scoring 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 2 victories with RAF; 19.83 with USAAF (+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, 16 victories with Spitfires
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 (Romanian origin)
Erik Teromaa  Finland Finnish Air Force 19
Constantin Lungulescu  Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 19
Stanisław Skalski Poland 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 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 (The only pilot who could recover his comrade - Gy. Debrődy - with Bf109 from behind the enemy line)
Charles H. Older  United States American Volunteer Group; U.S. Army Air Forces 18 10 victories with AVG; 8 with USAAF
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 Regia Aeronautica 17 (11 RSI)
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 Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force/U.S. Army Air Forces 17 Victories as Polish Air Force pilot flying with RAF and with USAAF
Keith Truscott  Australia Royal Australian Air Force 17
Stanley Orr  United Kingdom Fleet Air Arm 17
Tony Lovell  United Kingdom Royal Air Force 16½ 16 victories plus 6 shared victories
Eugeniusz Horbaczewski Poland 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 10¼ victories with AVG; 5 with USAAF
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
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 3 victories with RAF; 11½ with USAAF
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 U.S.-born volunteer
James L. Brooks  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 13
Jan Zumbach Poland 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 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 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 pilot with IV./NJG 1
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 V1
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 6½ victories with AVG; 4 with USAAF
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 V2
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 Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 9 ½
Michał Maciejowski Poland 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 Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 9 ⅓
Henryk Szczęsny Poland 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 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 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 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 5 victories with AVG; 4 with USMC
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 3 victories with AVG; 6 with USAAF
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
William E. Bryan, Jr.  United States U.S. Army Air Forces
Stanisław Brzeski Poland Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force
James B. Cain  United States U.S. Navy
Charles J. Cesky  United States U.S. Army Air Forces
Oscar I. Chenoweth  United States U.S. Navy
Arthur Chin  United States Chinese Nationalist Air Force First American born/citizen ace of WWII, flew biplane fighter
Frank A. Cutler  United States U.S. Army Air Forces (+3 ground kills)
Carl C. Foster  United States U.S. Navy
John F. Gray  United States U.S. Navy
Everett G. Hargreaves  United States U.S. Navy
Thomas L. Hayes, Jr.  United States U.S. Army Air Forces
Zdzisław Henneberg Poland Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force
John H. Hoefker  United States U.S. Army Air Forces
Otto D. Jenkins  United States U.S. Army Air Forces (+2 ground kills)
Arthur G. Johnson  United States U.S. Army Air Forces
George Noel Keith  Canada Royal Canadian Air Force
Wacław Król Poland Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force
Frank L. Lawlor  United States American Volunteer Group
Gregory K. Loesch  United States U.S. Marine Corps
Carl J. Luksic  United States U.S. Army Air Forces (+7 ground kills)
Donald McDowell  United States U.S. Army Air Forces
Bernard J. McGrattan  United States U.S. Army Air Forces
Sanford K. Moats  United States U.S. Army Air Forces
John L. Morgan, Jr.  United States U.S. Marine Corps
George W. Pigman  United States U.S. Navy
Claude W. Plant  United States U.S. Navy
Albert L. Schlegel  United States U.S. Army Air Forces
Dallas Schmidt  Canada Royal Canadian Air Force
Larry R. Self  United States U.S. Navy
Antoni Głowacki Poland Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 8⅓
Eugeniusz Szaposznikow Poland 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 2⅓ victories with AVG; 6 with USAAF
Franklin T. Gabriel  United States U.S. Navy
George B. McMillan  United States U.S. Army Air Forces (+1 ground kills)
Adolf Pietrasiak Poland Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 8.1
Witold Łokuciewski Poland 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 (Commander of the 101st "Puma" Fighter Wing)
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 2¼ victories with AVG; 5¾ with USAAF
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 pilot 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 Poland Polish Air Forces/Royal Air Force
Henryk Pietrzak Poland Poland Polish Air Forces/Royal Air Force
Howard M. Burriss  United States U.S. Navy
Kenneth J. Dahms  United States U.S. Navy
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 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 Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 7
Helmut Eberspächer  Germany Luftwaffe 7
Hugh C. Godefroy  Canada Royal Air Force; Royal Canadian Air Force 7 (Dutch birth)
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 Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 7
Konstantin Kokkinaki  Soviet Union Soviet Air Forces 7 (+7 in the Second Sino-Japanese War)[2]
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 pilot with IV./NJG 1
Béla Lipcsey  Hungary Luftwaffe 7 (He served in the Luftwaffe and scored the 7 victories in I./JG27, his German name is Adalbert von Lipcsey)
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
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 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
Lloyd Chadburn  Canada Royal Canadian Air Force
Willard Eder  United States U.S. Navy
Russell Foskett  Australia Royal Australian Air Force
Wacław Łapkowski Poland Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 6.33
Alan Peart  New Zealand Royal Air Force 6.33 +9 damaged Victories against planes from Italy, Germany and Japan
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 Staffelkapitän of 7./NJG 1
Henry S. Bille  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 6 (+4 ground kills)
Scrappy Blumer  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 6 5 kills in 15 minutes, "Fastest Ace-in-a-Day"
Yekaterina Budanova  Soviet Union Soviet Air Force 6 possibly 11, +5 shared
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
Ervin Flóznik  Hungary Royal Hungarian Air Force 6
William B. Freeman  United States U.S. Marine Corps 6
Fred R. Haviland, Jr.  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 6 (+6 ground kills)
James P. Hagerstrom  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 6
Stefan Janus Poland Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 6
Oskar Köstler  Germany Luftwaffe 6
Fritz Kruse  Germany Luftwaffe 6 night fighter pilot with 3./NJG 1
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 (First Ace of the RHAF in the second World War)
Ludwik Witold Paszkiewicz Poland 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 Only US Navy ace to have victories against German and Japanese planes
Gordon B. Compton  United States U.S. Army Air Forces (+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
William Cundy  Australia Royal Australian Air Force
Charles W. Lenfest  United States U.S. Army Air Forces (+2 ground kills)
Leslie D. Minchew  United States U.S. Army Air Forces (+ 1/2 ground kills)
Laurence Stark  United Kingdom Royal Air Force
Kazimierz Rutkowski Poland Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force
Stefan Witorzeńć Poland Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force
Czesław Główczyński Poland Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force
Michał Cwynar Poland Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force
Mieczysław Mümler Poland Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force
Bolesław Własnowolski Poland Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force
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
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 Greek 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 Only Marine to score kills in both the F4U and the F6F. Shot down 2 Japanese planes in 1 night.
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 3 victories with AVG; 2 with USAAF
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 (In the beginning he was Stuka pilot in the 2/2. later 102. Stukasquadron, he achieved his victories with FW 190 in the 102/1. Fighterbomber squadron.)
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
Lee V. Wiseman  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 2.5 victories with RAF; 2.5 with USAAF
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

References

Citations
  1. ^ Holmes p. 314
  2. ^ Babakov, Alexandr; al., et (1987). Герои Слветского Союза (Абаев-Любичев) [Heroes of the Soviet Union (Abaev- Lubichev)] (in Russian). Vol. I. Moscow: Voennoe Izdatelstvo. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  1. ^ By 1945, combat experienced Japanese airmen were often detailed to provide fighter escort for newer inexperienced Kamikazi pilots en route to their targets in the Pacific
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