List Of Top World War Ii Aces

This is a list of the top World War II aces. Fighter aces in World War II had tremendously varying kill scores, as they were affected by many factors: the pilot's skill level, the performance of the airplanes a pilot flew and of the airplanes he flew against, and how long they had to serve. Russian pilots had a hard time surviving long enough to become aces, as they often received little training, fought against more experienced Nazi pilots, and had planes that favored a skilled pilot rather than a beginner. Germany has the highest scoring aces due to often superior aircraft, many pilots having a lot of experience from earlier fighting, and the fact that German pilots had to serve until they were shot down. American pilots could go home after a tour of duty, and often did not have as much training as other nation's pilots. 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 chance of getting enough skill to be successful. It is not clear what impact each individual nation's rules for score crediting have on the counts listed below, although the impact is likely to be significant. This list is not comprehensive and includes a partial listing of the highest scoring aces overall and from each country, with many of the lower scoring aces excluded. Rank/position is listed when availble. See List of World War II aces by country for a full listing.
Credited Kills Name Nationality
8.5 Group Captain C.R. Caldwell Australia
1.33 Flight Lieutenant G.F. Beurling Canada
1.875 Squadron Leader V.C. Woodward Canada
1 Squadron Leader H.W. McLeod Canada
8 Sergeant Josef Frantiek Czechoslovakia
5 Captain Hans H. Wind Finland
3 Squadron Leader P.H. Clostermann France
3 Captain Marcel Albert France
1 Wing Commander J.E.F. Demozay France
5 Captain Edmond Marin la Meslee France
4 Captain Michel Dorance France
4 Sous Lieutenant Camille Plubeau France
52 Major Erich Hartmann Germany
02 Major Gerhard Barkhorn Germany
75 Major Guenther Rall Germany
67 Oberleutnant Otto Kittel Germany
58 Major Walter Nowotny Germany
37 ajor Wilhelm Batz Germany
22 Major Erich Rudorffer Germany
20 Major Heinz Br Germany
12 Oberst Hermann Graf Germany
08 Major Theo. Weissenberger Germany
06 Oberleutnant Walter Schuck Germany
06 Oberstleutnant Hans Philipp Germany
04 Major Heinrich Ehrler Germany
04 Oberleutnant Anton Hafner Germany
03 Hauptmann Helmut Lipfert Germany
97 Major Walter Krupinski Germany
92 Major Anton Hackl Germany
89 Hauptmann Joachim Brendel Germany
89 Hauptmann Max Stotz Germany
88 Hauptmann Joachim Kirschner Germany
80 Major Kurt Braendle Germany
78 Oberleutnant Guenther Josten Germany
76 Oberst Johannes Steinhoff Germany
74 Hauptmann Guenther Schack Germany
74 Oberleutnant Ernst-Wilhelm Reinert Germany
73 Hauptmann Emil Lang Germany
73 Hauptmann Heinz Schmidt Germany
66 Major Horst Ademeit Germany
62 Oberst Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke Germany
58 Hauptmann Hans-Joachim Marseille Germany
57 Hauptmann Heinrich Sturm Germany
57 Oberleutnant Gerhard Thyben Germany
52 Oberleutnant Hans Beisswenger Germany
50 Leutnant Peter Duettmann Germany
50 Oberst Gordon Gollob Germany
2 Wing Commander B. Finucane Ireland
7 Hiroyishi Nishizawa Japan
0 Shoichi Sugita Japan
4 Saburo Sakai Japan
8 Hiromichi Shinohara Japan
5 Waturo Nakamichi Japan
4 Takeo Okumura Japan
2 Naoshi Kanno Japan
1 Satoshi Anabuki Japan
1 Yasuhiko Kuroe Japan
7.5 Wing Commander C.F. Gray New Zealand
2 Wing Commander A.C. Deere New Zealand
2 Wing Commander E.D. Mackie New Zealand
1.5 Flight Lieutenant R.B. Hessely New Zealand
1.5 Wing Commander W.V. Crawford-Compton New Zealand
9 Wing Commander W. Urbanowicz Poland
1 Wing Commander S. Skalski Poland
8 Flight Lieutenant B. Gładych Poland
6.5 Squadron Leader E. Horbaczewski Poland
2.5 Wing Commander J. Zumbach Poland
2 Wing Commander M. Pisarek Poland
1 Squadron Leader M.T. St. J. Pattle South Africa
5 Group Captain A.G. Malan South Africa
3.5 Squadron Leader J.J. Le Roux South Africa
2 Wing Commander P.H. Hugo South Africa
8 Group Captain J.E. Johnson United Kingdom
9 Wing Commander J.R.D. Graham United Kingdom
9 Wing Commander R.R.S. Tuck United Kingdom
8 Squadron Leader J.H. Lacey United Kingdom
6 Flight Lieutenant E.S. Lock United Kingdom
4.5 Wing Commander B. Drake United Kingdom
4 Squadron Leader W. Vale United Kingdom
3 Flight Lieutenant G. Allard United Kingdom
3 Wing Commander D.R.S. Bader United Kingdom
0 Major Richard I. Bong United States
8 Major Thomas B. McGuire United States
4 Captain David McCampbell United States
1 Colonel Frances S. Gabreski United States
8 Lieutenant Colonel Gregory Boyington United States
8 Lieutenant Colonel Robert S. Johnson United States
7 Colonel Charles H. MacDonald United States
6 Major George E. Preddy United States
6 Major Joseph J. Foss United States
5 First Lieutenant Robert M. Hanson United States
4 Colonel John C. Meyer United States
4 Lieutenant Cecil E. Harris United States
3 Commander Eugeane A. Valencia United States
2.5 Captain Ray S. Whetmore United States
2.5 Colonel David C. Schilling United States
2 Lieutenant Colonel Gerald R. Johnson United States
2 Lieutenant Colonel Jay T. Robbins United States
2 Major Neel E. Kearby United States
1 Major Kenneth A. Walsh United States
0 Captain Donald M. Aldrich United States
2 Ivan Kozhedub USSR
9 Aleksandr Pokryshkin USSR
8 Grigorii Rechkalov USSR
7 Nikolai Gulaev USSR
2 Kirill Yevstigneev USSR
0 Aleksandr Klubov USSR
0 Dmitrii Glinka USSR
8 Ivan Pilipenko USSR
6 Arsenii Vorozheikin USSR
6 Nikolai Skomorokhov USSR
6 Vasilii Kubarev USSR
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