10. Martin Becker Germany Luftwaffe 58 Richard W. Dunkin United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9 Laurentiu Catana Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 5 War: World War II. Paul Becker Germany Luftwaffe 20 Thomas S. Harris United States U.S. Navy 9 Marlow J. Leikness United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 Heinz Baer-highest scoring jet ACE of WW1 Christopher J. Hansenman United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 David C. Schilling United States U.S. Army Air Forces 22½ Hubert Zemke United States U.S. Army Air Forces 17.75 Felix D. Williamson United States U.S. Army Air Forces 13 So the list with top kills is actually extremely dominated by Nazi German fighter aces, with the top Allied pilot being Lev Shestakov with 66 kills ranks as 231. Stanisław Skalski Poland Polish Air Force/RAF 18.91 Friedrich Obleser Germany Luftwaffe 120 Frederick E. Dick United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 Louis Schriber United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 Hans Röhrig Germany Luftwaffe 75 James E. Fenex Jr United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 Josef Wurmheller Germany Luftwaffe 102 Paul H. Wilkins United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 The official, confirmed number is 75 kills. The second best non-German was Japanese, Iwamoto, with 14 kills less. Robert S. Johnson United States U.S. Army Air Forces 27 Heinrich Jung Germany Luftwaffe 68 James Doolittle. Russell C. Haworth United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 Gerhard Köppen Germany Luftwaffe 85 Virgil H. Smith United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 Josef Stehlík Czechoslovakia Royal Air Force 10 Rudolf Frank Germany Luftwaffe 45 Erich Rudorffer Germany Luftwaffe 222 Günther Rall Germany Luftwaffe 275 Karl-Heinz Bendert Germany Luftwaffe 55 Maximilian Volke Germany Luftwaffe 37 Erich Hartmann is the most successful fighter pilot of all times – with 352 kills. It was an important US propaganda victory – even though Doolittle himself saw it as a failure because of the losses. Willard. Harry H. Sealey United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 Joseph L. Mason United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 Luigi Giannella Italy Regia Aeronautica 12 Nils Katajainen Finland Finnish Air Force 35½ Mario Veronesi Italy Regia Aeronautica 11 Grigoriy Andreevich Rechkalov Soviet Union Soviet Air Force 58 Robert T. Smith United States AVG 9 Arthur Chin /Chen Ruitian United States Chinese Nationalist Air Force(USA-born volunteer) 8½ Pierre Le Gloan France French Air Force 18 Benjamin F. Warmer United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9 His squadron, Black Flight, was the most feared and respected by the Germans including the Flying Circus. Hans Strelow Germany Luftwaffe 68 John A. Leppla United States U.S. Navy 5 Robert B. Jack E. Ilfrey United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 William “Willie” McKnight Canada Royal Air Force 17 Jack S. Berkheimer United States U.S. Navy 5 Charles R. Bond United States AVG 9 ¼ He was a well-respected aviation instructor in the war. John Petach United States AVG 5 Robert Lee Scott, Jr. United States U.S. Army Air Forces 13 Constantin Lungulescu Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 19 William B. Freeman United States U.S. Marine Corps 6 In June, Avani Chaturvedi, Mohana Singh and Bhawana Kanth are going to be the first-ever Indian women fighter pilots. Luigi Mariotti Italy Regia Aeronautica 5 Charles H. Older United States U.S. Army Air Forces 18 He was the first civilian flight instructor and died in 1993 at the age of 71. Antoni Głowacki Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 8⅓ John L. Bradley United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 Bernhard Vechtel Germany Luftwaffe 108 As a result, he was sent a unit heading to Africa. Charles D. Hauver United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 Why is William (Billy) Bishop not on this list? Hans Wind Finland Finnish Air Force 75 Russell D. Williams United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 The film basically focusses on Deaborn's 25th and final mission which doesn't turn out to be an easy one. James Francis Edwards Canada RCAF 16 George T. Burgard United States AVG 10.75 The Irish-born Edward ‘Mick’ Mannock was not only known for being one of the best fighter aces of WWI, but also for his legendary hatred of the Germans and his delight of seeing them burn to death. Wilhelm Schilling Germany Luftwaffe 63 Charley Scherf was an Australian, he served with RCAF No.418. Brown United States U.S. Army Air Forces 15 Lauri Pekuri Finland Finnish Air Force 18½ Willy Kientsch Germany Luftwaffe 53 And the photo is not him. Edward M. Owen United States U.S. Navy 8 Dietrich Schmidt Germany Luftwaffe 43 This aided them greatly during missions and ‘dogfights’. Walter D. Bishop United States U.S. Navy 5 Jürgen Brocke Germany Luftwaffe 42 John C. “Pappy” Herbst United States U.S. Army Air Forces 18 Hermann Buchner Germany Luftwaffe 58 George A. Doersch United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10½ Josef Frantisek Czechoslovakia Royal Air Force 17 Robert C. Milliken United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 Lowell C. Lutton United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 The leading ace of World War II shot down more than four times the Red Baron’s total. Abner M. Aust United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 David Charles “Foob” Fairbanks United States RCAF 12½ Cross United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 Last week, the Air Force announced that the winner for 2019 was an F-16 pilot nicknamed “Fuel,” who is assigned to the … Edmund Wagner Germany Luftwaffe 56 Franjo Dzal Croatia Croatian Air Force 16 Edwin M. Hiro United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 Ritchard Ira Bong, or “Dick” Bong. Charles W. Drake United States U.S. Marine Corps 5 Ioan Panaite Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 8 Horace Q. Waggoner United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 Paul M. Henderson Jr United States U.S. Navy 5 Alfred Burk Germany Luftwaffe 28 James P. Hagerstrom United States U.S. Army Air Forces 6 Bill Harris United States U.S. Army Air Forces 16 William J. Sloan United States U.S. Army Air Forces 12 Kurt Brändle Germany Luftwaffe 180 https://www.portstoronto.com/airport.aspx. Brown, Jr. United States U.S. Navy 10 Aleksandr Ivanovich Pokryshkin Soviet Union Soviet Air Force 59 Carl Sattig Germany Luftwaffe 53 Charles E. Watts United States U.S. Navy 8.75 Satoru Anabuki Japan Imperial Japanese Army 51 Kurt Dombacher Germany Luftwaffe 68 Eino Luukkanen Finland Finnish Air Force 56 Walther Wever Germany Luftwaffe 44 Hans Philipp Germany Luftwaffe 206 Jack C. Price United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 That’s heroism. Paul Galland Germany Luftwaffe 16 Thomas E. Maloney United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 Doolittle organized the strike, known from the Movie “Pearl Harbour”. Georg Schentke Germany Luftwaffe 91 Stefan Janus Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 6 Tony Gaze Australia Royal Air Force 12½ Alois Vasatko Czechoslovakia Royal Air Force 17 Robert R. Rowland United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 Now it is your turn – we presented outstanding fighter pilots – for different reasons. Fighter pilots are perhaps the deadliest yet most detached warriors to ever engage in battle. Stanley B. Morrill United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9 Kvochur is currently the Deputy Chief of the Gromov Flight Research Institute – where MiGFlug offered flights in Su-27 Flanker, MiG-25 Foxbat and MiG-29 Fulcrum – see here. JOSEPH CHRISTOPHER JR. During the Korean War, this American fighter pilot shot down 16 or more enemy pilots. Robert M. Barkey United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 Henry W. McLeod Canada RCAF 20 Bloody nice bloke and my Grandfather. Helmut Eberspächer Germany Luftwaffe 7 Gheorghe Cristea Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 5 His achievement and battlefield bravery were so outstanding that he was promoted general after 104 aerial victories – and therefore banned from the flying service before he turned 30. Walter J. Koraleski United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5.54 Ján Gerthoffer Slovak Republic Slovak Air Force 26 Reuben H. Denoff United States U.S. Navy 5 Wacław Król Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 8½ Johann Badum Germany Luftwaffe 54 After this he got a surgery after which he was accepted, he got 34 victories during WWII. Giorgio Solaroli di Briona Italy Regia Aeronautica 11 Richard L. Cormier United States U.S. Navy 9 Heinz Strüning Germany Luftwaffe 56 Daniel T. Roberts, Jr. United States U.S. Army Air Forces 14 James M. Fowle United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 I’ve heard that German kill claims had to be verified & were among the most stringent & accurate records of the WW2. Remember, two world wars where Germans basically fought everyone & it was a close fight. Louis E. Curdes United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9 Donald E. Runyon United States U.S. Navy 11 Plus they had tremendous achievements in some of the best guns & other small arms, first & best jet fighter plane ME 262, Komet Rocket Plane ME 163. first jet bomber Arado, first guided air to ground missiles, first rocket cruise missile V-1 & first continental ballistic missle V2 & best & most advance submarines. Ernest Shipman United States U.S. Army Air Forces 7 It was the first air that ever the hit the islands of JAPAN. Hans Schleef Germany Luftwaffe 99 August Lambert Germany Luftwaffe 116 German day and night fighter pilots claimed roughly 70,000 aerial victories during World War II, 25,000 over British or American and 45,000 over Russian flown aircraft. East United States U.S. Army Air Forces 13 Erich Bartz Germany Luftwaffe 30 Virgil C. Fields Jr United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 Richard I. Bong United States U.S. Army Air Forces 40 Hermann Graf Germany Luftwaffe 212 Günter Steinhausen Germany Luftwaffe 40 Franz Stigler Germany Luftwaffe 45 If there was a disagreement the action would not be documented/counted at all. German fighter ace Adolf Galland is not even in the top 30 list above. He also performed very well in the early French campaigns and the Eastern and African theaters – and was remarkably close to the awesome Marseille’s core in that theater alone. Victor E. Warford United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 Hermann Greiner Germany Luftwaffe 51 Eckart-Wilhelm von Bonin Germany Luftwaffe 39 Archie G. Donahue United States U.S. Marine Corps 14 PoW 1944-45. Hans Götz Germany Luftwaffe 82 You needed to have already distinguished yourself in numerous previous actions, for example… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Ulrich_Rudel. He was the top-scoring American Ace of WWII. Richard T. Eastmond United States U.S. Navy 9 Marion E. Carl United States U.S. Marine Corps 18½ Konrad Bauer Germany Luftwaffe 57 He was considered one of the most efficient and feared pilots in the war. Why M.M alam is not in this. Fred R. Haviland, Jr. United States U.S. Army Air Forces 6 Henryk Pietrzak Poland Polish Air Forces/Royal Air Force 7½ Paul Gildner Germany Luftwaffe 48 Warner F. Gardner United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 John H. White (USAF) United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 Ernst Weismann Germany Luftwaffe 69 Walter Wolfrum Germany Luftwaffe 137 by THOMAS NEWDICK. Francis R. Gerard United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 We do compare apple and oranges here, and we know it. Le Yi-Chin / Le Yiqin China Chinese Nationalist Air Force 6 John C. Meyer United States U.S. Army Air Forces 24 John “Cat’s Eyes” Cunningham United Kingdom Royal Air Force 19 Leslie D. Minchew United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5½ Wayne L. Lowry United States U.S. Army Air Forces 11 Heinrich Sturm Germany Luftwaffe 158 Jack G. Oberhansky United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 Elmer W. Richardson United States U.S. Army Air Forces 11 Viktor Petermann Germany Luftwaffe 64
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