Flying ace

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A flying ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft. (The more correct term is "fighter ace," since "flying ace" can refer to any adept pilot.) The aviation term ace originated in World War I when French newspapers described Adolphe Pegoud, nicknamed "The Foolhardy One", as l'as (french for ace) after he became the first pilot to down five German aircraft. Reportedly the term had been popularized in prewar French newspapers when referring to sports stars such as soccer players and bicyclists.

It has been stated that during WWI the Central Powers as well as the United Kingdom specified an ace as a pilot with 10 or more confirmed "kills" but no authoritative sources have emerged to support the claim. Germany had no ace system such as the French but instead popularized its "Jagdflieger" who had destroyed an escalating number of Allied aircraft. Britain had no ace system at all and in fact published no victory lists comparable to the French or Germans.

Different air services had different victory credit systems. The "purest" was Germany's which credited only one victory to one pilot, and only for enemy planes assessed as destroyed or captured. Most other nations adopted the French system of granting full credit to every pilot or aerial gunner participating in a victory, sometimes as many as six or seven individuals. The British furthermore credited "moral victories" in such categories as "driven down", "forced to land", and "out of control". To a lesser extent so did the U.S. Air Service. Top American ace Edward V. Rickenbacker's 26 victories included ten planes "out of control", several "dived east", and two grounded observation balloons. None of those would have been credited in later wars. On 23 August, 1918, Bermudian (British) DH 9 bomber pilot, Lieut. Arthur Rowe Spurling, and gunner Sgt Frank William Bell, single-handedly attacked 30 German fighters, all Fokker D.VIIs, gaining the five kills needed to make them aces in a single action, sending two of the German aeroplanes "down in flames", "destroying" two, and sending the fith down "out of control". Other reports of this action recorded three "shot down in flames", and two "crashing to earth". Either way, this raised their tally to six. Although both crewmembers were credited with the victories, Spurling actually downed three with the forward firing armament, and Bell downed two with the defensive armament. Spurling was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) for the action.

In World War II the Western air forces generally credited fractional shares of aerial victories, resulting in decimal scores such as 11.50 or 26.83. Some U.S. commands also credited aircraft destroyed on the ground as equal to aerial victories. The Soviets distinguished between solo and group kills, as did the Japanese, though the Japanese Navy stopped crediting individual victories in 1943. The Germans continued their inevitable rule of "one pilot, one kill."

The Soviet Union had the world's only female aces. During World War II, flying as part of the all-female 586 IAP, Katya Budanova achieved 11 and Lydia Litvyak scored 12 victories.

Despite official figures, very few recognized aces actually shot down as many aircraft as credited to them. The primary reason for inaccurate victory claims is the inherent confusion of three-dimensional, highspeed combat, but competitiveness and the desire for recognition also figure in the mix. Consequently, errors of 50 to 100% and more are common in air combat. In the Korean War, both the U.S. and Russian air arms claimed 10 to 1 victory-loss ratios.

The most accurate figures usually belong to the air arm fighting over its own territory, where wrecks can be counted. For instance, in World War I, Manfred von Richthofen is known to have shot down at least 73 of the 80 planes credited. See Under the Guns of the Red Baron by Franks, Giblin, and MacReady.

Ace is also used to refer to non-aviators who have distinguished themselves by sinking ships, destroying tanks, etc. (e.g. Aces of the Deep).

Contents

1 World War I
2 Spanish Civil War
3 World War II
4 Korean War
5 Vietnam War
6 Arab-Israeli Wars
7 Indo-Pakistani Wars
8 See also
9 Notes

World War I

**Aces of World War I**
Name	Country	Service	Victories	Notes
Manfred von Richthofen	Germany	Luftstreitkräfte	80	"The Red Baron", Pour le Mérite
René Fonck	France		75	Top Allied
Edward "Mick" Mannock	UK	Royal Flying Corps	73 disputed	VC, Top English Ace
Billy Bishop	Canada	Royal Flying Corps	72 disputed	VC, Top British Empire
Ernst Udet	Germany	Luftstreitkräfte	62
Raymond Collishaw	Canada	Royal Naval Air Service	61	Top RNAS
James McCudden	UK	Royal Flying Corps	57	VC
A. F. W. Beauchamp Proctor	South Africa	Royal Flying Corps	54
Erich Löwenhardt	Germany	Luftstreitkräfte	54
Donald R. MacLaren	Canada	Royal Flying Corps	54
Georges Guynemer	France		53
Roderic Dallas	Australia	Royal Naval Air Service	50 (disputed)	Top Australian (following recent research)
William George Barker	Canada	Royal Flying Corps	50
Werner Voss	Germany	Luftstreitkräfte	48
George McElroy	UK	Royal Flying Corps	47
Robert A. Little	Australia	Royal Naval Air Service	47
Fritz Rumey	Germany	Luftstreitkräfte	45
Albert Ball	UK	Royal Flying Corps	44
Rudolph Berthold	Germany	Luftstreitkräfte	44
Bruno Loerzer	Germany	Luftstreitkräfte	44
Charles Nungesser	France		43
Paul Baumer	Germany	Luftstreitkräfte	43
Tom F. Hazell	Ireland	Royal Flying Corps	43
Josef Jacobs	Germany	Luftstreitkräfte	41
Georges F. Madon	France		41
Oswald Boelcke	Germany	Luftstreitkräfte	40	Pour le Mérite
Lothar von Richthofen	Germany	Luftstreitkräfte	40	Pour le Mérite
Franz Buchner	Germany	Luftstreitkräfte	40
Philip F. Fullard	United Kingdom	Royal Flying Corps	40
Karl Menckhoff	Germany	Luftstreitkräfte	39
Heinrich Gontermann	Germany	Luftstreitkräfte	39
Willy Coppens	Belgium	Belgian Military Aviation	37
Max Muller	Germany	Luftstreitkräfte	36
Julius Buckler	Germany	Luftstreitkräfte	36	Pour le Mérite
Maurice Boyau	France		35
Godwin Brumowski	Austria-Hungary	Luftfahrtruppen	35	Top Austria-Hungary
Gustav Dorr	Germany	Luftstreitkräfte	35
Eduard von Schleich	Germany	Luftstreitkräfte	35
Francesco Baracca	Italy	Corpo Aeronautico Militare	34	Top Italy
Michel Coiffard	France		34
Josef Veltjens	Germany	Luftstreitkräfte	34
Otto Koennecke	Germany	Luftstreitkräfte	33
Kurt Wolff	Germany	Luftstreitkräfte	33
Heinrich Bongartz	Germany	Luftstreitkräfte	33
Theo Osterkamp	Germany	Luftstreitkräfte	32
Emil Thuy	Germany	Luftstreitkräfte	32
Paul Billik	Germany	Luftstreitkräfte	31
Karl Bolle	Germany	Luftstreitkräfte	31
Gotthard Sachsenberg	Germany	Luftstreitkräfte	31
Karl Allmenröder	Germany	Luftstreitkräfte	30	Pour le Mérite
Carl Degelow	Germany	Luftstreitkräfte	30
Heinrich Kroll	Germany	Luftstreitkräfte	30
Josef Mai	Germany	Luftstreitkräfte	30
Ulrich Neckel	Germany	Luftstreitkräfte	30
Karl Schaefer	Germany	Luftstreitkräfte	30
A. H. "Harry" Cobby	Australia	Australian Flying Corps (AFC)	29	Top AFC
Hermann Frommerz	Germany	Luftstreitkräfte	29
Walter von Bulow	Germany	Luftstreitkräfte	28
Walter Blume	Germany	Luftstreitkräfte	28
Leon Bourjade	France		28
Fritz von Roth	Germany	Luftstreitkräfte	28
Fritz Bernert	Germany	Luftstreitkräfte	27
Otto Fruhner	Germany	Luftstreitkräfte	27
Hans Kirschstein	Germany	Luftstreitkräfte	27
Armand Pinsard	France		27
Karl Thom	Germany	Luftstreitkräfte	27	Pour le Mérite''
Adolf von Tutschek	Germany	Luftstreitkräfte	27
Kurt Wusthoff	Germany	Luftstreitkräfte	27
Eddie Rickenbacker	USA	US Army Air Service	26	Top US
Harald Auffarth	Germany	Luftstreitkräfte	26
Oscar von Boenigk	Germany	Luftstreitkräfte	26
Eduard Dostler	Germany	Luftstreitkräfte	26
Arthur Laumann	Germany	Luftstreitkräfte	26
Silvio Scaroni	Italy	Corpo Aeronautico Militare	26
Arthur Rhys Davids	UK	Royal Flying Corps	25
Rene Dorme	France		23
Hermann Goering	Germany	Luftstreitkräfte	22	Pour le Mérite
Frederick W. Gillet	USA	Royal Flying Corps	20
Gabriel Guerin	France		23
Claude Haegelen	France		22
Alfred Heurtaux	France		21
Keith Park	NZ	Australian Flying Corps	20	''
Aleksandr A. Kozakov	Russia	Imperial Army Air Service	20	Top Russian
Howard A. Kullberg	USA	Royal Air Force	19
William C. Lambert	USA	Royal Flying Corps	18
Frank Luke	USA	US Army Air Service	18	Medal of Honor, "The Balloon Buster"
Raoul Lufbery	France & USA	Escadrille Lafayette & US Army Air Service	16
Max Immelmann	Germany	Luftstreitkräfte	15	"The Blue Max"
James White	Canada	Royal Naval Air Service	12
Indra Lal Roy	India	Royal Air Force	10	India's only Ace
Christopher Draper	UK	Royal Naval Air Service	9	"The Mad Major"
Cyril Lowe	UK	Royal Flying Corps	9

Of the thirty-two aces, seventeen died during the conflict.

Spanish Civil War

**Aces of Spanish Civil War**
Name	Country	Service	Victories
Joaquin Morato	Spain	Nationalist Air Force	40
Lev L. Shestakov	Russia	Republican Air Force	39
Sergei I. Gritsevets	Russia	Republican Air Force	30
Julio Diaz-Benjumea	Spain	Nationalist Air Force	24
Manuel Claver	Spain	Republican Air Force	23
Manuel Sagastizabal	Spain	Nationalist Air Force	21
Leopoldo Rubio	Spain	Republican Air Force	21
Pavel V. Rychagov	Russia	Republican Air Force	20
Aristides Lopez	Spain	Nationalist Air Force	17
Angel Larrazabal	Spain	Nationalist Air Force	16
Mario Bonzano	Italy	Nationalist Air Force	15
Brunetto di Montegnacco	Italy	Nationalist Air Force	14
Werner Mölders	Germany	Condor Legion	14
Guido Presel	Italy	Nationalist Air Force	13
Wolfgang Schellman	Germany	Condor Legion	12
Harro Harder	Germany	Condor Legion	11
Andres Garcia de la Calle	Spain	Republican Air Force	11
Manuel Lopez	Spain	Republican Air Force	11
Peter Boddem	Germany	Condor Legion	10
Rudolphe de Henricourt	Belgium	Republican Air Force	10
Abel Guides	France	Republican Air Force	10
Frank Glasgow Tinker	USA	Republican Air Force	8

World War II

**Aces of World War II**
Name	Country	Service	Victories	Notes
Erich "Bubi" Hartmann	Germany	Luftwaffe	352
Gerhard Barkhorn	Germany	Luftwaffe	301
Günther Rall	Germany	Luftwaffe	275
Otto Kittel	Germany	Luftwaffe	267
Walter Nowotny	Austria	Luftwaffe	258
Wilhelm Batz	Germany	Luftwaffe	237
Erich Rudorffer	Germany	Luftwaffe	222
Heinz Bär	Germany	Luftwaffe	220 (16 Me-262)
Hermann Graf	Germany	Luftwaffe	212
Heinrich Ehrler	Germany	Luftwaffe	208
Theodor Weissenberger	Germany	Luftwaffe	208 (8 Me-262)
Hans Philipp	Germany	Luftwaffe	206
Walter Schuck	Germany	Luftwaffe	206
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	178
Ernst-Wilhelm Reinert	Germany	Luftwaffe	174
Günther Schack	Germany	Luftwaffe	174
Emil Lang	Germany	Luftwaffe	173
Heinz Schmidt	Germany	Luftwaffe	173
Horst Ademeit	Germany	Luftwaffe	166
Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke	Germany	Luftwaffe	162
Hans-Joachim Marseille	Germany	Luftwaffe	158
Heinrich Sturm	Germany	Luftwaffe	158
Gerhard Thyben	Germany	Luftwaffe	157
Hans Beisswenger	Germany	Luftwaffe	152
Peter Düttmann	Germany	Luftwaffe	152
Gordon M. Gollob	Germany	Luftwaffe	150
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
Walter Wolfrum	Germany	Luftwaffe	137
Horst-Günther von Fassong	Germany	Luftwaffe	136
Otto Fönnekold	Germany	Luftwaffe	136
Karl-Heinz Weber	Germany	Luftwaffe	136
Joachim Muencheberg	Germany	Luftwaffe	135
Hans Waldmann	Germany	Luftwaffe	134
Alfred Grislawski	Germany	Luftwaffe	133
Franz Schall	Germany	Luftwaffe	133
Johannes Wiese	Germany	Luftwaffe	133
Adolf Borchers	Germany	Luftwaffe	132
Adolf Dickfeld	Germany	Luftwaffe	132
Erwin Clausen	Germany	Luftwaffe	132
Wilhelm Lemke	Germany	Luftwaffe	131
Gerhard Hoffmann	Germany	Luftwaffe	130
Franz Eisenach	Germany	Luftwaffe	129
Walther Dahl	Germany	Luftwaffe	129
Heinrich Sterr	Germany	Luftwaffe	129
Franz Dörr	Germany	Luftwaffe	128
Rudolf Rademacher	Germany	Luftwaffe	126
Josef Zwernemann	Germany	Luftwaffe	126
Dietrich Hrabak	Germany	Luftwaffe	125
Wolf Ettel	Germany	Luftwaffe	124
Herbert Ihlefeld	Germany	Luftwaffe	123
Wolfgang Tonne	Germany	Luftwaffe	122
Heinz Marquardt	Germany	Luftwaffe	121
Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer	Germany	Luftwaffe	121
Robert Weiss	Germany	Luftwaffe	121
Erich Leie	Germany	Luftwaffe	121
Friedrich Obleser	Germany	Luftwaffe	120
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
Werner Mölders	Germany	Luftwaffe	115
Wilhelm Crinius	Germany	Luftwaffe	114
Werner Schroer	Germany	Luftwaffe	114
Hans Dammers	Germany	Luftwaffe	113
Berthold Korts	Germany	Luftwaffe	113
Helmut Lent	Germany	Luftwaffe	113
Kurt Bühligen	Germany	Luftwaffe	112
Kurt Ubben	Germany	Luftwaffe	110
Franz Woidich	Germany	Luftwaffe	110
Reinhard Seiler	Germany	Luftwaffe	109
Emil Bitsch	Germany	Luftwaffe	108
Hans Hahn (pilot)	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
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
Rudolf Miethig	Germany	Luftwaffe	101
Josef Priller	Germany	Luftwaffe	101
Ulrich Wernitz	Germany	Luftwaffe	101
Rudolf Müller	Germany	Luftwaffe	101
Ilmari Juutilainen	Finland	Finnish Air Force	94
Hiroyoshi Nishizawa	Japan	Imperial Japanese Navy	86
Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein	Germany	Luftwaffe	83
Tetsuzo Iwamoto	Japan	Imperial Japanese Navy	80 (self claimed but clearly far exaggerated 202)
Hans Wind	Finland	Finnish Air Force	75
Erbo Graf von Kageneck	Germany	Luftwaffe	67
Saburo Sakai	Japan	Imperial Japanese Navy	60+
Ivan Kozhedub	Soviet Union	VVS	62
Aleksandr Ivanovich Pokryshkin	Soviet Union	VVS	59
Grigori Reschkalow	Soviet Union	VVS	58
Eino Luukkanen	Finland	Finnish Air Force	56
Wilhelm-Ferdinand Galland	Germany	Luftwaffe	55
Marmaduke 'Pat' Pattle	South African	Royal Air Force	51+
Urho Lehtovaara	Finland	Finnish Air Force	44½
Oiva Tuominen	Finland	Finnish Air Force	44
Alexandru Şerbănescu	Romania	Romanian Air Force	44
Constantine Cantacuzino	Romania	Romanian Air Force	43
Olli Puhakka	Finland	Finnish Air Force	42
Richard I. Bong	USA	Army Air Force	40
James Edgar "Johnnie" Johnson	UK	Royal Air Force	38
Olavi Puro	Finland	Finnish Air Force	36
Nils Katajainen	Finland	Finnish Air Force	35½
Thomas B. McGuire	USA	Army Air Forces	38
David McCampbell	USA	Navy	34
Toshio Ohta	Japan	Imperial Japanese Navy	34
Pierre Clostermann	France	Royal Air Force	23 (+9 probable)
Lauri Nissinen	Finland	Finnish Air Force	32½
George F. Beurling	Canada	Royal Air Force	31 1/3
Brendan Eamon Fergus "Paddy" Finucane	Ireland	Royal Air Force	32
Kyösti Karhila	Finland	Finnish Air Force	32
Adolph 'Sailor' Malan	South Africa	Royal Air Force	32
Jorma Karhunen	Finland	Finnish Air Force	31
Dezso Szengyorgyi	Hungary	Hungarian Air Force	30 1/2
Shoichi Sugita	Japan	Imperial Japanese Navy	30+
Kaneyoshi Mutoh	Japan	Imperial Japanese Navy	30
Emil Vesa	Finland	Finnish Air Force	29½
Robert Roland Stanford Tuck	UK	Royal Air Force	29
Bob Braham	UK	Royal Air Force	29
Clive Caldwell	Australia	Royal Australian Air Force	28½
Tapio Järvi	Finland	Finnish Air Force	28½
"Ginger" Lacy	UK	Royal Air Force	28
Francis "Gabby" Gabreski	USA	Army Air Forces	28 (+2.5 ground) +6.5 Korea
Robert S. Johnson	USA	Army Air Forces	27
Charles H. Macdonald	USA	Army Air Forces	27
Junichi Sasai	Japan	Imperial Japanese Navy	27
Klaus Alakoski	Finland	Finnish Air Force	26
Joseph J. Foss	USA	U.S. Marine Corps	26
Lajos Toth	Hungary	Royal Hungarian Air Force	26
Adriano Visconti	Italy	Italian Air Force	26
George E. Preddy, Jr.	United States	Army Air Force	25.8 (+5 ground)
Robert M. Hanson	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	25
Douglas Bader	UK	Royal Air Force	23
Gregory "Pappy" Boyington	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	AVG)
Cecil E. Harris	USA	Navy	24
John C. Meyer	United States	Army Air Forces	24 (+13 ground) +2 Korea
Eugene A Valencia	United States	Navy	23
Kalevi Tervo	Finland	Finnish Air Force	23
Jorma Saarinen	Finland	Finnish Air Force	23
Lance C. Wade	USA	Royal Air Force	23
Eero Kinnunen	Finland	Finnish Air Force	22½
David C. Schilling	United States	Army Air Forces	22½ (+10½ ground)
Wing Commander Edward F. Charles	Canada	RCAF	22
Gerald R. Johnson	United States	Army Air Forces	22
Neel E. Kearby	United States	Army Air Forces	22
Jay T. Robbins	United States	Army Air Forces	22
Stanislaw Skalski	Poland	Royal Air Force	22
Donald S. Gentile	United States	Army Air Forces	21.83 (+7 ground )
Antti Tani	Finland	Finnish Air Force	21½
Frederick J. Christensen	United States	Army Air Forces	21½
Raymond S. Wetmore	United States	Army Air Forces	21.25 (+2 ground)
John J. Voll	United States	Army Air Forces	21
Kenneth A. Walsh	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	21
Paavo Myllylä	Finland	Finnish Air Force	21
Walker M. Mahurin	United States	Army Air Forces	20.75 (+3.5 Korea)
Karel Kuttelwascher	Czechoslovakia	Royal Air Force	20
Donald N. Aldrich	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	20
Thomas J. Lynch	United States	Army Air Forces	20
Squadron Leader Henry W. McLeod	Canada	RCAF	20 (KIA)
Robert B. Westbrook	United States	Army Air Forces	20
Viktor Pyötsiä	Finland	Finnish Air Force	19½
Väinö Suhonen	Finland	Finnish Air Force	19½
John "Cat's Eyes" Cunningham	UK	Royal Air Force	19 (mainly as nightfighter)
Glenn E. Duncan	United States	Army Air Forces	19 (+7.8 ground)
Patrick D. Fleming	United States	Navy	19
Cornelius N. Nooy	USA	Navy	19
John L. Smith	United States	U.S. Marine Corps	19
Alexander Vraciu	United States	Navy	19
Erik Teromaa	Finland	Finnish Air Force	19
Arthur J. Benko	USA	Army Air Forces	18½	gunner
Marion E. Carl	USA	U.S. Marine Corps	18½
Lauri Pekuri	Finland	Finnish Air Force	18½
Leonard K. Carson	USA	Army Air Forces	18½ (+3.5 ground)
Glenn T. Eagleson	USA	Army Air Forces	18½ (+5 ground) +2 Korea
Wilbur J. Thomas	USA	U.S. Marine Corps	18½
Witold Urbanowicz	Poland	Royal Air Force	18
Walter C. Beckham	USA	Army Air Forces	18
Herschel H. Green	USA	Army Air Forces	18
John C. Herbst	United States	Army Air Forces	18
Charles H. Older	USA	Army Air Forces	18 (10 AVG)
Hubert Zemke	United States	Army Air Forces	17.75
John B. England	USA	Army Air Forces	17.5
Duane W. Beeson	United States	Army Air Forces	17.33 (+4.8 ground)
Jouko Huotari	Finland	Finnish Air Force	17½
John F. Thornell	USA	Army Air Forces	17.25 (+2 ground)
Henry W. Brown	USA	Army Air Forces	17.2 (+14½ gground)
Josef Frantisek	Czechoslovakia	Polish Air Force and RAF	17
Jorma Sarvanto	Finland	Finnish Air Force	17
Yrjö Turkka	Finland	Finnish Air Force	17
Gerald W. Johnson	USA	Army Air Forces	17
James H. Varnell	USA	Army Air Forces	17
Keith Truscott	Australia	Royal Australian Air Force	17
Alois Vasatko	Czechoslovakia	RAF	17
Eugeniusz Horbaczewski	Poland	Royal Air Force	16½
Squadron Leader William T. Klersey	Canada	RCAF	16½
Aulis Lumme	Finland	Finnish Air Force	16½
Eero Riihikallio	Finland	Finnish Air Force	16½
John T. Godfrey	USA	Army Air Forces	16.33 (+18 ground)
Clarence E. Anderson	USA	Army Air Forces	16.25 (+1 ground)
Bolesław Gładych	Poland	USAAF	16
Douglas Baker	USA	Navy	16
Wing Commander James F. Edwards	Canada	RCAF	16
Eero Halonen	Finland	Finnish Air Force	16
Bill Harris	USA	Army Air Forces	16
Wing Commander Robert W. McNair	Canada	RCAF	16
Ira C. Kepford	USA	Navy	16
Charles R. Stimpson	USA	Navy	16
Group Captain P. S. Turner	Canada	RCAF	16
George S. Welch	USA	Army Air Forces	16
Donald M. Beerbower	USA	Army Air Forces	15½
Richard A. Peterson	USA	Army Air Forces	15½ (+3½ ground)
William T. Whisner, Jr.	USA	Army Air Forces	15½(+3½ ground) +5 1/2 Korea
James E. Swett	USA	U.S. Marine Corps	15.5
John Waddy	Australian	Royal Australian Air Force	15½
William T. Whisner, Jr.	USA	Army Air Forces	15½ (+3½ ground) + 5.5 Korea
David Lee "Tex" Hill	USA	USAAF	15.25 (10.25 AVG)
Martti Alho	Finland	Finnish Air Force	15
Jack T. Bradley	USA	Army Air Forces	15
Samuel J. Brown	USA	Army Air Forces	15
Edward Cragg	USA	Army Air Forces	15
William D. Dunham	USA	Army Air Forces	15
Robert W. Foy	USA	Army Air Forces	15
Ralph K. Hofer	USA	Army Air Forces	15 (+14 ground)
Cyril F. Homer	USA	Army Air Forces	15
Harold L. Spears	USA	U.S. Marine Corps	15
Donald H. Bochkay	USA	Army Air Forces	14.84
Donald J. Blakeslee	USA	Army Air Forces	14½ (incl 3 RAF)
John D. Landers	USA	Army Air Forces	14½ (+20 ground)
Aaro Nuorala	Finland	Finnish Air Force	14½
Joseph H. Powers, Jr.	USA	Army Air Forces	14½
Johnnie Checketts	NZ	Royal New Zealand Air Force	14½
Bruce W. Carr	USA	Army Air Forces	14 (+10 ground)
Robert C. Curtis	USA	Army Air Forces	14
Kenneth H. Dahlberg	USA	Army Air Forces	14
Robert M. DeHaven	USA	Army Air Forces	14
Archie G. Donahue	USA	U.S. Marine Corps	14
Wallace N. Emmer	USA	Army Air Forces	14
James A. Goodson	USA	Army Air Forces	14 (+13 ground)
Arthur R. Hawkins	USA	Navy	14
Pat Hughes	Australia	Royal Australian Air Force	14
Arthur F. Jeffrey	USA	Army Air Forces	14
Edward O. McComas	USA	Army Air Forces	14
Elbert S. McCuskey	USA	Navy	14
Daniel T. Roberts, Jr.	USA	Army Air Forces	14
Hans-Ulrich Rudel	Germany	Luftwaffe	14
John L. Wirth	USA	Navy	14
George C. Duncan	USA	Navy	13½
Pekka Kokko	Finland	Finnish Air Force	13½
Heimo Lampi	Finland	Finnish Air Force	13½
Roger W. Mehle	USA	Navy	13½
Charlie Scherf	Australia	Royal Australian Air Force	13½
Donald J. Strait	USA	Army Air Forces	13½
George Carpenter	USA	Army Air Forces	13.4 (+4 ground)
Donald S. Bryan	USA	Army Air Forces	13.34
James L. Brooks	USA	Army Air Forces	13
Jan Zumbach	Poland	Polish Air Force	13
Daniel A. Carmichael, Jr.	USA	Navy	13
James N. Cupp	USA	U.S. Marine Corps	13
Clyde B. East	USA	Army Air Forces	13
Robert E. Galer	USA	U.S. Marine Corps	13
John F. Hampshire	USA	Army Air Forces	13
Bruce K. Holloway	USA	Army Air Forces	13
William P. Marontate	USA	U.S. Marine Corps	13
Willard. W. Millikan	USA	Army Air Forces	13 (+2 ground)
Glennon T. Moran	USA	Army Air Forces	13 (+3 ground)
Robert Neale	USA	American Volunteer Group	13 (+2.5 ground)
Robin Olds	USA	Army Air Forces	13 (+11 ground +4 Vietnam)
Yrjö Pallasvuo	Finland	Finnish Air Force	13
Harry A. Parker	USA	Army Air Forces	13
Roy W. Rushing	USA	Navy	13
Edward O. Shaw	USA	U.S. Marine Corps	13
Robert W. Stephens	USA	Army Air Forces	13
John R. Strane	USA	Navy	13
Wendell V. Twelves	USA	Navy	13
Felix D. Williamson	USA	Army Air Forces	13
Henryk Pietrzak	Poland	Royal Air Force	12½
Lasse Aaltonen	Finland	Finnish Air Force	12½
Lowell K. Brueland	USA	Air Force	12½ (+2 Korea)
Kenneth D. Frazier	USA	U.S. Marine Corps	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	USA	Army Air Forces	12½ (+1 ground)
Quince L. Brown	USA	Army Air Forces	12.33 (+2 ground)
Leo Ahokas	Finland	Finnish Air Force	12
Michael Brezas	USA	Army Air Forces	12
Levi R. Chase	USA	Army Air Forces	12
Clement M. Craig	USA	Navy	12
David B. Eastham	USA	Army Air Forces	12
Loren D. Everton	USA	U.S. Marine Corps	12
George W. Gleason	USA	Army Air Forces	12 (+2.5 ground)
Leroy E. Harris	USA	Navy	12
Coatsworth B. Head, Jr.	USA	Army Air Forces	12
Roger R. Hedrick	USA	Navy	12
William E. Henry	USA	Navy	12
Howard D. Hively	USA	Army Air Forces	12 (+2.5 ground)
Kenneth G. Ladd	USA	Army Air Forces	12
Lydia Litvak	Soviet Union	Soviet Air Force	12
William J. Masoner, Jr.	USA	Navy	12
Pierce W. McKennon	USA	Army Air Forces	12 (+9.7 ground)
Robert W. Moore	USA	Army Air Forces	12
Michael J. Quirk	USA	Army Air Forces	12 (+5 ground)
LeRoy A. Schreiber	USA	Army Air Forces	12 (+2 ground)
Harold E. Segal	USA	U.S. Marine Corps	12
James A. Shirley	USA	Navy	12
Norman C. Skogstad	USA	Army Air Forces	12
William J. Sloan	USA	Army Air Forces	12
Eugene A. Trowbridge	USA	Army Air Forces	12
Richard E. Turner	USA	Army Air Forces	12 (11?) (incl 2 V-1)
James A. Watkins	USA	Army Air Forces	12
Richard L. West	USA	Army Air Forces	12
Nicholas Megura	USA	Army Air Forces	11.84 (+3.8 ground)
George R. Carr	USA	Navy	11½
James A. Clark, Jr.	USA	Army Air Forces	11½ (+4.5 ground)
Paul A. Conger	USA	Army Air Forces	11½
Olin E. Gilbert	USA	Army Air Forces	11½
William T. Halton	USA	Army Air Forces	11½ (+2 ground)
John A. Kirla, Jr.	USA	Army Air Forces	11½ (+.5 ground)
William N. Snider	USA	U.S. Marine Corps	11½
Charles E. "Chuck" Yeager	USA	Army Air Forces	11½
Louis H. Norley	USA	Army Air Forces	11.3 (+5 ground)
Philip C. DeLong	USA	Marine Corps	11.2 (+2 Korea)
Frederick E. Bakutis	USA	Navy	11
Harold W. Bauer	USA	U.S. Marine Corps	11
John T. Blackburn	USA	Navy	11
Katya Budanova	Soviet Union	Soviet Air Force	11
William A. Dean, Jr.	USA	Navy	11
Geoff Fisken	New Zealand	Royal New Zealand Air Force	11
Carl M. Frantz	USA	Army Air Forces	11
James B. French	USA	Navy	11
Robert J. Goebel	USA	Army Air Forces	11
Phillip L. Kirkwood	USA	Navy	11
John B. Lawler	USA	Army Air Forces	11
Robert J. Goebel	USA	Army Air Forces	11
Hemmo Leino	Finland	Finnish Air Force	11
Francis J. Lent	USA	Army Air Forces	11
Leland P. Holland	USA	Army Air Forces	11
William L. Leverette	USA	Army Air Forces	11
John S. Loisel	USA	Army Air Forces	11
Wayne L. Lowry	USA	Army Air Forces	11
Charles M. Mallory	USA	Navy	11
Charles M. McCorkle	USA	Army Air Forces	11
Norman L. McDonald	USA	Army Air Forces	11
Hamilton McWhorter III	USA	Navy	11
John W. Mitchell	USA	Air Force	11 (+4 Korea)
Urho Nieminen	Finland	Finnish Air Force	11
James V. Reber, Jr.	USA	Navy	11
Elmer W. Richardson	USA	Army Air Forces	11 (8?)
Robert H. Riddle	USA	Army Air Forces	11
James F. Rigg	USA	Navy	11
Donald E. Runyon	USA	Navy	11
Donald H. Sapp	USA	U.S. Marine Corps	11
Murray Shubin	USA	Army Air Forces	11
Cornelius Smith, Jr.	USA	Army Air Forces	11
Kenneth C. Sparks	USA	Army Air Forces	11
Richard E. Stanbrook	USA	Navy	11
Ilkka Törrönen	Finland	Finnish Air Force	11
Stanley W. Vejtasa	USA	Navy	11
George T. Burgard	USA	AVG	10.75
Frank Q. O'Conner	USA	Army Air Forces	10.75
Charles F. Anderson, Jr.	USA	Army Air Forces	10½ (+5½ ground)
Mirosław Ferić	Poland	[[Polish Air Force]	10½
Marshall U. Beebe	USA	Navy	10½
George F. Ceulleers	USA	Army Air Forces	10½
Jack E. Conger	USA	U.S. Marine Corps	10½
George A. Doersch	USA	Army Air Forces	10½ (+½ ground)
Niilo Erkinheimo	Finland	Finnish Air Force	10½
William J. Hovde	USA	Army Air Forces	10½ (+2 ground +4 Korea)
Martti Kalima	Finland	Finnish Air Force	10½
Kullervo Lahtela	Finland	Finnish Air Force	10½
Raymond H. Littge	USA	Army Air Force	10½
Kullervo Lahtela	Finland	Finnish Air Force	10½
Raymond H. Littge	USA	Army Air Forces	10½ (+13 ground)
Raymond H. Littge	USA	AVG	10½
Kai Metsola	Finland	Finnish Air Force	10½
Edward Rector	USA	AVG	10½ (6.5 AVG)
Russell E. Reiserer	USA	Navy	10½
John A. Storch	USA	Army Air Force	10½ (+1½ ground)
John C. Symmes	USA	Navy	10½
John V. Newkirk	USA	AVG	10½
Kai Metsola	Finland	Finnish Air Force	10½
Eino Peltola	Finland	Finnish Air Force	10½
Robert E. Murray	USA	Navy	10.4
Ralph E. Elliot	USA	Navy	10.3
Fred W. Glover	USA	Army Air Force	10.3 (+12.5 ground)
William D. McGarry	USA	AVG	10.25
Robert W. Aschenbrenner	USA	Army Air Force	10
Frank B. Baldwin	USA	USMC	10
Wayne K. Blickenstaff	USA	Army Air Force	10
Joseph E. Broadhead	USA	Army Air Force	10
Carl A. Brown, Jr.	USA	Navy	10
Thaddeus T. Coleman	USA	Navy	10
William K. Giroux	USA	Army Air Force	10
Walter J. Goehausen, Jr.	USA	Army Air Force	10
Ernest A. Harris	USA	Army Air Force	10
Alwin M. Juchheim	USA	Army Air Force	10 (+6 ground)
Walter J. Goehausen, Jr.	USA	Army Air Force	10
Veikko Karu	Finland	Finnish Air Force	10
Mauno Kirjonen	Finland	Finnish Air Force	10
Ahti Laitinen	Finland	Finnish Air Force	10
Herbert H. Long	USA	USMC	10
Edward E. Lines	USA	Army Air Force	10
Thomas H. Mann, Jr.	USA	USMC	10
Joseph L. Mansker	USA	Army Air Force	10
Harris E. Mitchell	USA	Navy	10
Mikko Pasila	Finland	Finnish Air Force	10
Robert J. Rankin	USA	Army Air Force	10
Thomas H. Reidy	USA	Navy	10
Andrew J. Reynolds	USA	Army Air Force	10
Robert L. Scott, Jr.	USA	Army Air Force	10
Arthur Singer, Jr.	USA	Navy	10
John M. Smith	USA	Navy	10
Paul M. Stanch	USA	Army Air Force	10
Elliot Summer	USA	Army Air Force	10
James S. Swope	USA	Navy	10
Robert V. Westermark	USA	Army Air Force	10
Fletcher E. Adams	USA	Army Air Force	9½
Ernest. E. Bankey, Jr.	USA	Army Air Force	9½ (+8 ground)
Leonard J. Check	USA	Navy	9½
Ernest C. Fiebelkorn	USA	Army Air Force	9½((9?) (+2 ground)
Dale F. Spencer	USA	Army Air Force	9½ (+½ ground)
Robert C. Coats	USA	Navy	9.33
Charles R. Bond	USA	AVG	9.25
Stephen W. Andrew	USA	Army Air Force	9 (+6½ ground)
William M. Banks	USA	Army Air Force	9½
Edgar R. Bassett	USA	Navy	9
Norman R. Berree	USA	Navy	9
William R. Beyer	USA	Army Air Force	9
George E. Bostwick	USA	Army Air Force	9 (+6 ground)
Mark K. Bright	USA	Navy	9
Paul D. Buie	USA	Navy	9
Henry A. Carey, Jr.	USA	Army Air Force	9
Frederick F. Champlin	USA	Army Air Force	9
Frank J. Collins	USA	Army Air Force	9 (8?)
William M. Collins, Jr.	USA	Navy	9
Richard L. Cormier	USA	Navy	9
Louis E. Curdes	USA	Army Air Force	9
Perry A. Dahl	USA	Army Air Force	9
James B. Dalglish	USA	Army Air Force	9 (incl 3 V-1s)
Jefferson J. DeBlanc	USA	USMC	9
Richard W. Dunkin	USA	Army Air Force	9
Richard T. Eastmond	USA	Navy	9
Robert A. Elder	USA	Army Air Force	9 (+2 ground)
Eugene H. Emmons	USA	Army Air Force	9
Grover E. Fanning	USA	Army Air Force	9
Edward L. Feightner	USA	Navy	9
Sylvan Feld	USA	Army Air Force	9
Joseph M. Forester	USA	Army Air Force	9
Marvin J. Franger	USA	Navy	9
Doris C. Freeman	USA	Navy	9
Kenneth W. Gallup	USA	Army Air Force	9 (+2 ground)
Thomas S. Harris	USA	Navy	9
Frederick R. Haviland, Jr.	USA	Army Air Force	9 (+6 ground)
Allen E. Hill	USA	Army Air Force	9
Frank D. Hurlburt	USA	Army Air Force	9	gunner?
George C. Kiser	USA	Army Air Force	9
Joseph J. Lesicka	USA	Army Air Force	9
Christopher L. Magee	USA	USMC	9
Louis A. Menard, Jr.	USA	Navy	9
Virgil K. Merony	USA	Army Air Force	9
Stanley B. Morrill	USA	Army Air Force	9
Edmund F. Overend	USA	USMC	9 (5 AVG)
Lloyd J. Overfield	USA	Army Air Force	9
Joel B. Paris III	USA	Army Air Force	9
Harvey P. Picken	USA	Navy	9
Eugene D. Redmond	USA	Navy	9
William N. Reed	USA	Army Air Forces	9 (3 AVG)
Daniel R. Rehm, Jr.	USA	Navy	9
Eugene P. Roberts	USA	Army Air Force	9
Meryl M. Smith	USA	Army Air Force	9
Robert T. Smith	USA	AVG	9
James S. Stewart	USA	Navy	9
John S. Stewart	USA	Army Air Force	9
Franklin C. Thomas, Jr.	USA	USMC	9
Arthur van Haren, Jr.	USA	Navy	9
Benjamin F. Warmer	USA	Army Air Force	9	gunner
Robert H. White	USA	Army Air Force	9
Judge E. Wolfe	USA	Army Air Force	9
Charles E. Watts	USA	Navy	8.75
Zdzisław Henneberg	Poland	Polish Air Force	8½
John L. Banks	USA	Navy	8½
William E. Bryan, Jr.	USA	Army Air Force	8½
James B. Cain	USA	Navy	8½
Charles J. Cesky	USA	Army Air Force	8½
Oscar I. Chenoweth	USA	Navy	8½
Arthur Chin	Republic of China	National Revolutionary Army	8½
Frank A. Cutler	USA	Army Air Force	8½ (+3 ground)
Carl C. Foster	USA	Navy	8½
John F. Gray	USA	Navy	8½
Everett G. Hargreaves	USA	Navy	8½
Thomas L. Hayes, Jr.	USA	Army Air Force	8½
John H. Hoefker	USA	Army Air Force	8½
Otto D. Jenkins	USA	Army Air Force	8½ (+2 ground)
Arthur G. Johnson	USA	Army Air Force	8½
Frank L. Lawlor	USA	AVG	8½
Gregory K. Loesch	USA	USMC	8½
Carl J. Luksic	USA	Army Air Force	8½ (+7 ground)
Donald McDowell	USA	Army Air Force	8½
Bernard J. McGrattan	USA	Army Air Force	8½
Sanford K. Moats	USA	Army Air Force	8½
John L. Morgan, Jr.	USA	USMC	8½
George W. Pigman	USA	Navy	8½
Claude W. Plant	USA	Navy	8½
Albert L. Schlegel	USA	Army Air Force	8½
Larry R. Self	USA	Navy	8½
James H. Howard	USA	Army Air Forces	8.33 (2.33 AVG)
Franklin T. Gabriel	USA	Navy	8.25
George B. McMillan	USA	Army Air Force	8.25 (+1 ground)
John M. Ainlay	USA	Army Air Force	8 (7?)
John R. Alison	USA	Army Air Force	8
David W. Allen	USA	Army Air Force	8
Frederick A. Bardshar	USA	Navy	8
Lloyd G. Barnard	USA	Navy	8
Walter G. Benz, Jr.	USA	Army Air Force	8
William J. Bonneau	USA	Navy	8
Robert J. Booth	USA	Army Air Force	8
Roy O. Burnett, Jr.	USA	USN	8
Walter J. Carroll, Jr.	USA	Army Air Force	8
William N. Case	USA	USMC	8
J. D. Collinsworth	USA	Army Air Force	8 (6?)
Arthur W. Cruikshank	USA	Army Air Force	8
Fernley H. Damstrom	USA	Army Air Force	8
John F. Dobbin	USA	USMC	8
Landis E. Doner	USA	Navy	8
Frederick J. Dorsch	USA	Army Air Force	8
Walter F. Duke	USA	Army Air Force	8
William C. Edens	USA	Army Air Force	8 (+3 ground)
John L. Elder	USA	Army Air Force	8 (+13 ground)
Eric A. Evenson	USA	Navy	8
Arthur C. Fielder, Jr.	USA	Army Air Force	8
Francis M. Fleming	USA	Navy	8
James M. Fowle	USA	Army Air Force	8
William A. Gardner	USA	Army Air Force	8
Frank Gaunt	USA	Army Air Force	8 (7?)
Francis R. Gerard	USA	Army Air Force	8
Clement D. Gile	USA	Navy	8
Maxwell H. Glenn	USA	Army Air Force	8 (5?) (+3 ground)
Mathew M. Gordon	USA	Army Air Force	8
Richard J. Griffin	USA	Navy	8
Leroy V. Grosshuesch	USA	Army Air Force	8
Fred E. Gutt	USA	USMC	8
Mayo A. Hadden, Jr.	USA	Navy	8
Frederick A. Harris	USA	Army Air Force	8
Kenneth F. Hart	USA	Army Air Force	8
Edwin J. Herman (or Hernan), Jr.	USA	USMC	8
George L. Hollowell	USA	USMC	8
Jack E. Ilfrey	USA	Army Air Force	8
Michael J. Jackson	USA	Army Air Force	8 (+5½ ground)
Byron M. Johnson	USA	Navy	8
John M. Johnson	USA	Navy	8
John L. Jones	USA	Army Air Force	8
Claiborne H. Kinnard	USA	Army Air Force	8 (+17 ground)
Charles M. Kunz	USA	USMC	8
William N. Leonard	USA	Navy	8
William H. Lewis	USA	Army Air Force	8
Elvin L. Lindsay	USA	Navy	8
Thomas E. Maloney	USA	Army Air Force	8 (7?)
William R. Maxwell	USA	Navy	8
Earl May, Jr.	USA	Navy	8
Johnnie G. Miller	USA	Navy	8
William W. Momyer	USA	Army Air Force	8
Douglas W. Mulcahey	USA	Navy	8
Alva C. Murphy	USA	Army Air Force	8
Joseph L. Narr	USA	USMC	8
George P. Novotny	USA	Army Air Force	8
John G. O'Neill	USA	Army Air Force	8
Edward M. Owen	USA	Navy	8
Nathan T. Post	USA	USMC	8
Luther D. Prater, Jr.	USA	Navy	8
Edward F. Roddy	USA	Army Air Force	8
Robert R. Rowland	USA	Army Air Force	8
Philip Sangermano (FO)	USA	Army Air Force	8
Charles W. Sawyer	USA	Army Air Force	8 (2.25 AVG)
Glenn D. Schlitz	USA	Army Air Force	8
David A. Scott	USA	Navy	8 (9?)
Dale E. Shafer	USA	Army Air Force	8
Robert M. Shaw	USA	Army Air Force	8
William A. Shomo	USA	Army Air Force	8
Robert H. Smith	USA	Army Air Force	8
Gordon A. Stanley	USA	Navy	8
Arland Stanton	USA	Army Air Force	8
John L. Sublett	USA	Army Air Force	8
James B. Tapp	USA	Army Air Force	8
Philip E. Tovrea	USA	Army Air Force	8
James O. Tyler	USA	Army Air Force	8
John W. Vogt, Jr.	USA	Army Air Force	8
Boyd D. "Buzz" Wagner	USA	Army Air Force	8 ^{[#endnote_Wagner]}
Victor E. Warford	USA	Army Air Force	8
Arthur T. Warner	USA	USMC	8
Charles E. Weaver	USA	Army Air Force	8 (+3 ground)
Theodore H. Winters, Jr.	USA	Navy	8
Sydney S. Woods	USA	Army Air Force	7
Donald K. Yost	USA	USMC	8
Joseph L. Lang	USA	Army Air Force	7.83
Everett W. Stewart	USA	Army Air Force	7.83
Howard M. Burriss	USA	Navy	7½
Darrell S. Cramer	USA	Army Air Force	7½
Kenneth J. Dahms	USA	Navy	7½
Robert A. Dibb	USA	Navy	7
Edward H. "Butch" O'Hare	USA	Navy	7
Gordon M. Graham	USA	Army Air Forces	7
Gordon B. Compton	USA	Army Air Forces	5½ (+15 ground)
Kenneth A. Jernstedt	USA	AVG	5 (+ 7 ground)

Korean War

**Aces of the Korean War**
Name	Country	Service	Victories
Nikolay Sutyagin	Soviet Union	VVS	21
Yevgeny Pepelyaev	Soviet Union	VVS	19
Capt. Joseph C. McConnell	USA	Air Force	16
Major James Jabara	USA	Air Force	15
Capt. Manuel J. "Pete" Fernandez	USA	Air Force	14.5
Maj. George A. Davis	USA	Air Force	14 (+7 WW2)
Lev Shchukin	Soviet Union	VVS	13
Sergei Kramarenko	Soviet Union	VVS	13
Iven C. Kincheloe Jr.	USA	Air Force
Col. Vermont Garrison	USA	Air Force	10 (+7.33 WW2)
Col. James P. Hagerstrom	USA	Air Force	8.5 (+6 WW2)
Baotong Zhao	China	PVA	7
Col. John F. Bolt	USA	USMC	6 (+6 WW2)
Yudi Liu	China	PVA	6
Daoping Jiang	China	PVA	5
Decai Han	China	PVA	5
Col. Harrison R. Thyng	USA	Air Force	5 (+6 WW2)

Vietnam War

**Aces of the Vietnam War**
Name	Country	Service	Victories
Nguyen Toon, aka "Colonel Tomb"¹	North Vietnam	Air Force	13
Nguyen Van Coc	North Vietnam	Air Force	9
Mai Van Cuong	North Vietnam	Air Force	8
Nguyen Van Bay	North Vietnam	Air Force	7
Vadim Petrovich Shchbakov	Soviet Union	PVO Strany²	6
Charles B. DeBellevue	USA	Air Force	6
Randall "Duke" Cunningham/ William P. Driscoll	USA	Navy³	5
Steve Ritchie	USA	Air Force³	5

¹existence disputed - reportedly shot down by Randy "Duke" Cunningham and William Driscoll 10 May 1972

²Advisor to NVPAF

³Cunningham and Ritchie were the only USA pilot aces of the Vietnam conflict.

Arab-Israeli Wars

**Aces of the Arab-Israeli Wars**
Name	Country	Service	Victories
Abraham Shalman	Israel	Air Force	19
Oded Marom	Israel	Air Force	18
Col. (Res.) Giora Epstein	Israel	Air Force	17
Yiftah Spector	Israel	Air Force	15
Amir Nahumi	Israel	Air Force	15
Majid Zugbi	Syria	Air Force	6
Djur Abid Adib	Syria	Air Force	5
Majad Halabi	Syria	Air Force	5

Indo-Pakistani Wars

**Disputed Air Aces of the Indo-Pakistani Wars**
Name	Country	Service	War	Victories
Muhammad Mehmood Alam	Pakistan	Air Force	1965	4-5 ¹

¹ PAF claims 5 confirmed kills, while the IAF insists that it was only 4 confirmed kills.

Sources

[Alam’s Speed-shooting Classic by Air Commodore M Kaiser]

[30 Seconds over Sargodha - The making of a myth by Rakesh Koshy]

Laying the Sargodha Ghost to Rest, Vayu Aerospace Review, 1985

Notes

↑
↑ Disputed. Boyington probably had two air-to-air victories in the AVG (Olynyk).
↑ First U.S. ace of WWII

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