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Fighter Pilot Aces of WWII

A + sign near an ace's name marks 'Killed In Action'

Belgian aces

Name	Victories

Yvan Georges du Monceau de Bergandel	8
Charles Detal+	7
Jean Offenberg+	7
Victor Ortmanns	7
Jacques Philipart+	7
Remy Van Lallemant	6
Daniel Le Roy du Vivier	6
Andre Plisnier	6
Lucien Boussa	5

Bulgarian aces

Name	Victories

Cudomir Toplodolski	8
Marin Cvetkov+	8
Stojan Stojanov	6

Chinese aces

Name	Victories

Li Kwei-Tan	12
Liu Tsui-Kan	11
Lo Chu	11
Chen Jui-tien	6
Chow Ting-fong	6
Huang Shing-Yui	6
Kwang Hsin-Jui	6
Liu Chung-Wu	6
Chu Chin-hsun	5
Hwang Pei-yang	5

Croatian aces

Name	Victories

Mato Dukovac	40
Cvitan Galic+	38
Dragutin Ivanic	18
Ivan Jergovic	16
Ljudevit Bencetic	16
Stjepan Boskic	13
Franjo Dzal	13
Zlatko Stipcic+	12
Josip Hellebrant	12

Czech aces

Name	Victories

Karel Kuttelwascher	18
Josef Frantisek+	17
Otto Smik+	10
Miloslav Mansfeld	9
Alois Vasatko+	7
Frantisek Peøina	7
Leopold srom	6
Otmar Kuèera	6
Stanislav Fejfar+	6
Josef Stehlík	5
Josef Dygrýn-Ligotick+	5
Ladislav Bobek	5
Bohumil Furst	5
Jiøí Kuèera	5

Danish aces

Name	Victories

Kaj Birksted	11

Finnish aces

Name	Victories

Eino Juutilainen	94
Hans Wind	78
Eino Luukkanen	56
Urho Lehtovaara	44
Oiva Tuominen	44
Risto Puhakka	42
Olavi Puro	36
Nils Katajainen	35
Lauri Nissinen+	32
Kyosti Karhila	32

French aces

Name	Victories

Pierre Closterman	33
Marcel Albert	23
Jean Demozay-Morlaix+	19
Pierre Le Gloan+	18
Louis Delfino	16
Edmond Marin la Meslee+	16
Jacques Andre	16
Roland De La Poype	16
Albert Littolff+	15
Michel Dorance	14

German aces

Note: **** marks an ace awarded the Knights Cross with oak leaves swords and diamonds medal. Only 27 men of all german military branches and ranks were awarded this very high medal during the entire war.

Name	Victories

Erich Hartmann ********	352
Gerhard Barkhorn	301
Gunther Rall	275
Otto Kittel+	267
Walter Nowotny+ ********	258
Wilhlem Batz	237
Erich Rudorffer	224
Heinz Bar	221
Hermann Graf ********	212
Heinrich Ehrler+	208
Theodor Weissenberger	208
Hans Philipp+	206
Walter Schuck	206
Anton Hafner	204
Helmut Lipfert	203
Walter Krupinski	197
Anton Hackl	192
Joachim Brendel	189
Max Stotz+	189
Joachim Kirschner+	188
Kurt Brandle	180
Gunther Josten	178
Johannes Steinhoff	178
Ernst-Wilhelm Reinert	174
Gunther Schack	174
Emil Lang+	173
Heinz Schmidt+	173
Horst Ademeit+	166
Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke+	162
Hans Joachim Marseille+ ********	158
Heinrich Sturm+	158
Gerhard Thyben	157
Hans Beisswenger+	152
Peter Duttmann	152
Gordon Gollob ********	150
Fritz Tegtmeier	146
Albin Wolf+	144
Kurt Tanzer	143
Friedrich-Karl Muller+	140
Karl Gratz	138
Heinrich Setz+	138
Rudolf Trenkel	138
Walter Wolfrum	137
Horst-Gunther von Fassong+	136
Otto Fonnekold+	136
Karl-Heinz Weber+	136
Joachim Muencheberg+	135
Hans Waldmann+	134
Alfred Grislawski	133
Franz Schall+	133
Johannes Wiese	133
Adolf Borchers	132
Adolf Dickfeld	132
Erwin Clausen+	132
Wilhelm Lemke+	131
Gerhard Hoffmann+	130
Franz Eisenach	129
Walther Dahl	129
Heinrich Sterr+	129
Franz Dorr	128
Rudolf Rademacher	126
Josef Zwernemann+	126
Dietrich Hrabak	125
Wolf Ettel+	124
Herbert Ihlefeld	123
Wolfgang Tonne+	122
Heinz Marquardt	121
Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer ********	121
Robert Weiss+	121
Erich Leie+	121
Friedrich Obleser	120
Franz-Josef Beerenbrock	117
Hans-Joachim Birkner+	117
Jakob Norz+	117
Walter Oesau+	117
Heinz Wernicke+	117
August Lambert+	116
Wilhelm Crinius	114
Werner Schroer	114
Hans Dammers+	113
Berthold Korts+	113
Helmut Lent+ ********	113
Kurt Buhligen	112
Kurt Ubben+	110
Franz Woidich	110
Reinhard Seiler	109
Emil Bitsch+	108
Hans Hahn	108
Bernhard Vechtel	108
Viktor Bauer	106
Werner Lucas+	106
Gunther Lutzow+	105
Eberhard von Boremski	104
Heinz Sachsenberg	104
Adolf Galland ********	103
Hartmann Grasser	103
Siegfried Freytag	102
Friedrich Geisshardt+	102
Egon Mayer+	102
Max-Hellmuth Ostermann+	102
Josef Wurmheller+	102
Rudolf Miethig+	101
Werner Molders+ ********	101
Josef Priller	101
Ulrich Wernitz	101

Hungarian aces

Name	Victories

Dezsõ Szentgyorgyi	34
Gyorgy Debrõdy	26
Lajos Toth	26
Laszlo Molnar+	23
Miklos Kenyeres	18
Ferenc Malnassy+	14
Laszlo Pottyondy	13
Istvan Fabian	13
Kalman Nanasi+	12
Jozsef Malik	11

Italian aces

Name	Victories

Adriano Visconti+	26
Teresio Martinoli+	23
Franco Lucchini+	21
Leonardo Ferrulli+	21
Mario Visentini+	20
Franco Bisleri	19
Luigi Gorrini	19
Furio Lauri	18
Ugo Drago	16
Germano La Ferla	13

Japanese aces

Name	Victories

Hiroyoshi Nishizawa+	87
Tetsuzo Iwamoto	80
Shoychi Sugita+	70
Saburo Sakai	64
Hiromishi Shinohara+	58
Takeo Okumura+	54
Satoshi Anabuki	51
Isamu Sasaki	38
Micuyoshi Tarui+	38
Toshiyo Ota+	34
Kazuo Sugino	32
Yashiki Kuroe	30
Shizuko Ishi+	29
Kaneyoshi Muto+	28
Chiyoshi Saito	28
Kenji Shimada+	28
Sadaaki Akamatsu	27
Isamu Hosono+	27
Yunishi Sasai+	27
Rikia Shibata+	27
Goychi Sumino+	27
Moricugu Kanai	26
Hidenori Macunaga	26
Shogo Saito+	26
Goro Furugori+	25

Norwegian aces

Name	Victories

Svein Heglund	15
Helmer Grundt-Spang	11
Werner Christie	10
Marius Eriksen	9
Martin Gran	9
Nils Jorstad	7
Frederick Fearnley+	7
Rolf Arne Berg	6
Helge Mehre	6
Arne Austeen	6

Polish aces

Name	Victories

Stanislaw Skalski	22
Witold Urbanowicz	18
Eugeniusz Horbaczewski+	16
Boleslaw Gladych	14
Jan Zumbach	12
Marian Pisarek+	11

Romanian aces

Name	Victories

Prince Constantine Cantacuzene	60
Alexander Serbanescu+	53
Ion Milu	18
Florian Budu	16
Ion Di Cezare	5

Slovak aces

Name	Victories

Jan Režòak	32
Izidor Kovarik+	29
Jan Gerthoffer	27
Stefan Martis	19
Frantisek Cyprich	18
Rudolf Božík	17
Stefan Ocvirk	10
Jozef stauder	10
Anton Matusek	10
Vladimír Krisko	9

Soviet aces

Name	Victories

Ivan Kozhedub	62
Alexandr Pokryshkin	59
Nikolay Gulaev	57
Grigoriy Rechkalov	56
Kirill Yevstigneev	53
Dmitriy Glinka	50
Arseniy Vorozheykin	46
Nikolay Skomorokhov	46
Alexandr Koldunov	46
Nikolay Krasnov	44
Georgiy Kostylyov	43
Sergey Morgunov	43
Vitaliy Popkov	41

Spanish aces

Name	Victories

Gonzalo Hevia Alvarez de Quiñones	12
Mariano Cuadra Medina	10
Jose Ramon Gavilan Ponce de Leon	9
Fernando Sanchez Arjona y Courtoy	9
Angel Salaz Larrazabal	7
Vicente Aldecoa Lecanda	7
Damaso Arango Lopez	7
Luis Azqueta Brunet	6
Manuel Sanchez-Tabernero de Prada	6
Lorenzo Lucas Fernandez Peña	6

British and Commonwealth aces

Name	Victories

Marmaduke Pattle+ (South Africa)	51
James Johnson	38
Brendan Finucane+	32
Adolphus 'Sailor' Malan (South Africa)	32
George Beurling (Canada)	31
William Vale	31
Clive Caldwell (Australia)	29
John Braham	29
Robert Tuck	29
James Lacey	28
Neville Duke	28
Collin Gray (New Zealand)	28
Eric Lock+	26
Billy Drake	25
Geoffrey Allard+	24
Jacobus LeRoux+ (South Africa)	23
Douglas Bader	23
Donald Kingaby	23
Robert Boy	23
Michael Crossley	22
Vincent Woodward (Canada)	22
William Crawford-Compton (New Zealand)	22
Alan Deere (New Zealand)	22
Raymond Hesselyn (New Zealand)	22
Evan Mackie (New Zealand)	22

American aces

Please note that American 'destroyed claims' were generally disregarded by contemporary allied forces as gross overclaims. These claims were not verified by others or by gun camera footage, and are generally regarded as being 50% or lower of actual claims. Please dont contact me to debate this point as it is well documented in allied records from the time.
Name	Victories

Richard Bong	40
Thomas McGuire+	38
David McCampbell	34
Gregory Boyington	28
Francis Gabreski	28
Robert Johnson	28
Charles MacDonald	27
Joseph Foss	26
George Preddy+	26
Robert Hanson+	25
Lance Wade+	25
Cecil Harris	24
John Meyer	24
Eugene Valencia	23
Raymond Wetmore	23
David Schilling	23
Gerald Johnson+	22
Noel Kearby+	22
Jay Robbins	22
Dominic Gentile	22
Fred Joseph Christensen	22
Keneth Walsh	21
John Voll	21
Donald Aldrich	20
Thomas Lynch+	20