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Flying ace

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A flying ace is a military aviator who has shot down five or more enemy aircraft. The term originated in World War I in France, when French newspapers described Adolphe Pegoud as a flying ace after he became the first pilot to shoot down five German aircraft.

Aces of World War I
Name Country Service Victories Notes
Manfred von Richthofen Germany Luftwaffe 80 "The Red Baron"
René Fonck France Aviation Militaire 75 Top Allied
Billy Bishop Canada Royal Flying Corps 72 Top RFC
Ernst Udet Germany Luftwaffe 62
Raymond Collishaw Canada Royal Naval Air Service 61 Top RNAS
Georges Guynemer France Aviation Militaire 53
George McElroy Ireland Royal Flying Corps 47 Top Ireland
Robert Little Australia Royal Naval Air Service 47 Top Australia
Albert Ball England Royal Flying Corps 44
Oswald Boelcke Germany Luftwaffe 40
Francesco Baracca Italy Corpo Aeronautico Militare 34 Top Italy
Eddie Rickenbacker USA US Army Air Service 26 Top US
Frank Luke USA US Army Air Service 18 Medal of Honor
Max Immelmann Germany Luftwaffe 15 "The Blue Max"
James White Canada RNAS 12
Christopher Draper UK RNAS 9 "The Mad Major"
Cyril Lowe UK RFC 9

Aces of Spanish Civil War
Name Country Service Victories
Alois Vasatko Czechoslovakia Republican Air Force 17
Abel Guides France Republican Air Force 10
Werner Mölders Germany Condor Legion 14
Wolfgang Schellman Germany Condor Legion 12
Harro Harder Germany Condor Legion 11
Mario Bonzano Italy Nationalist Air Force 15
Brunetto di Montegnacco Italy Nationalist Air Force 14
Guido Presel Italy Nationalist Air Force 13 


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||Erich Hartmann  || Germany || Luftwaffe || 352 
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|Gerhard Barkhorn  || Germany || Luftwaffe || 301
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|Günther Rall || Germany || Luftwaffe || 275 
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|Otto Kittel || Germany || Luftwaffe || 267 
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|Walter Nowotny || Germany || Luftwaffe || 258 
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|Wilhelm Batz || Germany || Luftwaffe || 237 
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|Erich Rudorffer || Germany || Luftwaffe || 222
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|Heinz Bär || Germany || Luftwaffe || 220
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|Hermann Graf || Germany || Luftwaffe || 212 	
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|Richard I. Bong || U.S.|| Army Air Forces || 40 
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 Thomas McGuire U.S.  Army Air Forces  38   
 Francis "Gabby" GabreskiU.S.  Army Air Forces   28   
 Robert S. Johnson  U.S.  Army Air Forces  28   
 David McCampbell U.S.  Navy  34   
 Cecil E. Harris   U.S.  Navy  23   
|Johnnie Johnson || UK || Royal Air Force || 38 
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 Ilmari Juutilainen  Finland  Air Force  94   
 Hans Wind  Finland  Air Force  75   
 Eino Luukkanen  Finland  Air Force  56   
 Karel Miroslav Kuttelwascher  Czechoslovakia  RAF  20   
 Adolph Malan South Africa  RAF  32   
 Stanislaw Skalski Poland Polish Air Forces 22   
 Josef Frantisek Czechoslovakia  Polish Air Forces 17   
 Ivan Kozhedub Soviet Union VVS 62   
 Alexander Pokryshkin Soviet Union VVS 59   
 Constantine Cantacuzine Romania   60   
 Alexandru Serbanescu  Romania   56   

          
          
          
          
          
          








Aces of Korean War


 Name Country  Service  Victories  


 Capt. Joseph M. McConnell   United States  Air Force  16   


 Major James Jabara  United States  Air Force  15   


 Capt. Manuel J. "Pete" Fernandez   United States  Air Force  14 1/2   


 Maj. George A. Davis   United States  Air Force  14   


 Nikolay Sutyagin Soviet Union VVS 21  


 Yevgeny Pepelyaev Soviet Union VVS 19  


 Lev Shchukin Soviet Union VVS 13  


 Sergei Kramarenko Soviet Union VVS 13  
          


          







Aces of Vietnam War
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 Name Country  Service  Victories  
 Nguyen Van Coc  North Vietnam  Air Force   9  


 Mai Van Cuong  North Vietnam   Air Force  8   


 Randall "Duke" Cunningham/William Driscoll  United States  Navy  5   


 Charles B. DeBellevue  United States  Air Force  6   


 Vadim Petrovich Shchbakov  Soviet Union  PVO-Strany (1)  6   


          







Aces of Arab-Israeli Wars


 Name Country  Service  Victories  
 Col. (Res.) Giora Epstein  Israel  Air Force  17   


 Yiftah Spector  Israel  Air Force  15   


 Amir Nahumi  Israel  Air Force  15   


 Djur Abid Adib  Syria  Air Force  5   


 Majad Halabi  Syria  Air Force  5   


 Majid Zugbi  Syria  Air Force  6   







Aces and Highest Number of Victories in Indo-Pakistani Wars


 Name Country  Service  War  Victories  
 Muhammad Shams-ul-Haq Pakistan  Air Force   1971  4   


 Syed Sa'ad Akhtar Hatmi Pakistan  Air Force  1971  3   


              


              


              


              


              





Two F-15 Eagle pilots were credited with three victories each.







Highest Number Victories of Persian Gulf WarNote: There were no aces in the Persian Gulf War of 1991. The pilots with the greatest number of victories is included

 Name Country  Service  Victories  
          


          


          


          


          


          




See also