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"Bing" Bong

"Dick" "Bing" "Joe"

* Richard Ira Bong

(MoH)

40 (KIFA 6aug45)

Thomas "Tommy" McGuire

"Tom"

* Thomas Buchanan McGuire Jr.    

(MoH)

38 (KIA 7jan45)

Dave McCampbell

"Dave"

David S. McCampbell

(MoH)

34   (9 on 24oct44 - US record)

     

Too Close for Comfort by Jack Fellows
                                                       "Too Close For Comfort" by Jack Fellows

Greg "Pappy" Boyington

"Pappy"

Gregory Boyington

(MoH)
(6 w/ Flying Tigers;)
(22 w/ Black Sheep)
28    (POW 3jan44)

Francis "Gabby" Gabreski

"Gabby"

Francis Stanley Gabreski 


(POW 20jul44

28   (+ 6.5 in Korea)

Bob Johnson

"Bob"

Robert Samuel Johnson

(27 planes in 91 sorties)

27 *

Charles "Mac" MacDonald

"Mac"

Charles Henry MacDonald

27 * * * *

George "Ratsy" Preddy

"Ratsy"

George Earl Preddy jr.

(KIA 25dec44 by friendly fire)

26.83 (+5 OTG) * *

Joe Foss

"Joe"

Joseph Jacob Foss

(MoH)

26  * * * *

Bob Hanson

"Butcher Bob"

* Robert Murray Hanson

(KIA 3feb44)

25   *

Lance "Wildcat" Wade

"Wildcat"

* Lance Cleo Wade (RAF)  

(KIFA 12jan44  *
  40+ unofficially)
25 (+1prob, 7dam +1 OTG)

Cecil "Cece" Harris

"Cece"

Cecil Elwood Harris

24

John Charles Meyer

John Charles Meyer

(+ 2 in Korea)

24 (+ 13 OTG) *

Eugene Anthony Valencia

Eugene Anthony Valencia

23

Raymond Shuey Wetmore

Raymond Shuey Wetmore

23 - 22.59

David Carl Schilling

David Carl Schilling

23 - 22.5

Gerald Richard "Jerry" Johnson

"Jerry"

* Gerald Richard Johnson

22

Neel E. Kearby

 

* Neel E. Kearby

(MoH)

22 (KIA 4mar44)

Jay Thorpe Robbins

Jay Thorpe Robbins

22

Fredrick Joseph Christensen

Fredrick Joseph Christensen

22 - 21.5

Dominic "Gentle Don" Gentile

Gentle "Don"

Dominic Salvatore Gentile

(RAF Eagle)

22   (+ 7 OTG)

John Voll

 John James Voll

21 * *

Kenneth Ambrose Walsh

Kenneth Ambrose Walsh

(MoH)

21 (D 30jul98)

Walker Melville "Bud" Mahurin

"Bud"

Walker Melville Mahurin

20.75 (+3.5 Korea) *

Donald Nathan Aldrich

Donald Nathan Aldrich

20

Thomas Joseph "Tommy" Lynch

"Tommy"

* Thomas Joseph Lynch

 

20 (KIA 8mar44) *

Robert Burdette Westbrook

* Robert Burdette Westbrook  

20 (KIA 22nov44)

     

Too Close for Comfort by Jack Fellows 1 Too Close for Comfort by Jack Fellows 2

Glenn Emile Duncan

Glenn Emile Duncan

19.5-19 (+4 prob & 7 OTG)

Duane Willard Beeson

Duane Willard Beeson

 

19.33-17.33 (POW 5apr44)

Patrick Dawson Fleming

Patrick Dawson Fleming

19 *

Cornelius Nicholas "Connie" Nooy

"Connie"

Cornelius Nicholas Nooy

19

John Lucian Smith

John Lucian Smith

(MoH)

19

Alexander Vraciu

Alexander Vraciu

(Romanian parents)

19 (+ 21 OTG) * * *

Glenn Todd Eagleston

Glenn Todd Eagleston

18.5 (+2 Korea)

Marion Eugene Carl

Marion Eugene Carl

(shot & killed 28jun98)

18.5

Leonard Kyle "Kit" Carson

"Kit"

Leonard Kyle Carson

18.5

Charles Herman "Chuck" Older 

"Chuck"

Charles Herman Older       

(Flying Tiger)

18.5

Wilbur Jackson Thomas

Wilbur Jackson Thomas

18.5

David Lee "Tex" Hill

"Tex"

David Lee Hill

(12.25 - 9.25 w/AVG) * * * *

18.25 - 15.25    * * * * * * *

John T Godfrey

"Johnny"

John Trevor Godfrey

(Americanadian)

18 (+18 OTG, POW 24aug44) *

Walter Carl Beckham

Walter Carl Beckham

18 (POW 22feb44) *

 

 

 

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"Herky's Big Day"  by Stan Stokes. Herschel Green  'Ace in a Day'
"Herky's Big Day" by Stan Stokes

January 30th, 1944 Northern Italy. "Herky" Green and his flight of "Jugs" encounter a group of Ju-52s and Green proceeds to down four. Minutes later he engages a Macchi 202 in a low-level fight and bags kill number 5. On the return leg "Herky" encounters a Dornier Do-217, shoots it down, and raises his day's total to 6 kills. It may be hard to believe but more Americans became Aces while flying the P-47 than any other fighter during WW2


Herschel Harper "Herky" Green

"Herky"

Herschel Harper Green

18 *

John Coleman "Pappy" Herbst

"Pappy"

John Coleman Herbst

18

Hubert "Hub" Zemke

"Hub"

Hubert Zemke

(POW 30oct44)

17.75  *

John Brooks England

John Brooks England

17.5 (+1.5 OTG) *

"Bill"

William Norman Reed

17.5

John Francis "Jack" Thornell Jr.

"Jack"

John Francis Thornell Jr.

17.25 (+3 OTG) *

Henry William Brown

Henry William Brown

17.2

Gerald Walter "Jerryt" Johnson

"Jerry"

Gerald Walter Johnson

17 (POW 27mar44)

Ira Cassius "Ike" Kepford

"Ike"

Ira Cassius Kepford

(Jolly Rogers)

17

Charles Russell Stimpson

17

James Sullins Varnell Jr.

17

Bud Anderson

"Bud"

Clarence Emil Anderson

16.25

* Douglas Baker

16  *  (MIA 14dec44)

Bill

William Douglas Dunham

16

Bill Harris

16

Wheaties Welch

"Wheaties"

George Schwartz Welch  *

16 (got 4 Zeros at Pearl Harbor)

Don Beerbower

Don

Donald Merrill Beerbower

15.5 *  *

Donald James Mathew "Don" Blakeslee

"Don"

Donald James Mathew Blakeslee  

(RAF Eagle)

15.5 * * * *

Robert Hawthorne "Bob" Neale

"Bob"

Robert Hawthorne Neale

(Flying Tiger)

15.5 (13 w/AVG)

Dick Peterson

Richard A. Peterson

15.5

James Elms Swett

James Elms Swett

15.5

William Thomas "Whiz" Whisner

"Whiz" "Bill"

William Thomas Whisner

(+5.5 Korea)

15.5 *

James Alexander "Goody" Goodson

"Goody"

James Alexander Goodson

(POW 20jun44, RAF Eagle)

15  (+ 15 OTG)

Kidd Hofer

* Ralph Kidd Hofer

(KIA 2jul44)

15 (+ 14 OTG)

Jack Tarlton Bradley

15

Samuel Jesse Brown

15

Porky Cragg

"Porky"

* Edward Cragg

(MIA 26dec43)

15

Robert William Foy

15 (+3 OTG)

Cyril Filcher Homer

15

Harold Leman Spears

15

Bruce Ward Carr 15 - 14

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Donald Harlow Bochkay 14.83 - 13.83
John D. Landers 14.5
Joe H. Powers Jr. 14.5
Robert C. Curtis 14
Kenneth H. Dahlberg 14
Robert M. Dehaven 14
Archie Glenn Donahue 14 (Ace in a day - twice!)
Wallace N. Emmer 14
"Hawk" Arthur Ray Hawkins 14
Arthur F. Jeffrey 14
Ed O. McComas 14
Elbert S. McCuskey 14
Daniel T. Roberts Jr. 14
John L. Wirth 14
George C. Duncan 13.5
Donald J. Strait 13.5

Claude Weaver III

"Weavy"  Youngest Allied Ace

* Claude Weaver III  (RCAF)   

(Oklahoma)  KIA 28jan44
  - by Gerhard Vogt [48 victories]
12.5    (POW 9sep42 - escaped)

"Don" Donald Septimus Bryan 13.33 *
George Carpenter 13.33
James H. Howard 13.33
Roger W. Mehle 13.33
James L. Brooks 13
Daniel A. Carmichael Jr. 13
James N. Cupp 13
Robert E. Galer 13
John F. Hampshire 13
Bruce K. Holloway 13

John J Lynch  John Joseph Lynch   13 (RAF Eagle)
William P. Marontate 13
Willard W. Millikan 13
Glennon T. Moran 13
Robin Olds 13 (+4 Vietnam)
Harry A. Parker 13
Dan R. Rehm Jr. 13
Roy W. Rushing 13
Edward O. Shaw 13
Robert Lee Scott 13 (claimed 22, (died 27feb06)
Robert W. Stephens 13
John R. Strane 13
Wendell V. Twelves 13
Felix D. Williamson 13
Lowell K. Brueland 12.5(+2 Korea)
Paul A. Conger 12.5

David "Foob" Fairbanks

"Foob" "the Terror of Rheine"

David Charles Fairbanks  (RCAF)    

(+ 1 V-1)  Americanadian
         POW 28feb45)
12.5   *

Kenneth D. Frazier 12.5
James C. Stewart 12.5
"Chuck" Charles Elwood Yeager 12.5 - 11.5
Quince L. Brown 12.33
Michael Brezas 12
Levi Richard Chase 12
Clement M. Craig 12
Clyde B. East 12
Loran D. Everton 12
George W. Gleason 12
Leroy E. Harris 12
Cotesworth B. Head Jr. 12
Roger R. Hedrick 12
William E. Henry 12
Howard D. Hively 12
Kenneth G. Ladd 12
William J. Masoner Jr. 12
Pierce W. McKennon 12 (+ 9.7 OTG)
Hamilton McWhorter III 12
Robert W. Moore 12
Michael J. Quirk 12
Harold E. Segal 12
LeRoy A. Schreiber 12
James A. Shirley 12
Norman C. Skogstad 12
William J. Sloan 12
Eugene A. Trowbridge 12
James A. Watkins 12
Richard L. West 12
Nicholas Megura 11.83
George R. Carr 11.5
James Averell Clark Jr. 11.5
William T. Halton 11.5
John A. Kirla 11.5
William N. Snider 11.5
"Red Dog" Louis H. Norley 11.33 -10.33
Philip Cunliffe De Long 11.17(+2 Korea)
Fred E. Bakutis 11
* "Injun Joe" Harold William Bauer 11 (KIA 15nov42, MoH)
John Thomas Blackburn 11
William A. Dean Jr. 11
Carl M. Frantz 11
James B. French 11
Robert J. Goebel 11
Phillip L. Kirkwood 11
John B. Lawler 11
Francis J. Lent 11
William L. Leverette 11
John S. Loisel 11
Wayne L. Lowry 11
Charles M. McCorkle 11
Norman L. McDonald 11
John W. Mitchell 11(+4 Korea)
Leland P. Molland 11
Harvey P. Picken 11
James V. Reber Jr. 11
Robert H. Riddle 11
James F. Rigg 11
Donald E. Runyon 11
Donald H. Sapp 11
Murray Shubin Jr. 11
Cornelius M. Smith Jr. 11
Kenneth C. Sparks 11
Richard E. Stambook 11
Richard E. Turner 11
Stanley W. Vejtasa 11
George T. Burgard 10.75
Frank Q. O'Connor 10.75
Marshall U. Beebe 10.5
George F. Ceuleers 10.5

Bill Dunn

"Billy" "Poppy"

William Robert Dunn   

    (5.5 w/Eagle sq)
    (3 w/ 4th FG & 2 FTG)
10.5    *

George A. Doersch 10.5
William J. Hovde 10.5(+1 Korea)
Kenneth A. Jernstedt 10.5
Raymond H. Littge 10.5
Robert Laing Little 10.5
John V. Newkirk 10.5
Rossell L. Reiserer 10.5
Armistead B. Smith Jr. 10.5
John A. Storch 10.5
John C.C. Symmes 10.5
William L. Turner 10.5
Albert O. Vorse 10.5
Fred W. Glover 10.33
Robert E. Murray 10.33
William D. McGarry 10.25
Charles F. Anderson Jr. 10
Robert H. Anderson 10
Robert W. Aschenbrener 10

"Ajax" Baumler

"Ajax"  [from A J ]

Albert John Baumler    

(1 w/AVG, 5 in SCW)

10 (+2 probs)* * * *

Wayne K. Blickenstaff 10
Joseph E. Broadhead 10
Carl A. Brown Jr. 10
Thaddeus T. Coleman 10
Jack E. Conger 10
Richard L. Cormier 10
James J. England 10
William K. Giroux 10
Michael Gladych 10
Walter J. Goehausen Jr. 10
Ernest A. Harris 10
Alwin M. Jucheim 10
Ted E. Lines 10
Herbert H. Long 10
Thomas H. Mann Jr. 10
Harris E. Mitchell 10
Robert J. Rankin 10
T. Hamil Reidy 10
Andrew J. Reynolds 10
Arthur Singer Jr. 10
John Malcolm Smith 10
Paul M. Stanch 10
Elliott Summer 10
James S. Swope 10

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  Ernest E. Bankey Jr. 9.5
  Leonard J. Check 9.5
* Carl Raymond Davis (RAF) 

1st American Ace of WW2?,
       SAfrican born)
9.5 (+2 OTG, KIA 6sep40)

Ralph E. Elliott 9.5
Ernest C. Fiebelkorn 9.5
Edward F. Rector 9.5
Dale F. Spencer 9.5
Robert C. Coats 9.33
Charles R. Bond 9.25
Fletcher E. Adams 9
Stephen W. Andrew 9
William M. Banks 9
Edgar R. Bassett 9
Norman R. Berree 9
William R. Beyer 9
George E. Bostwick 9
Mark Kenneth Bright 9
Paul D. Buie 9
Henn A. Carey Jr. 9
Frederic F. Champlin 9
Frank J. Collins 9
William M. Collins Jr. 9
Louis E. Curdes 9
Perry J. Dahl 9
James B. Dalglish 9
Jefferson J. DeBlanc 9
Richard W. Dunkin 9
Richard T. Eastmond 9
Eugene H. Emmmons 9
Grover E. Fanning 9
Edward L. Feightner 9
Sylvan Feld 9
Joseph M. Forster 9
Marvin J. Franger 9
Doris C. Freeman 9
Kenneth W. Gallup 9
Thomas S. Harris 9
Fred R. Haviland Jr. 9
Allen E. Hill 9
Frank D. Hurlbut 9
George E. Kiser 9
Joseph J. Lesicka 9

Chris Magee

"Chris" "WildMan" "Maggie"

Christopher Lyman Magee

(flew for Isreal in 1948)

9

Charles M. Mallory 9
Louis A. Menard 9
Virgil K. Meroney 9
Stanley B. Morrill 9
Lloyd J. Overfield 9
Edmund F. Overend 9
Joel B. Paris III 9
Eugene D. Redmond 9
Eugene Paul Roberts 9
Mervl M. Smith 9
James S. Stewart 9
John S. Stewart 9
Franklin C. Thomas Jr. 9
Arthur Van Haren Jr. 9
Robert H. White 9
Judge E. Wolfe 9
Charles E. Watts 8.75
Robert T. Smith 8.67
John L. Banks 8.5
Joseph H. Bennett 8.5
William E. Bryan Jr. 8.5
James B. Cain 8.5
Charles J. Cesky 8.5
Oscar I. Chenoweth 8.5
Frank A. Cutler 8.5
Robert A. M. Dibb 8.5
Carl C. Foster 8.5
Everett C. Hargreaves 8.5
Thomas L. Hayes Jr. 8.5
John H. Hoefker 8.5
Otto D. Jenkins 8.5
Arthur G. Johnson Jr. 8.5
Frank Lawler 8.5
Gregory. K. Loesch 8.5
Carl J. Luksic 8.5
Donald McDowell 8.5
Bernard L. McGrattan 8.5
Sanford K. Moats 8.5
John L. Morgan Jr. 8.5
George W. Pigman Jr. 8.5
Claude W. Plant 8.5
Albert L. Schlegel 8.5
Larry R. Self 8.5
Franklin T. Gabriel 8.25
John Floyd Gray 8.25
George B. McMillan 8.25
David W. Allen 8
John M. Ainlay 8
Frederic A. Bardshar 8
Lloyd Glynn Barnard 8
Walter G. Benz Jr. 8
William J. Bonneau 8
Robert J. Booth 8
Roy O. Burnett Jr. 8
Walter J. Carroll Jr. 8
William Northrop Case 8
Arthur W. Cruikshank 8
Fernley H. Damstrom 8
John Francis Dobbin 8
Landis E. Doner 8
Frederick J. Dorsch Jr. 8
Walter F. Duke 8
Billy C. Edens 8
John L. Eider 8
Eric A. Evenson 8
Arthur C. Fiedler Jr. 8
James M. Fowle 8
William A. Gardner 8
Frank L. Gaunt 8
Francis R. Gerard 8
Clement D. Gile 8
Maxwell H. Glenn 8
Walter V. Gresham 8
Richard J. Griffin 8
LeRoy V. Grosshuesch 8
Fred E. Gutt 8
Mayo A. Hadden Jr. 8
Frederick A. Harris 8
Kenneth F. Hart 8
Edwin James Hernan Jr. 8
George L. Hollowell 8
Jack M. Ilfrey 8
Michael J. Jackson 8
Byron M. Johnson 8
John M. Johnston 8
John L. Jones 8
Claiborne H. Kinnard Jr. 8
Charles Murphy Kunz 8
William N. Leonard 8
William H. Lewis 8
Elvin L. Lindsay 8
Thomas E. Maloney 8
W. Robert Maxwell 8
Earl May 8
Carroll Warren McColpin 8 (RAF Eagle)
Johnnie G. Miller 8
William W. Momyer 8
Douglas W. Mulcahy 8
Alva C. Murphy 8
Joseph L. Narr 8
George P. Novotny 8
John G. O'Neill 8
Edward M. Owen 8
Nathan T. Post 8
Luther D. Prater Jr. 8
Elmer W. Richardson 8
Edward F. Roddy 8
Robert R. Rowland 8
Philip Sangermano 8
Glenn D. Schiltz Jr. 8
Dale E. Shafer 8
Robert M. Shaw 8
William Arthur Shomo 8 (7 in 1 mission) MoH)
Carroll C. Smith 8
Gordon A. Stanley 8
Arland Stanton 8
John L. Sublett 8
James B. Tapp 8
Philip E. Tovrea Jr. 8
James O. Tyler 8
John W. Vogt Jr. 8
* "Buzz" Boyd David Wagner 8 (KIFA 29nov42)
Victor E. Warford 8
Arthur T. Warner 8
Charles E. Weaver 8
Theodore Hugh Winters Jr. 8
Donald K. Yost 8
Joseph L. Lang 7.83
Everett W. Stewart 7.83
Howard M. Burriss 7.5
Daftell S. Cramer 7.5
Kenneth J. Dahms 7.5
Glendon Valley Davis 7.5
Ralph H. Davis 7.5
Francis M. Fleming 7.5
Edward E. Hunt 7.5
Dale E. Karger 7.5
William M. Knight 7.5
George M. Lamb 7.5
Charles W. Lasko 7.5
John H. Lowell 7.5
Henry J. Miklajcyk 7.5
Myrvin E. Noble 7.5
Paul O'Mara Jr. 7.5
Frederick R. Payne 7.5
MacArthur Powers 7.5
Elwyn G. Righetti 7.5 *
Malcolm T. Wordell 7.5
Vermont Garrison 7.33(+10 Korea)
Samuel B. Hibbard 7.33
James M. Morris 7.33
W.E. Bartling 7.25
Robert E. Goodnight 7.25
Albert J. Pope 7.25
Melvin M. Prichard 7.25
Burnell W. Adams 7
Calvin D. Allen Jr. 7
William Y. Anderson 7
Robert M. Baker 7
Percy R. Barteft 7
Hugh N. Batten 7
Robert H. Becket 7
Samuel V. Blair 7
Arthur J. Brassfield 7
John G. Bright 7
Robert Harold Brown 7
William Perry Brown Jr. 7
James W. Browning 7
Franklin N. Burley 7
Dean Caswell 7
Philip G. Chapman 7
Lawrence A. Clark 7
Robert A. Clark 7
Thomas J. Conroy 7
Paul Cordray 7
Claude J. Crenshaw 7
William E. Crowe 7
Daniel G. Cunningham 7
John Harvey Curry 7 (+4 prob (RCAF)
George H. Davidson 7
* George Andrew Davis Jr. 7 (+14 Korea, MIA 10/Feb/1952)
Gregory A. Daymond 7(UK)
Zach W. Dean 7
John W. Dear Jr. 7
Paul P. Douglas Jr. 7
Irwin H. Dregne 7
John S. Dunaway 7
Robert W. Duncan 7
Fred L. Dungan 7
Herbert Eckard 7
Vincent T. Elliott 7
Alfred J. Fecke 7
Edwin O. Fisher 7
Jack A. Fisk 7
Frank E. Foltz 7
Dwaine R. Franklin 7
John M. Franks 7
Earl R. Fryer 7
Harold N. Funk 7
John R. Galvin 7
Donald Gordon 7
Gordon M. Graham 7
Marvin E. Grant 7
Joseph Henry Griffin 7
Roger A. Haberman 7
Henry B. Hamilton 7
Willis E. Hardy 7
Al Harrington Archibald Allan Harrington    7 (RCAF)
Frank C. Heath 7
William J. Hennon 7
Frank A. Hill 7
Harry E. Hill 7
John Joseph Hockery 7 (+1 Korea)
Willie O. Jackson Jr. 7
Gilbert L. Jamison 7
R.H. Jennings 7
Alvin J. Jensen 7
Verl E. Jett 7
Clarence O. Johnson 7
James M. Jones 7
* Ripley Ogden Jones 7 (RAF)(KIA 17oct42)
William R. Kane 7
Benjamin H. King 7
Claude R. Kinsey 7
George N. Kirk 7
Frank W. Klibbe 7
Ward A. Kuentzel 7
Robert A. Lamb 7
Alfred Lerch 7
Warren R. Lewis 7
Lawrence P. Liebers 7
William J. Maguire 7
Armand G. Manson 7
Bert W. Marshall Jr. 7
Thomas G. McClelland 7
Robert W. McClurg 7
Murry D. McLaughlin 7
John T. Moore 7
James B. Morehead 7
Bert D. Morris Jr. 7
Robert C. Moss 7
Gilbert M. O'Brien 7
Harvey Odenbrett 7
"Butch" Edward Henry O'Hare 7 (MoH, Chicago Airport)
Jeremiah J. O'Keefe 7
Danny O'Neill 7
Charles H. Ostrom 7
Robert G. Owens Jr. 7
Elbert W. Parrish 7
Carl W. Payne 7
Chesley Gordon Peterson 7  (6 + 3 prob & 6 dam w/RAF)
Joseph F. Pierce 7
Sammy A. Pierce 7
Spiros N. Pisanos 7 (Greek)
Jack Pittman Jr. 7
James N. Poindexter 7
Robert Bruce Porter 7
Edward S. Popek 7
John E. Purdy 7
Francis R. Register 7
Thomas J. Rennemo 7
J. Hunter Reinburg 7
Robert Reynolds 7
Ben Rimerman 7
Felix Michael Rogers 7
Herbert E. Ross 7
John W. Ruhsam 7
Jimmie E. Savage 7
Frank Schiel 7
Maidrum L. Sears 7
Ernest Shipman 7
Lucien B. Shuler 7
Sam L. Silber 7
John M. Simmons 7
Warren A. Skon 7
Carl Eugene Smith 7
Leslie C. Smith 7
"Snuffy" Richard Eugene Smith 7 *
Robert J. Stone 7
William H. Strand 7
"Jimmy" John Smith Thach 7 (Thach weave)
Reade Franklin Tilley 7 (RAF) *
Frankam W. Troup 7
Myron M. Truax 7
John H. Truluck 7
Edward B. Turner 7
Gerald E. Tyler 7
Harley C. Vaughn 7
Arnold E. Vinson 7
Roy M. Voris 7
Robert Wade 7(+1 Korea)
Edward T. Waters 7
Wilbur B. Webb 7
John M. Wesolowski 7
Elmer M. Wheadon 7
Roy E. Whittaker 7
Samuel J. Wicker 7
James W. Wilkinson 7
Bruce W. Williams 7
Gerard M. H. Williams 7
Calvin C. Wire 7
John T. Wolf 7
Sidney S. Woods 7
Robert E. Woody 7
Daniel J. Zoerb 7
Leslie H. Kerr Jr. 6.75
John B. Murphy 6.75
Robert K. Nelson 6.7
Charles W. Brewer 6.5
Melvin Cozzens 6.5
Donald M. Cummings 6.5
Parker Dupouy 6.5
Robert P. Fash 6.5
James H. Flatley Jr. 6.5
Richard E. Fowler Jr. 6.5
Rockford V. Gray 6.5
Charles H. Haverland Jr. 6.5
James E. Hoffman Jr. 6.5
Mark E. Hubbard 6.5
Charles W. Koenig 6.5
Waiter A. Lundin 6.5
Michele A. Mazzocco 6.5
Edward C. McGowan 6.5
Mark L. Moseley 6.5
Paul A. Mullen 6.5
Valentine S. Rader 6.5
Paul S. Riley 6.5
Albert C. Slack 6.5
John D. Stokes 6.5
Ray A. Taylor Jr. 6.5
Robert H. Thelen 6.5
Charles H. Turner 6.5
Robert Harold Davis 6.5 - 5.5
Joseph V. Dillard 6.33
Dewey F. Durnford 6.33 (+.5 Korea)
Johnnie J. Bridges 6.25
John R. Rossi 6.25
Robert D. Welden 6.25
Richard F. Hurd 6.09
Francis Andell Terrill 6.08

Jimmy Peck

"Jimmy"

* James Elvidge Peck         

(Eagle - KiFA 12apr44)

6  (+ 3 probs & 13 damaged)

James P. Hagerstrom 6 (+ 8.5 Korea)
John F. Bolt Jr. 6 (+ 6 Korea)
Benjamin H. Emmert Jr. 6 (+ 1 Korea)
William E. Lamb 6 (+ 1 Korea)
Charles E. Adams Jr. 6
John R. Alison 6
Alexander L. Anderson 6
Wyman D. Anderson 6
Stanley O. Andrews 6
George C. Axtell 6
Robert Baird 6
Ellis C. Baker Jr. 6
Henry. W. Balsinger 6
James D. Bare 6
James M. Barnes 6
Robert L. Baseler 6
Rodman C. Beatley 6
Paul H.N. Beaudry 6
Henry S. Bille 6
Laurence E. Blumer 6
Robert L. Blyth 6
Hampton E. Boggs 6
Samuel J. Brocato Jr. 6
Harley L. Brown 6
Meade M. Brown 6
Carland E. Brunmier 6
George T. Buck Jr. 6
William E. Burckhalter 6
Francis X. Bushner 6
Robert J. Byrne 6
Matthew S. Byrnes Jr. 6
Raymond H. Callaway 6
Richard Andrew Campbell 6
Richard G. Candelaria 6
Raymond C. Care 6
Kendall E. Carlson 6
Charles H. Carroll 6
James R. Carter 6
Creighton Chandler 6
Lewis W. Chick Jr. 6
Walter E. Clark 6
Robert L. Coffey Jr. 6
Wilson M. Coleman 6
Arthur Roger Conant 6
Edwin Stanley Conants 6
Walter V. Cook 6
J.D. Collinsworth 6
William E. Copeland 6
Richard D. Cowger 6
Ray Crawford 6
Harry C. Crim Jr. 6
Donald F. Cronin 6
John T. Crosby 6
William J. Cullerton 6
Edward J. Czarnecki 6
Merl W. Davenport 6
Barrie Spilman Davis 6
Cecil O. Dean 6
Leslie Decew 6
Edwin L. Degraffenreid 6
Anthony J. Denman 6
Elliott E. Dent Jr. 6
Richard O. Devine 6
William J. Dillard 6
Eugene Dillow 6
Jefferson D. Dorroh 6
Urban Leonard Drew 6     (2 were 262's  *  *)
William C. Drier 6
Frank C. Drury 6
Paul E. Drury 6
William R. Dunn 6
Hoyt A. Eason 6
Byron A. Eberts 6
William G. Eccles 6
Willard E. Eder 6
William C. Edwards Jr. 6
Warren S. Emerson 6
Andrew J. Evans 6
Roy W. Evans 6
Lee R. Everhart 6
John W. Fair 6
Howard J. Finn 6
Don Horns Fisher 6
Richard H. Fleischer 6
William B. Foulis Jr. 6
Robert B. Fraser 6
Alfred L. Frendberg 6
Alfred C. Froning 6
Charles S. Gallup 6
Roy F. Gillespie 6
Edmund R. Goss 6
Lee O. Gregg 6
Billy M. Gresham 6
James W. Griffis 6
Clayton K. Gross 6
Charles F. Gumm 6
Harlan I. Gustafson 6
Walter A. Haas 6
George F. Hall 6
Sheldon O. Hall 6
Louis R. Hamblin 6
Robert M. Hamilton 6
William F. Hanes Jr. 6
Eugene R. Hanks 6
Raymond F. Harmeyer 6
Cameron M. Hart 6
Lloyd P. Heinzen 6
Ronald W. Hoel 6
Roy B. Hogg 6
James D. Holloway 6
Wallace E. Hopkins 6
Robert L. Howard 6
David W. Howe 6
Bernard H. Howes 6
Charles W. Huffman 6
John C. Hundley 6
Robert Hurst 6
James C. Ince 6
Robert D. Johnston 6
Charles David Jones 6
Cyril W. Jones Jr. 6
Wallace R. Jordan 6
Robert A. Karr 6
Robert J. Keen 6
LeRoy W. Keith 6
William T. Kemp 6
Donald David Kienholz 6
William J. Kingston Jr. 6
Kenneth B. Lake 6
Dean S. Laird 6
John H. Lane 6
Donald A. Larson 6
Leland A. Larson 6
Robert L. Liles 6
John D. Lombard 6
Marvin W. Lubner 6
Paul W. Lucas 6
Stanley J. Lustic 6
Grant M. Mahoney 6
Richard Hobbs May 6
William A. McCormick Jr. 6
Gordon H. McDaniel 6
Donald Charles McGee 6
Joseph T. McKeon 6
John McManus 6
Henry H. Meigs 6
Adolph Mencin 6
Donald W. Meuten 6
Armour C. Miller 6
Henry L. Mills 6
Robert Mims 6
Henry E. Mitchell 6
Norman W. Mollard 6
John R. Montapert 6
Horace B. Moranville 6
William C. Moseley 6
James D. Mugavero 6
Robert F. Mulhollen 6
Paul C. Murphey Jr. 6
Fred F. Ohr 6 (Korean parents)
Norman E. Olson 6
John Orth 6
Edward C. Outlaw 6
James J. Pascoe 6
Joseph J. Paskoski 6
James L. Pearce 6
Gilbert Percy 6
Francis E. Pierce Jr. 6
John Pietz Jr. 6
Hiram Clifford Pitts 6
* Zenneth Arthur Pond 6 (MIA 10sep42)
Tilman E. Pool 6
Ralston M. Pound Jr. 6
Frank H. Presley 6
John Forrest Pugh 6
Norval R. Quiel 6
Arval J. Reberson 6
Horace B. Reeves 6
Leonard R. Reeves 6
Ralph J. Rosen 6
Herman J. Rossi Jr. 6
John J. Sargent 6
Hartell H. Scales 6
Wilbur R. Scheible 6
William J. Schildt 6
Robert G. Schimanski 6
Albert Seckel Jr. 6
Robert W. Shackford 6
Courtney Shands 6
Hugh V. Sherrill 6
Perry L. Shuman 6
William J. Simmons 6
Clinton L. Smith 6
Daniel F. Smith Jr. 6
John C. Smith 6
Nicholas J. Smith 6
Walter E. Starck 6
Carlton B. Starkes 6
James R. Starnes 6
Robert F. Stout 6
Harvey W. Sturdevant 6
Ralph G. Taylor Jr. 6
David F. Thwaites 6
F.W. Tracy 6
Grant M. Turley 6
Donald E. Umphres 6
Herbert J. Valentine 6
Milton N. Vedder 6
Clinton D. Vincent 6
Merriwell W. Vineyard 6
Harold E. Vita 6
Thomas H. Walker 6
Ralph H. Wandrey 6
Robert E. Welch 6
Edward G. Wendorf 6
Arthur E. Wenige 6
Warren M. Wesson 6
William E. Whalen 6
Thomas A. White 6
James M. Williams 6
Robert C. Wilson 6
Lynn E. Witt Jr. 6
Robert C. Woolverton 6
Ellis Win. Wright Jr. 6
Harold Yeremain 6
Charles J. Zubarik 6
Harrison R. Thyng 6 - 5 (+ 5 in Korea) *
Clarence Murl Jasper (RCAF) 6 - 4 (+3 V-1's)

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Norman J. Fortier 5.83
Frederick J. Streig 5.56
Walter J. Koraleski Jr. 5.53
Edwin Lewis Heller 5.5 (+16.5 OTG, +3.5 Korea)
Dudley Moore Ammos 5.5
Carl G. Bickel 5.5
Clinton D. Burdick 5.5
Robert L. Buttke 5.5
Oscar H. Coen 5.5
Gordon B. Compton 5.5
Lawrence A. Dewing 5.5
Edward B. Edwards Jr. 5.5
Samuel W. Forrer 5.5
Frank L. Gailer Jr. 5.5
Lindol F. Graham 5.5
James S. Gray 5.5
Herman Hansen Jr. 5.5
Paul R. Hatala 5.5
Francis W. Horne 5.5
William L. Hood 5.5
William B. King 5.5
Floyd C. Kirkpatrick 5.5
Joseph J. Kruzel 5.5
Maurice G. Long 5.5
William M. Lundin 5.5
Joseph P. Lynch 5.5
John B. Maas Jr. 5.5
Frank E. McCauley 5.5
William W. McLachlin 5.5
Leslie D. Minchew 5.5
Raymond B. Myers 5.5
William R. O'Brien 5.5
Peter E. Pompetti 5.5
Glenn M. Revel 5.5
Robert P. Ross 5.5
LeRoy A. Ruder 5.5
Robert L. Shoup 5.5
Donovan F. Smith 5.5
William F. Tanner 5.5
William Paul Thayer 5.5
Frederick O. Trafton Jr. 5.5
George R. Vanden Heuval 5.5
Joe W. Waits 5.5
Kuan Fu Wang 5.5
Murray Winfield 5.5
Robert P. Winks 5.5
Earling W. Zaeske 5.5
Hipolitus T. Biel 5.33
Bernard Dunn 5.33
Robert J. Humphrey 5.33
Julius W. Ireland 5.33
Robert J. Sandell 5.33
Wallace E. Sigler 5.33
James A. Bryce 5.25
Harry W. Dorris 5.25
Thomas C. Haywood 5.25
Thomas F. Miller 5.25
John E. Petach 5.25
Robert W. Prescott 5.25
Charles W. Sawyer 5.25
Robert H. Smith 5.25
Robert D. Thompson 5.25
Walter A. Wood 5.25
Millard Wooley Jr. 5.25
Lewis Sherman Bishop 5.2 (Flying Tiger) *
James E. Duffy Jr. 5.2
C.H. Laughlin 5.2
H.A. Nelson 5.2
Hugh McJ. Elwood 5.17
Eugene D. Axtell 5.09
James W. Little 5 (+1 Korea)
Herman W. Visscher 5 (+1 Korea)
Robert Wilson Abernathy (USAAF) 5
Fred F. Ackerman 5
Robert H. Adams 5
Richard L. Alexander 5
William H. Allen 5
Stuart C. Alley Jr. 5
Ernest J. Ambort 5
Robert H. Ammon 5
Benjamin C. Amsden 5
Leslie E. Andersen 5
Richard H. Anderson 5
Lester L. Arasmith 5

Lee "Buddy" Archer

"Buddy"

Lee A. Archer jr.  

(only Tuskegee Airman Ace)

5    * * * * *

David Barnes Archibald 5
William E. Aron 5
Abner M. Aust Jr. 5
Donald A. Baccus 5
Jack A. Bade 5
Oscar C. Bailey 5
Donald Luther Balch 5
Frank B. Baldwin 5
Raymond W. Bank 5
Bruce MacD. Barackman 5
Rex T. Barber 5
Robert M. Barkey 5
Truman S. Barnes 5
John Frederick Barrick 5 (RAF)
Aaron L. Bearden 5
Edward H. Beavers Jr. 5
Louis Benne 5
Jack S. Berkheimer 5
Richard L. Bertelson 5
James D. Billo 5
Walter D. Bishop 5
Foster J. Blair 5
William K. Blair 5
Richard B. Blaydes 5
John W. Bolyard 5
Stephen J. Bonner Jr. 5
"Spike" Clarence Alvin Borley 5
Ernest O. Bostrom 5
John L. Bradley 5
Richard Lane Braun 5
Gerald A. Brown 5
Harry Winston Brown 5
J. Danforth Brown 5
Paul J. Bruneau 5
Robert L. Buchanan 5
Robert C. Byrnes 5
John B. Carder 5
John A. Campbell 5 (UK)
William A. Carlton 5
Nial K. Castle 5
Henry K. Champion 5
George Throckmorton Chandler 5
Van Edgar Chandler 5 (+3 Korea)
Arthur Chen 5
Arthur B. Cleaveland 5
Donald C. Clements 5
Robert E. Clements 5
Dallas A. Clinger 5
Vivian A. Cloud 5
Paul R. Cochran 5
Philip Eddy Colman 5 (+4 Korea)
Harold E. Comstock 5
Henry L. Ii Condon 5
Merle M. Coons 5
Leland B. Cornell 5
Ralph L. Cox 5
Niven K. Cranfill 5
Arthur C. Cundy 5
Warren D. Curton 5
William A. Daniel 5
Jack S. Daniell 5
Clayton Eugene Davis 5
Leonard Kier Davis 5
C. E. Davies 5
George E. Dawkins Jr. 5
William C. Day Jr. 5
Richard S. Deakins 5
George Della 5
Reuben H. Denoff 5
Frederick E. Dick 5
Michael Dikovitsky 5
I. B. Jack Donaldson 5
Cecil J. Doyle 5
Charles W. Drake 5
Daniel B. Driscoll 5
Francis E. Dubisher 5
Charles H. Dubois 5
James E. Duffy 5
Richard E. Duffy 5
Selden R. Edner 5
Joseph L. Egan Jr. 5
Robert A. Elder 5
James W. Empey 5
Herman E. Ernst 5
Charles D. Farmer 5
Robert A. Farnsworth Jr. 5
William Farrell 5
Richard D. Faxon 5
Marion C. Felts 5
James E. Fenex Jr. 5
William F. Fiedler Jr. 5
Virgil C. Fields Jr. 5
Charles R. Fischette 5
Rodney W. Fisher 5
Harry E. Fisk 5
Nelson D. Flack Jr. 5
Kenneth A. Flinn 5
Ralph E. Foltz 5
Paul John Fontana 5
Kenneth M. Ford 5
George Formanek Jr. 5
Dwight B. Galt 5
Warner F. Gardner 5
Noel Gayler 5
Steven Gerick 5
Grover D. Gholson 5
Robert D. Gibb 5
Edward Lester Gimbel (RCAF) 5 (POW 16apr45)
Cyrus R. Gladen 5
Lindley W. Godson 5
Norman D. Gould 5
Robert F. Graham 5
Vernon E. Graham 5
Hayden A. Gregory 5
Robert C. Griffith 5
William Grosvenor Jr. 5
Cheatham W. Gupton 5
Albert C. Hacking Jr. 5
Samuel E. Hammer 5
Harry T. Hanna 5
Chris J. Hanseman 5
Walter R. Harman 5
Thomas L. Harris 5
Raymond E. Hartley Jr. 5
Herbert B. Hatch 5
Charles D. Hauver 5
Russell C. Haworth 5
Frank R. Hayde 5
Frank C. Hearrell 5
Robert Hedman 5
Paul M. Henderson Jr. 5
Randall W. Hendricks 5
James E. Hill 5
Donald E. Hillman 5

Holly Hills

"Holly"

Hollis Harry Hills     

(RCAF, USN)

5

Kenneth G. Hippe 5
Edwin W. Hiro 5
Myron M. Hnatio 5
John B. Hoag 5
William R. Hodges 5
Cullen J. Hoffman 5
Besby F. Holmes 5
Herbert N. Houck 5
Edward R. Hoyt 5
Howard R. Hudson 5
Alvaro J. Hunter 5
Joe W. Icard 5
"Ike" Clayton Merlin Isaacson 5 * *
Hayden M. Jensen 5
Evan M. Johnson 5
Wallace R. Johnson 5
Curran L. Jones 5
Frank C. Jones 5
Lynn F. Jones 5
Warren L. Jones 5
J. Wayne Jorda 5 5
William H. Julian 5
Charles Kendrick 5
Daniel Kennedy 5
Robert Riffle Kidwell 5
Robert Alexander Kincaid 5
John R. Kincaid 5
Charles W. King 5
David L. King 5
Marion F. Kirby 5
Lenton F. Kirkland Jr. 5
Robert H. Knapp 5
Carroll S. Knott 5
Edward H. Kopsel 5
William J. Kostick 5
Wayne W. Laird 5
William E. Lamoreaux 5
Willis G. Laney 5
Ned W. Langdon 5
Thomas G. Lanphier 5
Richard C. Lampe 5
Franklin C. Lathrope 5
Earl R. Lazear Jr. 5
Richard J. Lee 5
Charles W. Lenfest 5
Marlow J. Leikness 5
Jack Lenox Jr. 5
John A. Leppla 5
Hugh D. Lillie 5
Charles P. London 5
Donald S. Lopez 5
Clifford Louie 5
George G. Loving Jr. 5
John Forrest Luma (RCAF) 5
Lowell C. Lutton 5
L.A. Maberry 5
John A. MacKay 5
Morton D. Magoffin 5
Jackson Barrett Mahon (RAF) 5 (POW 19aug42)
Keith Mahon 5
Jack Cyril Mankin 5
Lee Paul Mankin jr. 5
Harry A. March Jr. 5
Gene E. Markham 5
Lester C. Marsh 5
Albert E. Martin Jr. 5
Kenneth R. Martin 5
Joe L. Mason 5
William H. Mathis 5
Milden E. Mathre 5
Joseph Z. Matte 5
Chester K. Maxwell 5
Ben I. Mayo Jr. 5
Paul G. McArthur 5
T.H. McArthur 5
H. Allen McCartney Jr. 5
Leo B. McCuddin 5
R. "Red" McDonald 5
William F. McDonough 5
James N. McElroy 5
John L. McGinn 5
Selva E. McGinty 5
John W. McGuyrt 5
Donald J. McKinley 5
Evan D. McMinn 5
Donald M. McPherson 5
George L. Merritt Jr. 5
F. H. Michaelis 5
Everett Miller 5
Joseph E. Miller Jr. 5
Robert C. Milliken 5
Charles B. Milton 5
Arthur P. Mollenhauer 5
Franklin H. Monk 5
Paul V. Morriss 5
Arthur H. Munson 5
Jennings L. Myers 5
Robert J. Nelson 5
Franklin A. Nichols 5
Edward M. Nollmeyer 5
Marvin R. Novak 5
Jack J. Oberhansly 5
Edwin L. Olander 5
Austin LeRoy Olsen 5
Eugene W. O'Neill 5
Lawrence F. O'Neill 5
Ernest K. Osher 5
Robert J. Overcash 5
Edward W. Overton Jr. 5
Donald C. Owen 5
Joel A. Owens 5
Melvyn R. Paisley 5
Forrest F. Parham 5
Edsel Paulk 5
Oscar F. Perdomo 5
David P. Philips 5
Edward A. Phillips 5
Hyde Phillips 5
Kenneth R. Pool 5
Philip B. Porter 5
George H. Poske 5
Ernest A. Powell 5
Jack C. Price 5
Royce W. Priest 5
Roger C. Pryor 5
Donald L. Quigley 5
Orvin H. Ramlo 5
C. B. Ray 5
William C. Reese 5
Joseph E. Reulet 5
Thomas W. Rhodes 5
Vincent A. Rieger 5
Andrew J. Ritchey 5
Joe D. Robbins 5
Newell O. Roberts 5
Leroy W. Robinson 5
Ross F. Robinson 5
Franklin Rose Jr. 5
Gerald L. Rounds 5
Henry S. Rudolph 5
William A. Rynne 5
"Vick" Hartwell Victor Jr. Scarborough 5

James E. Schiller James E. Schiller 5 (VF-5)
Alexander F. Sears 5
Robert Byron See 5
Robert K. Seidman 5
Thomas D. Schank 5
Gordon E. Schecter 5
J. L. Schell 5
Louis Schriber 5
Duerr H. Schuh 5
Charles A. Shields 5
Robert Bruce Shoals 5
Lester H. Sipes 5
Frank Sistrunk 5
Jack R. Smith 5
Kenneth Darwin Smith 5
Kenneth Guy Smith 5 (POW 21mar44)
Paul A. Smith 5
Virgil H. Smith 5
Irl V. Sonner Jr. 5
James J. Southerland 5
John F. Sutherland 5
Clyde P. Spitler 5
William J. Stangel 5
Morris A. Stanley 5
Edgar E. Stebbins 5
Carl Van Stone 5
Johnnie C. Strange 5
Richard C. Suehr 5  *
Charles P. Sullivan 5
William J. Sykes 5
Robert C. Sutcliffe 5
Harry W. Swinburne 5
Stanley T. Synar 5
Gilbert F. Talbot 5
Oliver B. Taylor 5
Will W. Taylor 5
Robert F. Thomas 5
Robert E. Tierney 5
John A. Tilley 5
Edward W. Toaspern 5
John W. Topfill 5
"Bud" Harrison Bruce Tordoff 5
Ross E. Torkelson 5
Eugene P. Townsend 5
Clifton H. Troxell 5
Peter J. Vander Linden 5
Rudolph Daniel Van Dyke 5
Robert H. Vaught 5
John E. Vogt 5
Horace Q. Waggoner 5
Walter B. Walker Jr. 5
Lyttleton T. Ward 5
Jack R. Warren 5
"Doc" Ralph James Watson 5
Donald Otto Watson 5
Oran S. Watts 5
Sidney W. Weatherford 5
Willard J. Webb 5
George Weigel 5
Gregory J. Weissenberger 5
Dartell G. Welch 5
Alhert P. Wells 5
Robert G. West 5
Henry S. White 5
John H. White 5
David C. Wilhelm 5
Paul H. Wilkins 5
Russel D. Williams 5
William F. Wilson 5
Robert A. Winston 5
Ralph L. Wire 5
Lee V. Wiseman 5
John L. Wolford 5
George L. Wrenn 5
Max J. Wright 5
Robert R. Yaeger 5
Robert Miles York 5
Owen Dewitt Young 5
Michael Ryan Yunck 5
John Anthony Zink 5

 

Royal Newman Baker

Royal Newman Baker 

3.5 (+ 13 in Korea) *

Rudy Augarten

Rudy Augarten

2 (+ 4 in Israeli War) *

James Jabara

   (1st jet vs jet ace?)

James Jabara

(Lebanese parents)

1.5 (+ 15 in Korea)

James Kenneth Johnson

James Kenneth Johnson     

1 (+ 10 in Korea) *

Harold "Whitey" Dahl

"Whitey"

Harold Evans Dahl

(spent WW2 in RCAF service)

0 (5 possibly 9 during SCW)

     

 

V-1 'Aces'

G. A. Whitman

1 (+6.25 V-1's)

S. B. Feldman

0 (+9.75 V-1's)

? Miller (USAAF)        

0 (+7 V-1's)

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