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___________________________________________________________ Scoring goes - Destroyed / Probably Destroyed / Damaged If one of those categories shows two numbers separated with a hyphen ( - ) the exact number is not known & the score is considered to be within that range. According to Christopher Shores, the RAF decided that on 12 August 1940 an "Unconfirmed Destroyed" would be reclassified as a "Probably Destroyed." Here you will find early "unconfirmed" claims represented in the "probable" spot. OTG = On The Ground, OTW = On The Water, KIA = Killed In Action, It should be noted that although we take great care to make these scores as accurate as possible, the main reason for this site is to put faces to names, not to be a definitive list of scores. If you have a photo or info or know something I don't, you can smarten me up by TIP : To search this page or practically any other document, hit "Ctrl + f " ___________________________________________________________
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"Killer" Clive Robertson Caldwell |
(Ace in a day 5dec41, + 2 / 0 / 0 OTG 28.5 - 26 / 11 / 28 - 25 |
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John Lloyd Waddy | 15.5 / 7 / 6 * |
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"Ape" * Richard Nigel Cullen |
(KIA 4mar41, + 1 / 0 / 0 OTW 15.5 / 2 / 1 |
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"Pat" * Patterson Clarence Hughes |
(KIA 7sep40) 15.16 / 1.33 / 0 |
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"Bluey" * Keith William Truscott |
(KIFA 28mar43) 15 / 3 / 2 |
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"Tim" Adrian Philip Goldsmith |
15 - 12 / 3 / 7.75 |
 Height of the Battle by Robert Taylor |
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"Charlie" "Last-Trip" Charles Curnow Scherf (RCAF) |
(+ 9 - 10 / 0 / 4 OTG or W ace in a day 16may44) 14.5 - 13.5 / 0 / 0 |
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"Merv" Mervin Charles Shipard |
(top RAAF Nightfighter) 13 / 2 / 3 * |
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"Tony" Frederick Anthony Owen Gaze |
12.5 / 4 / 5 |
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"Jack" "Slim" * John William Yarra |
(KIA 10dec42) 12 / 2 / 6 |
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"Pete" * Peter St.George Bruce Turnbull |
(KIA 27aug42) 12 / 1 / 2 * |
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"Nicky" Andrew William Barr |
(POW 26jun42, escaped, New Zealand born) 11 / 3 / 8 |
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Charles Arbuthnot Crombie | 11 / 3 / 1 |
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"Bobby" Robert Henry Maxwell Gibbes |
(+ 2 OTG) 10.5 / 5 / 16 |
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Clive Howard Clive Mayers |
11.33 |
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"Sinker" * Hugo Throssell Armstrong |
(KIA 5 or 3feb43) 10.5 / 3 / 2 |
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"Bob" Robert James Clarendon Whittle |
11 - 10.5 |
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* Ian Bedford Nesbitt Russell | (KIA 1jun40) 11 - 7 |
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"Johnny" John Reynolds Cock |
10.25 / 5 / 5 |
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Paul * Virgil Paul Brennan |
(KIFA 13jun43) 10 |
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Colin Henry Parkinson | 10 - 8.33 |
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Wilfred Stanley Arthur | 10 - 8 |
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Allan Charles Rawlinson | 10 - 8 |
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John Rowley Perrin | 10 - 6 |
 Looking for Trouble by Peter Randall-Kent |
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* John Curchin | (KIA 4jun41) 9.92 / 1.33 / 1 |
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* William Henry Millington | (MIA 30oct40) 9.75 |
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Edward Ernest Croate | 9.5 |
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"Les" * Leslie Redford Clisby |
(KIA 15may40) 9.33 / 0 / 0 |
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"Willy" Peter Greville Kaye Williamson |
(NightFighter) 9 ( + 3 V-1s ) |
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Gordon Henry Steege | 8 / 2 / 5 |
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"Jack" William John Storey |
8 / 2 / 0 |
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Bruce Albert Bretherton | 8 / 0 / 0 |
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* Raymond Edward Thorold-Smith | (KIA 15mar43) 8 - 5.5 |
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John Francis Pain | 7.33 |
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Keith Macdermott Hampshire | 7 |
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* John Francis Jackson | (KIA 28apr42, brother of Les) 7 |
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* Gordon Russell Tweedale | (KIA 9may42) 7 |
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Alan Hill Boyd | 6.5 / 3 - 2 / 3 * |
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Allan Cecil Cameron | (POW 11jan42) 6.5 |
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* Russell George Foskett | (MIA 13oct44) 6.5 |
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John Henry Eric Bisley | 6.5 - 5.5 |
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Rudolf Morris Leu | (POW 21jun42) 6.33 |
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Peter Jeffrey | 6.25 |
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Walter Henry Arthur Mailey | 6 / 0 / 6 |
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Keith Brace Chisholm | (POW 12oct41) 6 |
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Robert Barson Cowper | 6 |
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Stewart William Rees | 6 |
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* John Henry William Saunders | (KIA 22nov41) 6 |
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John Phillip Bartle | 6 - 4 |
 Desert Hawks by Robert Taylor |
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* John Livingston Boyd | (KIA 14may42) 5.66 |
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"Ron" William Ronald Cundy |
5.66 * |
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Donald Hindle McBurnie | 5.5 |
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* Thomas G. Paxton | (W: 5apr42, D: 7apr42) 5.5 |
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Geoffrey Charles Atherton | 5.5 - 4.5 |
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* Roderick Russell Herbert Bowes | (KIA 21may43) 5.33 |
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Donald Hamilton Smith | 5.33 |
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"Bobby" Bob Bunting |
5 |
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Alfred Wattle Benjamin Clare | 5 |
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"Larry" Lawrence Francis Marshall Cronin |
5 |
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Charles Horace Fry | (POW 18may41) 5 |
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* Peter Radcliffe Giddy | (KIFA 12mar42) 5 |
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Reginald Lloyd Gordon | 5 |
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Wilfred Arthur Goold | 5 |
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* Richard Hope Hillary | (KIFA 8jan43) 5 |
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Leslie Douglas Jackson | (brother of John) 5 |
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* Richard Hastings Nitschke | (KIA 20dec41) 5 |
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Charles Gordon Chaloner Olive | 5 |
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Ronald Rankin | 5 |
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* Ronald Henry Simes | (KIA 9jan42) 5 |
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Arthur Leslie Spurgin | 5 |
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Richard Douglas Vanderfield | 5 |
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* Rex Kerslake Wilson | (KIA 9dec41) 5 |
"The Long Shot" by Roy Grinnell
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Honorable Mentions
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Desmond Frederick Burt Sheen | 4.33 / 2 / 2 |
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Alexander Ian McRitchie | 4 / 0 / 2 |
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V-1 'Aces'
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Valton Leslie Turner | 4 (+ 2 V-1's) |
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Basil Howard | 3 (+ 5 V-1's) |
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Keith Alexander Roediger | 2 (+ 9 V-1's) |
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D. J. MacKerras | 0 (+ 11 V-1's |
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Kenneth R. Collier | 0 (+ 7 V-1's) |
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C. M. Lawson | 0 (+ 6 V-1's) |
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"Len" Leonard Victor Waters |
1st aboriginal military aviator 78 Sqn. P-40s * |
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Related Sites
| Safarik's Aces Page | |
| Magnus' Australian Air Aces | |
| Australian National Archives Online |
Spitfires Over Darwin by Robert Taylor
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