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- The Best of the Bad -
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"Pritzl" Oskar-Heinz Bar (Luftwaffe) |
(JG51, 77, 1, 3, EJG2 & JV44, 125 in the west) 220 (16 w/a jet) |
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"Jochen" the "Eagle of Africa" * Hans-Joachim Marseille (Luftwaffe) |
(17 Kills in 1 day) 158 (KIFA 30sep42) |
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Grigoriy Andreevich Rechkalov (VVS) | ( HSU x2 ) 56 (+ 6 sh) |
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"Screwball" "Buzz" the "Falcon
of Malta" George Frederick Beurling (RAF, RCAF) |
(Only Allied pilot to outscore Axis counterpart in 'theater') 31.33 - 29.33 (+ 9 damaged) |
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"Temei" "Matsu-chan" Sadaaki Akamatsu (IJN) |
(he claimed 350 drunk & 250 sober) 30 |
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"Killer" Clive Robertson Caldwell (RAAF) |
(Ace in a day 5dec41, + 2 / 0 / 0 OTG 28.5 - 26 / 11 / 28 - 25 |
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"Gramps""Pappy" Gregory Boyington (USMC) |
(6 - 2 w/ Flying Tigers, 22-20 w/ Black Sheep, MoH) 28-22 / 4 / ? (POW 3jan44) |
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(AKA "unidentified Polish pilot"
;^) * Josef Frantisek (CAF, PAF, AdlA, RAF) |
(BoB
top scoror with 17) 28 - 17 (KIFA 8oct40) |
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"Dougie" Douglas Robert Stewart Bader (RAF) |
(UK) POW 9aug41) - had artificial legs) 21.83 / 6.33 / 11 * |
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"Wally" * Henry Wallace McLeod (RCAF) |
(KIA 27sep44) 21 / 3 / 12.25 |
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"Willie" * William Lidstone McKnight (RAF) |
(Canada's 2nd Ace of WW2, KIA 12jan41) 18 / 3 / 0 |
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"Buck" "The Chief" Robert Wendell McNair (RCAF) |
16 / 5 / 14 - 11 |
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"Wheaties" George Lewis Welch (Schwartz) (USAAF) |
(Pearl
Harbor hero) 16 / 1 / 0 |
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"Peck's Bad Boy" Bruce Ward Carr (USAAf) |
(2 unconfirmed, + 11 OTG) 16 - 14 / 1 / 2 |
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"Don" Donald James Mathew Blakeslee (RCAF, USAAF) |
(RAF Eagle) 15.5 - 14.5 |
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"Kid" * Ralph Kidd Hofer (RCAF, USAAf) |
(KIA 2jul44) 15 (+ 14 OTG) |
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"Bill" "Gristle" "Grizzle" * William Thomas Klersy (RCAF) |
(+ 2 OTG, KIFA 22may45, 401 S/L & only 22 years old) 14.5 / 0 / 3.08 |
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"Warby" * Adrian Warburton (RAF) |
(KIA 12apr44) 9 - 7 ? |
Not too keen on discipline but damn fine fighter pilots none the less
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