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New Zealander Aces of WW2

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Colin Gray

Colin Falkland Gray (RAF)

27 (+1sh & 22prob)

Al Deere

"Al"

Alan Christopher Deere (RAF)

21 (+10prob & 18dam)

Evan "Rosie" Mackie

"Rosie"

Evan Dall Mackie (both)

21

Raymond Brown Hesselyn

"Hess"

Raymond Brown Hesselyn (RNZAF)

21 (+1sh,1prob,?dam, POW 3oct43)     

Bill Crawford-Compton

"Bill"

William Vernon Crawford-Compton (both)  

21 (+1sh)

 

 

 

Brian John George Carbury

Brian John George Carbury (RAF)

15.5 *

 

 

 

Johnny Checketts

"Johnny"

John Milne Checketts (both)

(Died 20apr06 - aged 94)

14.5 (+3prb & 11dam)

Cobber Kain

"Cobber"

* Edgar James Kain (RAF)

(Allies 1st Ace of WW2)

14+   (KIFA 7jun40)  *  *

Gray Stenborg

* Gray Stenborg (both)

(KIA 24sep43)

14.33 - 10.5

John "Jack" Rae

"Jack"

John Donald Rae (both)

13 (POW 22aug43)

Hawkeye Wells

"Hawkeye"

Edward Preston Wells (both)

13  (+ 3 prob & 15 dam)

Warren Edward Schrader

Warren Edward Schrader (both)

12

Wilfred Greville Clouston

Wilfred Greville Clouston (both)

12 - 8.5 (POW feb42)

Victor Bosanquet Strachan Verity

Victor Bosanquet Strachan Verity (RAF)

11.5 - 8.2

Minden Vaughan Blake

Minden Vaughan Blake (RAF)

11.33 - 9.5 (POW 19aug42)

Geoffrey Bryson Fisken

Geoffrey Bryson Fisken (both & RAAF)

11 (+5prob)

George Edmond Jameson

George Edmond Jameson (both)

11 (+1prob & 2dam)

Derrik Fitzgerald Westenra

Derrik Fitzgerald Westenra (both)

11

John Albert Axel Gibson

John Albert Axel Gibson (both)

11.5 - 8

Mervin Robert Bruce Ingram

* Mervin Robert Bruce Ingram (both)

10.5 - 8 (Died 11jul44)

Nigel Manfred Park

* Nigel Manfred Park (both)

10.25 - 8 (MIA 25oct42)

Ernest Leslie Joyce

* Ernest Leslie Joyce (both)

10 (KIA 18jun44)

Patrick Geraint Jameson

"Jamie"

Patrick Geraint Jameson (RAF)

10 - 9

Robert Lawrence Spurdle

Robert Lawrence Spurdle (both)

10 - 8.5

Irving Stanley Smith

Irving Stanley Smith (both)

10 - 8

 

 

 

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James Chilton Francis Hayter (both)

9

 

Paul Watling Rabone (both)

9 (KIA 24jul44)

 

William Hector Stratton (RAF)

9

 

Peter Francis Locker Hall (RNZAF)

8

 

Robert Duncan Yule (RAF)

8

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Reginald Joseph Cowan Grant (both) 

8 - 7.5 (KIA 28feb44)

 

John Arthur Houlton (both)

8 - 5.75

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Antonio Simmons Dini (RAF)

8 - 5.66 (KIFA 31may40)              

 

Hansford Ward Chambers (RAF)

7.5 - 7

 

Eric Steele Doherty (RAF)

7.5 - 7

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Basil Gordon Collyns (RAF)

7 - 5.83 (KIA 20aug44)

 

Stanley Franklin Browne (RAF)

7 - 5.5

 

Owen Leslie Hardy (RNZAF)

7

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Michael James Herrick (both)

7 (KIA 16jun44)

 

John Noble MacKenzie (both)

7 - 6

 

Roy Emile LeLong (both)

7 - 5 (+8 OTG)

 

Richard Mackle Trousdale (both)

6.5

 

Desmond James Scott (both)

6.5 - 5

 

Alan McGregor Peart (RAF)

6.33 - 5.5

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Derek Harland Ward (RAF)

6.25 - 5 (KIA 17jun42)

 

Allen Edward Browne (both)

6

 

Donald Carlson (RAF)

6

 

Thomas Bernard Fitzgerald (both)

6

*

William Henry Hodgson (RAF)

6 (KIFA 13mar41)

 

Sir Hector Douglas McGregor (RAF)

6

 

John Howard Player (RAF)

6

 

Owen Vincent Tracey (RAF)

6

 

Jeffery George West (RNZAF)

6

 

David Franklin Livingstone (both)

6 - 5.5

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Kenneth William Tait (RAF)

6 - 5.5 (KIA 4aug41)

 

Kenneth William Stewart (RNZAF)

6 - 5

 

Charles William Kelvin Nicholls (RAF)

6 - 2

 

Cornelius James Sheddan (RNZAF)

5.5 (+8 V-1s)

 

Charles Roy Bush (RAF)

5.5

 

Gordon Albert Williams (both)

5.5 - 5

 

Keith Granville Taylor-Cannon

5 (+1 V-1)

 

"Jimmy" Robert Hamish Balfour (RNZAF)

5

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Gilbert McLean Hayton (RAF)

5 (Killed 12sep42 - R.M.S. Laconia)

*

Howard Perry Hill (RAF)

5 (KIA 20sep40)

 

Reginald Jack Hyde (RAF)

5

 

Ivon Julian (RNZAF)

5

 

John Rutherford Clark Kilian (both)

5

 

Keith Ashley Lawrence (RAF)

5

 

Harold Watson Longley (RAF)

5 (+4dam)

 

Russell Merriman MacKenzie (RAF)

5

 

Camille Enright Malfroy (RAF)

5

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Leighton John Montgomerie (RNZAF)

5 (KIFA 26/27aug44)

 

Francis Murphy (RNZAF)

5 (born in UK)

 

Percival Guy Haig Newton (RNZAF)

5

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Harold Leslie North (RAF)

5 (KIA 1may42)

 

Douglas Nevill Robinson (RNZAF)

5

 

Eric William Whitley (RAF)

5

*

John Edwin Ashley Williams (RAF)

5 (shot after the"Great Escape" 29mar44)

 

Brian Wallace Woodman (RNZAF)

5

*

Arthur Ernest Umbers (both)

5 - 4 (+28 V-1's, KIA 14feb45)

 

"Jack" John Harry Stafford (RNZAF)

5 - 3 (+8 V-1s)

 

Harvey Nelson Sweetman (RNZAF)

5 - 2 (+11.5 V-1s)

 

 

 

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Mackie's Spit

V-1 'Aces'

O. D. Eagleson

2+ (+20 V-1's)

K. A. Smith

2 (+12 V-1's)

B. J. O'Connor

1+ (+8.5 V-1's)

S. S. Williams

1+ (+8 V-1's)

F. B. Lawless

1 (+10 V-1's)

G. J. Hooper

1 (+8 V-1's)

A. L. Trott

1 (+6 V-1's)

N. J. Powell

1 (+5 V-1's)

S. J. Short

1 (+5 V-1's)

E. W. Tanner

1 (+5 V-1's)

R. B. Bremner

3sh (+7 V-1's)

R. J. Kammock

0 (+20.5 V-1's)

J. H. McCaw

0 (+19.5 V-1's)

Jimmy R. Cullen *

0 (+16 V-1's)

R. J. Danzey

0 (+11 V-1's)

W. A. Kalka

0 (+8 V-1's)

B. M. Hall

0 (+7.5 V-1's)

R. G. Kleinmayer                

0 (+7.5 V-1's)

W. A. Hart

0 (+7 V-1's)

W. L. Miller

0 (+7 V-1's)

B. M. Madden

0 (+6 V-1's)

K. McCarthy

0 (+6 V-1's)

H. M. Mason

0 (+5.5 V-1's)

 

 

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