TOP GUNS OF WW2

"Bubi" the "Black Devil of the Ukraine"

Erich Alfred Hartmann   (Luftwaffe)

(never lost a wingman  
   in 1456 missions)
352

"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)

"Illu"

Eino Ilmari Juutilainen   (FAF)

(claimed approx 120)

94.17  ( 92 officially)

"Jochen" the "Eagle of Africa"

* Hans-Joachim Marseille  * *   (Luftwaffe)

(17 Kills in 1 day
    KIFA 30sep42)
158  (all in the 'west')

"Ivan the Terrible"

Ivan Nikitovich Kozhedub

(claimed 100+ )

62  (2 were USAAF P-51's)

"Tom" "Pat" "Pattie"

* Marmaduke Thomas St.John Pattle  * *  (SAAF/RAF)   

(KIA 20apr41)

62 - 41

the "Devil of Rabaul"

* Hiroyoshi Nishizawa   (IJNAF)

(150 newspapers claimed
  147 he claimed to family)
87 - 36  (KIA - 25oct44)

"Dick" "Bing" "Joe"

* Richard Ira Bong   (USAAF)

(MoH)

40  (KIFA 6aug45)

the "Fighter of Libau"

Erich Rudorffer  * *   (Luftwaffe)

(13 kills in 17 minutes)

224   (86 in the west)

"Lili" the "White Rose of Stalingrad"

* Lidya Vladimirovna Litvyak  * * * *

(made HoSU in 1990
  KIA  1aug43)
12  (+ 3 shared)

Gunther Scheel

(highest kills per mission ratio)

71     (in 70 missions !!)