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"Bubi"
the "Black Devil of the Ukraine" Erich Alfred Hartmann (Luftwaffe) |
(never lost a wingman (killed) in 1456 missions) 352 |
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the "Fighter of Libau" Erich Rudorffer (Luftwaffe) |
(13 kills
in 17 minutes) 224 (86 in the west) * |
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"Jochen" the "Eagle of Africa" * Hans-Joachim Marseille (Luftwaffe) |
(17 Kills
in 1 day KIFA 30sep42) 158 (all in the 'west') |
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"Illu" Ilmari Eino Ilmari Juutilainen (FAF) |
(claimed approx 120) 94.17 ( 92 officially) |
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the "Devil of Rabaul" * Hiroyoshi Nishizawa (IJNAF) |
(newspapers claimed 150 he claimed 147 to family) 87 (KIA - 25oct44) |
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Gunther Scheel (Luftwaffe) | (highest kills per mission ratio) 71 (in 70 missions !!) * |
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"Ivan the Terrible" Ivan Nikitovich Kozhedub (VVS) |
(claimed 100+ ) 62 (2 were USAAC P-51's) |
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"Pat" "Pattie" "Tom" * Marmaduke Thomas St.John Pattle (RAF) |
(KIA 20apr41, + 3 OTG) 50.66 / 7.5 / 5 * |
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"Dick" "Bing" * Richard Ira Bong (USAAf) |
(KIFA 6aug45, MoH) 40 / 4 / 13 |
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"Johnnie" James Edgar Johnson (RAF) |
(+ .5 / 0 / 0 OTG) 36.91 / 4 / 11.5 |
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"Screwball" "Buzz" the "Falcon
of Malta" George Frederick Beurling (RAF / RCAF) |
(Only Allied pilot to outscore Axis counterpart in 'theater') 30.33 or 29.33 /1 or 2 / 9 |
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"Paddy" * Brendan Eamon Fitzpatrick Finucane (RAF) |
(KIA 15jul42, Irish) 29 / 8.33 / 8 |
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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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Colin Falkland Gray | 27.7 / 8.83 / 12 |
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"Bob" Robert Samuel Johnson (USAAf) |
(27 planes in 91 sorties) 27 / 0 / 3 - 5 * |
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"Joe" Joseph Jacob Foss (USMC) |
(MoH) 26 / 0 / 0 * * * |
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Lance
Cleo "Wildcat""Killer" * L C Wade (RAF) |
(Texan, KiFA 12jan44 +1 / 0 / 5 OTG) 25 / 1 / 13 |
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"Dougie" Douglas Robert Stewart Bader (RAF) | (POW 9aug41, had artificial legs) 21.83 / 6.33 / 11 * |
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"Wally" * Henry Wallace McLeod |
(KIA 27sep44) 21 / 4 / 10 |
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"Willie" * William Lidstone McKnight | (KIA 12jan41) Canada's 2nd Ace of WW2) 18 / 3 / 0 |
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"Bull" "Stan" Percival Stanley Turner (RAF / RCAF) |
(UKanadian) 13.33 / 3 - 1 / 8 |
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"Lili" the "White Rose of Stalingrad" * Lidya Vladimirovna Litvyak (VVS) |
(got HoSU in 1990, KIA 1aug43) 12 (+ 3 shared) * |
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Hans-Ulrich Rudel (Luftwaffe) | (2530 missions) 11 - 9 |
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