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___________________________________________________________ American Triple AcesThis list of 73 aces includes those that scored at least 1 kill in WW2 ___________________________________________________________ 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 " ___________________________________________________________ The 1st American Aces of WW2
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"Bing" "Dick" * Richard Ira Bong |
(49FG, MoH, KiFA 6aug45) 40 / 4 / 13 |
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"Mac" "Tommy" * Thomas Buchanan McGuire Jr. |
(475FG, MoH, KIA 7jan45) 38 / 3 / 2 |
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"Gabby" Francis Stanley Gabreski |
(56FG, POW 20jul44) 34.5 / 1 / 3 (6.5 in Korea) * |
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"Mac" "Dave" David McCampbell |
(VF-15, MoH, Top Navy Ace, got 9 on 24oct44 - a US record) 34 / 5 / 1 (+ 20 OTG) |
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"Gramps" "Pappy" Gregory Boyington |
(6 - 2 w/ Flying Tigers) (22 - 20 w/ VMF-214 Black Sheep, MoH) 28 - 24 / 4 / 0 (POW 3jan44) * |
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"Mac" "Charlie" Charles Henry MacDonald |
(475FG) 27 / 2 / 2.5 |
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"Bobby" Robert Samuel Johnson |
(56FG, 27 planes in 93 sorties) 27 / 0 / 3 - 5 * |
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"Ratsy" * George Earl Preddy Jr. |
(352FG, KIA 25dec44 by friendly fire) 26.83 / 3 / 4 (+5 OTG) * * * |
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"Whips" John Charles Meyer |
(352FG, + 13 OTG) 26 / 1 / 3 (2 / 0 / 1 in Korea) * |
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"Joe" Joseph Jacob Foss |
(VMF-121, MoH) 26 / 0 / 0 * * * |
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"Butcher Bob" * Robert Murray Hanson |
(VMF-214 & 215, KIA
3feb44) 25 / 2 / 0 |
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"Wildcat" "Killer" Lance Cleo * L C Wade |
(RAF, KiFA 12jan44) 25 / 1 / 13 (+ 1 / 0 / 5 OTG) |
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"Bud" Walker Melville Mahurin |
(56FG) 24.25 / 4 / 2 (3.5 / 1 / 1 in Korea) |
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"Gene" Eugene Anthony Valencia |
(VF-9, 1 chased into the water, no credit) 24 - 23/ 2 / 2 |
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"Cece" Cecil Elwood Harris |
(VF-18 & 27) 23 / 1 / 2 - 0 * |
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"Dave" David Carl Schilling |
(56FG) 22.5 / 0 / 6 (+ 10.5 OTG) |
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"Cock" Jay Thorpe Robbins |
(80 & 8FG) 22 / 6 / 4 |
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"Jerry" * Gerald Richard Johnson |
(49FG) 22 / 2 / 0 |
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* Neel Ernest Kearby | (348FG & 5FC, MoH, KIA 4mar44) 22 / 0 / 1 |
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Gentle "Don" Dominic Salvatore Gentile |
(4FG, RAF Eagle) 21.83 / 1 / 3 (+ 6 OTG) |
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Fredrick Joseph Christensen | (56FG) 21.5 / 0 / 2 |
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"Ray" Raymond Shuey Wetmore |
(359FG) 21.25 / 0 / 1 |
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John James Voll | (31FG) 21 / 4 / 3 |
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"Ken" Kenneth Ambrose Walsh |
(VMF-124 & 222, MoH , D 30jul98) 21 / 2 / 1 * |
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"Whiz" "Bill" William Thomas Whisner |
(352FG) 21 / 2 / 6 (5.5 / 0 / 6 in Korea) * |
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"Curly" George Andrew Davis Jr. |
(348FG, MIA 10feb52 4TFW) 21 / 1 / 1.5 (14 / 1 / 1.5 in Korea) |
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"Eagle" Glenn Todd Eagleston |
(354FG, 4FIW) 20.5 / 3 / 16 (2 / 1 / 7 in Korea) |
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"Don" Donald Nathan Aldrich |
(VMF-215) 20 / 6 / 0 |
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"Westy" "Bob" * Robert Burdette Westbrook |
(347FG, KIA 22nov44) 20 / 2.5 / 1 |
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"Tommy" * Thomas Joseph Lynch |
(35FG, KIA
8mar44) 20 / 1 / 4 |
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Glenn Emile Duncan | (353FG) 19.5 / 1 / 7 (+ 7 OTG) |
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"Connie" Cornelius Nicholas Nooy |
(VF-31) 19 / 3 / 2 |
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"Alex" Alexander Vraciu |
(VF-6 & 16, Romanian parents) 19 / 0 / 1 (+ 21 OTG) |
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Patrick Dawson Fleming | (VF-80, 5 on 16feb45) 19 / 0 / 0 * |
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John Lucian Smith | (VMF-223, MoH) 19 / 0 / 0 |
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"Gus" Wilbur Jackson Thomas |
(VMF-213) 18.5 / 3.3 / 3 |
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Marion Eugene Carl | (VMF-221 & 223, shot & killed at home 28jun98) 18.5 / 0 / 3 |
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"Kit" Leonard Kyle Carson |
(362FS, 357FG) 18.5 / 0 / 3 |
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"Chuck" Charles Herman Older |
(3 AVG, 23FG) 18 / 0 / 0 |
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Walter Carl Beckham | (351FS, POW 22feb44) 18 / 2 / 4 |
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"Herky" Herschel Harper Green |
(317FS, Ace in a day) 18 / 1 / 6 |
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"Pappy" John Coleman Herbst |
(74FS) 18 /1 / 3 |
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"Hub" Hubert Zemke |
(56 & 479FG, POW 30oct44) 17.75 / 2 / 9 |
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"Johnny" John Brooks England |
(362FS, * +1.5 OTG) 17.5 / 0 / 2 (0 / 0 / 1 in Korea) |
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Vermont Garrison | (4FG, POW 3mar44) 17.33 / 3 / 8 (10 / 2 / 4 in Korea) |
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"Bee" Duane Willard Beeson |
(4FG, POW 5apr44) 17.33 / 0 / 1 (+ 3.75 OTG) |
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"Jack" John Francis Thornell Jr. |
(352FG) 17.25 / 0 / 2 (+3 OTG) * |
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"Sully" * James Sullins Varnell Jr. |
(52FG, KiFA 9apr45) 17 / 0 / 1+ |
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Robin Olds | (434FS & 8TFW) 17 / 0 / 1 (4 in Vietnam) |
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"Tex" David Lee Hill |
(2 AVG, 75FS, 23FG) 16.75 - 15.25 / 1 / 6 - 5 (+ 2 OTG) |
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"Jabby" (1st jet vs jet ace?) James Jabara |
(382FS & 334FTS, Lebanese parents) 16.5 / 4 / 7 (15 / 3 / 6 in Korea) |
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"The King" Royal Newman Baker |
(308FS, 48FG) 16.5 / 2 / 3 (13 / 1 / 1 in Korea) |
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"Jerry" Gerald Walter Johnson |
(61, 63 & 360FS, 56FG, POW 27mar44) 16.5 / 1 / 4.5 |
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"Johnny" John Trevor Godfrey |
(336FS, POW 24aug44) 16.33 / 2 / 5 (+18 OTG) |
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* Douglas Baker | (VF-20, MIA 14dec44) 16.33 / 0 / 1 * |
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"Bud" "Andy" Clarence Emil Anderson Jr. |
(363FS) 16.25 / 2 / 2 |
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"Skull" Charles Russell Stimpson |
(VF-11) 16 / 2 / 0 * |
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"Ike" Ira Cassius Kepford |
(VF-17 Jolly
Roger) 16 / 1 / 1 |
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"Wheaties" George Lewis Welch (Schwartz) |
(47PS, 36 & 80FS, 8FG, Pearl Harbor hero) 16 / 1 / 0 |
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Bill Harris | (339FS, 18FG) 16 / 0.5 / 0 |
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"Dinghy" "Bill" William Douglas Dunham |
(342 & 460FS, 348FG) 16 / 0 / 0 |
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"Zeke" "Jim" James Elms Swett |
(VMF-221) 15.5 / 4 / 0.25 |
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"Sam" Samuel Jesse Brown |
(307 & 309FS) 15.5 / 1 / 7 |
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"Bud" "Pete" Richard Allen Peterson |
(364FS, 357FG) 15.5 / 1 / 2 |
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"Buzz" "Don" * Donald Merrill Beerbower |
(354FG, KIA 9aug45, flak) 15.5 / 0.5 / 11.33 |
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"Uncle Cy" Cyril Filcher Homer |
(80FS) 15 / 5 / 4 |
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"Porky" * Edward Cragg |
(80FS, MIA 26dec43) 15 / 4 / 0 |
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Jack Tarlton Bradley | (353FS) 15 / 3 / 12.66 |
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"Hal" Harold Leman Spears |
(VMF-215) 15 / 3 / 0 |
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"Peck's Bad Boy" Bruce Ward Carr |
(+ 11 OTG) 15 / 1 / 2 (+ 3 / 0 / 1 unconfirmed) |
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"Kid" * Ralph Kidd Hofer |
(334FS, KIA 2jul44) 15 / 0 / 2 (+ 14 OTG) |
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"Father" Robert William Foy |
(363FS, 357FG) 15 / 0 / 2 (+ 3 OTG) * |
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John William Mitchell | (339, 15 & 21FG, 39FIS) 15 / 0 / 3 (4 / 0 / 2 in Korea) |
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