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"The Hardest Battle" shows Josef Frantisek attacking an He111 during the BoB by Vladimir Urbanek *
 

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- The Best of the Bad -

Heinz "Pritzl" Bar "Pritzl"

Oskar-Heinz Bar   (Luftwaffe)
(JG51, 77, 1, 3, EJG2 & JV44,
     125 in the west)
220   (16 w/a jet)
Hans-Joachim Marseille "Jochen" the "Eagle of Africa"

* Hans-Joachim Marseille    (Luftwaffe)
(17 Kills in 1 day)

158   (KIFA 30sep42)
Grigori Rechkalov Grigoriy Andreevich Rechkalov    (VVS) ( HSU x2 )

56 (+ 6 sh)
George "Screwball" Beurling "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)
Sadaaki Akamatsu "Temei" "Matsu-chan"

Sadaaki Akamatsu    (IJN)
(he claimed 350 drunk
         & 250 sober)
30
Clive Caldwell "Killer"

Clive Robertson Caldwell   (RAAF)
(Ace in a day  5dec41,
  + 2 / 0 / 0  OTG
28.5 - 26 / 11 / 28 - 25
Greg "Pappy" Boyington "Gramps""Pappy"

Gregory Boyington   (USMC)
(6 - 2 w/ Flying Tigers,
22-20 w/ Black Sheep, MoH)
28-22 / 4 / ? (POW 3jan44)
Josef Frantisek (AKA "unidentified Polish pilot" ;^)

* Josef Frantisek    (CAF, PAF, AdlA, RAF)
(BoB top scoror with 17)

28 - 17  (KIFA 8oct40)
Douglas Robert Stewart Bader "Dougie"

Douglas Robert Stewart Bader   (RAF)
(UK) POW 9aug41)
  - had artificial legs)
21.83 / 6.33 / 11    *
Wally Mcloed "Wally"

* Henry Wallace McLeod  (RCAF)
(KIA 27sep44)

21 / 3 / 12.25
Willie McKnight "Willie"

* William Lidstone McKnight   (RAF)
(Canada's 2nd Ace of WW2,
          KIA 12jan41)
18 / 3 / 0
Buck McNair "Buck" "The Chief"

Robert Wendell McNair  (RCAF)
16 / 5 / 14 - 11
Wheaties Welch "Wheaties"

George Lewis Welch (Schwartz)  (USAAF)
(Pearl Harbor hero)

16 / 1 / 0
Bruce Carr "Peck's Bad Boy"

Bruce Ward Carr  (USAAf)
(2 unconfirmed,
    + 11 OTG)
16 - 14 / 1 / 2
Don Blakeslee "Don"

Donald James Mathew Blakeslee   (RCAF, USAAF)
(RAF Eagle)

15.5 - 14.5
Kidd Hofer "Kid"

* Ralph Kidd Hofer (RCAF, USAAf)
(KIA 2jul44)

15   (+ 14 OTG)
Bill Klersy "Bill" "Gristle" "Grizzle"

* William Thomas Klersy   (RCAF)
(+ 2 OTG, KIFA 22may45,
401 S/L & only 22 years old)
14.5 / 0 / 3.08
Adrian "Warby" Warburton "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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