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| Minister of Whoopass   Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Long Island Native in Mississippi
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| Intreresting ACE Statistics..... Thanks to Jan Safarik..... UNITED STATES OF AMERICA American Top Aces NAME VICTORIES TOP ACE Bong, Richard I. 40 TOP USAS ACE Rickenbacker, Edward Vernon 26 TOP USAAF ACE Bong, Richard I. 40 TOP USAF ACE McConnell, Joseph, Jr. 16 TOP USN ACE McCampbell, David 34 TOP USMC ACE Foss, Joseph Jacob 26 TOP ACE OF WORLD WAR I Rickenbacker, Edward Vernon 26 TOP ACES OF WORLD WAR I USAS : Rickenbacker, Edward Vernon 26 RAF : Gillet, Frederick Warrington 20 FAS : Lufbery, Gervais Raoul 16 TOP ACE OF WAR IN CHINA (1937-1941) Chin, Shui-Tin 8.5 [8+1] TOP ACE OF SPANISH CIVIL WAR (1937-193  Baumler, Albert J. 13 TOP ACE OF WORLD WAR II Bong, Richard I. 40 THE BEST AMERICAN PILOT IN THE BATTLE OF GREAT BRITAIN Davis, Carl Raymond 11.5 [11+1] TOP ACE FLYING WITH A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT RAF : Wade, Lance Cleo 25 RCAF : Fairbanks, David Charles 12.5 AVG : Neale, Robert H. 11.5 TOP ACE OF THE EUROPEAN THEATRE OF OPERATIONS Gabreski, Francis S. 28 TOP ACE OF THE MEDITERRANEAN THEATRE OF OPERATIONS Voll, John J. 21 TOP ACE OF THE PACIFIC THEATRE OF OPERATIONS Bong, Richard I. 40 TOP V-1 KILLER Feldman, Seymour Bernard 10.25 [9+3] TOP ACE OF THE KOREAN WAR McConnell, Joseph, Jr. 16 TOP ACE OF THE VIETNAM WAR DeBellevue, Charles B. 6 FIRST AMERICAN ACE IN WWI Lufbery, Gervais Raoul USAS : Baer, Paul Frank 23.04.1918 RFC : FAS : Lufbery, Gervais Raoul FIRST AMERICAN ACE IN WWII ... USAAF : Wagner, Boyd D. 16.12.1941 USN : O'Hare, Edward H. 20.02.1942 USMC : Carl, Marion Eugene 24.08.1942 RAF : Dunn, William Robert FIRST AMERICAN ACE IN KOREAN WAR Jabara, James 20.05.1950 USAF : James, Jabara 20.05.1950 USN : Bordelon, Guy P. 16.07.1953 USMC : Bolt, John F., Jr. 11.07.1953 FIRST AMERICAN ACE IN VIETNAM WAR Cunningham, Randall Harold 10.05.1972 USAF : Ritchie, Richard Steven 28.08.1972 USN : Cunningham, Randall Harold 10.05.1972 FIRST USAF ACE OF TWO WARS (WWII and Korea) Davis, George A., Jr. (7 in WW II and 14 in Korea) 30.11.1951 FIRST (and only) USAF ACE WITH VICTORIES IN WWII AND VIETNAM Olds, Robin (12 in WW II and 4 in Vietnam) 02.01.1967 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Most Kills Scored In One Day NAME VICTORIES DATE UNITS Leverette, William L. 7 1943-10-09 37 FS ( MTO) McCampbell, Dave 7 1944-06-19 VF-15 ( USN) McCampbell, Dave 7 1944-10-24 VF-15 ( USN) Shomo, William A. 7 1945-01-11 82 TRS ( 5AF) Sweet, James E. 7 1943-04-07 VMF-221 (USMC) Vejtasa, Stanley W. 7 1942-10-26 VF-10 ( USN) Christensen, Fred J. 6 1944-07-07 62 FS ( 8AF) Dorroh, Jefferson D. 6 1945-04-22 VMF-323 (USMC) Funk, Harold H. 6 1944-10-24 VF-26 ( USN) Green, Herschel H. 6 1944-01-30 317 FS (15AF) Kearby, Neel Earnest 6 1943-10-11 348 FG ( 5AF) Preddy, George E. 6 1944-08-06 487 FS ( 8AF) Shubin, Murray J. 6 1943-06-16 339 FS (13AF) Vraciu, Alex 6 1944-06-19 VF-27 ( USN) Wainwright, John H., Jr. 6 1944-09-28 508 FS ( 9AF) Webb, Wilbur W. 6 1944-06-19 VFN-76 ( USN) Whisner, William T., Jr. 6 1944-11-21 487 FS ( 8AF) Bankey, Ernest E. 5.5 1944-12-27 364 FS ( 8AF) Hovde, William J. 5.5 1944-12-05 358 FS ( 8AF) Allen, William H. 5 1944-09-05 346 FS ( 8AF) Anderson, Alexander Louis 5 1945-02-16 VBF-80 ( USN) Anderson, Richard Hinman 5 1945-05-25 19 FS ( 7AF) Anderson, Robert Harold 5 1944-12-14 VF-80 ( USN) Archibald, David B. 5 1944-12-27 368 FS ( ETO) Axtell, George C. 5 1945-04-22 VMF-323 (USMC) Barnard, Lloyd Glynn 5 1944-06-15 VF-1 ( USN) Beyer William R. 5 1944-09-27 376 FS ( 8AF) Blickenstaff, Wayne K. 5 1945-03-24 350 FS ( 8AF) Blumer, Laurence E. 5 1944-08-25 393 FS ( 9AF) Brewer, Charles W. 5 1944-06-19 VF-15 ( USN) Bryan, Donald S. 5 1944-11-02 328 FS ( 8AF) Carr, Bruce R. 5 1944-06-19 VF-15 ( USN) Carr, Bruce W. 5 1945-04-02 353 FS ( 9AF) Carson, Leonard K. 5 1944-11-27 365 FS ( 8AF) Cleaveland, Arthur B. 5 1943-04-18 66 FS ( 9AF) Daniell, Jack S. 5 1944-11-26 505 FS ( 8AF) DeBlanc, Jefferson J. 5 1943-01-31 VMF-112 (USMC) Donahue, Archie Glenn 5 1945-04-12 VMF-451 (USMC) Duffy, Richard E. 5 1943-04-18 31 FS ( 9AF) Elder, Robert A. 5 1945-03-24 353 FG ( 8AF) Foss, Joseph J. 5 1642-10-25 VMF-121 (USMC) Graham, Vernon E. 5 1943-06-12 VF-11 ( USN) Hanna, Harry T. 5 1943-10-09 37 FS ( MTO) Hanson, Robert M. 5 1944-01-18 VF-215 (USMC) Hatch, Herbert B. 5 1944-06-10 71 FS ( MTO) Hedman, Robert P. 5 1941-12-23 3 ( AVG) Hippe, Kenneth G. 5 1944-10-24 VC-13 ( USN) Lamb, William B. 5 1944-06-19 VF-27 ( USN) Lesicka, Joseph J. 5 1943-07-15 44 FS (13AF) Lewis, William H. 5 1944-09-05 343 FS ( 8AF) Luksic, Carl J. 5 1944-05-08 487 FS ( 8AF) McComas, Edward O. 5 1944-12-23 118 FS (14AF) McCuskey, Elbert Scott 5 1942-06-04 VF-3 ( USN) McDaniel, Gordon H. 5 1944-04-14 318 FS (15AF) O'Hare, Edward H. 5 1942-02-20 VF-3 ( USN) O'Keefe, Jeremiah J. 5 1945-04-22 VMF-323 (USMC) Olson, Paul E. 5 1944-12-18 368 FS ( ETO) Perdomo, Oscar F. 5 1945-08-13 464 FS ( 7AF) Powers, MacArthur 5 1943-04-18 314 FS ( 9AF) Rankin, Robert J. 5 1944-05-18 61 FS ( 8AF) Reiserer, Russell L. 5 1944-06-19 VF(N)-76 ( USN) Schilling, David C. 5 1944-12-23 56 FG ( 8AF) Stone, Robert J. 5 1945-06-10 333 FS ( 7AF) Vogt, John E. 5 1945-05-28 19 FS ( 7AF) Voll, John J. 5 1944-11-16 308 FS (15AF) Wheadon, Elmer 5 1943-07-01 44 FS (13AF) Williamson, Felix D. 5 1945-01-14 62 FS ( 8AF) Woods, Sidney S. 5 1945-03-22 4 FG ( 8AF) Wrenn, George L. 5 1942-10-26 VF-72 ( USN) Yeager, Charles E. 5 1944-10-12 357 FG ( 8AF) Wetmore, Ray S. 4.5 1945-01-14 370 FS ( 8AF) Woody, Robert E. 4.5 1944-04-24 354 FS ( 8AF) GERMANY German Top Aces NAME VICTORIES TOP ACE Hartmann, Erich 352 TOP ACE OF SPANISH CIVIL WAR (1937-193 Mölders, Werner 14 THE BEST GERMAN PILOT IN THE BATTLE OF FRANCE Mölders, Werner 25 THE BEST GERMAN PILOT IN THE BATTLE OF GREAT BRITAIN Wick, Helmut 42 TOP ACE OF THE WESTERN FRONT Marseille, Hans-Joachim 158 TOP ACE OF THE EASTERN FRONT Hartmann, Erich 346 TOP NIGHT FIGHTER ACE Schnaufer, Heinz-Wolfgang 121 TOP JET ACE Welter, Kurt 29 TOP FOUR-ENGINE KILLER Eder, George-Peter 36 TOP IL-2 STORMOVIK KILLER Brendel, Joachim 88 FIRST GERMAN ACE IN WWII Gentzen, Hannes MOST KILLS SCORED IN ONE DAY Lang, Emil 18 MOST KILLS SCORED IN ONE NIGHT Becker, Martin 9 MOST KILLS SCORED IN ONE MISSION Rudorffer, Erich 13 GERMANY Most Kills Scored In One Mission, One Day, One Night & NO. NAME VICTORIES DATE OF KILL UNIT PLACE Most Kills Scored In One Mission Rudorffer, Erich 13 06.11.1943 II./JG 54 USSR Most Kills Scored In One Day Lang, Emil 18 ??.11.1943 83.-100. 5./JG 54 USSR Marseille, Hans-Joachim 17 01.09.1942 105.-121. 3./JG 27 Africa Lambert, August 17 1944 II./SG 2 USSR Straßl, Hubert 15 05.07.1943 8./JG 51 Orel (USSR) Rudorffer, Erich 14 06.11.1943 107.-120. II./JG 54 USSR Lambert, August 14 06.05.1944 II./SG 2 USSR Schall, Franz 13 31.08.1944 97.-109. 3./JG 52 USSR Lang, Emil 12 21.10.1943 61.-72. 5./JG 54 USSR Wiese, Johannes 12 05.07.1943 77.-88. I./JG 52 USSR Schuck, Walter 12 17.06.1944 102.-113. 7./JG 5 Lambert, August 12 17.04.1944 II./SG 2 USSR Rudorffer, Erich 11 28.10.1944 199.-209. II./JG 54 USSR Wolfrum, Walter 11 30.05.1944 5./JG 52 USSR Schall, Franz 11 26.08.1944 83.-93. 3./JG 52 USSR Dickfeld, Adolf 11 08.05.1942 63.-73. 7./JG 52 USSR Hartmann, Erich 11 24.08.1944 291.-301. III./JG 52 USSR Krupinski, Walter 11 05.07.1943 80.-90. 7./JG 52 USSR Hartmann, Erich 10 02.03.1944 193.-202. 9./JG 52 USSR Nowotny, Walter 10 24.06.1943 115.-124. 1./JG 54 USSR Graf, Hermann 10 23.09.1942 188.-197. 9./JG 52 USSR Straßl, Hubert 10 06.07.1943 8./JG 51 Orel (USSR) Stotz, Max 10 30.12.1942 120.-129. 4./JG 54 USSR Dickfeld, Adolf 10 18.05.1942 91.-100. 7./JG 52 USSR Nowotny, Walter 10 01.09.1943 174.-183. I./JG 54 USSR Graf, Hermann 10 23.09.1942 191.-200. 9./JG 52 Stalingrad (USSR) Gollob, Gordon M. 9 18.10.1941 62.-70. II./JG 3 USSR Nowotny, Walter 9 13.08.1943 129.-137. 1./JG 54 USSR Eisenach, Franz 9 14.09.1944 92.-100. I./JG 54 USSR Düttmann, Peter 9 07.05.1944 83.-91. 6./JG 52 USSR Lambert, August 9 04.05.1944 II./SG 2 USSR Dickfeld, Adolf 9 14.05.1942 82.-90. 7./JG 52 USSR Beevenbrock, Franz-Josef 9 01.08.1942 94.-102. 10./JG 51 USSR Kirschner, Joachim 9 05.07.1943 149.-157. 2./JG 3 USSR Philipp, Hans 9 07.03.1943 181.-189. I./JG 54 USSR Philipp, Hans 8 30.12.1942 123.-130. I./JG 54 USSR Rudorffer, Erich 8 09.02.1943 54.-61. 6./JG 2 Tunis Hartmann, Erich 8 23.08.1944 283.-290. III./JG 52 USSR Reinert, Ernst-Wilhelm 8 17.07.1942 72.-79. 4./JG 77 USSR Graf, Hermann 8 14.05.1942 97.-104. 9./JG 52 USSR Wernitz, Ulrich 8 05.03.1945 3./JG 54 Kuronsko (USSR) Marquardt, Heinz 8 07.10.1944 64.-71. 10./JG 51 USSR Mors, August 8 20.03.1944 30.-37. 6./JG 5 USSR Neumann, Helmut 8 17.06.1944 7./JG 5 USSR Ehrler, Heinrich 8 17.03.1944 124.-131. II./JG 5 USSR Josten, Günther 8 15.09.1943 71.-78. 3./JG 51 USSR Dörr, Franz 8 17.06.1944 7./JG 5 USSR von Eichel-Streiber, Diethelm 8 15.12.1943 61.-68. 6./JG 51 USSR Rudorffer, Erich 8 24.08.1943 81.-88. II./JG 54 USSR Nowotny, Walter 8 09.10.1943 I./JG 54 USSR Kirschner, Joachim 8 20.04.1943 85.-92. 2./JG 3 USSR Grasser, Hartmann 8 05.07.1942 55.-62. II./JG 51 USSR Hoeckner, Walter 8 25.06.1941 6./JG 77 USSR Graf, Hermann 8 15.05.1942 97.-104. 9./JG 52 USSR Bär, Heinz 8 30.08.1941 71.-78. 12./JG 51 USSR Most Kills Scored In One Night Becker, Martin 9 14./15.03.1945 49.-57. IV./NJG 6 R Herget, Wilhelm 8 20./21.12.1943 38.-45. I./NJG 4 R Bergmann, Helmut 7 10./11.04.1944 17.-23. 8./NJG 4 R Bahr, Günther 7 21./22.02.1945 3./NJG 6 Lechner, Alois 7 27./28.10.1943 1./NJG 100 USSR Becker, Martin 7 30./31.03.1944 20.-26. 2./NJG 6 R Schnaufer Heinz-Wolfgang 7 21./22.02.1945 110.-116. Stab/NJG 4 R Rökker, Heinz 6 21./22.02.1945 2./NJG 2 R Raht, Gerhard 6 07./08.02.1945 46.-51. I./NJG 2 R Hager, Johannes 6 21./22.02.1945 6./NJG 1 R Bergmann, Helmut 6 03./04.05.1944 29.-34. 8./NJG 4 R Lütje, Herbert 6 13./14.05.1943 23.-28. 8./NJG 1 R Becker, Martin 6 22./23.03.1944 13.-18. 2./NJG 6 R Frank, Hans-Dieter 6 21./22.06.1943 34.-39. 2./NJG 1 R Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, Heinrich 6 24./25.07.1943 36.-41. I./NJG 100 Orel (USSR) Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, Heinrich 6 01./02.01.1944 69.-74. Stab/NJG 2 R Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, Heinrich 5 21./22.01.1944 79.-83. Stab/NJG 2 Magdeburg Schnaufer Heinz-Wolfgang 5 24./25.05.1944 70.-74. 12./NJG 1 R Streib, Werner 5 11./12.06.1943 50.-54. I./NJG 1 R Knacke, Reinhold 5 16./17.09.1942 34.-38. 1./NJG 1 R Geiger, August 5 29./30.03.1943 15.-19. 9./NJG 1 R Radusch, Günther 5 28./29.06.1943 II./NJG 3 R Vinke, Heinz 5 19./20.02.1944 50.-54. 11./NJG 1 R Frank, Rudolf 5 19./20.02.1944 30.-34. 3./NJG 3 R Zorner, Paul 5 24./25.02.1944 31.-35. 8./NJG 3 Schweinfurt Rökker, Heinz 5 06./07.06.1944 2./NJG 2 R Raht, Gerhard 5 15./16.03.1945 54.-58. I./NJG 2 R Drewes, Martin 5 03./04.05.1944 24.-28. III./NJG 1 R Drewes, Martin 5 21./22.05.1944 32.-36. III./NJG 1 R Ehle, Walter 5 25./26.05.1943 II./NJG 1 R Fellerer, Leopold 5 20./21.01.1944 II./NJG 5 R Modrow, Ernst-Wilhelm 5 21./22.06.1944 1./NJG 1 R Szameitat, Paul 5 03./04.12.1943 II./NJG 3 R JAPAN Most Kills Scored In One Day NAME VICTORIES DATE AIRFORCE Nishizawa, Hirojoshi 15 1943-08-04 JNAF Sugita, Sho-ichi 14 [12+2] 1943-07-18 JNAF Nishizawa, Hirojoshi 11 1943-07-25 JNAF Sugita, Sho-ichi 9 1943-08-06 JNAF Sugita, Sho-ichi 9 1943-08-15 JNAF Yamamoto, Akiro 9 [4+5] 1942-06-04 JNAF Nishizawa, Hirojoshi 8 1943-07-15 JNAF Nishizawa, Hirojoshi 7 [2+5] 1943-07-31 JNAF Nishizawa, Hirojoshi 7 1943-08-21 JNAF Nishizawa, Hirojoshi 6 [0+6] 1942-03-14 JNAF Nishizawa, Hirojoshi 6 1942-08-07 JNAF Sakai, Saburo 6 1942-05-25 JNAF Sugita, Sho-ichi 6 1943-02-14 JNAF Sugita, Sho-ichi 6 1943-03-28 JNAF Sugita, Sho-ichi 6 1943-07-07 JNAF Sugita, Sho-ichi 6 1943-08-12 JNAF SOVIET UNION Most Kills Scored In One Day NAME VICTORIES DATE UNITS Didenko, Gavril Vlasovič 13 [4+9] 1943-07-02 907 IAP Gorovec, Aleksandr Konstantinovič 9 1943-07-06 166 IAP Kuzněcov, Michail Vasiljevič 7 1945-02-23 106 IAP Skljarov, Ivan Grigorjevič 6 1944-01-14 193 IAP Kalabuškin, Ivan Nikolajevič 5 1941-06-22 123 IAP Lazarev, Michail 5 1941-08-25 191 IAP Makarov, Valentin Nikolajevič 5 [2+3] 1942-10-16 512 IAP Bastrikov, Aleksandr Michailovič 5 1943-05-18 15 IAP Novikov, Konstantin Afanasjevič 5 1943-07-05 40 GIAD Vorožejkin, Andrej Vasiljevič 5 1943-07-14 728 IAP Gulajev, Nikolaj Dmitrijevič 5 1944-03-05 129 GIAP Jeršov, Aleksandr Michailovič 5 1945-04-21 53 GIAP GREAT BRITAIN V-1 Aces (World War II) NAME VICTORIES UNIT Berry, Joseph 60 [59+1] FIU,501 Mellersh, Francis Richard Lee 39 (42) 96 Beamont, Ronald Prosper 31 [26+5] 150 Wg Clapperton, Raymond Hedley 24 (22) 3 Cole, Robert Walton 24 [20+4] 3 Moore, Andrew Robert 24 [23+1] 56 Kynaston, Norman Arthur 21 (17) 91 Crew, Edward Dixon 21 (31+1) 96 Wingate, H. R. 22 [19+3] (19+2) 3 Nash, Raymond Stanley 20 [17+3] 91 Slade-Betts, Kenneth Gordon 20 [19+1] 3 Dryland, Rodney 19 [17+2] (14+4) 3 Chudleigh, Richard Neil 15 96 Johnson, Herbert Denis 14 [13+1] (11) 91 Barkley, Robert Edward 13 [12+1] 3 Dobie, Ian Alexander 13 (12) 96,85 Green, Wilfried Peter 13 (12) 96 Robb, Robert Landry Thomas 13 (12) FIU,501 Edwards, M. F. 12 [7+5] 3 Hartley, James 12 (11) 129 Musgrave, John Gothorp 12 605 Rose, Moris James Alexander 12 [11+1] 3 Ward, Donald Leslie 12 3 Cruikshank, A. R. 11 [10+1] 91 Shaw, Harry 11 [8+3] 56 Bond, Petr McCall 10 [7+3] 91 Newbery, Richard Alfred 10 [8+2] 610 Topham, E. 10 [9+1] 91 Parker-Rees, Alastair 9 96,501 Ruchwaldy, Desmond Fred 9 [8+1] 129 Thornton, Cyril Brooking 9 FIU,501 Bensted, B. G. 8 605 Elcock, A. R. 8 [7+1] 91 McLardy, W. A. 8 [6+2] 96 Wright, G. C. 8 605 Spencer, Terence 7 (6) 41 Bryan, J. 7 ( 96Chisholm, John Henry Matkellar 7 157 Davy, D. H. 7 [6+1] 1 Everson, L. G. 7 [6+1] 3 Goode, J. 7 [6+1] (8+1) 96 Head, Norman Sidney 7 ( 96Marshall, William Cyril 7 91 Pottinger, R. W. 7 [4+3] 3 Shepherd, John Bean 7 [5+2] 610 GREAT BRITAIN Night Fighter Aces NAME VICTORIES UNIT Burbridge, Bransome Arthur 21 (+3 V-1) 85 Cunningham, John 19 (+1) 604,85 Braham, John Robert Daniel 19 (+10) 29,141 Owen, Alan J. 16 600,85 Hughes, Frederick Desmond 15 600,604 Allan, John Watson 14 266,256,151,29 Green, Wilfrith Peter 14 (+13 V-1) 85,96,219 Reeves, Neville Everald 14 89,239, BSDU Stevens, Richard Playne 14 151,253 Topham, John K. Groves 13 219,125 Davison, Michael Metcalf 12 (+1 V-1) 46,108,264 Downing, Alwyn Berriman 12 141,600,169 Hodgkinson, Arthur John 12 219,264,23 White, Harold Edward 12 141,BSDU Benson, James Gillies 10 (+6 V-1) 141,157 GREAT BRITAIN & COMMONWEALTH Most Kills Scored In One Day (RAF, FAA, RAAF, RCAF, RNZAF, SAAF) NAME VICTORIES DATE UNIT NATIONALITY Cooke, Nicholas Gresham 10 [8+2] 1940-05-29 294 British Dyson, Charles Harold 7 1940-12-11 33 British Pattle, Marmaduke Thomas St John 7 [6+1] 1941-04-19 33 South African Clisby, leslie Redford 6 1940-05-12 1 Australian Lewis, Albert Gerald 6 1940-09-27 249 South African Young, Michael Hugh 6 [2+4] 1940-05-29 264 British Allan, John Watson 5 1943-10-15/16 256 British Audet, Richard Joseph 5 1942-12-29 411 Canadian Boyd, Adrian Hope 5 1940-08-08 145 British Caldwell Clive Robertson 5 1941-12-05 250 Australian Carbury, Brian John George 5 1940-08-31 603 New Zealand Carey, Frank Reginald 5 (*) 1940-05-10 3 British Carey, Frank Reginald 5 (**) 1940-05-13 3 British Cork, Richard John 5 [4+1] 1940-08-12 880 British Cullen, Richard Nigel 5 1940-02-28 80 British Downing, Alwyn Berriman 5 1943-04-30 600 British Edge, Gerald Richmond 5 1940-05-25 605 British Glowacki, Antoni 5 1940-08-24 501 Polish Hamlyn, Ronald Fairfax 5 1940-08-24 610 British Lewis, Albert Gerald 5 1940-05-19 85 South African MacLachlan, James Archibald Findlay 5 1941-01-19 261 British McGrath, John Keswick Ulick Blake 5 1940-08-13 601 British McKellar, Archibald Ashmore 5 1940-10-07 605 British Pattle, Marmaduke Thomas St John 5 1941-04-14 33 South African Scherf, Charles Curnow 5 1943-05-16 418 Australian * ... 1 unconfirmed ** ... 2 unconfirmed
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01-14-2005, 12:02 AM
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| the old Sage  Join Date: May 2004 Location: Platonic Sphere
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| a note Les, Kurt Welter was not the top German jet ace. he will be covered at great length in our book. Much of his kills were either bogus or other pilots claimed by him for propaganda reasons
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01-14-2005, 02:04 AM
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| Chuck DeBellevue was not a pilot, he was a WSO. The two ace pilots of the war in Vietnam were Steven Ritchie and Duke Cunningham, both with 5 kills. I also note no reference to William C. Lambert, an American who flew with the 24th squadron, RFC, and scored 22 kills in WW1. |
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01-14-2005, 12:39 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia
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 | In the 'TOP ACES OF WORLD WAR I' category, the top RFC/RAF ace was Billy Bishop 72 (Eddie Mannock claimed 73, but only 61 were verified). The top French ace was René Fonck 75. Fonck was the top allied ace of WWI. |
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01-14-2005, 05:17 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Dec 2003
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| i read somehwhere that 5% of all pilots were responsible for 40% of all kills, pretty amazing if true........... and great info there..........
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01-14-2005, 07:39 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Boise, Idaho
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| All I can say is: We won? |
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03-23-2005, 04:27 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Ploiesti
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 | When, How... Man you did have some patience... I would have never been able to write such a long list... 
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03-23-2005, 10:06 AM
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| Der Crewchief  Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
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| Yes not matter what, great list.
__________________  fly boy:"isnt that the first jet bomber becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles"[/I] |
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03-23-2005, 10:31 AM
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| Update. Last edited by GT; 03-27-2006 at 08:28 AM. |
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03-23-2005, 02:07 PM
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| Der Crewchief Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
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| Later though the Luftwaffe system for claiming kills was very thorough.
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