Top Aces by plane - Page 3 - Aircraft of World War II

Twitch · 04-24-2006, 02:05 PM

Never heard of anyone scoring 5 in a Boomerang.....

Aggie08 · 04-24-2006, 06:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wildcat

Well I can't tell you much, but apart from the many men that fought in Europe, The RNZAF also saw action at Singapore and Malaya, The Solomons and Bougainville that I know of. The RNZAF shot down a total of 103 Japanese aircraft in the Pacific. Some aircraft the RNZAF was equipped with include P-40's, Corsairs, Avengers, Ventura's, Dauntless's, Hudson's and PBY's (That's off the top of my head, I'm sure there are others).

Cool beans.

RAFster · 01-10-2007, 03:21 PM

What about Greg Boyington?

Major Greg Boyington - USMC - F4U Corsair - 24

22 were credited by the USMC and 2 by the AVG with the Flying Tigers.
Some records dispute the numbers and Boyington felt he had 5.75 victories with the AVG.
With the AVG he and 4 other pilots destroyed 15 aircraft in a raid. The AVG split it among the 6 pilots in the flight (2 provided top cover during the raid) and that reduced the number to 2.5 victories per pilot. Then he had 2 air-to-air victories bringing his total to 5.75 rounded up to 6...thus some records claim 28 victories.

RAFster
David

DerAdlerIstGelandet · 01-10-2007, 03:28 PM

He was a very good pilot.

Brain32 · 01-11-2007, 12:12 PM

Can't help much with other planes/aces but Mato Dukovac as all Croatian aces flew 109's

Pisis · 01-13-2007, 10:13 AM

Another correction:

Quote:

Slovak
Jan Gerthoffer 33

No, it was Ján Režňák from 13.(Slowakei) Staffel/JG52 (flying Bf 109G-4), credited with 32 (15x LaGG-3, 5x I-16, 3x I-153, 2x MiG-1, 2x MiG-3, 2x DB-3, 1x Pe-2, 1x Jak-1, 1x Jak-3) confirmed and 5 (1x I-16, 1x LaGG-3, 1x Jak-1, ???, ???) unconfirmed airborne kills.

GregP · 01-14-2007, 01:25 PM

There are MANY reasons why the Russians loved the P-39s.

1) They refused to be drawn to high altitude where the P-39 was at a disadvantage. They fought at or below 10,000 feet and ignored the huigh-flying Luftwaffe. If they noticed the German planes, they attacked the german bases at low altitude to stop the raids. Very few planes were as good as the P-39 at low altitide.

2) They were much more interested in reliability, and the Allison was more reliable than the Merlin, and so WOULD have been better liked by the Soviet forces.

3) They replaced the bad armament with good Soviet cannon designs as stated above.

4) They flew mostly in support of ground units. So, there was a lot of friendly flak when needed. Tough to do that in the Pacific theater since there simply isn't much in the way of ground in the ocean. In Europe, we were flying over German-held terrotory while attacking, so all the flak was unfriendly.

5) The P-39, while unliked by the Western Allies, was superior in technology to most Soviet aircraft and was heartily adopted by them. They concentrated in developing tactics which it could use to advantage while we simply proclaimed it to be unsuited to our requirements. Of course, the real culprit was the U.S. Military procurement people who deleted the Supercharger from the aircraft.

CharlesBronson · 01-17-2007, 09:02 PM

Hey ¡¡

What about Otto Kittel from JG 54....more than 200 kills with the FW-190A.

Erich · 01-17-2007, 09:12 PM

CB:

~ Lomma mentioned him just with a sentance and his kill score on the first page

hey, what no night fighter pilots ? .......... this must be a day thing again

CharlesBronson · 01-17-2007, 11:10 PM

Sorry, I overlooked that.

And yes that could be 121 kills for the Bf-110s, in Schnauffer case.

04-24-2006, 02:05 PM	#31
Twitch Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: City of the Angels California Posts: 809	Never heard of anyone scoring 5 in a Boomerang..... __________________

01-10-2007, 03:28 PM	#34
DerAdlerIstGelandet Der Crewchief Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany Posts: 33,011	He was a very good pilot. __________________ 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]

01-17-2007, 09:02 PM	#38
CharlesBronson Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Cordoba - Argentina Posts: 2,980	Hey ¡¡ What about Otto Kittel from JG 54....more than 200 kills with the FW-190A. __________________ Bronsons´s videos

01-17-2007, 09:12 PM	#39
Erich the old Sage Join Date: May 2004 Location: Platonic Sphere Posts: 10,704	CB: ~ Lomma mentioned him just with a sentance and his kill score on the first page hey, what no night fighter pilots ? .......... this must be a day thing again __________________ Rip it up !

01-17-2007, 11:10 PM	#40
CharlesBronson Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Cordoba - Argentina Posts: 2,980	Sorry, I overlooked that. And yes that could be 121 kills for the Bf-110s, in Schnauffer case. __________________ Bronsons´s videos

01-10-2007, 03:21 PM	#33
RAFster Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: AZ Posts: 4	What about Greg Boyington? Major Greg Boyington - USMC - F4U Corsair - 24 22 were credited by the USMC and 2 by the AVG with the Flying Tigers. Some records dispute the numbers and Boyington felt he had 5.75 victories with the AVG. With the AVG he and 4 other pilots destroyed 15 aircraft in a raid. The AVG split it among the 6 pilots in the flight (2 provided top cover during the raid) and that reduced the number to 2.5 victories per pilot. Then he had 2 air-to-air victories bringing his total to 5.75 rounded up to 6...thus some records claim 28 victories. RAFster David

01-11-2007, 12:12 PM	#35
Brain32 Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 35	Can't help much with other planes/aces but Mato Dukovac as all Croatian aces flew 109's

01-14-2007, 01:25 PM	#37
GregP Banned Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 110	There are MANY reasons why the Russians loved the P-39s. 1) They refused to be drawn to high altitude where the P-39 was at a disadvantage. They fought at or below 10,000 feet and ignored the huigh-flying Luftwaffe. If they noticed the German planes, they attacked the german bases at low altitude to stop the raids. Very few planes were as good as the P-39 at low altitide. 2) They were much more interested in reliability, and the Allison was more reliable than the Merlin, and so WOULD have been better liked by the Soviet forces. 3) They replaced the bad armament with good Soviet cannon designs as stated above. 4) They flew mostly in support of ground units. So, there was a lot of friendly flak when needed. Tough to do that in the Pacific theater since there simply isn't much in the way of ground in the ocean. In Europe, we were flying over German-held terrotory while attacking, so all the flak was unfriendly. 5) The P-39, while unliked by the Western Allies, was superior in technology to most Soviet aircraft and was heartily adopted by them. They concentrated in developing tactics which it could use to advantage while we simply proclaimed it to be unsuited to our requirements. Of course, the real culprit was the U.S. Military procurement people who deleted the Supercharger from the aircraft.

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