List of World War II air aces
- List of World War II air aces
This is a list of the top World War II aces. Fighter aces in World War II had tremendously varying kill scores, affected as they were by many factors: the pilot's skill level, the performance of the airplane he flew and those he flew against, how long he served, his opportunity to meet the enemy in the air (Allied to Axis disproportion), and the standards his air service brought to the awarding of victory credits.
Towards the end of the war, the Axis Powers had largely exhausted their supply of skilled pilots and the replacements did not have as much chance of getting enough skill to be successful. Additionally, national policies differed; Axis pilots tended to return to the cockpit over and over again until killed, while very successful Allied pilots were routinely rotated back to training bases to educate cadet flyers. It is not clear what impact each individual nation's rules for score crediting have on the counts listed below, although the impact is likely to be significant. Germans credited a shared victory to only one pilot, while the French credited full victory to all participants. British and US air forces credited fractional shares of aerial victories, resulting in fractions, such as 11½, which might be for example 10 aircraft and three shares with the second pilot. Some U.S. commands also credited aircraft destroyed on the ground. The Soviets counted only solo kills, while group kills were counted separately, as did the Japanese. Probable kills are usually left out in the list.
Flying aces
References
* Spick, Mike. "Luftwaffe Fighter Aces". Ivy Books, 1996. ISBN 0-8041-1696-2.
External links
* [http://www.acesofww2.com ACESOFWW2]
* [http://jpgleize.club.fr/aces/homeaces.htm Fighter Aces]
* [http://www.billybishop.net/johnson.html Robert S. Johnson Tribute]
* [http://www.billybishop.net/sakai.html Saburo Sakai Memorial Page]
* [http://www.wio.ru/aces/ace2.htm Soviet fighter aces]
* [http://www.starduststudios.com/bluegep.htm George Preddy tribute page]
* [http://www.starduststudios.com/GeorgePreddyDownunder.htm George Preddy in Australia article]
* [http://www.starduststudios.com/bluejc.htm J.C. Meyer page]
* [http://www.evendon.net/PGHLookups/MarineAirWW2/MarineAirWW2_0431.html US Marine Aces in WW2]
* [http://www.acepilots.com www.acepilots.com]
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