List of World War II flying aces

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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), whether he was the formation's leader or a wingman, the standards his air service brought to the awarding of victory credits, et cetera.

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 opportunity to gain enough experience to be successful. Additionally, national policies differed; German, Italian, and Japanese[1] pilots tended to return to the cockpit over and over again until they were killed.[N 1]

It is not clear what impact each nation's rules for score crediting have on the counts listed below. Germans credited a shared victory to only one pilot, while the French credited full victory to all participants. British, Finnish 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. The Italian Air Force did not officially credit victories to individual pilots, but to their unit as a whole. Probable kills are usually left out of the list.

It is necessary to emphasize that the question of assessing and comparing the success rate of fighters by number of victories is one of the more problematic. There are disputes about what is "shot down" and what is "air victory", but the most problematic seems to be credibility of reports and reliability of its confirmation, which was substantially different in particular air forces. The most reliable is considered the confirmation of the victories in RAF, which based its counts on comparison of testimonials of participants and – if possible – film material.

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  This background, along with the symbol "†", indicates that the pilot was killed in action, missing in action, died of wounds, or was killed in a flying accident during World War II.

Name Country Service(s) Aerial Victories Other Aerial Victories Notes
Erich Hartmann  Germany Luftwaffe 352[2] Top ace of all time. First ever with 300 victories, achieved coincident with Double-ace in a day
Gerhard Barkhorn  Germany Luftwaffe 301[2]
Günther Rall  Germany Luftwaffe 275[2]
Otto Kittel  Germany Luftwaffe 267[2] Top Focke-Wulf 190 ace
Walter Nowotny  Germany Luftwaffe 258[2] Double-ace in a day on two different occasions. First to 250
Wilhelm Batz  Germany Luftwaffe 237[2]
Erich Rudorffer  Germany Luftwaffe 222[2] Jet ace with 12 victories in Me 262,[3] Double-ace in a day
Heinz Bär  Germany Luftwaffe 220[2] Jet ace with 16 victories in Me 262[3]
Hermann Graf  Germany Luftwaffe 212[2] First ever with 200 victories
Heinrich Ehrler  Germany Luftwaffe 209[2] Jet ace with 5 victories in Me 262[3]
Theodor Weissenberger  Germany Luftwaffe 208[2] Jet ace with 8 victories in Me 262[3]
Hans Philipp  Germany Luftwaffe 206[4]
Walter Schuck  Germany Luftwaffe 206[4] Jet ace with 8 victories in Me 262[3]
Anton Hafner  Germany Luftwaffe 204[4]
Helmut Lipfert  Germany Luftwaffe 203[4]
Walter Krupinski  Germany Luftwaffe 197[4]
Anton Hackl  Germany Luftwaffe 192[4]
Joachim Brendel  Germany Luftwaffe 189[4]
Max Stotz  Germany Luftwaffe 189[4]
Joachim Kirschner  Germany Luftwaffe 188[4]
Kurt Brändle  Germany Luftwaffe 180[4]
Günther Josten  Germany Luftwaffe 178[4]
Johannes Steinhoff  Germany Luftwaffe 176[4] Jet ace with 6 victories in Me 262[3]
Ernst-Wilhelm Reinert  Germany Luftwaffe 174[4]
Günther Schack  Germany Luftwaffe 174[4]
Heinz Schmidt  Germany Luftwaffe 173[4]
Emil Lang  Germany Luftwaffe 173[4] Triple-ace in a day
Horst Ademeit  Germany Luftwaffe 166[4]
Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke  Germany Luftwaffe 162[5]
Hans-Joachim Marseille  Germany Luftwaffe 158[5] Top scoring ace outside the Eastern Front. Destroyed most Western Allied aircraft. Triple-ace in a day
Heinrich Sturm  Germany Luftwaffe 157[5]
Gerhard Thyben  Germany Luftwaffe 157[5]
Hans Beisswenger  Germany Luftwaffe 152[5]
Gordon Gollob  Germany Luftwaffe 150[5] First ever with 150 victories
Peter Düttmann  Germany Luftwaffe 150[5]
Fritz Tegtmeier  Germany Luftwaffe 146[5]
Albin Wolf  Germany Luftwaffe 144[5]
Kurt Tanzer  Germany Luftwaffe 143[5]
Friedrich-Karl Müller  Germany Luftwaffe 140[5]
Karl Gratz  Germany Luftwaffe 138[5]
Heinrich Setz  Germany Luftwaffe 138[5]
Rudolf Trenkel  Germany Luftwaffe 138[5]
Franz Schall  Germany Luftwaffe 137[5] Jet ace with 14 victories in Me 262[3]
Walter Wolfrum  Germany Luftwaffe 137[5] Double-ace in a day on two different occasions
Adolf Dickfeld  Germany Luftwaffe 136[5]
Horst-Günther von Fassong  Germany Luftwaffe 136[6]
Otto Fönnekold  Germany Luftwaffe 136[6]
Karl-Heinz Weber  Germany Luftwaffe 136[6]
Joachim Müncheberg  Germany Luftwaffe 135[6]
Hans Waldmann  Germany Luftwaffe 134[6] Ace in a day
Alfred Grislawski  Germany Luftwaffe 133[6]
Johannes Wiese  Germany Luftwaffe 133[6]
Adolf Borchers  Germany Luftwaffe 132[6]
Erwin Clausen  Germany Luftwaffe 132[6]
Wilhelm Lemke  Germany Luftwaffe 131[6]
Heinrich Sterr  Germany Luftwaffe 130[6]
Franz Eisenach  Germany Luftwaffe 129[6]
Walther Dahl  Germany Luftwaffe 128[6]
Franz Dörr  Germany Luftwaffe 128[6]
Rudolf Rademacher  Germany Luftwaffe 126[6] Jet ace with 8 victories in Me 262[3]
Josef Zwernemann  Germany Luftwaffe 126[7]
Gerhard Hoffmann  Germany Luftwaffe 125[7]
Dietrich Hrabak  Germany Luftwaffe 125[7]
Wolf-Udo Ettel  Germany Luftwaffe 124[7]
Herbert Ihlefeld  Germany Luftwaffe 123[6] +9 in Spanish Civil War Ace in each of two wars
Wolfgang Tonne  Germany Luftwaffe 122[7]
Heinz Marquardt  Germany Luftwaffe 121[7]
Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer  Germany Luftwaffe 121[8] Top night fighter ace. Ace in a day
Robert Weiß  Germany Luftwaffe 121[7]
Friedrich Obleser  Germany Luftwaffe 120[7]
Erich Leie  Germany Luftwaffe 118[7]
Franz-Josef Beerenbrock  Germany Luftwaffe 117[7]
Hans-Joachim Birkner  Germany Luftwaffe 117[7]
Jakob Norz  Germany Luftwaffe 117[7]
Walter Oesau  Germany Luftwaffe 117[7]
Heinz Wernicke  Germany Luftwaffe 117[7]
August Lambert  Germany Luftwaffe 116[7] Triple-ace in a day
Wilhelm Crinius  Germany Luftwaffe 114[7]
Werner Schröer  Germany Luftwaffe 114[9]
Hans Dammers  Germany Luftwaffe 113[9]
Berthold Korts  Germany Luftwaffe 113[9]
Kurt Bühligen  Germany Luftwaffe 112[9]
Helmut Lent  Germany Luftwaffe 110[8] Night fighter ace
Kurt Ubben  Germany Luftwaffe 110[9]
Franz Woidich  Germany Luftwaffe 110[9]
Emil Bitsch  Germany Luftwaffe 108[9]
Hans Hahn  Germany Luftwaffe 108[9]
Bernhard Vechtel  Germany Luftwaffe 108[9]
Viktor Bauer  Germany Luftwaffe 106[9]
Werner Lucas  Germany Luftwaffe 106[9]
Günther Lützow  Germany Luftwaffe 105[10] +5 in Spanish Civil War
Adolf Galland  Germany Luftwaffe 104[9] Jet ace with 7 victories in Me 262[3]
Heinz Sachsenberg  Germany Luftwaffe 104[9]
Hartmann Grasser  Germany Luftwaffe 103[9]
Siegfried Freytag  Germany Luftwaffe 102[11]
Friedrich Geisshardt  Germany Luftwaffe 102[11]
Egon Mayer  Germany Luftwaffe 102[11]
Max-Hellmuth Ostermann  Germany Luftwaffe 102[11]
Josef Wurmheller  Germany Luftwaffe 102[11]
Werner Mölders  Germany Luftwaffe 101[7] +14 in Spanish Civil War Ace in each of two wars, first in aviation history with 100 victories
Rudolf Miethig  Germany Luftwaffe 101[11]
Josef Priller  Germany Luftwaffe 101[11]
Ulrich Wernitz  Germany Luftwaffe 101[11]
Reinhard Seiler  Germany Luftwaffe 100[9] +9 in Spanish Civil War
Paul-Heinrich Dähne  Germany Luftwaffe 99[12]
Leopold Steinbatz  Germany Luftwaffe 99[11]
Wolfgang Späte  Germany Luftwaffe 99[11] Jet ace with 5 victories in Me 262[3]
Heinrich Bartels  Germany Luftwaffe 99[11]
Horst Hannig  Germany Luftwaffe 98[11]
Gustav Rödel  Germany Luftwaffe 98[11]
Helmut Rüffler  Germany Luftwaffe 98[11]
Hans Schleef  Germany Luftwaffe 98[13]
Helmut Mertens  Germany Luftwaffe 97[13]
Hermann Schleinhege  Germany Luftwaffe 96[13]
Diethelm von Eichel-Streiber  Germany Luftwaffe 96[13]
Heinrich Höfemeier  Germany Luftwaffe 96[13]
Siegfried Lemke  Germany Luftwaffe 96[13]
Leopold Münster  Germany Luftwaffe 95[13]
Ilmari Juutilainen  Finland Finnish Air Force 94 Top non-German ace. Claimed 126 victories. Ace in a day. Victories were against the Soviet Union.
Rudolf Müller  Germany Luftwaffe 94[13] possibly 101[14]
Anton Döbele  Germany Luftwaffe 94[13]
Heinrich Klöpper  Germany Luftwaffe 94[13]
Rudolf Resch  Germany Luftwaffe 93[13] +1 in Spanish Civil War
Edmund Roßmann  Germany Luftwaffe 93[13]
Siegfried Schnell  Germany Luftwaffe 93[13]
Helmut Bennemann  Germany Luftwaffe 92[13]
Gerhard Loos  Germany Luftwaffe 92[13]
Oskar Romm  Germany Luftwaffe 92[13]
Anton Resch  Germany Luftwaffe 91[13]
Eberhard von Boremski  Germany Luftwaffe 90[15] possibly 104[16]
Heinz Kemethmüller  Germany Luftwaffe 89[15]
Georg Schentke  Germany Luftwaffe 87[15]
Josef Jennewein  Germany Luftwaffe 86[15]
Anton Mader  Germany Luftwaffe 86[15]
Friedrich Wachowiak  Germany Luftwaffe 86[15]
Ulrich Wöhnert  Germany Luftwaffe 86[15]
Gerhard Köppen  Germany Luftwaffe 85[15]
Walter Zellot  Germany Luftwaffe 85[15]
Heinz Ewald  Germany Luftwaffe 84[15]
Peter Kalden  Germany Luftwaffe 84[15]
Werner Quast  Germany Luftwaffe 84[15]
Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein  Germany Luftwaffe 83[8]
Otto Weßling  Germany Luftwaffe 83[15]
Walter Ohlrogge  Germany Luftwaffe 83[15]
Hans Grünberg  Germany Luftwaffe 82[15] Jet ace with 5 victories in Me 262[3]
Emil Darjes  Germany Luftwaffe 82
Hans Götz  Germany Luftwaffe 82[15]
Helmut Missner  Germany Luftwaffe 82[15]
Franz Beyer  Germany Luftwaffe 81[17]
Max-Hermann Lücke  Germany Luftwaffe 81[17]
Hugo Broch  Germany Luftwaffe 81[17]
Willi Nemitz  Germany Luftwaffe 81[17]
Wilhelm Philipp  Germany Luftwaffe 81[17]
Rudolf Wagner  Germany Luftwaffe 81[17]
Tetsuzō Iwamoto  Japan Imperial Japanese Navy 80 +14 in Second Sino-Japanese War Ace in each of two wars, analysis in 1971 suggests up to 87 WWII confirmed, his diary claimed 202 victories
Herbert Bachnick  Germany Luftwaffe 80[17]
Otto Würfel  Germany Luftwaffe 79[17]
Georg-Peter Eder  Germany Luftwaffe 78[17] Jet ace with 12 victories in Me 262[3]
Wolfgang Ewald  Germany Luftwaffe 78[17]
Heinrich Krafft  Germany Luftwaffe 78[17]
Karl-Gottfried Nordmann  Germany Luftwaffe 78[17]
Alexander Preinfalk  Germany Luftwaffe 78[17]
Josef Haiböck  Germany Luftwaffe 77[17]
Johann-Hermann Meier  Germany Luftwaffe 77[17]
Hans-Joachim Kroschinski  Germany Luftwaffe 76[17]
Maximilian Mayerl  Germany Luftwaffe 76[17]
Alfred Teumer  Germany Luftwaffe 76[18]
Edwin Thiel  Germany Luftwaffe 76[18]
Hans Wind  Finland Finnish Air Force 75
Johannes Bunzek  Germany Luftwaffe 75[18]
Helmuth Grollmus  Germany Luftwaffe 75[18]
Johann Pichler  Germany Luftwaffe 75[18]
Hans Röhrig  Germany Luftwaffe 75[18]
Joachim Wandel  Germany Luftwaffe 75[18]
Gustav Frielinghaus  Germany Luftwaffe 74[18]
Otto Gaiser  Germany Luftwaffe 74[18]
Friedrich Haas  Germany Luftwaffe 74[18]
Hubertus von Bonin  Germany Luftwaffe 73[17] +4 in Spanish Civil War
Anton Lindner  Germany Luftwaffe 73[18]
Gerhard Michalski  Germany Luftwaffe 73[18]
Otto Schultz  Germany Luftwaffe 73[18]
Wilhelm Herget  Germany Luftwaffe 72[8]
 Japan Imperial Japanese Navy 72
Klaus Mietusch  Germany Luftwaffe 72[18]
Wilhelm Mink  Germany Luftwaffe 72[18]
Karl-Heinz Schnell  Germany Luftwaffe 72[18]
Hans Fuß  Germany Luftwaffe 71[19]
Adolf Glunz  Germany Luftwaffe 71[18]
Alfred Heckmann  Germany Luftwaffe 71[19]
Herbert Rollwage  Germany Luftwaffe 71[20]
Günther Scheel  Germany Luftwaffe 71[19]
 Japan Imperial Japanese Navy 70 +40 shared
 Germany Luftwaffe 70
Hermann-Friedrich Joppien  Germany Luftwaffe 70[19]
Heinz Lange  Germany Luftwaffe 70[19]
Rudi Linz  Germany Luftwaffe 70[19]
Emil Omert  Germany Luftwaffe 70[19]
 Germany Luftwaffe 69[19]
 Germany Luftwaffe 69[19]
Eugen-Ludwig Zweigart  Germany Luftwaffe 69[19]
Constantin Cantacuzino  Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 69 +8 unconfirmed

Top Romanian ace

Kurt Dombacher  Germany Luftwaffe 68[19]
 Germany Luftwaffe 68[19]
Herbert Huppertz  Germany Luftwaffe 68[19]
 Germany Luftwaffe 68[19]
Herbert Kaiser  Germany Luftwaffe 68[21]
Richard Leppla  Germany Luftwaffe 68[21]
Fritz Losigkeit  Germany Luftwaffe 68[21]
Günther Freiherr von Maltzahn  Germany Luftwaffe 68[19]
Hans Strelow  Germany Luftwaffe 68[19]
Ernst Süß  Germany Luftwaffe 68[21]
Otto Tange  Germany Luftwaffe 68[21]
 Germany Luftwaffe 68[22]
Gustav Denk  Germany Luftwaffe 67[21]
Fritz Dinger  Germany Luftwaffe 67[21]
Herbert Findeisen  Germany Luftwaffe 67[21]
Reinhold Hoffmann  Germany Luftwaffe 67[23]
Erbo Graf von Kageneck  Germany Luftwaffe 67[21]
Franz Schieß  Germany Luftwaffe 67[21]
Franz Schwaiger  Germany Luftwaffe 67[21]
Hubert Strassl  Germany Luftwaffe 67[24] Triple-ace in a day
Franz Schwaiger  Germany Luftwaffe 67[25]
Erwin Fleig  Germany Luftwaffe 66[21]
Werner Streib  Germany Luftwaffe 66[8] Night fighter ace
Ivan Kozhedub  Soviet Union Soviet Air Force 66 Top Allied ace in WWII
Heinrich Füllgrabe  Germany Luftwaffe 65[26]
Waldemar Semelka  Germany Luftwaffe 65[26]
Berthold Graßmuck  Germany Luftwaffe 65[26]
Karl Kempf  Germany Luftwaffe 65[26]
Manfred Meurer  Germany Luftwaffe 65[8] Night fighter ace
Günther Radusch  Germany Luftwaffe 65[8] Night fighter ace
 Germany Luftwaffe 64[27]
Bernd Gallowitsch  Germany Luftwaffe 64[26]
Jürgen Harder  Germany Luftwaffe 64[26]
Rolf Hermichen  Germany Luftwaffe 64[26]
Walter Lindner  Germany Luftwaffe 64
Viktor Petermann  Germany Luftwaffe 64[26]
Heinz Rökker  Germany Luftwaffe 64[28] Night fighter ace
Rudolf Schoenert  Germany Luftwaffe 64[28] Night fighter ace
Franz Götz  Germany Luftwaffe 63[26]
Heinrich Hoffmann  Germany Luftwaffe 63[26]
Gerhard Homuth  Germany Luftwaffe 63[26]
Wilhelm Schilling  Germany Luftwaffe 63[29]
Hermann Staiger  Germany Luftwaffe 63[30]
 Germany Luftwaffe 62
 Germany Luftwaffe 62[26]
 Germany Luftwaffe 62[26]
Horst Haase  Germany Luftwaffe 62[31]
Karl-Heinz Meltzer  Germany Luftwaffe 61[32]
 Germany Luftwaffe 60[33]
Hans-Ekkehard Bob  Germany Luftwaffe 60[34]
Horst Carganico  Germany Luftwaffe 60[12]
 Germany Luftwaffe 60
Franz Hrdlicka  Germany Luftwaffe 60[35]
 Germany Luftwaffe 60
August Mors  Germany Luftwaffe 60[26]
 Germany Luftwaffe 60[36]
 Germany Luftwaffe 60[36]
Nikolay Dmitrievich Gulayev  Soviet Union Soviet Air Force 60
Aleksandr Ivanovich Pokryshkin  Soviet Union Soviet Air Force 59 +8 prior to Soviets officially in WWII
Hans-Arnold Stahlschmidt  Germany Luftwaffe 59[37]
Alfred Franke  Germany Luftwaffe 59[38]
Franz Eckerle  Germany Luftwaffe 59[39]
 Germany Luftwaffe 59[37]
Paul Zorner  Germany Luftwaffe 59[28] Night fighter ace
Siegfried Engfer  Germany Luftwaffe 59[40]
Hermann Buchner  Germany Luftwaffe 58[41] Jet ace with 12 victories in Me 262[3]
Martin Becker  Germany Luftwaffe 58[28] Night fighter ace
Herbert Broennle  Germany Luftwaffe 58[42]
 Germany Luftwaffe 58[43]
Wilhelm Freuwörth  Germany Luftwaffe 58[44]
Gerhard Raht  Germany Luftwaffe 58[28] Night fighter ace
Hiromichi Shinohara  Japan Imperial Japanese Army 58
Grigoriy Andreevich Rechkalov  Soviet Union Soviet Air Force 58
 Germany Luftwaffe 58[45]
Lutz-Wilhelm Burckhardt  Germany Luftwaffe 57+[46]
Heinrich-Wilhelm Ahnert  Germany Luftwaffe 57[47]
Konrad Bauer  Germany Luftwaffe 57[48]
Kurt Ebener  Germany Luftwaffe 57[49]
Johannes Seifert  Germany Luftwaffe 57[50]
Hermann Wolf  Germany Luftwaffe 57[51]
Edmund Wagner  Germany Luftwaffe 57[52]
Gustav Francsi  Germany Luftwaffe 56[28] Night fighter ace
Heinz Hackler  Germany Luftwaffe 56[53]
Erich Hohagen  Germany Luftwaffe 56[54]
 Germany Luftwaffe 56[55]
Eduard Isken  Germany Luftwaffe 56[56]
Kurt Knappe  Germany Luftwaffe 56[57]
Josef Kraft  Germany Luftwaffe 56[28] Night fighter ace
Helmut Schönfelder  Germany Luftwaffe 56[58]
Günther Seeger  Germany Luftwaffe 56[25]
Heinz Strüning  Germany Luftwaffe 56[28] Night fighter ace
Helmut Wick  Germany Luftwaffe 56[59]
Eino Luukkanen  Finland Finnish Air Force 56
Karl-Heinz Bendert  Germany Luftwaffe 55[60]
Wilhelm-Ferdinand Galland  Germany Luftwaffe 55[61]
Herbert Bareuther  Germany Luftwaffe 55[62]
Hans-Dieter Frank  Germany Luftwaffe 55[28] Night fighter ace
Hans Ehlers  Germany Luftwaffe 55[63]
Herbert Puschmann  Germany Luftwaffe 54[64]
Takeo Okumura  Japan Imperial Japanese Navy 54
Johann Badum  Germany Luftwaffe 54[65]
 Germany Luftwaffe 54[66]
Siegfried Simsch  Germany Luftwaffe 54[67]
Heinz Vinke  Germany Luftwaffe 54[28] Night fighter ace
Hannes Trautloft  Germany Luftwaffe 53[68] +5 in Spanish Civil War
August Geiger  Germany Luftwaffe 53[28] Night fighter ace
Kirill A. Yevstigneyev  Soviet Union Soviet Air Force 53
Albert Brunner  Germany Luftwaffe 53[69]
Hans-Joachim Heyer  Germany Luftwaffe 53[23]
Willy Kientsch  Germany Luftwaffe 53[70]
 Germany Luftwaffe 53[71]
Julius Meimberg  Germany Luftwaffe 53[72]
Herbert Lütje  Germany Luftwaffe 53[28] Night fighter ace
Franz Barten  Germany Luftwaffe 52[48]
Heinz-Edgar Berres  Germany Luftwaffe 52[73]
Martin Drewes  Germany Luftwaffe 52[28] Night fighter ace
 Germany Luftwaffe 52[74]
Ludwig Häfner  Germany Luftwaffe 52[53]
Rudolf Pflanz  Germany Luftwaffe 52[75]
Friedrich Rupp  Germany Luftwaffe 52[76]
Werner Hoffmann  Germany Luftwaffe 52[28] Night fighter ace
 Germany Luftwaffe 51[52]
Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld  Germany Luftwaffe 51[28] Night fighter ace
Fritz Lüddecke  Germany Luftwaffe 51[77]
Otto Schulz  Germany Luftwaffe 51[78]
Kurt Welter  Germany Luftwaffe 50+[79] Jet ace with 20+ claimed in Me 262;[3] 56 as night fighter; possibly all time jet ace
 Germany Luftwaffe 50[22]
Hermann Greiner  Germany Luftwaffe 50[79] Night fighter ace
Dmitry Glinka  Soviet Union Soviet Air Force 50
Hans-Joachim Jabs  Germany Luftwaffe 50[79] Night fighter ace
 Germany Luftwaffe 50
 Germany Luftwaffe 50
Karl Willius  Germany Luftwaffe 50[80]
Rudolf Ehrenberger  Germany Luftwaffe 49[63]
Reinhard Kollak  Germany Luftwaffe 49[79] Night fighter ace
Klaus Quaet-Faslem  Germany Luftwaffe 49[81]
Walter Borchers  Germany Luftwaffe 48+[79] possibly 59[16] Night fighter ace
Heinz Arnold  Germany Luftwaffe 48[47] Jet ace with 7 victories in Me 262[3]
Friedrich Beckh  Germany Luftwaffe 48[48]
Paul Gildner  Germany Luftwaffe 48[79] Night fighter ace
 Germany Luftwaffe 48[79] Night fighter ace
Werner Stumpf  Germany Luftwaffe 48[24]
Heinz-Gerhard Vogt  Germany Luftwaffe 48[82]
Günter Fink  Germany Luftwaffe 48[83]
 Germany Luftwaffe 47[84]
Ernst-Georg Drünkler  Germany Luftwaffe 47[85] Night fighter ace
Heinz Golinski  Germany Luftwaffe 47[86]
 Germany Luftwaffe 47[35]
Herbert Kutscha  Germany Luftwaffe 47[87]
Erich Schmidt  Germany Luftwaffe 47[88]
Alexandru Şerbănescu  Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 47
Arseniy Vasilievich Vorozheikin  Soviet Union Soviet Air Force 46 +6 in Battles of Khalkhin Gol Ace in each of two wars (though Khalkhin Gol was undeclared)
Aleksandr Ivanovich Koldunov  Soviet Union Soviet Air Force 46
Nikolay Mikhailovich Skomorohov  Soviet Union Soviet Air Force 46
Hans-Heinz Augenstein  Germany Luftwaffe 46[79] Night fighter ace
Ludwig Becker  Germany Luftwaffe 46[79] Night fighter ace
Wolfgang Böwing-Treuding  Germany Luftwaffe 46[89]
Erwin Laskowski  Germany Luftwaffe 46[90]
Karl Rammelt  Germany Luftwaffe 46[91]
 Germany Luftwaffe 46[92]
Paul Semrau  Germany Luftwaffe 46[79] Night fighter ace
Karl Schnörrer  Germany Luftwaffe 45[58] Jet ace with 11 victories in Me 262[3]
 Germany Luftwaffe 45[93]
 Germany Luftwaffe 45[24]
 Germany Luftwaffe 45[45]
Ernst Düllberg  Germany Luftwaffe 45[94]
Rudolf Frank  Germany Luftwaffe 45[79] Night fighter ace
Hugo Dahmer  Germany Luftwaffe 45[95]
Gerhard Schöpfel  Germany Luftwaffe 45[96]
 Germany Luftwaffe 45[97]
 Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 45
Urho Lehtovaara  Finland Finnish Air Force 44.5
 Germany Luftwaffe 44+[39]
Mato Dukovac  Croatia Croatian Air Force 44 Top Croatian ace
Oiva Tuominen  Finland Finnish Air Force 44
 Germany Luftwaffe 44[98]
Karl-Wilhelm Hofmann  Germany Luftwaffe 44[54]
Reinhold Knacke  Germany Luftwaffe 44[79] Night fighter ace
Wilhelm Steinmann  Germany Luftwaffe 44[99]
Walther Wever  Germany Luftwaffe 44[100]
Vladimir Bobrov (pilot)  Soviet Union Soviet Air Force 43
Karl Borris  Germany Luftwaffe 43[101]
Ludwig Franzisket  Germany Luftwaffe 43[44]
 Germany Luftwaffe 43[102]
Josef Pöhs  Germany Luftwaffe 43[103]
 Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 43
Walter Brandt  Germany Luftwaffe 42[69]
Olli Puhakka  Finland Finnish Air Force 42
 Germany Luftwaffe 42[22]
Jürgen Brocke  Germany Luftwaffe 42[42]
 Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 42
 Germany Luftwaffe 42[104]
Herbert Schramm  Germany Luftwaffe 42[105]
Robert Olejnik  Germany Luftwaffe 42[106]
 Germany Luftwaffe 41[64]
Werner Baake  Germany Luftwaffe 41[79] Night fighter ace
Leopold Fellerer  Germany Luftwaffe 41[79] Night fighter ace
Ludwig Meister  Germany Luftwaffe 41[107] Night fighter ace
Ernst Börngen  Germany Luftwaffe 41[34]
Mikhail Pivovarov  Soviet Union Soviet Air Force 41
Marmaduke 'Pat' Pattle  South Africa Royal Air Force 41[108] Top British Commonwealth and South African ace, possibly 50+ victories. He scored all his victories on the Gloster Gladiator and the Hawker Hurricane and is the top ace of both aircraft.
Wilhelm Balthasar  Germany Luftwaffe 40[59] +7 in Spanish Civil War Ace in each of two wars (+13 ground kills WWII)
Richard I. Bong  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 40[109] Top U.S. ace
Wolf-Dietrich Huy  Germany Luftwaffe 40[110]
Hermann Neuhoff  Germany Luftwaffe 40[111]
Günter Steinhausen  Germany Luftwaffe 40[99]
Eckart-Wilhelm von Bonin  Germany Luftwaffe 39[107] Night fighter ace
Dietrich Schmidt  Germany Luftwaffe 39[107] possibly 43[112] Night fighter ace
Satoru Anabuki  Japan Imperial Japanese Army 39 51 claimed
 Japan Imperial Japanese Navy 39
Eckart-Wilhelm von Bonin  Germany Luftwaffe 39[107] Night fighter ace
Hans Dortenmann  Germany Luftwaffe 38[85]
 Germany Luftwaffe 38[69]
James Edgar "Johnnie" Johnson  United Kingdom Royal Air Force 38[108] Top Spitfire Ace.
Cvitan Galić  Croatia Croatian Air Force 38
Detlev Rohwer  Germany Luftwaffe 38[113]
Eduard Tratt  Germany Luftwaffe 38[114]
Thomas B. McGuire  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 38[109]
Günther Bahr  Germany Luftwaffe 39[107] Night fighter ace
Ivan Babak  Soviet Union Soviet Air Force 37
Klaus Neumann  Germany Luftwaffe 37[115] Jet ace with 5 victories in Me 262[3]
Heinz Bretnütz  Germany Luftwaffe 37[116]
Waldemar Radener  Germany Luftwaffe 37[117]
Sergey Luganski  Soviet Union Soviet Air Force 37
Wilhelm Beier  Germany Luftwaffe 36[107] Night fighter ace
Helmut Bergmann  Germany Luftwaffe 36[107] Night fighter ace
Walter Ehle  Germany Luftwaffe 36[107] Night fighter ace
Friedrich Körner  Germany Luftwaffe 36[118]
Maximilian Volke  Germany Luftwaffe 36[52]
Hiroyoshi Nishizawa  Japan Imperial Japanese Navy 36 Claimed 86 and up to 100-150 victories
Olavi Puro  Finland Finnish Air Force 36
Nils Katajainen  Finland Finnish Air Force 35.5
Heinz-Horst Hißbach  Germany Luftwaffe 34[107] Night fighter ace
Wilhelm Johnen  Germany Luftwaffe 34[107] Night fighter ace
Klaus Bretschneider  Germany Luftwaffe 34[116] incl. 14 as Night fighter ace
 Soviet Union Soviet Air Force 34
David McCampbell  United States U.S. Navy 34[109] Top U.S. Navy ace, Ace in a day on two different occasions
Toshio Ota  Japan Imperial Japanese Navy 34
 Germany Luftwaffe 33[107] Night fighter ace
Josef Kociok  Germany Luftwaffe 33[107] Night fighter ace
Heinz Knoke  Germany Luftwaffe 33[57]
Ernst-Wilhelm Modrow  Germany Luftwaffe 33[107] possibly 34[119] Night fighter ace
Ivan Stepanenko  Soviet Union Soviet Air Force 33
Pierre Clostermann  France Free French Air Force, Royal Air Force 33[108] Top French ace
 Germany Luftwaffe 33
Lauri Nissinen  Finland Finnish Air Force 32.5
Werner Husemann  Germany Luftwaffe 32[107] Night fighter ace
Ján Režňák  Slovak Republic Slovak Air Force 32 Top Slovak ace, possibly 35 victories
Kyösti Karhila  Finland Finnish Air Force 32
Hugo Frey  Germany Luftwaffe 32[44]
 Japan Imperial Japanese Navy 32
Adolph 'Sailor' Malan  South Africa Royal Air Force 32
George F. "Buzz" Beurling  Canada Royal Air Force 31.5[108] Top Canadian ace of WWII
Hans-Karl Mayer  Germany Luftwaffe 31[120] +8 in Spanish Civil War Ace in each of two wars
Paul-Hubert Rauh  Germany Luftwaffe 31[107] Night fighter ace
Karl-Heinz Scherfling  Germany Luftwaffe 31+[107] Night fighter ace
 Soviet Union Soviet Air Force 31
Jorma Karhunen  Finland Finnish Air Force 31
Dezső Szentgyörgyi  Hungary Royal Hungarian Air Force 30.5 Top Hungarian ace
Amet-khan Sultan  Soviet Union Soviet Air Force 30 +19 shared
Gerhard Friedrich  Germany Luftwaffe 30[107] Night fighter ace
 Germany Luftwaffe 30[101]
Karl-Heinz Langer  Germany Luftwaffe 30[121]
Robert Roland Stanford Tuck  United Kingdom Royal Air Force 30
William Vale  United Kingdom Royal Air Force 30 +6 shared
 Germany Luftwaffe 30[33]
 Germany Luftwaffe 30[122]
Friedrich-Karl "Nasen" Müller  Germany Luftwaffe 30[123] Night fighter ace
Erich Woitke  Germany Luftwaffe 30 +4 in Spanish Civil War
Kaneyoshi Mutoh  Japan Imperial Japanese Navy 30
 Japan Imperial Japanese Army 30
 Finland Finnish Air Force 29.5
Paul Szameitat  Germany Luftwaffe 29[123] Night fighter ace
 Germany Luftwaffe 29[33] Night fighter ace
Heinrich Wohlers  Germany Luftwaffe 29[123] Night fighter ace
Bob Braham  United Kingdom Royal Air Force 29[108] Night fighter ace
Clive Caldwell  Australia Royal Australian Air Force 28.5[108] Top Australian ace of WWII. Top P-40 ace. Ace in a day.
 Finland Finnish Air Force 28.5
Izidor Kovárik  Slovak Republic Slovak Air Force 28 possibly 29
Anton Benning  Germany Luftwaffe 28[123] Night fighter ace
Max Bucholz  Germany Luftwaffe 28[46] Ace in a day
Ernst Andres  Germany Luftwaffe 28
Anton Benning  Germany Luftwaffe 28[124]
Hans-Heinrich Koenig  Germany Luftwaffe 28[125]
Yasuhiko Kuroe  Japan Imperial Japanese Army 28 +2 in Actions in Mongolia 51 claimed
"Paddy" Finucane  United Kingdom Royal Air Force 28 Top Irish ace
"Ginger" Lacey  United Kingdom Royal Air Force 28[108]
Francis "Gabby" Gabreski  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 28 +6.5 in Korean War Ace in each of two wars (+2.5 ground kills WWII)
Gregory "Pappy" Boyington  United States American Volunteer Group; U.S. Marine Corps 28 Ace status on 2 different air forces. Includes six kills he claimed with the AVG, though records indicate he had only 2 aerial kills and 1.5 kills on the ground.
Saburō Sakai  Japan Imperial Japanese Navy 28 Includes unknown number of shared. Claims 64 total victories.
Willi Reschke  Germany Luftwaffe 28[126]
Colin Falkland Gray  New Zealand Royal Air Force 27.5 Top New Zealand ace
 Germany Luftwaffe 27+[46]
 Germany Luftwaffe 27[33]
 Germany Luftwaffe 27[46]
Neville Duke  United Kingdom Royal Air Force 27
 Germany Luftwaffe 27
Wilhelm Mayer  Germany Luftwaffe 27[127]
Lothar Linke  Germany Luftwaffe 27[128]
 Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 27
Robert S. Johnson  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 27
Charles H. MacDonald  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 27
Junichi Sasai  Japan Imperial Japanese Navy 27
Sadaaki Akamatsu  Japan Imperial Japanese Navy 27
George E. Preddy, Jr.  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 26.83 Ace in a day (+5 ground kills)
Eric Lock  United Kingdom Royal Air Force 26.5
Emil Clade  Germany Luftwaffe 26[46]
Franz Stigler  Germany Luftwaffe 26[24]
 Finland Finnish Air Force 26
 Japan Imperial Japanese Navy 26
 Slovak Republic Slovak Air Force 26
Joseph J. Foss  United States U.S. Marine Corps 26 Top ace under USMC-only service
Lev Shestakov  Soviet Union Soviet Air Force 65 +39 in Spanish Civil War Ace in each of two wars
 Hungary Royal Hungarian Air Force 26
Lajos Tóth (fighter pilot)  Hungary Royal Hungarian Air Force 26
Russell Bannock  Canada Royal Canadian Air Force 25.5 includes 19 V-1 flying bombs
Egon Albrecht-Lemke  Nazi Germany/ Brazil Luftwaffe 25[129]
Lance C. Wade  United States Royal Air Force 25[130] Top US ace in RAF
 Germany Luftwaffe 25
Wolfgang Lippert  Germany Luftwaffe 25[131] +5 in Spanish Civil War Ace in each of two wars
Robert M. Hanson  United States U.S. Marine Corps 25
Boris Safonov  Soviet Union Soviet Naval Aviation 25 +14 shared
Naoshi Kanno  Japan Imperial Japanese Navy 25
 Hungary Royal Hungarian Air Force 25
Frank Reginald Carey  United Kingdom Royal Air Force 25
Josef Fözö  Germany Luftwaffe 24[132] +3 in Spanish Civil War
John C. Meyer  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 24 +2 in Korean War (+13 ground kills)
Walter Adolph  Germany Luftwaffe 24[129] +1 in Spanish Civil War
Cecil E. Harris  United States U.S. Navy 24
Johannes Le Roux  South Africa Royal Air Force 23.5 Generally credited with attacking & wounding Erwin Rommel in his staff car in Normandy on 17 July 1944
Horst Patuschka  Germany Luftwaffe 23[133]
Peter Spoden  Germany Luftwaffe 23[67] Night fighter ace
Fritz Müller  Germany Luftwaffe 23[134] Jet ace with 6 victories in Me 262[3]
Fred Ohr  United States U.S. Army Air Corps 23 Top Korean-American ace, +17 Ground kills
Marcel Albert  France Free French Air Force 23 Probably 2 more
Douglas Bader  United Kingdom Royal Air Force 23[108] All 23 kills scored after losing both legs in a 1931 aircraft crash
Eugene A. Valencia  United States U.S. Navy 23[109]
 Finland Finnish Air Force 23
 Finland Finnish Air Force 23
 Finland Finnish Air Force 22.5
David C. Schilling  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 22.5[109] (+10.5 ground kills)
Rolf Pingel  Germany Luftwaffe 22[103] +6 Spanish Civil War Ace in each of two wars
Teresio Vittorio Martinoli  Italy Regia Aeronautica 22 Top Italian ace of WWII; +14 shared
Leonardo Ferrulli  Italy Regia Aeronautica 22
 Germany Luftwaffe 22[135]
 Canada Royal Canadian Air Force 22
Alan Christopher Deere  New Zealand Royal Air Force 22[108]
Gerald R. Johnson  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 22[109]
Neel E. Kearby  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 22
Jay T. Robbins  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 22
 Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 22
Dominic S. Gentile  United States Royal Air Force; U.S. Army Air Forces 21.83 victories with 2 air forces (+7 ground kills)
Donald Kingaby  United Kingdom Royal Air Force 21 +2 shared
 Finland Finnish Air Force 21.5
William V. Crawford-Crompton  New Zealand Royal Air Force 21.5
Raymond Brown Hesselyn  New Zealand Royal New Zealand Air Force 21.5
Fred J. Christensen  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 21.5
Ray S. Wetmore  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 21¼ (+2 ground kills)
Branse Burbridge  United Kingdom Royal Air Force 21[108] Top RAF night fighter ace
Archie McKellar  United Kingdom Royal Air Force 21[136] Ace in a day
 France Royal Air Force 21[108]
Franco Lucchini  Italy Regia Aeronautica 21 +6 in Spanish Civil War Ace in each of two wars (+52 shared WWII)
Franz von Werra  Germany Luftwaffe 21[137]
John J. Voll  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 21[109]
Kenneth A. Walsh  United States U.S. Marine Corps 21[138]
 Finland Finnish Air Force 21
Walker 'Bud' Melville Mahurin  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 20.75 +3.5 in Korean War
Helmut Baudach  Germany Luftwaffe 20+[122] Jet ace with 5 victories in Me 262[3]
Donald N. Aldrich  United States U.S. Marine Corps 20[138]
 Germany Luftwaffe 20
 Germany Luftwaffe 20
 Germany Luftwaffe 20 +3 in Spanish Civil War
 Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 20
Michael Crossley  United Kingdom Royal Air Force 20
Thomas J. Lynch  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 20
Evan Mackie  New Zealand Royal New Zealand Air Force 20 +3 shared
Henry Wallace McLeod  Canada Royal Canadian Air Force 20
Gerhard Sommer  Germany Luftwaffe 20[139]
Robert B. Westbrook  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 20
Vernon Crompton Woodward  Canada Royal Air Force 20
 Finland Finnish Air Force 19.5
 Finland Finnish Air Force 19.5
Winfried Schmidt  Germany Luftwaffe 19[88]
Geoffrey Allard  United Kingdom Royal Air Force 19 +5 shared
 Germany Luftwaffe 19[135]
 Germany Luftwaffe 19[75] Night fighter ace
 Germany Luftwaffe 19[140]
Franco Bordoni  Italy Regia Aeronautica 19 5 victories with biplane; +18 shared
Mark Henry Brown  Canada Royal Air Force 19 First Canadian ace of WWII
Roy Dutton  United Kingdom Royal Air Force 19
W. G. G. Duncan Smith  United Kingdom Royal Air Force 19 DSO*, DFC**
Luigi Gorrini  Italy Regia Aeronautica 19 1 victory with biplane, 24 victories claimed
John "Cat's Eyes" Cunningham  United Kingdom Royal Air Force 19 Night fighter ace
Glenn E. Duncan  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 19 (+7.8 ground kills)
James Francis Edwards  Canada Royal Canadian Air Force 19
Patrick D. Fleming  United States U.S. Navy 19
Cornelius N. Nooy  United States U.S. Navy 19
John Lucian Smith  United States U.S. Marine Corps 19
Alexander Vraciu  United States U.S. Navy 19
 Finland Finnish Air Force 19
 Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 19
Stanisław Skalski Poland Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 18.91 Top Polish ace
Arthur J. Benko  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 18.5 highest scoring American aerial gunner of the WW2
Marion E. Carl  United States U.S. Marine Corps 18.5
Lauri Pekuri  Finland Finnish Air Force 18.5
Leonard K. Carson  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 18.5 (+3.5 ground kills)
Glenn Eagleston  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 18.5 +2 in Korean War (+5 ground kills)
Wilbur J. Thomas  United States U.S. Marine Corps 18.5
 Japan Imperial Japanese Army 18+
 Japan Imperial Japanese Army 18 Korean pilot during the Japanese occupation era. Up to 23 claimed. KIA during the Korean War as Brig. Gen. Geun-Seok Lee of the ROK Air Force
Tateo Katō  Japan Imperial Japanese Army 18 up to 30 claimed
Karel Kuttelwascher  Czechoslovakia Royal Air Force 18 possibly 20
Harry von Bülow-Bothkamp  Germany Luftwaffe 18 +6 in World War I Ace in each of two wars
Witold Urbanowicz Poland Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 18
Walter C. Beckham  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 18
Herschel H. Green  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 18
John C. "Pappy" Herbst  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 18
Albert Gerald Lewis  South Africa Royal Air Force 18 Ace in a day
 Hungary Royal Hungarian Air Force 18
Charles H. Older  United States American Volunteer Group; U.S. Army Air Forces 18 Ace status on 2 different air forces
Takeo Tanimizu  Japan Imperial Japanese Navy 18
Pierre Le Gloan  France French Air Force 18 Ace in a day
Hubert Zemke  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 17.75
John B. England  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 17.5
Duane W. Beeson  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 17⅓ (+4.8 ground kills)
 Finland Finnish Air Force 17.5
John F. Thornell  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 17¼ (+2 ground kills)
Henry W. Brown  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 17.2 (+14.5 ground kills)
Theodor Rossiwall  Germany Luftwaffe 17[113] +2 Spanish Civil War
 Slovak Republic Slovak Air Force 17
 Italy/ Italian Social Republic Regia Aeronautica, Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana 17
Cobber Kain  New Zealand Royal Air Force 17 First RAF fighter ace of WWII
William "Willie" McKnight  Canada Royal Air Force 17
Josef Frantisek  Czechoslovakia Royal Air Force 17
Jorma Sarvanto  Finland Finnish Air Force 17 Ace in a day (four minutes)
 Finland Finnish Air Force 17
Gerald W. Johnson  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 17
James S. Varnell Jr.  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 17
Bolesław Gładych Poland Poland Polish Air Force/French Air Force/Royal Air Force/U.S. Army Air Forces 17 victories with 3 air forces
Keith Truscott  Australia Royal Australian Air Force 17
Petrus Hugo  South Africa Royal Air Force 17
Stanley Orr  United Kingdom Fleet Air Arm 17
Paul Galland  Germany Luftwaffe 17[27]
Tony Lovell  United Kingdom Royal Air Force 16 +6 shared (+1 ground kill)
Eugeniusz Horbaczewski Poland Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 16.5
 Canada Royal Canadian Air Force 16.5 (+2 ground kills)
 Finland Finnish Air Force 16.5
James MacLachlan  United Kingdom Royal Air Force 16.5 7.5 after the amputation of his left arm
 Finland Finnish Air Force 16.5
Nigel Cullen  Australia Royal Air Force 16.5
John T. Godfrey  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 16⅓ (+18 ground kills)
Adrian Goldsmith  Australia Royal Australian Air Force 16¼
Clarence E. Anderson  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 16¼ Highest scoring living American air ace. (+1 ground kill)
Les Clisby  Australia Royal Air Force 16
Franjo Dzal  Croatia Croatian Air Force 16
Douglas Baker  United States U.S. Navy 16
 Finland Finnish Air Force 16
Bill Harris  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 16
Buck McNair  Canada Royal Canadian Air Force 16
John Plagis  Rhodesia Royal Air Force 16 Top Rhodesian ace
Ioan Dicezare  Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 16
Ira C. Kepford  United States U.S. Navy 16
Charles R. Stimpson  United States U.S. Navy 16
Stan Turner  Canada Royal Canadian Air Force 16
William T. Whisner, Jr.  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 16 +5.5 in Korean War Ace in each of two wars (+3.5 ground kills WWII)
George Welch  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 16
Edmond Marin la Meslée  France French Air Force 16
Mario Visintini  Italy Regia Aeronautica 16 +1 in Spanish Civil War Top Biplane ace of WWII (+32 ground kills)
 Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 16
Ernest Mason  United Kingdom Royal Air Force 15+ +2 shared
John Lloyd Waddy  Australia Royal Australian Air Force 15.5
Donald M. Beerbower  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 15.5
Brian Carbury  New Zealand Royal Air Force 15.5 Ace in a day
Richard A. Peterson  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 15.5 (+3.5 ground kills)
James E. Swett  United States U.S. Marine Corps 15.5 Ace in a day
David Lee "Tex" Hill  United States American Volunteer Group; U.S. Army Air Forces 15¼ Ace status on 2 different air forces
 Finland Finnish Air Force 15
 Croatia Croatian Air Force 15
Jack T. Bradley  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 15
Samuel J. Brown  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 15
Edward "Porky" Cragg  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 15
 Slovak Republic Slovak Air Force 15 possibly 18
Kenneth H. Dahlberg  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 15
Robert Francis Thomas "Bob" Doe  United Kingdom Royal Air Force 15 Includes two shared. One more probable.
William D. Dunham  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 15
Robert W. Foy  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 15
John "Jack" Frost  South Africa South African Air Force 15
Raymond Harries  United Kingdom Royal Air Force 15 +3 shared
Ralph K. Hofer  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 15 (+14 ground kills)
Cyril F. Homer  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 15
Paterson Hughes  Australia Royal Air Force 15
Don C. Laubman  Canada Royal Canadian Air Force 15
Ian Roy MacLennan  Canada Royal Canadian Air Force 15
 Nazi Germany Luftwaffe 15
Harold L. Spears  United States U.S. Marine Corps 15
Stoyan Stoyanov  Bulgaria Royal Bulgarian Air Force 15
Alois Vašátko  Czechoslovakia Royal Air Force 15
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 14.84
Donald J. Blakeslee  United States Royal Air Force; U.S. Army Air Forces 14.5 victories with 2 air forces
John D. Landers  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 14.5 (+20 ground kills)
 Finland Finnish Air Force 14.5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 14.5
Johnnie Checketts  New Zealand Royal New Zealand Air Force 14.5
Henry Brown  United States U.S. Army Air Force 14.5 (+14.5 ground kills)
Charles Scherf  Australia Royal Australian Air Force 14.5 (+9 ground kills)
David Fairbanks  Canada Royal Canadian Air Force 14 Top Hawker Tempest ace with 13 of his 14 victories scored on it.
 Italy Regia Aeronautica 14
Svein Heglund  Norway Royal Air Force 14
Sophus Baagoe  Germany Luftwaffe 14[141]
Günther Wegmann  Germany Luftwaffe 14[52] Jet ace with 8 victories in Me 262[3]
 Slovak Republic Slovak Air Force 14
Bruce W. Carr  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 14 (+10 ground kills)
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 14
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 14
Archie Donahue  United States U.S. Marine Corps 14
Wallace N. Emmer  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 14
James A. Goodson  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 14 (+13 ground kills)
Arthur R. Hawkins  United States U.S. Navy 14
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 14
Edward O. McComas  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 14
Elbert S. McCuskey  United States U.S. Navy 14
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 14
John L. Wirth  United States U.S. Navy 14
 Hungary Royal Hungarian Air Force 14
 Hungary Royal Hungarian Air Force 14
George Carpenter  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 13.833 (+4 ground kills)
William Henry Franklin  United Kingdom Royal Air Force 13.5
 United States U.S. Navy 13.5
Pekka Kokko  Finland Finnish Air Force 13.5
 Finland Finnish Air Force 13.5
Roger W. Mehle  United States U.S. Navy 13.5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 13.5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 13.3 Ace in a day
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 13
 United States Chinese Nationalist Air Force 13
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 13
Jan Zumbach Poland Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 13
 Croatia Croatian Air Force 13
 Australia Royal Australian Air Force 13
 United States U.S. Navy 13
James N. Cupp  United States U.S. Marine Corps 13
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 13
Robert E. Galer  United States U.S. Marine Corps 13
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 13
Bruce K. Holloway  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 13
William P. Marontate  United States U.S. Marine Corps 13
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 13 (+2 ground kills)
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 13 (+3 ground kills)
Robert Neale  United States American Volunteer Group 13 (+2.5 ground kills)
 Hungary Royal Hungarian Air Force 13
 Hungary Royal Hungarian Air Force 13
Robin Olds  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 13 +4 in Vietnam War (+11 ground kills)
James O'Meara  United Kingdom Royal Air Force 13
 Finland Finnish Air Force 13
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 13
 United States U.S. Navy 13
Edward O. Shaw  United States U.S. Marine Corps 13
 United Kingdom Fleet Air Arm 13
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 13
 United States U.S. Navy 13
Robert Lee Scott, Jr.  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 13
 United States U.S. Navy 13
Tony Bartley  United Kingdom Royal Air Force 13
Ian Richard Gleed  United Kingdom Royal Air Force 13
Felix D. Williamson  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 13
 Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 13
 Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 13
Henryk Pietrzak Poland Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 12.5
Lasse Aaltonen  Finland Finnish Air Force 12.5
Ted Thorn  United Kingdom Royal Air Force 12.5
 Australia Royal Australian Air Force 12.5
Andrew "Nicky" Barr  Australia Royal Australian Air Force 12.5
Tony Gaze  Australia Royal Air Force 12.5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 12.5 +2 in Korean War
 United States U.S. Marine Corps 12.5
 United States Royal Canadian Air Force 12.5
Irving Farmer Kennedy  Canada Royal Canadian Air Force 12.5
 Finland Finnish Air Force 12.5
 Finland Finnish Air Force 12.5
 Finland Finnish Air Force 12.5
 Finland Finnish Air Force 12.5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 12.5 (+1 ground kill)
James H. Howard  United States American Volunteer Group; U.S. Army Air Forces 12⅓ victories with 2 air forces (6⅓ with AVG and 6 with USAF)
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 12⅓ (+2 ground kills)
Lydia Litvyak  Soviet Union Soviet Air Force 12 range 6-12 highest ranking female ace
 Italy Regia Aeronautica 12
 Croatia Croatian Air Force 12
John A. Kent  Canada Royal Air Force 12 (+1 ground kill)
 Croatia Croatian Air Force 12
 Croatia Croatian Air Force 12
 Croatia Croatian Air Force 12
Marian Pisarek Poland Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 12
John Dundas  United Kingdom Royal Air Force 12
John Freeborn  United Kingdom Royal Air Force 12
 Slovak Republic Slovak Air Force 12 possibly 13
 Slovak Republic Slovak Air Force 12
 Australia Royal Australian Air Force 12
Charles Crombie  Australia Royal Australian Air Force 12
Peter Turnbull  Australia Royal Australian Air Force 12
 Australia Royal Australian Air Force 12
 Slovak Republic Slovak Air Force 12
 Finland Finnish Air Force 12
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 12
Levi R. Chase  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 12
 United States U.S. Navy 12
Nicholas Gresham Cooke  United Kingdom Royal Air Force 12 Ace in a day
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 12
Loren D. Everton  United States U.S. Marine Corps 12
 Italy Regia Aeronautica 12
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 12 (+2.5 ground kills)
 United States U.S. Navy 12
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 12
 United States U.S. Navy 12
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 12 (+2.5 ground kills)
 Germany Luftwaffe 12 Night fighter ace
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 12
 United Kingdom Royal Air Force 12 Ace in a day, turret gunner on a two-man fighter plane
 United States U.S. Navy 12
Pierce McKennon  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 12 (+9.7 ground kills)
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 12
 Hungary Royal Hungarian Air Force 12
 Hungary Royal Hungarian Air Force 12
František Peřina  Czechoslovakia Royal Air Force 12
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 12 (+5 ground kills)
Jack Rae  New Zealand Royal New Zealand Air Force 12[142]
 Italy Regia Aeronautica 12
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 12 (+2 ground kills)
 United States U.S. Marine Corps 12
 United States U.S. Navy 12
Norman C. Skogstad  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 12
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 12
 Italy Regia Aeronautica 12
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 12
Richard E. Turner  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 12 possibly just 11 (+2 V-1 flying bombs)
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 12
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 12
Nicholas Megura  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 11.84 (+3.8 ground kills)
 United States U.S. Navy 11.5
James A. Clark, Jr.  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 11.5 (+4.5 ground kills)
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 11.5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 11.5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 11.5 (+2 ground kills)
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 11.5 (+.5 ground kill)
 United States U.S. Marine Corps 11.5
Albert O. Vorse Jr.  United States U.S. Navy 11.5
Charles E. "Chuck" Yeager  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 11.5
Basilios Michael Vassilios "Vass" Vassiliades State Flag of Greece (1863-1924 and 1935-1973).svg Greece Royal Air Force 11.5
/  China Chinese Nationalist Air Force 11.3 Top Chinese ace
Howard Mayers  Australia Royal Air Force 11.3
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 11.3 (+5 ground kills)
Philip C. DeLong  United States U.S. Marine Corps 11.2 +2 in Korean War
Richard John Cork  United Kingdom Fleet Air Arm 11 Ace in a day
 Australia Royal Air Force 11
Albin Starc  Croatia Croatian Air Force 11
 Croatia Croatian Air Force 11
 Croatia Croatian Air Force 11
Harold W. Bauer  United States U.S. Marine Corps 11
John T. Blackburn  United States U.S. Navy 11
 United States U.S. Navy 11
 Hungary Royal Hungarian Air Force 11
Geoff Fisken  New Zealand Royal New Zealand Air Force 11
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 11
 United States U.S. Navy 11
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 11
 United Kingdom Royal Air Force 11 Ace in a day
 United States U.S. Navy 11
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 11
 Finland Finnish Air Force 11
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 11
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 11
William L. Leverette  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 11
John S. Loisel  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 11
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 11
 Italy Regia Aeronautica 11
 United States U.S. Navy 11
Alexei Petrovich Maresiev  Soviet Union Soviet Air Force 11 3 victories after losing his legs
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 11
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 11
Hamilton McWhorter III  United States U.S. Navy 12
John W. Mitchell  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 11 +4 in Korean War
 Finland Finnish Air Force 11
 United States U.S. Navy 11
 United States U.S. Navy 11
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 11 possibly just 8
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 11
James F. Rigg  United States U.S. Navy 11
Donald E. Runyon  United States U.S. Navy 11
 United States U.S. Marine Corps 11
Murray Shubin  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 11
Otto Smik  Czechoslovakia Royal Air Force 11 (+3 V-1 flying bombs)
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 11
 Italy Regia Aeronautica 11
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 11
 United States U.S. Navy 11
 Italy Regia Aeronautica 11
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10
 Finland Finnish Air Force 11
 Italy Regia Aeronautica 11
 Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 11
 Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 11
 United States American Volunteer Group 10.75
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10.75
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10.5 (+5.5 ground kills)
Andrew Bosman  South Africa South African Air Force 10.5
Richard Joseph Audet  Canada Royal Canadian Air Force 10.5 Ace in a day
 United States U.S. Navy 10.5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10.5
Jack E. Conger  United States U.S. Marine Corps 10.5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10.5 (+.5 ground kill)
 Finland Finnish Air Force 10.5
William J. Hovde  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10.5 +1 in Korean War (+2 ground kills)
 Finland Finnish Air Force 10.5
 Finland Finnish Air Force 10.5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10.5 (+13 ground kills)
 Finland Finnish Air Force 10.5
 United States American Volunteer Group 10.5
 Finland Finnish Air Force 10.5
Edward Rector  United States American Volunteer Group; U.S. Army Air Forces 10.5 victories with 2 air forces
 United States U.S. Navy 10.5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10.5 (+1.5 ground kills)
 United States U.S. Navy 10.5
 United States U.S. Navy 10.4
 United States U.S. Navy 10.3
Fred W. Glover  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10.3 (+12.5 ground kills)
Bobby Gibbes  Australia Royal Australian Air Force 10¼
 United States American Volunteer Group 10¼
Stanley W. Vejtasa  United States U.S. Navy 10¼ Ace in a day
Robert W Aschenbrenner  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10
Wilfred Arthur  Australia Royal Australian Air Force 10
Virgil Brennan  Australia Royal Australian Air Force 10
 Australia Royal Australian Air Force 10
Frank B. Baldwin  United States U.S. Marine Corps 10
Minden Blake  New Zealand Royal Air Force 10[143]
Wayne K. Blickenstaff  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10
Archie Boyd  United Kingdom Royal Air Force 10
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10
 United States U.S. Navy 10
 United States U.S. Navy 10
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10
 United Kingdom Royal Air Force 10 +6 shared
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10
Iro Ilk  Germany Luftwaffe 10[144]
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10 (+6 ground kills)
 Finland Finnish Air Force 10
 Finland Finnish Air Force 10
 Finland Finnish Air Force 10
Robert Little  United States American Volunteer Group 10
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10
 United States U.S. Marine Corps 10
 United States U.S. Marine Corps 10
 Czechoslovakia Royal Air Force 10 (+2 V-1 flying bombs)
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10
 United States U.S. Navy 10
 Finland Finnish Air Force 10
Steve Pisanos  Greece Royal Air Force; U.S. Army Air Forces 10
Robert J. Rankin  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10
 United States U.S. Navy 10
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10
 United States U.S. Navy 10
 United States U.S. Navy 10
 Italy Regia Aeronautica 10 +1 in Spanish Civil War
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10
Josef Stehlík  Czechoslovakia Royal Air Force 10
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10
 United States U.S. Navy 10
 Italy Regia Aeronautica 10 +1 in Spanish Civil War
Adriano Visconti  Italy Regia Aeronautica 10
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10
 Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 10
 Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 10
 Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 10
Fletcher E. Adams  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9 .5
Frederick Alan Aikman  Canada Royal Canadian Air Force 9 .5
Ernest E. Bankey, Jr.  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9 .5 (+8 ground kills)
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9 .5
 United States U.S. Navy 9 .5
 Australia Royal Australian Air Force 9 .5
Ernest C. Fiebelkorn  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9 .5 possibly just 9 (+2 ground kills)
Aleksander Gabszewicz Poland Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 9 .5
Michał Maciejowski Poland Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 9 .5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9 .5 (+.5 ground kill)
 United States U.S. Navy 9 ⅓
Mirosław Ferić Poland Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 9 ⅓
Henryk Szczęsny Poland Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 9 ⅓
Charles R. Bond  United States American Volunteer Group 9 ¼
Hans-Ulrich Rudel  Germany Luftwaffe 9+[145] Also a top ground attack pilot, with 2000+ targets destroyed
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9 (+6.5 ground kills)
 Italy Regia Aeronautica 9
Lee "Buddy" Archer  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9 (+6 ground kills) Only African-American ace in WWII
 Australia Royal Australian Air Force 9
Edgar R. Bassett  United States U.S. Navy 9
 United States U.S. Navy 9
 United States U.S. Navy 9
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9 (+6 ground kills)
 United States U.S. Navy 9
 United States U.S. Navy 9
 Hungary Royal Hungarian Air Force 9
 United States U.S. Navy 9
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9
Aleksander Chudek Poland Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 9
Wilfred Clouston  New Zealand Royal Air Force 9[146]
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9 possibly just 8
 United States U.S. Navy 9
 United States U.S. Navy 9
Louis Edward Curdes  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9
Jefferson J. DeBlanc  United States U.S. Marine Corps 9 Ace in a day
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9
Charles H. Dyson  United Kingdom Royal Air Force 9 Ace in a day (six minutes)
 United States U.S. Navy 9
Robert A. Elder  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9 (+2 ground kills)
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9
Jan Falkowski Poland Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 9
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9
Edward L. Feightner  United States U.S. Navy 9
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9
 United States U.S. Navy 9
 United States U.S. Navy 9
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9 (+2 ground kills)
Antoni Glowacki Poland Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 9 Ace in a day
 United States U.S. Navy 9
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9 (+6 ground kills)
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9
 Australia Royal Australian Air Force 9
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9
Christopher L. Magee  United States U.S. Marine Corps 9
 United States U.S. Navy 9
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9
 Italy Regia Aeronautica 9
 United States American Volunteer Group; U.S. Marine Corps 9 victories with 2 air forces
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9
 United States U.S. Navy 9
William Norman Reed  United States American Volunteer Group; U.S. Army Air Forces 9 victories with 2 air forces
 United States U.S. Navy 9
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9
Robert T. Smith  United States American Volunteer Group 9
 Italy Regia Aeronautica 9 + 1 in Spanish Civil War
 United States U.S. Navy 9
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9
 United States U.S. Marine Corps 9
Arthur Van Haren, Jr.  United States U.S. Navy 9
Adrian Warburton  United Kingdom Royal Air Force 9 ace while flying aircraft configured for reconnaissance missions
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9
Isamu Kashiide  Japan Imperial Japanese Army 9 claims 26 B-29s and 7 Soviet fighters
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9
 Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 9
 Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 9
 Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 9
Andrei Radulescu  Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 9
 United States U.S. Navy 8.75
 United States U.S. Navy 8.5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8.5
Stanisław Brzeski Poland Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 8.5
 United States U.S. Navy 8.5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8.5
 United States U.S. Navy 8.5
Arthur Chin  United States Chinese Nationalist Air Force 8.5 First American ace of WWII, flew biplane fighter
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8.5 (+3 ground kills)
 United States U.S. Navy 8.5
 United States U.S. Navy 8.5
 United States U.S. Navy 8.5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8.5
Zdzisław Henneberg Poland Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 8.5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8.5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8.5 (+2 ground kills)
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8.5
George Noel Keith  Canada Royal Canadian Air Force 8.5
Wacław Król Poland Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 8.5
 United States American Volunteer Group 8.5
 United States U.S. Marine Corps 8.5
Carl J. Luksic  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8.5 (+7 ground kills)
Donald McDowell  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8.5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8.5
Sanford K. Moats  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8.5
 United States U.S. Marine Corps 8.5
 United States U.S. Navy 8.5
 United States U.S. Navy 8.5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8.5
Dallas Schmidt  Canada Royal Canadian Air Force 8.5
 United States U.S. Navy 8.5
Antoni Głowacki Poland Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 8⅓
Eugeniusz Szaposznikow Poland Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 8⅓
John Fraser Drummond  United Kingdom Royal Air Force 8⅓
 United States U.S. Navy
George Bray McMillan  United States U.S. Army Air Forces (+1 ground kills)
Adolf Pietrasiak Poland Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 8.1
Witold Łokuciewski Poland Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 8
Helmut Lennartz  Germany Luftwaffe 8+[147] Jet ace with 8 victories in Me 262[3]
Erich Büttner  Germany Luftwaffe 8[3] Jet ace with all victories in Me 262
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 possibly just 7
John R. Alison  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8
Frederick A. Bardshar  United States U.S. Navy 8
 United States U.S. Navy 8
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8
 United States U.S. Navy 8
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8
 United States U.S. Navy 8
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8
 United States U.S. Marine Corps 8
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 possibly just 6
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8
 Czechoslovakia Royal Air Force 8
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8
 United States U.S. Marine Corps 8
 United States U.S. Navy 8
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 (+3 ground kills)
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 (+13 ground kills)
 United States U.S. Navy 8
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8
 United States U.S. Navy 8
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8
William A. Gardner  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 possibly just 7
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8
 United States U.S. Navy 8
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 possibly just 5 (+3 ground kills)
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8
Leroy V. Grosshuesch  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8
Fred E. Gutt  United States U.S. Marine Corps 8
 United States U.S. Navy 8
 Hungary Royal Hungarian Air Force 8
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8
 United States U.S. Marine Corps 8
 United States U.S. Marine Corps 8
 United Kingdom Royal Air Force 8
Jack M. Ilfrey  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 (+5.5 ground kills)
 United States U.S. Navy 8
 United States U.S. Navy 8
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 (+17 ground kills)
 Hungary Royal Hungarian Air Force 8
 United States U.S. Marine Corps 8
William N. Leonard  United States U.S. Navy 8
 United States U.S. Navy 8
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 possibly just 7
 United States U.S. Navy 8
 United States U.S. Navy 8
 United States U.S. Navy 8
Erich Mix  Germany Luftwaffe 8 +3 in World War I possibly 13
William W. Momyer  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8
 United States U.S. Navy 8
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8
 United States U.S. Marine Corps 8
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8
 United States U.S. Navy 8
 United States U.S. Marine Corps 8
 United States U.S. Navy 8
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8
Robert R. Rowland  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8
 United States American Volunteer Group; U.S. Army Air Forces 8 victories with 2 air forces
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8
 United States U.S. Navy 8 possibly 9
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8
William A. Shomo  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8
Gordon Arthur Stanley  United States U.S. Navy 8
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8
 Czechoslovakia Royal Air Force 8
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8
Philip Edward Tovrea Jr.  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8
John W. Vogt, Jr.  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8
Boyd D. "Buzz" Wagner  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 First U.S. Armed Forces ace, within nine days of Attack on Pearl Harbor
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8
 United States U.S. Marine Corps 8
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 (+3 ground kills)
Hans-Dieter Weihs  Germany Luftwaffe 8[3] Jet ace with all victories in Me 262
Norman. F Williams  Australia Royal Australian Air Force 8 Bomber rear gunner, only non-fighter plane ace of WWII
 Australia Royal Australian Air Force 8
 United States U.S. Navy 8
 United States U.S. Marine Corps 8
 Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 8
 Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 8
 Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 8
 Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 8
 Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 8
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 7.83
Everett W. Stewart  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 7.83 (+1.5 ground kills)
Józef Jeka Poland Poland Polish Air Forces/Royal Air Force 7.5
Henryk Pietrzak Poland Poland Polish Air Forces/Royal Air Force 7.5
 United States U.S. Navy 7.5
 United States U.S. Navy 7.5
Vermont Garrison  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 7.3 +10 in Korean War Ace in each of two wars
Noel le Chevalier Agazarian  United Kingdom Royal Air Force 7
Alfred Ambs  Germany Luftwaffe 7[3] Jet ace with all victories in Me 262
Georg Christl  Germany Luftwaffe 7[12]
William Y. Anderson  Sweden U.S. Army Air Forces 7 (+1 V-1 flying bomb)
Karl-Heinz Becker  Germany Luftwaffe 7[3] Jet ace with all victories in Me 262
 Norway Royal Air Force 7
Marian Bełc Poland Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 7
Harry W. Brown  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 7
/  China Chinese Nationalist Air Force 7
George Andrew Davis Jr.  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 7 +21 in Korean War Ace in each of two wars, awarded (posthumously) Medal of Honor for action in Korea
Furio Niclot Doglio  Italy Regia Aeronautica 7
Bolesław Drobiński Poland Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 7
Helmut Eberspächer  Germany Luftwaffe 7
 Netherlands/ Canada Royal Air Force; Royal Canadian Air Force 7
Gordon M. Graham  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 7 (+9.5 ground kills)
 United States U.S. Marine Corps 7
 Hungary Royal Hungarian Air Force 7
 Czechoslovakia Royal Air Force 7
Stanisław Karubin Poland Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 7
Konstantin Kokkinaki  Soviet Union Soviet Air Forces 7 +7 in Second Sino-Japanese War Ace in each of two wars
Franz Köster  Germany Luftwaffe 7[3] Jet ace with all victories in Me 262
 Czechoslovakia Royal Air Force 7
 Germany Luftwaffe 7 Night fighter ace
 Hungary Luftwaffe 7
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 7 (+4 ground kills)
 Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 7
 Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 7
 Italy Regia Aeronautica 7
Edward "Butch" O'Hare  United States U.S. Navy 7
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 7
 Czechoslovakia Royal Air Force 7
 Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 7
 Germany Luftwaffe 7 Night fighter ace
Arval J. Roberson  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 7 (+1 ground kill)
 Italy Regia Aeronautica 7
Ernest Shipman  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 7
 Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 7
 Hungary Royal Hungarian Air Force 7
 Hungary Royal Hungarian Air Force 7
 New Zealand Royal Air Force 7 (+28 v1 flying bombs and 10 ground kills)
 Czechoslovakia Royal Air Force 7
Sydney S. Woods  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 7
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 7 (+2 ground kills)
Karol Pniak Poland Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 6.75
Basil Gerald "Stapme" Stapleton  South Africa Royal Air Force 6.66
Howard Peter Blatchford  Canada Royal Canadian Air Force 6.5
Lloyd Chadburn  Canada Royal Canadian Air Force 6.5
 Canada Royal Canadian Air Force 6.5 +2 in Korean War
 United States U.S. Navy 6.5
Russell Foskett  Australia Royal Australian Air Force 6.5
Wacław Łapkowski Poland Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 6.33
Alan Peart  New Zealand Royal Air Force 6.33
Horia Agarici  Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 6
 Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 6
 Italy Regia Aeronautica 6 +5 in Spanish Civil War Ace in each of two wars
Livio Bassi  Italy Regia Aeronautica 6
 Germany Luftwaffe 6 Night fighter ace
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 6 (+4 ground kills)
Scrappy Blumer  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 6 Ace in a day (fifteen minutes)
Yekaterina Budanova  Soviet Union Soviet Air Force 6 possibly 11, +5 shared
State Flag of Greece (1863-1924 and 1935-1973).svg Greece Hellenic Air Force 6
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 6 (+3 V-1 flying bombs)
František Doležal  Czechoslovakia Royal Air Force 6
 Czechoslovakia Royal Air Force 6
 Czechoslovakia Royal Air Force 6
Guido Fibbia  Italy Regia Aeronautica 6 +3 in Spanish Civil War
 Mexico Mexican Air Force 6 Also known as .
 Hungary Royal Hungarian Air Force 6
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 6
Clayton Kelly Gross  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 6 355th FS, 354th FG, ETO
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 6 (+6 ground kills)
 United States U.S. Navy 6
James P. Hagerstrom  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 6
Stefan Janus Poland Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 6
 Germany Luftwaffe 6[118]
 Germany Luftwaffe 6[148] Night fighter ace
 United States U.S. Navy 6
 Hungary Royal Hungarian Air Force 6
 Hungary Royal Hungarian Air Force 6
Raymond Lallemant  Belgium Royal Air Force 6
 Hungary Royal Hungarian Air Force 6
 Hungary Royal Hungarian Air Force 6
 Hungary Royal Hungarian Air Force 6
 United States U.S. Navy 6
 Hungary Royal Hungarian Air Force 6
Norman E. Olson  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 6 (+2 ground kills)
Theo Osterkamp  Germany Luftwaffe 6[149] +32 in World War I Ace in each of two wars
Edward Cobb Outlaw  United States U.S. Navy 6 Ace in a day
 Hungary Royal Hungarian Air Force 6
Ludwik Witold Paszkiewicz Poland Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 6
 Czechoslovakia Royal Air Force 6
 Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 6
 United States U.S. Navy 6
W. R. Scheible  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 6 (+3 ground Kills)
 Hungary Royal Hungarian Air Force 6
 Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 6
 Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 6
Bram van der Stok  Netherlands Royal Netherlands Air Force/Royal Air Force 6
Remy Van Lierde  Belgium Royal Air Force 6 (+44 V-1 flying bombs)
 Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 6
James Henry Whalen  Canada Royal Canadian Air Force 6
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 6 (+2 ground kills)
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 6
Yue Yi-Chin / Yue Yiqin  China Chinese Nationalist Air Force 6
Dean S. Laird  United States U.S. Navy 5.75
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5.5 (+15 ground kills)
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5.83 (+5.5 ground kills)
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5.54
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5.5
 Australia Royal Australian Air Force 5.5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5.5 (+2 ground kills)
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5.5 (+ 1/2 ground kills)
Laurence Stark  United Kingdom Royal Air Force 5.5
Kazimierz Rutkowski Poland Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 5.5
Stefan Witorzeńć Poland Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 5.5
Czesław Główczyński Poland Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 5.5
Michał Cwynar Poland Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 5.5
Mieczysław Mümler Poland Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 5.5
Bolesław Własnowolski Poland Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 5.5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5.2 (+9 ground kills)
Desmond J. Scott  New Zealand Royal Air Force, Royal New Zealand Air Force 5 (+4 Probables)
Panagiotis Argyropoulos State Flag of Greece (1863-1924 and 1935-1973).svg Greece Hellenic Air Force 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 (+4 ground kills)
William J. Cullerton  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 (+15 ground kills)
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 Germany Luftwaffe 5
 Czechoslovakia Royal Air Force 5
Joseph Heim  Germany Luftwaffe 5[3] Jet ace with all victories in Me 262
Alfred Schreiber  Germany Luftwaffe 5[3] Jet ace – first ever confirmed – with all victories in Me 262
Ulrich Steinhilper  Germany Luftwaffe 5[37]
Tony Jonsson  Iceland Royal Air Force 5
Kenneth Tait  New Zealand Royal Air Force 5[150] plus a half share in one aircraft destroyed (with Ian Gleed)
 Finland Finnish Air Force 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Marine Corps 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 (+9 ground kills)
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Abner M. Aust  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Marine Corps 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
Rex T. Barber  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Albert Baumler  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 +6 in Spanish Civil War Ace in each of two wars
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 Hungary Royal Hungarian Air Force 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States American Volunteer Group 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 Czechoslovakia Royal Air Force 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Marine Corps 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Marine Corps 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 +3 in Korean War
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 +4 in Korean War
Harold E. Comstock  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
William J. Cullerton  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 (+15 ground kills, plus 9 damaged)
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 Czechoslovakia Royal Air Force 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Marine Corps 5
 United States U.S. Marine Corps 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
George Della  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Antonio Dini  New Zealand Royal Air Force 5[151]
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Marine Corps 5
 United States U.S. Marine Corps 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Hugh M. Elwood  United States U.S. Marine Corps 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Marine Corps 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Marine Corps 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
Paul J. Fontana  United States U.S. Marine Corps 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Kenneth M. Ford  United States U.S. Marine Corps 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 Hungary Royal Hungarian Air Force 5
 Czechoslovakia Royal Air Force 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Noel Gayler  United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Giorgio Graffer  Italy Regia Aeronautica 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5 Ace in a day
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Marine Corps 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 Czechoslovakia Royal Air Force 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Sándor Hautzinger  Hungary Royal Hungarian Air Force 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
James E. Hill  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Richard Hope Hillary  Australia Royal Air Force 5 (+2 probables)
Donald E. Hillman  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10 (+6 probables)
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States American Volunteer Group 5
Herbert N. Houck  United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 Hungary Royal Hungarian Air Force 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Marine Corps 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 Czechoslovakia Royal Air Force 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
Evan M. Johnson  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 (+ 5.5 ground kills)
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Charles Kendrick  United States U.S. Marine Corps 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Marion F. Kirby  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 Hungary Royal Hungarian Air Force 5
 Czechoslovakia Royal Air Force 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 Czechoslovakia Royal Air Force 5
 Czechoslovakia Royal Air Force 5
 United States U.S. Marine Corps 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
Thomas G. Lanphier  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States American Volunteer Group 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 +4 in Korean War
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 +1 in Korean War
 Greece U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Donald Lopez  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
George G. Loving, Jr.  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
John A. Mackay  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
Luigi Mariotti  Italy Regia Aeronautica 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Marine Corps 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 (+6 ground kills)
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Marine Corps 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States American Volunteer Group 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 (+6 ground kills)
Frederick H. Michaelis  United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
Marinos Mitralexis  Greece Royal Hellenic Air Force 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Robert H. Moore  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Edwin L. Olander  United States U.S. Marine Corps 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 Italy Regia Aeronautica 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 347th FG, 342nd Fighter Squadron, PTO
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Melvyn R. Paisley  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Tibor Papp  Hungary Royal Hungarian Air Force 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Oscar F. Perdomo  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 Ace in a day
 United States American Volunteer Group 5
 Italy Regia Aeronautica 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Marine Corps 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Marine Corps 5
 United States U.S. Marine Corps 5
 United States U.S. Marine Corps 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 Czechoslovakia Royal Air Force 5
 Czechoslovakia Royal Air Force 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States American Volunteer Group; U.S. Army Air Forces 5 victories with 2 air forces
 United States U.S. Marine Corps 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 Hungary Royal Hungarian Air Force 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Marine Corps 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Marine Corps 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Marine Corps 5
 Italy Regia Aeronautica 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
James J. Southerland  United States U.S. Navy 5
 Australia Royal Australian Air Force 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Charles P. Sullivan  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 Czechoslovakia Royal Air Force 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 (+5 ground kills)
 United States U.S. Marine Corps 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
Harrison B. Tordoff  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
John E. Vogt  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 (+7.5 ground kills)
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Gregory J. Weissenberger  United States U.S. Marine Corps 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Marine Corps 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
George L. Wrenn  United States U.S. Navy 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States Royal Air Force; U.S. Army Air Forces 5 victories with 2 air forces
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5
Michael R. Yunck  United States U.S. Marine Corps 5
 Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 5
 Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 5
 Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 5
 Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 5
 Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 5
 Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 5
Vintilă Brătianu  Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 5
 Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 5
 Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 5
 Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 5
 Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 5
Mircea Dumitrescu  Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 5
Urban L. Drew  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 6
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 Only A-36 Ace in the History
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 6 First Three kill with 17th PS in the PTO, other three with 363rd FS in ETO
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 7 364th Fighter Squadron, ETO
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 7.5 Acting commanding officer of 364th Fighter Group
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 7 (+ 3 on the Ground) Crewshaw shot down 4 Fw190 in one day with three working MG
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 6 (+5.25 damage) 531st Fighter Squadron, PTO
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 6 DFC, 530th Fighter Squadron, CBI
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 6 357th FG, 362nd Fighter Squadron, ETO
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 7 52nd FG, 5th Fighter Squadron, ETO
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 7 4th FG, 334th Fighter Squadron, ETO
 United States U.S. Army Air Forces 6 49th FG, 9th Fighter Squadron, PTO

Notes[]

  1. ^ By 1945, combat experienced Japanese airmen were often detailed to provide fighter escort for newer inexperienced Kamikazi pilots en route to their targets in the Pacific

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