Walter J. Koraleski United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5.54 Please learn basic MATHS…additions and subtractions will suffice…lol! Marinos Mitralexis Greece Greek Air Force 5 Willy Kientsch Germany Luftwaffe 53 Fighter pilots are perhaps the deadliest yet most detached warriors to ever engage in battle. Walter J. Goehausen, Jr. United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10 Brown United States U.S. Army Air Forces 15 James S. Swope United States U.S. Navy 10 Paul H. Wilkins United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 Grigoriy Andreevich Rechkalov Soviet Union Soviet Air Force 58 The Finnish pilots should be mentioned however as usual always overlooked. Leopold Münster Germany Luftwaffe 95 Stoyan Stoyanov Bulgaria Royal Bulgarian Air Force 15 Edward S. Popek United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 Charles E. Weaver United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 Oiva Tuominen Finland Finnish Air Force 44 Stanley B. Morrill United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9 Charles E. Watts United States U.S. Navy 8.75 William B. Freeman United States U.S. Marine Corps 6 Leslie E. Anderson United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 Erich Hartmann is the most successful fighter pilot of all times – with 352 kills. Alexandru Şerbănescu Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 47 Robert M. Shaw United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 Alwin M. Juchheim, Jr. United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10 William S. Crombie United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 James B. Cain United States U.S. Navy 8½ Eugene P. Roberts United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9 Günther Lützow Germany Luftwaffe 105 David L. King United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 a world record of 17 Jets downed in air to air combat. His three-winged Fokker was painted in bright red – so he would scare the shit out of his enemies once they spotted him. Schnaufer, nicknamed “Spook of Sint-Truiden“ makes the list for being the highest scoring night fighter ace in history. Alvaro J. Hans-Joachim Birkner Germany Luftwaffe 117 Willard. 3. Friedrich Beckh Germany Luftwaffe 48 Franz Woidich Germany Luftwaffe 110 Russell Bannock Canada RCAF 25½ Walter Borchers Germany Luftwaffe 59 Brown United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 Raymond Brown Hesselyn New Zealand Royal New Zealand Air Force 21½ Franklin H. Monk United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 Richard J. Griffin United States U.S. Navy 8 William M. Banks United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9 ½ Rudolph D. Van Dyke United States U.S. Navy 5 Adolf Galland flew a total of 705 combat missions. I believe he had 62 kills against USA, Dutch, and Australlian pilots. John H. Hoefker United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8½ So he holds the title “All time Allied Ace of Aces”. Arthur Spurgin Australia Royal Australian Air Force 5 Robert E. Galer United States U.S. Marine Corps 13 Gustav Francsi Germany Luftwaffe 56 John L. Schell United States U.S. Navy 5 Wilhelm Balthasar Germany Luftwaffe 40 Dmitri Hlinka Soviet Union Soviet Air Force 50 and thanks to the Germans they constantly flew and did so until they were dead. Wilhelm Schilling Germany Luftwaffe 63 Harry T. Hanna United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 Ahti Laitinen Finland Finnish Air Force 10 Otto Tange Germany Luftwaffe 68 Frank Gaunt United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 He even has an airport named after him: Fritz Lüddecke Germany Luftwaffe 51 Lajos Tóth Hungary Royal Hungarian Air Force 26 2. And the photo is not him. Bloody nice bloke and my Grandfather. Doolittle organized the strike, known from the Movie “Pearl Harbour”. His three-winged Fokker was painted in bright red – so he would scare the shit out of his enemies once they spotted him. Luigi Gorrini Italy Regia Aeronautica 19 James Francis Edwards Canada RCAF 16 Emil Darjes Germany Luftwaffe 82 Heinz Hackler Germany Luftwaffe 56 Antoni Głowacki Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 8⅓ Charles W. Lenfest United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5½ Olavi Puro Finland Finnish Air Force 36 Glenn D. Schiltz Jr. United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 Army Air Forces 10 Robert H. Ammon United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 His achievement and battlefield bravery were so outstanding that he was promoted general after 104 aerial victories – and therefore banned from the flying service before he turned 30. Robert C. Sutcliffe United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 It can defend all kinds of enemy targets for ground, air, and surface locations and monitor long distances in the Russian airspace. Edward O. McComas United States U.S. Army Air Forces 14 Constantin Pomut Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 7 Pavol Zeleňák Slovak Republic Slovak Air Force 12 William T. Halton United States U.S. Army Air Forces 11½ All we ever hear about is the failure of the Battle of Britain. Emil Lang Germany Luftwaffe 173 George Laven United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 Hubert Strassl Germany Luftwaffe 67 George H. Poske United States U.S. Marine Corps 5 Hiroyoshi Nishizawa Japan Imperial Japanese Navy 36 Robert W. Foy United States U.S. Army Air Forces 15 Bob Braham United Kingdom Royal Air Force 29 Heinrich-Wilhelm Ahnert Germany Luftwaffe 57 Edmund F. Overend United States U.S. Marine Corps 9 Douglas Baker United States U.S. Navy 16 Enrich Hartmann was born in 1922 in Germany. Louis Benne United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 James C. Stewart United States U.S. Army Air Forces 12½ Richard S. Deakins United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 Wilhelm Batz Germany Luftwaffe 237 Herbert Kutscha Germany Luftwaffe 47 Meryl M. Smith United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9 William J. Hovde United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10½ John A. Mackay United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 Credited with 9 kills. Nicholas Megura United States U.S. Army Air Forces 11.84 Sergey Luganski Soviet Union Soviet Air Force 37 It was to strike back after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour, but also the first attack on mainland Japan – an important psychological raid – to show the Japanese that they could be attacked. Helmut Wick Germany Luftwaffe 56 Claudio Solaro Italy Regia Aeronautica 10 Walker ‘Bud’ Melville Mahurin United States U.S. Army Air Forces 20.75 Norman E. Olson United States U.S. Army Air Forces 6 Royce W. Priest United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 Over time, he had many phobias, including brning to death himself – which he finally did after flying too low and being exposed to ground fire. Larry R. Self United States U.S. Navy 8½ Pentti Tilli Finland Finnish Air Force 5 Jack C. Price United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 Cross United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 With this said, here is the list of the 10 best flying aces of all time. Robert E. Clements United States U.S. Navy 5 John B. Lawler United States U.S. Army Air Forces 11 Later on, he became a civilian flight instructor. John F. Hampshire United States U.S. Army Air Forces 13 Fletcher E. Adams United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9 ½ Joel B. Paris III United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9 Arthur C. Cundy United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 Joseph J. Cielinski United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 Karl Kempf Germany Luftwaffe 65 Wilhelm-Ferdinand Galland Germany Luftwaffe 55 Roderick Bowes Australia Royal Australian Air Force 9 They simply had the best fighter pilots that will ever take to the sky. Everett W. Stewart United States U.S. Army Air Forces 7.83 Herbert H. Long United States U.S. Marine Corps 10 Emil Omert Germany Luftwaffe 70 Lloyd G. Barnard United States U.S. Navy 8 Helmuth Grollmus Germany Luftwaffe 75 Harris E. Mitchell United States U.S. Navy 10 Also the larger Air forces tend to have a larger budget which means more flying hours more simulator time etc. Oliver B. Taylor United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 Howard M. Burriss United States U.S. Navy 7½ Charles A. Shields United States U.S. Navy 5 Charles W. Lenfest United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 George T. Chandler United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 Carlo Magnaghi Italy Regia Aeronautica 11 Robert C. Coats United States U.S. Navy 9 ⅓ Ernest Mason United Kingdom Royal Air Force 15+ Duane W. Beeson United States U.S. Army Air Forces 17⅓ Wolf-Udo Ettel Germany Luftwaffe 124 Dezső Szentgyörgyi Hungary Royal Hungarian Air Force 30½ Enzo Omiccioli Italy Regia Aeronautica 5 Hugh D. Lillie United States U.S. Navy 5 He had an important role in building up the Luftwaffe – but finally ended tragically with alcoholism and finally suicide, during WWII. Laurentiu Catana Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 5 Also ‘killed’ 32 V1 Flying Bombs. Harvey P. Picken United States U.S. Navy 9 Luther D. Prater, Jr. United States U.S. Navy 8 Baer was amongst or at the top while in the west, med, east, FW190, BF109 and top in jets, List fails to include Air Commodore Philip Fletcher Fullard CBE, DSO, MC*, AFC with 40 confirmed victories, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_F._Fullard. Ernst Süß Germany Luftwaffe 68 Morton D. Magoffin United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 Edward F. Charles Canada RCAF 22 Harry W. Brown United States U.S. Army Air Forces 7 That is a fabrication of the Pakistan Air Force told to keep up the Morale of the Pakistani public and used in the post war inquiry into the performance of the Pakistani Armed Forces against the Forces of India where Pakistan lost a disproportionate amount of men and material in spite of being the aggressor. Iyozo Hujita Japan Imperial Japanese Navy 39 Nice work, but… Paul A. Conger United States U.S. Army Air Forces 11½ Eckhard Hübner Germany Luftwaffe 47 Eugene A. Valencia United States U.S. Navy 23 Waldemar Radener Germany Luftwaffe 37 Franz Dörr Germany Luftwaffe 128 Richard L. West United States U.S. Army Air Forces 12 Fighter Flights, Uncategorized | 59 comments. Jack G. Oberhansky United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 Reinhold Hoffmann Germany Luftwaffe 67 Friedrich Rupp Germany Luftwaffe 52 Every year, the Air Force recognizes its best fighter pilot with a prestigious award. John Lloyd Waddy Australia Royal Australian Air Force 15½ Aleksander Chudek Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 9 Julius W. Ireland United States U.S. Marine Corps 5 Erich Hohagen Germany Luftwaffe 56 George T. Burgard United States AVG 10.75 Donald N. Aldrich United States U.S. Marine Corps 20 Hans Berschwinger Germany Luftwaffe 20 Otto Würfel Germany Luftwaffe 79 Saburō Sakai Japan Imperial Japanese Navy 28 (including shared) He had 60 confirmed kills and likely dozens more but attributed those to young flyers to build up their confidence. Grover E. Fanning United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9 Dale F. Spencer United States U.S. Army Air Forces 9 ½ Kenneth J. Dahms United States U.S. Navy 7½ Heinrich Jung Germany Luftwaffe 68 William D. Dunham United States U.S. Army Air Forces 15 In 1940, he joined Luftwaffe and got his pilot’s license in 1942. Gheorghe Cristea Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 5 Arthur T. Warner United States U.S. Marine Corps 8 He seemed to overcompensate his shyness by constantly mentioning his (exaggerated) kills – which annoyed anyone around him. India’s most successful fighter pilot, with 12 kills (2 shared). He was a ground soldier and convinces his commanders to let him transfer to RAF. Theodor Weissenberger Germany Luftwaffe 208 Charles J. Cesky United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8½ Heinz Wernicke Germany Luftwaffe 117 Francis E. Dubisher United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 Hugo Broch Germany Luftwaffe 81 Initially, he was named as Edward Mannock and was considered as a top pilot amongst all the allied forces. Frank O’Brien Jr United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 10. Arthur P. Mollenhauer United States U.S. Navy 5 Wilfred Arthur Australia Royal Australian Air Force 10 F Williams Australia Royal Australian Air Force 9 Stjepan Martinasevic Croatia Croatian Air Force 11 Klaus Quaet-Faslem Germany Luftwaffe 49 He was born in Montferrat in southeastern France in 1889 by joining the French army in 1907. Udet flew together with the Red Baron in his famous “Flying Circus”. Hannes Trautloft Germany Luftwaffe 58 Leroy V. Grosshuesch United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 The ME 109 German Fighter had over 30,000 plane types produced during the war alone. Darrell S. Cramer United States U.S. Army Air Forces 13 Joachim Müncheberg Germany Luftwaffe 135 Robert M. York United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 Arthur F. Jeffrey United States U.S. Army Air Forces 14 Richard H. Anderson (USAAF) United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 After the war, Udet spent the 20s and the early 30s as a stunt pilot, until he joined the Nazi party in 1933. The Dolittle Raid was an air raid on Tokyo. Robert S. Johnson United States U.S. Army Air Forces 27 https://www.portstoronto.com/airport.aspx. Izidor Kovárik Slovak Republic Slovak Air Force 28 John Dundas United Kingdom Royal Air Force 12 Karl-Heinz Weber Germany Luftwaffe 136 He was also the second highest overall ace – right after the Red Baron, Manfred von Richthofen. Denied the Diamonds, as “Fat Hermann” disliked him, Went from Gruppenkommandeur to Staffelkapitan – and back again and finally led JV44’s Me262s. Laurence Stark United Kingdom Royal Air Force 5½ Ludwik Paszkiewicz Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 6 James P. Hagerstrom United States U.S. Army Air Forces 6 Constantin Popescu Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 5 Here is the list of top ten best fighter pilots in the world and they are as follows: Adolphe Pegoud was one of the men that were considered as the first official flying Allied pilot in the history of aviation. last interview with Erich “Bubi” Hartmann in 1993, the first jet-to-jet kill was in the Korean War, by a MiG-15, https://www.portstoronto.com/airport.aspx, Fighter Jet Rides in Europe – an overview. Robert Lee Scott, Jr. United States U.S. Army Air Forces 13 James A. Goodson United States U.S. Army Air Forces 14 Robert A. Farnsworth Jr United States U.S. Navy 5 Siegfried Simsch Germany Luftwaffe 54 Max Bucholz Germany Luftwaffe 30 Walter G. Benz, Jr. United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 “Pilot to pilot, airframe to airframe, the Israeli air force is the best in the world,” Chris Harmer, a senior naval analyst at the Institute for the Study of War, told Business Insider. Claiborne H. Kinnard United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 Robert K. Seidman United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 Walter D. Bishop United States U.S. Navy 5 Carl J. Luksic United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8½ Bruce M. Barackman United States U.S. Navy 5 The Red Baron scored 80 kills in WWI – with his Fokker Dr.I. Ioan Panaite Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 8 Josef Jennewein Germany Luftwaffe 86 GianLino Baschirotto Italy Regia Aeronautica 6 Walter Prues Germany Luftwaffe 7 There have been great fighter pilots in movies but none comes close to his achievements. Emil Clade Germany Luftwaffe 27 Myron M. Hnatio United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 Heinrich Ehrler Germany Luftwaffe 208 The British & Foreign fighter pilots, particularly the Poles should be far better represented in your top 10. He wasn’t a fighter pilot, and not an ace. March Jr United States U.S. Navy 5 William N. Leonard United States U.S. Navy 8 Thomas E. Maloney United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 Josef Kraft Germany Luftwaffe 56 Karel Kuttelwascher Czechoslovakia Royal Air Force 18 Bernard J. McGrattan United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8½ Donald J. Blakeslee United States U.S. Army Air Forces 14½ Joseph W. Jorda United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 We do compare apple and oranges here, and we know it. Jack A. by THOMAS NEWDICK. Constantin Lungulescu Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 19 The so-called “Red Baron” – Manfred von Richthofen – is probably the best-known fighter pilot in general. He was serving in the Korean War. I mean seeing triple or quadruple…lol. Howard J. Finn United States U.S. Marine Corps 5 Mato Culinovic Croatia Croatian Air Force 12 James L. Brooks United States U.S. Army Air Forces 13 Ritchard Ira Bong, or “Dick” Bong. John A. Storch United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10½ Lance C. Wade United States Royal Air Force 23 Franklin A. Nichols United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 Marion C. Felts United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 Frank R. Hayde United States U.S. Navy 5 Also- -my vote for arguably the greatest piston engine fighter/bomber combat aircraft of WW2: Dornier Do 335 ‘Pfeil’. Luigi Mariotti Italy Regia Aeronautica 5 Louis A. Menard, Jr. United States U.S. Navy 9 John S. Loisel United States U.S. Army Air Forces 11 Foster J. Blair United States U.S. Navy 5 Herman E. Ernst United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 Donald S. Bryan United States U.S. Army Air Forces 13.3 Günther Rall Germany Luftwaffe 275 Raymond D. Stehle United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 Gordon A. Stanley United States U.S. Navy 8 James A. Clark, Jr. United States U.S. Army Air Forces 11½ Kurt Knappe Germany Luftwaffe 56 Fritz Dinger Germany Luftwaffe 67 Alfred B. Lewelling United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 Otto Fönnekold Germany Luftwaffe 136 Kalevi Tervo Finland Finnish Air Force 23 Horia Agarici Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 6 Wilbur L. Bowen United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 Nicolae Polizu-Micsunesti Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 10 John G. O’Neill United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 Hermann Schleinhege Germany Luftwaffe 97 Thomas D. Schank United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 Mauno Kirjonen Finland Finnish Air Force 10 While executing the raid many of his men and planes were lost. Luckily, he was so respected that the Germans asked for his prosthesis to be sent over from the UK. Hermann Graf Germany Luftwaffe 212 Charles D. Hauver United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 Donald J. McKinley United States U.S. Navy 5 Donald McDowell United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8½ Mannock was one of the world’s first theorists of aviation tactics. Franz Czech Germany Luftwaffe 60 Some great combat pilots (Erich Hartmann, Richard Bong, etc.) Noel le Chevalier Agazarian United Kingdom Royal Air Force 7 Hans-Dieter Weihs Germany Luftwaffe 8 He scored at least 61 victories, but didn’t care too much about it and didn’t even count them. John L. Bradley United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 Alfred Surau Germany Luftwaffe 46 Berthold Korts Germany Luftwaffe 113 Otto Weßling Germany Luftwaffe 83 Leslie D. Nelson United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 Franz Schulte Germany Luftwaffe 46 I’d definitely put Werner Mölders on the list. Rudolf Pflanz Germany Luftwaffe 52 Ilmari Juutilainen – Top non-German ace. You can not compare a F-22A pilot with a Mig 29 pilot. Where is the name of group captain Saiful azam of bangladesh air force who fought for three countries as pakistan, Jordan and Iraq. Nigel Cullen Australia Royal Air Force 16½ Walter J. Carroll, Jr. United States U.S. Army Air Forces 8 After this he got a surgery after which he was accepted, he got 34 victories during WWII. The large two engined P-38 looks nothing like your typical World War 2 fighter, looking more like a heavy fighter, but the Lightning (namesake of the F-35 Lightning II), or Fork Tailed Devil to the Germans and Two Planes One Pilot to the Japanese was … Robert B. John M. Johnson United States U.S. Navy 8 There are many fighter jets brands that powerful countries has produced but many people still wonder which is the fastest and powerful one. What a brilliant design-excellent. Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II. Exceptional post-war Test Pilot (Canberra, Lightning, TSR-2), first Briton to fly supersonic (in one of only 2 US XP-86 Sabres) in May 1948. Heinz Golinski Germany Luftwaffe 47 Erhard Peters Germany Luftwaffe 64 Harry E. Fisk United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 Richard C. Suehr United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 Henryk Pietrzak Poland Polish Air Force/Royal Air Force 12½ Orvin H. Ramlo United States U.S. Marine Corps 5 He is also commanding a unit of pilots known as “The Flying Units” including his brother Lothar. Mario Visintini Italy Regia Aeronautica 16 Gerald W. Johnson United States U.S. Army Air Forces 17 Hayden A. Heinz Kemethmüller Germany Luftwaffe 89 Eino Luukkanen Finland Finnish Air Force 56 Christopher J. Hansenman United States U.S. Army Air Forces 5 Captain Dennis Dearborn did a whopping 24 air missions with a B-17 bomber during World War II and still signed up for a more dangerous 25th one. Rex Kerslake Wilson Australia Royal Australian Air Force 8 Murray Shubin United States U.S. Army Air Forces 11
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