5 greatest aces in history.
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These guys were the very best and they were all nazis.
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I pay tribute to this warriors.
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In history channel, they'll never show about these guys because that'll undermine the image of USAF pilots.
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Very true, even they are very reluctant to acknowledge the Japanese pilot's achievements.
Even they tell loudly about the fighters introduced against Japanese, still the Mitubishi Sero was the best.
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Frenchman René Fonck, with 75 confirmed victories
British Empire fighter pilots were Mick Mannock with 50 confirmed kills
Canadian Billy Bishop credited with 72 victories
Oswald Boelcke, victor of 40 aerial engagements, was dead at age 25.
Boelcke is considered the father of the German fighter air force,as well as the "Father of Air Fighting Tactics"
a good link is this one
http://ingwer.blogbus.com/c2276140/
First World War.com - Who's Who - Air Aces & Commanders
some data..
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apart from the above ww1 aces
1]Karl Allmenroder (1896-1917) achieved 30 victories as an air ace with the German Air Service during the First World War.
2]Julius Arigi (1895-1981) was Austria-Hungary's second highest scoring air ace of the First World War (and its most highly decorated), with his 32 victories second only to Godwin Brumowski.
3]Captain Albert Ball (1896-1917) was Britain's highest scoring profile fighter pilot during World War One.44 victories
4]Francesco Baracca (1888-1918) was Italy's leading fighter pilot during World War One. Operating exclusively on the Italian Front Baracca notched up an impressive tally of 34 enemy aircraft, becoming his country's most successful airman of the war.Having established himself as an accredited ace Baracca painted an image of a prancing horse upon his aircraft: it has been used since 1923 by Ferrari upon its racing cars.
5]Paul Bäumer (1896-1927) was Germany's ninth-highest scoring fighter pilot of the First World War, achieving some 43 air successes in 1917 and 1918.
6]Andrew Frederick Weatherby Beauchamp-Proctor (1894-1921) was South Africa's highest-scoring fighter pilot during World War One, with 54 victories.
7]Oliver Freiherr von Beaulieu-Marconnay (1898-1918) scored 25 victories as a leading German air ace of the First World War.
8]Fritz Otto Bernert (1893-1918) scored 27 victories as an air ace with the German Air Service between 1916-17, including five in the space of thirty minutes in April 1917
9]Rudolf Berthold (1891-1920), with 44 air victories, was one of Germany's highest-rated fighter pilots during World War One.
10]William Avery (Billy) Bishop (1884-1956) was Canada's highest-scoring fighter pilot of World War One, with 72 confirmed victories.
11]Leon Jean Pierre Bourjade (1889-1924) was a leading French air ace of the First World War, achieving some 28 aerial victories by the war's close.
12]Maurice Jean Paul Boyau (1888-1918) was a leading French so-called 'balloon buster' of the First World War.33kills
13]Godwin Brumowski (1889-1936) was Austria-Hungary's top-scoring fighter pilot of World War One.35kills
14]Lieutenant Franz Buchner (1898-1920) was a high-scoring German air ace of the First World War, achieving 40 'kills' during 1917 and 1918.
15]Albert Desbrisay Carter (1892-1919) was a leading Canadian air ace of the First World War with 29 'kills' to his credit between 1917-18.
16]William Gordon Claxton (1899-1967), a Canadian air ace, scored a remarkable 37 air victories in just 79 days during the war's final year.
17]Arthur Henry Cobby (1894-1955) served with the Australian Flying Corps (AFC) during the First World War, and achieved 29 victories as a fighter pilot.
18]Raymond Collishaw (1893-1975) was Canada's second-highest scoring fighter pilot during World War One, achieving 60 aircraft victories by the war's close, plus a further eight observation balloons.
19]Willy Coppens (1892-1986) was Belgium's highest-scoring fighter pilot during the First World War, scoring 37 victories by the war's close.
20]Roderic Dallas (1891-1918) was Australia's second-highest scoring air ace during World War One, with 32 victories to his credit.
21]Benno Fiala von Fernbrugg (1890-1964) was one of the Austro-Hungarian empire's highest-scoring air aces of the First World War with 28 victories to his credit.
22]Philip Fletcher Fullard (1897-1984) scored 40 victories (plus a further six probables) as a leading British air ace of the First World War.
1]Karl Allmenroder (1896-1917) achieved 30 victories as an air ace with the German Air Service during the First World War.
2]Julius Arigi (1895-1981) was Austria-Hungary's second highest scoring air ace of the First World War (and its most highly decorated), with his 32 victories second only to Godwin Brumowski.
3]Captain Albert Ball (1896-1917) was Britain's highest scoring profile fighter pilot during World War One.44 victories
4]Francesco Baracca (1888-1918) was Italy's leading fighter pilot during World War One. Operating exclusively on the Italian Front Baracca notched up an impressive tally of 34 enemy aircraft, becoming his country's most successful airman of the war.Having established himself as an accredited ace Baracca painted an image of a prancing horse upon his aircraft: it has been used since 1923 by Ferrari upon its racing cars.
5]Paul Bäumer (1896-1927) was Germany's ninth-highest scoring fighter pilot of the First World War, achieving some 43 air successes in 1917 and 1918.
6]Andrew Frederick Weatherby Beauchamp-Proctor (1894-1921) was South Africa's highest-scoring fighter pilot during World War One, with 54 victories.
7]Oliver Freiherr von Beaulieu-Marconnay (1898-1918) scored 25 victories as a leading German air ace of the First World War.
8]Fritz Otto Bernert (1893-1918) scored 27 victories as an air ace with the German Air Service between 1916-17, including five in the space of thirty minutes in April 1917
9]Rudolf Berthold (1891-1920), with 44 air victories, was one of Germany's highest-rated fighter pilots during World War One.
10]William Avery (Billy) Bishop (1884-1956) was Canada's highest-scoring fighter pilot of World War One, with 72 confirmed victories.
11]Leon Jean Pierre Bourjade (1889-1924) was a leading French air ace of the First World War, achieving some 28 aerial victories by the war's close.
12]Maurice Jean Paul Boyau (1888-1918) was a leading French so-called 'balloon buster' of the First World War.33kills
13]Godwin Brumowski (1889-1936) was Austria-Hungary's top-scoring fighter pilot of World War One.35kills
14]Lieutenant Franz Buchner (1898-1920) was a high-scoring German air ace of the First World War, achieving 40 'kills' during 1917 and 1918.
15]Albert Desbrisay Carter (1892-1919) was a leading Canadian air ace of the First World War with 29 'kills' to his credit between 1917-18.
16]William Gordon Claxton (1899-1967), a Canadian air ace, scored a remarkable 37 air victories in just 79 days during the war's final year.
17]Arthur Henry Cobby (1894-1955) served with the Australian Flying Corps (AFC) during the First World War, and achieved 29 victories as a fighter pilot.
18]Raymond Collishaw (1893-1975) was Canada's second-highest scoring fighter pilot during World War One, achieving 60 aircraft victories by the war's close, plus a further eight observation balloons.
19]Willy Coppens (1892-1986) was Belgium's highest-scoring fighter pilot during the First World War, scoring 37 victories by the war's close.
20]Roderic Dallas (1891-1918) was Australia's second-highest scoring air ace during World War One, with 32 victories to his credit.
21]Benno Fiala von Fernbrugg (1890-1964) was one of the Austro-Hungarian empire's highest-scoring air aces of the First World War with 28 victories to his credit.
22]Philip Fletcher Fullard (1897-1984) scored 40 victories (plus a further six probables) as a leading British air ace of the First World War.
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1]Captain Frederick Warrington Gillet (1895-1969) was America's second-highest scoring air ace of World War One, with his total of 26 victories bested only by Eddie Rickenbacker's 23.
2]Gabriel Fernand Charles Guerin (1892-1918) achieved 23 victories as a French air ace during the First World War.
3]Georges Marie Ludovic Jules Guynemer (1894-1917) was one of France's highest scoring fighter pilots during World War One, achieving 54 victories prior to his death on 11 September 1917.
4]Tom Falcon Hazell (1892-1946) scored 43 victories with the British Royal Flying Corps as an Irish airman between March 1917 and October 1918.
5]Lieutenant Josef Karl Peter Jacobs (1894-1978) was one of Germany's leading air aces of the First World War, with 48 enemy aircraft and observation balloon 'kills' to his credit.
6]Captain Elwyn Roy "Bo" King (1894-1941) achieved 26 aerial victories as an Australian fighter pilot during World War One.
7]Hans Kirschstein (1896-1918) scored some 27 victories as a German air ace during the First World War.
8]Frank Linke-Crawford (1893-1918) was a leading Austro-Hungarian fighter pilot during the First World War, amassing a total of 27 air victories prior to his death in action in July 1918.
9]Robert Alexander Little (1895-1918) was Australia's highest-scoring fighter pilot during World War One, with 47 confirmed victories.
10]Erich Lowenhardt (1897-1918) was one of the German Air Service’s highest-scoring fighter pilots of the First World War, with 54 victories prior to his death from an aerial collision in August 1918.
11] Georges Felix Madon (1892-1924) remains surprisingly little-known for someone who clearly established himself as a leading French ace of the First World War, with a probable tall of over 100 'kills', of which some 41 were officially confirmed.
12]Major Edward 'Mickey' Mannock (1887-1918) was Britain's highest scoring fighter pilot of World War One.73kills
13]Frederick Robert Gordon McCall (1896-1949) scored 35 confirmed victories as a Canadian air ace during 1918.
14James Thomas Byford McCudden (1895-1918) was a long-serving, high-scoring British fighter pilot during World War One.54kills
15]George Edward Henry "McIrish" McElroy (1893-1918) was one of Britain's top-scoring air aces (and Ireland's highest) of World War One, with 47 victories.
16]Lieutenant Colonel Andrew McKeever was one of Canada's highest-scoring air aces during the First World War, amassing some 31 victories
17]Carl Menckhoff (1883-1948) was a noted German fighter pilot during the First World War, achieving a total of 39 victories during 1917 and 1918.
18]Charles Nungesser (1883-1927) was one of France's most successful fighter pilots of World War One.45kills
19]Armand Pinsard (1887-1953) was France's eighth highest-scoring air ace of the First World War, scoring 27 confirmed victories in total.
20]Francis Granger Quigley (1894-1918) scored 33 confirmed victories as a Canadian air ace during the First World War.
21]Arthur Percival Foley Rhys Davids DSO, MC With Bar (1897-1918) was a pilot on the Western Front during 1917.25kills
22]Lothar Siegfried Freiherr von Richthofen (1894-1922) scored 40 victories as a high-scoring German air ace during the First World War.
23]Eddie Rickenbacker (1890-1973) was America's top-scoring fighter pilot of World War One, with 26 victories
24]Lieutenant Fritz Rumey (1891-1918) was one of Germany's leading fighter pilots of the First World War, with 45 victories to his name.
25]Silvio Scaroni (1893-1977) was Italy's second-highest scoring air ace of the First World War, with his 26 confirmed victories bested only by Francesco Baracca's 34.
26]Ernst Udet (1896-1941) was a German fighter ace who achieved 62 victories during World War One.
27]Joseph Veltjens (1894-1943) scored 35 victories as a leading German air ace of the First World War.
28Werner Voss (1897-1917) was one of Manfred von Richthofen's closest rivals as an air ace during the 1916-17 period, with 48 victories to his credit.
2]Gabriel Fernand Charles Guerin (1892-1918) achieved 23 victories as a French air ace during the First World War.
3]Georges Marie Ludovic Jules Guynemer (1894-1917) was one of France's highest scoring fighter pilots during World War One, achieving 54 victories prior to his death on 11 September 1917.
4]Tom Falcon Hazell (1892-1946) scored 43 victories with the British Royal Flying Corps as an Irish airman between March 1917 and October 1918.
5]Lieutenant Josef Karl Peter Jacobs (1894-1978) was one of Germany's leading air aces of the First World War, with 48 enemy aircraft and observation balloon 'kills' to his credit.
6]Captain Elwyn Roy "Bo" King (1894-1941) achieved 26 aerial victories as an Australian fighter pilot during World War One.
7]Hans Kirschstein (1896-1918) scored some 27 victories as a German air ace during the First World War.
8]Frank Linke-Crawford (1893-1918) was a leading Austro-Hungarian fighter pilot during the First World War, amassing a total of 27 air victories prior to his death in action in July 1918.
9]Robert Alexander Little (1895-1918) was Australia's highest-scoring fighter pilot during World War One, with 47 confirmed victories.
10]Erich Lowenhardt (1897-1918) was one of the German Air Service’s highest-scoring fighter pilots of the First World War, with 54 victories prior to his death from an aerial collision in August 1918.
11] Georges Felix Madon (1892-1924) remains surprisingly little-known for someone who clearly established himself as a leading French ace of the First World War, with a probable tall of over 100 'kills', of which some 41 were officially confirmed.
12]Major Edward 'Mickey' Mannock (1887-1918) was Britain's highest scoring fighter pilot of World War One.73kills
13]Frederick Robert Gordon McCall (1896-1949) scored 35 confirmed victories as a Canadian air ace during 1918.
14James Thomas Byford McCudden (1895-1918) was a long-serving, high-scoring British fighter pilot during World War One.54kills
15]George Edward Henry "McIrish" McElroy (1893-1918) was one of Britain's top-scoring air aces (and Ireland's highest) of World War One, with 47 victories.
16]Lieutenant Colonel Andrew McKeever was one of Canada's highest-scoring air aces during the First World War, amassing some 31 victories
17]Carl Menckhoff (1883-1948) was a noted German fighter pilot during the First World War, achieving a total of 39 victories during 1917 and 1918.
18]Charles Nungesser (1883-1927) was one of France's most successful fighter pilots of World War One.45kills
19]Armand Pinsard (1887-1953) was France's eighth highest-scoring air ace of the First World War, scoring 27 confirmed victories in total.
20]Francis Granger Quigley (1894-1918) scored 33 confirmed victories as a Canadian air ace during the First World War.
21]Arthur Percival Foley Rhys Davids DSO, MC With Bar (1897-1918) was a pilot on the Western Front during 1917.25kills
22]Lothar Siegfried Freiherr von Richthofen (1894-1922) scored 40 victories as a high-scoring German air ace during the First World War.
23]Eddie Rickenbacker (1890-1973) was America's top-scoring fighter pilot of World War One, with 26 victories
24]Lieutenant Fritz Rumey (1891-1918) was one of Germany's leading fighter pilots of the First World War, with 45 victories to his name.
25]Silvio Scaroni (1893-1977) was Italy's second-highest scoring air ace of the First World War, with his 26 confirmed victories bested only by Francesco Baracca's 34.
26]Ernst Udet (1896-1941) was a German fighter ace who achieved 62 victories during World War One.
27]Joseph Veltjens (1894-1943) scored 35 victories as a leading German air ace of the First World War.
28Werner Voss (1897-1917) was one of Manfred von Richthofen's closest rivals as an air ace during the 1916-17 period, with 48 victories to his credit.
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[images had disappeared over the 2 years since i posted them and there was no edit option]
ww2 aces list can be started now
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There have been only two aces in south asia and both are Pakistanis
M.Alam and who is the second?
by the way MM Alam is a Bengali born in CALCUTTA(which is a part of india) and migrated to Bangladesh. If anyone can claim him, its the Bangladesh air force or the Indian air force(since he was born in india... lol)
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