List Of World War II Flying Aces By Country

	List Of World War II Flying Aces By Country This is a list of fighter aces in World War II, ordered by national origin. See also List of World War II flying aces. Australia There were 103 air aces from Australia during the Second World War. For more information, see List of World War II aces from Australia. Austria There were 51 air aces from Austria during the Second World War. For more information, see List of World War II aces from Austria. Belgium There were 14 air aces from Belgium during the Second World War. For more information, see List of World War II aces from Belgium. Bulgaria Canada There were 152 air aces from Canada during the Second World War. For more information, see List of World War II aces from Canada. China There were more than 25 fighter aces from the China during the Second World War, although not all flew for the Allies. For more information, see List of World War II aces from China. Croatia From 1941 to 1945, the portion of Yugoslavia occupied by the Axis powers existed as the I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Fighter Ace A flying ace, fighter ace or air ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. The exact number of aerial victories required to officially qualify as an ace is varied, but is usually considered to be five or more. The concept of the "ace" emerged in 1915 during World War I, at the same time as aerial dogfighting. It was a propaganda term intended to provide the home front with a cult of the hero in what was otherwise a war of attrition. The individual actions of aces were widely reported and the image was disseminated of the ace as a chivalrous knight reminiscent of a bygone era. For a brief early period when air-to-air combat was just being invented, the exceptionally skilled pilot could shape the battle in the skies. For most of the war, however, the image of the ace had little to do with the reality of air warfare, in which fighters fought in formation and air superiority depended heavily on the relative availability ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	List Of World War II Aces From Croatia This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from the Independent State of Croatia, a puppet state of Nazi Germany from 1941–45, created in the portion of Yugoslavia occupied by the Axis powers. There were 25 fighter aces from the Independent State of Croatia, fighting for the Axis, during the Second World War. For other countries see List of World War II flying aces by country. A B C Mato Culinovic Zivko Culinovic D Mato Dukovac Eivko Dzhal (Zivko Dzal) Franjo Džal F Vladimir Ferencina G Cvitan Galić Dragutin Gazapi H Josip Hellebrant I Dragutin Ivanic J Josip Jelacic Ivan Jergovic K Tomislav Kauzlaric Josip Kranjc L Jure Lasta M Stjepan Martinashevic Eduard Martinko Veco Mikovic R Stjepan Radic S Albin Starc Zlatko Stipčić References ; Notes ; Bibliography Ciglic, Boris and Dragan Savic.''Croatian Aces of World War II'' (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces - 49). London: Oxford, 2002. . {{Lists of f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	List Of World War II Aces From Norway This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from Norway. For other countries see List of World War II aces by country External links Article that presents Norwegian ace, Rolf Arne Berg {{Royal Norwegian Air Force Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ... Royal Norwegian Air Force World War II aces from Norway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	List Of World War II Aces From New Zealand This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from New Zealand. An "ace" is generally considered to be any pilot who has downed five or more enemy aircraft. Historians have gleaned figures from combat reports, unit histories, personnel records, and award citations, which sometimes recorded the pilot’s tally of victories at the time the decoration was recommended. The top-scoring New Zealand ace of World War II, Colin Gray, is generally credited with 28 victories, that is 27 solo "kills" and two shared. Records were also kept for the shooting down of V-1 flying bombs, with the most successful New Zealander being Arthur Umbers, who is credited with destroying 28 V-1s, in addition to 4 solo aerial victories and one shared. List Table notes Abbreviations * "KIA" in Notes means Killed in action (dates are included where possible). * "KIFA" in Notes means Killed in Flying Accident. * "MIA" in Notes means Missing in action. * "WIA" in Notes means Wounded in action. * "POW" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	List Of World War II Aces From Japan This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from Japan, as officially credited by the Imperial Japanese government. For other countries see List of World War II aces by country. Abbreviations * "KIA": Killed in action (dates are included where possible) * "DOW": Died of wounds * "KIFA": Killed in Flying Accident * "MIA": Missing in action * "POW": Prisoner of War * "IJA": Imperial Japanese Army * "IJN": Imperial Japanese Navy A B C E F G H I J K M N O R S T U W Y Notes References * * * {{Lists of flying aces Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ... World War II flying aces Aces ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	List Of World War II Aces From Italy This is a list of aces in World War II from Italy. A flying ace or air ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. For other countries see List of World War II aces by country. See also * Regia Aeronautica, the air force of the Kingdom of Italy * Italian Co-Belligerent Air Force (Aeronautica Cobelligerante del Sud), the air force of the Royalist Badoglio-government in southern Italy during the last years of World War II * Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana, the air force of the Italian Social Republic * Esercito Nazionale Repubblicano, the army of the Italian Social Republic * Marina Nazionale Repubblicana, the navy of the Italian Social Republic * Aviazione Legionaria, an expeditionary corps from the Italian Royal Air Force (''Regia Aeronautica Italiana''), set up in 1936 and sent to provide support to the rebel faction in the Spanish Civil War. ''in Italian'' , List of World War II aces from Italy in Italian langu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	List Of World War II Aces From Ireland This is a list of flying aces in World War II from Ireland. Aces High,Christopher F. Shores & Clive Williams, Grub Street, London 1994 For other countries see List of World War II aces by country. * Brendan Eamonn Fergus Finucane RAF No.13 No.65 & No.602 Sqn, Hornchurch Wing; RCAF No.19 & No.452 Sqn; KIA 15/Jul/1942 John Martin Bruen FAA 5 801, 759, 803, 778, 800 & 836Sq John Ignatus Kilmartin RAF 12.33 1, 43, 602, 313, 128 & 504Sq, Hornchurch Wing, 136 Wing, 910 Wing James Reginald Bryan Meaker RAF 8 46, 263 & 249Sq; KIA 27/Sep/1940 Rupert Frederick Smythe RAF 6 29, 504 & 32Sq Robert Wilkinson Turkington RAF 9.16 124, 611, 43, 72, 241 & 601Sq; KIFA Apr/1945 Notes and references {{Lists of flying aces Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	List Of World War II Aces From Hungary This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from Hungary. For other countries see List of World War II aces by country. B D F H I K L M N P R S T U References György Punka: Hungarian Aces of World War II, Osprey Publishing, Oxford, England, 2002. Becze Csaba: Elfelejtett hősök a Magyar Királyi Honvéd Légierő ászai a II. világháborúban, Puedlo, Budapest, 2006. {{Lists of flying aces World War II flying aces Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	List Of World War II Aces From Germany This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from Germany. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. It is relatively certain that 2,500 German fighter pilots attained ace status, having achieved at least five aerial victories. German day and night fighter pilots claimed roughly 70,000 aerial victories during World War II, over 25,000 British or American and over 45,000 Soviet aircraft. 103 German fighter pilots each shot down 100 or more enemy aircraft, for a total of approximately 15,400 victories. Approximately 360 German fighter pilots shot down from 40 to 99 enemy aircraft for a total of approximately 21,000 victories. Approximately 500 German fighter pilots shot down from 20 to 39 enemy aircraft for a total of approximately 15,000 victories. These achievements were honored with 453 German day fighter pilots and ''Zerstörer'' (destroyer) fighter pilots and 85 German night fighter pilots ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	List Of Vichy France Flying Aces This is a complete list of Vichy France flying aces who flew during the Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin .... See also * List of World War II aces from France Footnotes References {{reflist . .Vichy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	List Of World War II Aces From France This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from France. A Paul Abrioux Jean-Marie Accart * Marcel Albert Maurice Amarger Jacques André Jacques Andrieux Paul Audrain B Georges Baptizet Paul Bardin Emile Becquet Didier Beguin Georges Berland Andrien Bernavon Camille-Jean Bertrand Maurice Bissoudre Georges Blanck Pierre Bleton * Hubert Boitelet Maurice Bon Michel Boudier Marcel Bouguen André Bouhy Guy Bouttier André Breitenstein Jérémie Bressieux C Yves Le Calvez Yves Carbon Jean Casenobe Noël Castelain Marc Castin Louis Castin Raymond Cazade René Challe Bernard Challe Maurice Challe Antoine de la Chapelle Charles Chesnais Raymond Clausse Pierre Clostermann Marcel Codet Edouard Corniglion-Molinier Germain Couteaud Joannes Cucumel Léon Cuffaut D Pierre Dechanet * Louis Delfino * André Delisle * * André Deniau * James Denis * Henri Dietrich * Mic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	List Of World War II Aces From Finland This list includes of all the 96 fighter aces of World War II from Finland. For other countries see List of World War II aces by country Finnish fighter aces With specific aircraft types Fokker D.XXI Below are all the Finnish aces who have won victories with the Fokker D.XXI Gloster Gladiator Below are all the Finnish aces who have won victories with the Gloster Gladiator. Fiat G.50 Below are all the Finnish aces who have won victories with the Fiat G.50 Freccia Morane-Saulnier MS.406 Below are all the Finnish aces who have won victories with the Morane-Saulnier MS.406 Brewster Buffalo Below are all the Finnish aces who have won victories with the Brewster Buffalo Curtiss Hawk 75 Below are all the Finnish aces who have won victories with the Curtiss Hawk 75 Messerschmitt Bf 109 Below are all the Finnish aces who have won victories with the Messerschmitt Bf 109 Notes References Stenman, Kari and Keskinen, Kalevi: ''Aircraft of the Aces 23 - F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]