( April 2009)Īce of the Deep is a title accorded to the top subsea ace/undersea ace/submarine ace of a nation's submarine force during time of war.
This list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items. Iraq's most successful fighter pilot ever, with five confirmed aerial victories. Iran's most successful fighter pilot ever, with eight confirmed aerial victories. Įthiopia's most successful pilot, and the most successful Northrop F-5 pilot, with six or seven kills. įrom seven to nine victories on US-crewed aircraft, as well as two drones. Ĭredited with 17 victories, 16 against Egyptian jets, making Epstein the ace of aces of supersonic fighter jets and of the Israeli Air Force. Muhammad Mahmood Alam is credited with having shot down five Indian aircraft in less than a minute, the last four within 30 seconds. Was the ace of aces for jet-vs-jet combat.
In addition, he obtained four more kills in the F4D Phantom in Southeast Asia, for a total of 17. Triple ace - Olds was the only pilot to "make ace" in both the P-38 (five victories) and the P-51 (eight) in the war. Ĭredited with 26 confirmed downed Japanese aircraft. įirst US ace of the war, while flying with the RAF. One of the few pilots to shoot down a Messerschmitt Me 262. Ĭredited with 64 victories, Kozhedub is the top scoring Allied ace of World War II. Top US flying ace of the war, credited with 40 confirmed downed Japanese aircraft. Highest scoring RAF ace of the war, with 34 confirmed kills. Credited with over 30 confirmed victories.Ĭredited with 31 confirmed victories, making him the most successful Canadian ace of the Second World War. The top flying ace of the Finnish Air Force with 94 confirmed aerial combat victories Ĭredited with 51 victories, making him the most successful South African Ace of the Second World War.Ĭommanded Biggin Hill at the height of the Battle of Britain, shooting down Werner Molders. The top scoring Ilmavoimat (Finnish Air Force), and the top scoring non-German fighter pilot of all time. Hartmann is the highest scoring ace of all time, with 352 aerial victories, the first pilot to achieve 300 aerial victories (on 24 August 1944) and 350 aerial victories (on 17 April 1945)
World War II had more planes than any other war. See also: List of World War II flying aces He remains the only Indian fighter ace to this day. India's most successful fighter pilot, with 12 kills (two shared). Was the American ace of aces for overall aerial victories. Succeeded Libby by scoring his 15th and 16th victories. In 1917 he became the highest scoring ace in the RFC and the third top ace of the war, behind only the Red Baron and René Fonck. Ĭredited with 72 victories, making him the top Canadian and British Empire ace of the war. Ĭredited with 60 victories, making him the second highest scoring Canadian ace of the war, behind Billy Bishop. Richthofen, also called "The Red Baron", achieved 80 air combat victories, the highest score in World War I. Īll-time Allied ace of aces, with 75 confirmed aerial victories. The concept of aces emerged in 1915 during World War I. See also: Lists of World War I flying aces
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