List of World War II aces credited with 8 victories
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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 the pilot flew and the planes they flew against, how long they served, their opportunity to meet the enemy in the air (Allied to Axis disproportion), whether they were the formation's leader or a wingman, the standards their air service brought to the awarding of victory credits, et cetera.
Aces
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 |
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Charles E. Watts | ![]() |
U.S. Navy | 8.75 | ||
John L. Banks | ![]() |
U.S. Navy | 8.5 | ||
William E. Bryan, Jr. | ![]() |
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8.5 | ||
Stanisław Brzeski | ![]() |
Polish Air Force; Royal Air Force |
8.5 | ||
James B. Cain | ![]() |
U.S. Navy | 8.5 | ||
Charles J. Cesky | ![]() |
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8.5 | ||
Oscar I. Chenoweth | ![]() |
U.S. Navy | 8.5 | ||
Arthur Chin | ![]() |
Chinese Nationalist Air Force | 8.5 | First American ace of WWII, flew biplane fighter | |
Frank A. Cutler | ![]() |
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8.5 | (+3 ground kills) | |
Carl C. Foster | ![]() |
U.S. Navy | 8.5 | ||
John F. Gray | ![]() |
U.S. Navy | 8.5 | ||
Everett G. Hargreaves | ![]() |
U.S. Navy | 8.5 | ||
Thomas L. Hayes, Jr. | ![]() |
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8.5 | ||
Zdzisław Henneberg † | ![]() |
Polish Air Force; Royal Air Force |
8.5 | ||
John H. Hoefker | ![]() |
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8.5 | ||
Otto D. Jenkins | ![]() |
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8.5 | (+2 ground kills) | |
Arthur G. Johnson | ![]() |
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8.5 | ||
George Noel Keith † | ![]() |
Royal Canadian Air Force | 8.5 | ||
Wacław Król | ![]() |
Polish Air Force; Royal Air Force |
8.5 | ||
Frank L. Lawlor | ![]() |
American Volunteer Group | 8.5 | ||
Gregory K. Loesch | ![]() |
U.S. Marine Corps | 8.5 | ||
Carl J. Luksic | ![]() |
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8.5 | (+7 ground kills) | |
Donald McDowell | ![]() |
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8.5 | ||
Bernard J. McGrattan | ![]() |
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8.5 | ||
Sanford K. Moats | ![]() |
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8.5 | ||
John L. Morgan, Jr. | ![]() |
U.S. Marine Corps | 8.5 | ||
George W. Pigman | ![]() |
U.S. Navy | 8.5 | ||
Claude W. Plant | ![]() |
U.S. Navy | 8.5 | ||
Albert L. Schlegel | ![]() |
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8.5 | ||
Dallas Schmidt | ![]() |
Royal Canadian Air Force | 8.5 | ||
Larry R. Self | ![]() |
U.S. Navy | 8.5 | ||
Eugeniusz Szaposznikow | ![]() |
Polish Air Force; Royal Air Force |
8+1⁄3 | ||
John Fraser Drummond | ![]() |
Royal Air Force | 8+1⁄3 | ||
Franklin T. Gabriel | ![]() |
U.S. Navy | 8+1⁄4 | ||
George Bray McMillan | ![]() |
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8+1⁄4 | (+1 ground kills) | |
Adolf Pietrasiak | ![]() |
Polish Air Force; Royal Air Force |
8.1 | ||
Witold Łokuciewski | ![]() |
Polish Air Force; Royal Air Force |
8 | ||
Helmut Lennartz | ![]() |
Luftwaffe | 8+[1] | Jet ace with 8 victories in Me 262[2] | |
Erich Büttner | ![]() |
Luftwaffe | 8[2] | Jet ace with all victories in Me 262 | |
John M. Ainlay | ![]() |
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | possibly just 7 | |
John R. Alison | ![]() |
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
David W. Allen | ![]() |
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
John Allen † | ![]() |
Royal Air Force | 8[3] | ||
Wilfred Arthur | ![]() |
Royal Australian Air Force | 8[4] | ||
Frederick A. Bardshar | ![]() |
U.S. Navy | 8 | ||
Lloyd G. Barnard | ![]() |
U.S. Navy | 8 | ||
Walter Beaumont † | ![]() |
Royal Air Force | 8[5] | ||
Walter G. Benz, Jr. | ![]() |
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
John Bisdee | ![]() |
Royal Air Force | 8 | (+2 shared) | |
Derek Boitel-Gill † | ![]() |
Royal Air Force | 8[6] | ||
William J. Bonneau | ![]() |
U.S. Navy | 8 | ||
Robert J. Booth | ![]() |
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
Roy O. Burnett, Jr. | ![]() |
U.S. Navy | 8 | ||
Andrew Bosman | ![]() |
South African Air Force | 8[7] | (+ 3 shared) | |
Walter J. Carroll, Jr. | ![]() |
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
William N. Case | ![]() |
U.S. Marine Corps | 8 | ||
J. D. Collinsworth | ![]() |
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | possibly just 6 | |
Arthur W. Cruikshank | ![]() |
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
Václav Cukr-Cooper | ![]() |
Royal Air Force | 8 | ||
John Curchin † | ![]() |
Royal Air Force | 8[8] | ||
Robert Dafforn † | ![]() |
Royal Air Force | 8[9] | ||
Fernley H. Damstrom | ![]() |
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
John F. Dobbin | ![]() |
U.S. Marine Corps | 8 | ||
Landis E. Doner | ![]() |
U.S. Navy | 8 | ||
Frederick J. Dorsch | ![]() |
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
Walter F. Duke | ![]() |
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
William C. Edens | ![]() |
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | (+3 ground kills) | |
John L. Elder | ![]() |
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | (+13 ground kills) | |
Eric A. Evenson | ![]() |
U.S. Navy | 8 | ||
Arthur C. Fielder, Jr. | ![]() |
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
Francis M. Fleming | ![]() |
U.S. Navy | 8 | ||
James M. Fowle | ![]() |
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
William A. Gardner | ![]() |
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
Frank Gaunt | ![]() |
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | possibly just 7 | |
Francis R. Gerard | ![]() |
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
Clement D. Gile | ![]() |
U.S. Navy | 8 | ||
Maxwell H. Glenn | ![]() |
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | possibly just 5 (+3 ground kills) | |
Mathew M. Gordon | ![]() |
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
Leroy V. Grosshuesch | ![]() |
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
Fred E. Gutt | ![]() |
U.S. Marine Corps | 8 | ||
Mayo A. Hadden, Jr. | ![]() |
U.S. Navy | 8 | ||
Leonard Haines † | ![]() |
Royal Air Force | 8[10] | (+ 4 shared) | |
John Hall | ![]() |
Royal Air Force | 8[11] | ||
Peter Hall | ![]() |
Royal New Zealand Air Force | 8[11] | ||
Aladár Heppes | ![]() |
Royal Hungarian Air Force | 8 | ||
Frederick A. Harris | ![]() |
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
Kenneth F. Hart | ![]() |
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
Edwin J. Herman (or Hernan), Jr. | ![]() |
U.S. Marine Corps | 8 | ||
George L. Hollowell | ![]() |
U.S. Marine Corps | 8 | ||
Angus Horne | ![]() |
Royal Air Force | 8 | ||
Jack M. Ilfrey | ![]() |
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
Mervyn Ingram † | ![]() |
Royal New Zealand Air Force | 8[12] | ||
Michael J. Jackson | ![]() |
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | (+5.5 ground kills) | |
Byron M. Johnson | ![]() |
U.S. Navy | 8 | ||
John M. Johnson | ![]() |
U.S. Navy | 8 | ||
John L. Jones | ![]() |
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
Claiborne H. Kinnard | ![]() |
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | (+17 ground kills) | |
Pál Kovács † | ![]() |
Royal Hungarian Air Force | 8 | ||
Charles M. Kunz | ![]() |
U.S. Marine Corps | 8 | ||
Wolfgang Kuthe † | ![]() |
Luftwaffe | 8[13] | Night fighter ace | |
William N. Leonard | ![]() |
U.S. Navy | 8 | ||
Elvin L. Lindsay | ![]() |
U.S. Navy | 8 | ||
Thomas E. Maloney | ![]() |
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | possibly just 7 | |
William R. Maxwell | ![]() |
U.S. Navy | 8 | ||
Earl May, Jr. | ![]() |
U.S. Navy | 8 | ||
Wallace McIntosh | ![]() |
Royal Air Force | 8 | Avro Lancaster tail gunner | |
Johnnie G. Miller | ![]() |
U.S. Navy | 8 | ||
Erich Mix | ![]() |
Luftwaffe | 8 | +3 in World War I | possibly 13 |
William W. Momyer | ![]() |
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
Douglas W. Mulcahey | ![]() |
U.S. Navy | 8 | ||
Alva C. Murphy | ![]() |
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
Joseph L. Narr | ![]() |
U.S. Marine Corps | 8 | ||
George P. Novotny | ![]() |
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
John G. O'Neill | ![]() |
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
Edward M. Owen | ![]() |
U.S. Navy | 8 | ||
Nathan T. Post | ![]() |
U.S. Marine Corps | 8 | ||
Luther D. Prater, Jr. | ![]() |
U.S. Navy | 8 | ||
Edward F. Roddy | ![]() |
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
Robert R. Rowland | ![]() |
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
Philip Sangermano (FO) | ![]() |
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
Charles W. Sawyer | ![]() |
American Volunteer Group; U.S. Army Air Forces |
8 | victories with 2 air forces | |
Glenn D. Schiltz Jr. | ![]() |
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
David A. Scott | ![]() |
U.S. Navy | 8 | possibly 9 | |
Dale E. Shafer | ![]() |
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
Robert M. Shaw | ![]() |
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
William A. Shomo | ![]() |
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | Ace in a day, awarded the Medal of Honor for this action | |
Irving Smith | ![]() |
Royal New Zealand Air Force | 8[14] | Transferred to the Royal Air Force after WWII | |
Robert H. Smith | ![]() |
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
Gordon Arthur Stanley | ![]() |
U.S. Navy | 8 | ||
Arland Stanton | ![]() |
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
John L. Sublett | ![]() |
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
Leopold Šrom | ![]() |
Royal Air Force | 8 | ||
James B. Tapp | ![]() |
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
Philip Edward Tovrea Jr. | ![]() |
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
James O. Tyler | ![]() |
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
John Urwin-Mann | ![]() |
Royal Air Force | 8[15] | (+2 shared victories) | |
Victor Verity | ![]() |
Royal Air Force | 8[16] | ||
John W. Vogt, Jr. | ![]() |
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
Boyd D. "Buzz" Wagner | ![]() |
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | First U.S. Armed Forces ace, within nine days of Attack on Pearl Harbor | |
Victor E. Warford | ![]() |
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
Arthur T. Warner | ![]() |
U.S. Marine Corps | 8 | ||
Charles E. Weaver | ![]() |
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | (+3 ground kills) | |
Hans-Dieter Weihs | ![]() |
Luftwaffe | 8[2] | Jet ace with all victories in Me 262 | |
Norman. F Williams | ![]() |
Royal Australian Air Force | 8 | Bomber rear gunner | |
Rex Kerslake Wilson | ![]() |
Royal Australian Air Force | 8 | ||
Theodore H. Winters, Jr. | ![]() |
U.S. Navy | 8 | ||
Donald K. Yost | ![]() |
U.S. Marine Corps | 8 | ||
Dan Scurtu | ![]() |
Royal Romanian Air Force | 8 | ||
Traian Dirjan | ![]() |
Royal Romanian Air Force | 8 | ||
Eugen Cameceanu | ![]() |
Royal Romanian Air Force | 8 | ||
Mihai Mihordea | ![]() |
Royal Romanian Air Force | 8 | ||
Ioan Panaite | ![]() |
Royal Romanian Air Force | 8 |
References
Citations
- ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 1505.
- ^ a b c Morgan & Weal 1998, p. 88.
- ^ Shores & Williams 1994, p. 96.
- ^ Shores & Williams 1994, pp. 99–100.
- ^ Shores & Williams 1994, p. 121.
- ^ Shores & Williams 1994, pp. 136–137.
- ^ Shores & Williams 1994, p. 137.
- ^ Shores & Williams 1994, pp. 202–203.
- ^ Shores & Williams 1994, p. 206.
- ^ Shores & Williams 1994, p. 307.
- ^ a b Shores & Williams 1994, p. 308.
- ^ Shores & Williams 1994, p. 350.
- ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 1504.
- ^ Shores & Williams 1994, p. 555.
- ^ Shores & Williams 1994, p. 601.
- ^ Shores & Williams 1994, pp. 606–607.
Bibliography
- Mathews, Andrew Johannes; Foreman, John (2015). Luftwaffe Aces — Biographies and Victory Claims — Volume 4 S–Z. Walton on Thames: Red Kite. ISBN 978-1-906592-21-9.
- Morgan, Hugh; Weal, John (1998). German Jet Aces of World War 2. Aircraft of the Aces. Vol. 17. London; New York: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85532-634-7.
- Shores, Christopher; Williams, Clive (1994). Aces High: A Tribute to the Most Notable Fighter Pilots of the British and Commonwealth Forces in WWII. London: Grub Street. ISBN 1-8-9869-7000.