Name of Ace Pilot | Country | Aircraft flown | Number of “kills” |
Erich Hartmann | Germany | Messerschmitt Bf-109E | 352 |
Gerhard Barkhorn | Germany | Bf-109E, Bf-109G, Fw-190D-9 | 301 |
Günther Rall | Germany | Bf-109 | 275 |
Walter Nowotny | Germany | Bf-109E, Fw-190, Me-262 | 258 |
Erich Rudorffer | Germany | Bf-109E, Fw-190 | 222 |
Hans-Joachim Marseille | Germany | Bf-109E, Bf-109F | 158 |
Adolf Galland | Germany | Hs-123, Bf-109E, F-190, Me-262 | 104 |
Alexander Pokryshkin | Soviet Union | MiG-3, Yak-1, P-39, P-63 | 88 |
Hiroyoshi Nishizawa | Japan | A6M Zero | 87 |
Hans Wind | Finland | B239, Bf-109G | 75 |
Ivan Kozhedub | Soviet Union | La-5, La-7 | 66 |
Saburō Sakai | Japan | A6M2 Zero | 64 |
Marmaduke Pattle | Commonwealth | Gladiator, Hurricane | 50 |
Mato Dukovac | Croatia | Bf-109 | 44 |
Constantin Cantacuzino | Romania | Bf-109G | 43 |
Tom Pattle | South Africa | SupermarineSpitfire | 41 |
Richard Bong | USA | P-38 Lightning | 40 |
Thomas McGuire | USA | P-38 Lightning | 38 |
A.G. “Sailor” Malan | South Africa | Supermarine Spitfire | 35 |
David McCampbell | USA | F6F Hellcat | 34 |
Frank Carey | Britain | Hawker Hurricane | 28 |
Geoffrey Allard | Britain | Hawker Hurricane, | 24 |
J.J. “Chris” Le Roux | South Africa | Supermarine Spitfire | 23.5 |
Douglas Bader | Britain | Supermarine Spitfire | 22 |
P.H. “Dutch” Hugo | South Africa | Supermarine Spitfire | 22 |
Lilya Litviak* | Soviet Union | Yak-1 | 12 |