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Flying RM791, S/L Benham shot down two Focke-Wulf Fw 190D fighters over Germany on 23 January 1945. Flying RM791, S/L Benham shot down...
Flying RM791, S/L Benham shot down two Focke-Wulf Fw 190D fighters over Germany on 23 January 1945. Flying RM791, S/L Benham shot down...
Flying NH915, F/L Rake claimed No 41 Squadron’s last victory of the war, a Junkers Ju 188, on 3 May 1945. Flying NH915, F/L Rake claimed No 41...
Flying MB882, F/L Spencer shot down Hauptmann Emil ‘Bully’ Lang, a German ace credited with 173 aerial victories, on 3 September 1944. Spencer's final score was of ten confirmed victories. Flying MB882, F/L Spencer shot down...
Arthur A. "Pinky" Glen, DFC & Bar, was a Royal Air Force ace with 9 aerial victories. Arthur A. "Pinky" Glen, DFC &...
Jan Eugeniusz Ludwig Zumbach (1915-1986) was a fighter pilot in the Polish air force and joined the RAF after the fall of Poland. He scored 8 confirmed kills and a probable during the Battle of Britain, edning the war with 12 confirmed victories, 2 shared, 5 probables and one damaged. Jan Eugeniusz Ludwig Zumbach...
Tadeusz "Novi" Nowierski was a Polish reconnaissance pilot and one of the first Poles to join the RAF. His transition to fighters was a success as he shot down 5 German aircraft during the Battle of Britain. Hecommanded several units during the war, ending with 5 confirmed victories and two probables. Tadeusz "Novi" Nowierski was a Polish...
With 33 aerial victories, Pierre Clostermann DFC & Bar is France's ace of aces in World War II. He described his wartime experiences in his best-selling memoirs Le Grand Cirque (The Big Show), and notably his first flight in a Spitfire of OTU 61 in 1942. With 33 aerial victories, Pierre...
Emile Fayolle DFC (1916-1942) fled to England in 1940 and served with No 340 (Free French) Squadron before taking command of No 174 Squadron. He was killed on August 18, 1942 while flying cover for the the Dieppe landing. Emile Fayolle DFC (1916-1942) fled to...
Air Vice Marshal James Edgar "Johnnie" Johnson CB, CBE, DSO & Two Bars, DFC & Bar (1915-2001) was credited with 34 individual victories over enemy aircraft, as well as seven shared victories, three shared probables, 10 damaged, three shared damaged and one destroyed on the ground, making him the RAF's highest-scoring ace on the Western Front in World War II. Air Vice Marshal James Edgar...
Stanislaw Skalski became the first Allied ace of the war when he shot down 6 German aircraft between 1 and 16 September 1939. After joining the RAF he increased his score to a total of 18 11/12 (or 22 11/12 according to some sources), making him the top Polish ace of the war. Stanislaw Skalski became the first...
René Mouchotte mamnaged to flee to England in 1940 and rose in the RAF to command a fighter wing. He was killed in action on 27 August 1943, having achieved 2 confirmed aerial victories, one shared, one probable and a damaged. René Mouchotte mamnaged to flee to...