Russell Bannock, DSO, DFC, was one of the best Allied night fighter pilots and ended the war with a total of 9 aerial victories, 2 aircraft destroyed on the ground and 19.5 V-1 "buzz bombs" shot down. Russell Bannock, DSO, DFC, was one of...
Sadaaki Akamatsu survived the war and was credited with 27 aerial victorie, including 11 during the Second Sino-Japan War. Sadaaki Akamatsu survived the war and...
Hiroyoshi Nishizawa is credited in Japan with 36 aerial victories, 2 damaged and 49 shared victories, making him one of the greatest aces of World War II. Some sources credit him over 100 victories by the time of his death in October 1944. Hiroyoshi Nishizawa is credited in...
With 28 aerial victories credited by Japanese sources, Saburo Sakai was one of the leading aces of World War II. With 28 aerial victories credited by...
Franz Schieß (21 February 1921 – 2 September 1943) was a German fighter ace. He claimed 67 victories in 657 missions, (14 on the Eastern Front, and 53 against the Western Allies) whilst flying the Messerschmitt Bf 109. Franz Schieß (21 February 1921 – 2...
Johannes "Macky" Steinhoff (15 September 1913 – 21 February 1994) was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace of World War II with 176 aerial victories, and later a senior West German Air Force officer and military commander of NATO. Johannes "Macky" Steinhoff (15...
Heinrich Bartels (13 July 1918 – KiA 23 December 1944) was a German fighter ace in the Luftwaffe credited with 99 aerial victories. Heinrich Bartels (13 July 1918 – KiA...
Luftwaffe ace Josef "Sepp" Wurmheller (4 May 1917 – 22 June 1944) was credited with 102 enemy aircraft shot down in over 300 combat missions, mostly on the Western Front. Of his 93 victories over the Western Allies, at least 18 were four-engined bombers and 56 were against Supermarine Spitfire fighters. Luftwaffe ace Josef "Sepp" Wurmheller...
Luftwaffe ace Josef "Sepp" Wurmheller (4 May 1917 – 22 June 1944) was credited with 102 enemy aircraft shot down in over 300 combat missions, mostly on the Western Front. Of his 93 victories over the Western Allies, at least 18 were four-engined bombers and 56 were against Supermarine Spitfire fighters. Luftwaffe ace Josef "Sepp" Wurmheller...
George "Ben" Bennions was one of the leading Battle of Britain Spitfire pilots, credited with twelve enemy aircraft destroyed in just over 2 months, before he was shot down and wounded on 1 October 1940. George "Ben" Bennions was one of the...