McCampbell is the United States Navy's all-time leading flying ace and the top F6F Hellcat ace with 34 aerial victories. He was the third-highest American scoring ace of World War II, after Richard Bong and Thomas B. McGuire. He also set a record by shooting down nine enemy planes in a single mission, on October 24, 1944, at the beginning of the Battle of... McCampbell is the United States...
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). After the war, Clostermann devoted himself to his work as engineer, politics and fishing. With 33 aerial victories, Pierre...