Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Ace in each of two wars, first in aviation history with 100 victories [73] Killed as a passenger in a flying accident on 22 November 1941. [74] Rudolf Miethig †. Germany. Luftwaffe. 101 [6][68] Killed in action on 10 June 1943.
Credited with 72 victories, making him the top Canadian and British Empire ace of the war. [11] In 1917 he became the highest scoring ace in the RFC and the third top ace of the war, behind only the Red Baron and René Fonck. [12] Raoul Lufbery. United States. ( Armée de l'air) 2 December 1917 – 15 May 1918.
Mato Dukovac, the highest scoring Croatian ace. Ilmari Juutilainen, the top flying ace of the Finnish Air Force and the highest scoring non-German fighter pilot. Marmaduke 'Pat' Pattle, the highest scoring United Kingdom and Empire ace. George Beurling, the highest scoring Canadian ace.
Kurt Welter (25 February 1916 – 7 March 1949) was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace and the most successful Jet Expert of World War II. [Note 1] A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. [1] He claimed a total of 63 aerial victories—that is, 63 aerial combat ...
During 1944–45, the Luftwaffe committed two other jet- or rocket-powered fighters to combat operations. In addition to the Me 262, the Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet and the Heinkel He 162 Volksjäger both become operational. Few claims were made by pilots of the Me 163 and He 162, and none achieved ace status on either of these types.
Joseph Christopher McConnell Jr. (30 January 1922 – 25 August 1954) was a United States Air Force fighter pilot who was the top American flying ace during the Korean War. [1] A native of Dover, New Hampshire , Captain McConnell was credited with shooting down 16 MiG-15s while flying North American F-86 Sabres .
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 ...
Two aircraft were the backbone of the Luftwaffe fighter force during World War II: the Messerschmitt Bf 109 (shown above) and the Focke-Wulf Fw 190. This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from Germany. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. [1]