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29 September 1918 – end of World War I Succeeded Luke on his death. Was the American ace of aces for overall aerial victories (26). [14] [better source needed] Indra Lal Roy: British India: 1917–1918 India's most successful fighter pilot, with 12 kills (two shared). He remains the only Indian fighter ace to this day. [15] [better source needed]
Erich Alfred Hartmann (19 April 1922 – 20 September 1993) was a German fighter pilot during World War II and the most successful fighter ace in the history of aerial warfare. [1] He flew 1,404 combat missions and participated in aerial combat on 825 separate occasions. [ 3 ]
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 ...
This list of World War II aces credited with 100 or more victories is a subset list of all fighter aces in World War II. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. [1] Here, all the fighter pilots with more than 100 aerial victories claimed are listed, all from ...
One is that, as someone who won an Olympic bronze medal in judo, followed by the first UFC women’s title, Rousey is entitled to feel like she is or at least was the greatest fighter in the world.
Langford defeated World Lightweight Champion Joe Gans on December 8, 1903, via a 15-round decision. Gans' title was not on the line, however. The two would later become good friends. Langford considered Gans the pound-for-pound greatest fighter of all time. He fought Jack Blackburn, trainer of the legendary Joe Louis, six times. The first three ...
The Nieuport 17, a French biplane fighter aircraft of World War I. While "ace" status was most often won by fighter pilots, bomber and reconnaissance crews, and observers in two-seater aircraft such as the Bristol F.2b ("Bristol Fighter"), also destroyed enemy aircraft. If a two-seater aircraft destroyed an aircraft, both crew members were ...
Muhammad Ali (/ ɑː ˈ l iː /; [2] born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.; January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016) was an American professional boxer and social activist. [a] A global cultural icon, widely known by the epithet, “The Greatest," he is frequently cited as the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time.