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Ace of aces is a title accorded to the top active ace within a branch of service in a nation's military in time of war. [ citation needed ] The title is most closely associated with fighter aces , though there are other types, such as tank aces and submarine aces.
Lafayette Green Pool (July 23, 1919 – May 30, 1991) was an American tank-crew and tank-platoon commander in World War II and is widely recognized as the US tank ace of aces, [2] [page needed] credited with 12 confirmed tank kills and 258 total armored vehicle and self-propelled gun kills, over 1,000 German soldiers killed and 250 more taken as prisoners of war, [3] accomplished in only 81 ...
Ace of Aces, the title of several biographies of Dick Bong; Ace of Aces, the title of Teddy Suhren's memoirs; Ace of Aces, the title of Rene Fonck's autobiography; Ace of Aces, the title of a biography of Marmaduke Pattle; Ace of Aces, the title of a biography of Eddie Rickenbacker
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 ...
L'as des as (The Ace of Aces; alternate English title: The Super Ace) is a 1982 French-German action comedy film starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and directed by Gérard Oury. The Ace of Aces was a huge public success, reaching five and a half million spectators in France, which was the second best box office (after The Brain) for Jean-Paul Belmondo.
George Earl Preddy Jr. (February 5, 1919 – December 25, 1944) was a United States Army Air Forces officer during World War II and an American ace credited with 26.83 enemy air-to-air kills (a number that includes shared one-half and one-third victory credits), [1] ranking him as the top P-51 Mustang ace of World War II and eighth on the list of highest scoring American aces.
Ace of Aces, also known as Bird of Prey, is a 1933 American pre-Code war film based on the story "The Bird of Prey" by World War I pilot John Monk Saunders that explores how war can turn a man's moral compass from pacifism to warmonger.
McCampbell is the United States Navy's all-time leading flying ace (called Ace of the Aces in the Navy) and top F6F Hellcat ace with 34 aerial victories. He was the third-highest American scoring ace of World War II and the highest-scoring American ace to survive the war.