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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 term ace was stablished during WW1 to a pilot that is credited with the shotdown of 5 enemy aicraft.
Richard Ira "Dick" Bong (September 24, 1920 – August 6, 1945) was a United States Army Air Forces major and Medal of Honor recipient in World War II.He was one of the most decorated American fighter pilots and the country's top flying ace in the war, credited with shooting down 40 Japanese aircraft, all with the Lockheed P-38 Lightning.
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
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.
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.
David Endicott Putnam (December 10, 1898 – September 12, 1918) was an American flying ace of World War I. He was known as the “Ace of Aces,” for thirteen confirmed kills, and thirty cumulative unconfirmed. He was shot down by German ace Georg von Hantelmann.
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 credited with a victory.
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 ...