This is a list of fighter ace

Fighter Ace

Fighter Ace was a massively multiplayer online computer game in which one flies World War II fighter and bomber planes in combat against other players and virtual pilots...

s in World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

, ordered by national origin. For a shorter list with rank and kill count see List of top World War II aces.

By nationality:

Australia

There were 103 air aces from Australia during the Second World War. For more information, see List of World War II aces from Australia.

Austria

• Franz Achleitner
• Heinrich Bartels
  Heinrich Bartels
  Oberfeldwebel Heinrich Bartels was German World War II Luftwaffe 99+ victories Flying ace. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat...
  
  
• Herbert Bauer (pilot)
  Herbert Bauer (pilot)
  Herbert Bauer was a highly decorated Major in the Luftwaffe during World War II, and one of only 882 recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or...
  
  
• Hermann Buchner (Me 262 pilot)
• Franz Ferdinand Colloredo-Mansfeld - born in Rome to an Austrian diplomat, studied in the US and joined the Royal Air Force
  Royal Air Force
  The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...
  
   following the annexation of Austria by Germany
• Leopold Fellerer
  Leopold Fellerer
  Leopold "Poldi" Fellerer was a German Luftwaffe night fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.-Career:Fellerer was born in...
  
  
• Emmerich Fluder
• Gordon Gollob
  Gordon Gollob
  Gordon M. Gollob was an Austrian-born German fighter pilot and flying ace in the Luftwaffe from 1938 to 1945 during 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...
  
  
• Hartmann Grasser
  Hartmann Grasser
  Hartmann Grasser was a World War II German fighter ace. He was credited with shooting down 103 Allied aircraft while flying 700 missions on the Western Front , Eastern Front , and in North Africa He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves...
  
  
• Karl Gratz
  Karl Gratz
  Karl Gratz was an Austrian born Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...
  
  
• Josef Jennewein
  Josef Jennewein
  Josef Jennewein was a German alpine skier and world champion. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross...
  
  
• Josef Kraft
• Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld
  Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld
  Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld was a Luftwaffe night fighter flying ace of aristocratic descent during 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...
  
  
• Georg Michalek
• "Nowi" Walter Nowotny
  Walter Nowotny
  Major Walter "Nowi" Nowotny was an Austrian-born German fighter ace of World War II. He is credited with 258 aerial victories in 442 combat missions...
  
  
• Hubert Polz
• Franz Schall
  Franz Schall
  Franz Schall was a German World War II fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...
  
  
• Leopold Steinbatz
  Leopold Steinbatz
  Leopold "Bazi" Steinbatz was a German former Luftwaffe fighter ace and sole non Officer recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords during World War II.-Luftwaffe career:After service in the Austrian Army Steinbatz joined the...
  
  
• "Max" Maximilian Stotz
  Max Stotz
  Max Stotz was a German former Luftwaffe flying ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat...
  
  
• Egon Troha
• Robert Weiß
  Robert Weiß
  Robert "Bazi" Weiß was a German World War II fighter ace who served in the Luftwaffe from 1939 until his death on 29 December 1944.- Biography :...
  
  
• Peter Werfft
  Peter Werfft
  Dr. Peter Werfft-Wessely , an Austrian chemist, was a Luftwaffe fighter ace in World War II, and a chemical industry entrepreneur after the war. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross...
  
  

Belgium

There were 14 air aces from Belgium during the Second World War. For more information, see List of World War II aces from Belgium.

Bulgaria

There were 2 air aces from Bulgaria during the Second World War. For more information, see List of World War II aces from Bulgaria.

Canada

There were 152 air aces from Canada during the Second World War. For more information, see List of World War II aces from Canada.

China

There were more than 25 fighter aces from the China

China

Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...

 during the Second World War, although not all flew for the Allies

Allies of World War II

The Allies of World War II were the countries that opposed the Axis powers during the Second World War . Former Axis states contributing to the Allied victory are not considered Allied states...

. For more information, see List of World War II aces from China.

Croatia

There were 25 fighter aces from the Independent State of Croatia

Independent State of Croatia

The Independent State of Croatia was a World War II puppet state of Nazi Germany, established on a part of Axis-occupied Yugoslavia. The NDH was founded on 10 April 1941, after the invasion of Yugoslavia by the Axis powers. All of Bosnia and Herzegovina was annexed to NDH, together with some parts...

 during the Second World War. For more information, see List of World War II aces from Croatia.

Czechia

There were more than 28 aces from Czechia during the Second World War. For more information, see List of World War II aces from Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia

There were more than 30 aces from Czechoslovakia during the Second World War. For more information, see List of World War II aces from Czechoslovakia

• See also List of World War II aces from Slovakia.

Denmark

There were 3 fighter aces from Denmark during the Second World War. For further information, see List of World War II aces from Denmark.

Finland

There were 96 fighter aces from Finland during the Second World War. For further information, see List of World War II aces from Finland

France

There were more than 180 aces from France during the Second World War. See List of World War II aces from France and List of Vichy France flying aces.

Germany

There were over 2500 aces from Germany during the Second World War. For a detailed list, see List of World War II aces from Germany

Greece

There were 6 air aces from Greece during the Second World War.

Hungary

There were 39 air aces from Hungary during the Second World War. For further information, see List of World War II aces from Hungary.

Ireland

There were more than 13 aces from Ireland during the Second World War.

• Brendan Eamonn Fergus Finucane
  Paddy Finucane
  Wing Commander Brendan Eamonn Fergus Finucane DSO, DFC & Two Bars , known as Paddy Finucane, was a Royal Air Force fighter pilot...
  
   RAF No.13 No.65 & No.602 Sqn, Hornchurch Wing; RCAF No.19 & No.452 Sqn; KIA 15/Jul/1942
• John Martin Bruen FAA
  Fleet Air Arm
  The Fleet Air Arm is the branch of the British Royal Navy responsible for the operation of naval aircraft. The Fleet Air Arm currently operates the AgustaWestland Merlin, Westland Sea King and Westland Lynx helicopters...
  
   5 801, 759, 803, 778, 800 & 836Sq
• John Ignatus Kilmartin RAF 12.33 1, 43, 602, 313, 128 & 504Sq, Hornchurch Wing, 136 Wing, 910 Wing
• James Reginald Bryan Meaker RAF 8 46, 263 & 249Sq; KIA 27/Sep/1940
• Rupert Frederick Smythe RAF 6 29, 504 & 32Sq
• Robert Wilkinson Turkington RAF 9.16 124, 611, 43, 72, 241 & 601Sq; KIFA Apr/1945

Italy

There were more than 100 aces from Italy during the Second World War. For further information, see List of World War II aces from Italy

Japan

There were approximately 335 aces from Japan during the Second World War. For a complete list, see List of World War II aces from Japan

New Zealand

There were more than 80 aces from New Zealand during the Second World War. For a complete list, see List of World War II aces from New Zealand.

Norway

There were 20 aces from Norway during the Second World War. For a complete list, see List of World War II aces from Norway.

Poland

There were 91 air aces from Poland during the Second World War. For further information, see List of World War II aces from Poland.

Rhodesia

There were 11 air aces from Rhodesia during the Second World War. For further information, see List of World War II aces from Rhodesia.

Romania

• Horia Agarici
  Horia Agarici
  Captain Horia Agarici was a Romanian aviator and World War II flying ace.Born in Lausanne, Switzerland, Agarici lived much of his youth in Iaşi, then attended flying schools in Bucharest and Tecuci , becoming a bomber pilot in the Romanian Air Force...
  
  
• Florin Alexiu
• Emil Bălan
• Vintilă Brătianu
• Florian Budu
• Nicolae Burileanu
• Eugen Cameceanu
• Prince Constantin Cantacuzino
  Constantin Cantacuzino
  Constantin Cantacuzino may refer to several members of the Cantacuzino family:*Constantin Cantacuzino , Wallachian stolnic, historian and diplomat*Constantin Cantacuzino , Wallachian kaymakam in 1848...
  
   (Bâzu)
• Laurenţiu Cătană
• Cristea Chirvăsăuţă
• Gheorghe Cocebas
• Petre Cordescu
• Gheorghe Cristea
• Traian Dârjan
• Ioan Dicezare
• Ion Dobran
• Hariton Duşescu
• Mircea Dumitescu
• Ion Galea
• Vasile Gavriliu (Chitu)
• Ştefan Greceanu
• Teodor Greceanu
• Dumitru Ilie
• Constantin Lungulescu
• Ioan Maga
• Ioan Mălăcescu
• Ioan Micu
• Mihai Mihordea
• Ion Milu
• ? Moldoveanu
• Iosif Moraru
• Ion Mucenica
• Liviu Mureşan
• ? Neghrineac
• Constantin Nicoară
• Ion Panait
• Nicolae Polizu-Micşuneşti
• Constantin Pomuţ
• Gheorghe Pomuţ
• Constantin Popescu
• Gheorghe Popescu-Ciocănel
• Andrei Rădulescu
• Radu Reinek
• Constantin Rozariu
• Dan Scurtu
• Erich Şelei
• Alexandru Şerbănescu
  Alexandru Serbanescu
  Alexandru "Alecu" Şerbănescu was a leading Romanian fighter pilot and flying ace in World War II. In the spring of 1942 he was assigned as a pilot to the 7th Fighter Group, which fought with the German forces against the Soviet Union on the Eastern Front, including Stalingrad...
  
  
• Parsifal Ştefănescu
• Aurel Tifrea
• Gheorghe Tutuianu
• Constantin Ursachi
• Tiberiu Vinca
• Dan Vizanti
• Ioan Vornica
• Teodor Zăbavă

Slovakia

There were 19 air aces from Slovakia during the Second World War. For further information, see List of World War II aces from Slovakia.

See also List of World War II aces from Czechoslovakia

South Africa

There were 59 aces from South Africa during the Second World War. For more information, see List of World War II aces from South Africa

Soviet Union

There were more than 3000 aces from the Soviet Union during the Second World War. For more information, see List of World War II aces from the Soviet Union

Spain

• Vicente Beltran
• Luis Azqueta Brunet
• Antonio García Cano
• Manuel Zarauza Claver
• Fernando Sanchez Arjona Courtoy
• Fernando Bengoa Cremades
• José Luis Larranaga
• Angel Salaz Larrazabal
• Vicente Aldecoa Lecanda
• Damaso Arango Lopez
• Mariano Cuadra Medina
• Bernardo Meneses Orozco
• Francisco Merono Pellicer
• Lorenzo Lucas Fernandez Pena
• Jose Ramon Gavilan Ponce de Leon
• Jose Mateos Recio
• Juan Lario Sanchez
• Manuel Sanchez-Tabernero de Prada
• José Pascual Santamaria
• Frank Glasgow Tinker
  Frank Glasgow Tinker
  Frank Glasgow Tinker was an American mercenary fighter pilot for the Spanish Republican Air Force, during the Spanish Civil War. He was the top American ace during the Spanish Civil War.-Early years:...
  
   - as an American mercenary pilot flying for Republican forces during the Spanish Civil War
• Francisco Valiente Zarraga

Sweden

• William Y Anderson
  William Y Anderson
  William Yngve Anderson is a Swedish American fighter ace of World War II with 7 official victories in Europe, flying P-51 Mustang fighters in the U.S. Army Air Forces .-Biography:...
  
   for U.S. Army Air Forces. 7 kills (+ -1 (flying bomb)|V-1 "flying bomb"] in 17 June 1944).

This is a list of fighter ace

Fighter Ace

Fighter Ace was a massively multiplayer online computer game in which one flies World War II fighter and bomber planes in combat against other players and virtual pilots...

s in World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

, ordered by national origin. For a shorter list with rank and kill count see List of top World War II aces.

By nationality:

Australia

There were 103 air aces from Australia during the Second World War. For more information, see List of World War II aces from Australia.

Austria

• Franz Achleitner
• Heinrich Bartels
  Heinrich Bartels
  Oberfeldwebel Heinrich Bartels was German World War II Luftwaffe 99+ victories Flying ace. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat...
  
  
• Herbert Bauer (pilot)
  Herbert Bauer (pilot)
  Herbert Bauer was a highly decorated Major in the Luftwaffe during World War II, and one of only 882 recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or...
  
  
• Hermann Buchner (Me 262 pilot)
• Franz Ferdinand Colloredo-Mansfeld - born in Rome to an Austrian diplomat, studied in the US and joined the Royal Air Force
  Royal Air Force
  The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...
  
   following the annexation of Austria by Germany
• Leopold Fellerer
  Leopold Fellerer
  Leopold "Poldi" Fellerer was a German Luftwaffe night fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.-Career:Fellerer was born in...
  
  
• Emmerich Fluder
• Gordon Gollob
  Gordon Gollob
  Gordon M. Gollob was an Austrian-born German fighter pilot and flying ace in the Luftwaffe from 1938 to 1945 during 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...
  
  
• Hartmann Grasser
  Hartmann Grasser
  Hartmann Grasser was a World War II German fighter ace. He was credited with shooting down 103 Allied aircraft while flying 700 missions on the Western Front , Eastern Front , and in North Africa He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves...
  
  
• Karl Gratz
  Karl Gratz
  Karl Gratz was an Austrian born Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...
  
  
• Josef Jennewein
  Josef Jennewein
  Josef Jennewein was a German alpine skier and world champion. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross...
  
  
• Josef Kraft
• Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld
  Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld
  Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld was a Luftwaffe night fighter flying ace of aristocratic descent during 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...
  
  
• Georg Michalek
• "Nowi" Walter Nowotny
  Walter Nowotny
  Major Walter "Nowi" Nowotny was an Austrian-born German fighter ace of World War II. He is credited with 258 aerial victories in 442 combat missions...
  
  
• Hubert Polz
• Franz Schall
  Franz Schall
  Franz Schall was a German World War II fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...
  
  
• Leopold Steinbatz
  Leopold Steinbatz
  Leopold "Bazi" Steinbatz was a German former Luftwaffe fighter ace and sole non Officer recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords during World War II.-Luftwaffe career:After service in the Austrian Army Steinbatz joined the...
  
  
• "Max" Maximilian Stotz
  Max Stotz
  Max Stotz was a German former Luftwaffe flying ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat...
  
  
• Egon Troha
• Robert Weiß
  Robert Weiß
  Robert "Bazi" Weiß was a German World War II fighter ace who served in the Luftwaffe from 1939 until his death on 29 December 1944.- Biography :...
  
  
• Peter Werfft
  Peter Werfft
  Dr. Peter Werfft-Wessely , an Austrian chemist, was a Luftwaffe fighter ace in World War II, and a chemical industry entrepreneur after the war. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross...
  
  

Belgium

There were 14 air aces from Belgium during the Second World War. For more information, see List of World War II aces from Belgium.

Bulgaria

There were 2 air aces from Bulgaria during the Second World War. For more information, see List of World War II aces from Bulgaria.

Canada

There were 152 air aces from Canada during the Second World War. For more information, see List of World War II aces from Canada.

China

There were more than 25 fighter aces from the China

China

Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...

 during the Second World War, although not all flew for the Allies

Allies of World War II

The Allies of World War II were the countries that opposed the Axis powers during the Second World War . Former Axis states contributing to the Allied victory are not considered Allied states...

. For more information, see List of World War II aces from China.

Croatia

There were 25 fighter aces from the Independent State of Croatia

Independent State of Croatia

The Independent State of Croatia was a World War II puppet state of Nazi Germany, established on a part of Axis-occupied Yugoslavia. The NDH was founded on 10 April 1941, after the invasion of Yugoslavia by the Axis powers. All of Bosnia and Herzegovina was annexed to NDH, together with some parts...

 during the Second World War. For more information, see List of World War II aces from Croatia.

Czechia

There were more than 28 aces from Czechia during the Second World War. For more information, see List of World War II aces from Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia

There were more than 30 aces from Czechoslovakia during the Second World War. For more information, see List of World War II aces from Czechoslovakia

• See also List of World War II aces from Slovakia.

Denmark

There were 3 fighter aces from Denmark during the Second World War. For further information, see List of World War II aces from Denmark.

Finland

There were 96 fighter aces from Finland during the Second World War. For further information, see List of World War II aces from Finland

France

There were more than 180 aces from France during the Second World War. See List of World War II aces from France and List of Vichy France flying aces.

Germany

There were over 2500 aces from Germany during the Second World War. For a detailed list, see List of World War II aces from Germany

Greece

There were 6 air aces from Greece during the Second World War.

Hungary

There were 39 air aces from Hungary during the Second World War. For further information, see List of World War II aces from Hungary.

Ireland

There were more than 13 aces from Ireland during the Second World War.Aces High,Christopher F. Shores & Clive Williams, Grub Street, London 1994

• Brendan Eamonn Fergus Finucane
  Paddy Finucane
  Wing Commander Brendan Eamonn Fergus Finucane DSO, DFC & Two Bars , known as Paddy Finucane, was a Royal Air Force fighter pilot...
  
   RAF No.13 No.65 & No.602 Sqn, Hornchurch Wing; RCAF No.19 & No.452 Sqn; KIA 15/Jul/1942
• John Martin Bruen FAA
  Fleet Air Arm
  The Fleet Air Arm is the branch of the British Royal Navy responsible for the operation of naval aircraft. The Fleet Air Arm currently operates the AgustaWestland Merlin, Westland Sea King and Westland Lynx helicopters...
  
   5 801, 759, 803, 778, 800 & 836Sq
• John Ignatus Kilmartin RAF 12.33 1, 43, 602, 313, 128 & 504Sq, Hornchurch Wing, 136 Wing, 910 Wing
• James Reginald Bryan Meaker RAF 8 46, 263 & 249Sq; KIA 27/Sep/1940
• Rupert Frederick Smythe RAF 6 29, 504 & 32Sq
• Robert Wilkinson Turkington RAF 9.16 124, 611, 43, 72, 241 & 601Sq; KIFA Apr/1945

Italy

There were more than 100 aces from Italy during the Second World War. For further information, see List of World War II aces from Italy

Japan

There were approximately 335 aces from Japan during the Second World War. For a complete list, see List of World War II aces from Japan

New Zealand

There were more than 80 aces from New Zealand during the Second World War. For a complete list, see List of World War II aces from New Zealand.

Norway

There were 20 aces from Norway during the Second World War. For a complete list, see List of World War II aces from Norway.

Poland

There were 91 air aces from Poland during the Second World War. For further information, see List of World War II aces from Poland.

Rhodesia

There were 11 air aces from Rhodesia during the Second World War. For further information, see List of World War II aces from Rhodesia.

Romania

• Horia Agarici
  Horia Agarici
  Captain Horia Agarici was a Romanian aviator and World War II flying ace.Born in Lausanne, Switzerland, Agarici lived much of his youth in Iaşi, then attended flying schools in Bucharest and Tecuci , becoming a bomber pilot in the Romanian Air Force...
  
  
• Florin Alexiu
• Emil Bălan
• Vintilă Brătianu
• Florian Budu
• Nicolae Burileanu
• Eugen Cameceanu
• Prince Constantin Cantacuzino
  Constantin Cantacuzino
  Constantin Cantacuzino may refer to several members of the Cantacuzino family:*Constantin Cantacuzino , Wallachian stolnic, historian and diplomat*Constantin Cantacuzino , Wallachian kaymakam in 1848...
  
   (Bâzu)
• Laurenţiu Cătană
• Cristea Chirvăsăuţă
• Gheorghe Cocebas
• Petre Cordescu
• Gheorghe Cristea
• Traian Dârjan
• Ioan Dicezare
• Ion Dobran
• Hariton Duşescu
• Mircea Dumitescu
• Ion Galea
• Vasile Gavriliu (Chitu)
• Ştefan Greceanu
• Teodor Greceanu
• Dumitru Ilie
• Constantin Lungulescu
• Ioan Maga
• Ioan Mălăcescu
• Ioan Micu
• Mihai Mihordea
• Ion Milu
• ? Moldoveanu
• Iosif Moraru
• Ion Mucenica
• Liviu Mureşan
• ? Neghrineac
• Constantin Nicoară
• Ion Panait
• Nicolae Polizu-Micşuneşti
• Constantin Pomuţ
• Gheorghe Pomuţ
• Constantin Popescu
• Gheorghe Popescu-Ciocănel
• Andrei Rădulescu
• Radu Reinek
• Constantin Rozariu
• Dan Scurtu
• Erich Şelei
• Alexandru Şerbănescu
  Alexandru Serbanescu
  Alexandru "Alecu" Şerbănescu was a leading Romanian fighter pilot and flying ace in World War II. In the spring of 1942 he was assigned as a pilot to the 7th Fighter Group, which fought with the German forces against the Soviet Union on the Eastern Front, including Stalingrad...
  
  
• Parsifal Ştefănescu
• Aurel Tifrea
• Gheorghe Tutuianu
• Constantin Ursachi
• Tiberiu Vinca
• Dan Vizanti
• Ioan Vornica
• Teodor Zăbavă

Slovakia

There were 19 air aces from Slovakia during the Second World War. For further information, see List of World War II aces from Slovakia.

See also List of World War II aces from Czechoslovakia

South Africa

There were 59 aces from South Africa during the Second World War. For more information, see List of World War II aces from South Africa

Soviet Union

There were more than 3000 aces from the Soviet Union during the Second World War. For more information, see List of World War II aces from the Soviet Union

Spain

• Vicente Beltran
• Luis Azqueta Brunet
• Antonio García Cano
• Manuel Zarauza Claver
• Fernando Sanchez Arjona Courtoy
• Fernando Bengoa Cremades
• José Luis Larranaga
• Angel Salaz Larrazabal
• Vicente Aldecoa Lecanda
• Damaso Arango Lopez
• Mariano Cuadra Medina
• Bernardo Meneses Orozco
• Francisco Merono Pellicer
• Lorenzo Lucas Fernandez Pena
• Jose Ramon Gavilan Ponce de Leon
• Jose Mateos Recio
• Juan Lario Sanchez
• Manuel Sanchez-Tabernero de Prada
• José Pascual Santamaria
• Frank Glasgow Tinker
  Frank Glasgow Tinker
  Frank Glasgow Tinker was an American mercenary fighter pilot for the Spanish Republican Air Force, during the Spanish Civil War. He was the top American ace during the Spanish Civil War.-Early years:...
  
   - as an American mercenary pilot flying for Republican forces during the Spanish Civil War
• Francisco Valiente Zarraga

Sweden

• William Y Anderson
  William Y Anderson
  William Yngve Anderson is a Swedish American fighter ace of World War II with 7 official victories in Europe, flying P-51 Mustang fighters in the U.S. Army Air Forces .-Biography:...
  
   for U.S. Army Air Forces. 7 kills (+ -1 (flying bomb)|V-1 "flying bomb"] in 17 June 1944).

This is a list of fighter ace

Fighter Ace

Fighter Ace was a massively multiplayer online computer game in which one flies World War II fighter and bomber planes in combat against other players and virtual pilots...

s in World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

, ordered by national origin. For a shorter list with rank and kill count see List of top World War II aces.

By nationality:

Australia

There were 103 air aces from Australia during the Second World War. For more information, see List of World War II aces from Australia.

Austria

• Franz Achleitner
• Heinrich Bartels
  Heinrich Bartels
  Oberfeldwebel Heinrich Bartels was German World War II Luftwaffe 99+ victories Flying ace. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat...
  
  
• Herbert Bauer (pilot)
  Herbert Bauer (pilot)
  Herbert Bauer was a highly decorated Major in the Luftwaffe during World War II, and one of only 882 recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or...
  
  
• Hermann Buchner (Me 262 pilot)
• Franz Ferdinand Colloredo-Mansfeld - born in Rome to an Austrian diplomat, studied in the US and joined the Royal Air Force
  Royal Air Force
  The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...
  
   following the annexation of Austria by Germany
• Leopold Fellerer
  Leopold Fellerer
  Leopold "Poldi" Fellerer was a German Luftwaffe night fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.-Career:Fellerer was born in...
  
  
• Emmerich Fluder
• Gordon Gollob
  Gordon Gollob
  Gordon M. Gollob was an Austrian-born German fighter pilot and flying ace in the Luftwaffe from 1938 to 1945 during 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...
  
  
• Hartmann Grasser
  Hartmann Grasser
  Hartmann Grasser was a World War II German fighter ace. He was credited with shooting down 103 Allied aircraft while flying 700 missions on the Western Front , Eastern Front , and in North Africa He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves...
  
  
• Karl Gratz
  Karl Gratz
  Karl Gratz was an Austrian born Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...
  
  
• Josef Jennewein
  Josef Jennewein
  Josef Jennewein was a German alpine skier and world champion. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross...
  
  
• Josef Kraft
• Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld
  Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld
  Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld was a Luftwaffe night fighter flying ace of aristocratic descent during 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...
  
  
• Georg Michalek
• "Nowi" Walter Nowotny
  Walter Nowotny
  Major Walter "Nowi" Nowotny was an Austrian-born German fighter ace of World War II. He is credited with 258 aerial victories in 442 combat missions...
  
  
• Hubert Polz
• Franz Schall
  Franz Schall
  Franz Schall was a German World War II fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...
  
  
• Leopold Steinbatz
  Leopold Steinbatz
  Leopold "Bazi" Steinbatz was a German former Luftwaffe fighter ace and sole non Officer recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords during World War II.-Luftwaffe career:After service in the Austrian Army Steinbatz joined the...
  
  
• "Max" Maximilian Stotz
  Max Stotz
  Max Stotz was a German former Luftwaffe flying ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat...
  
  
• Egon Troha
• Robert Weiß
  Robert Weiß
  Robert "Bazi" Weiß was a German World War II fighter ace who served in the Luftwaffe from 1939 until his death on 29 December 1944.- Biography :...
  
  
• Peter Werfft
  Peter Werfft
  Dr. Peter Werfft-Wessely , an Austrian chemist, was a Luftwaffe fighter ace in World War II, and a chemical industry entrepreneur after the war. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross...
  
  

Belgium

There were 14 air aces from Belgium during the Second World War. For more information, see List of World War II aces from Belgium.

Bulgaria

There were 2 air aces from Bulgaria during the Second World War. For more information, see List of World War II aces from Bulgaria.

Canada

There were 152 air aces from Canada during the Second World War. For more information, see List of World War II aces from Canada.

China

There were more than 25 fighter aces from the China

China

Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...

 during the Second World War, although not all flew for the Allies

Allies of World War II

The Allies of World War II were the countries that opposed the Axis powers during the Second World War . Former Axis states contributing to the Allied victory are not considered Allied states...

. For more information, see List of World War II aces from China.

Croatia

There were 25 fighter aces from the Independent State of Croatia

Independent State of Croatia

The Independent State of Croatia was a World War II puppet state of Nazi Germany, established on a part of Axis-occupied Yugoslavia. The NDH was founded on 10 April 1941, after the invasion of Yugoslavia by the Axis powers. All of Bosnia and Herzegovina was annexed to NDH, together with some parts...

 during the Second World War. For more information, see List of World War II aces from Croatia.

Czechia

There were more than 28 aces from Czechia during the Second World War. For more information, see List of World War II aces from Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia

There were more than 30 aces from Czechoslovakia during the Second World War. For more information, see List of World War II aces from Czechoslovakia

• See also List of World War II aces from Slovakia.

Denmark

There were 3 fighter aces from Denmark during the Second World War. For further information, see List of World War II aces from Denmark.

Finland

There were 96 fighter aces from Finland during the Second World War. For further information, see List of World War II aces from Finland

France

There were more than 180 aces from France during the Second World War. See List of World War II aces from France and List of Vichy France flying aces.

Germany

There were over 2500 aces from Germany during the Second World War. For a detailed list, see List of World War II aces from Germany

Greece

There were 6 air aces from Greece during the Second World War.

Hungary

There were 39 air aces from Hungary during the Second World War. For further information, see List of World War II aces from Hungary.

Ireland

There were more than 13 aces from Ireland during the Second World War.Aces High,Christopher F. Shores & Clive Williams, Grub Street, London 1994

• Brendan Eamonn Fergus Finucane
  Paddy Finucane
  Wing Commander Brendan Eamonn Fergus Finucane DSO, DFC & Two Bars , known as Paddy Finucane, was a Royal Air Force fighter pilot...
  
   RAF No.13 No.65 & No.602 Sqn, Hornchurch Wing; RCAF No.19 & No.452 Sqn; KIA 15/Jul/1942
• John Martin Bruen FAA
  Fleet Air Arm
  The Fleet Air Arm is the branch of the British Royal Navy responsible for the operation of naval aircraft. The Fleet Air Arm currently operates the AgustaWestland Merlin, Westland Sea King and Westland Lynx helicopters...
  
   5 801, 759, 803, 778, 800 & 836Sq
• John Ignatus Kilmartin RAF 12.33 1, 43, 602, 313, 128 & 504Sq, Hornchurch Wing, 136 Wing, 910 Wing
• James Reginald Bryan Meaker RAF 8 46, 263 & 249Sq; KIA 27/Sep/1940
• Rupert Frederick Smythe RAF 6 29, 504 & 32Sq
• Robert Wilkinson Turkington RAF 9.16 124, 611, 43, 72, 241 & 601Sq; KIFA Apr/1945

Italy

There were more than 100 aces from Italy during the Second World War. For further information, see List of World War II aces from Italy

Japan

There were approximately 335 aces from Japan during the Second World War. For a complete list, see List of World War II aces from Japan

New Zealand

There were more than 80 aces from New Zealand during the Second World War. For a complete list, see List of World War II aces from New Zealand.

Norway

There were 20 aces from Norway during the Second World War. For a complete list, see List of World War II aces from Norway.

Poland

There were 91 air aces from Poland during the Second World War. For further information, see List of World War II aces from Poland.

Rhodesia

There were 11 air aces from Rhodesia during the Second World War. For further information, see List of World War II aces from Rhodesia.

Romania

• Horia Agarici
  Horia Agarici
  Captain Horia Agarici was a Romanian aviator and World War II flying ace.Born in Lausanne, Switzerland, Agarici lived much of his youth in Iaşi, then attended flying schools in Bucharest and Tecuci , becoming a bomber pilot in the Romanian Air Force...
  
  
• Florin Alexiu
• Emil Bălan
• Vintilă Brătianu
• Florian Budu
• Nicolae Burileanu
• Eugen Cameceanu
• Prince Constantin Cantacuzino
  Constantin Cantacuzino
  Constantin Cantacuzino may refer to several members of the Cantacuzino family:*Constantin Cantacuzino , Wallachian stolnic, historian and diplomat*Constantin Cantacuzino , Wallachian kaymakam in 1848...
  
   (Bâzu)
• Laurenţiu Cătană
• Cristea Chirvăsăuţă
• Gheorghe Cocebas
• Petre Cordescu
• Gheorghe Cristea
• Traian Dârjan
• Ioan Dicezare
• Ion Dobran
• Hariton Duşescu
• Mircea Dumitescu
• Ion Galea
• Vasile Gavriliu (Chitu)
• Ştefan Greceanu
• Teodor Greceanu
• Dumitru Ilie
• Constantin Lungulescu
• Ioan Maga
• Ioan Mălăcescu
• Ioan Micu
• Mihai Mihordea
• Ion Milu
• ? Moldoveanu
• Iosif Moraru
• Ion Mucenica
• Liviu Mureşan
• ? Neghrineac
• Constantin Nicoară
• Ion Panait
• Nicolae Polizu-Micşuneşti
• Constantin Pomuţ
• Gheorghe Pomuţ
• Constantin Popescu
• Gheorghe Popescu-Ciocănel
• Andrei Rădulescu
• Radu Reinek
• Constantin Rozariu
• Dan Scurtu
• Erich Şelei
• Alexandru Şerbănescu
  Alexandru Serbanescu
  Alexandru "Alecu" Şerbănescu was a leading Romanian fighter pilot and flying ace in World War II. In the spring of 1942 he was assigned as a pilot to the 7th Fighter Group, which fought with the German forces against the Soviet Union on the Eastern Front, including Stalingrad...
  
  
• Parsifal Ştefănescu
• Aurel Tifrea
• Gheorghe Tutuianu
• Constantin Ursachi
• Tiberiu Vinca
• Dan Vizanti
• Ioan Vornica
• Teodor Zăbavă

Slovakia

There were 19 air aces from Slovakia during the Second World War. For further information, see List of World War II aces from Slovakia.

See also List of World War II aces from Czechoslovakia

South Africa

There were 59 aces from South Africa during the Second World War. For more information, see List of World War II aces from South Africa

Soviet Union

There were more than 3000 aces from the Soviet Union during the Second World War. For more information, see List of World War II aces from the Soviet Union

Spain

• Vicente Beltran
• Luis Azqueta Brunet
• Antonio García Cano
• Manuel Zarauza Claver
• Fernando Sanchez Arjona Courtoy
• Fernando Bengoa Cremades
• José Luis Larranaga
• Angel Salaz Larrazabal
• Vicente Aldecoa Lecanda
• Damaso Arango Lopez
• Mariano Cuadra Medina
• Bernardo Meneses Orozco
• Francisco Merono Pellicer
• Lorenzo Lucas Fernandez Pena
• Jose Ramon Gavilan Ponce de Leon
• Jose Mateos Recio
• Juan Lario Sanchez
• Manuel Sanchez-Tabernero de Prada
• José Pascual Santamaria
• Frank Glasgow Tinker
  Frank Glasgow Tinker
  Frank Glasgow Tinker was an American mercenary fighter pilot for the Spanish Republican Air Force, during the Spanish Civil War. He was the top American ace during the Spanish Civil War.-Early years:...
  
   - as an American mercenary pilot flying for Republican forces during the Spanish Civil War
• Francisco Valiente Zarraga

Sweden

• William Y Anderson
  William Y Anderson
  William Yngve Anderson is a Swedish American fighter ace of World War II with 7 official victories in Europe, flying P-51 Mustang fighters in the U.S. Army Air Forces .-Biography:...
  
   for U.S. Army Air Forces. 7 kills (+ -1 (flying bomb)|V-1 "flying bomb"] in 17 June 1944).Swedes at War: Willing Warriors of a Neutral Nation, 1914-1945, author Lars Gyllenhaal and Lennart Westberg (2010) ISBN: 978-0-9777563-1-5

United Kingdom

There were 230 aces from the United Kingdom during the Second World War.

United States

There were 1297 aces from the United States during the Second World War. For more information, see List of World War II aces from the United States

Yugoslavia

• Milislav Semiz (claimed 4 unconfirmed German aircraft during the German Invasion of Yugoslavia
  Invasion of Yugoslavia
  The Invasion of Yugoslavia , also known as the April War , was the Axis Powers' attack on the Kingdom of Yugoslavia which began on 6 April 1941 during World War II...
  
   while flying Rogozarski IK-3
  Rogozarski IK-3
  -References:NotesBibliography* Green, William. War Planes of the Second World War, Volume Four: Fighters. London: MacDonald & Co. Ltd., 1961 . ISBN 0-356-01448-7....
  
  s - technically not an ace)

See also List of World War II aces from Croatia