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According to Obermaier, 103 Luftwaffe pilots were credited with more than 100 aerial victories. [3] Further more, the US historian David T. Zabecki states that 105 Luftwaffe pilots were credited with more than 100 aerial victories, [4] adding Friedrich Wachowiak with 140 aerial victories, [5] and Paul-Heinrich Dähne with 100 aerial victories, who were not listed by Obermaier.
Germans credited a shared victory to only one pilot, while the French credited full victory to all participants. British, Finnish and US air forces credited fractional shares of aerial victories, resulting in fractions, such as 11½, which might be for example 10 aircraft and three shares with the second pilot.
Additionally, Spick lists Horst-Günther von Fassong with 136 aerial victories, Rudolf Rademacher with 126 aerial victories, and Herbert Rollwage with 102 aerial victories. [20] Further more, the US historian David T. Zabecki states that Friedrich Wachowiak was credited with 140 aerial victories, [21] and Paul-Heinrich Dähne with 100 aerial ...
First aerial victory by a jet fighter and first jet ace in aviation history. [25] Robin Olds United States: August 1943 – 1945 1943-1973 13 P-38 Lightning and P-51 Mustang: Triple ace - Olds was the only pilot to "make ace" in both the P-38 (five victories) and the P-51 (eight victories) in the war.
The highest figure is given by Aders and Held who list Bär with 222 aerial victory claims. [5] According to Spick, as well as by Morgan and Weal, Bär was credited with 220 aerial victories. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Mathews and Foreman, authors of Luftwaffe Aces – Biographies and Victory Claims , researched the German Federal Archives and found records ...
Pages in category "Lists of World War II aerial victories" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
According to US historian David T. Zabecki, Müncheberg was credited with 135 aerial victories. [2] His 135 aerial victories were claimed in more than 500 combat missions, 102 on the Western Front [3] [4] - including 19 over Malta, one in Yugoslavia and 24 in North Africa [5] - and 33 on the Eastern Front. [4]
The following is a list of United States aerial victories of the Vietnam War. While U.S. sources claimed 195 North Vietnamese Vietnam People's Air Force aircraft were shot down in air to air combat, the North Vietnamese claim that only 134 aircraft were lost. [1]