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August 19, 1981 – A Grumman F-14A Tomcat (Bureau Number : 160390) shot down a Sukhoi Su-22 using an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile. The F-14 was piloted by Commander Lawrence "Music" Muczynski and Lieutenant JG James "Luca" Anderson.
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.
This category is for U.S. military personnel of all branches or U.S. citizens serving in foreign militaries who scored 5 or more aerial victories in World War II. Contents Top
Hermann Graf, the first fighter pilot to claim 200 aerial victories, shot down ten Soviet aircraft on 23 September 1942. [20] Max Stotz claimed ten Soviet aircraft shot down on 30 December 1942. [21] Walter Nowotny, the first fighter pilot to claim 250 aerial victories, twice shot down ten in one day. On 24 June 1943 and on 1 September 1943 he ...
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]
Captain Robert Swain attained his aerial victory in an A-10 Warthog, a close air support aircraft that was not designed for aerial combat. It was the first of two air-air victories of that aircraft type. [20] Capt. Steven Tate [5] [7] United States: Air Force: F-15C 1 —
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.
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]