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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.
These unconfirmed victories were noted, but not included in a pilots score. The Americans generally used the French rules of scoring aerial victories with the exception of the 17th and 148th Aero Squadrons, which were under British control until October, 1918. The pilots flying in those squadrons were scored under British rules.
The scores presented in the list cannot be definitive, but are based on itemized lists that are the best available sources of information. [4] Aces are listed after verifying the date and location of combat, and the foe vanquished, for every victory accredited by an aviator's home air service using their own aerial victory standards.
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]
Aerial victories Other aerial victories Notes George T. Burgard United States American Volunteer Group: 10.75 [1] Frank Q. O'Conner United States U.S. Army Air Forces: 10.75 [2] Charles F. Anderson, Jr. United States U.S. Army Air Forces: 10.5 [2] Richard Joseph Audet † Canada Royal Canadian Air Force: 10.5 [3] Ace in a day: Marshall U. Beebe ...
List of aerial victories of Hans Berr; List of aerial victories of Rudolf Berthold; List of aerial victories of Hans Bethge; List of aerial victories of Paul Billik; List of aerial victories of Erwin Böhme; List of aerial victories of Franz Büchner; List of aerial victories of Julius Buckler; List of aerial victories of Walter von Bülow-Bothkamp
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 ...
List of aerial victories during the Indo-Pakistani war of 1965; List of aerial victories during the Indo-Pakistani war of 1971; List of Iranian aerial victories during the Iran–Iraq war; List of Iraqi aerial victories during the Iran–Iraq war