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List of World War II aces from the United States

December 02, 2023

This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from United States. For other countries see List of World War II flying aces by country

A edit

Name Branch Victories Awards Notes
Robert W. Abernathy USAAF 5 DFC [1]
Fred T. Ackerman USN 5 SS [2]
Burnell W. Adams USAAF 7 SS [3]
Charles E. Adams Jr. 6 DFC [4]
Fletcher E. Adams 9 DFC KIA[5]
Robert H. Adams 5 DFC MIA[6]
John M. Ainlay 8 SS [7]
Donald N. Aldrich USMC 20 NC, DFC KIFA 3 May 1947[8]
Richard L. Alexander Royal Canadian Air Force, USAAF 5 SS, DFC POW 30 May 1944[9]
John R. Alison USAAF 6 DSC, SS [10][11]
Calvin D. Allen Jr. 7 SS [12]
David W. Allen 8 SS [13]
William H. Allen 5 DFC "Ace in a day"[14]
Stuart C. Alley Jr. USMC 5 DFC [15]
Ernest J. Ambort USAAF 5 DFC [16]
Robert H. Ammon 5 DFC [17]
Dudley Moore Amoss 5.5 SS POW March 1945[18]
Benjamin C. Amsden USN 5 DFC [19]
Leslie E. Andersen USAAF 5 [20]
Alexander L. Anderson USN 5.5 NC "Ace in a day" 16 February 1945[21]
Charles F. Anderson Jr. USAAF 10 LOM KIA 19 April 1944[22]
Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson 16.25 DFC (5) [23]
Richard H. Anderson 5 DSC "Ace in a day" 25 May 1945[24]
Robert H. Anderson USN 8.5 NC, DFC "Ace in a day" 14 December 1944. KIFA 5 June 1945[25]
William Y. Anderson USAAF 7 SS Born in Sweden, he is Sweden's only flying ace[26]
Wyman D. Anderson 6 SS [27]
Stephen W. Andrew 9 SS POW 2 July 1944[28]
Stanley O. Andrews 6 SS, DFC (2) [29]
Lester L. Arasmith 6 [30]
David B. Archibald 5 "Ace in a day" and POW 18 December 1944[31]
William E. Aron 5 DFC MIA 22 April 1945[32]
Robert W. Aschenbrener 10 DSC Shot down on 25 December 1944 and evaded capture for 27 days before rescue[33]
Abner M. Aust 5 [34]
Eugene D. Axtel 5 DFC P-61 night fighter ace[35]
George C. Axtell USMC 6 NC, DFC "Ace in a day" 22 April 1945[36]

B edit

Name Branch Victories Awards Notes
Donald A. Baccus USAAF 5 SS [37]
Jack A. Bade 5 DSC KIFA 2 May 1963[38]
Oscar C. Bailey USN 5 SS, DFC [39]
Robert Baird USMC 6 NC, SS, DFC Only Marine night fighter ace[40]
Douglas Baker USN 16.33 SS (2), DFC (4) MIA 14 December 1944[41]
Ellis C. Baker Jr. USAAF 6 DFC [42]
Robert M. Baker USMC 7 DFC [43]
Fred E. Bakutis USN 7.5 NC, LOM, DFC (2) Shot down October 1944 and spent one week adrift before rescue[44]
Donald L. Balch USMC 5 DFC (2) [45]
Frank B. Baldwin 5 DFC (2) [46]
Henry W. Balsiger USN 5.33 DFC [47]
Raymond M. Bank USAAF 5 DFC POW 2 March 1945[48]
Ernest E. Bankey Jr. 9.5 DSC, SS "Ace in a day" 27 December 1944[49]
John Lawrence Banks USN 8.5 DFC (2) [50]
William M. Banks USAAF 9 SS [51]
Bruce M. Barackman USN 5 DFC (3) [52]
Rex T. Barber USAAF 5 NC [53]
Frederic A. Bardshar USN 7.5 SS, LOM, DFC (3) [54]
James D. Bare ~5 [55]
Robert M. Barkey USAAF 5 DFC [56]
Lloyd G. Barnard USN 8 NC, DFC "Ace in a day" 15 June 1944[57]
James M. Barnes 6 NC KIFA 2 July 1945[58]
Truman S. Barnes USAAF 5 [59]
Percy R. Bartelt American Volunteer Group 5 [60]
William E. Bartling 5 [60]
John W. Bartol USN 5 DFC (2) [61]
Robert L. Baseler USAAF 6 SS [62]
Hugh N. Batten USN 7 NC, DFC (2) [63]
Harold W. Bauer USMC 11 MOH MIA 14 November 1944[64]
Aaron L. Bearden USAAF 5 DFC POW 3 September 1944[65]
Paul H. N. Beaudry USN 5 DFC [66]
Edward H. Beavers Jr. USAAF 5 KIA 27 November 1944[67]
Paul S. Bechtel 5 DFC 5th kill claimed while temporarily assigned to USMC unit[68]
Robert H. Becker 7 DFC [69]
Walter C. Beckham 18 DSC, SS (4) POW 22 February 1944[70]
Marshall U. Beebe USN 10.5 NC, DFC (3) "Ace in a day" 18 March 1945[71][72]
Don M. Beerbower USAAF 15.5 DSC, SS (2), DFC (3) KIA 9 August 1944[73]
Duane W. Beeson 17.33 DSC, SS POW 5 April 1944[74]
Louis Benne 5 SS POW 14 June 1944[75]
Joseph H. Bennett 8.5 DFC [76]
Walter G. Benz Jr. 8 SS [77]
Jack S. Berkheimer USN 7.5 NC MIA 16 December 1944[78]
Norman R. Berree 9 DFC (4) [79]
Richard L. Bertelson 5 DFC (2) [80]
William R. Beyer USAAF 9 SS "Ace in a day" 27 September 1944[81][82]
Carl G. Bickel 5.5 SS [83]
Edward F. Bickford 5.5 DFC [84]
Hipolitus T. Biel 5.33 DFC KIA 24 April 1944[85]
Henry S. Bille 6 DFC [86]
Walter D. Bishop USN 5 DFC KIFA 14 December 1944[87]
John T. Blackburn 11 NC, DFC [88]
Samuel V. Blair USAAF 11 SS [89]
William K. Blair USN 5 DFC [90]
Donald J. M. Blakeslee Royal Canadian Air Force, USAAF 14.5 DSC (2), SS (2), DFC (8), UK DFC [91]
Richard Buckner Blaydes USN 5 DFC (2) [92]
Wayne K. Blickenstaff USAAF 10 DSC, SS "Ace in a day" 24 March 1945[93]
Laurence E. Blumer 6 DSC, SS "Ace in a day" 25 August 1944[94]
Robert L. Blyth USN 6.5 DFC (2) [95]
Donald H. Bochkay USAAF 13.83 DFC [96]
Hampton E. Boggs 9 DSC, SS KIFA 1953[97]
Alfred G. Bolduc USN 5 SS, DFC (2) [98]
John F. Bolt USMC 6 DFC (2) Claimed 6 additional victories and was awarded NC during Korean War. Only Marine to become an ace in two different wars and only Marine ace of Korean War[99]
John W. Bolyard USAAF 5 DFC [100]
Charlie R. Bond Jr. American Volunteer Group 7 [60]
Richard I. Bong USAAF 40 MOH, DSC, SS (2), DFC (7) Top American ace in history. KIFA 6 August 1945[101]
William J. Bonneau USN 8 SS, DFC KIFA 3 October 1947[102]
Stephen J. Bonner USAAF 5 DFC [103]
Robert John Booth 8 SS POW 8 June 1944[104]
Clarence A. Borley USN 5 NC, DFC (2) Shot down in October 1944, spending 5 days adrift before rescue[105]
Ernest O. Bostrom USAAF 5 DFC [106]
George E. Bostwick 8 SS [107]
Gregory "Pappy" Boyington American Volunteer Group, USMC 28 MOH, NC Top Marine ace in history. "Ace in a day" 16 September 1943. POW 3 January 1944[108]
Gerald F. Boyle USN 5.5 DFC (2) KIFA October 1944[109]
Jack T. Bradley USAAF 15 DSC [110]
John L. Bradley 5 SS [111]
Arthur J. Brassfield USN 6.33 NC (2) [112]
Richard L. Braun USMC 5 DFC (4) [113]
Charles W. Brewer USN 6.5 NC, LOM, DFC (3) "Ace in a day" and MIA 19 June 1944[114]
Michael Brezas USAAF 12 SS KIFA 5 February 1954[115]
Johnie J. Bridges USN 6.25 DFC (3) [116]
John G. Bright American Volunteer Group, USAAF 6 SS First American ace to shoot down Japanese, German, and Italian aircraft. POW August 1943[117]
Mark K. Bright USN 9 NC KIA[118]
Joseph E. Broadhead USAAF 8 DFC [119]
Samuel J. Brocato Jr. USN 7 NC, DFC (2) KIFA 9 June 1960[120]
James L. Brooks USAAF 13 SS [121]
Carl A. Brown Jr. USN 10.5 NC, DFC (2) "Ace in a day" 24 October 1944[122]
Gerald A. Brown USAAF 5 DFC (3) Shot down over France in September 1944, but evaded captivity. Shot down again over Korea and captured as POW 30 November 1950[123]
Harley L. Brown 6 DFC [124]
Harry W. Brown 6 SS Claimed first victory on December 7, 1941, at Pearl Harbor[125]
Henry W. Brown 14.2 DSC POW 3 October 1944[126][127]
Meade M. Brown 6 SS KIA 24 August 1950[128]
Quince L. Brown 12.33 SS POW and executed 6 September 1944[129]
Robert H. Brown 7 SS [130]
Samuel J. Brown 15.5 DSC [131]
William P. Brown Jr. USMC 7 NC, DFC (2) Awarded a second NC during the Korean War. KIA 24 February 1952[132]
James W. Browning USAAF 7 [133]
Lowell K. Brueland 12.5 DSC, SS, DFC Claimed 2 additional victories during the Korean War[134]
Carland E. Brunmier USN 6 NC, DFC [135]
Donald S. Bryan USAAF 13.33 DSC "Ace in a day" 2 November 1944[136][137]
William E. Bryan Jr. 7.5 Awarded DSC during Korean War[138]
James A. Bryce USN 5.25 DFC (2) KIFA 10 April 1945[139]
Robert L. Buchanan 5 NC, DFC "Ace in a day" 16 October 1944[140]
George T. Buck Jr. USAAF 6 SS [141]
Paul D. Buie USN 9 NC, SS, DFC (3) [142]
William Eugene Burckhalter 6 SS (2) KIA 11 June 1944[143]
Clinton D. Burdick USAAF 5.5 [133]
George T. Burgard American Volunteer Group 10 [60]
Franklin N. Burley USN 7 SS [144]
Robert L. Burnett III USAAF 5 DFC [145]
Roy O. Burnett Jr. USN 7 DFC [146]
Howard M. Burriss 7.5 DFC MIA 31 January 1944[147]
Francis X. Bushner 6 DFC [148]
Robert L. Buttke USAAF 5.5 DFC [149]
Robert J. Byrne 6 SS [150]
Matthew S. Byrnes Jr. USN 6 DFC (3) [151]
Robert C. Byrnes USAAF 5 DFC [152]

C edit

Name Branch Victories Awards Notes
James B. Cain USN 8.5 SS, DFC (3) [153]
Raymond L. Callaway USAAF 6 DFC [154]
Richard A. Campbell 6 DFC [155]
Richard G. Candelaria 6 SS POW 13 April 1945[156]
John B. Carder 7 DFC POW 12 May 1944, successfully escaped captivity. KIFA 1 October 1961[157]
Raymond C. Care 6 DFC POW 15 April 1944[158]
Henry A. Carey Jr. USN 7 DFC (2) [159]
Marion E. Carl USMC 18.5 NC (2), DFC (3) [160][161]
Kendall E. Carlson USAAF 6 DFC POW 25 February 1945[162]
William A. Carlton USMC 5 DFC [163]
Daniel A. Carmichael USN 13 SS (2), DFC (5) [164]
George Carpenter USAAF 13.84 DFC POW[165]
Bruce W. Carr 15 DSC, SS "Ace in a day" 2 April 1945[166]
George R. Carr USN 11.5 NC, DFC (4) "Ace in a day" 19 June 1944. KIFA 1967[167]
Charles H. Carroll 6 DFC (3) [168]
Walter J. Carroll USAAF 7 DFC [169]
Leonard K. Carson 18.5 SS (2) [170]
James R. Carter 6 SS [171]
William N. Case USMC 8 DFC (4) [172]
Nial K. Castle USAAF 5 DFC (3) [173]
Dean Caswell USMC 7 SS (2) [174]
Charles J. Cesky USAAF 8.5 DFC [175]
George F. Ceuleers 10.5 DSC [176]
Henry K. Champion USN 5 DFC (2) [177]
Frederic F. Champlin USAAF 9 DFC [178]
Creighton Chandler USMC 6 DFC (2) [179]
George T. Chandler USAAF 5 DFC [180]
Van E. Chandler 5 DFC Claimed 3 more victories during the Korean War[181]
Philip G. Chapman 5 DFC KIA 28 March 1945[182]
Levi R. Chase 12 DFC (4) [183]
Leonard J. Check USN 12 NC, SS, LOM, DFC (2) KIFA January 1945[184]
Oscar I. Chenoweth 8.5 SS, DFC [185]
Lewis W. Chick Jr. USAAF 6 [133]
Arthur Chin Canton Provincial Air Force 8.5 DFC Born in Oregon, first American ace of war[186]
Frederick J. Christensen USAAF 21.5 SS "Ace in a day" 7 July 1944[187]
James A. Clark 10.5 SS [188]
Lawrence A. Clark USN 7 NC, DFC (4) [189]
Robert A. Clark 6 DFC (3) [190]
Walter E. Clarke 7 DFC (5) [191]
Arthur B. Cleaveland USAAF 5 SS "Ace in a day" 18 April 1945[192][193]
Donald C. Clements USN 5 DFC (3) [194]
Robert E. Clements 5 DFC (2) [195]
Dallas A. Clinger Jr. USAAF 5 DFC [196]
Vivian A. Cloud 5 DFC [197]
Robert C. Coats Jr. USN 9.33 NC, DFC (2) "Ace in a day" 18 March 1945[71][198]
Paul R. Cochran USAAF 5 DFC [199]
Oscar H. Coen Royal Air Force, USAAF 5.5 DFC(UK), SS Shot down over France and smuggled to Spain while with RAF[200]
Robert L. Coffey USAAF 6 DFC KIFA 20 April 1949 while serving as a Congressman from Pennsylvania[201]
Thaddeus T. Coleman USN 10 NC, SS, DFC (3) [202]
Wilson M. Coleman 6 DFC (3) [203]
Frank J. Collins USAAF 9 SS POW 12 July 1945[204]
William M. Collins USN 9 NC, DFC (4) [205]
J. D. Collinsworth USAAF 6 DFC [206]
Philip E. Colman Jr. 6 DFC Claimed 4 additional victories during the Korean War[207]
Gordon B. Compton 5.5 [208]
Harold E. "Bunny" Comstock 5 DFC [209]
Arthur R. Conant USMC 6 DFC (5) [210]
Edwin S. Conant USN ~5 [55]
Henry L. Condon II USAAF 5 DFC KIA January 1945[211]
Jack E. Conger USMC 10 NC, DFC (2) [212]
Paul A. Conger USAAF 11.5 DSC [213]
Thomas J. Conroy USN 7 NC "Ace in a day" 24 October 1944[214]
Walter V. Cook USAAF 6 DFC [215]
Merle M. Coons 5 [216]
William E. Copeland USN 6 SS [217]
Paul Cordray 7 DFC (2) [218]
Richard L. Cormier 8 SS, DFC (5) [219]
Leland B. Cornell ~5 [55]
Richard D. Cowger 6 DFC (3) [220]
Ralph L. Cox USAAF 5 SS [221]
Melvin Cozzens USN 6.5 DFC [222]
Edward "Porky" Cragg USAAF 15 DSC MIA 26 December 1943[223]
Clement M. Craig USN 11.75 NC (2), DFC "Ace in a day" 21 January 1945[224]
Darrell S. Cramer USAAF 7 [225]
Niven K. Cranfill 5 SS (2) [226]
Ray Crawford 6 DFC [227]
Claude J. Crenshaw 7 DSC [228]
Harry C. Crim 6 SS [229]
William F. Crombie 5 [2]
Donald F. Cronin USN 6 DFC [230]
John T. Crosby 5.25 NC, DFC (2) "Ace in a day" 16 April 1945[231]
William E. Crowe USMC 7 NC, DFC (5) KIFA 1 April 1960[232]
Arthur W. Cruikshank USAAF 8 [233]
William J. Cullerton 5 DSC, SS POW 5 April 1945[234]
Donald M. Cummings 6.5 DFC [235]
Arthur C. Cundy 6 DFC MIA 11 March 1945[236]
Daniel G. Cunningham USN 7 NC, DFC [237]
James N. Cupp USMC 13 NC, DFC (3) [238]
Louis E. Curdes USAAF 9 DFC (2) POW 27 August 1943, escaped captivity April 1944[239]
John H. Curry Royal Canadian Air Force 7.33 DFC(UK) Born in Texas[240]
Robert C. Curtis USAAF 14 DSC, SS, DFC (2) [241]
Warren D. Curton 5 DFC [242]
Frank A. Cutler 7.5 SS (2) KIA 13 May 1944[243]
Edward J. Czarnecki 6 SS Shot down 23 October 1943, evaded capture and was rescued in February 1944[244]

D edit

Name Branch Victories Awards Notes
Perry J. Dahl USAAF 9 SS [245]
Kenneth H. Dahlberg 14 DSC, SS, DFC (2) POW 14 February 1945[246]
Kenneth J. Dahms USN 7 NC, DFC "Ace in a day" 6 April 1945[247]
James B. Dalglish USAAF 9 SS [248]
Fernley H. Damstrom 8 SS KIFA 11 April 1945[249]
William A. Daniel 5 SS [250]
Jack S. Daniell 5 DSC "Ace in a day" 26 November 1944[251]
Merl W. Davenport USN 6.25 DFC (2) [252]
George H. Davidson 5.5 DFC [253]
Clarence E. Davies 5 SS, DFC (3) [254]
Barrie S. Davis USAAF 6 SS [255]
Clayton E. Davis 5 DSC [256]
George A. Davis Jr. 7 SS, DFC (2) Claimed 14 additional victories and was awarded the MOH and DSC during the Korean War. KIA 10 February 1952[257]
Glendon V. Davis 7.5 Evaded capture in France for 4 months before he was smuggled back to England[258]
Leonard K. Davis USMC 5 NC, DFC [259]
Ralph H. Davis USN 7.5 [2]
Robert H. Davis 5.5 DFC (2) [260]
George E. Dawkins Jr. USMC 5 [2]
William C. Day Jr. USAAF 5 DFC [261]
Gregory A. Daymond Royal Air Force 5+ DFC(UK) [262]
Richard S. Deakins USAAF 6 DFC KIFA November 1944[263]
Cecil O. Dean 6 DFC POW 2 July 1944[264]
William A. Dean Jr. USN 11 NC, DFC (5) [265]
Zach W. Dean USAAF 7 SS POW 21 April 1951[266]
John W. Dear Jr. USN 7 SS, DFC (2) [267]
Jefferson J. DeBlanc USMC 9 MOH, DFC "Ace in a day" 31 January 1943[268]
Leslie Decew USN 6 DFC (2) [269]
Edwin L. Degraffenreid USAAF 6 SS [270]
Robert M. DeHaven 14 SS [271]
George Della 5 DFC [272]
Phillip C. DeLong USMC 11.66 DFC (4) Claimed 2 additional victories during the Korean War[273]
Anthony J. Denman USN 6 DFC (2) [274]
Reuben H. Denoff 5 SS, DFC [275]
Elliott E. Dent Jr. USAAF 6 DSC [276]
Richard O. Devine USN 8 SS, DFC (4) [277]
Lawrence A. Dewing 5.5 DFC (2) [278]
Robert A. M. Dibb 7 NC, DFC (2) KIFA 29 August 1944[279]
Frederick E. Dick USAAF 5 DFC [280]
Michael Dikovitsky 5 DFC [281]
Joseph V. Dillard USMC 6.3 DFC [282]
William J. Dillard USAAF 6 SS [283]
Eugene Dillow USMC 6 DFC [284]
John F. Dobbin 8 NC, DFC [285]
George A. Doersch USAAF 10.5 SS, DFC (3) [286]
Archie G. Donahue USMC 14 NC, DFC (3) "Ace in a day" 12 April 1945[287]
I. B. Jack Donaldson USAAF 5 DSC [133]
Landis E. Doner USN 8 DFC (3) [288]
Harry W. Dorris USAAF 5 SS [289]
Jefferson D. Dorroh USMC 6 NC, DFC "Ace in a day" 22 April 1945[290]
Frederick J. Dorsch Jr. USAAF 8.5 SS [291]
Paul P. Douglas Jr. 8 DSC (2) [292]
Cecil J. Doyle USMC 5 NC MIA 7 November 1943[293]
Charles W. Drake 5 NC, DFC [294]
Irwin H. Dregne USAAF 5 DSC [295]
Urban L. Drew 6 Air Force Cross, DFC (2) First pilot to shoot down 2 jet aircraft[296]
William C. Drier 6 DSC [297]
Daniel B. J. Driscoll USN 5 DFC [298]
Frank C. Drury USMC 6 NC, DFC [299]
Paul E. Drury USN 6.5 DFC (2) [300]
Francis E. Dubisher USAAF 5 DSC [301]
Charles H. DuBois 6 [302]
James E. Duffy Jr. 5.5 DFC [303]
James E. Duffy Jr. USN 5 [304]
Richard E. Duffy USAAF 5 SS "Ace in a day" 18 April 1943[305]
Walter F. Duke 10 SS MIA 6 June 1944[306]
John S. Dunaway 7 DSC MIA 22 November 1944[307]
George Chamberlain Duncan USN 13.5 NC, SS, DFC (6) [308]
Glenn E. Duncan USAAF 19.5 DSC, SS Shot down in July 1944, evaded capture and joined the Dutch underground[309]
Robert W. Duncan USN 7 NC, DFC (2) [310]
Fred L. Dungan 7 NC, DFC [311]
William D. Dunham USAAF 16 DSC [312]
Richard W. Dunkin 9 SS [313]
Bernard Dunn USN 5.33 DFC (2) [314]
William R. "Poppy" Dunn British Royal Air Force, USAAF 6 Serving in the RAF, he became the first American ace of World War II[315]
Parker Dupouy American Volunteer Group, USAAF 6.5 [2]
Dewey F. Durnford USMC 6.5 DFC (3) [316]

E edit

Name Branch Victories Awards Notes
Glenn T. Eagleston USAAF 18.5 DSC, SS Top ace in the 9th Air Force, claimed 2 additional victories during the Korean War[317]
Hoyt A. Eason 6 SS MIA 3 March 1943[318]
Clyde B. East 13 SS [319]
David B. Eastham 12
Richard T. Eastmond USN 9 NC, DFC [320]
Byron A. Eberts 6 DFC (2) [321]
William G. Eccles ~5 [55]
Bert Eckard 7 NC, DFC (2) "Ace in a day" 11 May 1945[322]
Billy C. Edens USAAF 7 SS POW 10 September 1944[323]
Willard E. Eder USN 6.5 NC, DFC (2) [71][324]
Selden R. Edner Royal Air Force 5 [325]
Edward B. Edwards Jr. USAAF 5.5 SS [326]
William C. Edwards Jr. USN 7.5 NC, DFC (2) "Ace in a day" 16 February 1945[327]
Joseph L. Egan Jr. USAAF 5 DFC KIA 17 July 1944[328]
Robert A. Elder 5 SS, DFC "Ace in a day" 24 March 1945[329]
Ralph E. Elliott USN 9.5 DFC (3) [330]
Vincent T. Elliott USAAF 7 SS [331]
Hugh M. Elwood USMC 5 DFC [332]
Donald R. Emerson USAAF 7 DFC KIA 25 December 1944[333]
Warren S. Emerson 6 SS [334]
Wallace N. Emmer 14 DSC, SS POW 9 August 1944, died in captivity February 1945[335]
Benjamin H. Emmert Jr. 7 SS POW 1 September 1944. Claimed 1 additional victory during the Korean War[336]
Eugene H. Emmons 9 DFC [337]
James W. Empey 5 SS [338]
James J. England 10 [339]
John B. England 17.5 SS KIFA 17 November 1954[340]
Anthony J. Enman USN ~5 [55]
Lyle A. Erickson ~5 [55]
Andrew J. Evans USAAF 8 DFC POW 27 March 1953[341]
Roy W. Evans 6 SS POW 14 February 1945[342]
Eric A. Evenson USN 8.25 DFC (3) [343]
Lee R. Everhart USAAF 6 DFC MIA 12 October 1944[344]
Loren D. Everton USMC 12 NC, DFC [345]

F edit

Name Branch Victories Awards Notes
John W. Fair USN 5 SS, DFC [346]
David C. "Foob" Fairbanks Royal Canadian Air Force 12.5 or 13.5 DFC(UK) Born in New York[347]
Grover E. Fanning USAAF 9 SS [348]
Charles D. Farmer USN 7.25 NC, DFC (2) [349]
Robert A. Farnsworth 5 DFC (2) [350]
William Farrell USMC 5 NC, DFC [351]
Robert P. Fash USN 6 NC, DFC (3) [352]
Richard D. Faxon USAAF 5 SS [353]
Alfred J. Fecke USN 7 NC, DFC "Ace in a day" 16 October 1944[354]
Edward L. Feightner 9 DFC (4) [355]
Sylvan Feld USSAF 9 SS POW 13 August 1944, died in captivity 21 August 1944[356]
Marion C. Felts 5 DFC KIFA 27 February 1963[357]
Leopold M. Ferko USN 5 DFC (2) [358]
James E. Fenex Jr. USAAF 5 DFC [359]
Ernest C. Fiebelkorn 9 SS (2) KIA 6 July 1950[360]
Arthur C. Fiedler Jr. 8 SS [361]
William F. Fiedler Jr. 5 DFC Only P-39[362] ace in USAAF, KIFA 30 June 1943[363]
Virgil C. Fields Jr. 6 DSC KIA 2 February 1944[364]
Howard J. Finn USMC 6 DFC (5) [365]
Charles R. Fischette USAAF 5 DFC [366]
Don H. Fisher USMC 6 DFC [55][367]
Edwin O. Fisher USAAF 7 SS KIFA 28 March 1947[368]
Rodney W. Fisher 5 DFC [369]
Harry E. Fisk 5 SS POW 13 January 1945[370]
Jack A. Fisk 7 DFC [371]
Nelson D. Flack Jr. 5 DFC [372]
James H. Flatley USN 6 NC, LOM, DFC (3) [373]
Richard H. Fleischer USAAF 6 DFC [374]
Francis M. Fleming USN 7.5 SS, DFC (2) [375]
Patrick D. Fleming 19 NC, SS (2), DFC (3) "Ace in a day" 16 February 1945. KIFA 1956[376]
Kenneth A. Flinn 5 DFC POW 13 October 1944, died in captivity 24 July 1945[377]
Frank E. Foltz ~5 NC [55][378]
Ralph E. Foltz 5 DFC (2) [379]
Paul J. Fontana USMC 5 NC, DFC [380]
Kenneth M. Ford 5 DFC [381]
George Formanek Jr. USN 5 DFC (2) KIA 23 April 1944[382]
Samuel W. Forrer ~5 NC, DFC [55][383]
Joseph M. Forster USAAF 9 SS [384]
Norman J. Fortier 5.83 DFC [385]
Joseph J. Foss USMC 26 MOH, DFC First Marine "Ace in a day" 25 October 1942. Second highest scoring Marine ace of the war, later served as Governor of South Dakota[386][387]
Carl C. Foster USN 8.5 NC, DFC "Ace in a day" 6 April 1945[388]
William B. Foulis Jr. USAAF 6 SS [389]
James M. Fowle 8 SS [390]
Richard E. Fowler Jr. USN 6.5 NC, SS, DFC (3) [391]
Robert W. Foy USAAF 15 SS KIFA 25 March 1950[392]
Marvin J. Franger USN 9 SS, DFC (5) [393]
Dwaine R. Franklin USAAF 7 SS [394]
John M. Franks USN 7 DFC (3) [395]
Carl M. Frantz USAAF 11 SS [396]
Robert B. Fraser USMC 6 DFC (2) KIFA 18 June 1945[397]
Kenneth D. Frazier 12.5 NC, DFC (2) [398]
Doris C. Freeman USN 9 DFC (4) KIA 11 May 1945[399]
William B. Freeman USMC 6 DFC [400]
James B. French USN 11 SS, DFC (3) [401]
Alfred L. Frendberg 6 SS, DFC (2) [402]
Alfred C. Froning USAAF 6 SS [403]
Earl R. Fryer 7 [2]
Harold N. Funk USN 6.5 NC, DFC (2) "Ace in a day" 24 October 1944[404]

G edit

Name Branch Victories Awards Notes
Francis S. "Gabby" Gabreski USAAF 28 DSC, SS (2), DFC (10) Highest scoring American ace in Europe. POW 25 July 1944. Claimed 6.5 additional victories during the Korean War[405][406]
Franklin T. Gabriel USN 8 DFC [407]
Frank L. Gailer Jr. USAAF 5.5 DFC POW 27 November 1944[408]
Robert E. Galer USMC 13 MOH, DFC [409]
Charles S. Gallup USAAF 6 SS [410]
Kenneth W. Gallup 9 SS [411]
Dwight B. Galt USN 5 DFC (2) [412]
John R. Galvin 7 DFC (4) [413]
Warner F. Gardner USAAF 5 DFC [414]
William A. Gardner 8 SS [415]
Vermont Garrison 7.33 SS, DFC (2) POW 3 March 1944. Claimed 10 additional victories and was awarded the DSC during the Korean War[416]
Frank L. Gaunt 8 SS [417]
Noel A. M. Gayler USN 5 NC (3) [418]
Dominic S. "Don" Gentile Royal Canadian Air Force, USAAF 21.83 DSC (2), SS, DFC (8) [419]
Francis R. Gerard USAAF 8 SS [420]
Steven Gerick 5 DFC [421]
Grover D. Gholson 5 SS [422]
Robert D. Gibb 5 DFC (3) MIA 16 December 1951[423]
John T. Gildea USN 7 SS, DFC (5) KIA 11 May 1945[424]
Clement D. Gile 8 DFC (4) [425]
Roy F. Gillespie 6 SS, DFC (3) [426]
Edward L. Gimbel Royal Canadian Air Force 5 DFC(UK) [427]
William K. Giroux USAAF 10 SS [428]
Cyrus R. Gladen 5 SS [429]
Michael Gladych Royal Air Force, USAAF 17
George W. Gleason USAAF 12 DFC [430]
Maxwell H. Glenn 7.5 SS [431]
Fred W. Glover 10.33 [133]
John T. Godfrey 16.33 SS (2), DFC (8) POW 24 August 1944, escaped captivity[432][433]
Lindley W. Godson USN 5 SS, DFC (2) [434]
Robert J. Goebel USAAF 11 SS [435]
Walter J. Goehausen Jr. 10 DFC [436]
Robert E. Goodnight 7.25 SS [437]
James A. Goodson 15 DSC, SS, DFC (UK), DFC (9) POW 20 June 1944[438][439]
Donald "Flash" Gordon USN 7 DFC (3) [440]
Edmond R. Goss USAAF 6 DFC [441]
Norman D. Gould 5 [2]
Gordon M. Graham 7 SS [442]
Lindol F. Graham 5.5 DFC [443]
Robert F. Graham 5 SS [444]
Vernon E. Graham USN 5 NC [445]
Marvin E. Grant USAAF 7 SS [446]
James S. Gray USN 6 DFC (5) [447]
John F. Gray 8.25 NC, DFC KIFA 3 June 1946[448]
Lester E. Gray 5.25 DFC (2) [449]
Rockford V. Gray USAAF 6.5 DFC KIFA 4 September 1944[450]
Herschel H. "Herky" Green 18 DSC, SS, DFC (2) "Ace in a day" 30 January 1944[451]
Lee O. Gregg 7 DFC [452]
Hayden A. Gregory USN 5 SS, DFC (4) [453]
Billy M. Gresham USAAF 6 DFC KIA 2 October 1944[454]
Joseph H. Griffin 7 SS [455]
Richard J. Griffin USN 8 DFC (3) [456]
Robert C. Griffith USAAF 5 DFC KIA 24 July 1944[457]
Clayton Kelly Gross 6 SS [458]
LeRoy V. Grosshuesch 8 SS [459]
William Grosvenor Jr. 5 SS [460]
Charles F. Gumm 6 SS KIA 1 March 1944[461]
Cheatham W. Gupton 5 DFC [462]
Harlan I. Gustafson USN 6 DFC [463]
Fred E. Gutt USMC 8 DFC (2) [464]

H edit

Name Branch Victories Awards Notes
Walter A. Haas USN ~5 NC (2) [465]
Roger A. Haberman USMC 7 NC [466]
Albert E. Hacking Jr. 5 DFC [467]
Mayo A. Hadden Jr. USN 8 SS, DFC (3) [468]
James P. Hagerstrom USAAF 6 DSC, DFC Claimed another 8.5 victories during the Korean War[469]
George F. Hall 6 DFC [470]
Sheldon O. Hall USMC 6 [471]
William T. Halton USAAF 10.5 SS Awarded DSC in Korean War. MIA 21 May 1952[472]
Louis R. Hamblin USN 6.5 DFC (2) [473]
Henry B. Hamilton USMC 7 NC, DFC MIA 21 October 1942[474]
Robert M. Hamilton USN 6 DFC (3) [475]
Samuel E. Hammer USAAF 5 SS [476]
John F. Hampshire 13 DFC DOW 2 May 1943[477]
William F. Hanes Jr. 6 SS [478]
Eugene R. Hanks USN 6 NC, DFC (3) [479]
Harry T. Hanna USAAF 5 DFC "Ace in a day" 9 October 1943[480]
Chris J. Hanseman 5 DFC KIA[481]
Herman Hansen Jr. USMC 5.5 NC, SS (2), DFC (2) [482]
Robert M. Hanson 25 MOH, NC "Ace in a day" 14 January 1944. KIA 3 February 1944[483]
Willis E. Hardy USN 6.5 NC, DFC [484]
Everett C. Hargreaves 8.5 SS, DFC (3) [485]
Walter R. Harman 5 DFC (2) [486]
Raymond F. Harmeyer USAAF 6 SS [487]
Archibald A. Harrington 7 [2]
Bill Harris 16 DFC [488]
Cecil E. Harris USN 23 NC, SS (2), DFC (3) [489]
Ernest A. Harris USAAF 10 SS KIFA 1949[490]
Frederick A. Harris 8 SS KIFA 31 October 1943[491]
Leroy E. Harris USN 9.25 SS, DFC (4) [492]
Thomas L. Harris USAAF 5 DFC POW 27 May 1944[493]
Thomas S. Harris USN 9 DFC (6) [494]
Cameron M. Hart USAAF 6 DFC KIFA 1946[495]
Kenneth F. Hart 8 SS [496]
Raymond E. Hartley Jr. 5 DFC [497]
Paul R. Hatala 5.5 DFC [498]
Herbert B. Hatch 5 DSC "Ace in a day" 10 June 1944[499]
Charles D. Hauver 5 DFC [500]
Charles H. Haverland Jr. USN 6.5 SS, DFC (4) [501]
Fred R. Haviland Jr. USAAF 6 DFC [502]
Arthur R. Hawkins USN 14 NC (3), DFC (3) "Ace in a day" 13 September 1944[503]
Russell C. Haworth USAAF 5 DFC [504]
Frank R. Hayde USN 6 DFC MIA 16 July 1944[505]
Thomas L. Hayes Jr. USAAF 8.5 SS [506]
Thomas C. Haywood American Volunteer Group 5.25 [2]
Cotesworth B. Head Jr. USAAF 14 DFC MIA 18 January 1943[507]
Frank C. Hearrell USN 5 DFC (2) [508]
Horace W. Heath 7 DFC (2) KIFA 8 July 1945[509]
Robert Hedman American Volunteer Group 6 [60]
Roger R. Hedrick USN 12 SS, DFC (4) [510]
Lloyd P. Heinzen 6 DFC (2) KIFA 11 November 1945[511]
Edwin L. Heller USAAF 5.5 DSC, SS, DFC (5) Claimed an additional 3.5 victories during the Korean War. POW 23 January 1953[512]
Paul M. Henderson Jr. USN 5 SS KIA 15 June 1944[513]
Randall W. Hendricks USAAF 5 DSC [514]
William J. Hennon 7 SS KIFA 1953[515]
William E. Henry USN 9.5 NC, DFC (3) [516]
John C. "Pappy" Herbst USAAF 18 SS KIFA 4 July 1946[517]
Edwin J. Hernan Jr. USMC 8 DFC (3) MIA 19 July 1951[518]
Samuel B. Hibbard USN 7.33 DFC (3) [519]
Allen E. Hill USAAF 9 SS [520]
David L. "Tex" Hill American Volunteer Group, USAAF 18.75 DSC [521]
Frank A. Hill USAAF 7 SS [522]
Harry E. Hill USN 7 DFC (2) [523]
James E. Hill USAAF 5 DSC [524]
Donald E. Hillman 5 SS (2), DFC POW October 1944[525]
Hollis H. Hills Royal Canadian Air Force, USN 5 SS, DFC [526]
Kenneth G. Hippe USN 5 NC, DFC "Ace in a day" 24 October 1944[527]
Edwin W. Hiro USAAF 5 DFC MIA 19 September 1944[528]
Howard D. Hively 12 DSC [529]
Myron M. Hnatio 5 DFC [530]
John B. Hoag USN 5 DFC (3) [531]
John J. Hockery USAAF 7 DFC POW 26 November 1944. Claimed 1 additional victory during the Korean War[532]
William R. Hodges 5 DFC [533]
John H. Hoefker 8.5 SS [534]
Ronald W. Hoel USN 5 DFC (3) [535]
Ralph K. Hofer USAAF 15 DFC (7) KIA 2 July 1944
Cullen J. Hoffman 5 DFC [536]
James E. Hoffman Jr. 6.5 SS MIA 22 August 1944[537]
Roy B. Hogg 6 SS [538]
Bruce K. Holloway 13 [539][540]
James D. Holloway 6 DFC MIA 2 May 1945[541]
George L. Hollowell USMC 8 DFC (6) [542]
Besby F. Holmes USAAF NC [543]
Cyril F. Homer 15 DSC, SS [544]
William L. Hood USMC 5 DFC (2) [545]
Wallace E. Hopkins USAAF 5 DFC [546]
Francis W. Horne 5.5 DFC (4) [547]
Herbert N. Houck USN 6 NC (3), DFC (4) [548]
William J. Hovde USAAF 10.5 DSC, SS "Ace in a day" 5 December 1944. Claimed 1 additional victory during the Korean War[549]
James H. Howard American Volunteer Group, USAAF 8.33 MOH, DFC [550]
Robert L. Howard USAAF 6 SS [551]
David W. Howe 6 DFC [552]
Bernard H. Howes 6 DFC POW 3 March 1945[553]
Edward R. Hoyt 5 DFC Penultimate ace of the war[554]
Mark E. Hubbard 6.5 SS POW 18 March 1944[555]
Howard R. Hudson USN 5 SS, DFC (3) [556]
Charles W. Huffman 7 DFC (2) [557]
Robert J. Humphrey 5.33 DFC (2) KIA in Korea[558]
John C. Hundley USMC 6 DFC (3) [559]
Alvaro J. Hunter USAAF 5 DFC [560]
Edward E. Hunt 6.5 DFC KIA 8 November 1944[561]
Richard F. Hurd 6 DFC Last and highest scoring American Spitfire ace[562]
Frank D. Hurlbut 9 DFC [563]
Robert Hurst USN 6 DFC (3) [564]

I edit

Name Branch Victories Awards Notes
Joe W. Icard USAAF 5 DFC KIA 8 March 1944[565]
Jack M. Ilfrey 7.5 SS MIA 13 June 1944, evaded captivity and returned to his unit[566]
James C. Ince 6 SS [567]
Julius W. Ireland USMC 5.5 DFC (3) [568]
Clayton M. Isaacson USAAF 5 [569]

J edit

Name Branch Victories Awards Notes
Michael J. Jackson USAAF 8 SS [570]
Willie O. Jackson Jr. 7 SS [571]
Gilbert L. Jamison 7 SS [572]
Bruce Donald Jaques USN 5.5 SS, DFC (2) [573]
Arthur F. Jeffrey USAAF 14 SS [574]
Otto D. Jenkins 8.5 SS KIFA 24 March 1945[575]
Robert H. Jennings Jr. USN 9.5 NC, SS, DFC (3) KIFA 30 June 1954[71][576]
Alvin J. Jensen USMC 7 NC, DFC (4) KIFA 20 May 1949[577]
Hayden M. Jensen USN 5 NC (2), DFC [578]
Verl E. Jett USAAF 7 SS [579]
Arthur G. Johnson Jr. 8.5 SS [580]
Byron M. Johnson USN 8 DFC (3) [581]
Clarence O. Johnson USAAF 7 SS KIA 23 September 1944[582]
Evan M. Johnson V 5 DFC [583]
Gerald R. Johnson 22 DSC (2), SS, LOM KIFA 7 October 1945[584]
Gerald W. Johnson 16.5 DSC POW 27 March 1944[585]
James K. Johnson 1 Claimed 10 additional victories during the Korean War[586]
Robert S. Johnson 27 DSC [587][588]
Wallace R. Johnson USN 5 DFC (2) [589]
John M. Johnston 8 SS, DFC (4) [590]
Robert D. Johnston USAAF 6 DSC [591]
Charles D. Jones USMC 6 SS, DFC (3) KIFA 5 March 1965[592]
Curran L. Jones USAAF 5 SS [593]
Cyril W. Jones Jr. 6 DSC MIA 12 September 1944[594]
Frank Cazenove Jones 5 [133]
James M. Jones USN 7 SS, DFC (3) [595]
John L. Jones USAAF 8 SS [596]
Lynn F. Jones 5 DFC [597]
Ripley O. Jones Royal Air Force 7.7 Born in New York
Warren L. Jones USAAF 5 DFC [598]
Wallace R. Jordan 6 SS [599]
Alwin M. Juchheim 9 DSC POW 28 May 1944[600]
William H. Julian 5 DFC [601]

K edit

Name Branch Victories Awards Notes
Joseph Kaelin USN 5 NC, DFC (2) [602]
William R. Kane 6 NC, DFC (2) KIFA 5 February 1957[603]
Dale E. Karger USAAF 7.5 DFC 3rd youngest ace of the war at 19 years old[604]
Robert A. Karr 6 SS [605]
Neel E. Kearby 22 MOH, SS (2), DFC (4) "Ace in a day" 11 October 1943. KIA 5 March 1944[606]
Robert J. Keen 7 DSC [607]
LeRoy W. Keith USN 5.5 NC, DFC (2) "Ace in a day" 16 April 1945[608]
William T. Kemp USAAF 6 DSC [609]
Charles Kendrick USMC 5 DFC KIA 2 October 1942[610]
Daniel Kennedy USAAF 5 DFC [611]
Ira C. Kepford USN 16 NC (2), SS, DFC [612][613]
Leslie H. Kerr Jr. ~5 [55]
Robert R. Kidwell Jr. 5 DFC (4) [614]
Donald D. Kienholz USAAF 6 DFC KIFA 1973[615]
John R. Kincaid USN 5 [2]
Robert A. Kincaid 5 NC, SS, DFC (2) [616]
Benjamin H. King USAAF 7 SS, DFC (2) [617]
Charles W. King 5 SS [618]
David L. King 5 DFC [619]
William B. King 5.5 SS [620]
William J. Kingston Jr. USN 6 DFC (3) [621]
Claiborne H. Kinnard Jr. USAAF 8 DSC [622]
James J. Kinsella USN 5 DFC (3) [623]
Claude R. Kinsey USAAF 7 DFC POW 4 April 1943, escaped captivity October 1943[624]
Marion F. Kirby 5 SS [625]
George N. Kirk USN 7 DFC (2) [626]
Lenton F. Kirkland Jr. USAAF 5 SS MIA 25 December 1944[627]
Floyd C. Kirkpatrick USMC 5.5 DFC (3) [628]
Phillip L. Kirkwood USN 12 NC, DFC [629]
John A. Kirla USAAF 11.5 SS [630]
George E. Kiser 9 DSC, SS [631]
Frank W. Klibbe 7 [632]
Robert H. Knapp 5 DFC (3) [633]
William M. Knight USN 7.5 SS, DFC (2) MIA 5 November 1944[634]
Carroll S. Knott USAAF 5 DFC [635]
Charles W. Koenig 6.5 DSC [636]
Edward H. Kopsel 5 [133]
Walter J. Koraleski Jr. 5.53 [133]
William J. Kostik USN 5 SS, DFC [637]
Joseph J. Kruzel USAAF 6 SS (3) [638]
Henry B. Kucheman Jr. 6 [639]
Ward A. Kuentzel 7 DFC KIFA 19 June 1944[640]
Charles M. Kunz USMC 8 NC, DFC (3) [641]

L edit

Name Branch Victories Awards Notes
Kenneth G. Ladd USAAF 12 SS [642]
Dean S. Laird USN 5.75 DFC Only Navy ace to shoot down German and Japanese planes[643]
Wayne W. Laird USMC 5 DFC KIFA 30 April 1943. Only Marine Corps ace to shoot down German and Japanese planes[644]
Kenneth B. Lake USN 6 DFC [645]
George M. Lamb USAAF 7.5 SS (2) [646]
Robert A. Lamb 7 SS [647]
William E. Lamb USN 5 NC Claimed 1 additional victory during the Korean War[648]
William E. Lamoreaux 5 DFC [649]
Richard C. Lampe USAAF 5.5 DFC [650]
John D. Landers 14.5 SS (3) [651][652]
John H. Lane 6 SS [653]
Willis G. Laney USN 5 SS, DFC (6) [654]
Joseph L. Lang USAAF 7.83 DFC KIA 14 October 1944[655]
Ned W. Langdon USN 5 NC, DFC (3) [656]
Thomas G. Lanphier USAAF 5.5 NC, SS (2) [657]
Donald A. Larson 6 SS, DFC (2) KIFA 4 August 1944[658]
Leland A. Larson 6 DFC [659]
Charles W. Lasko 7.5 SS [660]
Franklin C. Lathrope 5 [661]
Charles H. Laughlin American Volunteer Group 5 [2]
John B. Lawler USAAF 11 SS [662]
Frank L. Lawlor American Volunteer Group, USN 9 DFC (3) [663]
Earl R. Lazear Jr. USAAF 5 SS [664]
Richard J. Lee 5 SS [665]
Marlow J. Leikness 5 DFC [666]
Charles W. Lenfest 5.5 POW 3 October 1944[667]
Jack Lenox Jr. 5 SS [668]
Francis J. Lent 11 SS (2) KIFA 1 December 1944[669]
William N. Leonard USN 6 NC (2), DFC [670]
John A. Leppla 5 NC (2) MIA 26 October 1942[671]
Alfred Lerch 7 NC "Ace in a day" 16 April 1945[672]
Joseph J. Lesicka USAAF 9 DFC "Ace in a day" 15 July 1943[673]
William L. Leverette 11 DSC "Ace in a day" 9 October 1943[674]
Warren R. Lewis 7 DFC [675]
William H. Lewis 7 DFC "Ace in a day" 5 September 1944[676]
Lawrence P. Liebers 7 DFC KIFA 1946[677]
Robert L. Liles 5 SS [678]
Hugh D. Lillie USN 5 [2]
Elvin L. Lindsay 8 NC, SS (2), DFC [679]
Ted E. Lines USAAF 10 DSC [680]
Raymond H. Littge 10.5 DSC KIFA 20 May 1949[681]
James W. Little 7 Claimed 1 additional victory during the Korean War[682]
Robert L. Little American Volunteer Group 10 [60]
Gregory. K. Loesch USMC 8.5 NC, DFC KIFA 27 September 1943[683]
John S. Loisel USAAF 11 SS [684]
John D. Lombard 7 SS KIA 30 June 1943[685]
Charles P. London 5 DSC First USAAF ace in European Theater[686]
Herbert H. Long 10 DFC (7) [687]
Maurice G. Long 5.5 SS [688]
Donald S. Lopez 5 SS [689]
Clifford Louie
George G. Loving Jr. USAAF 5 [690]
John H. Lowell 7.5 SS (2) [691]
Wayne L. Lowry 11 SS POW 7 October 1944[692]
Marvin W. Lubner 6 DFC [693]
Paul W. Lucas 6 DFC KIA January 1945[694]
Carl J. Luksic 8.5 DSC, DFC (4) "Ace in a day" 8 May 1944[695]
James F. Luma Royal Canadian Air Force, USAAF 5 DFC [696]
Walter A. Lundin USN 6.5 DFC [697]
William M. Lundin USMC 5.5 [2]
Stanley J. Lustic USAAF 6 DFC [698]
Lowell C. Lutton 5 SS MIA 2 November 1943[699]
Joseph P. Lynch USMC 5.5 DFC (2) [700]
John J. Lynch Royal Air Force 13 DFC(UK) & Bar Born in California[701]
Thomas J. Lynch USAAF 20 DSC KIA 8 March 1944[702]

M edit

Name Branch Victories Awards Notes
John B. Maas Jr. USMC 5.5 DFC (2) [703]
Lewin A. Maberry USN 5 DFC (2) [704]
Charles H. "Mac" MacDonald USAAF 27 DSC (2), SS (2) [705][706]
John A. MacKay 6 DFC [707]
Christopher L. Magee USMC 9 NC [708]
Morton D. Magoffin USAAF 5 DSC, SS, DFC POW 10 August 1944[709]
William J. Maguire 7 SS KIFA 11 August 1945[710]
Jackson Barrett Mahon Royal Air Force 5 Born in California. POW 19 August 1942[711]
Keith Mahon USAAF 5 DFC [712]
Grant M. Mahony 5 DSC, SS [713]
Walker M. "Bud" Mahurin 21 DSC, DFC (5) Claimed 3.5 additional victories during the Korean War. POW 13 May 1952[714]
Charles M. Mallory USN 10 DFC [715]
Thomas E. Maloney USAAF 8 DFC [716]
Jack C. Mankin 5 SS [717]
Lee P. Mankin jr. USN 5 DFC Only enlisted American to become an ace[718]
Thomas H. Mann Jr. USMC 10 NC [719]
Armand G. Manson USN 7 DFC (5) [720]
Harry A. March Jr. 5 [711]
Gene E. Markham USAAF 5 DFC [721]
William P. Marontate USMC 13 NC MIA 15 January 1943[722]
Lester C. Marsh USAAF 5 SS [723]
Bert W. Marshall Jr. 7 SS [724]
Albert E. Martin Jr. USN 5 NC [725]
Kenneth R. Martin USAAF 5 DSC POW 11 February 1944[726]
Joe L. Mason 5 DSC [727]
William J. Masoner Jr. USN 12 NC, SS (2), DFC (2) "Ace in a day" 24 October 1944[728]
William H. Mathis USAAF 5 DFC [729]
Milden E. Mathre 5 DFC [730]
Joseph Z. Matte 5 DSC [731]
Chester K. Maxwell 5 SS [732]
William R. Maxwell USN 7 DFC [733]
Earl May 8 SS, DFC (2) KIFA 22 October 1951[734]
Richard H. May 5 DFC (5) [735]
Ben I. Mayo Jr. USAAF 5 DFC
Michele A. Mazzocco USN 5 SS, DFC (2) [736]
Paul G. McArthur USAAF 5 DSC [737]
T. H. McArthur 5 DFC KIFA May 1943[738]
David McCampbell USN 34 MOH, NC, SS, LOM, DFC (3) "Ace in a day" 19 June and 24 October 1944. Holds US record with most kills in a single mission at 9. Top Navy ace and highest scoring ace to survive the war.[739][740]
Henry A. McCartney Jr. USMC 5 DFC [741]
Frank E. McCauley USAAF 5.5 SS [742]
Thomas G. McClelland USN 7.33 SS, DFC (3) [743]
Robert W. McClurg USMC 7 DFC [744]
Carroll W. McColpin USAAF 11 [745]
Edward O. McComas 14 SS, LOM "Ace in a day" 23 December 1944[746]
Charles M. McCorkle 11 SS [747]
William A. McCormick Jr. USN 7 DFC (2) [748]
Leo B. McCuddin 5 NC, SS, DFC [749]
Elbert S. McCuskey 13.5 NC (2), DFC (5) "Ace in a day" 4 June 1942[750]
Gordon H. McDaniel USAAF 6 DSC "Ace in a day" 14 March 1945[751]
Norman L. McDonald 11.5 DFC [752]
William F. McDonough 5 SS KIFA 22 April 1944[753]
Donald McDowell 8.5 [711]
James N. McElroy 5 DFC [754]
William D. McGarry American Volunteer Group 8 [60]
Donald C. McGee USAAF 6 SS (2) [755]
John L. McGinn 5 [756]
Selva E. McGinty USMC 5 DFC (2) [757]
Edward C. McGowan USN 6.5 NC, DFC (2) [758]
Bernard L. McGrattan USAAF 8.5 DFC KIA 6 June 1944[759]
Thomas B. McGuire Jr. 38 MOH, DSC, SS (2), DFC (6) KIA 7 January 1945[760]
John W. McGuyrt 5 SS [761]
Pierce W. McKennon 11 DFC KIFA 18 June 1947[762]
Joseph T. McKeon 6 SS POW[763]
Donald J. McKinley USN 5 DFC [764]
William W. McLachlin 5.5 [711]
Murray D. McLaughlin USAAF 7 SS [765]
John McManus USMC 6 SS, DFC [766]
George B. McMillan American Volunteer Group, USAAF 8.5 DFC KIA 22 February 1944[767]
Evan D. McMinn USAAF 5 MIA 6 June 1944[768]
Donald M. McPherson USN 5 DFC (3) [769]
Hamilton McWhorter III 12 DFC (5) [770]
Nicholas Megura USAAF 11.83 DSC [771]
Roger W. Mehle USN 13.5 SS, DFC (3) [772]
Henry H. Meigs USAAF 6 SS [773]
Louis A. Menard USN 9 SS, DFC [774]
Adolph Mencin 6 SS, DFC [775]
Virgil K. Meroney USAAF 9 SS POW 8 April 1944, later escaped captivity[776]
George L. Merritt Jr. 5 DFC KIA 7 June 1944[777]
Donald W. Meuten 6 SS MIA 7 May 1944[778]
John C. Meyer 24 DSC (3), SS (2) Claimed 2 additional victories during the Korean War[779][780]
Frederick H. Michaelis USN 5 NC, SS, DFC [781]
Henry J. Miklajcyk USAAF 7.5 SS KIA 2 November 1944[782]
Armour C. Miller 6 SS [783]
Everett Miller 5 DFC [784]
Johnnie G. Miller USN 8 NC, DFC (2) "Ace in a day" 6 April 1945[785]
Joseph E. Miller Jr. USAAF 5 DFC [786]
Thomas F. Miller 5.25 DFC [787]
Willard W. Millikan 13 DSC POW[788]
Robert C. Milliken 5 SS [789]
Henry L. Mills 6 DFC POW 6 March 1944, later escaped captivity[790]
Charles B. Milton USN 5 DFC (3) [791]
Robert Mims USN 6 DFC [792]
Leslie D. Minchew USAAF 5.5 SS [793]
Harris E. Mitchell USN 10 SS, DFC (3) [794]
Henry E. Mitchell 6 NC, DFC (2) "Ace in a day" 21 March 1945, KIA April 1945[795]
John W. Mitchell USAAF 11 DSC, NC Claimed 4 additional victories during the Korean War[796]
Sanford K. Moats 8.5 DSC, DFC (2) [797]
Leland P. Molland 10.5 SS KIA 16 May 1951[798]
Norman W. Mollard USN 6 DFC [799]
Arthur P. Mollenhauer 5 NC "Ace in a day" 12 October 1944[800]
William W. Momyer USAAF 8 DSC [801]
Franklin H. Monk 5 DFC [802]
John R. Montapert USN 6 SS, DFC [803]
John T. Moore USAAF 7 SS MIA 8 October 1944[804]
Robert W. Moore 12 SS [805]
Glennon T. Moran 13 SS [806]
Horace B. Moranville USN 6 DFC POW 12 January 1945, only Navy ace to escape captivity during the war[807]
James B. Morehead USAAF 7 DSC, DFC (2) [808]
John L. Morgan Jr. USMC 8.5 DFC MIA 26 March 1945[809]
Stanley B. Morrill USAAF 9 SS KIFA 29 March 1944[810]
Bert D. (Wayne) Morris Jr. USN 7 DFC (4) [811]
James M. Morris USAAF 7.33 DSC [812]
Paul V. Morriss 5 DFC [813]
Mark L. Moseley 6.5 DFC [814]
William C. Moseley USN 5 DFC MIA 4 July 1944[815]
Robert C. Moss American Volunteer Group, USAAF 7
James D. Mugavero USAAF 6 SS [816]
Douglas W. Mulcahy USN 8 [55][711]
Robert F. Mulhollem USAAF 5 [817]
Paul A. Mullen USMC 6.5 DFC KIFA 12 February 1946[818]
Arthur H. Munson USN 5 DFC
Paul C. Murphey Jr. USAAF 6 DFC [819]
Alva C. Murphy 6 MIA 2 March 1945[820]
John B. Murphy 6.75 SS [821]
Robert E. Murray USN 10.33 SS, DFC (3) [822]
Jennings L. Myers USAAF 5 DFC MIA December 1943[823]
Raymond B. Myers 5.5 [711]

N edit

Name Branch Victories Awards Notes
Joseph L. Narr USMC 7 NC MIA 11 November 1942[824]
Robert H. "Bob" Neale American Volunteer Group 13 [60]
H. A. Nelson USN 5.2 [2]
Robert J. Nelson 7 DFC (2) [825]
Robert K. Nelson 6.66 NC, DFC (3) [826]
John V. K. Newkirk American Volunteer Group 7 [60]
Franklin A. Nichols USAAF 5 [827]
Myrvin E. Noble USN 7 DFC (2) [828]
Edward M. Nollmeyer USAAF 5 SS (2) [829]
Cornelius N. Nooy USN 19 NC (3), SS (2), DFC (2) "Ace in a day" 21 September 1944[830]
Louis H. "Red Dog" Norley USAAF 10.33 SS [831]
Marvin R. Novak USN ~5 [55]
George P. Novotny USAAF 8 DFC [832]
Cleveland L. Null USN 9 DFC (3) KIFA 9 October 1952[833]

O edit

Name Branch Victories Awards Notes
Gilbert M. O'Brien USAAF 7 DFC [834]
William R. O'Brien 5.5 DFC [835]
Frank Q. O'Connor 10.75 DSC POW 5 November 1944[836]
Edward H. "Butch" O'Hare USN 7 MOH, NC "Ace in a day" 20 February 1942. MIA 26 November 1943[837]
Jeremiah J. O'Keefe USMC 7 NC, DFC "Ace in a day" 22 April 1945[838]
Paul O'Mara Jr. USN 7 SS, DFC (5) [839]
Eugene W. O'Neill USAAF 5 SS [840]
John G. O'Neill 8 SS [841]
Lawrence F. O'Neill 5 DSC [842]
Jack J. Oberhansly 6 DFC [843]
Harvey G. Odenbrett USN 7 NC [844]
Fred F. Ohr USAAF 6 SS [845]
Edwin L. Olander USMC 5 DFC [846]
Charles H. "Chuck" Older American Volunteer Group, USAAF 18 DFC [847]
Robin Olds USAAF 13 SS (2), DFC (2) Later claimed 4 more victories and was awarded the Air Force Cross during the Vietnam War.[848]
Austin LeRoy Olsen USN 5 SS, DFC [849]
Norman E. Olson USAAF 6 DFC KIA 8 April 1944[850]
Paul E. Olson Jr. 5 "Ace in a day" and POW 18 December 1944[851]
John Orth USN 6 NC [852]
Ernest K. Osher USAAF 5 DFC [853]
Charles H. Ostrom USN 7 [2]
Edward C. Outlaw 6 NC, LOM, DFC (3) "Ace in a day" 29 April 1944[854]
Robert J. Overcash USAAF 5 DFC [855]
Edmund F. Overend American Volunteer Group, USMC 8 DFC [856]
Lloyd J. Overfield USAAF 11 SS [857]
Edward W. Overton Jr. USN 5 NC (2), DFC (2) [858]
Donald C. Owen USMC 5 DFC (3) [859]
Edward M. Owen USN 5 DFC (3) [860]
Joel A. Owens USAAF 5 SS [861]
Marion P. ”Dutch” Owens 5 DSC [862]
Robert G. Owens Jr. USMC 7 NC, DFC (5) [863]

P edit

Name Branch Victories Awards Notes
Melvyn R. Paisley USAAF 8 DSC, SS (2) [864]
Forrest F. Parham 5 DFC [865]
Joel B. Paris III 9 SS [866]
Harry A. Parker 13 SS (2) KIA 22 April 1945[867]
Elbert W. Parrish USN 6 SS [868]
James J. Pascoe USAAF 5.5 DFC [869]
Joseph J. Paskoski USN 6 NC, SS [870]
Edsel Paulk USAAF 5 DFC [871]
Carl W. Payne 6 DFC Only American ace to destroy Vichy French, German, Italian, and Japanese planes. KIFA 9 January 1956[872]
Frederick R. Payne Jr. USMC 5.5 NC, DFC [873]
James L. Pearce USN 5.25 DFC (3) [874]
James E. Peck British Royal Air Force, USAAF 6 DFC KIFA[875]
James G. Percy USMC 6 NC, DFC (5) [876]
Oscar F. Perdomo USAAF 5 DSC "Ace in a day" 13 August 1945. Last American ace of the war.[877]
Chesley G. Peterson Royal Air Force, USAAF 10 DSC [878]
Richard A. Peterson USAAF 5.5 SS [879]
David P. Phillips USN 5 SS, DFC [880]
Edward A. Phillips 5 SS, DFC (2) [881]
Hyde Phillips USMC 5 DFC KIFA 14 August 1952[882]
Harvey P. Picken USN 11 SS, DFC (2) [883]
Francis E. Pierce Jr. USMC 6 NC, DFC [884]
Joseph F. Pierce USAAF 7 DFC POW 21 May 1943, later executed.[885]
Sammy A. Pierce 7 DSC [886]
John Pietz Jr. 6 DFC [887]
George W. Pigman Jr. USN 8.5 DFC (3) [888]
Spiros N. Pisanos USAAF 10 DFC [889]
Jack Pittman Jr. USMC 5 DFC (3) KIFA 12 April 1966[890]
Hiram Clifford Pitts USAAF 6 [711]
Claude W. Plant USN 8.5 SS, DFC MIA 12 September 1944[891]
James N. Poindexter USAAF 7 SS KIFA 3 March 1945[892]
Peter E. Pompetti 5 DFC (4) POW 17 March 1944[893]
Zenneth A. Pond USMC 6 NC MIA 10 September 1942[894]
Kenneth R. Pool USAAF 5 DFC [895]
Tilman E. Pool USN 6 DFC (4) [896]
Albert J. Pope 7.25 DFC [897]
Edward Popek USAAF 7 DFC [898]
Philip B. Porter 5 [133]
Robert Bruce Porter USMC 5 DFC (2) Only Marine pilot to score victories in F4U and F6F[899]
George H. Poske 5 DFC [900]
Nathan T. Post 8 DFC (3) [901]
Ralston M. Pound Jr. USN 6 DFC (2) [902]
Ernest A. Powell USMC 5 NC MIA July 1943[903]
Joe H. Powers Jr. USAAF 14.5 SS MIA 18 January 1951[904]
MacArthur Powers Royal Air Force, USAAF 7 SS "Ace in a day" 18 April 1943[905]
Luther D. Prater Jr. USN 8.5 NC, DFC [906]
George E. "Ratsy" Preddy Jr. USAAF 26.83 DSC "Ace in a day" 6 August 1944. KIA 25 December 1944[907]
Robert W. Prescott American Volunteer Group 5.5 [60]
Frank H. Presley USMC 5 NC [908]
Jack C. Price USAAF 5 DFC [909]
Melvin M. Prichard USN 5.25 SS, DFC (2) [910]
Royce W. Priest USAAF 5 DSC [911]
Roger C. Pryor 5 DFC POW 26 March 1943, escaped captivity 1 May 1945.[912]
John Forrest Pugh 6 DFC [913]
John E. Purdy 7 DFC [914]

Q edit

Name Branch Victories Awards Notes
Norwald R. Quiel USN 6 SS [915]
Donald L. Quigley USAAF 5 SS POW 10 August 1944[916]
Michael J. Quirk 11 SS POW 10 September 1944[917]

R edit

Name Branch Victories Awards Notes
Valentine S. Rader USAAF 6.5 SS, DFC KIFA 1950[918]
Orvin H. Ramlo USMC 7 NC, DFC [919]
Robert J. Rankin USAAF 10 DSC "Ace in a day" 12 May 1944[920]
C. B. Ray 5 DFC (2) [921]
James V. Reber Jr. USN 11 SS, DFC (2) [922]
Edward F. Rector American Volunteer Group, USAAF 7.75 SS, DFC (2) [923]
Eugene D. Redmond USN 9.25 DFC (3) KIFA 3 June 1951[924]
William N. Reed American Volunteer Group, USAAF 9 SS, LOM, DFC (4) KIFA 19 December 1944[925]
William C. Reese USAAF 5 DFC KIA 21 May 1944[926]
Horace B. Reeves 6 DFC [927]
Leonard R. Reeves 6 DFC (4) [928]
Francis R. Register USN 7 DFC (2) KIFA 16 May 1943[929]
Daniel R. Rehm Jr. 13 DFC (2) [930]
Thomas H. Reidy USN 10 NC, DFC (5) [931]
Joseph H. Reinburg USMC 7 DFC (5) [932]
Russell L. Reiserer USN 9 NC, DFC "Ace in a day" 19 October 1944[933]
Thomas J. Rennemo 6 DFC (3) [934]
Joseph E. Reulet 5 DFC (2) [935]
Glenn M. Revel 5.75 DFC (2) [936]
Andrew J. Reynolds USAAF 9.33 SS (2), DFC [937]
Robert P. Reynolds 7 SS, DFC POW 12 September 1944[938]
Thomas W. Rhodes USN 5 [2]
Elmer W. Richardson USAAF 8 SS, DFC (2) [939]
Robert H. Riddle 11 SS, DFC [940]
Vincent A. Rieger USN 5 DFC [941]
Alden P. Rigby USAAF 5 SS [942]
James F. Rigg USN 11 NC, DFC (6) "Ace in a day" 12 September 1944[943]
Elwyn G. Righetti USAAF 7.5 DSC, SS, DFC (4) MIA 17 April 1945[944]
Paul S. Riley 6.5 DFC (5) POW 24 April 1944[945]
Ben Rimerman 5 SS, DFC (4) KIFA 11 August 1945[946]
Andrew J. Ritchey 5 DSC, DFC (2) [947]
Joe D. Robbins USN 5 DFC (2) [948]
Jay T. Robbins USAAF 22 DSC (2), SS, DFC (4) [949][950]
Arval J. Roberson 6 DFC (4) [951]
Daniel T. Roberts Jr. 14 DSC, DFC (3) KIA 9 November 1943[952]
Eugene P. Roberts 9 DSC, SS, DFC (4) [953]
Newell O. Roberts 5 DFC [954]
LeRoy W. Robinson USN 5 DFC (5) [955]
Ross F. Robinson 5 DFC (2) KIFA 29 September 1946[956]
Edward F. Roddy USAAF 8 SS, DFC [957]
F. Michael Rogers 7 SS, DFC [958]
Franklin Rose Jr. 5 SS (2), DFC (2) [959]
Ralph J. Rosen USN 6 DFC (3) [960]
Herbert E. Ross USAAF 7 SS, DFC [961]
Robert P. Ross USN 5.5 NC, SS [962]
Herman J. Rossi Jr. 6 NC (2) [963]
John R. Rossi American Volunteer Group 6 DFC [60][964]
Gerald L. Rounds USAAF 5 SS, DFC (2) [965]
Robert R. Rowland 8 DFC [966]
LeRoy A. Ruder 5.5 DFC (2) KIA 6 June 1944[967]
Henry S. Rudolph 5 SS, DFC [968]
John W. Ruhsam USMC 7 NC, DFC [969]
Donald E. Runyon USN 11 NC, DFC [970]
Roy W. Rushing USN 13 NC, DFC (4) "Ace in a day" 24 October 1944[971]
William A. Rynne USAAF 5 DFC POW 28 March 1944[972]

S edit

Name Branch Victories Awards Notes
Robert J. Sandell American Volunteer Group 5 [60]
Philip Sangermano USAAF 8 SS, DFC [973]
Donald H. Sapp USMC 10 NC, DFC (2) [974]
John J. Sargent USN 5.25 DFC (2) KIA 11 May 1945 aboard USS Bunker Hill[975]
Jimmie E. Savage 7 DFC (3) [976]
Charles W. Sawyer American Volunteer Group, USAAF 8 [2]
Harrell H. Scales USN 6.25 DFC (3) [977]
Hartwell V. Scarborough Jr. USMC 5 DFC (6) [978]
Thomas D. Schank USAAF 5 SS, DFC [979]
Gordon E. Schecter USN 5 SS MIA 18 March 1945[980]
Wilbur R. Scheible USAAF 6 SS, DFC [981]
John L. Schell USN 5 DFC (2) [982]
Frank Schiel American Volunteer Group 7 [2]
William J. Schildt USAAF 6 DFC [983]
James E. Schiller USN 5 DFC [71][984]
David C. Schilling USAAF 22.5 DSC (2), SS (2), DFC (9) "Ace in a day" 23 December 1944[985]
Glenn D. Schiltz Jr. 8 DSC, SS, DFC (4) MIA in Korea[986]
Robert G. Schimanski 6 DFC [987]
Albert L. Schlegel Royal Air Force, USAAF 8.5 DFC (5) KIA 28 August 1944[988]
LeRoy A. Schreiber USAAF 12 DSC, DFC (5) KIA 15 April 1944[989]
Louis Schriber 5 DFC (2) [990]
Duerr H. Schuh 5 DFC [991]
Robert B. Schultz (Shoals) 5 SS, DFC (3) [992]
Robert L. Scott Jr. 10 SS [993]
Alexander F. Sears 5 DFC (2) KIFA 22 October 1951[994]
Meldrum L. Sears 7 DFC (2) [995]
Albert Seckel Jr. USN 6 NC, SS, DFC [996]
Robert B. See USMC 5 DFC (3) [997]
Harold E. Segal 12 DFC (3) [998]
Robert K. Seidman USAAF 5 SS, DFC KIA 14 April 1944[999]
Larry R. Self USN 8.5 NC, DFC (2) [1000]
Robert W. Shackford 5 DFC (5) [1001]
Dale E. Shafer USAAF 7 DFC (3) [1002]
Courtney Shands USN 6 NC "Ace in a day" 7 August 1942[1003]
Edward O. Shaw USMC 14.5 DFC (2) KIFA 1944[1004]
Robert M. Shaw USAAF 8 DFC (2) [1005]
Hugh V. Sherrill USN 5.5 NC, DFC [1006]
Charles A. Shields 5 [2]
Ernest Shipman USAAF 7 SS, DFC POW 30 July 1944[1007]
James A. Shirley USN 12.5 NC, DFC "Ace in a day" 24 October 1944[1008]
William A. Shomo USAAF 8 MOH, DFC "Ace in a day" 11 January 1945[1009]
Robert L. Shoup 5.5 DFC POW 20 May 1944[1010]
Murray J. Shubin 11 DSC, DFC (2) "Ace in a day" 16 June 1943[1011]
Lucien B. Shuler 7 DFC (3) [1012]
Perry L. Shuman USMC 6 DFC (8) [1013]
Wallace E. Sigler 5 DFC [1014]
Sam L. Silber USN 7 LOM, DFC (4) [1015]
John M. Simmons USAAF 7 SS, DFC KIFA 18 January 1961[1016]
William J. Simmons 6 SS MIA 25 April 1944[1017]
Arthur Singer Jr. USN 10 DFC (5) [1018]
Lester H. Sipes 5 DFC (2) [1019]
Frank Sistrunk 5 DFC (3) MIA 3 September 1951[1020]
Norman C. Skogstad USAAF 12 SS, DFC [1021]
Warren A. Skon USN 7 NC, DFC (4) [1022]
Albert C. Slack 6.5 SS [1023]
William J. Sloan USAAF 12 Air Force Cross, DFC [1024]
Armistead B. Smith Jr. USN 10 SS, DFC (4) [1025]
Carl E. Smith 5 DFC (4) [1026]
Carroll C. Smith USAAF 7 SS Top night fighter ace[1027]
Clinton L. Smith USN 6 DFC (2) [1028]
Cornelius M. Smith Jr. USAAF 11 SS, DFC (4) [1029]
Daniel F. Smith Jr. USN 6 NC, SS, LOM, DFC (4) [1030]
Donovan F. Smith USAAF 5.5 DSC, DFC (4) [1031]
Jack R. Smith 5 DFC (2) [1032]
John C. Smith 6 DFC KIA 9 November 1943[1033]
John L. Smith USMC 19 MOH, LOM, DFC [1034][1035]
John M. Smith USN 10 SS, DFC (5) [1036]
Kenneth Darwin Smith 5 [711]
Kenneth G. Smith USAAF 5 DFC (3) POW 21 March 1944. KIFA 20 October 1947[1037]
Leslie C. Smith 7 DFC (5) [1038]
Meryl M. Smith 9 SS, DFC (3) MIA 7 December 1944[1039]
Nicholas J. Smith USN 6 DFC (2) [1040]
Paul A. Smith USAAF 5 DFC (2) [1041]
Richard E. "Snuffy" Smith 7 SS, DFC (2) [1042]
Robert H. Smith American Volunteer Group 5 [60]
Robert T. Smith American Volunteer Group, USAAF 9 SS, DFC [1043]
Virgil H. Smith USAAF 6 DFC (3) KIA 1 January 1943[1044]
William N. Snider USMC 11 SS, DFC (3) [1045]
Irl V. Sonner Jr. USN 5 SS, DFC KIFA 22 March 1945[1046]
James J. "Pug" Southerland 5 SS, DFC (2) KIFA 12 October 1949[1047]
Kenneth C. Sparks USAAF 11 SS, DFC (4) KIFA 5 September 1944[1048]
Harold L. Spears USMC 15 DFC KIFA 6 December 1944[1049]
Dale F. Spencer USAAF 9.5 DSC, DFC (4) [1050]
Clyde P. Spitler USN 5 SS, DFC [1051]
Richard E. Stambook 10 SS, DFC (2) [1052]
Paul M. Stanch USAAF 10 SS, DFC (5) [1053]
William J. Stangel 5 DFC [1054]
Gordon A. Stanley USN 8 SS, DFC (4) KIFA 19 April 1956[1055]
Morris A. Stanley USAAF 5 DFC (2) [1056]
Arland Stanton 8 SS, DFC (3) [1057]
Walter E. Starck 7 DFC (4) POW 27 November 1944[1058]
Carlton B. Starkes USN 6 NC, DFC (2) [1059]
James R. Starnes USAAF 6 DFC (2) [1060]
Edgar E. Stebbins USN 5 [2]
Robert W. Stephens USAAF 13 SS, DFC KIFA 1960[1061]
Everett W. Stewart 7.83 SS, DFC (4) [1062]
James C. Stewart 11.5 DSC, DFC (5) [1063]
James S. Stewart USN 10 NC, DFC (2) [1064]
John S. Stewart USAAF 9 SS, DFC (2) [1065]
Charles R. Stimpson USN 16 NC, DFC (3) "Ace in a day" 14 October 1944[1066][1067]
John D. Stokes 6.5 SS, DFC [1068]
Carl V. Stone 5 DFC (3) KIFA 13 March 1967[1069]
Robert J. Stone USAAF 7 "Ace in a day" 10 June 1945[1070]
John A. Storch 10.5 SS, DFC (3) [1071]
Robert F. Stout USMC 6 NC, DFC KIA 4 March 1945[1072]
Donald J. Strait USAAF 13.5 SS, DFC (3) [1073]
William H. Strand 7 SS (2), DFC (6) [1074]
John R. Strane USN 13 SS, DFC (7) [1075]
Johnnie C. Strange 5 DFC [1076]
Frederick J. Streig 5.5 DFC (3) [1077]
Harvey W. Sturdevant 6 DFC (4) [1078]
John L. Sublett USAAF 8 DFC [1079]
Richard C. Suehr 5 SS, DFC (2) [1080]
Charles P. Sullivan 5 SS, DFC [1081]
Elliot Summer 10 SS, DFC (2) [1082]
Robert C. Sutcliffe 5 DFC (3) [1083]
John F. Sutherland USN 6.5 DFC (2) [1084]
James E. Swett USMC 15.5 MOH, DFC (6) "Ace in a day" 7 April 1943[1085][1086]
Harryn W. Swinburne USN 5 DFC (2) First pilot to fly a helicopter in combat[1087]
James S. Swope 9.66 DFC (2) [1088]
William J. Sykes USAAF 5 DFC POW 25 December 1944[1089]
John C. C. Symmes USN 11 NC (2), DFC (2) [1090]
Stanley T. Synar USMC 5 DFC [1091]

T edit

Name Branch Victories Awards Notes
Gilbert F. Talbot USAAF 5 DFC (2) [1092]
William F. Tanner 5.5 DFC (4) [1093]
James B. Tapp 8 DSC, DFC [1094]
Kenneth M. Taylor 6 DSC First Army Air Forces pilot to be awarded DSC during war. Is officially only credited with 3 victories.[1095]
Oliver B. Taylor 5 SS [1096]
Ralph G. Taylor Jr. 6 DFC [1097]
Ray A. Taylor Jr. USN 6.5 DFC (2) [1098]
Will W. Taylor 6 SS, DFC [1099]
Francis A. Terrill USMC 6.5 DFC (2) KIFA 12 January 1946[1100]
John S. "Jimmy" Thach USN 6 NC (2), SS, LOM [1101]
W. Paul Thayer 6.5 DFC (3) [1102]
Robert H. Thelen 6.5 DFC [1103]
Franklin C. Thomas Jr. USMC 9 NC [1104]
Robert F. Thomas USN 5.25 NC, DFC [1105]
Wilbur J. Thomas USMC 18.5 NC, DFC (2) KIFA 28 January 1947[1106]
Robert D. Thompson USAAF 5 DFC [1107]
John F. Thornell Jr. 17.25 DSC, DFC (6) [1108]
David F. Thwaites 6 DFC (3) [1109]
Harrison R. Thyng 5 SS 5 additional victories during the Korean War[1110]
Robert E. Tierney 5 [133]
John A. Tilley 5 DFC [1111]
Reade F. Tilley Royal Canadian Air Force 7 DFC (UK) Born in Florida.[1112]
Edward W. Toaspern USN 7 DFC (4) [1113]
John W. Topliff 5 DFC (3) [1114]
Harrison B. "Bud" Tordoff USAAF 5 DFC [1115]
Ross E. Torkelson USN 5 DFC [1116]
Philip E. Tovrea Jr. USAAF 8 SS, DFC [1117]
Eugene P. Townsend USN 5 NC "Ace in a day" 24 October 1944[1118]
Frederick W. Tracey 5 NC, SS [1119]
Frederick O. Trafton Jr. USAAF 5 SS, DFC [1120]
Franklin W. Troup USN 7 DFC (2) [1121]
Eugene A. Trowbridge USMC 6 NC [1122]
Clifton H. Troxell USAAF 5 SS, DFC (3) [1123]
Myron M. Truax USN 7 NC (2), DFC [1124]
John H. Truluck USAAF 7 DSC, DFC (4) [1125]
Grant M. Turley 6 SS, DFC KIA[1126]
Charles H. Turner USN 6 DFC (2) [1127]
Edward B. Turner 7 NC "Ace in a day" 18 October 1944[1128]
Richard E. Turner USAAF 11 DFC (2) [1129]
William L. Turner 8 DSC, SS, DFC (3) [1130]
Wendell V. Twelves USN 13 NC, SS, DFC (6) [1131]
Gerald E. Tyler USAAF 7 DFC (2) [1132]
James O. Tyler 8 DFC (2) [1133]

U edit

Name Branch Victories Awards Notes
Vernon R. Ude USN 5 DFC (3) [1134]
Donald E. Umphres 6 DFC (3) KIFA 4 June 1947[1135]

V edit

Name Branch Victories Awards Notes
Eugene A. Valencia Jr. USN 23 NC, DFC (6) "Ace in a day" 17 April 1945[1136][1137]
Herbert J. Valentine USMC 6 NC, DFC (2) "Ace in a day" 25 May 1945[1138]
Rudolph D. Van Dyke USN 5 SS, DFC KIFA 1 June 1953[1139]
Peter J. Van der Linden Jr. 5 DFC (2) [1140]
Arthur Van Haren Jr. 9 DFC (3) [1141]
George R. Vanden Heuvel USAAF 5.5 DFC (2) [1142]
James S. Varnell Jr. 17 SS, DFC (3) KIFA 9 April 1945[1143]
Harley C. Vaughn 7 DFC (2) [1144]
Robert H. Vaught 5 SS [1145]
Milton N. Vedder USMC 6 DFC (2) KIA 11 February 1944[1146]
Stanley W. “Swede” Vejtasa USN 10.25 NC (3) "Ace in a day" 26 October 1942[1147]
Clinton D. Vincent USAAF 6 SS, LOM, DFC (3) [1148]
Merriwell W. Vineyard USN 6 DFC (6) Also flew in Royal Canadian Air Force[1149]
Arnold E. Vinson USAAF 5.3 DFC (3) MIA 3 April 1943[1150]
Herman W. Visscher 5 DFC Shot down a sixth plane in Korean War[1151]
Harold E. Vita USN 6 SS (2), DFC (2) [1152]
John E. Vogt USAAF 5 DSC "Ace in a day" 28 May 1945[1153]
John W. Vogt, Jr. 8 DFC (5) [1154]
John J. Voll 21 DSC, SS, DFC (2) "Ace in a day" 16 November 1944[1155]
Roy M. Voris USN 7 DFC [1156]
Albert O. Vorse, Jr. 11.5 NC, SS, DFC (2) [1157]
Alexander Vraciu 19 NC, DFC (3) "Ace in a day" 19 June 1944[1158][1159]

W edit

Name Branch Victories Awards Notes
Lance C. "Wildcat" Wade Royal Air Force 23 DFC(UK) & Bar Born in Texas. KIFA 12 January 1944[1160]
Robert Wade USMC 7 NC, DFC (2) [1161]
Horace Q. Waggoner USAAF 5 DFC (2) [1162]
Boyd D. "Buzz" Wagner 8 DSC, DFC First Army Air Force ace of World War II. KIFA 29 November 1942[1163]
John W. Wainwright Jr. 6 DSC "Ace in a day" 28 September 1944. KIFA 7 July 1945[1164]
Joe W. Waits 5.5 DFC [1165]
Thomas H. Walker 6 DFC [1166]
Walter B. Walker Jr. 5 DFC [1167]
Kenneth A. Walsh USMC 21 MOH, DFC (7) First F4U Corsair ace[1168][1169]
Ralph H. Wandrey USAAF 6 DFC (2) [1170]
Lyttleton T. Ward USN 5 NC, SS, DFC [1171]
Victor E. Warford USAAF 8 SS (2) POW 11 October 1944[1172]
Arthur T. Warner USMC 8 NC, DFC [1173]
Jack R. Warren USAAF 5 DFC MIA March 1944[1174]
Edward T. Waters 7 DFC [1175]
James A. Watkins 12 DSC [1176]
Ralph J. Watson 5 LOM, DFC (4) [1177]
Charles E. Watts USN 8.75 NC, DFC (3) [1178]
Oran S. Watts USAAF 5 DFC (2) [1179]
Sidney W. Weatherford 5 DFC (2) MIA 11 August 1952[1180]
Charles E. Weaver 8 [133]
Claude Weaver III Royal Canadian Air Force 12.5 DFC (UK) Born in Oklahoma. Youngest Allied ace of the war. POW 9 September 1942, later escaped captivity. DOW 28 January 1944.[1181]
Wilbur B. Webb USN 7 NC, DFC (2) [1182]
Willard J. Webb USAAF 5 DFC (3) [1183]
Gregory J. Weissenberger USMC 5 DFC (3) [1184]
Darrell G. Welch USAAF 5 SS, DFC [1185]
George S. Welch 16 DSC, DFC (3) First Army Air Force pilot to shoot down an enemy plane during the war. KIFA 12 October 1954[1186]
Robert E. Welch 6 SS, DFC KIFA 23 March 1951[1187]
Robert D. Welden 6.25 DFC [1188]
Albert P. Wells USMC 5 DFC (2) [1189]
Edward G. Wendorf USN 5 DFC (3) [1190]
Arthur E. Wenige USAAF 6 SS, DFC (2) [1191]
John M. Wesolowski USN 7 DFC (2) [1192]
Warren M. Wesson USAAF 5 DFC [1193]
Richard L. West 14 DSC, SS, DFC (3) [1194]
Robert G. West USN 5 DFC (3) [1195]
Robert B. Westbrook USAAF 20 DSC, DFC (2) MIA 22 November 1944[1196]
Raymond S. Wetmore 21.25 DSC (2), SS, DFC (5) KIFA 14 February 1951[1197]
William E. Whalen 6 SS, DFC [1198]
Elmer M. Wheadon 7 SS, DFC "Ace in a day" 1 July 1943[1199]
William T. Whisner 15.5 DSC (2), SS, DFC (3) "Ace in a day" 21 November 1944. Scored 6.5 additional victories with U.S. Air Force and award third DSC during Korean War.[1200]
Henry S. White USN 5 DFC (2) [1201]
John H. White USAAF 5 DFC (2) KIFA 5 October 1945[1202]
Robert H. White 9 SS, DFC (4) [1203]
Thomas A. White 6 DFC (2) [1204]
Roy E. Whittaker 7 DFC (4) [1205]
Samuel J. Wicker 7 SS, DFC [1206]
David C. Wilhelm 6 DFC (2) [1207]
Paul H. Wilkins 5 DFC (3) [1208]
James W. Wilkinson 6 DSC, DFC (3) KIFA 4 June 1944[1209]
Bruce W. Williams USN 7 NC, DFC (3) [1210]
Gerard M. H. Williams USMC 7 DFC (2) [1211]
James M. Williams USAAF 6 DFC [1212]
Russell D. Williams 5 DFC (3) [1213]
Felix D. Williamson 13 DSC, DFC (4) "Ace in a day" 14 January 1945. KIFA 24 February 1947[1214]
Robert C. Wilson USN 6 DFC (2) [1215]
William F. Wilson USAAF 5 SS, DFC KIFA 12 November 1947[1216]
Murray Winfield USN 8 SS, DFC (3) [1217]
Robert P. Winks USAAF 5.5 DFC (2) [1218]
Robert A. Winston USN 5 DFC [2]
Theodore H. Winters Jr. 8 NC (2), SS (3), DFC [1219]
Calvin C. Wire USAAF 7 DFC (4) [1220]
Ralph L. Wire 5 DFC (2) [1221]
John L. Wirth USN 14 NC, SS (2), DFC KIFA 13 April 1945[1222]
Lee V. Wiseman USAAF 5 SS [1223]
Lynn E. Witt Jr. 6 DSC, SS, DFC (3) [1224]
John T. Wolf USN 7 DFC (2) [1225]
Judge E. Wolfe USAAF 9 SS, DFC (2) KIFA 24 November 1948[1226]
John L. Wolford 5 DFC MIA 20 May 1943[1227]
Walter A. Wood USN 5.5 SS [1228]
Sidney S. Woods USAAF 7 DSC, SS, DFC (3) "Ace in a day" 22 March 1945. POW 16 April 1945[1229]
Robert E. Woody 7 DSC, DFC [1230]
Millard Wooley Jr. USN 5 DFC (2) [1231]
Robert C. Woolverton 6 DFC (3) [1232]
Malcolm T. Wordell 7 NC (2), DFC (3) [1233]
George L. Wrenn 5.25 NC, DFC [1234]
Ellis W. Wright Jr. USAAF 6 DSC [1235]
Max J. Wright 5 SS [1236]

Y edit

Name Branch Victories Awards Notes
Robert R. Yaeger Jr. USAAF 5 SS, DFC (4) [1237]
Charles Elwood Yeager 13 SS, DFC "Ace in a day" 12 October 1944. First man to break the sound barrier 14 October 1947[1238][1239]
Harold Yeremain USN 6 DFC (3) KIFA 13 August 1951[1240]
Robert M. York USAAF 5 SS [1241]
Donald K. Yost USMC 8 SS, DFC [1242]
Michael R. Yunck 5 SS, DFC [1243]

Z edit

Name Branch Victories Awards Notes
Earling W. Zaeske USN 5 DFC (2) [1244]
Hubert "Hub" Zemke USAAF 17.75 DSC, SS, DFC (8) POW 30 October 1944[1245]
John A. Zink USN 5 DFC [55][1246]
Daniel J. Zoerb USAAF 7 SS, DFC (3) [1247]
Charles J. Zubarik 8 DFC POW 24 May 1943[1248]

Notes edit

Abbreviations edit

Awards edit

Award Title Notes
DFC Distinguished Flying Cross The Distinguished Flying Cross is a medal awarded to any officer or enlisted member of the United States armed forces who distinguishes himself or herself in support of operations by "heroism or extraordinary achievement while participating in an aerial flight".
DFC(UK) Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom) Awarded to Royal Air Force commissioned officers and Warrant Officers for "an act or acts of valour, courage or devotion to duty whilst flying in active operations against the enemy".
DSC Distinguished Service Cross The Distinguished Service Cross is the second highest medal for gallantry awarded to any member of the Army and Army Air Force for "extraordinary heroism not justifying the Medal of Honor".
LOM Legion of Merit The Legion of Merit is a medal awarded to members of the Uniformed Services of the United States and members of allied armed forces for "exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services and achievements".
MOH Medal of Honor The Medal of Honor is the highest and most prestigious military decoration awarded to any member of the US Armed Forces for "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty".
NC Navy Cross The Navy Cross is the second highest medal for gallantry awarded to any member of the Navy and the Marine Corps who "distinguishes himself or herself in action by extraordinary heroism in combat not justifying the Medal of Honor."
SS Silver Star The Silver Star is a medal awarded to any officer or enlisted member of the United States armed forces who distinguishes himself or herself by "gallantry in action against an enemy of the United States"

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This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from United States For other countries see List of World War II flying aces by country Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y ZA editName Branch Victories Awards NotesRobert W Abernathy USAAF 5 DFC 1 Fred T Ackerman USN 5 SS 2 Burnell W Adams USAAF 7 SS 3 Charles E Adams Jr 6 DFC 4 Fletcher E Adams 9 DFC KIA 5 Robert H Adams 5 DFC MIA 6 John M Ainlay 8 SS 7 Donald N Aldrich USMC 20 NC DFC KIFA 3 May 1947 8 Richard L Alexander Royal Canadian Air Force USAAF 5 SS DFC POW 30 May 1944 9 John R Alison USAAF 6 DSC SS 10 11 Calvin D Allen Jr 7 SS 12 David W Allen 8 SS 13 William H Allen 5 DFC Ace in a day 14 Stuart C Alley Jr USMC 5 DFC 15 Ernest J Ambort USAAF 5 DFC 16 Robert H Ammon 5 DFC 17 Dudley Moore Amoss 5 5 SS POW March 1945 18 Benjamin C Amsden USN 5 DFC 19 Leslie E Andersen USAAF 5 20 Alexander L Anderson USN 5 5 NC Ace in a day 16 February 1945 21 Charles F Anderson Jr USAAF 10 LOM KIA 19 April 1944 22 Clarence E Bud Anderson 16 25 DFC 5 23 Richard H Anderson 5 DSC Ace in a day 25 May 1945 24 Robert H Anderson USN 8 5 NC DFC Ace in a day 14 December 1944 KIFA 5 June 1945 25 William Y Anderson USAAF 7 SS Born in Sweden he is Sweden s only flying ace 26 Wyman D Anderson 6 SS 27 Stephen W Andrew 9 SS POW 2 July 1944 28 Stanley O Andrews 6 SS DFC 2 29 Lester L Arasmith 6 30 David B Archibald 5 Ace in a day and POW 18 December 1944 31 William E Aron 5 DFC MIA 22 April 1945 32 Robert W Aschenbrener 10 DSC Shot down on 25 December 1944 and evaded capture for 27 days before rescue 33 Abner M Aust 5 34 Eugene D Axtel 5 DFC P 61 night fighter ace 35 George C Axtell USMC 6 NC DFC Ace in a day 22 April 1945 36 B editName Branch Victories Awards NotesDonald A Baccus USAAF 5 SS 37 Jack A Bade 5 DSC KIFA 2 May 1963 38 Oscar C Bailey USN 5 SS DFC 39 Robert Baird USMC 6 NC SS DFC Only Marine night fighter ace 40 Douglas Baker USN 16 33 SS 2 DFC 4 MIA 14 December 1944 41 Ellis C Baker Jr USAAF 6 DFC 42 Robert M Baker USMC 7 DFC 43 Fred E Bakutis USN 7 5 NC LOM DFC 2 Shot down October 1944 and spent one week adrift before rescue 44 Donald L Balch USMC 5 DFC 2 45 Frank B Baldwin 5 DFC 2 46 Henry W Balsiger USN 5 33 DFC 47 Raymond M Bank USAAF 5 DFC POW 2 March 1945 48 Ernest E Bankey Jr 9 5 DSC SS Ace in a day 27 December 1944 49 John Lawrence Banks USN 8 5 DFC 2 50 William M Banks USAAF 9 SS 51 Bruce M Barackman USN 5 DFC 3 52 Rex T Barber USAAF 5 NC 53 Frederic A Bardshar USN 7 5 SS LOM DFC 3 54 James D Bare 5 55 Robert M Barkey USAAF 5 DFC 56 Lloyd G Barnard USN 8 NC DFC Ace in a day 15 June 1944 57 James M Barnes 6 NC KIFA 2 July 1945 58 Truman S Barnes USAAF 5 59 Percy R Bartelt American Volunteer Group 5 60 William E Bartling 5 60 John W Bartol USN 5 DFC 2 61 Robert L Baseler USAAF 6 SS 62 Hugh N Batten USN 7 NC DFC 2 63 Harold W Bauer USMC 11 MOH MIA 14 November 1944 64 Aaron L Bearden USAAF 5 DFC POW 3 September 1944 65 Paul H N Beaudry USN 5 DFC 66 Edward H Beavers Jr USAAF 5 KIA 27 November 1944 67 Paul S Bechtel 5 DFC 5th kill claimed while temporarily assigned to USMC unit 68 Robert H Becker 7 DFC 69 Walter C Beckham 18 DSC SS 4 POW 22 February 1944 70 Marshall U Beebe USN 10 5 NC DFC 3 Ace in a day 18 March 1945 71 72 Don M Beerbower USAAF 15 5 DSC SS 2 DFC 3 KIA 9 August 1944 73 Duane W Beeson 17 33 DSC SS POW 5 April 1944 74 Louis Benne 5 SS POW 14 June 1944 75 Joseph H Bennett 8 5 DFC 76 Walter G Benz Jr 8 SS 77 Jack S Berkheimer USN 7 5 NC MIA 16 December 1944 78 Norman R Berree 9 DFC 4 79 Richard L Bertelson 5 DFC 2 80 William R Beyer USAAF 9 SS Ace in a day 27 September 1944 81 82 Carl G Bickel 5 5 SS 83 Edward F Bickford 5 5 DFC 84 Hipolitus T Biel 5 33 DFC KIA 24 April 1944 85 Henry S Bille 6 DFC 86 Walter D Bishop USN 5 DFC KIFA 14 December 1944 87 John T Blackburn 11 NC DFC 88 Samuel V Blair USAAF 11 SS 89 William K Blair USN 5 DFC 90 Donald J M Blakeslee Royal Canadian Air Force USAAF 14 5 DSC 2 SS 2 DFC 8 UK DFC 91 Richard Buckner Blaydes USN 5 DFC 2 92 Wayne K Blickenstaff USAAF 10 DSC SS Ace in a day 24 March 1945 93 Laurence E Blumer 6 DSC SS Ace in a day 25 August 1944 94 Robert L Blyth USN 6 5 DFC 2 95 Donald H Bochkay USAAF 13 83 DFC 96 Hampton E Boggs 9 DSC SS KIFA 1953 97 Alfred G Bolduc USN 5 SS DFC 2 98 John F Bolt USMC 6 DFC 2 Claimed 6 additional victories and was awarded NC during Korean War Only Marine to become an ace in two different wars and only Marine ace of Korean War 99 John W Bolyard USAAF 5 DFC 100 Charlie R Bond Jr American Volunteer Group 7 60 Richard I Bong USAAF 40 MOH DSC SS 2 DFC 7 Top American ace in history KIFA 6 August 1945 101 William J Bonneau USN 8 SS DFC KIFA 3 October 1947 102 Stephen J Bonner USAAF 5 DFC 103 Robert John Booth 8 SS POW 8 June 1944 104 Clarence A Borley USN 5 NC DFC 2 Shot down in October 1944 spending 5 days adrift before rescue 105 Ernest O Bostrom USAAF 5 DFC 106 George E Bostwick 8 SS 107 Gregory Pappy Boyington American Volunteer Group USMC 28 MOH NC Top Marine ace in history Ace in a day 16 September 1943 POW 3 January 1944 108 Gerald F Boyle USN 5 5 DFC 2 KIFA October 1944 109 Jack T Bradley USAAF 15 DSC 110 John L Bradley 5 SS 111 Arthur J Brassfield USN 6 33 NC 2 112 Richard L Braun USMC 5 DFC 4 113 Charles W Brewer USN 6 5 NC LOM DFC 3 Ace in a day and MIA 19 June 1944 114 Michael Brezas USAAF 12 SS KIFA 5 February 1954 115 Johnie J Bridges USN 6 25 DFC 3 116 John G Bright American Volunteer Group USAAF 6 SS First American ace to shoot down Japanese German and Italian aircraft POW August 1943 117 Mark K Bright USN 9 NC KIA 118 Joseph E Broadhead USAAF 8 DFC 119 Samuel J Brocato Jr USN 7 NC DFC 2 KIFA 9 June 1960 120 James L Brooks USAAF 13 SS 121 Carl A Brown Jr USN 10 5 NC DFC 2 Ace in a day 24 October 1944 122 Gerald A Brown USAAF 5 DFC 3 Shot down over France in September 1944 but evaded captivity Shot down again over Korea and captured as POW 30 November 1950 123 Harley L Brown 6 DFC 124 Harry W Brown 6 SS Claimed first victory on December 7 1941 at Pearl Harbor 125 Henry W Brown 14 2 DSC POW 3 October 1944 126 127 Meade M Brown 6 SS KIA 24 August 1950 128 Quince L Brown 12 33 SS POW and executed 6 September 1944 129 Robert H Brown 7 SS 130 Samuel J Brown 15 5 DSC 131 William P Brown Jr USMC 7 NC DFC 2 Awarded a second NC during the Korean War KIA 24 February 1952 132 James W Browning USAAF 7 133 Lowell K Brueland 12 5 DSC SS DFC Claimed 2 additional victories during the Korean War 134 Carland E Brunmier USN 6 NC DFC 135 Donald S Bryan USAAF 13 33 DSC Ace in a day 2 November 1944 136 137 William E Bryan Jr 7 5 Awarded DSC during Korean War 138 James A Bryce USN 5 25 DFC 2 KIFA 10 April 1945 139 Robert L Buchanan 5 NC DFC Ace in a day 16 October 1944 140 George T Buck Jr USAAF 6 SS 141 Paul D Buie USN 9 NC SS DFC 3 142 William Eugene Burckhalter 6 SS 2 KIA 11 June 1944 143 Clinton D Burdick USAAF 5 5 133 George T Burgard American Volunteer Group 10 60 Franklin N Burley USN 7 SS 144 Robert L Burnett III USAAF 5 DFC 145 Roy O Burnett Jr USN 7 DFC 146 Howard M Burriss 7 5 DFC MIA 31 January 1944 147 Francis X Bushner 6 DFC 148 Robert L Buttke USAAF 5 5 DFC 149 Robert J Byrne 6 SS 150 Matthew S Byrnes Jr USN 6 DFC 3 151 Robert C Byrnes USAAF 5 DFC 152 C editName Branch Victories Awards NotesJames B Cain USN 8 5 SS DFC 3 153 Raymond L Callaway USAAF 6 DFC 154 Richard A Campbell 6 DFC 155 Richard G Candelaria 6 SS POW 13 April 1945 156 John B Carder 7 DFC POW 12 May 1944 successfully escaped captivity KIFA 1 October 1961 157 Raymond C Care 6 DFC POW 15 April 1944 158 Henry A Carey Jr USN 7 DFC 2 159 Marion E Carl USMC 18 5 NC 2 DFC 3 160 161 Kendall E Carlson USAAF 6 DFC POW 25 February 1945 162 William A Carlton USMC 5 DFC 163 Daniel A Carmichael USN 13 SS 2 DFC 5 164 George Carpenter USAAF 13 84 DFC POW 165 Bruce W Carr 15 DSC SS Ace in a day 2 April 1945 166 George R Carr USN 11 5 NC DFC 4 Ace in a day 19 June 1944 KIFA 1967 167 Charles H Carroll 6 DFC 3 168 Walter J Carroll USAAF 7 DFC 169 Leonard K Carson 18 5 SS 2 170 James R Carter 6 SS 171 William N Case USMC 8 DFC 4 172 Nial K Castle USAAF 5 DFC 3 173 Dean Caswell USMC 7 SS 2 174 Charles J Cesky USAAF 8 5 DFC 175 George F Ceuleers 10 5 DSC 176 Henry K Champion USN 5 DFC 2 177 Frederic F Champlin USAAF 9 DFC 178 Creighton Chandler USMC 6 DFC 2 179 George T Chandler USAAF 5 DFC 180 Van E Chandler 5 DFC Claimed 3 more victories during the Korean War 181 Philip G Chapman 5 DFC KIA 28 March 1945 182 Levi R Chase 12 DFC 4 183 Leonard J Check USN 12 NC SS LOM DFC 2 KIFA January 1945 184 Oscar I Chenoweth 8 5 SS DFC 185 Lewis W Chick Jr USAAF 6 133 Arthur Chin Canton Provincial Air Force 8 5 DFC Born in Oregon first American ace of war 186 Frederick J Christensen USAAF 21 5 SS Ace in a day 7 July 1944 187 James A Clark 10 5 SS 188 Lawrence A Clark USN 7 NC DFC 4 189 Robert A Clark 6 DFC 3 190 Walter E Clarke 7 DFC 5 191 Arthur B Cleaveland USAAF 5 SS Ace in a day 18 April 1945 192 193 Donald C Clements USN 5 DFC 3 194 Robert E Clements 5 DFC 2 195 Dallas A Clinger Jr USAAF 5 DFC 196 Vivian A Cloud 5 DFC 197 Robert C Coats Jr USN 9 33 NC DFC 2 Ace in a day 18 March 1945 71 198 Paul R Cochran USAAF 5 DFC 199 Oscar H Coen Royal Air Force USAAF 5 5 DFC UK SS Shot down over France and smuggled to Spain while with RAF 200 Robert L Coffey USAAF 6 DFC KIFA 20 April 1949 while serving as a Congressman from Pennsylvania 201 Thaddeus T Coleman USN 10 NC SS DFC 3 202 Wilson M Coleman 6 DFC 3 203 Frank J Collins USAAF 9 SS POW 12 July 1945 204 William M Collins USN 9 NC DFC 4 205 J D Collinsworth USAAF 6 DFC 206 Philip E Colman Jr 6 DFC Claimed 4 additional victories during the Korean War 207 Gordon B Compton 5 5 208 Harold E Bunny Comstock 5 DFC 209 Arthur R Conant USMC 6 DFC 5 210 Edwin S Conant USN 5 55 Henry L Condon II USAAF 5 DFC KIA January 1945 211 Jack E Conger USMC 10 NC DFC 2 212 Paul A Conger USAAF 11 5 DSC 213 Thomas J Conroy USN 7 NC Ace in a day 24 October 1944 214 Walter V Cook USAAF 6 DFC 215 Merle M Coons 5 216 William E Copeland USN 6 SS 217 Paul Cordray 7 DFC 2 218 Richard L Cormier 8 SS DFC 5 219 Leland B Cornell 5 55 Richard D Cowger 6 DFC 3 220 Ralph L Cox USAAF 5 SS 221 Melvin Cozzens USN 6 5 DFC 222 Edward Porky Cragg USAAF 15 DSC MIA 26 December 1943 223 Clement M Craig USN 11 75 NC 2 DFC Ace in a day 21 January 1945 224 Darrell S Cramer USAAF 7 225 Niven K Cranfill 5 SS 2 226 Ray Crawford 6 DFC 227 Claude J Crenshaw 7 DSC 228 Harry C Crim 6 SS 229 William F Crombie 5 2 Donald F Cronin USN 6 DFC 230 John T Crosby 5 25 NC DFC 2 Ace in a day 16 April 1945 231 William E Crowe USMC 7 NC DFC 5 KIFA 1 April 1960 232 Arthur W Cruikshank USAAF 8 233 William J Cullerton 5 DSC SS POW 5 April 1945 234 Donald M Cummings 6 5 DFC 235 Arthur C Cundy 6 DFC MIA 11 March 1945 236 Daniel G Cunningham USN 7 NC DFC 237 James N Cupp USMC 13 NC DFC 3 238 Louis E Curdes USAAF 9 DFC 2 POW 27 August 1943 escaped captivity April 1944 239 John H Curry Royal Canadian Air Force 7 33 DFC UK Born in Texas 240 Robert C Curtis USAAF 14 DSC SS DFC 2 241 Warren D Curton 5 DFC 242 Frank A Cutler 7 5 SS 2 KIA 13 May 1944 243 Edward J Czarnecki 6 SS Shot down 23 October 1943 evaded capture and was rescued in February 1944 244 D editName Branch Victories Awards NotesPerry J Dahl USAAF 9 SS 245 Kenneth H Dahlberg 14 DSC SS DFC 2 POW 14 February 1945 246 Kenneth J Dahms USN 7 NC DFC Ace in a day 6 April 1945 247 James B Dalglish USAAF 9 SS 248 Fernley H Damstrom 8 SS KIFA 11 April 1945 249 William A Daniel 5 SS 250 Jack S Daniell 5 DSC Ace in a day 26 November 1944 251 Merl W Davenport USN 6 25 DFC 2 252 George H Davidson 5 5 DFC 253 Clarence E Davies 5 SS DFC 3 254 Barrie S Davis USAAF 6 SS 255 Clayton E Davis 5 DSC 256 George A Davis Jr 7 SS DFC 2 Claimed 14 additional victories and was awarded the MOH and DSC during the Korean War KIA 10 February 1952 257 Glendon V Davis 7 5 Evaded capture in France for 4 months before he was smuggled back to England 258 Leonard K Davis USMC 5 NC DFC 259 Ralph H Davis USN 7 5 2 Robert H Davis 5 5 DFC 2 260 George E Dawkins Jr USMC 5 2 William C Day Jr USAAF 5 DFC 261 Gregory A Daymond Royal Air Force 5 DFC UK 262 Richard S Deakins USAAF 6 DFC KIFA November 1944 263 Cecil O Dean 6 DFC POW 2 July 1944 264 William A Dean Jr USN 11 NC DFC 5 265 Zach W Dean USAAF 7 SS POW 21 April 1951 266 John W Dear Jr USN 7 SS DFC 2 267 Jefferson J DeBlanc USMC 9 MOH DFC Ace in a day 31 January 1943 268 Leslie Decew USN 6 DFC 2 269 Edwin L Degraffenreid USAAF 6 SS 270 Robert M DeHaven 14 SS 271 George Della 5 DFC 272 Phillip C DeLong USMC 11 66 DFC 4 Claimed 2 additional victories during the Korean War 273 Anthony J Denman USN 6 DFC 2 274 Reuben H Denoff 5 SS DFC 275 Elliott E Dent Jr USAAF 6 DSC 276 Richard O Devine USN 8 SS DFC 4 277 Lawrence A Dewing 5 5 DFC 2 278 Robert A M Dibb 7 NC DFC 2 KIFA 29 August 1944 279 Frederick E Dick USAAF 5 DFC 280 Michael Dikovitsky 5 DFC 281 Joseph V Dillard USMC 6 3 DFC 282 William J Dillard USAAF 6 SS 283 Eugene Dillow USMC 6 DFC 284 John F Dobbin 8 NC DFC 285 George A Doersch USAAF 10 5 SS DFC 3 286 Archie G Donahue USMC 14 NC DFC 3 Ace in a day 12 April 1945 287 I B Jack Donaldson USAAF 5 DSC 133 Landis E Doner USN 8 DFC 3 288 Harry W Dorris USAAF 5 SS 289 Jefferson D Dorroh USMC 6 NC DFC Ace in a day 22 April 1945 290 Frederick J Dorsch Jr USAAF 8 5 SS 291 Paul P Douglas Jr 8 DSC 2 292 Cecil J Doyle USMC 5 NC MIA 7 November 1943 293 Charles W Drake 5 NC DFC 294 Irwin H Dregne USAAF 5 DSC 295 Urban L Drew 6 Air Force Cross DFC 2 First pilot to shoot down 2 jet aircraft 296 William C Drier 6 DSC 297 Daniel B J Driscoll USN 5 DFC 298 Frank C Drury USMC 6 NC DFC 299 Paul E Drury USN 6 5 DFC 2 300 Francis E Dubisher USAAF 5 DSC 301 Charles H DuBois 6 302 James E Duffy Jr 5 5 DFC 303 James E Duffy Jr USN 5 304 Richard E Duffy USAAF 5 SS Ace in a day 18 April 1943 305 Walter F Duke 10 SS MIA 6 June 1944 306 John S Dunaway 7 DSC MIA 22 November 1944 307 George Chamberlain Duncan USN 13 5 NC SS DFC 6 308 Glenn E Duncan USAAF 19 5 DSC SS Shot down in July 1944 evaded capture and joined the Dutch underground 309 Robert W Duncan USN 7 NC DFC 2 310 Fred L Dungan 7 NC DFC 311 William D Dunham USAAF 16 DSC 312 Richard W Dunkin 9 SS 313 Bernard Dunn USN 5 33 DFC 2 314 William R Poppy Dunn British Royal Air Force USAAF 6 Serving in the RAF he became the first American ace of World War II 315 Parker Dupouy American Volunteer Group USAAF 6 5 2 Dewey F Durnford USMC 6 5 DFC 3 316 E editName Branch Victories Awards NotesGlenn T Eagleston USAAF 18 5 DSC SS Top ace in the 9th Air Force claimed 2 additional victories during the Korean War 317 Hoyt A Eason 6 SS MIA 3 March 1943 318 Clyde B East 13 SS 319 David B Eastham 12Richard T Eastmond USN 9 NC DFC 320 Byron A Eberts 6 DFC 2 321 William G Eccles 5 55 Bert Eckard 7 NC DFC 2 Ace in a day 11 May 1945 322 Billy C Edens USAAF 7 SS POW 10 September 1944 323 Willard E Eder USN 6 5 NC DFC 2 71 324 Selden R Edner Royal Air Force 5 325 Edward B Edwards Jr USAAF 5 5 SS 326 William C Edwards Jr USN 7 5 NC DFC 2 Ace in a day 16 February 1945 327 Joseph L Egan Jr USAAF 5 DFC KIA 17 July 1944 328 Robert A Elder 5 SS DFC Ace in a day 24 March 1945 329 Ralph E Elliott USN 9 5 DFC 3 330 Vincent T Elliott USAAF 7 SS 331 Hugh M Elwood USMC 5 DFC 332 Donald R Emerson USAAF 7 DFC KIA 25 December 1944 333 Warren S Emerson 6 SS 334 Wallace N Emmer 14 DSC SS POW 9 August 1944 died in captivity February 1945 335 Benjamin H Emmert Jr 7 SS POW 1 September 1944 Claimed 1 additional victory during the Korean War 336 Eugene H Emmons 9 DFC 337 James W Empey 5 SS 338 James J England 10 339 John B England 17 5 SS KIFA 17 November 1954 340 Anthony J Enman USN 5 55 Lyle A Erickson 5 55 Andrew J Evans USAAF 8 DFC POW 27 March 1953 341 Roy W Evans 6 SS POW 14 February 1945 342 Eric A Evenson USN 8 25 DFC 3 343 Lee R Everhart USAAF 6 DFC MIA 12 October 1944 344 Loren D Everton USMC 12 NC DFC 345 F editName Branch Victories Awards NotesJohn W Fair USN 5 SS DFC 346 David C Foob Fairbanks Royal Canadian Air Force 12 5 or 13 5 DFC UK Born in New York 347 Grover E Fanning USAAF 9 SS 348 Charles D Farmer USN 7 25 NC DFC 2 349 Robert A Farnsworth 5 DFC 2 350 William Farrell USMC 5 NC DFC 351 Robert P Fash USN 6 NC DFC 3 352 Richard D Faxon USAAF 5 SS 353 Alfred J Fecke USN 7 NC DFC Ace in a day 16 October 1944 354 Edward L Feightner 9 DFC 4 355 Sylvan Feld USSAF 9 SS POW 13 August 1944 died in captivity 21 August 1944 356 Marion C Felts 5 DFC KIFA 27 February 1963 357 Leopold M Ferko USN 5 DFC 2 358 James E Fenex Jr USAAF 5 DFC 359 Ernest C Fiebelkorn 9 SS 2 KIA 6 July 1950 360 Arthur C Fiedler Jr 8 SS 361 William F Fiedler Jr 5 DFC Only P 39 362 ace in USAAF KIFA 30 June 1943 363 Virgil C Fields Jr 6 DSC KIA 2 February 1944 364 Howard J Finn USMC 6 DFC 5 365 Charles R Fischette USAAF 5 DFC 366 Don H Fisher USMC 6 DFC 55 367 Edwin O Fisher USAAF 7 SS KIFA 28 March 1947 368 Rodney W Fisher 5 DFC 369 Harry E Fisk 5 SS POW 13 January 1945 370 Jack A Fisk 7 DFC 371 Nelson D Flack Jr 5 DFC 372 James H Flatley USN 6 NC LOM DFC 3 373 Richard H Fleischer USAAF 6 DFC 374 Francis M Fleming USN 7 5 SS DFC 2 375 Patrick D Fleming 19 NC SS 2 DFC 3 Ace in a day 16 February 1945 KIFA 1956 376 Kenneth A Flinn 5 DFC POW 13 October 1944 died in captivity 24 July 1945 377 Frank E Foltz 5 NC 55 378 Ralph E Foltz 5 DFC 2 379 Paul J Fontana USMC 5 NC DFC 380 Kenneth M Ford 5 DFC 381 George Formanek Jr USN 5 DFC 2 KIA 23 April 1944 382 Samuel W Forrer 5 NC DFC 55 383 Joseph M Forster USAAF 9 SS 384 Norman J Fortier 5 83 DFC 385 Joseph J Foss USMC 26 MOH DFC First Marine Ace in a day 25 October 1942 Second highest scoring Marine ace of the war later served as Governor of South Dakota 386 387 Carl C Foster USN 8 5 NC DFC Ace in a day 6 April 1945 388 William B Foulis Jr USAAF 6 SS 389 James M Fowle 8 SS 390 Richard E Fowler Jr USN 6 5 NC SS DFC 3 391 Robert W Foy USAAF 15 SS KIFA 25 March 1950 392 Marvin J Franger USN 9 SS DFC 5 393 Dwaine R Franklin USAAF 7 SS 394 John M Franks USN 7 DFC 3 395 Carl M Frantz USAAF 11 SS 396 Robert B Fraser USMC 6 DFC 2 KIFA 18 June 1945 397 Kenneth D Frazier 12 5 NC DFC 2 398 Doris C Freeman USN 9 DFC 4 KIA 11 May 1945 399 William B Freeman USMC 6 DFC 400 James B French USN 11 SS DFC 3 401 Alfred L Frendberg 6 SS DFC 2 402 Alfred C Froning USAAF 6 SS 403 Earl R Fryer 7 2 Harold N Funk USN 6 5 NC DFC 2 Ace in a day 24 October 1944 404 G editName Branch Victories Awards NotesFrancis S Gabby Gabreski USAAF 28 DSC SS 2 DFC 10 Highest scoring American ace in Europe POW 25 July 1944 Claimed 6 5 additional victories during the Korean War 405 406 Franklin T Gabriel USN 8 DFC 407 Frank L Gailer Jr USAAF 5 5 DFC POW 27 November 1944 408 Robert E Galer USMC 13 MOH DFC 409 Charles S Gallup USAAF 6 SS 410 Kenneth W Gallup 9 SS 411 Dwight B Galt USN 5 DFC 2 412 John R Galvin 7 DFC 4 413 Warner F Gardner USAAF 5 DFC 414 William A Gardner 8 SS 415 Vermont Garrison 7 33 SS DFC 2 POW 3 March 1944 Claimed 10 additional victories and was awarded the DSC during the Korean War 416 Frank L Gaunt 8 SS 417 Noel A M Gayler USN 5 NC 3 418 Dominic S Don Gentile Royal Canadian Air Force USAAF 21 83 DSC 2 SS DFC 8 419 Francis R Gerard USAAF 8 SS 420 Steven Gerick 5 DFC 421 Grover D Gholson 5 SS 422 Robert D Gibb 5 DFC 3 MIA 16 December 1951 423 John T Gildea USN 7 SS DFC 5 KIA 11 May 1945 424 Clement D Gile 8 DFC 4 425 Roy F Gillespie 6 SS DFC 3 426 Edward L Gimbel Royal Canadian Air Force 5 DFC UK 427 William K Giroux USAAF 10 SS 428 Cyrus R Gladen 5 SS 429 Michael Gladych Royal Air Force USAAF 17George W Gleason USAAF 12 DFC 430 Maxwell H Glenn 7 5 SS 431 Fred W Glover 10 33 133 John T Godfrey 16 33 SS 2 DFC 8 POW 24 August 1944 escaped captivity 432 433 Lindley W Godson USN 5 SS DFC 2 434 Robert J Goebel USAAF 11 SS 435 Walter J Goehausen Jr 10 DFC 436 Robert E Goodnight 7 25 SS 437 James A Goodson 15 DSC SS DFC UK DFC 9 POW 20 June 1944 438 439 Donald Flash Gordon USN 7 DFC 3 440 Edmond R Goss USAAF 6 DFC 441 Norman D Gould 5 2 Gordon M Graham 7 SS 442 Lindol F Graham 5 5 DFC 443 Robert F Graham 5 SS 444 Vernon E Graham USN 5 NC 445 Marvin E Grant USAAF 7 SS 446 James S Gray USN 6 DFC 5 447 John F Gray 8 25 NC DFC KIFA 3 June 1946 448 Lester E Gray 5 25 DFC 2 449 Rockford V Gray USAAF 6 5 DFC KIFA 4 September 1944 450 Herschel H Herky Green 18 DSC SS DFC 2 Ace in a day 30 January 1944 451 Lee O Gregg 7 DFC 452 Hayden A Gregory USN 5 SS DFC 4 453 Billy M Gresham USAAF 6 DFC KIA 2 October 1944 454 Joseph H Griffin 7 SS 455 Richard J Griffin USN 8 DFC 3 456 Robert C Griffith USAAF 5 DFC KIA 24 July 1944 457 Clayton Kelly Gross 6 SS 458 LeRoy V Grosshuesch 8 SS 459 William Grosvenor Jr 5 SS 460 Charles F Gumm 6 SS KIA 1 March 1944 461 Cheatham W Gupton 5 DFC 462 Harlan I Gustafson USN 6 DFC 463 Fred E Gutt USMC 8 DFC 2 464 H editName Branch Victories Awards NotesWalter A Haas USN 5 NC 2 465 Roger A Haberman USMC 7 NC 466 Albert E Hacking Jr 5 DFC 467 Mayo A Hadden Jr USN 8 SS DFC 3 468 James P Hagerstrom USAAF 6 DSC DFC Claimed another 8 5 victories during the Korean War 469 George F Hall 6 DFC 470 Sheldon O Hall USMC 6 471 William T Halton USAAF 10 5 SS Awarded DSC in Korean War MIA 21 May 1952 472 Louis R Hamblin USN 6 5 DFC 2 473 Henry B Hamilton USMC 7 NC DFC MIA 21 October 1942 474 Robert M Hamilton USN 6 DFC 3 475 Samuel E Hammer USAAF 5 SS 476 John F Hampshire 13 DFC DOW 2 May 1943 477 William F Hanes Jr 6 SS 478 Eugene R Hanks USN 6 NC DFC 3 479 Harry T Hanna USAAF 5 DFC Ace in a day 9 October 1943 480 Chris J Hanseman 5 DFC KIA 481 Herman Hansen Jr USMC 5 5 NC SS 2 DFC 2 482 Robert M Hanson 25 MOH NC Ace in a day 14 January 1944 KIA 3 February 1944 483 Willis E Hardy USN 6 5 NC DFC 484 Everett C Hargreaves 8 5 SS DFC 3 485 Walter R Harman 5 DFC 2 486 Raymond F Harmeyer USAAF 6 SS 487 Archibald A Harrington 7 2 Bill Harris 16 DFC 488 Cecil E Harris USN 23 NC SS 2 DFC 3 489 Ernest A Harris USAAF 10 SS KIFA 1949 490 Frederick A Harris 8 SS KIFA 31 October 1943 491 Leroy E Harris USN 9 25 SS DFC 4 492 Thomas L Harris USAAF 5 DFC POW 27 May 1944 493 Thomas S Harris USN 9 DFC 6 494 Cameron M Hart USAAF 6 DFC KIFA 1946 495 Kenneth F Hart 8 SS 496 Raymond E Hartley Jr 5 DFC 497 Paul R Hatala 5 5 DFC 498 Herbert B Hatch 5 DSC Ace in a day 10 June 1944 499 Charles D Hauver 5 DFC 500 Charles H Haverland Jr USN 6 5 SS DFC 4 501 Fred R Haviland Jr USAAF 6 DFC 502 Arthur R Hawkins USN 14 NC 3 DFC 3 Ace in a day 13 September 1944 503 Russell C Haworth USAAF 5 DFC 504 Frank R Hayde USN 6 DFC MIA 16 July 1944 505 Thomas L Hayes Jr USAAF 8 5 SS 506 Thomas C Haywood American Volunteer Group 5 25 2 Cotesworth B Head Jr USAAF 14 DFC MIA 18 January 1943 507 Frank C Hearrell USN 5 DFC 2 508 Horace W Heath 7 DFC 2 KIFA 8 July 1945 509 Robert Hedman American Volunteer Group 6 60 Roger R Hedrick USN 12 SS DFC 4 510 Lloyd P Heinzen 6 DFC 2 KIFA 11 November 1945 511 Edwin L Heller USAAF 5 5 DSC SS DFC 5 Claimed an additional 3 5 victories during the Korean War POW 23 January 1953 512 Paul M Henderson Jr USN 5 SS KIA 15 June 1944 513 Randall W Hendricks USAAF 5 DSC 514 William J Hennon 7 SS KIFA 1953 515 William E Henry USN 9 5 NC DFC 3 516 John C Pappy Herbst USAAF 18 SS KIFA 4 July 1946 517 Edwin J Hernan Jr USMC 8 DFC 3 MIA 19 July 1951 518 Samuel B Hibbard USN 7 33 DFC 3 519 Allen E Hill USAAF 9 SS 520 David L Tex Hill American Volunteer Group USAAF 18 75 DSC 521 Frank A Hill USAAF 7 SS 522 Harry E Hill USN 7 DFC 2 523 James E Hill USAAF 5 DSC 524 Donald E Hillman 5 SS 2 DFC POW October 1944 525 Hollis H Hills Royal Canadian Air Force USN 5 SS DFC 526 Kenneth G Hippe USN 5 NC DFC Ace in a day 24 October 1944 527 Edwin W Hiro USAAF 5 DFC MIA 19 September 1944 528 Howard D Hively 12 DSC 529 Myron M Hnatio 5 DFC 530 John B Hoag USN 5 DFC 3 531 John J Hockery USAAF 7 DFC POW 26 November 1944 Claimed 1 additional victory during the Korean War 532 William R Hodges 5 DFC 533 John H Hoefker 8 5 SS 534 Ronald W Hoel USN 5 DFC 3 535 Ralph K Hofer USAAF 15 DFC 7 KIA 2 July 1944Cullen J Hoffman 5 DFC 536 James E Hoffman Jr 6 5 SS MIA 22 August 1944 537 Roy B Hogg 6 SS 538 Bruce K Holloway 13 539 540 James D Holloway 6 DFC MIA 2 May 1945 541 George L Hollowell USMC 8 DFC 6 542 Besby F Holmes USAAF NC 543 Cyril F Homer 15 DSC SS 544 William L Hood USMC 5 DFC 2 545 Wallace E Hopkins USAAF 5 DFC 546 Francis W Horne 5 5 DFC 4 547 Herbert N Houck USN 6 NC 3 DFC 4 548 William J Hovde USAAF 10 5 DSC SS Ace in a day 5 December 1944 Claimed 1 additional victory during the Korean War 549 James H Howard American Volunteer Group USAAF 8 33 MOH DFC 550 Robert L Howard USAAF 6 SS 551 David W Howe 6 DFC 552 Bernard H Howes 6 DFC POW 3 March 1945 553 Edward R Hoyt 5 DFC Penultimate ace of the war 554 Mark E Hubbard 6 5 SS POW 18 March 1944 555 Howard R Hudson USN 5 SS DFC 3 556 Charles W Huffman 7 DFC 2 557 Robert J Humphrey 5 33 DFC 2 KIA in Korea 558 John C Hundley USMC 6 DFC 3 559 Alvaro J Hunter USAAF 5 DFC 560 Edward E Hunt 6 5 DFC KIA 8 November 1944 561 Richard F Hurd 6 DFC Last and highest scoring American Spitfire ace 562 Frank D Hurlbut 9 DFC 563 Robert Hurst USN 6 DFC 3 564 I editName Branch Victories Awards NotesJoe W Icard USAAF 5 DFC KIA 8 March 1944 565 Jack M Ilfrey 7 5 SS MIA 13 June 1944 evaded captivity and returned to his unit 566 James C Ince 6 SS 567 Julius W Ireland USMC 5 5 DFC 3 568 Clayton M Isaacson USAAF 5 569 J editName Branch Victories Awards NotesMichael J Jackson USAAF 8 SS 570 Willie O Jackson Jr 7 SS 571 Gilbert L Jamison 7 SS 572 Bruce Donald Jaques USN 5 5 SS DFC 2 573 Arthur F Jeffrey USAAF 14 SS 574 Otto D Jenkins 8 5 SS KIFA 24 March 1945 575 Robert H Jennings Jr USN 9 5 NC SS DFC 3 KIFA 30 June 1954 71 576 Alvin J Jensen USMC 7 NC DFC 4 KIFA 20 May 1949 577 Hayden M Jensen USN 5 NC 2 DFC 578 Verl E Jett USAAF 7 SS 579 Arthur G Johnson Jr 8 5 SS 580 Byron M Johnson USN 8 DFC 3 581 Clarence O Johnson USAAF 7 SS KIA 23 September 1944 582 Evan M Johnson V 5 DFC 583 Gerald R Johnson 22 DSC 2 SS LOM KIFA 7 October 1945 584 Gerald W Johnson 16 5 DSC POW 27 March 1944 585 James K Johnson 1 Claimed 10 additional victories during the Korean War 586 Robert S Johnson 27 DSC 587 588 Wallace R Johnson USN 5 DFC 2 589 John M Johnston 8 SS DFC 4 590 Robert D Johnston USAAF 6 DSC 591 Charles D Jones USMC 6 SS DFC 3 KIFA 5 March 1965 592 Curran L Jones USAAF 5 SS 593 Cyril W Jones Jr 6 DSC MIA 12 September 1944 594 Frank Cazenove Jones 5 133 James M Jones USN 7 SS DFC 3 595 John L Jones USAAF 8 SS 596 Lynn F Jones 5 DFC 597 Ripley O Jones Royal Air Force 7 7 Born in New YorkWarren L Jones USAAF 5 DFC 598 Wallace R Jordan 6 SS 599 Alwin M Juchheim 9 DSC POW 28 May 1944 600 William H Julian 5 DFC 601 K editName Branch Victories Awards NotesJoseph Kaelin USN 5 NC DFC 2 602 William R Kane 6 NC DFC 2 KIFA 5 February 1957 603 Dale E Karger USAAF 7 5 DFC 3rd youngest ace of the war at 19 years old 604 Robert A Karr 6 SS 605 Neel E Kearby 22 MOH SS 2 DFC 4 Ace in a day 11 October 1943 KIA 5 March 1944 606 Robert J Keen 7 DSC 607 LeRoy W Keith USN 5 5 NC DFC 2 Ace in a day 16 April 1945 608 William T Kemp USAAF 6 DSC 609 Charles Kendrick USMC 5 DFC KIA 2 October 1942 610 Daniel Kennedy USAAF 5 DFC 611 Ira C Kepford USN 16 NC 2 SS DFC 612 613 Leslie H Kerr Jr 5 55 Robert R Kidwell Jr 5 DFC 4 614 Donald D Kienholz USAAF 6 DFC KIFA 1973 615 John R Kincaid USN 5 2 Robert A Kincaid 5 NC SS DFC 2 616 Benjamin H King USAAF 7 SS DFC 2 617 Charles W King 5 SS 618 David L King 5 DFC 619 William B King 5 5 SS 620 William J Kingston Jr USN 6 DFC 3 621 Claiborne H Kinnard Jr USAAF 8 DSC 622 James J Kinsella USN 5 DFC 3 623 Claude R Kinsey USAAF 7 DFC POW 4 April 1943 escaped captivity October 1943 624 Marion F Kirby 5 SS 625 George N Kirk USN 7 DFC 2 626 Lenton F Kirkland Jr USAAF 5 SS MIA 25 December 1944 627 Floyd C Kirkpatrick USMC 5 5 DFC 3 628 Phillip L Kirkwood USN 12 NC DFC 629 John A Kirla USAAF 11 5 SS 630 George E Kiser 9 DSC SS 631 Frank W Klibbe 7 632 Robert H Knapp 5 DFC 3 633 William M Knight USN 7 5 SS DFC 2 MIA 5 November 1944 634 Carroll S Knott USAAF 5 DFC 635 Charles W Koenig 6 5 DSC 636 Edward H Kopsel 5 133 Walter J Koraleski Jr 5 53 133 William J Kostik USN 5 SS DFC 637 Joseph J Kruzel USAAF 6 SS 3 638 Henry B Kucheman Jr 6 639 Ward A Kuentzel 7 DFC KIFA 19 June 1944 640 Charles M Kunz USMC 8 NC DFC 3 641 L editName Branch Victories Awards NotesKenneth G Ladd USAAF 12 SS 642 Dean S Laird USN 5 75 DFC Only Navy ace to shoot down German and Japanese planes 643 Wayne W Laird USMC 5 DFC KIFA 30 April 1943 Only Marine Corps ace to shoot down German and Japanese planes 644 Kenneth B Lake USN 6 DFC 645 George M Lamb USAAF 7 5 SS 2 646 Robert A Lamb 7 SS 647 William E Lamb USN 5 NC Claimed 1 additional victory during the Korean War 648 William E Lamoreaux 5 DFC 649 Richard C Lampe USAAF 5 5 DFC 650 John D Landers 14 5 SS 3 651 652 John H Lane 6 SS 653 Willis G Laney USN 5 SS DFC 6 654 Joseph L Lang USAAF 7 83 DFC KIA 14 October 1944 655 Ned W Langdon USN 5 NC DFC 3 656 Thomas G Lanphier USAAF 5 5 NC SS 2 657 Donald A Larson 6 SS DFC 2 KIFA 4 August 1944 658 Leland A Larson 6 DFC 659 Charles W Lasko 7 5 SS 660 Franklin C Lathrope 5 661 Charles H Laughlin American Volunteer Group 5 2 John B Lawler USAAF 11 SS 662 Frank L Lawlor American Volunteer Group USN 9 DFC 3 663 Earl R Lazear Jr USAAF 5 SS 664 Richard J Lee 5 SS 665 Marlow J Leikness 5 DFC 666 Charles W Lenfest 5 5 POW 3 October 1944 667 Jack Lenox Jr 5 SS 668 Francis J Lent 11 SS 2 KIFA 1 December 1944 669 William N Leonard USN 6 NC 2 DFC 670 John A Leppla 5 NC 2 MIA 26 October 1942 671 Alfred Lerch 7 NC Ace in a day 16 April 1945 672 Joseph J Lesicka USAAF 9 DFC Ace in a day 15 July 1943 673 William L Leverette 11 DSC Ace in a day 9 October 1943 674 Warren R Lewis 7 DFC 675 William H Lewis 7 DFC Ace in a day 5 September 1944 676 Lawrence P Liebers 7 DFC KIFA 1946 677 Robert L Liles 5 SS 678 Hugh D Lillie USN 5 2 Elvin L Lindsay 8 NC SS 2 DFC 679 Ted E Lines USAAF 10 DSC 680 Raymond H Littge 10 5 DSC KIFA 20 May 1949 681 James W Little 7 Claimed 1 additional victory during the Korean War 682 Robert L Little American Volunteer Group 10 60 Gregory K Loesch USMC 8 5 NC DFC KIFA 27 September 1943 683 John S Loisel USAAF 11 SS 684 John D Lombard 7 SS KIA 30 June 1943 685 Charles P London 5 DSC First USAAF ace in European Theater 686 Herbert H Long 10 DFC 7 687 Maurice G Long 5 5 SS 688 Donald S Lopez 5 SS 689 Clifford LouieGeorge G Loving Jr USAAF 5 690 John H Lowell 7 5 SS 2 691 Wayne L Lowry 11 SS POW 7 October 1944 692 Marvin W Lubner 6 DFC 693 Paul W Lucas 6 DFC KIA January 1945 694 Carl J Luksic 8 5 DSC DFC 4 Ace in a day 8 May 1944 695 James F Luma Royal Canadian Air Force USAAF 5 DFC 696 Walter A Lundin USN 6 5 DFC 697 William M Lundin USMC 5 5 2 Stanley J Lustic USAAF 6 DFC 698 Lowell C Lutton 5 SS MIA 2 November 1943 699 Joseph P Lynch USMC 5 5 DFC 2 700 John J Lynch Royal Air Force 13 DFC UK amp Bar Born in California 701 Thomas J Lynch USAAF 20 DSC KIA 8 March 1944 702 M editName Branch Victories Awards NotesJohn B Maas Jr USMC 5 5 DFC 2 703 Lewin A Maberry USN 5 DFC 2 704 Charles H Mac MacDonald USAAF 27 DSC 2 SS 2 705 706 John A MacKay 6 DFC 707 Christopher L Magee USMC 9 NC 708 Morton D Magoffin USAAF 5 DSC SS DFC POW 10 August 1944 709 William J Maguire 7 SS KIFA 11 August 1945 710 Jackson Barrett Mahon Royal Air Force 5 Born in California POW 19 August 1942 711 Keith Mahon USAAF 5 DFC 712 Grant M Mahony 5 DSC SS 713 Walker M Bud Mahurin 21 DSC DFC 5 Claimed 3 5 additional victories during the Korean War POW 13 May 1952 714 Charles M Mallory USN 10 DFC 715 Thomas E Maloney USAAF 8 DFC 716 Jack C Mankin 5 SS 717 Lee P Mankin jr USN 5 DFC Only enlisted American to become an ace 718 Thomas H Mann Jr USMC 10 NC 719 Armand G Manson USN 7 DFC 5 720 Harry A March Jr 5 711 Gene E Markham USAAF 5 DFC 721 William P Marontate USMC 13 NC MIA 15 January 1943 722 Lester C Marsh USAAF 5 SS 723 Bert W Marshall Jr 7 SS 724 Albert E Martin Jr USN 5 NC 725 Kenneth R Martin USAAF 5 DSC POW 11 February 1944 726 Joe L Mason 5 DSC 727 William J Masoner Jr USN 12 NC SS 2 DFC 2 Ace in a day 24 October 1944 728 William H Mathis USAAF 5 DFC 729 Milden E Mathre 5 DFC 730 Joseph Z Matte 5 DSC 731 Chester K Maxwell 5 SS 732 William R Maxwell USN 7 DFC 733 Earl May 8 SS DFC 2 KIFA 22 October 1951 734 Richard H May 5 DFC 5 735 Ben I Mayo Jr USAAF 5 DFCMichele A Mazzocco USN 5 SS DFC 2 736 Paul G McArthur USAAF 5 DSC 737 T H McArthur 5 DFC KIFA May 1943 738 David McCampbell USN 34 MOH NC SS LOM DFC 3 Ace in a day 19 June and 24 October 1944 Holds US record with most kills in a single mission at 9 Top Navy ace and highest scoring ace to survive the war 739 740 Henry A McCartney Jr USMC 5 DFC 741 Frank E McCauley USAAF 5 5 SS 742 Thomas G McClelland USN 7 33 SS DFC 3 743 Robert W McClurg USMC 7 DFC 744 Carroll W McColpin USAAF 11 745 Edward O McComas 14 SS LOM Ace in a day 23 December 1944 746 Charles M McCorkle 11 SS 747 William A McCormick Jr USN 7 DFC 2 748 Leo B McCuddin 5 NC SS DFC 749 Elbert S McCuskey 13 5 NC 2 DFC 5 Ace in a day 4 June 1942 750 Gordon H McDaniel USAAF 6 DSC Ace in a day 14 March 1945 751 Norman L McDonald 11 5 DFC 752 William F McDonough 5 SS KIFA 22 April 1944 753 Donald McDowell 8 5 711 James N McElroy 5 DFC 754 William D McGarry American Volunteer Group 8 60 Donald C McGee USAAF 6 SS 2 755 John L McGinn 5 756 Selva E McGinty USMC 5 DFC 2 757 Edward C McGowan USN 6 5 NC DFC 2 758 Bernard L McGrattan USAAF 8 5 DFC KIA 6 June 1944 759 Thomas B McGuire Jr 38 MOH DSC SS 2 DFC 6 KIA 7 January 1945 760 John W McGuyrt 5 SS 761 Pierce W McKennon 11 DFC KIFA 18 June 1947 762 Joseph T McKeon 6 SS POW 763 Donald J McKinley USN 5 DFC 764 William W McLachlin 5 5 711 Murray D McLaughlin USAAF 7 SS 765 John McManus USMC 6 SS DFC 766 George B McMillan American Volunteer Group USAAF 8 5 DFC KIA 22 February 1944 767 Evan D McMinn USAAF 5 MIA 6 June 1944 768 Donald M McPherson USN 5 DFC 3 769 Hamilton McWhorter III 12 DFC 5 770 Nicholas Megura USAAF 11 83 DSC 771 Roger W Mehle USN 13 5 SS DFC 3 772 Henry H Meigs USAAF 6 SS 773 Louis A Menard USN 9 SS DFC 774 Adolph Mencin 6 SS DFC 775 Virgil K Meroney USAAF 9 SS POW 8 April 1944 later escaped captivity 776 George L Merritt Jr 5 DFC KIA 7 June 1944 777 Donald W Meuten 6 SS MIA 7 May 1944 778 John C Meyer 24 DSC 3 SS 2 Claimed 2 additional victories during the Korean War 779 780 Frederick H Michaelis USN 5 NC SS DFC 781 Henry J Miklajcyk USAAF 7 5 SS KIA 2 November 1944 782 Armour C Miller 6 SS 783 Everett Miller 5 DFC 784 Johnnie G Miller USN 8 NC DFC 2 Ace in a day 6 April 1945 785 Joseph E Miller Jr USAAF 5 DFC 786 Thomas F Miller 5 25 DFC 787 Willard W Millikan 13 DSC POW 788 Robert C Milliken 5 SS 789 Henry L Mills 6 DFC POW 6 March 1944 later escaped captivity 790 Charles B Milton USN 5 DFC 3 791 Robert Mims USN 6 DFC 792 Leslie D Minchew USAAF 5 5 SS 793 Harris E Mitchell USN 10 SS DFC 3 794 Henry E Mitchell 6 NC DFC 2 Ace in a day 21 March 1945 KIA April 1945 795 John W Mitchell USAAF 11 DSC NC Claimed 4 additional victories during the Korean War 796 Sanford K Moats 8 5 DSC DFC 2 797 Leland P Molland 10 5 SS KIA 16 May 1951 798 Norman W Mollard USN 6 DFC 799 Arthur P Mollenhauer 5 NC Ace in a day 12 October 1944 800 William W Momyer USAAF 8 DSC 801 Franklin H Monk 5 DFC 802 John R Montapert USN 6 SS DFC 803 John T Moore USAAF 7 SS MIA 8 October 1944 804 Robert W Moore 12 SS 805 Glennon T Moran 13 SS 806 Horace B Moranville USN 6 DFC POW 12 January 1945 only Navy ace to escape captivity during the war 807 James B Morehead USAAF 7 DSC DFC 2 808 John L Morgan Jr USMC 8 5 DFC MIA 26 March 1945 809 Stanley B Morrill USAAF 9 SS KIFA 29 March 1944 810 Bert D Wayne Morris Jr USN 7 DFC 4 811 James M Morris USAAF 7 33 DSC 812 Paul V Morriss 5 DFC 813 Mark L Moseley 6 5 DFC 814 William C Moseley USN 5 DFC MIA 4 July 1944 815 Robert C Moss American Volunteer Group USAAF 7James D Mugavero USAAF 6 SS 816 Douglas W Mulcahy USN 8 55 711 Robert F Mulhollem USAAF 5 817 Paul A Mullen USMC 6 5 DFC KIFA 12 February 1946 818 Arthur H Munson USN 5 DFCPaul C Murphey Jr USAAF 6 DFC 819 Alva C Murphy 6 MIA 2 March 1945 820 John B Murphy 6 75 SS 821 Robert E Murray USN 10 33 SS DFC 3 822 Jennings L Myers USAAF 5 DFC MIA December 1943 823 Raymond B Myers 5 5 711 N editName Branch Victories Awards NotesJoseph L Narr USMC 7 NC MIA 11 November 1942 824 Robert H Bob Neale American Volunteer Group 13 60 H A Nelson USN 5 2 2 Robert J Nelson 7 DFC 2 825 Robert K Nelson 6 66 NC DFC 3 826 John V K Newkirk American Volunteer Group 7 60 Franklin A Nichols USAAF 5 827 Myrvin E Noble USN 7 DFC 2 828 Edward M Nollmeyer USAAF 5 SS 2 829 Cornelius N Nooy USN 19 NC 3 SS 2 DFC 2 Ace in a day 21 September 1944 830 Louis H Red Dog Norley USAAF 10 33 SS 831 Marvin R Novak USN 5 55 George P Novotny USAAF 8 DFC 832 Cleveland L Null USN 9 DFC 3 KIFA 9 October 1952 833 O editName Branch Victories Awards NotesGilbert M O Brien USAAF 7 DFC 834 William R O Brien 5 5 DFC 835 Frank Q O Connor 10 75 DSC POW 5 November 1944 836 Edward H Butch O Hare USN 7 MOH NC Ace in a day 20 February 1942 MIA 26 November 1943 837 Jeremiah J O Keefe USMC 7 NC DFC Ace in a day 22 April 1945 838 Paul O Mara Jr USN 7 SS DFC 5 839 Eugene W O Neill USAAF 5 SS 840 John G O Neill 8 SS 841 Lawrence F O Neill 5 DSC 842 Jack J Oberhansly 6 DFC 843 Harvey G Odenbrett USN 7 NC 844 Fred F Ohr USAAF 6 SS 845 Edwin L Olander USMC 5 DFC 846 Charles H Chuck Older American Volunteer Group USAAF 18 DFC 847 Robin Olds USAAF 13 SS 2 DFC 2 Later claimed 4 more victories and was awarded the Air Force Cross during the Vietnam War 848 Austin LeRoy Olsen USN 5 SS DFC 849 Norman E Olson USAAF 6 DFC KIA 8 April 1944 850 Paul E Olson Jr 5 Ace in a day and POW 18 December 1944 851 John Orth USN 6 NC 852 Ernest K Osher USAAF 5 DFC 853 Charles H Ostrom USN 7 2 Edward C Outlaw 6 NC LOM DFC 3 Ace in a day 29 April 1944 854 Robert J Overcash USAAF 5 DFC 855 Edmund F Overend American Volunteer Group USMC 8 DFC 856 Lloyd J Overfield USAAF 11 SS 857 Edward W Overton Jr USN 5 NC 2 DFC 2 858 Donald C Owen USMC 5 DFC 3 859 Edward M Owen USN 5 DFC 3 860 Joel A Owens USAAF 5 SS 861 Marion P Dutch Owens 5 DSC 862 Robert G Owens Jr USMC 7 NC DFC 5 863 P editName Branch Victories Awards NotesMelvyn R Paisley USAAF 8 DSC SS 2 864 Forrest F Parham 5 DFC 865 Joel B Paris III 9 SS 866 Harry A Parker 13 SS 2 KIA 22 April 1945 867 Elbert W Parrish USN 6 SS 868 James J Pascoe USAAF 5 5 DFC 869 Joseph J Paskoski USN 6 NC SS 870 Edsel Paulk USAAF 5 DFC 871 Carl W Payne 6 DFC Only American ace to destroy Vichy French German Italian and Japanese planes KIFA 9 January 1956 872 Frederick R Payne Jr USMC 5 5 NC DFC 873 James L Pearce USN 5 25 DFC 3 874 James E Peck British Royal Air Force USAAF 6 DFC KIFA 875 James G Percy USMC 6 NC DFC 5 876 Oscar F Perdomo USAAF 5 DSC Ace in a day 13 August 1945 Last American ace of the war 877 Chesley G Peterson Royal Air Force USAAF 10 DSC 878 Richard A Peterson USAAF 5 5 SS 879 David P Phillips USN 5 SS DFC 880 Edward A Phillips 5 SS DFC 2 881 Hyde Phillips USMC 5 DFC KIFA 14 August 1952 882 Harvey P Picken USN 11 SS DFC 2 883 Francis E Pierce Jr USMC 6 NC DFC 884 Joseph F Pierce USAAF 7 DFC POW 21 May 1943 later executed 885 Sammy A Pierce 7 DSC 886 John Pietz Jr 6 DFC 887 George W Pigman Jr USN 8 5 DFC 3 888 Spiros N Pisanos USAAF 10 DFC 889 Jack Pittman Jr USMC 5 DFC 3 KIFA 12 April 1966 890 Hiram Clifford Pitts USAAF 6 711 Claude W Plant USN 8 5 SS DFC MIA 12 September 1944 891 James N Poindexter USAAF 7 SS KIFA 3 March 1945 892 Peter E Pompetti 5 DFC 4 POW 17 March 1944 893 Zenneth A Pond USMC 6 NC MIA 10 September 1942 894 Kenneth R Pool USAAF 5 DFC 895 Tilman E Pool USN 6 DFC 4 896 Albert J Pope 7 25 DFC 897 Edward Popek USAAF 7 DFC 898 Philip B Porter 5 133 Robert Bruce Porter USMC 5 DFC 2 Only Marine pilot to score victories in F4U and F6F 899 George H Poske 5 DFC 900 Nathan T Post 8 DFC 3 901 Ralston M Pound Jr USN 6 DFC 2 902 Ernest A Powell USMC 5 NC MIA July 1943 903 Joe H Powers Jr USAAF 14 5 SS MIA 18 January 1951 904 MacArthur Powers Royal Air Force USAAF 7 SS Ace in a day 18 April 1943 905 Luther D Prater Jr USN 8 5 NC DFC 906 George E Ratsy Preddy Jr USAAF 26 83 DSC Ace in a day 6 August 1944 KIA 25 December 1944 907 Robert W Prescott American Volunteer Group 5 5 60 Frank H Presley USMC 5 NC 908 Jack C Price USAAF 5 DFC 909 Melvin M Prichard USN 5 25 SS DFC 2 910 Royce W Priest USAAF 5 DSC 911 Roger C Pryor 5 DFC POW 26 March 1943 escaped captivity 1 May 1945 912 John Forrest Pugh 6 DFC 913 John E Purdy 7 DFC 914 Q editName Branch Victories Awards NotesNorwald R Quiel USN 6 SS 915 Donald L Quigley USAAF 5 SS POW 10 August 1944 916 Michael J Quirk 11 SS POW 10 September 1944 917 R editName Branch Victories Awards NotesValentine S Rader USAAF 6 5 SS DFC KIFA 1950 918 Orvin H Ramlo USMC 7 NC DFC 919 Robert J Rankin USAAF 10 DSC Ace in a day 12 May 1944 920 C B Ray 5 DFC 2 921 James V Reber Jr USN 11 SS DFC 2 922 Edward F Rector American Volunteer Group USAAF 7 75 SS DFC 2 923 Eugene D Redmond USN 9 25 DFC 3 KIFA 3 June 1951 924 William N Reed American Volunteer Group USAAF 9 SS LOM DFC 4 KIFA 19 December 1944 925 William C Reese USAAF 5 DFC KIA 21 May 1944 926 Horace B Reeves 6 DFC 927 Leonard R Reeves 6 DFC 4 928 Francis R Register USN 7 DFC 2 KIFA 16 May 1943 929 Daniel R Rehm Jr 13 DFC 2 930 Thomas H Reidy USN 10 NC DFC 5 931 Joseph H Reinburg USMC 7 DFC 5 932 Russell L Reiserer USN 9 NC DFC Ace in a day 19 October 1944 933 Thomas J Rennemo 6 DFC 3 934 Joseph E Reulet 5 DFC 2 935 Glenn M Revel 5 75 DFC 2 936 Andrew J Reynolds USAAF 9 33 SS 2 DFC 937 Robert P Reynolds 7 SS DFC POW 12 September 1944 938 Thomas W Rhodes USN 5 2 Elmer W Richardson USAAF 8 SS DFC 2 939 Robert H Riddle 11 SS DFC 940 Vincent A Rieger USN 5 DFC 941 Alden P Rigby USAAF 5 SS 942 James F Rigg USN 11 NC DFC 6 Ace in a day 12 September 1944 943 Elwyn G Righetti USAAF 7 5 DSC SS DFC 4 MIA 17 April 1945 944 Paul S Riley 6 5 DFC 5 POW 24 April 1944 945 Ben Rimerman 5 SS DFC 4 KIFA 11 August 1945 946 Andrew J Ritchey 5 DSC DFC 2 947 Joe D Robbins USN 5 DFC 2 948 Jay T Robbins USAAF 22 DSC 2 SS DFC 4 949 950 Arval J Roberson 6 DFC 4 951 Daniel T Roberts Jr 14 DSC DFC 3 KIA 9 November 1943 952 Eugene P Roberts 9 DSC SS DFC 4 953 Newell O Roberts 5 DFC 954 LeRoy W Robinson USN 5 DFC 5 955 Ross F Robinson 5 DFC 2 KIFA 29 September 1946 956 Edward F Roddy USAAF 8 SS DFC 957 F Michael Rogers 7 SS DFC 958 Franklin Rose Jr 5 SS 2 DFC 2 959 Ralph J Rosen USN 6 DFC 3 960 Herbert E Ross USAAF 7 SS DFC 961 Robert P Ross USN 5 5 NC SS 962 Herman J Rossi Jr 6 NC 2 963 John R Rossi American Volunteer Group 6 DFC 60 964 Gerald L Rounds USAAF 5 SS DFC 2 965 Robert R Rowland 8 DFC 966 LeRoy A Ruder 5 5 DFC 2 KIA 6 June 1944 967 Henry S Rudolph 5 SS DFC 968 John W Ruhsam USMC 7 NC DFC 969 Donald E Runyon USN 11 NC DFC 970 Roy W Rushing USN 13 NC DFC 4 Ace in a day 24 October 1944 971 William A Rynne USAAF 5 DFC POW 28 March 1944 972 S editName Branch Victories Awards NotesRobert J Sandell American Volunteer Group 5 60 Philip Sangermano USAAF 8 SS DFC 973 Donald H Sapp USMC 10 NC DFC 2 974 John J Sargent USN 5 25 DFC 2 KIA 11 May 1945 aboard USS Bunker Hill 975 Jimmie E Savage 7 DFC 3 976 Charles W Sawyer American Volunteer Group USAAF 8 2 Harrell H Scales USN 6 25 DFC 3 977 Hartwell V Scarborough Jr USMC 5 DFC 6 978 Thomas D Schank USAAF 5 SS DFC 979 Gordon E Schecter USN 5 SS MIA 18 March 1945 980 Wilbur R Scheible USAAF 6 SS DFC 981 John L Schell USN 5 DFC 2 982 Frank Schiel American Volunteer Group 7 2 William J Schildt USAAF 6 DFC 983 James E Schiller USN 5 DFC 71 984 David C Schilling USAAF 22 5 DSC 2 SS 2 DFC 9 Ace in a day 23 December 1944 985 Glenn D Schiltz Jr 8 DSC SS DFC 4 MIA in Korea 986 Robert G Schimanski 6 DFC 987 Albert L Schlegel Royal Air Force USAAF 8 5 DFC 5 KIA 28 August 1944 988 LeRoy A Schreiber USAAF 12 DSC DFC 5 KIA 15 April 1944 989 Louis Schriber 5 DFC 2 990 Duerr H Schuh 5 DFC 991 Robert B Schultz Shoals 5 SS DFC 3 992 Robert L Scott Jr 10 SS 993 Alexander F Sears 5 DFC 2 KIFA 22 October 1951 994 Meldrum L Sears 7 DFC 2 995 Albert Seckel Jr USN 6 NC SS DFC 996 Robert B See USMC 5 DFC 3 997 Harold E Segal 12 DFC 3 998 Robert K Seidman USAAF 5 SS DFC KIA 14 April 1944 999 Larry R Self USN 8 5 NC DFC 2 1000 Robert W Shackford 5 DFC 5 1001 Dale E Shafer USAAF 7 DFC 3 1002 Courtney Shands USN 6 NC Ace in a day 7 August 1942 1003 Edward O Shaw USMC 14 5 DFC 2 KIFA 1944 1004 Robert M Shaw USAAF 8 DFC 2 1005 Hugh V Sherrill USN 5 5 NC DFC 1006 Charles A Shields 5 2 Ernest Shipman USAAF 7 SS DFC POW 30 July 1944 1007 James A Shirley USN 12 5 NC DFC Ace in a day 24 October 1944 1008 William A Shomo USAAF 8 MOH DFC Ace in a day 11 January 1945 1009 Robert L Shoup 5 5 DFC POW 20 May 1944 1010 Murray J Shubin 11 DSC DFC 2 Ace in a day 16 June 1943 1011 Lucien B Shuler 7 DFC 3 1012 Perry L Shuman USMC 6 DFC 8 1013 Wallace E Sigler 5 DFC 1014 Sam L Silber USN 7 LOM DFC 4 1015 John M Simmons USAAF 7 SS DFC KIFA 18 January 1961 1016 William J Simmons 6 SS MIA 25 April 1944 1017 Arthur Singer Jr USN 10 DFC 5 1018 Lester H Sipes 5 DFC 2 1019 Frank Sistrunk 5 DFC 3 MIA 3 September 1951 1020 Norman C Skogstad USAAF 12 SS DFC 1021 Warren A Skon USN 7 NC DFC 4 1022 Albert C Slack 6 5 SS 1023 William J Sloan USAAF 12 Air Force Cross DFC 1024 Armistead B Smith Jr USN 10 SS DFC 4 1025 Carl E Smith 5 DFC 4 1026 Carroll C Smith USAAF 7 SS Top night fighter ace 1027 Clinton L Smith USN 6 DFC 2 1028 Cornelius M Smith Jr USAAF 11 SS DFC 4 1029 Daniel F Smith Jr USN 6 NC SS LOM DFC 4 1030 Donovan F Smith USAAF 5 5 DSC DFC 4 1031 Jack R Smith 5 DFC 2 1032 John C Smith 6 DFC KIA 9 November 1943 1033 John L Smith USMC 19 MOH LOM DFC 1034 1035 John M Smith USN 10 SS DFC 5 1036 Kenneth Darwin Smith 5 711 Kenneth G Smith USAAF 5 DFC 3 POW 21 March 1944 KIFA 20 October 1947 1037 Leslie C Smith 7 DFC 5 1038 Meryl M Smith 9 SS DFC 3 MIA 7 December 1944 1039 Nicholas J Smith USN 6 DFC 2 1040 Paul A Smith USAAF 5 DFC 2 1041 Richard E Snuffy Smith 7 SS DFC 2 1042 Robert H Smith American Volunteer Group 5 60 Robert T Smith American Volunteer Group USAAF 9 SS DFC 1043 Virgil H Smith USAAF 6 DFC 3 KIA 1 January 1943 1044 William N Snider USMC 11 SS DFC 3 1045 Irl V Sonner Jr USN 5 SS DFC KIFA 22 March 1945 1046 James J Pug Southerland 5 SS DFC 2 KIFA 12 October 1949 1047 Kenneth C Sparks USAAF 11 SS DFC 4 KIFA 5 September 1944 1048 Harold L Spears USMC 15 DFC KIFA 6 December 1944 1049 Dale F Spencer USAAF 9 5 DSC DFC 4 1050 Clyde P Spitler USN 5 SS DFC 1051 Richard E Stambook 10 SS DFC 2 1052 Paul M Stanch USAAF 10 SS DFC 5 1053 William J Stangel 5 DFC 1054 Gordon A Stanley USN 8 SS DFC 4 KIFA 19 April 1956 1055 Morris A Stanley USAAF 5 DFC 2 1056 Arland Stanton 8 SS DFC 3 1057 Walter E Starck 7 DFC 4 POW 27 November 1944 1058 Carlton B Starkes USN 6 NC DFC 2 1059 James R Starnes USAAF 6 DFC 2 1060 Edgar E Stebbins USN 5 2 Robert W Stephens USAAF 13 SS DFC KIFA 1960 1061 Everett W Stewart 7 83 SS DFC 4 1062 James C Stewart 11 5 DSC DFC 5 1063 James S Stewart USN 10 NC DFC 2 1064 John S Stewart USAAF 9 SS DFC 2 1065 Charles R Stimpson USN 16 NC DFC 3 Ace in a day 14 October 1944 1066 1067 John D Stokes 6 5 SS DFC 1068 Carl V Stone 5 DFC 3 KIFA 13 March 1967 1069 Robert J Stone USAAF 7 Ace in a day 10 June 1945 1070 John A Storch 10 5 SS DFC 3 1071 Robert F Stout USMC 6 NC DFC KIA 4 March 1945 1072 Donald J Strait USAAF 13 5 SS DFC 3 1073 William H Strand 7 SS 2 DFC 6 1074 John R Strane USN 13 SS DFC 7 1075 Johnnie C Strange 5 DFC 1076 Frederick J Streig 5 5 DFC 3 1077 Harvey W Sturdevant 6 DFC 4 1078 John L Sublett USAAF 8 DFC 1079 Richard C Suehr 5 SS DFC 2 1080 Charles P Sullivan 5 SS DFC 1081 Elliot Summer 10 SS DFC 2 1082 Robert C Sutcliffe 5 DFC 3 1083 John F Sutherland USN 6 5 DFC 2 1084 James E Swett USMC 15 5 MOH DFC 6 Ace in a day 7 April 1943 1085 1086 Harryn W Swinburne USN 5 DFC 2 First pilot to fly a helicopter in combat 1087 James S Swope 9 66 DFC 2 1088 William J Sykes USAAF 5 DFC POW 25 December 1944 1089 John C C Symmes USN 11 NC 2 DFC 2 1090 Stanley T Synar USMC 5 DFC 1091 T editName Branch Victories Awards NotesGilbert F Talbot USAAF 5 DFC 2 1092 William F Tanner 5 5 DFC 4 1093 James B Tapp 8 DSC DFC 1094 Kenneth M Taylor 6 DSC First Army Air Forces pilot to be awarded DSC during war Is officially only credited with 3 victories 1095 Oliver B Taylor 5 SS 1096 Ralph G Taylor Jr 6 DFC 1097 Ray A Taylor Jr USN 6 5 DFC 2 1098 Will W Taylor 6 SS DFC 1099 Francis A Terrill USMC 6 5 DFC 2 KIFA 12 January 1946 1100 John S Jimmy Thach USN 6 NC 2 SS LOM 1101 W Paul Thayer 6 5 DFC 3 1102 Robert H Thelen 6 5 DFC 1103 Franklin C Thomas Jr USMC 9 NC 1104 Robert F Thomas USN 5 25 NC DFC 1105 Wilbur J Thomas USMC 18 5 NC DFC 2 KIFA 28 January 1947 1106 Robert D Thompson USAAF 5 DFC 1107 John F Thornell Jr 17 25 DSC DFC 6 1108 David F Thwaites 6 DFC 3 1109 Harrison R Thyng 5 SS 5 additional victories during the Korean War 1110 Robert E Tierney 5 133 John A Tilley 5 DFC 1111 Reade F Tilley Royal Canadian Air Force 7 DFC UK Born in Florida 1112 Edward W Toaspern USN 7 DFC 4 1113 John W Topliff 5 DFC 3 1114 Harrison B Bud Tordoff USAAF 5 DFC 1115 Ross E Torkelson USN 5 DFC 1116 Philip E Tovrea Jr USAAF 8 SS DFC 1117 Eugene P Townsend USN 5 NC Ace in a day 24 October 1944 1118 Frederick W Tracey 5 NC SS 1119 Frederick O Trafton Jr USAAF 5 SS DFC 1120 Franklin W Troup USN 7 DFC 2 1121 Eugene A Trowbridge USMC 6 NC 1122 Clifton H Troxell USAAF 5 SS DFC 3 1123 Myron M Truax USN 7 NC 2 DFC 1124 John H Truluck USAAF 7 DSC DFC 4 1125 Grant M Turley 6 SS DFC KIA 1126 Charles H Turner USN 6 DFC 2 1127 Edward B Turner 7 NC Ace in a day 18 October 1944 1128 Richard E Turner USAAF 11 DFC 2 1129 William L Turner 8 DSC SS DFC 3 1130 Wendell V Twelves USN 13 NC SS DFC 6 1131 Gerald E Tyler USAAF 7 DFC 2 1132 James O Tyler 8 DFC 2 1133 U editName Branch Victories Awards NotesVernon R Ude USN 5 DFC 3 1134 Donald E Umphres 6 DFC 3 KIFA 4 June 1947 1135 V editName Branch Victories Awards NotesEugene A Valencia Jr USN 23 NC DFC 6 Ace in a day 17 April 1945 1136 1137 Herbert J Valentine USMC 6 NC DFC 2 Ace in a day 25 May 1945 1138 Rudolph D Van Dyke USN 5 SS DFC KIFA 1 June 1953 1139 Peter J Van der Linden Jr 5 DFC 2 1140 Arthur Van Haren Jr 9 DFC 3 1141 George R Vanden Heuvel USAAF 5 5 DFC 2 1142 James S Varnell Jr 17 SS DFC 3 KIFA 9 April 1945 1143 Harley C Vaughn 7 DFC 2 1144 Robert H Vaught 5 SS 1145 Milton N Vedder USMC 6 DFC 2 KIA 11 February 1944 1146 Stanley W Swede Vejtasa USN 10 25 NC 3 Ace in a day 26 October 1942 1147 Clinton D Vincent USAAF 6 SS LOM DFC 3 1148 Merriwell W Vineyard USN 6 DFC 6 Also flew in Royal Canadian Air Force 1149 Arnold E Vinson USAAF 5 3 DFC 3 MIA 3 April 1943 1150 Herman W Visscher 5 DFC Shot down a sixth plane in Korean War 1151 Harold E Vita USN 6 SS 2 DFC 2 1152 John E Vogt USAAF 5 DSC Ace in a day 28 May 1945 1153 John W Vogt Jr 8 DFC 5 1154 John J Voll 21 DSC SS DFC 2 Ace in a day 16 November 1944 1155 Roy M Voris USN 7 DFC 1156 Albert O Vorse Jr 11 5 NC SS DFC 2 1157 Alexander Vraciu 19 NC DFC 3 Ace in a day 19 June 1944 1158 1159 W editName Branch Victories Awards NotesLance C Wildcat Wade Royal Air Force 23 DFC UK amp Bar Born in Texas KIFA 12 January 1944 1160 Robert Wade USMC 7 NC DFC 2 1161 Horace Q Waggoner USAAF 5 DFC 2 1162 Boyd D Buzz Wagner 8 DSC DFC First Army Air Force ace of World War II KIFA 29 November 1942 1163 John W Wainwright Jr 6 DSC Ace in a day 28 September 1944 KIFA 7 July 1945 1164 Joe W Waits 5 5 DFC 1165 Thomas H Walker 6 DFC 1166 Walter B Walker Jr 5 DFC 1167 Kenneth A Walsh USMC 21 MOH DFC 7 First F4U Corsair ace 1168 1169 Ralph H Wandrey USAAF 6 DFC 2 1170 Lyttleton T Ward USN 5 NC SS DFC 1171 Victor E Warford USAAF 8 SS 2 POW 11 October 1944 1172 Arthur T Warner USMC 8 NC DFC 1173 Jack R Warren USAAF 5 DFC MIA March 1944 1174 Edward T Waters 7 DFC 1175 James A Watkins 12 DSC 1176 Ralph J Watson 5 LOM DFC 4 1177 Charles E Watts USN 8 75 NC DFC 3 1178 Oran S Watts USAAF 5 DFC 2 1179 Sidney W Weatherford 5 DFC 2 MIA 11 August 1952 1180 Charles E Weaver 8 133 Claude Weaver III Royal Canadian Air Force 12 5 DFC UK Born in Oklahoma Youngest Allied ace of the war POW 9 September 1942 later escaped captivity DOW 28 January 1944 1181 Wilbur B Webb USN 7 NC DFC 2 1182 Willard J Webb USAAF 5 DFC 3 1183 Gregory J Weissenberger USMC 5 DFC 3 1184 Darrell G Welch USAAF 5 SS DFC 1185 George S Welch 16 DSC DFC 3 First Army Air Force pilot to shoot down an enemy plane during the war KIFA 12 October 1954 1186 Robert E Welch 6 SS DFC KIFA 23 March 1951 1187 Robert D Welden 6 25 DFC 1188 Albert P Wells USMC 5 DFC 2 1189 Edward G Wendorf USN 5 DFC 3 1190 Arthur E Wenige USAAF 6 SS DFC 2 1191 John M Wesolowski USN 7 DFC 2 1192 Warren M Wesson USAAF 5 DFC 1193 Richard L West 14 DSC SS DFC 3 1194 Robert G West USN 5 DFC 3 1195 Robert B Westbrook USAAF 20 DSC DFC 2 MIA 22 November 1944 1196 Raymond S Wetmore 21 25 DSC 2 SS DFC 5 KIFA 14 February 1951 1197 William E Whalen 6 SS DFC 1198 Elmer M Wheadon 7 SS DFC Ace in a day 1 July 1943 1199 William T Whisner 15 5 DSC 2 SS DFC 3 Ace in a day 21 November 1944 Scored 6 5 additional victories with U S Air Force and award third DSC during Korean War 1200 Henry S White USN 5 DFC 2 1201 John H White USAAF 5 DFC 2 KIFA 5 October 1945 1202 Robert H White 9 SS DFC 4 1203 Thomas A White 6 DFC 2 1204 Roy E Whittaker 7 DFC 4 1205 Samuel J Wicker 7 SS DFC 1206 David C Wilhelm 6 DFC 2 1207 Paul H Wilkins 5 DFC 3 1208 James W Wilkinson 6 DSC DFC 3 KIFA 4 June 1944 1209 Bruce W Williams USN 7 NC DFC 3 1210 Gerard M H Williams USMC 7 DFC 2 1211 James M Williams USAAF 6 DFC 1212 Russell D Williams 5 DFC 3 1213 Felix D Williamson 13 DSC DFC 4 Ace in a day 14 January 1945 KIFA 24 February 1947 1214 Robert C Wilson USN 6 DFC 2 1215 William F Wilson USAAF 5 SS DFC KIFA 12 November 1947 1216 Murray Winfield USN 8 SS DFC 3 1217 Robert P Winks USAAF 5 5 DFC 2 1218 Robert A Winston USN 5 DFC 2 Theodore H Winters Jr 8 NC 2 SS 3 DFC 1219 Calvin C Wire USAAF 7 DFC 4 1220 Ralph L Wire 5 DFC 2 1221 John L Wirth USN 14 NC SS 2 DFC KIFA 13 April 1945 1222 Lee V Wiseman USAAF 5 SS 1223 Lynn E Witt Jr 6 DSC SS DFC 3 1224 John T Wolf USN 7 DFC 2 1225 Judge E Wolfe USAAF 9 SS DFC 2 KIFA 24 November 1948 1226 John L Wolford 5 DFC MIA 20 May 1943 1227 Walter A Wood USN 5 5 SS 1228 Sidney S Woods USAAF 7 DSC SS DFC 3 Ace in a day 22 March 1945 POW 16 April 1945 1229 Robert E Woody 7 DSC DFC 1230 Millard Wooley Jr USN 5 DFC 2 1231 Robert C Woolverton 6 DFC 3 1232 Malcolm T Wordell 7 NC 2 DFC 3 1233 George L Wrenn 5 25 NC DFC 1234 Ellis W Wright Jr USAAF 6 DSC 1235 Max J Wright 5 SS 1236 Y editName Branch Victories Awards NotesRobert R Yaeger Jr USAAF 5 SS DFC 4 1237 Charles Elwood Yeager 13 SS DFC Ace in a day 12 October 1944 First man to break the sound barrier 14 October 1947 1238 1239 Harold Yeremain USN 6 DFC 3 KIFA 13 August 1951 1240 Robert M York USAAF 5 SS 1241 Donald K Yost USMC 8 SS DFC 1242 Michael R Yunck 5 SS DFC 1243 Z editName Branch Victories Awards NotesEarling W Zaeske USN 5 DFC 2 1244 Hubert Hub Zemke USAAF 17 75 DSC SS DFC 8 POW 30 October 1944 1245 John A Zink USN 5 DFC 55 1246 Daniel J Zoerb USAAF 7 SS DFC 3 1247 Charles J Zubarik 8 DFC POW 24 May 1943 1248 Notes editAbbreviations edit DOW in Notes means Died of Wounds which in some cases may have occurred months later KIA in Notes means Killed in action dates are included where possible KIFA in Notes means Killed in Flying Accident MIA in Notes means Missing in action POW in Notes means Prisoner of War USAAF means United States Army Air Forces USMC means United States Marine Corps USN means United States NavyAwards edit Award Title NotesDFC Distinguished Flying Cross The Distinguished Flying Cross is a medal awarded to any officer or enlisted member of the United States armed forces who distinguishes himself or herself in support of operations by heroism or extraordinary achievement while participating in an aerial flight DFC UK Distinguished Flying Cross United Kingdom Awarded to Royal Air Force commissioned officers and Warrant Officers for an act or acts of valour courage or devotion to duty whilst flying in active operations against the enemy DSC Distinguished Service Cross The Distinguished Service Cross is the second highest medal for gallantry awarded to any member of the Army and Army Air Force for extraordinary heroism not justifying the Medal of Honor LOM Legion of Merit The Legion of Merit is a medal awarded to members of the Uniformed Services of the United States and members of allied armed forces for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services and achievements MOH Medal of Honor The Medal of Honor is the highest and most prestigious military decoration awarded to any member of the US Armed Forces for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the 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