A flying ace, fighter ace or air ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. The exact number...
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Fighter aces in World War II had tremendously varying kill scores, affected as they were by many factors: the pilot's skill level, the performance of the...
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closely associated with fighter aces, though there are other types, such as tank aces and submarine aces.[citation needed] Ace of aces is a title accorded...
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Andrew Beauchamp-Proctor, the top scoring South African ace of the war, was piloting an SE5a fighter with Royal Air Force No 84 Squadron when he shot down...
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flying ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down several enemy aircraft. Flying Ace or Fighter Ace may also refer to: Flying Aces (magazine)...
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Fighter Ace was a massively multiplayer online combat flight simulation game series in which one flies World War II fighter planes in combat against other...
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fighter pilot with at least five air-to-air kills becomes known as an ace. Fighter pilots are one of the most highly regarded and desirable positions of...
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Bud Anderson (category American World War II flying aces)
while with the 363d Fighter Squadron of the 357th Fighter Group, based at RAF Leiston, England, and was the group's third leading ace with 16+1⁄4 aerial...
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List of Russian aviators (redirect from Russian fighter aces)
successful fighter ace during World War I in Russia and France Yekaterina Budanova, World War II pilot, one of the world's two female fighter aces Valery...
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Eugene Bullard, African-American World War I fighter pilot "Blackie" – David John Williams, Canadian fighter ace "Blinker" – W. R. Hall, British admiral,...
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Erich Hartmann (redirect from Karaya-1 (German fighter pilot))
1922 – 20 September 1993) was a German fighter pilot during World War II and the most successful fighter ace in the history of aerial warfare. He flew...
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English). Milan: Giorgio Apostolo. Spick, Mike: The complete fighter ace - All the World's Fighter Aces, 1914–2000. London, Greenhill Books, 1999. ISBN 1-85367-255-6...
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Y Z "Aggy" – Noel Agazarian, British, Battle of Britain ace "Assi" – Hans Hahn, German fighter pilot during World War II "Bake" – V. H. Baker, British...
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World War II aces credited with 100 or more victories is a subset list of all fighter aces in World War II. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military...
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American Fighter Aces Association is a non-profit organization which recognizes the 1,450 combat American pilots (referred to as Aces) who have had five...
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Pilot and Observer Aces, the British Two-seater Fighter Observer Aces, and the Belgian, Italian, Austro-Hungarian and Russian Fighter Aces, 1914–1918: Volume...
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Jan Klán (category World War II flying aces)
Jan Klán (22 January 1911 – 10 December 1986) was a Czech fighter ace of World War II who achieved five aerial victories during the Battle of France....
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German fighter ace (died 1917 in action) 3 March – Fritz Rumey, German fighter ace (died 1918 in action) 24 March – Rudolf Berthold, German fighter ace (died...
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Vadym Voroshylov (redirect from Karaya (Ukrainian fighter pilot))
February 1994 in Kremenchuk, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian fighter pilot ace of the Ukrainian Air Force, and a recipient of the Hero of Ukraine...
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palm General Charles de Gaulle (1 citation) Fighter ace lieutenant Charles Nungesser (30 citations) Fighter ace captain Georges Guynemer (26 citations) General...
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ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. German day and night fighter pilots...
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Messerschmitt Bf 109 (redirect from Me-109 fighter)
non-German ace. He scored 58 of his 94 confirmed victories with the Bf 109. Pilots from Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, and Italy also flew the fighter. Through...
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Lydia Litvyak (category Soviet World War II flying aces)
first female fighter pilot to shoot down an enemy aircraft, the first of two female fighter pilots who have earned the title of fighter ace and the holder...
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Joe Foss (category American World War II flying aces)
1, 2003) was a United States Marine Corps major and a leading Marine fighter ace in World War II. He received the Medal of Honor in recognition of his...
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Fighter aces in World War II had tremendously varying kill scores, affected as they were by many factors: the pilot's skill level, the performance of the...
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This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from Germany. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more...
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Raiden Fighters Aces (ライデンファイターズ エイシズ, Raiden Faitāzu Eishizu) is a 2008 video game for the Xbox 360, published by Japanese computer software company...
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This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from Poland. Contents: Top 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 Z See also References Notes...
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Giora Epstein (category Israeli flying aces)
and a fighter ace credited with 17 victories, 16 against Egyptian jets and one against an Egyptian Mi-8 helicopter, making Epstein the ace of aces of supersonic...
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Tetsuzō Iwamoto (category Japanese World War II flying aces)
1916 – 20 May 1955) was one of the top scoring aces among Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (IJNAS) fighter pilots. He entered the Imperial Navy in 1934...
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