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List of World War II aces credited with 8 victories 
Summary
Fighter aces in World War II had tremendously varying kill scores, affected as they were by many factors: the pilot's skill level, the performance of the airplane the pilot flew and the planes they flew against, how long they served, their opportunity to meet the enemy in the air (Allied to Axis disproportion), whether they were the formation's leader or a wingman, the standards their air service brought to the awarding of victory credits, et cetera.
Aces edit
This background, along with the symbol "†", indicates that the pilot was killed in action, missing in action, died of wounds, or was killed in a flying accident during World War II.
| Name | Country | Service(s) | Aerial victories | Other aerial victories | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles E. Watts |  United States
|
U.S. Navy | 8.75 | ||
| John L. Banks | United States
|
U.S. Navy | 8.5 | ||
| William E. Bryan, Jr. | United States
|
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8.5 | ||
| Stanisław Brzeski |  Poland
|
Polish Air Force; Royal Air Force |
8.5 | ||
| James B. Cain | United States
|
U.S. Navy | 8.5 | ||
| Charles J. Cesky | United States
|
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8.5 | ||
| Oscar I. Chenoweth | United States
|
U.S. Navy | 8.5 | ||
| Arthur Chin | United States
|
Chinese Nationalist Air Force | 8.5 | First American ace of WWII, flew biplane fighter | |
| Frank A. Cutler | United States
|
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8.5 | (+3 ground kills) | |
| Carl C. Foster | United States
|
U.S. Navy | 8.5 | ||
| John F. Gray | United States
|
U.S. Navy | 8.5 | ||
| Everett G. Hargreaves | United States
|
U.S. Navy | 8.5 | ||
| Thomas L. Hayes, Jr. | United States
|
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8.5 | ||
| Zdzisław Henneberg † | Poland
|
Polish Air Force; Royal Air Force |
8.5 | ||
| John H. Hoefker | United States
|
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8.5 | ||
| Otto D. Jenkins | United States
|
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8.5 | (+2 ground kills) | |
| Arthur G. Johnson | United States
|
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8.5 | ||
| George Noel Keith † |  Canada
|
Royal Canadian Air Force | 8.5 | ||
| Wacław Król | Poland
|
Polish Air Force; Royal Air Force |
8.5 | ||
| Frank L. Lawlor | United States
|
American Volunteer Group | 8.5 | ||
| Gregory K. Loesch | United States
|
U.S. Marine Corps | 8.5 | ||
| Carl J. Luksic | United States
|
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8.5 | (+7 ground kills) | |
| Donald McDowell | United States
|
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8.5 | ||
| Bernard J. McGrattan | United States
|
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8.5 | ||
| Sanford K. Moats | United States
|
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8.5 | ||
| John L. Morgan, Jr. | United States
|
U.S. Marine Corps | 8.5 | ||
| George W. Pigman | United States
|
U.S. Navy | 8.5 | ||
| Claude W. Plant | United States
|
U.S. Navy | 8.5 | ||
| Albert L. Schlegel | United States
|
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8.5 | ||
| Dallas Schmidt | Canada
|
Royal Canadian Air Force | 8.5 | ||
| Larry R. Self | United States
|
U.S. Navy | 8.5 | ||
| Eugeniusz Szaposznikow | Poland
|
Polish Air Force; Royal Air Force |
8+1⁄3 | ||
| John Fraser Drummond |  United Kingdom
|
Royal Air Force | 8+1⁄3 | ||
| Franklin T. Gabriel | United States
|
U.S. Navy | 8+1⁄4 | ||
| George Bray McMillan | United States
|
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8+1⁄4 | (+1 ground kills) | |
| Adolf Pietrasiak | Poland
|
Polish Air Force; Royal Air Force |
8.1 | ||
| Witold Łokuciewski | Poland
|
Polish Air Force; Royal Air Force |
8 | ||
| Helmut Lennartz |  Germany
|
Luftwaffe | 8+[1] | Jet ace with 8 victories in Me 262[2] | |
| Erich Büttner | Germany
|
Luftwaffe | 8[2] | Jet ace with all victories in Me 262 | |
| John M. Ainlay | United States
|
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | possibly just 7 | |
| John R. Alison | United States
|
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
| David W. Allen | United States
|
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
| John Allen † | United Kingdom
|
Royal Air Force | 8[3] | ||
| Wilfred Arthur |  Australia
|
Royal Australian Air Force | 8[4] | ||
| Frederick A. Bardshar | United States
|
U.S. Navy | 8 | ||
| Lloyd G. Barnard | United States
|
U.S. Navy | 8 | ||
| Walter Beaumont † | United Kingdom
|
Royal Air Force | 8[5] | ||
| Walter G. Benz, Jr. | United States
|
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
| John Bisdee | United Kingdom
|
Royal Air Force | 8 | (+2 shared) | |
| Derek Boitel-Gill † | United Kingdom
|
Royal Air Force | 8[6] | ||
| William J. Bonneau | United States
|
U.S. Navy | 8 | ||
| Robert J. Booth | United States
|
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
| Roy O. Burnett, Jr. | United States
|
U.S. Navy | 8 | ||
| Andrew Bosman |  South Africa
|
South African Air Force | 8[7] | (+ 3 shared) | |
| Walter J. Carroll, Jr. | United States
|
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
| William N. Case | United States
|
U.S. Marine Corps | 8 | ||
| J. D. Collinsworth | United States
|
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | possibly just 6 | |
| Arthur W. Cruikshank | United States
|
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
| Václav Cukr-Cooper |  Czechoslovakia
|
Royal Air Force | 8 | ||
| John Curchin † | Australia
|
Royal Air Force | 8[8] | ||
| Robert Dafforn † | United Kingdom
|
Royal Air Force | 8[9] | ||
| Fernley H. Damstrom | United States
|
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
| John F. Dobbin | United States
|
U.S. Marine Corps | 8 | ||
| Landis E. Doner | United States
|
U.S. Navy | 8 | ||
| Frederick J. Dorsch | United States
|
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
| Walter F. Duke | United States
|
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
| William C. Edens | United States
|
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | (+3 ground kills) | |
| John L. Elder | United States
|
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | (+13 ground kills) | |
| Eric A. Evenson | United States
|
U.S. Navy | 8 | ||
| Arthur C. Fielder, Jr. | United States
|
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
| Francis M. Fleming | United States
|
U.S. Navy | 8 | ||
| James M. Fowle | United States
|
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
| William A. Gardner | United States
|
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
| Frank Gaunt | United States
|
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | possibly just 7 | |
| Francis R. Gerard | United States
|
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
| Clement D. Gile | United States
|
U.S. Navy | 8 | ||
| Maxwell H. Glenn | United States
|
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | possibly just 5 (+3 ground kills) | |
| Mathew M. Gordon | United States
|
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
| Leroy V. Grosshuesch | United States
|
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
| Fred E. Gutt | United States
|
U.S. Marine Corps | 8 | ||
| Mayo A. Hadden, Jr. | United States
|
U.S. Navy | 8 | ||
| Leonard Haines † | United Kingdom
|
Royal Air Force | 8[10] | (+ 4 shared) | |
| John Hall | United Kingdom
|
Royal Air Force | 8[11] | ||
| Peter Hall |  New Zealand
|
Royal New Zealand Air Force | 8[11] | ||
| Aladár Heppes |  Hungary
|
Royal Hungarian Air Force | 8 | ||
| Frederick A. Harris | United States
|
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
| Kenneth F. Hart | United States
|
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
| Edwin J. Herman (or Hernan), Jr. | United States
|
U.S. Marine Corps | 8 | ||
| George L. Hollowell | United States
|
U.S. Marine Corps | 8 | ||
| Angus Horne | United Kingdom
|
Royal Air Force | 8 | ||
| Jack M. Ilfrey | United States
|
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
| Mervyn Ingram † | New Zealand
|
Royal New Zealand Air Force | 8[12] | ||
| Michael J. Jackson | United States
|
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | (+5.5 ground kills) | |
| Byron M. Johnson | United States
|
U.S. Navy | 8 | ||
| John M. Johnson | United States
|
U.S. Navy | 8 | ||
| John L. Jones | United States
|
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
| Claiborne H. Kinnard | United States
|
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | (+17 ground kills) | |
| Pál Kovács † | Hungary
|
Royal Hungarian Air Force | 8 | ||
| Charles M. Kunz | United States
|
U.S. Marine Corps | 8 | ||
| Wolfgang Kuthe † | Germany
|
Luftwaffe | 8[13] | Night fighter ace | |
| William N. Leonard | United States
|
U.S. Navy | 8 | ||
| Elvin L. Lindsay | United States
|
U.S. Navy | 8 | ||
| Thomas E. Maloney | United States
|
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | possibly just 7 | |
| William R. Maxwell | United States
|
U.S. Navy | 8 | ||
| Earl May, Jr. | United States
|
U.S. Navy | 8 | ||
| Wallace McIntosh | United Kingdom
|
Royal Air Force | 8 | Avro Lancaster tail gunner | |
| Johnnie G. Miller | United States
|
U.S. Navy | 8 | ||
| Erich Mix | Germany
|
Luftwaffe | 8 | +3 in World War I | possibly 13 |
| William W. Momyer | United States
|
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
| Douglas W. Mulcahey | United States
|
U.S. Navy | 8 | ||
| Alva C. Murphy | United States
|
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
| Joseph L. Narr | United States
|
U.S. Marine Corps | 8 | ||
| George P. Novotny | United States
|
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
| John G. O'Neill | United States
|
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
| Edward M. Owen | United States
|
U.S. Navy | 8 | ||
| Nathan T. Post | United States
|
U.S. Marine Corps | 8 | ||
| Luther D. Prater, Jr. | United States
|
U.S. Navy | 8 | ||
| Edward F. Roddy | United States
|
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
| Robert R. Rowland | United States
|
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
| Philip Sangermano (FO) | United States
|
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
| Charles W. Sawyer | United States
|
American Volunteer Group; U.S. Army Air Forces |
8 | victories with 2 air forces | |
| Glenn D. Schiltz Jr. | United States
|
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
| David A. Scott | United States
|
U.S. Navy | 8 | possibly 9 | |
| Dale E. Shafer | United States
|
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
| Robert M. Shaw | United States
|
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
| William A. Shomo | United States
|
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | Ace in a day, awarded the Medal of Honor for this action | |
| Irving Smith | New Zealand
|
Royal New Zealand Air Force | 8[14] | Transferred to the Royal Air Force after WWII | |
| Robert H. Smith | United States
|
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
| Gordon Arthur Stanley | United States
|
U.S. Navy | 8 | ||
| Arland Stanton | United States
|
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
| John L. Sublett | United States
|
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
| Leopold Šrom | Czechoslovakia
|
Royal Air Force | 8 | ||
| James B. Tapp | United States
|
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
| Philip Edward Tovrea Jr. | United States
|
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
| James O. Tyler | United States
|
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
| John Urwin-Mann | Canada
|
Royal Air Force | 8[15] | (+2 shared victories) | |
| Victor Verity | New Zealand
|
Royal Air Force | 8[16] | ||
| John W. Vogt, Jr. | United States
|
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
| Boyd D. "Buzz" Wagner | United States
|
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | First U.S. Armed Forces ace, within nine days of Attack on Pearl Harbor | |
| Victor E. Warford | United States
|
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | ||
| Arthur T. Warner | United States
|
U.S. Marine Corps | 8 | ||
| Charles E. Weaver | United States
|
U.S. Army Air Forces | 8 | (+3 ground kills) | |
| Hans-Dieter Weihs | Germany
|
Luftwaffe | 8[2] | Jet ace with all victories in Me 262 | |
| Norman. F Williams | Australia
|
Royal Australian Air Force | 8 | Bomber rear gunner | |
| Rex Kerslake Wilson | Australia
|
Royal Australian Air Force | 8 | ||
| Theodore H. Winters, Jr. | United States
|
U.S. Navy | 8 | ||
| Donald K. Yost | United States
|
U.S. Marine Corps | 8 | ||
| Dan Scurtu |  Kingdom of Romania
|
Royal Romanian Air Force | 8 | ||
| Traian Dirjan | Kingdom of Romania
|
Royal Romanian Air Force | 8 | ||
| Eugen Cameceanu | Kingdom of Romania
|
Royal Romanian Air Force | 8 | ||
| Mihai Mihordea | Kingdom of Romania
|
Royal Romanian Air Force | 8 | ||
| Ioan Panaite | Kingdom of Romania
|
Royal Romanian Air Force | 8 |
References edit
Citations edit
- ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 1505.
- ^ a b c Morgan & Weal 1998, p. 88.
- ^ Shores & Williams 1994, p. 96.
- ^ Shores & Williams 1994, pp. 99–100.
- ^ Shores & Williams 1994, p. 121.
- ^ Shores & Williams 1994, pp. 136–137.
- ^ Shores & Williams 1994, p. 137.
- ^ Shores & Williams 1994, pp. 202–203.
- ^ Shores & Williams 1994, p. 206.
- ^ Shores & Williams 1994, p. 307.
- ^ a b Shores & Williams 1994, p. 308.
- ^ Shores & Williams 1994, p. 350.
- ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 1504.
- ^ Shores & Williams 1994, p. 555.
- ^ Shores & Williams 1994, p. 601.
- ^ Shores & Williams 1994, pp. 606–607.
Bibliography edit
- Mathews, Andrew Johannes; Foreman, John (2015). Luftwaffe Aces — Biographies and Victory Claims — Volume 4 S–Z. Walton on Thames: Red Kite. ISBN 978-1-906592-21-9.
- Morgan, Hugh; Weal, John (1998). German Jet Aces of World War 2. Aircraft of the Aces. Vol. 17. London; New York: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85532-634-7.
- Shores, Christopher; Williams, Clive (1994). Aces High: A Tribute to the Most Notable Fighter Pilots of the British and Commonwealth Forces in WWII. London: Grub Street. ISBN 1-8-9869-7000.