List of World War II aces by country
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By nationality:
Contents
- 1 Australia
- 2 Austria
- 3 Belgium
- 4 Bulgaria
- 5 Canada
- 6 China
- 7 Croatia
- 8 Czechoslovakia
- 9 Denmark
- 10 Finland
- 11 France
- 12 Germany
- 13 Greece
- 14 Hungary
- 15 Ireland
- 16 Italy
- 17 Japan
- 18 New Zealand
- 19 Norway
- 20 Philippines
- 21 Poland
- 22 Rhodesia
- 23 Romania
- 24 Slovakia
- 25 South Africa
- 26 Soviet Union
- 27 Spain
- 28 Sweden
- 29 United Kingdom
- 30 United States
- 31 See also
- 32 References
Australia
There were 103 air aces from Australia during the Second World War. For more information, see List of World War II aces from Australia.
Austria
There were 51 air aces from Austria during the Second World War. For more information, see List of World War II aces from Austria.
Belgium
There were 14 air aces from Belgium during the Second World War. For more information, see List of World War II aces from Belgium.
Bulgaria
There were 2 air aces from Bulgaria during the Second World War. For more information, see List of World War II aces from Bulgaria.
Canada
There were 152 air aces from Canada during the Second World War. For more information, see List of World War II aces from Canada.
China
There were more than 25 fighter aces from the China during the Second World War, although not all flew for the Allies. For more information, see List of World War II aces from China.
Croatia
There were 25 fighter aces from the Independent State of Croatia during the Second World War. For more information, see List of World War II aces from Croatia.
Czechoslovakia
There were more than 30 aces from Czechoslovakia during the Second World War. For more information, see List of World War II aces from Czechoslovakia
- See also List of World War II aces from Slovakia.
Denmark
There were 3 fighter aces from Denmark during the Second World War. For further information, see List of World War II aces from Denmark.
Finland
There were 96 fighter aces from Finland during the Second World War. For further information, see List of World War II aces from Finland
France
There were more than 180 aces from France during the Second World War. See List of World War II aces from France and List of Vichy France flying aces.
Germany
There were over 2500 aces from Germany during the Second World War. For a detailed list, see List of World War II aces from Germany
Greece
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There were 6 air aces from Greece during the Second World War.
Hungary
There were 39 air aces from Hungary during the Second World War. For further information, see List of World War II aces from Hungary.
Ireland
There were more than 13 aces from Ireland during the Second World War.[1] For more information, see List of World War II aces from Ireland.
Italy
There were more than 166 aces from Italy during the Second World War. For further information, see List of World War II aces from Italy
Japan
There were approximately 335 aces from Japan during the Second World War. For a complete list, see List of World War II aces from Japan
New Zealand
There were more than 80 aces from New Zealand during the Second World War. For a complete list, see List of World War II aces from New Zealand.
Norway
There were 20 aces from Norway during the Second World War. For a complete list, see List of World War II aces from Norway.
Philippines
There were only two known aces of the Philippines during the Second World War. They are Jesús A. Villamor and César Basa.
Poland
There were 91 air aces from Poland during the Second World War. For further information, see List of World War II aces from Poland.
Rhodesia
There were 11 air aces from Rhodesia during the Second World War. For further information, see List of World War II aces from Rhodesia.
Romania
There were 51 aces from Romania during the Second World War. For more information, see List of World War II flying aces from Romania.
Slovakia
There were 19 air aces from Slovakia during the Second World War. For further information, see List of World War II aces from Slovakia.
See also List of World War II aces from Czechoslovakia
South Africa
There were 59 aces from South Africa during the Second World War. For more information, see List of World War II aces from South Africa
Soviet Union
There were more than 3000 aces from the Soviet Union during the Second World War. For more information, see List of World War II aces from the Soviet Union
Spain
There were 20 air aces from Spain during the Second World War. For more information, see List of World War II aces from Spain.
Sweden
- William Y. Anderson for U.S. Army Air Forces. 7 kills (+ V-1 "flying bomb" in 17 June 1944).[2]
United Kingdom
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There were several hundred aces from the United Kingdom during the Second World War.
United States
There were 1297 aces from the United States during the Second World War. For more information, see List of World War II aces from the United States
See also
References
- ↑ Aces High,Christopher F. Shores & Clive Williams, Grub Street, London 1994
- ↑ Swedes at War: Willing Warriors of a Neutral Nation, 1914-1945, author Lars Gyllenhaal and Lennart Westberg (2010) ISBN 978-0-9777563-1-5