UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
American Top Aces
NAME VICTORIESTOP ACE
Bong, Richard I. 40TOP USAS ACE
Rickenbacker, Edward Vernon 26TOP USAAF ACE
Bong, Richard I. 40TOP USAF ACE
McConnell, Joseph, Jr. 16TOP USN ACE
McCampbell, David 34TOP USMC ACE
Foss, Joseph Jacob 26TOP ACE OF WORLD WAR I
Rickenbacker, Edward Vernon 26TOP ACES OF WORLD WAR I
USAS: Rickenbacker, Edward Vernon 26 RAF: Gillet, Frederick Warrington 20 FAS: Lufbery, Gervais Raoul 16TOP ACE OF WAR IN CHINA (1937-1941)
Chin, Shui-Tin 8.5 [8+1]TOP ACE OF SPANISH CIVIL WAR (1937-1938)
Baumler, Albert J. 13TOP ACE OF WORLD WAR II
Bong, Richard I. 40THE BEST AMERICAN PILOT IN THE BATTLE OF GREAT BRITAIN
Davis, Carl Raymond 11.5 [11+1]TOP ACE FLYING WITH A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT
RAF: Wade, Lance Cleo 25 RCAF: Fairbanks, David Charles 12.5 AVG: Neale, Robert H. 11.5TOP ACE OF THE EUROPEAN THEATRE OF OPERATIONS
Gabreski, Francis S. 28TOP ACE OF THE MEDITERRANEAN THEATRE OF OPERATIONS
Voll, John J. 21TOP ACE OF THE PACIFIC THEATRE OF OPERATIONS
Bong, Richard I. 40TOP STRAFING ACE
Reynolds, Thomas A. 38.5TOP NIGHT FIGHTER ACE
Harrington, Archibald Allan 7TOP RECONNAISSANCE ACE
McComas, Edward O. 14TOP V-1 KILLER
Feldman, Seymour Bernard 10.25 [9+3]TOP GUNNER ON BOMBERS
Arooth, Michael L. 'Mike' 17TOP PATROL PLANE ACE
Sutton, Sheldon L. 7TOP ACE OF THE KOREAN WAR
McConnell, Joseph, Jr. 16TOP ACE OF THE VIETNAM WAR
DeBellevue, Charles B. 6FIRST AMERICAN ACE IN WWI
Lufbery, Gervais Raoul USAS: Baer, Paul Frank 23.04.1918 RFC: FAS: Lufbery, Gervais RaoulFIRST AMERICAN ACE IN WWII
... USAAF: Wagner, Boyd D. 16.12.1941 USN: O'Hare, Edward H. 20.02.1942 USMC: Carl, Marion Eugene 24.08.1942 RAF: Dunn, William RobertFIRST AMERICAN ACE IN KOREAN WAR
Jabara, James 20.05.1950 USAF: James, Jabara 20.05.1950 USN: Bordelon, Guy P. 16.07.1953 USMC: Bolt, John F., Jr. 11.07.1953FIRST AMERICAN ACE IN VIETNAM WAR
Cunningham, Randall Harold 10.05.1972 USAF: Ritchie, Richard Steven 28.08.1972 USN: Cunningham, Randall Harold 10.05.1972FIRST USAF ACE OF TWO WARS (WWII and Korea)
Davis, George A., Jr. (7 in WW II and 14 in Korea) 30.11.1951FIRST (and only) USAF ACE WITH VICTORIES IN WWII AND VIETNAM
Olds, Robin (12 in WW II and 4 in Vietnam) 02.01.1967
AVG ... American Volunteer Group FAS ... French Air Service RFC ... Royal Flying Service RAF ... Royal Air Force RCAF ... Royal Canadian Air Force USAAF ... United States Army Air Force USAS ... United States Air Service USMC ... United States Marine Corps USN ... United States Navy
Richard Ira Bong
