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
+ Name Country Service(s) Aerial victories Other aerial victories Notes American Volunteer Group 10.75 U.S. Army Air Forces 10.75 U.S. Army Air Forces 10.5 † Royal Canadian Air Force 10.5 Ace in a day U.S. Navy 10.5 Ace in a day (18 March 1945) U.S. Army Air Forces 10.5 U.S. Marine Corps 10.5 U.S. Army Air Forces 10.5 (+.5 ground kill) Finnish Air Force 10.5 U.S. Army Air Forces 10.5 +1 in Korean War (+2 ground kills) Finnish Air Force 10.5 Finnish Air Force 10.5 U.S. Army Air Forces 10.5 (+13 ground kills) † American Volunteer Group 10.5 Finnish Air Force 10.5 Royal Canadian Air Force 10.5 † American Volunteer Group 10.5 Finnish Air Force 10.5 American Volunteer Group;U.S. Army Air Forces 10.5 victories with 2 air forces U.S. Navy 10.5 Ace in a day (19 June 1944) U.S. Army Air Forces 10.5 (+1.5 ground kills) U.S. Navy 10.5 U.S. Navy 10.33 U.S. Navy 10.3 U.S. Army Air Forces 10.33 (+12.5 ground kills) Royal Australian Air Force 10 (+2 shared) American Volunteer Group U.S. Navy 11 Ace in a day (26 October 1942) Soviet Air Force 10 +6 and 4 shared in Spanish Civil War+3 in Second Sino-Japanese War Ace in two wars † Royal Australian Air Force 10 (+1 shared victory and 3 probables) U.S. Army Air Forces 10 U.S. Army Air Forces 10 Royal Air Force 10 † Royal Australian Air Force 10 Royal Air Force 10 (+1 shared) Royal Air Force 10 U.S. Army Air Forces 10 (+6 probables) † Royal New Zealand Air Force 10 Royal Australian Air Force 10 † Royal Air Force 10 U.S. Marine Corps 10 Royal Air Force 10 Royal Air Force 10 (+3 shared) U.S. Army Air Forces 10 Ace in a day (24 March 1945) † Royal Air Force 10 Royal Air Force 10 U.S. Army Air Forces 10 U.S. Navy 10 Ace in a day (24 October 1944) Royal Air Force 10 U.S. Navy 10 Luftwaffe 10 Night fighter ace Royal Air Force 10 Royal Air Force 10 Royal Air Force 10 Royal Air Force 10 U.S. Army Air Forces 10 U.S. Army Air Forces 10 † Royal Air Force 10 +6 shared Royal Air Force 10 U.S. Army Air Forces 10 Royal Air Force 10 Luftwaffe 10 U.S. Army Air Forces 10 (+6 ground kills) Finnish Air Force 10 Royal Canadian Air Force 10 Finnish Air Force 10 Finnish Air Force 10 † Royal Air Force 10 U.S. Army Air Forces 10 U.S. Marine Corps 10 Royal Air Force 10 U.S. Marine Corps 10 Royal Air Force 10 (+2 V-1 flying bombs) U.S. Army Air Forces 10 U.S. Navy 10 Finnish Air Force 10 Royal Air Force;U.S. Army Air Forces 10 U.S. Army Air Forces 10 Ace in a day (12 May 1944) U.S. Navy 10 U.S. Army Air Forces 10 Royal Air Force 10 +1 shared U.S. Army Air Forces 10 U.S. Navy 10 U.S. Navy 10 Regia Aeronautica 10 +1 in Spanish Civil War † Royal Air Force 10 (+4 shared) U.S. Army Air Forces 10 Royal New Zealand Air Force 10 Royal Air Force 10 † Luftwaffe 10 U.S. Army Air Forces 10 U.S. Navy 10 Regia Aeronautica 10 +1 in Spanish Civil War Royal Air Force 10 (+1 shared) Regia Aeronautica 10 † Royal Canadian Air Force 10 U.S. Army Air Forces 10 Royal Romanian Air Force 10 Royal Romanian Air Force 10 Royal Romanian Air Force 10
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