List of World War II aces credited with 9 victories

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 U.S. Army Air Forces 9.5 Royal Canadian Air Force 9.5 U.S. Army Air Forces 9.5 (+8 ground kills) U.S. Army Air Forces 9.5 U.S. Navy 9.5 Royal Australian Air Force 9.5 U.S. Army Air Forces 9.5 possibly just 9 (+2 ground kills) Poland Polish Air Force;Royal Air Force 9.5 Poland Polish Air Force;Royal Air Force 9.5 U.S. Army Air Forces 9.5 (+.5 ground kill) U.S. Navy Poland Polish Air Force;Royal Air Force Poland Polish Air Force;Royal Air Force American Volunteer Group Luftwaffe 9+ Also a top ground attack pilot, with 2000+ targets destroyed U.S. Army Air Forces 9 (+6.5 ground kills) Regia Aeronautica 9 U.S. Army Air Forces 9 (+6 ground kills) Only African-American ace in WWII Royal Australian Air Force 9 Royal Air Force 9 † U.S. Navy 9 U.S. Navy 9 U.S. Navy 9 U.S. Army Air Forces 9 (+6 ground kills) U.S. Navy 9 U.S. Navy 9 † Royal Hungarian Air Force 9 U.S. Navy 9 U.S. Army Air Forces 9 Poland Polish Air Force;Royal Air Force 9 Royal Air Force 9 Royal Air Force 9 +1 shared U.S. Army Air Forces 9 possibly just 8 U.S. Navy 9 U.S. Navy 9 U.S. Army Air Forces 9 U.S. Army Air Forces 9 U.S. Marine Corps 9 Ace in a day U.S. Army Air Forces 9 Royal Air Force 9 Ace in a day (six minutes) U.S. Navy 9 U.S. Army Air Forces 9 (+2 ground kills) † Royal Air Force 9 Royal Air Force 9 U.S. Army Air Forces 9 Poland Polish Air Force;Royal Air Force 9 U.S. Army Air Forces 9 U.S. Navy 9 U.S. Army Air Forces 9 U.S. Army Air Forces 9 U.S. Navy 9 U.S. Navy 9 U.S. Army Air Forces 9 (+2 ground kills) Poland Polish Air Force;Royal Air Force 9 Ace in a day U.S. Navy 9 U.S. Army Air Forces 9 (+6 ground kills) Luftwaffe 9 Night fighter ace U.S. Army Air Forces 9 Royal Air Force 9 Night fighter ace U.S. Army Air Forces 9 † Royal New Zealand Air Force 9 (+ 2 probably destroyed) Royal Australian Air Force 9 U.S. Army Air Forces 9 † Royal Air Force 9 U.S. Army Air Forces 9 U.S. Marine Corps 9 Royal Air Force 9 (+3 probably destroyed) † Royal Air Force 9 † Royal Air Force 9 U.S. Navy 9 U.S. Army Air Forces 9 † Royal Air Force 9 U.S. Army Air Forces 9 Luftwaffe 9 Regia Aeronautica 9 American Volunteer Group;U.S. Marine Corps 9 victories with 2 air forces U.S. Army Air Forces 9 U.S. Army Air Forces 9 Royal Air Force 9 † Royal Air Force 9 U.S. Navy 9 American Volunteer Group;U.S. Army Air Forces 9 victories with 2 air forces U.S. Navy 9 U.S. Army Air Forces 9 U.S. Army Air Forces 9 American Volunteer Group 9 Regia Aeronautica 9 + 1 in Spanish Civil War U.S. Navy 9 U.S. Army Air Forces 9 U.S. Marine Corps 9 U.S. Navy 9 † Royal Air Force 9 ace while flying aircraft configured for reconnaissance missions U.S. Army Air Forces 9 U.S. Army Air Forces 9 Imperial Japanese Army 9 claims 26 B-29s and 7 Soviet fighters U.S. Army Air Forces 9 Royal Romanian Air Force 9 Royal Romanian Air Force 9 Royal Romanian Air Force 9 Royal Romanian Air Force 9

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