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Aces & Pilots
Legendary fighter aces, record-breaking test pilots and the pioneers who first left the ground. [28 aviators]
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WWIINEWAlexander Pokryshkin
Soviet UnionSoviet fighter ace of the Second World War (1913–1985)
WWINEWGeorges Guynemer
France54 victories
Jet AgeNEWGiora Epstein
“Enei netz (Hawkeye)”
Israel17 victories
WWINEWJames McCudden
“Mac”
United KingdomBritish World war I flying ace (1895–1918)
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Aces, test pilots & pioneers
28 aviators — the fighter aces, the test pilots who broke the barriers and the pioneers who first left the ground. Filter by era or search above.
28 aviators
WWIRené Fonck
France75 victories
WWIBilly Bishop
“Bish”
Canada72 victories
WWINEWGeorges Guynemer
France54 victories
WWIWerner Voss
Germany48 victories
WWIAlbert Ball
United Kingdom44 victories
WWIEddie Rickenbacker
USA26 victories
WWIAdolphe Pégoud
“Roi du ciel (King of the sky)”
FranceFrench flying ace (1889–1915)
WWINEWJames McCudden
“Mac”
United KingdomBritish World war I flying ace (1895–1918)
WWIManfred von Richthofen
“The Red Baron”
GermanyGerman World War I flying ace (1892–1918)
WWIIHans-Joachim Marseille
“Stern von Afrika (Star of Africa) to the Germans”
Germany158 victories
WWIIAdolf Galland
“Keffer”
Germany104 victories
WWIISaburō Sakai
“Sky Samurai”
Empire of Japan28 victories
WWIIDouglas Bader
“Dogsbody" from Bader's RAF radio ID code{{#tag:ref|After his promotion to Wing-Commander”
United Kingdom22 victories
WWIINEWAlexander Pokryshkin
Soviet UnionSoviet fighter ace of the Second World War (1913–1985)
WWIIErich Hartmann
“Bubi ("The Kid")”
GermanyGerman World War II flying ace (1922–1993)
GB
WWIIGregory Boyington
USAUnited States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient (1912–1988)
WWIIIvan Kozhedub
“Батя ("Dad")”
Soviet UnionAviator, thrice Hero of the Soviet Union (1920–1991)
WWIIJimmy Doolittle
United StatesAmerican general and aviator (1896–1993)
WWIILydia Litvyak
Soviet UnionSoviet flying ace (1921–1943)
WWIIRichard Bong
“Dick" Bong”
United StatesAmerican fighter pilot (1920–1945)
Jet AgeNEWGiora Epstein
“Enei netz (Hawkeye)”
Israel17 victories
Jet AgeRobin Olds
United States16 victories
Jet AgeBob Hoover
USAAmerican aviator (1922–2016)
Jet AgeChuck Yeager
USAAmerican flying ace and test pilot (1923–2020)
Jet AgeNeil Armstrong
USAAmerican astronaut (1930–2012)
PioneerAmelia Earhart
USAAmerican aviation pioneer (1897–disappeared 1937)
PioneerCharles Lindbergh
USAAmerican aviator and eugenicist (1902–1974)
PioneerWright Brothers
USAAmerican aviation pioneers, inventors of the airplane