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Aces
The men and women in the following are aces from both Axis and Allied Air Forces.
Some of these pilots "racked up" impressive scores of enemy aircraft, and made a name for themselves in combat aviation history. These men and women are legends!
(Erich Hartmann - Germany's top scoring ace)
Belgian aces
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Yvan Georges du Monceau de Bergandel
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8
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Charles Detal+
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7
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Jean Offenberg+
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7
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Victor Ortmanns
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7
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Jacques Philipart+
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7
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Remy Van Lallemant
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6
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Daniel Le Roy du Vivier
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6
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Andre Plisnier
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6
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Lucien Boussa
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5
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Bulgarian aces
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Cudomir Toplodolski
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8
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Marin Cvetkov+
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8
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Stojan Stojanov
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6
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Chinese aces
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Li Kwei-Tan
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12
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Liu Tsui-Kan
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11
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Lo Chu
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11
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Chen Jui-tien
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6
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Chow Ting-fong
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6
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Huang Shing-Yui
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6
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Kwang Hsin-Jui
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6
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Liu Chung-Wu
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6
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Chu Chin-hsun
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5
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Hwang Pei-yang
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5
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Croatian aces
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Mato Dukovac
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40
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Cvitan Galic+
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38
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Dragutin Ivanic
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18
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Ivan Jergovic
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16
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Ljudevit Bencetic
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16
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Stjepan Boskic
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13
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Franjo Dzal
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13
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Zlatko Stipcic+
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12
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Josip Hellebrant
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12
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Czech aces
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Karel Kuttelwascher
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18
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Josef František+
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17
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Otto Smik+
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10
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Miloslav Mansfeld
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9
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Alois Vašátko+
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7
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František Peøina
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7
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Leopold Šrom
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6
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Otmar Kuèera
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6
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Stanislav Fejfar+
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6
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Josef Stehlík
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5
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Josef Dygrýn-Ligotick+
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5
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Ladislav Bobek
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5
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Bohumil Fürst
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5
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Jiøí Kuèera
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5
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Danish aces
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Kaj Birksted
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11
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Finnish aces
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Eino Juutilainen
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94
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Hans Wind
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78
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Eino Luukkanen
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56
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Urho Lehtovaara
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44
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Oiva Tuominen
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44
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Risto Puhakka
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42
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Olavi Puro
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36
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Nils Katajainen
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35
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Lauri Nissinen+
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32
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Kyösti Karhila
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32
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French aces
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Pierre Closterman
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33
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Marcel Albert
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23
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Jean Demozay-Morlaix+
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19
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Pierre Le Gloan+
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18
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Louis Delfino
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16
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Edmond Marin la Mesleé+
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16
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Jacques André
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16
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Roland De La Poype
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16
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Albert Littolff+
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15
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Michel Dorance
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14
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German aces
"It's as if an angel is pushing you..."
Gen. Adolf Galland's comment after flying the Me- 262.
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Erich Hartmann
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352
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Gerhard Barkhorn
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301
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Günther Rall
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275
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 (Günther Rall )
 (Hans-Joachim Marseille)
 (Adolph Galland)
 (Horst Petzschler)
Otto Kittel+
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267
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Walter Nowotny+
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258
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Wilhlem Batz
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237
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Erich Rudorffer
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224
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Heinz Bär
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221
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Hermann Graf
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212
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Heinrich Ehrler+
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208
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Theodor Weissenberger
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208
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Hans Philipp+
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206
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Walter Schuck
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206
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Anton Hafner
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204
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Helmut Lipfert
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203
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Walter Krupinski
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197
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Anton Hackl
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192
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Joachim Brendel
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189
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Max Stotz+
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189
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Joachim Kirschner+
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188
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Kurt Brändle
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180
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Günther Josten
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178
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Johannes Steinhoff
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178
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Ernst-Wilhelm Reinert
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174
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Günther Schack
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174
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Emil Lang+
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173
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Heinz Schmidt+
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173
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Horst Ademeit+
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166
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Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke+
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162
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Hans-Joachim Marseille+
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158
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Heinrich Sturm+
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158
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Gerhard Thyben
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157
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Hans Beisswenger+
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152
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Peter Düttmann
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152
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Gordon Gollob
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150
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Fritz Tegtmeier
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146
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Albin Wolf+
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144
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Kurt Tanzer
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143
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Friedrich-Karl Müller+
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140
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Karl Gratz
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138
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Heinrich Setz+
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138
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Rudolf Trenkel
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138
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Walter Wolfrum
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137
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Horst-Günther von Fassong+
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136
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Otto Fönnekold+
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136
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Karl-Heinz Weber+
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136
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Joachim Muencheberg+
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135
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Hans Waldmann+
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134
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Alfred Grislawski
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133
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Franz Schall+
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133
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Johannes Wiese
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133
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Adolf Borchers
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132
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Adolf Dickfeld
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132
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Erwin Clausen+
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132
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Wilhelm Lemke+
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131
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Gerhard Hoffmann+
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130
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Franz Eisenach
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129
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Walther Dahl
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129
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Heinrich Sterr+
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129
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Franz Dörr
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128
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Rudolf Rademacher
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126
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Josef Zwernemann+
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126
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Dietrich Hrabak
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125
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Wolf Ettel+
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124
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Herbert Ihlefeld
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123
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Wolfgang Tonne+
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122
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Heinz Marquardt
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121
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Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer
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121
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 (Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer )
Robert Weiss+
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121
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Erich Leie+
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121
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Friedrich Obleser
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120
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Franz-Josef Beerenbrock
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117
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Hans-Joachim Birkner+
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117
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Jakob Norz+
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117
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Walter Oesau+
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117
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Heinz Wernicke+
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117
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August Lambert+
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116
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Wilhelm Crinius
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114
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Werner Schroer
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114
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Hans Dammers+
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113
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Berthold Korts+
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113
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Helmut Lent+
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113
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 (Helmut Lent)
Kurt Bühligen
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112
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Kurt Ubben+
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110
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Franz Woidich
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110
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Reinhard Seiler
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109
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Emil Bitsch+
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108
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Hans Hahn
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108
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Bernhard Vechtel
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108
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Viktor Bauer
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106
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Werner Lucas+
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106
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Günther Lützow+
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105
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Eberhard von Boremski
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104
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Heinz Sachsenberg
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104
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Adolf Galland
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103
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Hartmann Grasser
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103
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Siegfried Freytag
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102
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Friedrich Geisshardt+
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102
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Egon Mayer+
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102
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Max-Hellmuth Ostermann+
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102
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Josef Wurmheller+
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102
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Rudolf Miethig+
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101
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Werner Mölders+
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101
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Josef Priller
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101
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Ulrich Wernitz
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101
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Hungarian aces
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Dezsõ Szentgyörgyi
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34
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György Debrõdy
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26
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Lajos Tóth
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26
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László Molnár+
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23
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Miklós Kenyeres
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18
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Ferenc Málnássy+
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14
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László Pottyondy
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13
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István Fabian
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13
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Kálmán Nánasi+
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12
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József Malik
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11
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Italian aces
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Adriano Visconti+
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26
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Teresio Martinoli+
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23
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Franco Lucchini+
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21
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Leonardo Ferrulli+
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21
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Mario Visentini+
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20
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Franco Bisleri
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19
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Luigi Gorrini
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19
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Furio Lauri
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18
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Ugo Drago
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16
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Germano La Ferla
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13
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Japanese aces
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Hiroyoshi Nishizawa+
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87
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Tetsuzo Iwamoto
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80
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Shoychi Sugita+
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70
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Saburo Sakai
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64
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Hiromishi Shinohara+
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58
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Takeo Okumura+
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54
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Satoshi Anabuki
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51
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Isamu Sasaki
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38
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Micuyoshi Tarui+
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38
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Toshiyo Ota+
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34
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Kazuo Sugino
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32
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Yashiki Kuroe
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30
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Shizuko Ishi+
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29
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Kaneyoshi Muto+
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28
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Chiyoshi Saito
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28
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Kenji Shimada+
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28
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Sadaaki Akamatsu
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27
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Isamu Hosono+
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27
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Yunishi Sasai+
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27
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Rikia Shibata+
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27
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Goychi Sumino+
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27
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Moricugu Kanai
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26
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Hidenori Macunaga
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26
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Shogo Saito+
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26
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Goro Furugori+
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25
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Norwegian aces
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Svein Heglund
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15
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Helmer Grundt-Spang
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11
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Werner Christie
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10
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Marius Eriksen
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9
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Martin Gran
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9
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Nils Jörstad
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7
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Frederick Fearnley+
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7
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Rolf Arne Berg
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6
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Helge Mehre
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6
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Arne Austeen
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6
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Polish aces
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Stanislaw Skalski
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22
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Witold Urbanowicz
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18
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Eugeniusz Horbaczewski+
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16
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Boleslaw Gladych
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14
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Jan Zumbach
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12
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Marian Pisarek+
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11
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Romanian aces
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Prince Constantine Cantacuzene
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60
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Alexander Serbanescu+
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53
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Ion Milu
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18
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Florian Budu
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16
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Ion Di Cezare
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5
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Slovak aces
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Ján Rezòák
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32
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Izidor Kovarik+
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29
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Ján Gerthoffer
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27
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Štefan Martiš
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19
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František Cyprich
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18
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Rudolf Božík
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17
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Štefan Ocvirk
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10
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Jozef Štauder
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10
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Anton Matušek
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10
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Vladimír Kriško
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9
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Soviet aces
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Ivan Kozhedub
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62
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Alexandr Pokryshkin
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59
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Nikolay Gulaev
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57
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Grigoriy Rechkalov
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56
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Kirill Yevstigneev
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53
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Dmitriy Glinka
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50
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Arseniy Vorozheykin
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46
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Nikolay Skomorokhov
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46
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Alexandr Koldunov
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46
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Nikolay Krasnov
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44
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Georgiy Kostylyov
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43
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Sergey Morgunov
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43
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Vitaliy Popkov
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41
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Spanish aces
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Gonzalo Hevia Alvarez de Quiñones
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12
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Mariano Cuadra Medina
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10
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José Ramon Gavilan Ponce de León
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9
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Fernando Sanchez Arjona y Courtoy
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9
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Angel Salaz Larrazabal
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7
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Vicente Aldecoa Lecanda
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7
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Dámaso Arango López
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7
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Luis Azqueta Brunet
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6
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Manuel Sánchez-Tabernero de Prada
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6
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Lorenzo Lucas Fernández Peña
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6
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British and Commonwealth aces
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Marmaduke Pattle+ (South Africa)
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51
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James Johnson
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38
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Brendan Finucane+
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32
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Adolphus Malan (South Africa)
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32
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George Beurling (Canada)
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31
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William Vale
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31
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Clive Caldwell (Australia)
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29
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John Braham
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29
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Robert Tuck
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29
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James Lacey
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28
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Neville Duke
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28
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Collin Gray (New Zealand)
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28
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Eric Lock+
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26
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Billy Drake
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25
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Geoffrey Allard+
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24
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Jacobus LeRoux+ (South Africa)
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23
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Douglas Bader
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23
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 (Douglas Bader)
Donald Kingaby
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23
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Robert Boy
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23
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Michael Crossley
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22
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Vincent Woodward (Canada)
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22
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William Crawford-Compton (New Zealand)
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22
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Alan Deere (New Zealand)
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22
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Raymond Hesselyn (New Zealand)
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22
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Evan Mackie (New Zealand)
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22
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American aces
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Richard Bong
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40
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Thomas McGuire+
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38
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David McCampbell
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34
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Gregory Boyington
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28
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Francis Gabreski
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28
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Robert Johnson
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28
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Charles MacDonald
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27
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Joseph Foss
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26
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 (Joe Foss)
 (Gabby Gabreski)
George Preddy+
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26
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Robert Hanson+
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25
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Lance Wade+
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25
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Cecil Harris
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24
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John Meyer
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24
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Eugene Valencia
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23
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Raymond Wetmore
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23
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David Schilling
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23
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Gerald Johnson+
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22
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Noel Kearby+
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22
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Jay Robbins
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22
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Dominic Gentile
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22
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Fred Joseph Christensen
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22
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Keneth Walsh
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21
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John Voll
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21
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Donald Aldrich
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20
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Thomas Lynch+
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20
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My home state of Wisconsin gave birth to top scoring ace Richard Bong, who was born in Poplar, Wi
(Richard Ira Bong in a P-38G Lockheed Lightning on 6 March 1943)