List of American fighter pilots in World War II
The list of US fighter pilot in World War II fighter pilots of the Air Force of are the United States ( United States Army Air Forces , United States Navy , United States Marine Corps ) in listed from 1939 to 1945 permanent World War II, at least 20 victories were achieved.
Overview
The table contains the US aviators with 20 or more confirmed kills
- Surname
- Rank
- Number of confirmed aerial victories
- Awards
- unit
- Date of death (†)
Note: The list can be sorted : By clicking on a column header, the list is sorted according to this column, clicking twice reverses the sorting.
| Surname | image | rank | L. | Award | unit | † |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Bong |  |
major | 40 | MOH | USAAF | August 6, 1945 |
| Thomas McGuire |  |
major | 38 | MOH | USAAF | January 7, 1945 |
| David McCampbell |  |
Captain | 34 | MOH | USN | June 30, 1996 |
| Francis Gabreski |  |
Colonel | 28 | DSC | USAAF | January 31, 2002 |
| Robert S. Johnson |  |
Lieutenant Colonel | 28 | DSC | USAAF | December 27, 1998 |
| Gregory Boyington |  |
Colonel | 28 | MOH | USMC | January 11, 1988 |
| Charles H. MacDonald |  |
Colonel | 27 | DSC | USAAF | March 3, 2002 |
| George Preddy |  |
major | 26th | USAAF | December 25, 1944 | |
| Joe Foss |  |
major | 26th | MOH | USMC | January 1, 2003 |
| Lance C. Wade |  |
Wing Commander | 25th | DSO | RAF | January 12, 1944 |
| Robert M. Hanson |  |
First lieutenant | 25th | MOH | USMC | February 3, 1944 |
| John C. Meyer | Lieutenant Colonel | 24 | DSC | USAAF | 2nd December 1975 | |
| Cecil E. Harris | First lieutenant | 24 | Navy Cross | USMC | 1981 | |
| Eugene A. Valencia | First lieutenant | 23 | Navy Cross | USN | 15th September 1975 | |
| Ray Shuey Wetmore | major | 22.5 | DSC | USAAF | February 14, 1951 | |
| David Carl Schilling | Colonel | 22.5 | DSC | USAAF | August 14, 1956 | |
| Gerald R. Johnson | Lieutenant Colonel | 22nd | DSC | USAAF | 1945 | |
| Jay T. Robbins | Lieutenant General | 22nd | DSC | USAAF | March 3, 2001 | |
| Neel Ernest Kearby |  |
Colonel | 22nd | MOH | USAAF | March 5, 1944 |
| Fred Joseph Christensen | Colonel | 21.5 | Silver Star | USAAF | April 4, 2006 | |
| John Voll | major | 21st | Silver Star | USAAF | September 12, 1987 | |
| Kenneth Ambrose Walsh |  |
Lieutenant Colonel | 21st | MOH | USMC | July 30, 1998 |
| Bud Mahurin | Colonel | 20th | DSC | USAAF | May 11, 2010 | |
| Donald Aldrich | Captain | 20th | Purple heart | USMC | ||
| Robert Westbrook | 20th | USAAF | ||||
| Thomas Lynch | 20th | DSC | USAAF | 1944 |
See also
- List of German fighter pilots in World War II
- List of Japanese fighter pilots in World War II
- List of British fighter pilots in World War II
- List of Soviet fighter pilots in World War II
literature
- Edward H. Sims: Fighter pilots, the great opponents of yore. Publisher: Motorbuch.
- Christopher Chant / Richard Humble: The great book of dogfights. Publisher: Buch und Zeit Verlagsgesellschaft.