List of Australian fighter pilots in World War II
The list of Australian fighter pilots in the Second World War includes fighter pilots of the Australian Air Force ( Royal Australian Air Force ) in the Second World War, which lasted from 1939 to 1945, who had at least 10 kills, some of them with the Royal Air Force .
Overview
The table contains the Australian aviators with 10 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 / Squadron No. | † |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clive Caldwell |  |
Group captain | 28.5 | DSO , DFC | 80 Wing RAAF | August 5, 1994 |
| Adrian Goldsmith |  |
Squadron leader | 17th | DFC | 126 RAF 452 RAAF | 03/25/1961 |
| Paterson Clarence Hughes |  |
Flight lieutenant | 15th | DFC | 64, 234, 247 RAF | September 7, 1940 |
| Keith Truscott | .jpg) |
Squadron leader | 15th | DFC | 452, 76 RAAF | March 28, 1943 |
| John Waddy |  |
Group captain | 15th | DFC, OBE | 80 RAAF | 09/11/1987 |
| Leslie Redford Clisby |  |
Flying officer | 14th | DFC | 1 RAF | 05/15/1940 |
| Charles Scherf |  |
Squadron Leader | 14th | DSO, DFC | 418 Squadron | 07/13/1949 |
| Nigel Cullen |  |
Flight lieutenant | 13 | DFC | 80 RAF | 4.03.1941 |
| Mervyn Shipard | 13 | DFC | 68, 89 RAF | |||
| Tony Gaze | Squadron Leader | 12 | DFC, OA | 41, RAF | 07/29/2013 | |
| Andrew William Barr |  |
Wing commander | 12 | DFC | 3 RAAF | 06/12/2006 |
| Bruce Bretherton | 12 | DFC | 267 RAF | |||
| Peter Turnbull | _Squadron_1941.jpg) |
Squadron Leader | 12 | DFC | 76 RAAF | 08/27/1942 |
| John Yarra | 12 | DFC | 185 RAF 453 RAAF | December 10, 1942 | ||
| Hugo Armstrong | 11 | DFC | 72 RAF, 452 RAAF | 5.02.1943 | ||
| Charles Crombie |  |
Squadron Leader | 11 | DSO, DFC | 89 RAF | August 26, 1945 |
| Howard Mayers | 11 | DSO, DFC | 601 RAF | |||
| William Millington | 11 | DFC | 79, 249 RAF | 10/30/1940 | ||
| Ropbert Whittle | 11 | DFM | 250 RAF 86 RAAF | |||
| Bobby Gibbes | .jpg) |
Wing commander | 10 | DSO, DFC | 3 RAAF | 04/11/2007 |
| Virgil Brennan | Flight lieutenant | 10 | DFC | 249 RAF 79 RAAF | 06/16/1943 | |
| Edward Coate | 10 | DFC | 272 RAF | |||
| John Cock | 10 | DFC | 72 RAF, 453 RAAF |
See also
- Dogfight
- Air War in World War II
- List of German fighter pilots in World War II
- List of British fighter pilots in World War II
- List of American fighter pilots in World War II
- List of Soviet fighter pilots in World War II
- List of Japanese fighter pilots in World War II
literature
- Edward H. Sims: Fighter pilots, the great opponents of yore . Engine book.
- Christopher Chant, Richard Humble: The great book of dogfights . Buch und Zeit publishing company.
- Mike Spick: The Complete Fighter Ace: All the World's Fighter Aces, 1914-2000 . Greenhill Books.
- Mike Spick: Allied Fighter Aces: The Air Combat Tactics and Techniques of World War II . Greenhill Books.