List of French fighter pilots in World War II
The list of French fighter pilots in the Second World War includes fighter pilots of the French Air Force ( Armée de l'air française ) in the Second World War, which lasted from 1939 to 1945, who had scored at least ten kills. This list does not claim to be complete.
Overview
The table contains the French aviators with ten confirmed kills or more
- 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. | † |
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Pierre Clostermann | Flight lieutenant | 33 (19?) | DFC | 341 Squadron RAF | 03/22/2006 | |
Marcel Albert | 23 | CdG , HdS | 08/23/2010 | |||
Jean Demozay | Colonel | 21st | CdG, DSO , DFC | 1 Sq RAF | December 19, 1945 | |
Edmond Marin La Meslée | 20th | CdG | GC I / 5 | 4.02.1945 | ||
Pierre Le Gloan | 20th | CdG | GC III / 6 | 09/11/1943 | ||
Roland de la Poype | 17th | CdG, HdS | 602 Sq | 10/22/2012 | ||
Jacques André | 16 | CdG, HdS | April 2, 1988 | |||
Louis Delfino | Colonel | 16 | GC I / 4 | 06/11/1968 | ||
Michel Dorance | 16 | GC I / 7 | 01/17/1986 | |||
Roger Sauvage | 16 | CdG | GC I / 5 | 09/01/1977 | ||
Jean Accart | major general | 15th | CdG | GC 2/2 | 08/19/1992 | |
Edouard Le Nigen | 12 | 07/25/1940 | ||||
Abel guides | 10 | |||||
François Morel | 10 | CdG | GC I / 5 | May 18, 1940 |
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.