List of New Zealand fighter pilots in World War II
In the list of New Zealand fighter pilot in World War II are New Zealand fighter pilots listed that 1,939 to 1,945 permanent World War II in the Royal Air Force and Royal New Zealand Air Force at least ten kills (RNZAF) had achieved.
Overview
The table contains the New Zealand aviators with ten 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. | † |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colin Falkland Gray |  |
Group captain | 27 | DSO , DFC | 616 Sq | 08/01/1995 |
| Alan Christopher Deere |  |
Wing Commander | 22.5 | DSO, DFC, CdG | 611 Sq | 09/12/1995 |
| Bill Crawford-Compton |  |
Air vice-marshal | 21.5 | DSO, DFC, OtB | 64 Sq | 2.01.1988 |
| Raymond Hesselyn | Squadron Leader | 21st | DFC | 41 Sq | 11/14/1963 | |
| Evan Mackie |  |
Wing Commander | 21st | DSO, DFC | 243 Sq | 04/28/1986 |
| Edgar James Cain Carbury | Flying officer | 15th | RFC | unit | June 7, 1940 | |
| John Milne Checketts |  |
Wing Commander | 14th | DSO, DFC | 485 RNZAF | 04/21/2006 |
| John Donald Rae | Flight Lieutenant | 13 | DFC | 485 Sq | 12/19/2007 | |
| Edward Preston Wells | Group captain | 13 | DFC | 485 Sq | November 4, 2005 | |
| Wilfrid Greville Clouston | Wing Commander | 12 | DFC | 488 Sq | May 24, 1980 | |
| Warren Edward Schrader | Wing Commander | 12 | DFC | 616 Sq | February 6, 2009 | |
| Victor Bosanquet Strachan Verity | Squadron Leader | 11 | DFC | 615 Sq | 02.02.1979 | |
| Geoffrey Fisken | Flying officer | 11 | DFC | 14 RNZAF | 06/12/2011 | |
| John Albert Gibson | Squadron Leader | 11 | DSO, DFC | 15 RNZAF | 1.07.2000 | |
| George Edmond Jameson | Flight Lieutenant | 11 | DSO, DFC | 488 Sq | May 21, 1988 | |
| Derrick Fitzgerald Westenra | Squadron Leader | 11 | DFC | 112 Sq | 08/17/1999 | |
| Gray Stenborg | Flight Lieutenant | 10 | DFC | 91 Sq | 09/24/1943 | |
| Patrick Jameson | Air Commodore | 10 | DSO, DFC | 266 Sq | October 1, 1996 | |
| Ernest Leslie Joyce | Squadron Leader | 10 | DFC | 122 Sq | 06/17/1944 | |
| Irving Stanley Smith | Wing Commander | 10 | DFC | 487 Sq | 02/16/2000 |
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.