Fighter aces in World War II had tremendously varying kill scores, affected as they were by many factors: the pilot's skill level, the performance of the airplane the pilot flew and the planes they flew against, how long they served, their opportunity to meet the enemy in the air (Allied to Axis disproportion), whether they were the formation's leader or a wingman, the standards their air service brought to the awarding of victory credits, et cetera.

Aces

+ Name Country Service(s) Aerial victories Other aerial victories Notes Poland Polish Air Force;Royal Air Force 6.75 Royal Air Force 6.66 U.S. Navy 6.5 † Royal Canadian Air Force 6.5 † Royal Canadian Air Force 6.5 Royal Canadian Air Force 6.5 +2 in Korean War U.S. Navy 6.5 Royal Australian Air Force 6.5 Poland Polish Air Force;Royal Air Force 6.33 Royal New Zealand Air Force 6.33 Royal Romanian Air Force 6 Royal Romanian Air Force 6 Royal Hellenic Air Force 6 Regia Aeronautica 6 +5 in Spanish Civil War Ace in each of two wars Regia Aeronautica 6 † Luftwaffe 6 Night fighter ace U.S. Army Air Forces 6 (+4 ground kills) U.S. Army Air Forces 6 Ace in a day (fifteen minutes) Soviet Air Force 6 possibly 11, +5 shared U.S. Army Air Forces 6 (+5.25 damage) 531st Fighter Squadron, PTO U.S. Army Air Forces 6 (+3 V-1 flying bombs) † Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 6 Royal Air Force 6 † Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 6 U.S. Army Air Forces 6 † Royal Air Force 6 † Royal Air Force 6 Regia Aeronautica 6 +3 in Spanish Civil War Mexican Air Force 6 Also known as Charlie Foster. † Royal Hungarian Air Force 6 U.S. Army Air Forces 6 U.S. Army Air Forces 6 3 probable all with 1st FG, 94th SQ, 15th AF U.S. Army Air Forces 6 355th FS, 354th FG, ETO U.S. Army Air Forces 6 (+6 ground kills) † Royal Air Force 6 U.S. Navy 6 U.S. Army Air Forces 6 Poland Polish Air Force;Royal Air Force 6 † Luftwaffe 6 † Luftwaffe 6 Night fighter ace U.S. Navy 6 Royal Hungarian Air Force 6 Royal Hungarian Air Force 6 Royal Air Force 6 † Royal Air Force 6 † Royal Hungarian Air Force 6 Royal Hungarian Air Force 6 U.S. Army Air Forces 6 First Three kill with 17th PS in the PTO, other three with 363rd FS in ETO Royal Hungarian Air Force 6 U.S. Navy 6 † Royal Hungarian Air Force 6 U.S. Army Air Forces 6 (+2 ground kills) Luftwaffe 6 +32 in World War I Ace in each of two wars U.S. Navy 6 Ace in a day † Royal Hungarian Air Force 6 Poland Polish Air Force;Royal Air Force 6 † Royal Air Force 6 Royal Air Force 6 U.S. Army Air Forces 6 357th FG, 362nd Fighter Squadron, ETO U.S. Army Air Forces 6 DFC, 530th Fighter Squadron, CBI Royal Romanian Air Force 6 U.S. Navy 6 U.S. Army Air Forces 6 (+3 ground kills) Royal Hungarian Air Force 6 † Royal Air Force 6 (+5 shared) † Royal Air Force 6 † Royal Australian Air Force 6 (+1 shared) † Royal Air Force 6 Royal Romanian Air Force 6 Royal Romanian Air Force 6 Royal Netherlands Air Force;Royal Air Force 6 Royal Air Force 6 (+44 V-1 flying bombs) Royal Romanian Air Force 6 U.S. Army Air Forces 6 49th FG, 9th Fighter Squadron, PTO † Royal Canadian Air Force 6 U.S. Army Air Forces 6 (+2 ground kills) U.S. Army Air Forces 6 / Yue Yiqin Chinese Nationalist Air Force 6 Imperial Japanese Army 6 (+1 probable)

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