List of World War II aces by country

This is a list of fighter aces in World War II, ordered by national origin. For a shorter list with rank and kill count see List of top World War II aces.

By nationality:

Argentina
There were 600 pilots from Argentine during the Second World War. For more information, see No. 164 Squadron RAF.

Australia
There were 103 air aces from Australia during the Second World War. For more information, see List of World War II aces from Australia.

Austria

 * Franz Achleitner
 * Heinrich Bartels
 * Herbert Bauer (pilot)
 * Hermann Buchner (Me 262 pilot)
 * Franz Ferdinand Colloredo-Mansfeld - born in Rome to an Austrian diplomat, studied in the US and joined the Royal Air Force following the annexation of Austria by Germany
 * Leopold Fellerer
 * Emmerich Fluder
 * Gordon Gollob
 * Hartmann Grasser
 * Karl Gratz
 * Josef Jennewein
 * Josef Kraft
 * Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld
 * Georg Michalek
 * "Nowi" Walter Nowotny
 * Hubert Polz
 * Franz Schall
 * Leopold Steinbatz
 * "Max" Maximilian Stotz
 * Egon Troha
 * Robert Weiß
 * Peter Werfft

Belgium
There were 14 air aces from Belgium during the Second World War. For more information, see List of World War II aces from Belgium.

Bulgaria
There were 2 air aces from Bulgaria during the Second World War. For more information, see List of World War II aces from Bulgaria.

Canada
There were 152 air aces from Canada during the Second World War. For more information, see List of World War II aces from Canada.

China
There were more than 25 fighter aces from the China during the Second World War, although not all flew for the Allies. For more information, see List of World War II aces from China.

Croatia
There were 25 fighter aces from the Independent State of Croatia during the Second World War. For more information, see List of World War II aces from Croatia.

Czechoslovakia
There were more than 30 aces from Czechoslovakia during the Second World War. For more information, see List of World War II aces from Czechoslovakia


 * See also List of World War II aces from Slovakia.

Denmark
There were 3 fighter aces from Denmark during the Second World War. For further information, see List of World War II aces from Denmark.

Finland
There were 96 fighter aces from Finland during the Second World War. For further information, see List of World War II aces from Finland

France
There were more than 180 aces from France during the Second World War. See List of World War II aces from France and List of Vichy France flying aces.

Germany
There were over 2500 aces from Germany during the Second World War. For a detailed list, see List of World War II aces from Germany

Greece
There were 6 air aces from Greece during the Second World War.

Hungary
There were 39 air aces from Hungary during the Second World War. For further information, see List of World War II aces from Hungary.

Ireland
There were more than 13 aces from Ireland during the Second World War.


 * Brendan Eamonn Fergus Finucane RAF No.13 No.65 & No.602 Sqn, Hornchurch Wing; RCAF No.19 & No.452 Sqn; KIA 15/Jul/1942
 * John Martin Bruen FAA 5 801, 759, 803, 778, 800 & 836Sq
 * John Ignatus Kilmartin RAF 12.33 1, 43, 602, 313, 128 & 504Sq, Hornchurch Wing, 136 Wing, 910 Wing
 * James Reginald Bryan Meaker RAF 8 46, 263 & 249Sq; KIA 27/Sep/1940
 * Rupert Frederick Smythe RAF 6 29, 504 & 32Sq
 * Robert Wilkinson Turkington RAF 9.16 124, 611, 43, 72, 241 & 601Sq; KIFA Apr/1945

Italy
There were more than 166 aces from Italy during the Second World War. For further information, see List of World War II aces from Italy

Japan
There were approximately 335 aces from Japan during the Second World War. For a complete list, see List of World War II aces from Japan

New Zealand
There were more than 80 aces from New Zealand during the Second World War. For a complete list, see List of World War II aces from New Zealand.

Norway
There were 20 aces from Norway during the Second World War. For a complete list, see List of World War II aces from Norway.

Poland
There were 91 air aces from Poland during the Second World War. For further information, see List of World War II aces from Poland.

Rhodesia
There were 11 air aces from Rhodesia during the Second World War. For further information, see List of World War II aces from Rhodesia.

Romania

 * Horia Agarici
 * Florin Alexiu
 * Emil Bălan
 * Vintilă Brătianu
 * Florian Budu
 * Nicolae Burileanu
 * Eugen Cameceanu
 * Prince Constantin Cantacuzino (Bâzu)
 * Laurenţiu Cătană
 * Cristea Chirvăsăuţă
 * Gheorghe Cocebas
 * Petre Cordescu
 * Gheorghe Cristea
 * Traian Dârjan
 * Ioan Dicezare
 * Ion Dobran
 * Hariton Duşescu
 * Mircea Dumitescu
 * Ion Galea
 * Vasile Gavriliu (Chitu)
 * Ştefan Greceanu
 * Teodor Greceanu
 * Dumitru Ilie
 * Constantin Lungulescu
 * Ioan Maga
 * Ioan Mălăcescu
 * Ioan Micu
 * Mihai Mihordea
 * Ion Milu
 * ? Moldoveanu
 * Iosif Moraru
 * Ion Mucenica
 * Liviu Mureşan
 * ? Neghrineac
 * Constantin Nicoară
 * Ion Panait
 * Nicolae Polizu-Micşuneşti
 * Constantin Pomuţ
 * Gheorghe Pomuţ
 * Constantin Popescu
 * Gheorghe Popescu-Ciocănel
 * Andrei Rădulescu
 * Radu Reinek
 * Constantin Rozariu
 * Dan Scurtu
 * Erich Şelei
 * Alexandru Şerbănescu
 * Parsifal Ştefănescu
 * Aurel Tifrea
 * Gheorghe Tutuianu
 * Constantin Ursachi
 * Tiberiu Vinca
 * Dan Vizanti
 * Ioan Vornica
 * Teodor Zăbavă

Slovakia
There were 19 air aces from Slovakia during the Second World War. For further information, see List of World War II aces from Slovakia.

See also List of World War II aces from Czechoslovakia

South Africa
There were 59 aces from South Africa during the Second World War. For more information, see List of World War II aces from South Africa

Soviet Union
There were more than 3000 aces from the Soviet Union during the Second World War. For more information, see List of World War II aces from the Soviet Union

Spain

 * Vicente Beltrán
 * Luis Azqueta Brunet
 * Antonio García Cano
 * Manuel Zarauza Claver
 * Fernando Sánchez Arjona Courtoy
 * Fernando Bengoa Cremades
 * José Luis Larrañaga
 * Ángel Salaz Larrazábal
 * Vicente Aldecoa Lecanda
 * Dámaso Arango López
 * Mariano Cuadra Medina
 * Bernardo Meneses Orozco
 * Francisco Meroño Pellicer
 * Lorenzo Lucas Fernández Peña
 * José Ramón Gavilán Ponce de León
 * José Mateos Recio
 * Juan Lario Sánchez
 * Manuel Sánchez-Tabernero de Prada
 * José Pascual Santamaría
 * Francisco Valiente Zárraga

Sweden

 * William Y. Anderson for U.S. Army Air Forces. 7 kills (+ V-1 "flying bomb" in  17 June 1944).

United Kingdom
There were several hundred aces from the United Kingdom during the Second World War.

United States
There were 1297 aces from the United States during the Second World War. For more information, see List of World War II aces from the United States

Yugoslavia
See also List of World War II aces from Croatia
 * Milislav Semiz (claimed 4 unconfirmed German aircraft during the German Invasion of Yugoslavia while flying Rogozarski IK-3s - technically not an ace)