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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

American Top Aces


   NAME                                               VICTORIES 

TOP ACE
   Bong, Richard I.                                       40
TOP USAS ACE
   Rickenbacker, Edward Vernon                            26
TOP USAAF ACE
   Bong, Richard I.                                       40
TOP USAF ACE
   McConnell, Joseph, Jr.                                 16
TOP USN ACE
   McCampbell, David                                      34
TOP USMC ACE
   Foss, Joseph Jacob                                     26
TOP ACE OF WORLD WAR I
   Rickenbacker, Edward Vernon                            26
TOP ACES OF WORLD WAR I
   USAS  :  Rickenbacker, Edward Vernon                   26
   RAF   :  Gillet, Frederick Warrington                  20
   FAS   :  Lufbery, Gervais Raoul                        16
TOP ACE OF WAR IN CHINA (1937-1941)
   Chin, Shui-Tin                                          8.5   [8+1]
TOP ACE OF SPANISH CIVIL WAR (1937-1938)
   Baumler, Albert J.                                     13         
TOP ACE OF WORLD WAR II
   Bong, Richard I.                                       40
THE BEST AMERICAN PILOT IN THE BATTLE OF GREAT BRITAIN
   Davis, Carl Raymond                                    11.5   [11+1]
TOP ACE FLYING WITH A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT
   RAF   :  Wade, Lance Cleo                              25
   RCAF  :  Fairbanks, David Charles                      12.5
   AVG   :  Neale, Robert H.                              11.5
TOP ACE OF THE EUROPEAN THEATRE OF OPERATIONS
   Gabreski, Francis S.                                   28
TOP ACE OF THE MEDITERRANEAN THEATRE OF OPERATIONS
   Voll, John J.                                          21
TOP ACE OF THE PACIFIC THEATRE OF OPERATIONS
   Bong, Richard I.                                       40
TOP V-1 KILLER
   Feldman, Seymour Bernard                               10.25  [9+3]
TOP ACE OF THE KOREAN WAR
   McConnell, Joseph, Jr.                                 16
TOP ACE OF THE VIETNAM WAR
   DeBellevue, Charles B.                                  6
FIRST AMERICAN ACE IN WWI
   Lufbery, Gervais Raoul

   USAS  :  Baer, Paul Frank                            23.04.1918
   RFC   :
   FAS   :  Lufbery, Gervais Raoul
FIRST AMERICAN ACE IN WWII
   ...

   USAAF :  Wagner, Boyd D.                             16.12.1941
   USN   :  O'Hare, Edward H.                           20.02.1942
   USMC  :  Carl, Marion Eugene                         24.08.1942
   RAF   :  Dunn, William Robert
FIRST AMERICAN ACE IN KOREAN WAR
   Jabara, James                                        20.05.1950

   USAF  :  James, Jabara                               20.05.1950
   USN   :  Bordelon, Guy P.                            16.07.1953
   USMC  :  Bolt, John F., Jr.                          11.07.1953
FIRST AMERICAN ACE IN VIETNAM WAR
   Cunningham, Randall Harold                           10.05.1972

   USAF  :  Ritchie, Richard Steven                     28.08.1972
   USN   :  Cunningham, Randall Harold                  10.05.1972
FIRST USAF ACE OF TWO WARS (WWII and Korea)
   Davis, George A., Jr. (7 in WW II and 14 in Korea)   30.11.1951
FIRST (and only) USAF ACE WITH VICTORIES IN WWII AND VIETNAM
   Olds, Robin           (12 in WW II and 4 in Vietnam) 02.01.1967

  AVG     ...   American Volunteer Group
  FAS     ...   French Air Service
  RFC     ...   Royal Flying Service
  RAF     ...   Royal Air Force
  RCAF    ...   Royal Canadian Air Force
  USAAF   ...   United States Army Air Force
  USAS    ...   United States Air Service
  USMC    ...   United States Marine Corps
  USN     ...   United States Navy


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