List of World War II aces credited with 10 victories

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
  This background, along with the symbol "†", indicates that the pilot was killed in action, missing in action, died of wounds, or was killed in a flying accident during World War II.
Name Country Service(s) Aerial victories Other aerial victories Notes
George T. Burgard  United States American Volunteer Group 10.75
Frank Q. O'Conner  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10.75
Charles F. Anderson, Jr.  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10.5 (+5.5 ground kills)
Andrew Bosman  South Africa South African Air Force 10.5
Richard Joseph Audet †  Canada Royal Canadian Air Force 10.5 Ace in a day
Marshall U. Beebe  United States U.S. Navy 10.5
George F. Ceulleers  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10.5
Jack E. Conger  United States U.S. Marine Corps 10.5
George A. Doersch  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10.5 (+.5 ground kill)
Niilo Erkinheimo  Finland Finnish Air Force 10.5[1]
William J. Hovde  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10.5 +1 in Korean War (+2 ground kills)
Martti Kalima  Finland Finnish Air Force 10.5[1]
Kullervo Lahtela  Finland Finnish Air Force 10.5[1]
Raymond H. Littge  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10.5 (+13 ground kills)
Kai Metsola  Finland Finnish Air Force 10.5[1]
John Mitchner  Canada Royal Canadian Air Force 10.5
John V. Newkirk  United States American Volunteer Group 10.5
Eino Peltola  Finland Finnish Air Force 10.5[1]
Edward Rector  United States American Volunteer Group;
U.S. Army Air Forces		 10.5 victories with 2 air forces
Russell E. Reiserer  United States U.S. Navy 10.5
John A. Storch  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10.5 (+1.5 ground kills)
John C. Symmes  United States U.S. Navy 10.5
Robert E. Murray  United States U.S. Navy 10.4
Ralph E. Elliot  United States U.S. Navy 10.3
Fred W. Glover  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10.3 (+12.5 ground kills)
Bobby Gibbes  Australia Royal Australian Air Force 10+1⁄4
William D. McGarry  United States American Volunteer Group 10+1⁄4
Stanley W. Vejtasa  United States U.S. Navy 10+1⁄4 Ace in a day
Georgy Zakharov  Soviet Union Soviet Air Force 10 +6 and 4 shared in Spanish Civil War
+3 in Second Sino-Japanese War		 Ace in two wars
Hugo Armstrong †  Australia Royal Australian Air Force 10 (+1 shared victory and 3 probables)
Robert W Aschenbrenner  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10
Virgil K. Meroney  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10
Wilfred Arthur  Australia Royal Australian Air Force 10
Virgil Brennan  Australia Royal Australian Air Force 10
John Cock  Australia Royal Air Force 10 (+1 shared)
Garrett P. Hopkins  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10 (+6 probables)
Nigel Park †  New Zealand Royal New Zealand Air Force 10[2]
Colin Parkinson  Australia Royal Australian Air Force 10
Frank B. Baldwin  United States U.S. Marine Corps 10
Minden Blake  New Zealand Royal Air Force 10[3]
Wayne K. Blickenstaff  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10
Archie Boyd  United Kingdom Royal Air Force 10
Joseph E. Broadhead  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10
Carl A. Brown, Jr.  United States U.S. Navy 10
Thaddeus T. Coleman  United States U.S. Navy 10
Walter Engel  Nazi Germany Luftwaffe 10[4] Night fighter ace
William K. Giroux  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10
Walter J. Goehausen, Jr.  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10
George Ernest Goodman †  United Kingdom Royal Air Force 10 +6 shared
Ernest A. Harris  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10
Iro Ilk  Nazi Germany Luftwaffe 10[5]
Alwin M. Juchheim, Jr.  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10 (+6 ground kills)
Veikko Karu  Finland Finnish Air Force 10[1]
Robert Kipp  Canada Royal Canadian Air Force 10[6]
Mauno Kirjonen  Finland Finnish Air Force 10[1]
Ahti Laitinen  Finland Finnish Air Force 10[1]
Robert Little †  United States American Volunteer Group 10
Edward E. Lines  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10
Herbert H. Long  United States U.S. Marine Corps 10
Thomas H. Mann, Jr.  United States U.S. Marine Corps 10
Miloslav J. Mansfeld  Czechoslovakia Royal Air Force 10 (+2 V-1 flying bombs)
Joseph L. Mansker  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10
Harris E. Mitchell  United States U.S. Navy 10
Mikko Pasila  Finland Finnish Air Force 10[1]
Steve Pisanos  Greece Royal Air Force;
U.S. Army Air Forces		 10
Robert J. Rankin  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10
Thomas H. Reidy  United States U.S. Navy 10
Andrew J. Reynolds  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10
Paul Richey  United Kingdom Royal Air Force 10[7] +1 shared
Robert L. Scott, Jr.  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10
Arthur Singer, Jr.  United States U.S. Navy 10
John M. Smith  United States U.S. Navy 10
Claudio Solaro  Kingdom of Italy Regia Aeronautica 10 +1 in Spanish Civil War
Paul M. Stanch  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10
Robert Spurdle  New Zealand Royal New Zealand Air Force 10
Josef Stehlík  Czechoslovakia Royal Air Force 10
Elliot Summer  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10
James S. Swope  United States U.S. Navy 10
Ennio Tarantola  Kingdom of Italy Regia Aeronautica 10 +1 in Spanish Civil War
Hamilton Upton  Canada Royal Air Force 10 (+1 shared)
Adriano Visconti  Kingdom of Italy Regia Aeronautica 10
Robert V. Westermark  United States U.S. Army Air Forces 10
Ion Dobran  Kingdom of Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 10
Nicolae Polizu-Micsunesti  Kingdom of Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 10
Dumitru Ilie  Kingdom of Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 10

References

Citations
  1. Keskinen 1978, p. .
  2. Shores & Williams 1994, p. 481.
  3. Spick 1997, p. 220.
  4. Obermaier 1989, p. 107.
  5. Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 1499.
  6. Shores & Williams 1994, p. 378.
  7. Shores & Williams 1994, pp. 517–518.

Bibliography
  • Keskinen, Kalevi (1978). Hävittäjä-ässät : Finnish fighter aces. Kari Stenman, Klaus Niska. Espoo: Tietoteos. ISBN 978-951-9035-37-6. OCLC 5092754.
  • Mathews, Andrew Johannes; Foreman, John (2015). Luftwaffe Aces — Biographies and Victory Claims — Volume 4 S–Z. Walton on Thames: Red Kite. ISBN 978-1-906592-21-9.
  • Obermaier, Ernst (1989). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe Jagdflieger 1939 – 1945 [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Luftwaffe Fighter Force 1939 – 1945] (in German). Mainz, Germany: Verlag Dieter Hoffmann. ISBN 978-3-87341-065-7.
  • Shores, Christopher; Williams, Clive (1994). Aces High: A Tribute to the Most Notable Fighter Pilots of the British and Commonwealth Forces in WWII. London, United Kingdom: Grub Street. ISBN 1-898697-00-0.
  • Spick, Mike (1997). Allied Fighter Aces: The Air Combat Tactics and Techniques of World War II. London: Greenhill Books. ISBN 1-85367-282-3.
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