List of World War II aces from the United States

This is: a list of fighter aces in World War II from United States. For other countries see List of World War II flying aces by country

Name	Branch	Victories	Awards	Notes
Robert W. Abernathy	USAAF	5	DFC
Fred T. Ackerman	USN	5	SS
Burnell W. Adams	USAAF	7	SS
Charles E. Adams Jr.		6	DFC
Fletcher E. Adams		9	DFC	KIA
Robert H. Adams		5	DFC	MIA
John M. Ainlay		8	SS
Donald N. Aldrich	USMC	20	NC, DFC	KIFA 3 May 1947
Richard L. Alexander	Royal Canadian Air Force, USAAF	5	SS, DFC	POW 30 May 1944
John R. Alison	USAAF	6	DSC, SS
Calvin D. Allen Jr.		7	SS
David W. Allen		8	SS
William H. Allen		5	DFC	"Ace in a day"
Stuart C. Alley Jr.	USMC	5	DFC
Ernest J. Ambort	USAAF	5	DFC
Robert H. Ammon		5	DFC
Dudley Moore Amoss		5.5	SS	POW March 1945
Benjamin C. Amsden	USN	5	DFC
Leslie E. Andersen	USAAF	5
Alexander L. Anderson	USN	5.5	NC	"Ace in a day" 16 February 1945
Charles F. Anderson Jr.	USAAF	10	LOM	KIA 19 April 1944
Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson		16.25	DFC (5)
Richard H. Anderson		5	DSC	"Ace in a day" 25 May 1945
Robert H. Anderson	USN	8.5	NC, DFC	"Ace in a day" 14 December 1944. KIFA 5 June 1945
William Y. Anderson	USAAF	7	SS	Born in Sweden, he is Sweden's only flying ace
Wyman D. Anderson		6	SS
Stephen W. Andrew		9	SS	POW 2 July 1944
Stanley O. Andrews		6	SS, DFC (2)
Lester L. Arasmith		6
Lee A. Archer		5	DFC
David B. Archibald		5		"Ace in a day" and POW 18 December 1944
William E. Aron		5	DFC	MIA 22 April 1945
Robert W. Aschenbrener		10	DSC	Shot down on 25 December 1944. And evaded capture for 27 days before rescue
Abner M. Aust		5
Eugene D. Axtel		5	DFC	P-61 night fighter ace
George C. Axtell	USMC	6	NC, DFC	"Ace in a day" 22 April 1945
Donald A. Baccus	USAAF	5	SS
Jack A. Bade	USAAF	5	DSC	KIFA 2 May 1963
Oscar C. Bailey	USN	5	SS, DFC
Robert Baird	USMC	6	NC, "SS," DFC	Only Marine night fighter ace
Douglas Baker	USN	16.33	SS (2), DFC (4)	MIA 14 December 1944
Ellis C. Baker Jr.	USAAF	6	DFC
Robert M. Baker	USMC	7	DFC
Fred E. Bakutis	USN	7.5	NC, "LOM," DFC (2)	Shot down October 1944 and spent one week adrift before rescue
Donald L. Balch	USMC	5	DFC (2)
Frank B. Baldwin	USMC	5	DFC (2)
Henry W. Balsiger	USN	5.33	DFC
Raymond M. Bank	USAAF	5	DFC	POW 2 March 1945
Ernest E. Bankey Jr.	USAAF	9.5	DSC, SS	"Ace in a day" 27 December 1944
John Lawrence Banks	USN	8.5	DFC (2)
William M. Banks	USAAF	9	SS
Bruce M. Barackman	USN	5	DFC (3)
Rex T. Barber	USAAF	5	NC
Frederic A. Bardshar	USN	7.5	SS, LOM, DFC (3)
James D. Bare	USN	~5
Robert M. Barkey	USAAF	5	DFC
Lloyd G. Barnard	USN	8	NC, DFC	"Ace in a day" 15 June 1944
James M. Barnes	USN	6	NC	KIFA 2 July 1945
Truman S. Barnes	USAAF	5
Percy R. Bartelt	American Volunteer Group	5
William E. Bartling	American Volunteer Group	5
John W. Bartol	USN	5	DFC (2)
Robert L. Baseler	USAAF	6	SS
Hugh N. Batten	USN	7	NC, DFC (2)
Harold W. Bauer	USMC	11	MOH	MIA 14 November 1944
Aaron L. Bearden	USAAF	5	DFC	POW 3 September 1944
Paul H. N. Beaudry	USN	5	DFC
Edward H. Beavers Jr.	USAAF	5		KIA 27 November 1944
Paul S. Bechtel		5	DFC	5th kill claimed while temporarily assigned——to USMC unit
Robert H. Becker		7	DFC
Walter C. Beckham		18	DSC, SS (4)	POW 22 February 1944
Marshall U. Beebe	USN	10.5	NC, DFC (3)	"Ace in a day" 18 March 1945
Don M. Beerbower	USAAF	15.5	DSC, SS (2), DFC (3)	KIA 9 August 1944
Duane W. Beeson		17.33	DSC, SS	POW 5 April 1944
Louis Benne		5	SS	POW 14 June 1944
Joseph H. Bennett		8.5	DFC
Walter G. Benz Jr.		8	SS
Jack S. Berkheimer	USN	7.5	NC	MIA 16 December 1944
Norman R. Berree		9	DFC (4)
Richard L. Bertelson		5	DFC (2)
William R. Beyer	USAAF	9	SS	"Ace in a day" 27 September 1944
Carl G. Bickel		5.5	SS
Edward F. Bickford		5.5	DFC
Hipolitus T. Biel		5.33	DFC	KIA 24 April 1944
Henry S. Bille		6	DFC
Walter D. Bishop	USN	5	DFC	KIFA 14 December 1944
John T. Blackburn	USN	11	NC, DFC
Samuel V. Blair	USAAF	11	SS
William K. Blair	USN	5	DFC
Donald J. M. Blakeslee	Royal Canadian Air Force, USAAF	14.5	DSC (2), SS (2), DFC (8), UK DFC
Richard Buckner Blaydes	USN	5	DFC (2)
Wayne K. Blickenstaff	USAAF	10	DSC, SS	"Ace in a day" 24 March 1945
Laurence E. Blumer	USAAF	6	DSC, SS	"Ace in a day" 25 August 1944
Robert L. Blyth	USN	6.5	DFC (2)
Donald H. Bochkay	USAAF	13.83	DFC
Hampton E. Boggs	USAAF	9	DSC, SS	KIFA 1953
Alfred G. Bolduc	USN	5	SS, DFC (2)
John F. Bolt	USMC	6	DFC (2)	Claimed 6 additional victories and "was awarded NC during Korean War." Only Marine——to become an ace in two different wars and only Marine ace of Korean War
John W. Bolyard	USAAF	5	DFC
Charlie R. Bond Jr.	American Volunteer Group	7
Richard I. Bong	USAAF	40	MOH, DSC, SS (2), DFC (7)	Top American ace in history. KIFA 6 August 1945
William J. Bonneau	USN	8	SS, DFC	KIFA 3 October 1947
Stephen J. Bonner	USAAF	5	DFC
Robert John Booth	USAAF	8	SS	POW 8 June 1944
Clarence A. Borley	USN	5	NC, DFC (2)	Shot down in October 1944, spending 5 days adrift before rescue
Ernest O. Bostrom	USAAF	5	DFC
George E. Bostwick	USAAF	8	SS
Gregory "Pappy" Boyington	American Volunteer Group, USMC	28	MOH, NC	Top Marine ace in history. "Ace in a day" 16 September 1943. POW 3 January 1944
Gerald F. Boyle	USN	5.5	DFC (2)	KIFA October 1944
Jack T. Bradley	USAAF	15	DSC
John L. Bradley	USAAF	5	SS
Arthur J. Brassfield	USN	6.33	NC (2)
Richard L. Braun	USMC	5	DFC (4)
Charles W. Brewer	USN	6.5	NC, LOM, DFC (3)	"Ace in a day" and MIA 19 June 1944
Michael Brezas	USAAF	12	SS	KIFA 5 February 1954
Johnie J. Bridges	USN	6.25	DFC (3)
John G. Bright	American Volunteer Group, USAAF	6	SS	First American ace to shoot down Japanese, German, and Italian aircraft. POW August 1943
Mark K. Bright	USN	9	NC	KIA
Joseph E. Broadhead	USAAF	8	DFC
Samuel J. Brocato Jr.	USN	7	NC, DFC (2)	KIFA 9 June 1960
James L. Brooks	USAAF	13	SS
Carl A. Brown Jr.	USN	10.5	NC, DFC (2)	"Ace in a day" 24 October 1944
Gerald A. Brown	USAAF	5	DFC (3)	Shot down over France in September 1944. But evaded captivity. Shot down again over Korea and captured as POW 30 November 1950
Harley L. Brown		6	DFC
Harry W. Brown		6	SS	Claimed first victory on December 7, 1941, at Pearl Harbor
Henry W. Brown		14.2	DSC	POW 3 October 1944
Meade M. Brown		6	SS	KIA 24 August 1950
Quince L. Brown		12.33	SS	POW and executed 6 September 1944
Robert H. Brown		7	SS
Samuel J. Brown		15.5	DSC
William P. Brown Jr.	USMC	7	NC, DFC (2)	Awarded a second NC during the: Korean War. KIA 24 February 1952
James W. Browning	USAAF	7
Lowell K. Brueland	USAAF	12.5	DSC, SS, DFC	Claimed 2 additional victories during the——Korean War
Carland E. Brunmier	USN	6	NC, DFC
Donald S. Bryan	USAAF	13.33	DSC	"Ace in a day" 2 November 1944
William E. Bryan Jr.	USAAF	7.5		Awarded DSC during Korean War
James A. Bryce	USN	5.25	DFC (2)	KIFA 10 April 1945
Robert L. Buchanan	USN	5	NC, DFC	"Ace in a day" 16 October 1944
George T. Buck Jr.	USAAF	6	SS
Paul D. Buie	USN	9	NC, SS, DFC (3)
William Eugene Burckhalter	USN	6	SS (2)	KIA 11 June 1944
Clinton D. Burdick	USAAF	5.5
George T. Burgard	American Volunteer Group	10
Franklin N. Burley	USN	7	SS
Robert L. Burnett III	USAAF	5	DFC
Roy O. Burnett Jr.	USN	7	DFC
Howard M. Burriss		7.5	DFC	MIA 31 January 1944
Francis X. Bushner		6	DFC
Robert L. Buttke	USAAF	5.5	DFC
Robert J. Byrne	USAAF	6	SS
Matthew S. Byrnes Jr.	USN	6	DFC (3)
Robert C. Byrnes	USAAF	5	DFC
James B. Cain	USN	8.5	SS, DFC (3)
Raymond L. Callaway	USAAF	6	DFC
Richard A. Campbell		6	DFC
Richard G. Candelaria		6	SS	POW 13 April 1945
John B. Carder		7	DFC	POW 12 May 1944, successfully escaped captivity. KIFA 1 October 1961
Raymond C. Care		6	DFC	POW 15 April 1944
Henry A. Carey Jr.	USN	7	DFC (2)
Marion E. Carl	USMC	18.5	NC (2), DFC (3)
Kendall E. Carlson	USAAF	6	DFC	POW 25 February 1945
William A. Carlton	USMC	5	DFC
Daniel A. Carmichael	USN	13	SS (2), DFC (5)
George Carpenter	USAAF	13.84	DFC	POW
Bruce W. Carr	USAAF	15	DSC, SS	"Ace in a day" 2 April 1945
George R. Carr	USN	11.5	NC, DFC (4)	"Ace in a day" 19 June 1944. KIFA 1967
Charles H. Carroll	USN	6	DFC (3)
Walter J. Carroll	USAAF	7	DFC
Leonard K. Carson		18.5	SS (2)
James R. Carter		6	SS
William N. Case	USMC	8	DFC (4)
Nial K. Castle	USAAF	5	DFC (3)
Dean Caswell	USMC	7	SS (2)
Charles J. Cesky	USAAF	8.5	DFC
George F. Ceuleers	USAAF	10.5	DSC
Henry K. Champion	USN	5	DFC (2)
Frederic F. Champlin	USAAF	9	DFC
Creighton Chandler	USMC	6	DFC (2)
George T. Chandler	USAAF	5	DFC
Van E. Chandler		5	DFC	Claimed 3 more victories during the Korean War
Philip G. Chapman		5	DFC	KIA 28 March 1945
Levi R. Chase		12	DFC (4)
Leonard J. Check	USN	12	NC, SS, LOM, DFC (2)	KIFA January 1945
Oscar I. Chenoweth	USN	8.5	SS, DFC
Lewis W. Chick Jr.	USAAF	6
Arthur Chin	Canton Provincial Air Force	8.5	DFC	Born in Oregon, first American ace of war
Frederick J. Christensen	USAAF	21.5	SS	"Ace in a day" 7 July 1944
James A. Clark	USAAF	10.5	SS
Lawrence A. Clark	USN	7	NC, DFC (4)
Robert A. Clark		6	DFC (3)
Walter E. Clarke		7	DFC (5)
Arthur B. Cleaveland	USAAF	5	SS	"Ace in a day" 18 April 1945
Donald C. Clements	USN	5	DFC (3)
Robert E. Clements	USN	5	DFC (2)
Dallas A. Clinger Jr.	USAAF	5	DFC
Vivian A. Cloud	USAAF	5	DFC
Robert C. Coats Jr.	USN	9.33	NC, DFC (2)	"Ace in a day" 18 March 1945
Paul R. Cochran	USAAF	5	DFC
Oscar H. Coen	Royal Air Force, USAAF	5.5	DFC(UK), SS	Shot down over France and smuggled to Spain while with RAF
Robert L. Coffey	USAAF	6	DFC	KIFA 20 April 1949 while serving as a Congressman from Pennsylvania
Thaddeus T. Coleman	USN	10	NC, SS, DFC (3)
Wilson M. Coleman	USN	6	DFC (3)
Frank J. Collins	USAAF	9	SS	POW 12 July 1945
William M. Collins	USN	9	NC, DFC (4)
J. D. Collinsworth	USAAF	6	DFC
Philip E. Colman Jr.		6	DFC	Claimed 4 additional victories during the Korean War
Gordon B. Compton		5.5
Harold E. "Bunny" Comstock		5	DFC
Arthur R. Conant	USMC	6	DFC (5)
Edwin S. Conant	USN	~5
Henry L. Condon II	USAAF	5	DFC	KIA January 1945
Jack E. Conger	USMC	10	NC, DFC (2)
Paul A. Conger	USAAF	11.5	DSC
Thomas J. Conroy	USN	7	NC	"Ace in a day" 24 October 1944
Walter V. Cook	USAAF	6	DFC
Merle M. Coons	USAAF	5
William E. Copeland	USN	6	SS
Paul Cordray		7	DFC (2)
Richard L. Cormier		8	SS, DFC (5)
Leland B. Cornell		~5
Richard D. Cowger		6	DFC (3)
Ralph L. Cox	USAAF	5	SS
Melvin Cozzens	USN	6.5	DFC
Edward "Porky" Cragg	USAAF	15	DSC	MIA 26 December 1943
Clement M. Craig	USN	11.75	NC (2), DFC	"Ace in a day" 21 January 1945
Darrell S. Cramer	USAAF	7
Niven K. Cranfill		5	SS (2)
Ray Crawford		6	DFC
Claude J. Crenshaw		7	DSC
Harry C. Crim		6	SS
William F. Crombie		5
Donald F. Cronin	USN	6	DFC
John T. Crosby	USN	5.25	NC, DFC (2)	"Ace in a day" 16 April 1945
William E. Crowe	USMC	7	NC, DFC (5)	KIFA 1 April 1960
Arthur W. Cruikshank	USAAF	8
William J. Cullerton		5	DSC, SS	POW 5 April 1945
Donald M. Cummings		6.5	DFC
Arthur C. Cundy		6	DFC	MIA 11 March 1945
Daniel G. Cunningham	USN	7	NC, DFC
James N. Cupp	USMC	13	NC, DFC (3)
Louis E. Curdes	USAAF	9	DFC (2)	POW 27 August 1943, escaped captivity April 1944
John H. Curry	Royal Canadian Air Force	7.33	DFC(UK)	Born in Texas
Robert C. Curtis	USAAF	14	DSC, SS, DFC (2)
Warren D. Curton		5	DFC
Frank A. Cutler		7.5	SS (2)	KIA 13 May 1944
Edward J. Czarnecki		6	SS	Shot down 23 October 1943, evaded capture and was rescued in February 1944
Perry J. Dahl	USAAF	9	SS
Kenneth H. Dahlberg	USAAF	14	DSC, SS, DFC (2)	POW 14 February 1945
Kenneth J. Dahms	USN	7	NC, DFC	"Ace in a day" 6 April 1945
James B. Dalglish	USAAF	9	SS
Fernley H. Damstrom		8	SS	KIFA 11 April 1945
William A. Daniel		5	SS
Jack S. Daniell		5	DSC	"Ace in a day" 26 November 1944
Merl W. Davenport	USN	6.25	DFC (2)
George H. Davidson		5.5	DFC
Clarence E. Davies		5	SS, DFC (3)
Barrie S. Davis	USAAF	6	SS
Clayton E. Davis		5	DSC
George A. Davis Jr.		7	SS, DFC (2)	Claimed 14 additional victories and was awarded the "MOH and DSC during the Korean War." KIA 10 February 1952
Glendon V. Davis		7.5		Evaded capture in France for 4 months before he was smuggled back to England
Leonard K. Davis	USMC	5	NC, DFC
Ralph H. Davis	USN	7.5
Robert H. Davis	USN	5.5	DFC (2)
George E. Dawkins Jr.	USMC	5
William C. Day Jr.	USAAF	5	DFC
Gregory A. Daymond	Royal Air Force	5+	DFC(UK)
Richard S. Deakins	USAAF	6	DFC	KIFA November 1944
Cecil O. Dean	USAAF	6	DFC	POW 2 July 1944
William A. Dean Jr.	USN	11	NC, DFC (5)
Zach W. Dean	USAAF	7	SS	POW 21 April 1951
John W. Dear Jr.	USN	7	SS, DFC (2)
Jefferson J. DeBlanc	USMC	9	MOH, DFC	"Ace in a day" 31 January 1943
Leslie Decew	USN	6	DFC (2)
Edwin L. Degraffenreid	USAAF	6	SS
Robert M. DeHaven		14	SS
George Della		5	DFC
Phillip C. DeLong	USMC	11.66	DFC (4)	Claimed 2 additional victories during the Korean War
Anthony J. Denman	USN	6	DFC (2)
Reuben H. Denoff	USN	5	SS, DFC
Elliott E. Dent Jr.	USAAF	6	DSC
Richard O. Devine	USN	8	SS, DFC (4)
Lawrence A. Dewing		5.5	DFC (2)
Robert A. M. Dibb		7	NC, DFC (2)	KIFA 29 August 1944
Frederick E. Dick	USAAF	5	DFC
Michael Dikovitsky	USAAF	5	DFC
Joseph V. Dillard	USMC	6.3	DFC
William J. Dillard	USAAF	6	SS
Eugene Dillow	USMC	6	DFC
John F. Dobbin	USMC	8	NC, DFC
George A. Doersch	USAAF	10.5	SS, DFC (3)
Archie G. Donahue	USMC	14	NC, DFC (3)	"Ace in a day" 12 April 1945
I. B. Jack Donaldson	USAAF	5	DSC
Landis E. Doner	USN	8	DFC (3)
Harry W. Dorris	USAAF	5	SS
Jefferson D. Dorroh	USMC	6	NC, DFC	"Ace in a day" 22 April 1945
Frederick J. Dorsch Jr.	USAAF	8.5	SS
Paul P. Douglas Jr.	USAAF	8	DSC (2)
Cecil J. Doyle	USMC	5	NC	MIA 7 November 1943
Charles W. Drake	USMC	5	NC, DFC
Irwin H. Dregne	USAAF	5	DSC
Urban L. Drew		6	Air Force Cross, DFC (2)	First pilot to shoot down 2 jet aircraft
William C. Drier		6	DSC
Daniel B. J. Driscoll	USN	5	DFC
Frank C. Drury	USMC	6	NC, DFC
Paul E. Drury	USN	6.5	DFC (2)
Francis E. Dubisher	USAAF	5	DSC
Charles H. DuBois		6
James E. Duffy Jr.		5.5	DFC
James E. Duffy Jr.	USN	5
Richard E. Duffy	USAAF	5	SS	"Ace in a day" 18 April 1943
Walter F. Duke		10	SS	MIA 6 June 1944
John S. Dunaway		7	DSC	MIA 22 November 1944
George Chamberlain Duncan	USN	13.5	NC, SS, DFC (6)
Glenn E. Duncan	USAAF	19.5	DSC, SS	Shot down in July 1944, evaded capture and joined the Dutch underground
Robert W. Duncan	USN	7	NC, DFC (2)
Fred L. Dungan	USN	7	NC, DFC
William D. Dunham	USAAF	16	DSC
Richard W. Dunkin	USAAF	9	SS
Bernard Dunn	USN	5.33	DFC (2)
William R. "Poppy" Dunn	British Royal Air Force, USAAF	6		Serving in the RAF, he became the first American ace of World War II
Parker Dupouy	American Volunteer Group, USAAF	6.5
Dewey F. Durnford	USMC	6.5	DFC (3)
Glenn T. Eagleston	USAAF	18.5	DSC, SS	Top ace in the 9th Air Force, claimed 2 additional victories during the Korean War
Hoyt A. Eason		6	SS	MIA 3 March 1943
Clyde B. East		13	SS
David B. Eastham		12
Richard T. Eastmond	USN	9	NC, DFC
Byron A. Eberts		6	DFC (2)
William G. Eccles		~5
Bert Eckard		7	NC, DFC (2)	"Ace in a day" 11 May 1945
Billy C. Edens	USAAF	7	SS	POW 10 September 1944
Willard E. Eder	USN	6.5	NC, DFC (2)
Selden R. Edner	Royal Air Force	5
Edward B. Edwards Jr.	USAAF	5.5	SS
William C. Edwards Jr.	USN	7.5	NC, DFC (2)	"Ace in a day" 16 February 1945
Joseph L. Egan Jr.	USAAF	5	DFC	KIA 17 July 1944
Robert A. Elder	USAAF	5	SS, DFC	"Ace in a day" 24 March 1945
Ralph E. Elliott	USN	9.5	DFC (3)
Vincent T. Elliott	USAAF	7	SS
Hugh M. Elwood	USMC	5	DFC
Donald R. Emerson	USAAF	7	DFC	KIA 25 December 1944
Warren S. Emerson		6	SS
Wallace N. Emmer		14	DSC, SS	POW 9 August 1944, died in captivity February 1945
Benjamin H. Emmert Jr.		7	SS	POW 1 September 1944. Claimed 1 additional victory during the Korean War
Eugene H. Emmons		9	DFC
James W. Empey		5	SS
James J. England		10
John B. England		17.5	SS	KIFA 17 November 1954
Anthony J. Enman	USN	~5
Lyle A. Erickson	USN	~5
Andrew J. Evans	USAAF	8	DFC	POW 27 March 1953
Roy W. Evans	USAAF	6	SS	POW 14 February 1945
Eric A. Evenson	USN	8.25	DFC (3)
Lee R. Everhart	USAAF	6	DFC	MIA 12 October 1944
Loren D. Everton	USMC	12	NC, DFC
John W. Fair	USN	5	SS, DFC
David C. "Foob" Fairbanks	Royal Canadian Air Force	12.5/13.5	DFC(UK)	Born in New York
Grover E. Fanning	USAAF	9	SS
Charles D. Farmer	USN	7.25	NC, DFC (2)
Robert A. Farnsworth	USN	5	DFC (2)
William Farrell	USMC	5	NC, DFC
Robert P. Fash	USN	6	NC, DFC (3)
Richard D. Faxon	USAAF	5	SS
Alfred J. Fecke	USN	7	NC, DFC	"Ace in a day" 16 October 1944
Edward L. Feightner	USN	9	DFC (4)
Sylvan Feld	USSAF	9	SS	POW 13 August 1944, died in captivity 21 August 1944
Marion C. Felts	USSAF	5	DFC	KIFA 27 February 1963
Leopold M. Ferko	USN	5	DFC (2)
James E. Fenex Jr.	USAAF	5	DFC
Ernest C. Fiebelkorn		9	SS (2)	KIA 6 July 1950
Arthur C. Fiedler Jr.		8	SS
William F. Fiedler Jr.		5	DFC	Only P-39 ace in USAAF, KIFA 30 June 1943
Virgil C. Fields Jr.		6	DSC	KIA 2 February 1944
Howard J. Finn	USMC	6	DFC (5)
Charles R. Fischette	USAAF	5	DFC
Don H. Fisher	USMC	6	DFC
Edwin O. Fisher	USAAF	7	SS	KIFA 28 March 1947
Rodney W. Fisher		5	DFC
Harry E. Fisk		5	SS	POW 13 January 1945
Jack A. Fisk		7	DFC
Nelson D. Flack Jr.		5	DFC
James H. Flatley	USN	6	NC, LOM, DFC (3)
Richard H. Fleischer	USAAF	6	DFC
Francis M. Fleming	USN	7.5	SS, DFC (2)
Patrick D. Fleming		19	NC, SS (2), DFC (3)	"Ace in a day" 16 February 1945. KIFA 1956
Kenneth A. Flinn		5	DFC	POW 13 October 1944, died in captivity 24 July 1945
Frank E. Foltz		~5	NC
Ralph E. Foltz		5	DFC (2)
Paul J. Fontana	USMC	5	NC, DFC
Kenneth M. Ford	USMC	5	DFC
George Formanek Jr.	USN	5	DFC (2)	KIA 23 April 1944
Samuel W. Forrer	USN	~5	NC, DFC
Joseph M. Forster	USAAF	9	SS
Norman J. Fortier	USAAF	5.83	DFC
Joseph J. Foss	USMC	26	MOH, DFC	First Marine "Ace in a day" 25 October 1942. Second highest scoring Marine ace of the war, later served as Governor of South Dakota
Carl C. Foster	USN	8.5	NC, DFC	"Ace in a day" 6 April 1945
William B. Foulis Jr.	USAAF	6	SS
James M. Fowle	USAAF	8	SS
Richard E. Fowler Jr.	USN	6.5	NC, SS, DFC (3)
Robert W. Foy	USAAF	15	SS	KIFA 25 March 1950
Marvin J. Franger	USN	9	SS, DFC (5)
Dwaine R. Franklin	USAAF	7	SS
John M. Franks	USN	7	DFC (3)
Carl M. Frantz	USAAF	11	SS
Robert B. Fraser	USMC	6	DFC (2)	KIFA 18 June 1945
Kenneth D. Frazier	USMC	12.5	NC, DFC (2)
Doris C. Freeman	USN	9	DFC (4)	KIA 11 May 1945
William B. Freeman	USMC	6	DFC
James B. French	USN	11	SS, DFC (3)
Alfred L. Frendberg	USN	6	SS, DFC (2)
Alfred C. Froning	USAAF	6	SS
Earl R. Fryer	USAAF	7
Harold N. Funk	USN	6.5	NC, DFC (2)	"Ace in a day" 24 October 1944
Francis S. "Gabby" Gabreski	USAAF	28	DSC, SS (2), DFC (10)	Highest scoring American ace in Europe. POW 25 July 1944. Claimed 6.5 additional victories during the Korean War
Franklin T. Gabriel	USN	8	DFC
Frank L. Gailer Jr.	USAAF	5.5	DFC	POW 27 November 1944
Robert E. Galer	USMC	13	MOH, DFC
Charles S. Gallup	USAAF	6	SS
Kenneth W. Gallup	USAAF	9	SS
Dwight B. Galt	USN	5	DFC (2)
John R. Galvin	USN	7	DFC (4)
Warner F. Gardner	USAAF	5	DFC
William A. Gardner		8	SS
Vermont Garrison		7.33	SS, DFC (2)	POW 3 March 1944. Claimed 10 additional victories and was awarded the DSC during the Korean War
Frank L. Gaunt		8	SS
Noel A. M. Gayler	USN	5	NC (3)
Dominic S. "Don" Gentile	Royal Canadian Air Force, USAAF	21.83	DSC (2), SS, DFC (8)
Francis R. Gerard	USAAF	8	SS
Steven Gerick		5	DFC
Grover D. Gholson		5	SS
Robert D. Gibb		5	DFC (3)	MIA 16 December 1951
John T. Gildea	USN	7	SS, DFC (5)	KIA 11 May 1945
Clement D. Gile		8	DFC (4)
Roy F. Gillespie		6	SS, DFC (3)
Edward L. Gimbel	Royal Canadian Air Force	5	DFC(UK)
William K. Giroux	USAAF	10	SS
Cyrus R. Gladen	USAAF	5	SS
Michael Gladych	Royal Air Force, USAAF	17
George W. Gleason	USAAF	12	DFC
Maxwell H. Glenn		7.5	SS
Fred W. Glover		10.33
John T. Godfrey		16.33	SS (2), DFC (8)	POW 24 August 1944, escaped captivity
Lindley W. Godson	USN	5	SS, DFC (2)
Robert J. Goebel	USAAF	11	SS
Walter J. Goehausen Jr.		10	DFC
Robert E. Goodnight		7.25	SS
James A. Goodson		15	DSC, SS, DFC (UK), DFC (9)	POW 20 June 1944
Donald "Flash" Gordon	USN	7	DFC (3)
Edmond R. Goss	USAAF	6	DFC
Norman D. Gould		5
Gordon M. Graham		7	SS
Lindol F. Graham		5.5	DFC
Robert F. Graham		5	SS
Vernon E. Graham	USN	5	NC
Marvin E. Grant	USAAF	7	SS
James S. Gray	USN	6	DFC (5)
John F. Gray		8.25	NC, DFC	KIFA 3 June 1946
Lester E. Gray		5.25	DFC (2)
Rockford V. Gray	USAAF	6.5	DFC	KIFA 4 September 1944
Herschel H. "Herky" Green		18	DSC, SS, DFC (2)	"Ace in a day" 30 January 1944
Lee O. Gregg		7	DFC
Hayden A. Gregory	USN	5	SS, DFC (4)
Billy M. Gresham	USAAF	6	DFC	KIA 2 October 1944
Joseph H. Griffin	USAAF	7	SS
Richard J. Griffin	USN	8	DFC (3)
Robert C. Griffith	USAAF	5	DFC	KIA 24 July 1944
Clayton Kelly Gross		6	SS
LeRoy V. Grosshuesch		8	SS
William Grosvenor Jr.		5	SS
Charles F. Gumm		6	SS	KIA 1 March 1944
Cheatham W. Gupton		5	DFC
Harlan I. Gustafson	USN	6	DFC
Fred E. Gutt	USMC	8	DFC (2)
Walter A. Haas	USN	~5	NC (2)
Roger A. Haberman	USMC	7	NC
Albert E. Hacking Jr.	USMC	5	DFC
Mayo A. Hadden Jr.	USN	8	SS, DFC (3)
James P. Hagerstrom	USAAF	6	DSC, DFC	Claimed another 8.5 victories during the Korean War
George F. Hall	USAAF	6	DFC
Sheldon O. Hall	USMC	6
William T. Halton	USAAF	10.5	SS	Awarded DSC in Korean War. MIA 21 May 1952
Louis R. Hamblin	USN	6.5	DFC (2)
Henry B. Hamilton	USMC	7	NC, DFC	MIA 21 October 1942
Robert M. Hamilton	USN	6	DFC (3)
Samuel E. Hammer	USAAF	5	SS
John F. Hampshire		13	DFC	DOW 2 May 1943
William F. Hanes Jr.		6	SS
Eugene R. Hanks	USN	6	NC, DFC (3)
Harry T. Hanna	USAAF	5	DFC	"Ace in a day" 9 October 1943
Chris J. Hanseman	USAAF	5	DFC	KIA
Herman Hansen Jr.	USMC	5.5	NC, SS (2), DFC (2)
Robert M. Hanson	USMC	25	MOH, NC	"Ace in a day" 14 January 1944. KIA 3 February 1944
Willis E. Hardy	USN	6.5	NC, DFC
Everett C. Hargreaves		8.5	SS, DFC (3)
Walter R. Harman		5	DFC (2)
Raymond F. Harmeyer	USAAF	6	SS
Archibald A. Harrington		7
Bill Harris		16	DFC
Cecil E. Harris	USN	23	NC, SS (2), DFC (3)
Ernest A. Harris	USAAF	10	SS	KIFA 1949
Frederick A. Harris	USAAF	8	SS	KIFA 31 October 1943
Leroy E. Harris	USN	9.25	SS, DFC (4)
Thomas L. Harris	USAAF	5	DFC	POW 27 May 1944
Thomas S. Harris	USN	9	DFC (6)
Cameron M. Hart	USAAF	6	DFC	KIFA 1946
Kenneth F. Hart		8	SS
Raymond E. Hartley Jr.		5	DFC
Paul R. Hatala		5.5	DFC
Herbert B. Hatch		5	DSC	"Ace in a day" 10 June 1944
Charles D. Hauver		5	DFC
Charles H. Haverland Jr.	USN	6.5	SS, DFC (4)
Fred R. Haviland Jr.	USAAF	6	DFC
Arthur R. Hawkins	USN	14	NC (3), DFC (3)	"Ace in a day" 13 September 1944
Russell C. Haworth	USAAF	5	DFC
Frank R. Hayde	USN	6	DFC	MIA 16 July 1944
Thomas L. Hayes Jr.	USAAF	8.5	SS
Thomas C. Haywood	American Volunteer Group	5.25
Cotesworth B. Head Jr.	USAAF	14	DFC	MIA 18 January 1943
Frank C. Hearrell	USN	5	DFC (2)
Horace W. Heath	USN	7	DFC (2)	KIFA 8 July 1945
Robert Hedman	American Volunteer Group	6
Roger R. Hedrick	USN	12	SS, DFC (4)
Lloyd P. Heinzen	USN	6	DFC (2)	KIFA 11 November 1945
Edwin L. Heller	USAAF	5.5	DSC, SS, DFC (5)	Claimed an additional 3.5 victories during the Korean War. POW 23 January 1953
Paul M. Henderson Jr.	USN	5	SS	KIA 15 June 1944
Randall W. Hendricks	USAAF	5	DSC
William J. Hennon	USAAF	7	SS	KIFA 1953
William E. Henry	USN	9.5	NC, DFC (3)
John C. "Pappy" Herbst	USAAF	18	SS	KIFA 4 July 1946
Edwin J. Hernan Jr.	USMC	8	DFC (3)	MIA 19 July 1951
Samuel B. Hibbard	USN	7.33	DFC (3)
Allen E. Hill	USAAF	9	SS
David L. "Tex" Hill	American Volunteer Group, USAAF	18.75	DSC
Frank A. Hill	USAAF	7	SS
Harry E. Hill	USN	7	DFC (2)
James E. Hill	USAAF	5	DSC
Donald E. Hillman	USAAF	5	SS (2), DFC	POW October 1944
Hollis H. Hills	Royal Canadian Air Force, USN	5	SS, DFC
Kenneth G. Hippe	USN	5	NC, DFC	"Ace in a day" 24 October 1944
Edwin W. Hiro	USAAF	5	DFC	MIA 19 September 1944
Howard D. Hively		12	DSC
Myron M. Hnatio		5	DFC
John B. Hoag	USN	5	DFC (3)
John J. Hockery	USAAF	7	DFC	POW 26 November 1944. Claimed 1 additional victory during the Korean War
William R. Hodges		5	DFC
John H. Hoefker		8.5	SS
Ronald W. Hoel	USN	5	DFC (3)
Ralph K. Hofer	USAAF	15	DFC (7)	KIA 2 July 1944
Cullen J. Hoffman		5	DFC
James E. Hoffman Jr.		6.5	SS	MIA 22 August 1944
Roy B. Hogg		6	SS
Bruce K. Holloway		13
James D. Holloway		6	DFC	MIA 2 May 1945
George L. Hollowell	USMC	8	DFC (6)
Besby F. Holmes	USAAF		NC
Cyril F. Homer	USAAF	15	DSC, SS
William L. Hood	USMC	5	DFC (2)
Wallace E. Hopkins	USAAF	5	DFC
Francis W. Horne	USAAF	5.5	DFC (4)
Herbert N. Houck	USN	6	NC (3), DFC (4)
William J. Hovde	USAAF	10.5	DSC, SS	"Ace in a day" 5 December 1944. Claimed 1 additional victory during the Korean War
James H. Howard	American Volunteer Group, USAAF	8.33	MOH, DFC
Robert L. Howard	USAAF	6	SS
David W. Howe		6	DFC
Bernard H. Howes		6	DFC	POW 3 March 1945
Edward R. Hoyt		5	DFC	Penultimate ace of the war
Mark E. Hubbard		6.5	SS	POW 18 March 1944
Howard R. Hudson	USN	5	SS, DFC (3)
Charles W. Huffman		7	DFC (2)
Robert J. Humphrey		5.33	DFC (2)	KIA in Korea
John C. Hundley	USMC	6	DFC (3)
Alvaro J. Hunter	USAAF	5	DFC
Edward E. Hunt		6.5	DFC	KIA 8 November 1944
Richard F. Hurd		6	DFC	Last and highest scoring American Spitfire ace
Frank D. Hurlbut		9	DFC
Robert Hurst	USN	6	DFC (3)
Joe W. Icard	USAAF	5	DFC	KIA 8 March 1944
Jack M. Ilfrey		7.5	SS	MIA 13 June 1944, evaded captivity and returned to his unit
James C. Ince		6	SS
Julius W. Ireland	USMC	5.5	DFC (3)
Clayton M. Isaacson	USAAF	5
Michael J. Jackson	USAAF	8	SS
Willie O. Jackson Jr.		7	SS
Gilbert L. Jamison		7	SS
Bruce Donald Jaques	USN	5.5	SS, DFC (2)
Arthur F. Jeffrey	USAAF	14	SS
Otto D. Jenkins	USAAF	8.5	SS	KIFA 24 March 1945
Robert H. Jennings Jr.	USN	9.5	NC, SS, DFC (3)	KIFA 30 June 1954
Alvin J. Jensen	USMC	7	NC, DFC (4)	KIFA 20 May 1949
Hayden M. Jensen	USN	5	NC (2), DFC
Verl E. Jett	USAAF	7	SS
Arthur G. Johnson Jr.	USAAF	8.5	SS
Byron M. Johnson	USN	8	DFC (3)
Clarence O. Johnson	USAAF	7	SS	KIA 23 September 1944
Evan M. Johnson V		5	DFC
Gerald R. Johnson		22	DSC (2), SS, LOM	KIFA 7 October 1945
Gerald W. Johnson		16.5	DSC	POW 27 March 1944
James K. Johnson		1		Claimed 10 additional victories during the Korean War
Robert S. Johnson		27	DSC
Wallace R. Johnson	USN	5	DFC (2)
John M. Johnston	USN	8	SS, DFC (4)
Robert D. Johnston	USAAF	6	DSC
Charles D. Jones	USMC	6	SS, DFC (3)	KIFA 5 March 1965
Curran L. Jones	USAAF	5	SS
Cyril W. Jones Jr.		6	DSC	MIA 12 September 1944
Frank Cazenove Jones		5
James M. Jones	USN	7	SS, DFC (3)
John L. Jones	USAAF	8	SS
Lynn F. Jones	USAAF	5	DFC
Ripley O. Jones	Royal Air Force	7.7		Born in New York
Warren L. Jones	USAAF	5	DFC
Wallace R. Jordan		6	SS
Alwin M. Juchheim		9	DSC	POW 28 May 1944
William H. Julian		5	DFC
Joseph Kaelin	USN	5	NC, DFC (2)
William R. Kane	USN	6	NC, DFC (2)	KIFA 5 February 1957
Dale E. Karger	USAAF	7.5	DFC	3rd youngest ace of the war at 19 years old
Robert A. Karr		6	SS
Neel E. Kearby		22	MOH, SS (2), DFC (4)	"Ace in a day" 11 October 1943. KIA 5 March 1944
Robert J. Keen		7	DSC
LeRoy W. Keith	USN	5.5	NC, DFC (2)	"Ace in a day" 16 April 1945
William T. Kemp	USAAF	6	DSC
Charles Kendrick	USMC	5	DFC	KIA 2 October 1942
Daniel Kennedy	USAAF	5	DFC
Ira C. Kepford	USN	16	NC (2), SS, DFC
Leslie H. Kerr Jr.		~5
Robert R. Kidwell Jr.		5	DFC (4)
Donald D. Kienholz	USAAF	6	DFC	KIFA 1973
John R. Kincaid	USN	5
Robert A. Kincaid	USN	5	NC, SS, DFC (2)
Benjamin H. King	USAAF	7	SS, DFC (2)
Charles W. King		5	SS
David L. King		5	DFC
William B. King		5.5	SS
William J. Kingston Jr.	USN	6	DFC (3)
Claiborne H. Kinnard Jr.	USAAF	8	DSC
James J. Kinsella	USN	5	DFC (3)
Claude R. Kinsey	USAAF	7	DFC	POW 4 April 1943, escaped captivity October 1943
Marion F. Kirby	USAAF	5	SS
George N. Kirk	USN	7	DFC (2)
Lenton F. Kirkland Jr.	USAAF	5	SS	MIA 25 December 1944
Floyd C. Kirkpatrick	USMC	5.5	DFC (3)
Phillip L. Kirkwood	USN	12	NC, DFC
John A. Kirla	USAAF	11.5	SS
George E. Kiser		9	DSC, SS
Frank W. Klibbe		7
Robert H. Knapp		5	DFC (3)
William M. Knight	USN	7.5	SS, DFC (2)	MIA 5 November 1944
Carroll S. Knott	USAAF	5	DFC
Charles W. Koenig		6.5	DSC
Edward H. Kopsel		5
Walter J. Koraleski Jr.		5.53
William J. Kostik	USN	5	SS, DFC
Joseph J. Kruzel	USAAF	6	SS (3)
Henry B. Kucheman Jr.		6
Ward A. Kuentzel		7	DFC	KIFA 19 June 1944
Charles M. Kunz	USMC	8	NC, DFC (3)
Kenneth G. Ladd	USAAF	12	SS
Dean S. Laird	USN	5.75	DFC	Only Navy ace to shoot down German and Japanese planes
Wayne W. Laird	USMC	5	DFC	KIFA 30 April 1943. Only Marine Corps ace to shoot down German and Japanese planes
Kenneth B. Lake	USN	6	DFC
George M. Lamb	USAAF	7.5	SS (2)
Robert A. Lamb	USAAF	7	SS
William E. Lamb	USN	5	NC	Claimed 1 additional victory during the Korean War
William E. Lamoreaux	USN	5	DFC
Richard C. Lampe	USAAF	5.5	DFC
John D. Landers		14.5	SS (3)
John H. Lane		6	SS
Willis G. Laney	USN	5	SS, DFC (6)
Joseph L. Lang	USAAF	7.83	DFC	KIA 14 October 1944
Ned W. Langdon	USN	5	NC, DFC (3)
Thomas G. Lanphier	USAAF	5.5	NC, SS (2)
Donald A. Larson		6	SS, DFC (2)	KIFA 4 August 1944
Leland A. Larson		6	DFC
Charles W. Lasko		7.5	SS
Franklin C. Lathrope		5
Charles H. Laughlin	American Volunteer Group	5
John B. Lawler	USAAF	11	SS
Frank L. Lawlor	American Volunteer Group, USN	9	DFC (3)
Earl R. Lazear Jr.	USAAF	5	SS
Richard J. Lee		5	SS
Marlow J. Leikness		5	DFC
Charles W. Lenfest		5.5		POW 3 October 1944
Jack Lenox Jr.		5	SS
Francis J. Lent		11	SS (2)	KIFA 1 December 1944
William N. Leonard	USN	6	NC (2), DFC
John A. Leppla		5	NC (2)	MIA 26 October 1942
Alfred Lerch		7	NC	"Ace in a day" 16 April 1945
Joseph J. Lesicka	USAAF	9	DFC	"Ace in a day" 15 July 1943
William L. Leverette		11	DSC	"Ace in a day" 9 October 1943
Warren R. Lewis		7	DFC
William H. Lewis		7	DFC	"Ace in a day" 5 September 1944
Lawrence P. Liebers		7	DFC	KIFA 1946
Robert L. Liles		5	SS
Hugh D. Lillie	USN	5
Elvin L. Lindsay	USN	8	NC, SS (2), DFC
Ted E. Lines	USAAF	10	DSC
Raymond H. Littge		10.5	DSC	KIFA 20 May 1949
James W. Little		7		Claimed 1 additional victory during the Korean War
Robert L. Little	American Volunteer Group	10
Gregory. K. Loesch	USMC	8.5	NC, DFC	KIFA 27 September 1943
John S. Loisel	USAAF	11	SS
John D. Lombard		7	SS	KIA 30 June 1943
Charles P. London		5	DSC	First USAAF ace in European Theater
Herbert H. Long		10	DFC (7)
Maurice G. Long		5.5	SS
Donald S. Lopez		5	SS
Clifford Louie
George G. Loving Jr.	USAAF	5
John H. Lowell		7.5	SS (2)
Wayne L. Lowry		11	SS	POW 7 October 1944
Marvin W. Lubner		6	DFC
Paul W. Lucas		6	DFC	KIA January 1945
Carl J. Luksic		8.5	DSC, DFC (4)	"Ace in a day" 8 May 1944
James F. Luma	Royal Canadian Air Force, USAAF	5	DFC
Walter A. Lundin	USN	6.5	DFC
William M. Lundin	USMC	5.5
Stanley J. Lustic	USAAF	6	DFC
Lowell C. Lutton	USAAF	5	SS	MIA 2 November 1943
Joseph P. Lynch	USMC	5.5	DFC (2)
John J. Lynch	Royal Air Force	13	DFC(UK) & Bar	Born in California
Thomas J. Lynch	USAAF	20	DSC	KIA 8 March 1944
John B. Maas Jr.	USMC	5.5	DFC (2)
Lewin A. Maberry	USN	5	DFC (2)
Charles H. "Mac" MacDonald	USAAF	27	DSC (2), SS (2)
John A. MacKay	USAAF	6	DFC
Christopher L. Magee	USMC	9	NC
Morton D. Magoffin	USAAF	5	DSC, SS, DFC	POW 10 August 1944
William J. Maguire	USAAF	7	SS	KIFA 11 August 1945
Jackson Barrett Mahon	Royal Air Force	5		Born in California. POW 19 August 1942
Keith Mahon	USAAF	5	DFC
Grant M. Mahony		5	DSC, SS
Walker M. "Bud" Mahurin		21	DSC, DFC (5)	Claimed 3.5 additional victories during the Korean War. POW 13 May 1952
Charles M. Mallory	USN	10	DFC
Thomas E. Maloney	USAAF	8	DFC
Jack C. Mankin	USAAF	5	SS
Lee P. Mankin jr.	USN	5	DFC	Only enlisted American to become an ace
Thomas H. Mann Jr.	USMC	10	NC
Armand G. Manson	USN	7	DFC (5)
Harry A. March Jr.	USN	5
Gene E. Markham	USAAF	5	DFC
William P. Marontate	USMC	13	NC	MIA 15 January 1943
Lester C. Marsh	USAAF	5	SS
Bert W. Marshall Jr.	USAAF	7	SS
Albert E. Martin Jr.	USN	5	NC
Kenneth R. Martin	USAAF	5	DSC	POW 11 February 1944
Joe L. Mason	USAAF	5	DSC
William J. Masoner Jr.	USN	12	NC, SS (2), DFC (2)	"Ace in a day" 24 October 1944
William H. Mathis	USAAF	5	DFC
Milden E. Mathre		5	DFC
Joseph Z. Matte		5	DSC
Chester K. Maxwell		5	SS
William R. Maxwell	USN	7	DFC
Earl May		8	SS, DFC (2)	KIFA 22 October 1951
Richard H. May		5	DFC (5)
Ben I. Mayo Jr.	USAAF	5	DFC
Michele A. Mazzocco	USN	5	SS, DFC (2)
Paul G. McArthur	USAAF	5	DSC
T. H. McArthur	USAAF	5	DFC	KIFA May 1943
David McCampbell	USN	34	MOH, NC, SS, LOM, DFC (3)	"Ace in a day" 19 June and 24 October 1944. Holds US record with most kills in a single mission at 9. Top Navy ace and highest scoring ace to survive the war.
Henry A. McCartney Jr.	USMC	5	DFC
Frank E. McCauley	USAAF	5.5	SS
Thomas G. McClelland	USN	7.33	SS, DFC (3)
Robert W. McClurg	USMC	7	DFC
Carroll W. McColpin	USAAF	11
Edward O. McComas		14	SS, LOM	"Ace in a day" 23 December 1944
Charles M. McCorkle		11	SS
William A. McCormick Jr.	USN	7	DFC (2)
Leo B. McCuddin		5	NC, SS, DFC
Elbert S. McCuskey		13.5	NC (2), DFC (5)	"Ace in a day" 4 June 1942
Gordon H. McDaniel	USAAF	6	DSC	"Ace in a day" 14 March 1945
Norman L. McDonald		11.5	DFC
William F. McDonough		5	SS	KIFA 22 April 1944
Donald McDowell		8.5
James N. McElroy		5	DFC
William D. McGarry	American Volunteer Group	8
Donald C. McGee	USAAF	6	SS (2)
John L. McGinn	USAAF	5
Selva E. McGinty	USMC	5	DFC (2)
Edward C. McGowan	USN	6.5	NC, DFC (2)
Bernard L. McGrattan	USAAF	8.5	DFC	KIA 6 June 1944
Thomas B. McGuire Jr.		38	MOH, DSC, SS (2), DFC (6)	KIA 7 January 1945
John W. McGuyrt		5	SS
Pierce W. McKennon		11	DFC	KIFA 18 June 1947
Joseph T. McKeon		6	SS	POW
Donald J. McKinley	USN	5	DFC
William W. McLachlin	USN	5.5
Murray D. McLaughlin	USAAF	7	SS
John McManus	USMC	6	SS, DFC
George B. McMillan	American Volunteer Group, USAAF	8.5	DFC	KIA 22 February 1944
Evan D. McMinn	USAAF	5		MIA 6 June 1944
Donald M. McPherson	USN	5	DFC (3)
Hamilton McWhorter III	USN	12	DFC (5)
Nicholas Megura	USAAF	11.83	DSC
Roger W. Mehle	USN	13.5	SS, DFC (3)
Henry H. Meigs	USAAF	6	SS
Louis A. Menard	USN	9	SS, DFC
Adolph Mencin	USN	6	SS, DFC
Virgil K. Meroney	USAAF	9	SS	POW 8 April 1944, later escaped captivity
George L. Merritt Jr.		5	DFC	KIA 7 June 1944
Donald W. Meuten		6	SS	MIA 7 May 1944
John C. Meyer		24	DSC (3), SS (2)	Claimed 2 additional victories during the Korean War
Frederick H. Michaelis	USN	5	NC, SS, DFC
Henry J. Miklajcyk	USAAF	7.5	SS	KIA 2 November 1944
Armour C. Miller		6	SS
Everett Miller		5	DFC
Johnnie G. Miller	USN	8	NC, DFC (2)	"Ace in a day" 6 April 1945
Joseph E. Miller Jr.	USAAF	5	DFC
Thomas F. Miller		5.25	DFC
Willard W. Millikan		13	DSC	POW
Robert C. Milliken		5	SS
Henry L. Mills		6	DFC	POW 6 March 1944, later escaped captivity
Charles B. Milton	USN	5	DFC (3)
Robert Mims	USN	6	DFC
Leslie D. Minchew	USAAF	5.5	SS
Harris E. Mitchell	USN	10	SS, DFC (3)
Henry E. Mitchell	USN	6	NC, DFC (2)	"Ace in a day" 21 March 1945, KIA April 1945
John W. Mitchell	USAAF	11	DSC, NC	Claimed 4 additional victories during the Korean War
Sanford K. Moats		8.5	DSC, DFC (2)
Leland P. Molland		10.5	SS	KIA 16 May 1951
Norman W. Mollard	USN	6	DFC
Arthur P. Mollenhauer	USN	5	NC	"Ace in a day" 12 October 1944
William W. Momyer	USAAF	8	DSC
Franklin H. Monk	USAAF	5	DFC
John R. Montapert	USN	6	SS, DFC
John T. Moore	USAAF	7	SS	MIA 8 October 1944
Robert W. Moore		12	SS
Glennon T. Moran		13	SS
Horace B. Moranville	USN	6	DFC	POW 12 January 1945, only Navy ace to escape captivity during the war
James B. Morehead	USAAF	7	DSC, DFC (2)
John L. Morgan Jr.	USMC	8.5	DFC	MIA 26 March 1945
Stanley B. Morrill	USAAF	9	SS	KIFA 29 March 1944
Bert D. (Wayne) Morris Jr.	USN	7	DFC (4)
James M. Morris	USAAF	7.33	DSC
Paul V. Morriss		5	DFC
Mark L. Moseley		6.5	DFC
William C. Moseley	USN	5	DFC	MIA 4 July 1944
Robert C. Moss	American Volunteer Group, USAAF	7
James D. Mugavero	USAAF	6	SS
Douglas W. Mulcahy	USN	8
Robert F. Mulhollem	USAAF	5
Paul A. Mullen	USMC	6.5	DFC	KIFA 12 February 1946
Arthur H. Munson	USN	5	DFC
Paul C. Murphey Jr.	USAAF	6	DFC
Alva C. Murphy		6		MIA 2 March 1945
John B. Murphy		6.75	SS
Robert E. Murray	USN	10.33	SS, DFC (3)
Jennings L. Myers	USAAF	5	DFC	MIA December 1943
Raymond B. Myers	USAAF	5.5
Joseph L. Narr	USMC	7	NC	MIA 11 November 1942
Robert H. "Bob" Neale	American Volunteer Group	13
H. A. Nelson	USN	5.2
Robert J. Nelson		7	DFC (2)
Robert K. Nelson		6.66	NC, DFC (3)
John V. K. Newkirk	American Volunteer Group	7
Franklin A. Nichols	USAAF	5
Myrvin E. Noble	USN	7	DFC (2)
Edward M. Nollmeyer	USAAF	5	SS (2)
Cornelius N. Nooy	USN	19	NC (3), SS (2), DFC (2)	"Ace in a day" 21 September 1944
Louis H. "Red Dog" Norley	USAAF	10.33	SS
Marvin R. Novak	USN	~5
George P. Novotny	USAAF	8	DFC
Cleveland L. Null	USN	9	DFC (3)	KIFA 9 October 1952
Gilbert M. O'Brien	USAAF	7	DFC
William R. O'Brien		5.5	DFC
Frank Q. O'Connor		10.75	DSC	POW 5 November 1944
Edward H. "Butch" O'Hare	USN	7	MOH, NC	"Ace in a day" 20 February 1942. MIA 26 November 1943
Jeremiah J. O'Keefe	USMC	7	NC, DFC	"Ace in a day" 22 April 1945
Paul O'Mara Jr.	USN	7	SS, DFC (5)
Eugene W. O'Neill	USAAF	5	SS
John G. O'Neill		8	SS
Lawrence F. O'Neill		5	DSC
Jack J. Oberhansly		6	DFC
Harvey G. Odenbrett	USN	7	NC
Fred F. Ohr	USAAF	6	SS
Edwin L. Olander	USMC	5	DFC
Charles H. "Chuck" Older	American Volunteer Group, USAAF	18	DFC
Robin Olds	USAAF	13	SS (2), DFC (2)	Later claimed 4 more victories and was awarded the Air Force Cross during the Vietnam War.
Austin LeRoy Olsen	USN	5	SS, DFC
Norman E. Olson	USAAF	6	DFC	KIA 8 April 1944
Paul E. Olson Jr.	USAAF	5		"Ace in a day" and POW 18 December 1944
John Orth	USN	6	NC
Ernest K. Osher	USAAF	5	DFC
Charles H. Ostrom	USN	7
Edward C. Outlaw	USN	6	NC, LOM, DFC (3)	"Ace in a day" 29 April 1944
Robert J. Overcash	USAAF	5	DFC
Edmund F. Overend	American Volunteer Group, USMC	8	DFC
Lloyd J. Overfield	USAAF	11	SS
Edward W. Overton Jr.	USN	5	NC (2), DFC (2)
Donald C. Owen	USMC	5	DFC (3)
Edward M. Owen	USN	5	DFC (3)
Joel A. Owens	USAAF	5	SS
Marion P. ”Dutch” Owens	USAAF	5	DSC
Robert G. Owens Jr.	USMC	7	NC, DFC (5)
Melvyn R. Paisley	USAAF	8	DSC, SS (2)
Forrest F. Parham		5	DFC
Joel B. Paris III		9	SS
Harry A. Parker		13	SS (2)	KIA 22 April 1945
Elbert W. Parrish	USN	6	SS
James J. Pascoe	USAAF	5.5	DFC
Joseph J. Paskoski	USN	6	NC, SS
Edsel Paulk	USAAF	5	DFC
Carl W. Payne	USAAF	6	DFC	Only American ace to destroy Vichy French, German, Italian, and Japanese planes. KIFA 9 January 1956
Frederick R. Payne Jr.	USMC	5.5	NC, DFC
James L. Pearce	USN	5.25	DFC (3)
James E. Peck	British Royal Air Force, USAAF	6	DFC	KIFA
James G. Percy	USMC	6	NC, DFC (5)
Oscar F. Perdomo	USAAF	5	DSC	"Ace in a day" 13 August 1945. Last American ace of the war.
Chesley G. Peterson	Royal Air Force, USAAF	10	DSC
Richard A. Peterson	USAAF	5.5	SS
David P. Phillips	USN	5	SS, DFC
Edward A. Phillips	USN	5	SS, DFC (2)
Hyde Phillips	USMC	5	DFC	KIFA 14 August 1952
Harvey P. Picken	USN	11	SS, DFC (2)
Francis E. Pierce Jr.	USMC	6	NC, DFC
Joseph F. Pierce	USAAF	7	DFC	POW 21 May 1943, later executed.
Sammy A. Pierce		7	DSC
John Pietz Jr.		6	DFC
George W. Pigman Jr.	USN	8.5	DFC (3)
Spiros N. Pisanos	USAAF	10	DFC
Jack Pittman Jr.	USMC	5	DFC (3)	KIFA 12 April 1966
Hiram Clifford Pitts	USAAF	6
Claude W. Plant	USN	8.5	SS, DFC	MIA 12 September 1944
James N. Poindexter	USAAF	7	SS	KIFA 3 March 1945
Peter E. Pompetti	USAAF	5	DFC (4)	POW 17 March 1944
Zenneth A. Pond	USMC	6	NC	MIA 10 September 1942
Kenneth R. Pool	USAAF	5	DFC
Tilman E. Pool	USN	6	DFC (4)
Albert J. Pope	USN	7.25	DFC
Edward Popek	USAAF	7	DFC
Philip B. Porter	USAAF	5
Robert Bruce Porter	USMC	5	DFC (2)	Only Marine pilot to score victories in F4U and F6F
George H. Poske		5	DFC
Nathan T. Post		8	DFC (3)
Ralston M. Pound Jr.	USN	6	DFC (2)
Ernest A. Powell	USMC	5	NC	MIA July 1943
Joe H. Powers Jr.	USAAF	14.5	SS	MIA 18 January 1951
MacArthur Powers	Royal Air Force, USAAF	7	SS	"Ace in a day" 18 April 1943
Luther D. Prater Jr.	USN	8.5	NC, DFC
George E. "Ratsy" Preddy Jr.	USAAF	26.83	DSC	"Ace in a day" 6 August 1944. KIA 25 December 1944
Robert W. Prescott	American Volunteer Group	5.5
Frank H. Presley	USMC	5	NC
Jack C. Price	USAAF	5	DFC
Melvin M. Prichard	USN	5.25	SS, DFC (2)
Royce W. Priest	USAAF	5	DSC
Roger C. Pryor		5	DFC	POW 26 March 1943, escaped captivity 1 May 1945.
John Forrest Pugh		6	DFC
John E. Purdy		7	DFC
Norwald R. Quiel	USN	6	SS
Donald L. Quigley	USAAF	5	SS	POW 10 August 1944
Michael J. Quirk	USAAF	11	SS	POW 10 September 1944
Valentine S. Rader	USAAF	6.5	SS, DFC	KIFA 1950
Orvin H. Ramlo	USMC	7	NC, DFC
Robert J. Rankin	USAAF	10	DSC	"Ace in a day" 12 May 1944
C. B. Ray	USAAF	5	DFC (2)
James V. Reber Jr.	USN	11	SS, DFC (2)
Edward F. Rector	American Volunteer Group, USAAF	7.75	SS, DFC (2)
Eugene D. Redmond	USN	9.25	DFC (3)	KIFA 3 June 1951
William N. Reed	American Volunteer Group, USAAF	9	SS, LOM, DFC (4)	KIFA 19 December 1944
William C. Reese	USAAF	5	DFC	KIA 21 May 1944
Horace B. Reeves		6	DFC
Leonard R. Reeves		6	DFC (4)
Francis R. Register	USN	7	DFC (2)	KIFA 16 May 1943
Daniel R. Rehm Jr.	USN	13	DFC (2)
Thomas H. Reidy	USN	10	NC, DFC (5)
Joseph H. Reinburg	USMC	7	DFC (5)
Russell L. Reiserer	USN	9	NC, DFC	"Ace in a day" 19 October 1944
Thomas J. Rennemo		6	DFC (3)
Joseph E. Reulet		5	DFC (2)
Glenn M. Revel		5.75	DFC (2)
Andrew J. Reynolds	USAAF	9.33	SS (2), DFC
Robert P. Reynolds	USAAF	7	SS, DFC	POW 12 September 1944
Thomas W. Rhodes	USN	5
Elmer W. Richardson	USAAF	8	SS, DFC (2)
Robert H. Riddle	USAAF	11	SS, DFC
Vincent A. Rieger	USN	5	DFC
Alden P. Rigby	USAAF	5	SS
James F. Rigg	USN	11	NC, DFC (6)	"Ace in a day" 12 September 1944
Elwyn G. Righetti	USAAF	7.5	DSC, SS, DFC (4)	MIA 17 April 1945
Paul S. Riley		6.5	DFC (5)	POW 24 April 1944
Ben Rimerman		5	SS, DFC (4)	KIFA 11 August 1945
Andrew J. Ritchey		5	DSC, DFC (2)
Joe D. Robbins	USN	5	DFC (2)
Jay T. Robbins	USAAF	22	DSC (2), SS, DFC (4)
Arval J. Roberson		6	DFC (4)
Daniel T. Roberts Jr.		14	DSC, DFC (3)	KIA 9 November 1943
Eugene P. Roberts		9	DSC, SS, DFC (4)
Newell O. Roberts		5	DFC
LeRoy W. Robinson	USN	5	DFC (5)
Ross F. Robinson	USN	5	DFC (2)	KIFA 29 September 1946
Edward F. Roddy	USAAF	8	SS, DFC
F. Michael Rogers		7	SS, DFC
Franklin Rose Jr.		5	SS (2), DFC (2)
Ralph J. Rosen	USN	6	DFC (3)
Herbert E. Ross	USAAF	7	SS, DFC
Robert P. Ross	USN	5.5	NC, SS
Herman J. Rossi Jr.	USN	6	NC (2)
John R. Rossi	American Volunteer Group	6	DFC
Gerald L. Rounds	USAAF	5	SS, DFC (2)
Robert R. Rowland		8	DFC
LeRoy A. Ruder		5.5	DFC (2)	KIA 6 June 1944
Henry S. Rudolph		5	SS, DFC
John W. Ruhsam	USMC	7	NC, DFC
Donald E. Runyon	USN	11	NC, DFC
Roy W. Rushing	USN	13	NC, DFC (4)	"Ace in a day" 24 October 1944
William A. Rynne	USAAF	5	DFC	POW 28 March 1944
Robert J. Sandell	American Volunteer Group	5
Philip Sangermano	USAAF	8	SS, DFC
Donald H. Sapp	USMC	10	NC, DFC (2)
John J. Sargent	USN	5.25	DFC (2)	KIA 11 May 1945 aboard USS Bunker Hill
Jimmie E. Savage	USN	7	DFC (3)
Charles W. Sawyer	American Volunteer Group, USAAF	8
Harrell H. Scales	USN	6.25	DFC (3)
Hartwell V. Scarborough Jr.	USMC	5	DFC (6)
Thomas D. Schank	USAAF	5	SS, DFC
Gordon E. Schecter	USN	5	SS	MIA 18 March 1945
Wilbur R. Scheible	USAAF	6	SS, DFC
John L. Schell	USN	5	DFC (2)
Frank Schiel	American Volunteer Group	7
William J. Schildt	USAAF	6	DFC
James E. Schiller	USN	5	DFC
David C. Schilling	USAAF	22.5	DSC (2), SS (2), DFC (9)	"Ace in a day" 23 December 1944
Glenn D. Schiltz Jr.		8	DSC, SS, DFC (4)	MIA in Korea
Robert G. Schimanski		6	DFC
Albert L. Schlegel	Royal Air Force, USAAF	8.5	DFC (5)	KIA 28 August 1944
Leroy A. Schreiber	USAAF	12	DSC, DFC (5)	KIA 15 April 1944
Louis Schriber		5	DFC (2)
Duerr H. Schuh		5	DFC
Robert B. Schultz (Shoals)		5	SS, DFC (3)
Robert L. Scott Jr.		10	SS
Alexander F. Sears		5	DFC (2)	KIFA 22 October 1951
Meldrum L. Sears		7	DFC (2)
Albert Seckel Jr.	USN	6	NC, SS, DFC
Robert B. See	USMC	5	DFC (3)
Harold E. Segal	USMC	12	DFC (3)
Robert K. Seidman	USAAF	5	SS, DFC	KIA 14 April 1944
Larry R. Self	USN	8.5	NC, DFC (2)
Robert W. Shackford	USN	5	DFC (5)
Dale E. Shafer	USAAF	7	DFC (3)
Courtney Shands	USN	6	NC	"Ace in a day" 7 August 1942
Edward O. Shaw	USMC	14.5	DFC (2)	KIFA 1944
Robert M. Shaw	USAAF	8	DFC (2)
Hugh V. Sherrill	USN	5.5	NC, DFC
Charles A. Shields	USN	5
Ernest Shipman	USAAF	7	SS, DFC	POW 30 July 1944
James A. Shirley	USN	12.5	NC, DFC	"Ace in a day" 24 October 1944
William A. Shomo	USAAF	8	MOH, DFC	"Ace in a day" 11 January 1945
Robert L. Shoup		5.5	DFC	POW 20 May 1944
Murray J. Shubin		11	DSC, DFC (2)	"Ace in a day" 16 June 1943
Lucien B. Shuler		7	DFC (3)
Perry L. Shuman	USMC	6	DFC (8)
Wallace E. Sigler	USMC	5	DFC
Sam L. Silber	USN	7	LOM, DFC (4)
John M. Simmons	USAAF	7	SS, DFC	KIFA 18 January 1961
William J. Simmons	USAAF	6	SS	MIA 25 April 1944
Arthur Singer Jr.	USN	10	DFC (5)
Lester H. Sipes		5	DFC (2)
Frank Sistrunk		5	DFC (3)	MIA 3 September 1951
Norman C. Skogstad	USAAF	12	SS, DFC
Warren A. Skon	USN	7	NC, DFC (4)
Albert C. Slack	USN	6.5	SS
William J. Sloan	USAAF	12	Air Force Cross, DFC
Armistead B. Smith Jr.	USN	10	SS, DFC (4)
Carl E. Smith	USN	5	DFC (4)
Carroll C. Smith	USAAF	7	SS	Top night fighter ace
Clinton L. Smith	USN	6	DFC (2)
Cornelius M. Smith Jr.	USAAF	11	SS, DFC (4)
Daniel F. Smith Jr.	USN	6	NC, SS, LOM, DFC (4)
Donovan F. Smith	USAAF	5.5	DSC, DFC (4)
Jack R. Smith		5	DFC (2)
John C. Smith		6	DFC	KIA 9 November 1943
John L. Smith	USMC	19	MOH, LOM, DFC
John M. Smith	USN	10	SS, DFC (5)
Kenneth Darwin Smith	USN	5
Kenneth G. Smith	USAAF	5	DFC (3)	POW 21 March 1944. KIFA 20 October 1947
Leslie C. Smith		7	DFC (5)
Meryl M. Smith		9	SS, DFC (3)	MIA 7 December 1944
Nicholas J. Smith	USN	6	DFC (2)
Paul A. Smith	USAAF	5	DFC (2)
Richard E. "Snuffy" Smith	USAAF	7	SS, DFC (2)
Robert H. Smith	American Volunteer Group	5
Robert T. Smith	American Volunteer Group, USAAF	9	SS, DFC
Virgil H. Smith	USAAF	6	DFC (3)	KIA 1 January 1943
William N. Snider	USMC	11	SS, DFC (3)
Irl V. Sonner Jr.	USN	5	SS, DFC	KIFA 22 March 1945
James J. "Pug" Southerland	USN	5	SS, DFC (2)	KIFA 12 October 1949
Kenneth C. Sparks	USAAF	11	SS, DFC (4)	KIFA 5 September 1944
Harold L. Spears	USMC	15	DFC	KIFA 6 December 1944
Dale F. Spencer	USAAF	9.5	DSC, DFC (4)
Clyde P. Spitler	USN	5	SS, DFC
Richard E. Stambook	USN	10	SS, DFC (2)
Paul M. Stanch	USAAF	10	SS, DFC (5)
William J. Stangel	USAAF	5	DFC
Gordon A. Stanley	USN	8	SS, DFC (4)	KIFA 19 April 1956
Morris A. Stanley	USAAF	5	DFC (2)
Arland Stanton		8	SS, DFC (3)
Walter E. Starck		7	DFC (4)	POW 27 November 1944
Carlton B. Starkes	USN	6	NC, DFC (2)
James R. Starnes	USAAF	6	DFC (2)
Edgar E. Stebbins	USN	5
Robert W. Stephens	USAAF	13	SS, DFC	KIFA 1960
Everett W. Stewart		7.83	SS, DFC (4)
James C. Stewart		11.5	DSC, DFC (5)
James S. Stewart	USN	10	NC, DFC (2)
John S. Stewart	USAAF	9	SS, DFC (2)
Charles R. Stimpson	USN	16	NC, DFC (3)	"Ace in a day" 14 October 1944
John D. Stokes		6.5	SS, DFC
Carl V. Stone		5	DFC (3)	KIFA 13 March 1967
Robert J. Stone	USAAF	7		"Ace in a day" 10 June 1945
John A. Storch	USAAF	10.5	SS, DFC (3)
Robert F. Stout	USMC	6	NC, DFC	KIA 4 March 1945
Donald J. Strait	USAAF	13.5	SS, DFC (3)
William H. Strand	USAAF	7	SS (2), DFC (6)
John R. Strane	USN	13	SS, DFC (7)
Johnnie C. Strange		5	DFC
Frederick J. Streig		5.5	DFC (3)
Harvey W. Sturdevant		6	DFC (4)
John L. Sublett	USAAF	8	DFC
Richard C. Suehr		5	SS, DFC (2)
Charles P. Sullivan		5	SS, DFC
Elliot Summer		10	SS, DFC (2)
Robert C. Sutcliffe		5	DFC (3)
John F. Sutherland	USN	6.5	DFC (2)
James E. Swett	USMC	15.5	MOH, DFC (6)	"Ace in a day" 7 April 1943
Harryn W. Swinburne	USN	5	DFC (2)	First pilot to fly a helicopter in combat
James S. Swope	USN	9.66	DFC (2)
William J. Sykes	USAAF	5	DFC	POW 25 December 1944
John C. C. Symmes	USN	11	NC (2), DFC (2)
Stanley T. Synar	USMC	5	DFC
Gilbert F. Talbot	USAAF	5	DFC (2)
William F. Tanner		5.5	DFC (4)
James B. Tapp		8	DSC, DFC
Kenneth M. Taylor		6	DSC	First Army Air Forces pilot to be, awarded DSC during war. Is officially only credited with 3 victories.
Oliver B. Taylor		5	SS
Ralph G. Taylor Jr.		6	DFC
Ray A. Taylor Jr.	USN	6.5	DFC (2)
Will W. Taylor	USN	6	SS, DFC
Francis A. Terrill	USMC	6.5	DFC (2)	KIFA 12 January 1946
John S. "Jimmy" Thach	USN	6	NC (2), SS, LOM
W. Paul Thayer		6.5	DFC (3)
Robert H. Thelen		6.5	DFC
Franklin C. Thomas Jr.	USMC	9	NC
Robert F. Thomas	USN	5.25	NC, DFC
Wilbur J. Thomas	USMC	18.5	NC, DFC (2)	KIFA 28 January 1947
Robert D. Thompson	USAAF	5	DFC
John F. Thornell Jr.		17.25	DSC, DFC (6)
David F. Thwaites		6	DFC (3)
Harrison R. Thyng		5	SS	5 additional victories during the Korean War
Robert E. Tierney		5
John A. Tilley		5	DFC
Reade F. Tilley	Royal Canadian Air Force	7	DFC (UK)	Born in Florida.
Edward W. Toaspern	USN	7	DFC (4)
John W. Topliff	USN	5	DFC (3)
Harrison B. "Bud" Tordoff	USAAF	5	DFC
Ross E. Torkelson	USN	5	DFC
Philip E. Tovrea Jr.	USAAF	8	SS, DFC
Eugene P. Townsend	USN	5	NC	"Ace in a day" 24 October 1944
Frederick W. Tracey	USN	5	NC, SS
Frederick O. Trafton Jr.	USAAF	5	SS, DFC
Franklin W. Troup	USN	7	DFC (2)
Eugene A. Trowbridge	USMC	6	NC
Clifton H. Troxell	USAAF	5	SS, DFC (3)
Myron M. Truax	USN	7	NC (2), DFC
John H. Truluck	USAAF	7	DSC, DFC (4)
Grant M. Turley	USAAF	6	SS, DFC	KIA
Charles H. Turner	USN	6	DFC (2)
Edward B. Turner	USN	7	NC	"Ace in a day" 18 October 1944
Richard E. Turner	USAAF	11	DFC (2)
William L. Turner	USAAF	8	DSC, SS, DFC (3)
Wendell V. Twelves	USN	13	NC, SS, DFC (6)
Gerald E. Tyler	USAAF	7	DFC (2)
James O. Tyler	USAAF	8	DFC (2)
Vernon R. Ude	USN	5	DFC (3)
Donald E. Umphres	USN	6	DFC (3)	KIFA 4 June 1947
Eugene A. Valencia Jr.	USN	23	NC, DFC (6)	"Ace in a day" 17 April 1945
Herbert J. Valentine	USMC	6	NC, DFC (2)	"Ace in a day" 25 May 1945
Rudolph D. Van Dyke	USN	5	SS, DFC	KIFA 1 June 1953
Peter J. Van der Linden Jr.		5	DFC (2)
Arthur Van Haren Jr.		9	DFC (3)
George R. Vanden Heuvel	USAAF	5.5	DFC (2)
James S. Varnell Jr.		17	SS, DFC (3)	KIFA 9 April 1945
Harley C. Vaughn		7	DFC (2)
Robert H. Vaught		5	SS
Milton N. Vedder	USMC	6	DFC (2)	KIA 11 February 1944
Stanley W. “Swede” Vejtasa	USN	10.25	NC (3)	"Ace in a day" 26 October 1942
Clinton D. Vincent	USAAF	6	SS, LOM, DFC (3)
Merriwell W. Vineyard	USN	6	DFC (6)	Also flew in Royal Canadian Air Force
Arnold E. Vinson	USAAF	5.3	DFC (3)	MIA 3 April 1943
Herman W. Visscher	USAAF	5	DFC	Shot down a sixth plane in Korean War
Harold E. Vita	USN	6	SS (2), DFC (2)
John E. Vogt	USAAF	5	DSC	"Ace in a day" 28 May 1945
John W. Vogt Jr.		8	DFC (5)
John J. Voll		21	DSC, SS, DFC (2)	"Ace in a day" 16 November 1944
Roy M. Voris	USN	7	DFC
Albert O. Vorse Jr.		11.5	NC, SS, DFC (2)
Alexander Vraciu		19	NC, DFC (3)	"Ace in a day" 19 June 1944
Lance C. "Wildcat" Wade	Royal Air Force	23	DFC(UK) & Bar	Born in Texas. KIFA 12 January 1944
Robert Wade	USMC	7	NC, DFC (2)
Horace Q. Waggoner	USAAF	5	DFC (2)
Boyd D. "Buzz" Wagner		8	DSC, DFC	First Army Air Force ace of World War II. KIFA 29 November 1942
John W. Wainwright Jr.		6	DSC	"Ace in a day" 28 September 1944. KIFA 7 July 1945
Joe W. Waits		5.5	DFC
Thomas H. Walker		6	DFC
Walter B. Walker Jr.		5	DFC
Kenneth A. Walsh	USMC	21	MOH, DFC (7)	First F4U Corsair ace
Ralph H. Wandrey	USAAF	6	DFC (2)
Lyttleton T. Ward	USN	5	NC, SS, DFC
Victor E. Warford	USAAF	8	SS (2)	POW 11 October 1944
Arthur T. Warner	USMC	8	NC, DFC
Jack R. Warren	USAAF	5	DFC	MIA March 1944
Edward T. Waters		7	DFC
James A. Watkins		12	DSC
Ralph J. Watson		5	LOM, DFC (4)
Charles E. Watts	USN	8.75	NC, DFC (3)
Oran S. Watts	USAAF	5	DFC (2)
Sidney W. Weatherford		5	DFC (2)	MIA 11 August 1952
Charles E. Weaver		8
Claude Weaver III	Royal Canadian Air Force	12.5	DFC (UK)	Born in Oklahoma. Youngest Allied ace of the war. POW 9 September 1942, later escaped captivity. DOW 28 January 1944.
Wilbur B. Webb	USN	7	NC, DFC (2)
Willard J. Webb	USAAF	5	DFC (3)
Gregory J. Weissenberger	USMC	5	DFC (3)
Darrell G. Welch	USAAF	5	SS, DFC
George S. Welch		16	DSC, DFC (3)	First Army Air Force pilot to shoot down an enemy plane during the war. KIFA 12 October 1954
Robert E. Welch		6	SS, DFC	KIFA 23 March 1951
Robert D. Welden		6.25	DFC
Albert P. Wells	USMC	5	DFC (2)
Edward G. Wendorf	USN	5	DFC (3)
Arthur E. Wenige	USAAF	6	SS, DFC (2)
John M. Wesolowski	USN	7	DFC (2)
Warren M. Wesson	USAAF	5	DFC
Richard L. West	USAAF	14	DSC, SS, DFC (3)
Robert G. West	USN	5	DFC (3)
Robert B. Westbrook	USAAF	20	DSC, DFC (2)	MIA 22 November 1944
Raymond S. Wetmore		21.25	DSC (2), SS, DFC (5)	KIFA 14 February 1951
William E. Whalen		6	SS, DFC
Elmer M. Wheadon		7	SS, DFC	"Ace in a day" 1 July 1943
William T. Whisner		15.5	DSC (2), SS, DFC (3)	"Ace in a day" 21 November 1944. Scored 6.5 additional victories with U.S. Air Force and award third DSC during Korean War.
Henry S. White	USN	5	DFC (2)
John H. White	USAAF	5	DFC (2)	KIFA 5 October 1945
Robert H. White		9	SS, DFC (4)
Thomas A. White		6	DFC (2)
Roy E. Whittaker		7	DFC (4)
Samuel J. Wicker		7	SS, DFC
David C. Wilhelm		6	DFC (2)
Paul H. Wilkins		5	DFC (3)
James W. Wilkinson		6	DSC, DFC (3)	KIFA 4 June 1944
Bruce W. Williams	USN	7	NC, DFC (3)
Gerard M. H. Williams	USMC	7	DFC (2)
James M. Williams	USAAF	6	DFC
Russell D. Williams		5	DFC (3)
Felix D. Williamson		13	DSC, DFC (4)	"Ace in a day" 14 January 1945. KIFA 24 February 1947
Robert C. Wilson	USN	6	DFC (2)
William F. Wilson	USAAF	5	SS, DFC	KIFA 12 November 1947
Murray Winfield	USN	8	SS, DFC (3)
Robert P. Winks	USAAF	5.5	DFC (2)
Robert A. Winston	USN	5	DFC
Theodore H. Winters Jr.	USN	8	NC (2), SS (3), DFC
Calvin C. Wire	USAAF	7	DFC (4)
Ralph L. Wire	USAAF	5	DFC (2)
John L. Wirth	USN	14	NC, SS (2), DFC	KIFA 13 April 1945
Lee V. Wiseman	USAAF	5	SS
Lynn E. Witt Jr.	USAAF	6	DSC, SS, DFC (3)
John T. Wolf	USN	7	DFC (2)
Judge E. Wolfe	USAAF	9	SS, DFC (2)	KIFA 24 November 1948
John L. Wolford	USAAF	5	DFC	MIA 20 May 1943
Walter A. Wood	USN	5.5	SS
Sidney S. Woods	USAAF	7	DSC, SS, DFC (3)	"Ace in a day" 22 March 1945. POW 16 April 1945
Robert E. Woody	USAAF	7	DSC, DFC
Millard Wooley Jr.	USN	5	DFC (2)
Robert C. Woolverton		6	DFC (3)
Malcolm T. Wordell		7	NC (2), DFC (3)
George L. Wrenn		5.25	NC, DFC
Ellis W. Wright Jr.	USAAF	6	DSC
Max J. Wright	USAAF	5	SS
Robert R. Yaeger Jr.	USAAF	5	SS, DFC (4)
Charles Elwood Yeager	USAAF	13	SS, DFC	"Ace in a day" 12 October 1944. First man to break the sound barrier 14 October 1947
Harold Yeremain	USN	6	DFC (3)	KIFA 13 August 1951
Robert M. York	USAAF	5	SS
Donald K. Yost	USMC	8	SS, DFC
Michael R. Yunck	USMC	5	SS, DFC
Earling W. Zaeske	USN	5	DFC (2)
Hubert "Hub" Zemke	USAAF	17.75	DSC, SS, DFC (8)	POW 30 October 1944
John A. Zink	USN	5	DFC
Daniel J. Zoerb	USAAF	7	SS, DFC (3)
Charles J. Zubarik	USAAF	8	DFC	POW 24 May 1943

Notes※

Abbreviations※

"DOW" in Notes means Died of Wounds which, in some cases, may have occurred months later.
"KIA" in Notes means Killed in action (dates are included where possible).
"KIFA" in Notes means Killed in Flying Accident.
"MIA" in Notes means Missing in action.
"POW" in Notes means Prisoner of War.
"USAAF" means United States Army Air Forces
"USMC" means United States Marine Corps
"USN" means United States Navy

Awards※

Award	Title	Notes
DFC	Distinguished Flying Cross	The Distinguished Flying Cross is a medal awarded to any officer. Or enlisted member of the United States armed forces who distinguishes himself or herself in support of operations by "heroism or extraordinary achievement while participating in an aerial flight".
DFC(UK)	Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)	Awarded to Royal Air Force commissioned officers and Warrant Officers for "an act or acts of valour, courage or devotion to duty whilst flying in active operations against the enemy".
DSC	Distinguished Service Cross	The Distinguished Service Cross is the second highest medal for gallantry awarded to any member of the Army and Army Air Force for "extraordinary heroism not justifying the Medal of Honor".
LOM	Legion of Merit	The Legion of Merit is a medal awarded to members of the Uniformed Services of the United States and members of allied armed forces for "exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services and achievements".
MOH	Medal of Honor	The Medal of Honor is the highest and most prestigious military decoration awarded to any member of the US Armed Forces for "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty".
NC	Navy Cross	The Navy Cross is the second highest medal for gallantry awarded to any member of the Navy and the Marine Corps who "distinguishes himself or herself in action by extraordinary heroism in combat not justifying the Medal of Honor."
SS	Silver Star	The Silver Star is a medal awarded to any officer or enlisted member of the United States armed forces who distinguishes himself or herself by "gallantry in action against an enemy of the United States"

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^ "Cyrus Raymond Gladen". Military Times.
^ "George Wilson Gleason". Military Times.
^ "Maxwell Henry Glenn". Military Times.
^ "John Trevor Godfrey". Military Times.
^ Godfrey's "most memorable mission" is chronicled in the seventh chapter of Edward H. Sims' 1958 book American Aces in Great Fighter Battles of World War II.
^ "Lindley William Godson". Military Times.
^ "Robert John Goebel". Military Times.
^ "Walter John Goehausen". Military Times.
^ "Robert E. Goodnight". Military Times.
^ "James Alexander Goodson". Military Times.
^ Goodson's "most memorable mission" is chronicled in the fourth chapter of Edward H. Sims' 1958 book American Aces in Great Fighter Battles of World War II.
^ "Donald Gordon". Military Times.
^ "Edmond Robert Goss". Military Times.
^ "Gordon Marion Graham". Military Times.
^ "Lindol French Graham". Military Times.
^ "Robert F. Graham". Military Times.
^ "Vernon Earl Graham". Military Times.
^ "Marvin Eugene Grant". Military Times.
^ "James Seton Gray". Military Times.
^ "John Floyd Gray". Military Times.
^ "Lester Eric Gray". Military Times.
^ "Rockford Vance Gray". Military Times.
^ "Herschel Harper Green". Military Times.
^ "Lee Ozbun Gregg". Military Times.
^ "Hayden Alvin Gregory". Military Times.
^ "Billy Moore Gresham". Military Times.
^ "Joseph Henry Griffin". Military Times.
^ "Richard Joseph Griffin". Military Times.
^ "Robert Clayton Griffith". Military Times.
^ "Clayton Kelly Gross". Military Times.
^ "Leroy Victor Grosshuesch". Military Times.
^ "William Grosvenor". Military Times.
^ "Charles Francis Gumm". Military Times.
^ "Cheatham Winston Gupton". Military Times.
^ "Harlan Iver Gustafson". Military Times.
^ "Fred Ernst Gutt". Military Times.
^ "Walter Albert Haas". Military Times.
^ "Roger Anthony Haberman". Military Times.
^ "Albert Edward Hacking". Military Times.
^ "Mayo Addison Hadden". Military Times.
^ "James Philo Hagerstrom". Military Times.
^ "George Finley Hall". Military Times.
^ "Sheldon Otho Hall". Military Times.
^ "William Timothy Halton". Military Times.
^ "Louis Roberts Hamblin". Military Times.
^ "Henry Bernard Hamilton". Military Times.
^ "Robert Morrill Hamilton". Military Times.
^ "Samuel Eugene Hammer". Military Times.
^ "John Frederick Hampshire". Military Times.
^ "William Fred Hanes". Military Times.
^ "Eugene Ralph Hanks". Military Times.
^ "Harry Troy Hanna". Military Times.
^ "Christopher Junior Hanseman". Military Times.
^ "Herman Hansen". Military Times.
^ "Robert Murray Hanson". Military Times.
^ "Willis Everett Hardy". Military Times.
^ "Everett Carleton Hargreaves". Military Times.
^ "Walter Robert Harman". Military Times.
^ "Raymond Frederick Harmeyer". Military Times.
^ "Bill Harris". Military Times.
^ "Cecil Elwood Harris". Military Times.
^ "Ernest Arnold Harris". Military Times.
^ "Frederick A. Harris". Military Times.
^ "Leroy Eugene Harris". Military Times.
^ "Thomas Lynn Harris". Military Times.
^ "Thomas Switzer Harris". Military Times.
^ "Cameron MacDonald Hart". Military Times.
^ "Kenneth Franklin Hart". Military Times.
^ "Raymond Ellis Hartley". Military Times.
^ "Paul Robert Hatala". Military Times.
^ "Herbert Brooks Hatch". Military Times.
^ "Charles Donald Hauver". Military Times.
^ "Charles Henry Haverland". Military Times.
^ "Fred R. Haviland". Military Times.
^ "Arthur Ray Hawkins". Military Times.
^ "Russell Carroll Haworth". Military Times.
^ "Frank Richard Hayde". Military Times.
^ "Thomas Lloyd Hayes". Military Times.
^ "Cotesworth Bradway Head". Military Times.
^ "Frank Clint Hearrell". Military Times.
^ "Horace Walker Heath". Military Times.
^ "Roger Richards Hedrick". Military Times.
^ "Lloyd Paul Heinzen". Military Times.
^ "Edwin Lewis Heller". Military Times.
^ "Paul McRae Henderson". Military Times.
^ "Randall William Hendricks". Military Times.
^ "William J. Hennon". Military Times.
^ "William Earl Henry". Military Times.
^ "John Coleman Herbst". Military Times.
^ "Edwin James Hernan". Military Times.
^ "Samuel Bushnell Hibbard". Military Times.
^ "Allen Elbert Hill". Military Times.
^ "David Lee "Tex" Hill". Military Times.
^ "Frank Ackerman Hill". Military Times.
^ "Harry Edward Hill". Military Times.
^ "James Erskine Hill". Military Times.
^ "Donald Edison Hillman". Military Times.
^ "Hollis Harry Hills". Military Times.
^ "Kenneth George Hippe". Military Times.
^ "Edwin Walfred Hiro". Military Times.
^ "Howard Davis Hively". Military Times.
^ "Myron Mack Hnatio". Military Times.
^ "John Bannatyne Hoag". Military Times.
^ "John Joseph Hockery". Military Times.
^ "William R. Hodges". Military Times.
^ "John Herman Hoefker". Military Times.
^ "Ronald William Hoel". Military Times.
^ "Cullen Jenkins Hoffman". Military Times.
^ "James Edward Hoffman". Military Times.
^ "Roy Burton Hogg". Military Times.
^ "Bruce Keener Holloway". Military Times.
^ Holloway's "most memorable mission" is chronicled in the third chapter of Edward H. Sims' 1958 book American Aces in Great Fighter Battles of World War II.
^ "James Davis Holloway". Military Times.
^ "George Lindley Hollowell". Military Times.
^ "Besby Frank Holmes". Military Times.
^ "Cyril Filcher Homer". Military Times.
^ "William Leslie Hood". Military Times.
^ "Wallace Eugene Hopkins". Military Times.
^ "Francis W. Horne". Military Times.
^ "Herbert Norman Houck". Military Times.
^ "William Johnston Hovde". Military Times.
^ "James Howell Howard". Military Times.
^ "Robert L. Howard". Military Times.
^ "David Wayne Howe". Military Times.
^ "Bernard Harte Howes". Military Times.
^ "Edward Roland Hoyt". Military Times.
^ "Mark Everett Hubbard". Military Times.
^ "Howard Randolph Hudson". Military Times.
^ "Charles Wood Huffman". Military Times.
^ "Robert Jay Humphrey". Military Times.
^ "John Calloway Hundley". Military Times.
^ "Alvaro Jay Hunter". Military Times.
^ "Edward Earl Hunt". Military Times.
^ "Richard F. Hurd". Military Times.
^ "Frank Damon Hurlbut". Military Times.
^ "Robert Hurst". Military Times.
^ "Joe Walter Icard". Military Times.
^ "Jack Milton Ilfrey". Military Times.
^ "James Childs Ince". Military Times.
^ "Julius Wirth Ireland". Military Times.
^ "Clayton Merlin Isaacson". Military Times.
^ "Michael Jason Jackson". Military Times.
^ "Willie Otto Jackson". Military Times.
^ "Gilbert Leroy Jamison". Military Times.
^ "Bruce Donald Jaques". Military Times.
^ "Arthur Ferdinand Jeffrey". Military Times.
^ "Otto DeVillbiss Jenkins". Military Times.
^ "Robert Harvey Jennings". Military Times.
^ "Alvin Julius Jensen". Military Times.
^ "Hayden Martin Jensen". Military Times.
^ "Verl Erwin Jett". Military Times.
^ "Arthur George Johnson". Military Times.
^ "Byron Milton Johnson". Military Times.
^ "Clarence Oscar Johnson". Military Times.
^ "Evan Malbone Johnson". Military Times.
^ "Gerald Richard Johnson". Military Times.
^ "Gerald Walter Johnson". Military Times.
^ "James Kenneth Johnson". Military Times.
^ "Robert Samuel Johnson". Military Times.
^ Johnson's "most memorable mission" is chronicled in the eighth chapter of Edward H. Sims' 1958 book American Aces in Great Fighter Battles of World War II.
^ "Wallace Robert Johnson". Military Times.
^ "John Mitchell Johnston". Military Times.
^ "Robert Donald Johnston". Military Times.
^ "Charles David Jones". Military Times.
^ "Curran Littleton Jones". Military Times.
^ "Cyril William Jones". Military Times.
^ "James Murrell Jones". Military Times.
^ "John Lewis Jones". Military Times.
^ "Lynn Frank Jones". Military Times.
^ "Warren Leslie Jones". Military Times.
^ "Wallace Robert Jordan". Military Times.
^ "Alwin Max Juchheim". Military Times.
^ "William H. Julian". Military Times.
^ "William Richard Kane". Military Times.
^ "William Richard Kane". Military Times.
^ "Dale Ernest Karger". Military Times.
^ "Robert Adelbert Karr". Military Times.
^ "Neel Ernest Kearby". Military Times.
^ "Robert James Keen". Military Times.
^ "LeRoy William James Keith". Military Times.
^ "William Thomas Kemp". Military Times.
^ "Neel Ernest Kearby". Military Times.
^ "Daniel Kennedy". Military Times.
^ Kepford's "most memorable mission" is chronicled in the sixth chapter of Edward H. Sims' 1962 book Greatest Fighter Missions of the Top Navy and Marine Aces of World War II.
^ "Ira Cassius Kepford". Military Times.
^ "Robert Riffle Kidwell". Military Times.
^ "Donald David Kienholz". Military Times.
^ "Robert Alexander Kincaid". Military Times.
^ "Benjamin Hardin King". Military Times.
^ "Charles William King". Military Times.
^ "David Lee King". Military Times.
^ "William Bolin King". Military Times.
^ "William John Kingston". Military Times.
^ "Claiborne Holmes Kinnard". Military Times.
^ "James Joseph Kinsella". Military Times.
^ "Claude Ross Kinsey". Military Times.
^ "Marion Franklin Kirby". Military Times.
^ "George Nathan Kirk". Military Times.
^ "Lenton Foy Kirkland". Military Times.
^ "Floyd Claude Kirkpatrick". Military Times.
^ "Philip Leroy Kirkwood". Military Times.
^ "John A Kirla". Military Times.
^ "George Edward Kiser". Military Times.
^ "Frank William Klibbe". Military Times.
^ "Robert Harold Knapp". Military Times.
^ "William Marshall Knight". Military Times.
^ "Carroll S. Knott". Military Times.
^ "Charles Wilbert Koenig". Military Times.
^ "William John Kostik". Military Times.
^ "Joseph John Kruzel". Military Times.
^ "MAJOR GENERAL HENRY B. KUCHEMAN JR". af.mil.
^ "Ward Albert Kuentzel". Military Times.
^ "Charles Murphy Kunz". Military Times.
^ "Kenneth George Ladd". Military Times.
^ "Dean Samuel Laird". Military Times.
^ "Wayne Willis Laird". Military Times.
^ "Kenneth B. Lake". Military Times.
^ "George Max Lamb". Military Times.
^ "Robert Alexander Lamb". Military Times.
^ "William Emerson Lamb". Military Times.
^ "William Edward Lamoreaux". Military Times.
^ "Richard Charles Lampe". Military Times.
^ "John Dave Landers". Military Times.
^ Landers' "most memorable mission" is chronicled in the second chapter of Edward H. Sims' 1958 book American Aces in Great Fighter Battles of World War II.
^ "John Harvey Lane". Military Times.
^ "Willis Geral Laney". Military Times.
^ "Joseph Leo Lang". Military Times.
^ "Ned William Langdon". Military Times.
^ "Thomas George Lanphier". Military Times.
^ "Donald Arthur Larson". Military Times.
^ "Leland Alson Larson". Military Times.
^ "Charles William Lasko". Military Times.
^ "Franklin Charles Lathrope". Military Times.
^ "John Barry Lawler". Military Times.
^ "Frank Lindsay Lawlor". Military Times.
^ "Earl R. Lazear". Military Times.
^ "Richard John Lee". Military Times.
^ "Marlow John Leikness". Military Times.
^ "Charles William Lenfest". Military Times.
^ "Jack Lenox". Military Times.
^ "Francis Joseph Lent". Military Times.
^ "William Nicholas Leonard". Military Times.
^ "John Arthur Leppla". Military Times.
^ "Alfred Lerch". Military Times.
^ "Joseph J. Lesicka". Military Times.
^ "William Lawrence Leverette". Military Times.
^ "Warren Russell Lewis". Military Times.
^ "William Henry Lewis". Military Times.
^ "Lawrence P. Liebers". Military Times.
^ "Robert Lee Liles". Military Times.
^ "Elvin Lester Lindsay". Military Times.
^ "Ted Elvan Lines". Military Times.
^ "Raymond Henry Littge". Military Times.
^ "James Walter Little". Military Times.
^ "Gregory Kasson Loesch". Military Times.
^ "John Simon Loisel". Military Times.
^ "John Dariel Lombard". Military Times.
^ "Charles Pershing London". Military Times.
^ "Herbert Harvey Long". Military Times.
^ "Maurice George Long". Military Times.
^ "Donald Sewell Lopez". Military Times.
^ "George Gilmer Loving". Military Times.
^ "John Harlan Lowell". Military Times.
^ "Wayne Leon Lowry". Military Times.
^ "Marvin Lubner". Military Times.
^ "Paul Woodrow Lucas". Military Times.
^ "Carl John Luksic". Military Times.
^ "James Forrest Luma". Military Times.
^ "Walter Axel Lundin". Military Times.
^ "Stanley Joseph Lustic". Military Times.
^ "Lowell C. Lutton". Military Times.
^ "Joseph Paul Lynch". Military Times.
^ "John Joseph "Johnny" Lynch Jr". acesofww2.
^ "Thomas Joseph Lynch". Military Times.
^ "John Bernard Maas". Military Times.
^ "Lewin Ardell Maberry". Military Times.
^ "Charles Henry MacDonald". Military Times.
^ MacDonald's "most memorable mission" is chronicled in the tenth chapter of Edward H. Sims' 1958 book American Aces in Great Fighter Battles of World War II.
^ "John Alexander MacKay". Military Times.
^ "Christopher Lyman Magee". Military Times.
^ "Morton David Magoffin". Military Times.
^ "William J. Maguire". Military Times.
^ "American Aces of WW2". acesofww2.
^ "Keith Mahon". Military Times.
^ "Grant M. Mahony". Military Times.
^ "Walker Melville Mahurin". Military Times.
^ "Charles Mitchell Mallory". Military Times.
^ "Thomas Edward Maloney". Military Times.
^ "Jack Cyril Mankin". Military Times.
^ "Lee Paul Mankin". Military Times.
^ "Thomas Henry Mann". Military Times.
^ "Armand G. Manson". Military Times.
^ "Gene Edward Markham". Military Times.
^ "William Pratt Marontate". Military Times.
^ "Lester Cecil Marsh". Military Times.
^ "Bert Wilder Marshall". Military Times.
^ "Albert Edward Martin". Military Times.
^ "Kenneth Ray Martin". Military Times.
^ "Joe Lennard Mason". Military Times.
^ "William John Masoner". Military Times.
^ "William Henry Mathis". Military Times.
^ "Milden Eyrle Mathre". Military Times.
^ "Joseph Zannet Matte". Military Times.
^ "Chester Kenneth Maxwell". Military Times.
^ "William Robert Maxwell". Military Times.
^ "Earl May". Military Times.
^ "Richard Hobbs May". Military Times.
^ "Michele Albert Mazzocco". Military Times.
^ "Paul Graham McArthur". Military Times.
^ "T. H. McArthur". Military Times.
^ "David S. McCampbell". Military Times.
^ McCampbell's "most memorable mission" is chronicled in the tenth chapter of Edward H. Sims' 1962 book Greatest Fighter Missions of the Top Navy and Marine Aces of World War II.
^ "Henry Allen McCartney". Military Times.
^ "Frank Edward McCauley". Military Times.
^ "Thomas Gilbert McClelland". Military Times.
^ "Robert Wesley McClurg". Military Times.
^ "Carroll W. McColpin". Military Times.
^ "Edward O. McComas". Military Times.
^ "Charles Milton McCorkle". Military Times.
^ "William Ambrose McCormick". Military Times.
^ "Leo Bob McCuddin". Military Times.
^ "Elbert Scott McCuskey". Military Times.
^ "Gordon Howard McDaniel". Military Times.
^ "Norman Leroy McDonald". Military Times.
^ "William F. McDonough". Military Times.
^ "James Newton McElroy". Military Times.
^ "Donald Charles McGee". Military Times.
^ "John Leon McGinn". Military Times.
^ "Selva Eugene McGinty". Military Times.
^ "Edward Charles McGowan". Military Times.
^ "Bernard J. McGrattan". Military Times.
^ "Thomas Buchanan McGuire". Military Times.
^ "John William McGuyrt". Military Times.
^ "Pierce Winningham McKennon". Military Times.
^ "Joseph Thomas McKeon". Military Times.
^ "Donald Joseph McKinley". Military Times.
^ "Murray David McLaughlin". Military Times.
^ "John McManus". Military Times.
^ "George Bray McMillan". Military Times.
^ "Evan DeVon McMinn". Military Times.
^ "Donald Melvin McPherson". Military Times.
^ "Hamilton McWhorter". Military Times.
^ "Nicholas Megura". Military Times.
^ "Roger William Mehle". Military Times.
^ "Henry Meigs". Military Times.
^ "Louis Arthur Menard". Military Times.
^ "Adolph Mencin". Military Times.
^ "Virgil Kersh Meroney". Military Times.
^ "George L. Merritt". Military Times.
^ "Donald W. Meuten". Military Times.
^ "John Charles Meyer". Military Times.
^ Meyer's "most memorable mission" is chronicled in the eleventh chapter of Edward H. Sims' 1958 book American Aces in Great Fighter Battles of World War II.
^ "Frederick Hayes Michaelis". Military Times.
^ "Henry J. Miklajcyk". Military Times.
^ "Armour Conway Miller". Military Times.
^ "Everett Miller". Military Times.
^ "Johnnie Gamble Miller". Military Times.
^ "Joseph Ewing Miller". Military Times.
^ "Thomas Frederick Miller". Military Times.
^ "Willard Wesley Millikan". Military Times.
^ "Robert Carl Milliken". Military Times.
^ "Henry L. Mills". Military Times.
^ "Charles Baynard Milton". Military Times.
^ "Robert Mims". Military Times.
^ "Leslie David Minchew". Military Times.
^ "Harris Edlow Mitchell". Military Times.
^ "Henry Earl Mitchell". Military Times.
^ "John William Mitchell". Military Times.
^ "Sanford Kenneth Moats". Military Times.
^ "Leland Phelps Molland". Military Times.
^ "Norman Wesley Mollard". Military Times.
^ "Arthur Paul Mollenhauer". Military Times.
^ "William Wallace Momyer". Military Times.
^ "Franklin Herman Monk". Military Times.
^ "John Robert Montapert". Military Times.
^ "John Taylor Moore". Military Times.
^ "Robert Wilson Moore". Military Times.
^ "Glennon Timothy Moran". Military Times.
^ "Horace Blake Moranville". Military Times.
^ "James Bruce Morehead". Military Times.
^ "John Luther Morgan". Military Times.
^ "Stanley B. Morrill". Military Times.
^ "Bert DeWayne Morris". Military Times.
^ "James Madison Morris". Military Times.
^ "Paul Vernon Morriss". Military Times.
^ "Mark Lesley Moseley". Military Times.
^ "William Crawford Moseley". Military Times.
^ "James Dennis Mugavero". Military Times.
^ "Robert Frank Mulhollem". Military Times.
^ "Paul Anthony Mullen". Military Times.
^ "Paul Chesley Murphey". Military Times.
^ "Alva Cochran Murphy". Military Times.
^ "John Byrd Murphy". Military Times.
^ "Robert Edward Murray". Military Times.
^ "Jennings Leary Myers". Military Times.
^ "Joseph Lawson Narr". Military Times.
^ "Robert Joseph Nelson". Military Times.
^ "Robert Kolden Nelson". Military Times.
^ "Franklin Allen Nichols". Military Times.
^ "Myrvin Elias Noble". Military Times.
^ "Edward Max Nollmeyer". Military Times.
^ "Cornelius Nicholas Nooy". Military Times.
^ "Louis H. Norley". Military Times.
^ "George Peter Novotny". Military Times.
^ "Cleveland LeRoy Null". Military Times.
^ "Gilbert Mouzon O'Brien". Military Times.
^ "William Ross O'Brien". Military Times.
^ "Frank Quinn O'Connor". Military Times.
^ "Edward Henry "Butch" O'Hare". Military Times.
^ "Gilbert Mouzon O'Brien". Military Times.
^ "Paul O'Mara". Military Times.
^ "Eugene Walter O'Neill". Military Times.
^ "John G. O'Neill". Military Times.
^ "Lawrence Frederick O'Neill". Military Times.
^ "Jack Junior Oberhansly". Military Times.
^ "Harvey George Odenbrett". Military Times.
^ "Fred F. Ohr". Military Times.
^ "Edwin Lawrence Olander". Military Times.
^ "Charles Herman Older". Military Times.
^ "Robin Olds". Military Times.
^ "Austin LeRoy Olsen". Military Times.
^ "Norman E. Olson". Military Times.
^ "Paul Edward Olson". Military Times.
^ "John Orth". Military Times.
^ "Ernest Kermit Osher". Military Times.
^ "Edward Cobb Outlaw". Military Times.
^ "Robert Johnson Overcash". Military Times.
^ "Edmund Fryer Overend". Military Times.
^ "Lloyd J. Overfield". Military Times.
^ "Edward White Overton". Military Times.
^ "Donald Cook Owen". Military Times.
^ "Edward Morgan Owen". Military Times.
^ "Joel Amos Owens". Military Times.
^ "Marion Pope "Dutch" Owens". Military Times.
^ "Robert Gordon Owens". Military Times.
^ "Melvyn Robert Paisley". Military Times.
^ "Forrest F. Parham". Military Times.
^ "Joel Benjamin Paris". Military Times.
^ "Harry Alfred Parker". Military Times.
^ "Elbert Willard Parrish". Military Times.
^ "James Joseph Pascoe". Military Times.
^ "Joseph John Paskoski". Military Times.
^ "Edsel Paulk". Military Times.
^ "Carl Wilson Payne". Military Times.
^ "Frederick Rounsville Payne". Military Times.
^ "James Lano Pearce". Military Times.
^ "James Elvidge Peck". Military Times.
^ "James Gilbert Percy". Military Times.
^ "Oscar Francis Perdomo". Military Times.
^ "Chesley Gordon Peterson". Military Times.
^ "Richard Allen Peterson". Military Times.
^ "Richard Allen Peterson". Military Times.
^ "Edward Alexander Phillips". Military Times.
^ "Hyde Phillips". Military Times.
^ "Harvey Peter Picken". Military Times.
^ "Francis Edwin Pierce". Military Times.
^ "Joseph Franklin Pierce". Military Times.
^ "Sammy Alpmeus Pierce". Military Times.
^ "John Pietz". Military Times.
^ "George Wood Pigman". Military Times.
^ "Spiros (Steven) Nicholas Pisanos". Military Times.
^ "Jack Pittman". Military Times.
^ "Claude William Plant". Military Times.
^ "James N. Poindexter". Military Times.
^ "Peter Edward Pompetti". Military Times.
^ "Zenneth Arthur Pond". Military Times.
^ "Kenneth Reed Pool". Military Times.
^ "Tilman Ellison Pool". Military Times.
^ "Albert James Pope". Military Times.
^ "Edward Stanley Popek". Military Times.
^ "Robert Bruce Porter". Military Times.
^ "George H. Poske". Military Times.
^ "Nathan Topliff Post". Military Times.
^ "Ralston Murphy Pound". Military Times.
^ "Ernest Allen Powell". Military Times.
^ "Joe Harry Powers". Military Times.
^ "MacArthur Powers". Military Times.
^ "Luther Delano Prater". Military Times.
^ "George Earl Preddy". Military Times.
^ "Frank Helen Presley". Military Times.
^ "Jack Clayton Price". Military Times.
^ "Melvin Merl Prichard". Military Times.
^ "Royce Whitman Priest". Military Times.
^ "Roger Carothers Pryor". Military Times.
^ "John Forrest Pugh". Military Times.
^ "John Edgar Purdy". Military Times.
^ "Norwald R. Quiel". Military Times.
^ "Donald Loring Quigley". Military Times.
^ "Michael Joseph Quirk". Military Times.
^ "Valentine Simpson Rader". Military Times.
^ "Orvin Herbert Ramlo". Military Times.
^ "Robert James Rankin". Military Times.
^ "C. B. Ray". Military Times.
^ "James Valentine Reber". Military Times.
^ "Edward Franklin Rector". Military Times.
^ "Eugene Daniel Redmond". Military Times.
^ "William Norman Reed". Military Times.
^ "William Clayton Reese". Military Times.
^ "Horace Bickley Reeves". Military Times.
^ "Leonard Randolph Reeves". Military Times.
^ "Francis Roland Register". Military Times.
^ "Daniel Robert Rehm". Military Times.
^ "Thomas Hamil Reidy". Military Times.
^ "Joseph Hunter Reinburg". Military Times.
^ "Russell Lawrence Reiserer". Military Times.
^ "Thomas James Rennemo". Military Times.
^ "Joseph Edwin Reulet". Military Times.
^ "Glenn Meredith Revel". Military Times.
^ "Andrew Jackson Reynolds". Military Times.
^ "Robert P. Reynolds". Military Times.
^ "Elmer Winston Richardson". Military Times.
^ "Robert Edgar Riddle". Military Times.
^ "Vincent Arthur Rieger". Military Times.
^ "Alden P. Rigby". Military Times.
^ "James Francis Rigg". Military Times.
^ "Elwyn Guido Righetti". Military Times.
^ "Paul S. Riley". Military Times.
^ "Ben Rimerman". Military Times.
^ "Andrew Jackson Ritchey". Military Times.
^ "Joe Draper Robbins". Military Times.
^ "Jay Thorpe Robbins". Military Times.
^ Robbins' "most memorable mission" is chronicled in the fifth chapter of Edward H. Sims' 1958 book American Aces in Great Fighter Battles of World War II.
^ "Arval James Roberson". Military Times.
^ "Daniel Tipton Roberts". Military Times.
^ "Eugene Paul Roberts". Military Times.
^ "Newell Orville Roberts". Military Times.
^ "LeRoy Walker Robinson". Military Times.
^ "Ross Forest Robinson". Military Times.
^ "Edward Frances Roddy". Military Times.
^ "Felix Michael Rogers". Military Times.
^ "Franklin Rose". Military Times.
^ "Ralph John Rosen". Military Times.
^ "Herbert Erskine Ross". Military Times.
^ "Robert Page Ross". Military Times.
^ "Herman Joseph Rossi". Military Times.
^ "John R. Rossi". Military Times.
^ "Gerald Lynn Rounds". Military Times.
^ "Robert Richard Rowland". Military Times.
^ "Leroy Alvin Ruder". Military Times.
^ "Henry Smith Rudolph". Military Times.
^ "John William Ruhsam". Military Times.
^ "Donald Eugene Runyon". Military Times.
^ "Roy Warrick Rushing". Military Times.
^ "William Aloysius Rynne". Military Times.
^ "Philip Sangermano". Military Times.
^ "Donald Hooten Sapp". Military Times.
^ "John Joseph Sargent". Military Times.
^ "Jimmie Eldon Savage". Military Times.
^ "Harrell Henry Scales". Military Times.
^ "Hartwell V. Scarborough". Military Times.
^ "Thomas Daniel Schank". Military Times.
^ "Gordon Eugene Schecter". Military Times.
^ "Wilbur Roy Scheible". Military Times.
^ "John Leroy Schell". Military Times.
^ "William John Schildt". Military Times.
^ "James Edwin Schiller". Military Times.
^ "David Carl Schilling". Military Times.
^ "Glenn Dale Schiltz". Military Times.
^ "Robert Gustav Schimanski". Military Times.
^ "Albert Louis Schlegel". Military Times.
^ "Leroy Adolph Schreiber". Military Times.
^ "Louis Schriber". Military Times.
^ "Duerr H. Schuh". Military Times.
^ "Robert Bruce Schultz (Shoals)". Military Times.
^ "Robert Lee Scott". Military Times.
^ "Alexander Franklin Sears". Military Times.
^ "Meldrum Lewis Sears". Military Times.
^ "Albert Seckel". Military Times.
^ "Robert Byron See". Military Times.
^ "Harold Edward Segal". Military Times.
^ "Robert Kronson Seidman". Military Times.
^ "Larry Russel Self". Military Times.
^ "Robert Walton Shackford". Military Times.
^ "Larry Russel Self". Military Times.
^ "Courtney Shands". Military Times.
^ "Edward Oliver Shaw". Military Times.
^ "Robert Marshall Shaw". Military Times.
^ "Hugh Virgil Sherrill". Military Times.
^ "Hugh Virgil Sherrill". Military Times.
^ "James Alexander Shirley". Military Times.
^ "William Arthur Shomo". Military Times.
^ "Robert LeRoy Shoup". Military Times.
^ "Murray Joseph Shubin". Military Times.
^ "Lucien Bob Shuler". Military Times.
^ "Perry Lindsay Shuman". Military Times.
^ "Wallace Eugene Sigler". Military Times.
^ "Sam Leonard Silber". Military Times.
^ "John Mack Simmons". Military Times.
^ "William Junior Simmons". Military Times.
^ "Arthur Singer". Military Times.
^ "Lester Harold Sipes". Military Times.
^ "Frank Sistrunk". Military Times.
^ "Norman C. Skogstad". Military Times.
^ "Warren Andrew Skon". Military Times.
^ "Albert Cairrel Slack". Military Times.
^ "William J. "Dixie" Sloan". Military Times.
^ "Armistead Burwell Smith". Military Times.
^ "Carl Eugene Smith". Military Times.
^ "Carroll Cecil Smith". Military Times.
^ "Clinton Lamar Smith". Military Times.
^ "Cornelius Marcellus Smith". Military Times.
^ "Daniel Fletcher Smith". Military Times.
^ Donavon Francis Smith
^ "Jack Roger Smith". Military Times.
^ "John Clay Smith". Military Times.
^ "John Lucian Smith". Military Times.
^ Smith's "most memorable mission" is chronicled in the second chapter of Edward H. Sims' 1962 book Greatest Fighter Missions of the Top Navy and Marine Aces of World War II.
^ "John Malcolm Smith". Military Times.
^ "Kenneth Guy Smith". Military Times.
^ "Leslie Clark Smith". Military Times.
^ "Meryl M. Smith". Military Times.
^ "Nicholas James Smith". Military Times.
^ "Paul Allen Smith". Military Times.
^ "Richard Eugene Smith". Military Times.
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^ "Virgil Harvil Smith". Military Times.
^ "William Nugent Snider". Military Times.
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^ "James Julian Southerland". Military Times.
^ "Kenneth C. Sparks". Military Times.
^ "Harold Leman Spears". Military Times.
^ "Dale Francis Spencer". Military Times.
^ "Clyde Poe Spitler". Military Times.
^ "Richard E. Stambook". Military Times.
^ "Paul Martin Stanch". Military Times.
^ "William James Stangel". Military Times.
^ "Gordon Arthur Stanley". Military Times.
^ "Morris Alfred Stanley". Military Times.
^ "Arland Stanton". Military Times.
^ "Walter Edwin Starck". Military Times.
^ "Philip Sangermano". Military Times.
^ "James Roy Starnes". Military Times.
^ "Robert Winston Stephens". Military Times.
^ "Everett Wilson Stewart". Military Times.
^ "James Clarence Stewart". Military Times.
^ "James Seth Stewart". Military Times.
^ "Philip Sangermano". Military Times.
^ "Charles Russell Stimpson". Military Times.
^ Stimpson's "most memorable mission" is chronicled in the ninth chapter of Edward H. Sims' 1962 book Greatest Fighter Missions of the Top Navy and Marine Aces of World War II.
^ "John Dempsey Stokes". Military Times.
^ "Carl Van Stone". Military Times.
^ "Robert Jacob Stone". Military Times.
^ "John Arthur Storch". Military Times.
^ "Robert Franklin Stout". Military Times.
^ "Donald Jackson Strait". Military Times.
^ "William Howard Strand". Military Times.
^ "John Robert Strane". Military Times.
^ "Johnnie Chester Strange". Military Times.
^ "Frederick James Streig". Military Times.
^ "Harvey Willard Sturdevant". Military Times.
^ "John L. Sublett". Military Times.
^ "Richard Charles Suehr". Military Times.
^ "Charles Peter Sullivan (O'Sullivan)". Military Times.
^ "Elliot Summer". Military Times.
^ "Robert Chandler Sutcliffe". Military Times.
^ "John Francis Sutherland". Military Times.
^ "James Elms Swett". Military Times.
^ The mission which garnered the Medal of Honor for Lt. Swett is chronicled in the fourth chapter of Edward H. Sims' 1962 book Greatest Fighter Missions of the Top Navy and Marine Aces of World War II.
^ "Harryn William Swinburne". Military Times.
^ "James Sidney Swope". Military Times.
^ "William Joseph Sykes". Military Times.
^ "John Carlos Cleves Symmes". Military Times.
^ "Stanley Thomas Synar". Military Times.
^ "Gilbert Francis Talbot". Military Times.
^ "William Frank Tanner". Military Times.
^ "James Buckley Tapp". Military Times.
^ "Kenneth Marlar Taylor". Military Times.
^ "Oliver Burtis Taylor". Military Times.
^ "Ralph Gordon Taylor". Military Times.
^ "Ray Alfred Taylor". Military Times.
^ "Will W. Taylor". Military Times.
^ "Francis Andell Terrill". Military Times.
^ "John Smith Thach". Military Times.
^ "William Paul Thayer". Military Times.
^ "Robert Hubert Thelen". Military Times.
^ "Franklin Charles Thomas". Military Times.
^ "Robert Francis Thomas". Military Times.
^ "Wilbur Jackson Thomas". Military Times.
^ "Robert Dan Thompson". Military Times.
^ "John Francis Thornell". Military Times.
^ "David Franklin Thwaites". Military Times.
^ "Harrison Reed Thyng". Military Times.
^ "John Alden Tilley". Military Times.
^ "Reade Franklin Tilley".
^ "Edward Walter Toaspern". Military Times.
^ "John Walter Topliff". Military Times.
^ "Harrison Bruce Tordoff". Military Times.
^ "Ross Edwin Torkelson". Military Times.
^ "Philip Edward Tovrea". Military Times.
^ "Eugene Powell Townsend". Military Times.
^ "Frederick William Tracey". Military Times.
^ "Frederick Osborn Trafton". Military Times.
^ "Franklin West Troup". Military Times.
^ "Eugene Arthur Trowbridge". Military Times.
^ "Clifton Howard Troxell". Military Times.
^ "Myron Melton Truax". Military Times.
^ "John Hinds Truluck". Military Times.
^ "Grant Marion Turley". Military Times.
^ "Charles Henry Turner". Military Times.
^ "Edward Bennett Turner". Military Times.
^ "Richard Eugene Turner". Military Times.
^ "William Lloyd Turner". Military Times.
^ "Wendell Van Twelves". Military Times.
^ "Gerald Edison Tyler". Military Times.
^ "James Otey Tyler". Military Times.
^ "Vernon R. Ude". Military Times.
^ "Donald Eugene Umphres". Military Times.
^ "Eugene Anthony Valencia". Military Times.
^ Valencia's "most memorable mission" is chronicled in the final chapter of Edward H. Sims' 1962 book Greatest Fighter Missions of the Top Navy and Marine Aces of World War II.
^ "Herbert J. Valentine". Military Times.
^ "Rudolph Daniel Van Dyke". Military Times.
^ "Peter Joseph Van der Linden". Military Times.
^ "Arthur Van Haren". Military Times.
^ "George Renzo Vanden Heuvel". Military Times.
^ "James Sullins Varnell". Military Times.
^ "Harley Camden Vaughn". Military Times.
^ "Robert Harry Vaught". Military Times.
^ "Milton Norwood Vedder". Military Times.
^ "Stanley Winfield Vejtasa". Military Times.
^ "Clinton Dermott Vincent". Military Times.
^ "Merriwell William Vineyard". Military Times.
^ "Arnold Everett Vinson". Military Times.
^ "Herman W. Visscher". Military Times.
^ "Harold Emanuel Vita". Military Times.
^ "John Edward Vogt". Military Times.
^ "John William Vogt". Military Times.
^ "John James Voll". Military Times.
^ "Roy Marlin Voris". Military Times.
^ "Albert Ogden Vorse". Military Times.
^ "Alexander Vraciu". Military Times.
^ Vraciu's "most memorable mission" is chronicled in the seventh chapter of Edward H. Sims' 1962 book Greatest Fighter Missions of the Top Navy and Marine Aces of World War II.
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^ "Robert Wade". Military Times.
^ "Horace Quientin Waggoner". Military Times.
^ "Boyd David Wagner". Military Times.
^ "John William Wainwright". Military Times.
^ "Joe Winfield Waits". Military Times.
^ "Thomas Hamilton Walter". Military Times.
^ "Walter Bertram Walker". Military Times.
^ Walsh's "most memorable mission" is chronicled in the fifth chapter of Edward H. Sims' 1962 book Greatest Fighter Missions of the Top Navy and Marine Aces of World War II.
^ "Kenneth Ambrose Walsh". Military Times.
^ "Ralph Henry Wandrey". Military Times.
^ "Lyttleton Thomas Ward". Military Times.
^ "Victor Edward Warford". Military Times.
^ "Arthur Trumbull Warner". Military Times.
^ "Jack Roland Warren". Military Times.
^ "Arthur Trebell Waters". Military Times.
^ "James Albert Watkins". Military Times.
^ "Ralph James Watson". Military Times.
^ "Charles Edward Watts". Military Times.
^ "Oran Stanley Watts". Military Times.
^ "Sidney William Weatherford". Military Times.
^ "Claude "Weavy" Weaver III". acesofww2.
^ "Wilbur Butcher Webb". Military Times.
^ "Willard Jerome Webb". Military Times.
^ "Gregory Joseph Weissenberger". Military Times.
^ "Darrell Gail Welch". Military Times.
^ "George Schwartz Welch". Military Times.
^ "Robert Eadon Welch". Military Times.
^ "Robert Dexter Welden". Military Times.
^ "Albert Philip Wells". Military Times.
^ "Edward George Wendorf". Military Times.
^ "Arthur Elmore Wenige". Military Times.
^ "John Maxwell Wesolowski". Military Times.
^ "Warren Melvin Wesson". Military Times.
^ "Richard Lee West". Military Times.
^ "Robert Glen West". Military Times.
^ "Robert Burdette Westbrook". Military Times.
^ "Ray Shuey Wetmore". Military Times.
^ "William E. Whalen". Military Times.
^ "Elmer Melvin Wheadon". Military Times.
^ "William Thomas Whisner". Military Times.
^ "Henry Solomon White". Military Times.
^ "John Howard White". Military Times.
^ "Robert Harry White". Military Times.
^ "Thomas Ace White". Military Times.
^ "Roy Eugene Whittaker". Military Times.
^ "Samuel James Wicker". Military Times.
^ "David Cudahy Wilhelm". Military Times.
^ "Paul Harry Wilkins". Military Times.
^ "James Willard Wilkinson". Military Times.
^ "Bruce Wade Williams". Military Times.
^ "Gerard Maurice Haralson Williams". Military Times.
^ "James Madison Williams". Military Times.
^ "Russell Douglas Williams". Military Times.
^ "Felix D. Williamson". Military Times.
^ "Robert Clark Wilson". Military Times.
^ "William Frederick Wilson". Military Times.
^ "Murray Winfield". Military Times.
^ "Robert Paul Winks". Military Times.
^ "Theodore Hugh Winters". Military Times.
^ "Calvin Charles Wire". Military Times.
^ "Ralph Lester Wire". Military Times.
^ "John Louis Wirth". Military Times.
^ "Lee Vern Wiseman". Military Times.
^ "Lynn Elwood Witt". Military Times.
^ "John Thomas Wolf". Military Times.
^ "Judge Edmond Wolfe". Military Times.
^ "John L. Wolford". Military Times.
^ "Walter A. Wood". Military Times.
^ "Sidney Sterling Woods". Military Times.
^ "Robert Elwood Woody". Military Times.
^ "Millard Wooley". Military Times.
^ "Robert Clifford Woolverton". Military Times.
^ "Malcolm Taber Wordell". Military Times.
^ "George Leroy Wrenn". Military Times.
^ "Ellis William Wright". Military Times.
^ "Max J. Wright". Military Times.
^ "Robert Roy Yaeger". Military Times.
^ "Chuck Yeager downs five – becomes an 'Ace in a Day'". World War II Today. n.d. Archived from the original on January 21, 2015. Retrieved July 7, 2015.
^ "Charles Elwood Yeager". Military Times.
^ "Harold Yeremain". Military Times.
^ "Robert Miles York". Military Times.
^ "Donald Keith Yost". Military Times.
^ "Michael Ryan Yunck". Military Times.
^ "Earling Wallace Zaeske". Military Times.
^ "Hubert Zemke". Military Times.
^ "John A. Zink". Military Times.
^ "Daniel James Zoerb". Military Times.
^ "Charles Joseph Zubarik". Military Times.

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Notes※

Abbreviations※

Awards※

References※

Further reading※