WW2 Commonwealth aces
Hello, this is my list of all WW2 Commonwealth aces with at least 20 kills. Enjoy. Michael
NAME NAT KILLS 1. Marmaduke Pattle SA 50,67 [50+2] (provisionally) 2. James Johnson GB 36,92 [34+7] 3. William Vale GB 31,5 [30+3] 4. George Beurling CA 31,33 [31+1] 5. Adolph Malan SA 29,75 [27+7] 6. John Braham GB 29 7. Brendan Finucane IR 29 [26+6] 8. Clive Caldwell AU 28,5 [27+3] 9. James Lacey GB 28 10. Colin Gray NZ 27,7 [27+2] 11. Robert Tuck GB 27,67 [27+2] 12. Neville Duke GB 26,83 [26+2] 13. Eric Lock GB 26,5 [26+1] 14. Frank Carey GB 26,2 [25+3] 15. Lance Wade US 23 [22+2] 16. Douglas Bader GB 21,83 [20+4] 17. Donald Kingaby GB 21,67 [21+2] 18. Evan Mackie NZ 21,5 [20+3] 19. Henry McLeod CA 21 20. Branse Burbridge GB 21 21. Michael Crossley GB 21 [20+2] 22. Geoffrey Allard GB 20,83 [19+5] 23. William Crawford NZ 20,5 [20+1] 24. Pierre Clostermann FR 20 [17+6] 25. John Cunningham GB 20 |
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Wouldn't consider France as being a Commonwealth nation!
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OK, I rename the list WW2 Commonwealth forces aces with at least 20 kills.
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Good rename - last time I checked Broaddus, Texas was never part of the Commonwealth..
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...you refer to Mr Wade, it's understood ;-)
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Good morning Gentlemen,
I just finished working through Brian Cull's wonderful book "Screwball Beurling" https://www.amazon.com/Screwball-Beu...8798233&sr=8-1 I read 5 Brian Cull books so far and each was really excellent but this one is even better than the others: a meticulous study about this fascinating and complicated character and thrilling descriptions of the dogfights over Malta. Thumbs up ! Michael |
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In Brian Cull's excellent William Vale biography "Gladiator Ace" I found the number of his shared kills indicated as 3 but also as 4. The kill in question is the half-share on 27Jan1941. Is it valid ?
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Clostermann was RAF VR was not he? Nonetheless I see here pilots from RAF, RAAF and RCAF, and those should be marked differently.
Pattle's score is privided incorrectly. His official RAF approved score stood much lower, 50+ was not ever recognised, and comes from a research. Franek |
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I also have separate threads for the guys mentioned:
Clostermann: http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showth...ht=clostermann Pattle: http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showth...ghlight=pattle Vale: http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showth...highlight=vale |
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