Good morning,
a fighter's fighter: the Curtiss P-40 was successful in nearly every WW2 operational theatre except Western Europe. However, quite few aces attained high scores in it. The following are the ten most successful P-40 aces that I know, ranked by their P-40 scores (totals in brackets):
- Caldwell: 20,5(28,5)
- Novichkov: 19(29)
- Drake: at least 16(21)
- Pokryshev: at least 15,1(38+8sh?)
- Hill: 13,25(13,25)
- Hampshire: 13(13)
- Holloway: 13(13)
- Neale: 13(13)
- Edwards: 12,83(16,08)
- Waddy: 12,5(15,5)
Compiling them I came across a guy named
Robert Lee Scott whose score is unclear to me. Does he deserve a rank in this list ?
Cheers,
Michael