10th October 2018, 19:42
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Alter Hase
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Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Switzerland
Posts: 1,854
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top aces of their plane type who died in aviation without combat
Good evening Gentlemen,
such a high percentage of aces died an airmen's death without combat. I compiled a list of those who met that fate and who were the top ace of their plane type, respectively. I didn't include car accidents, MIA or collisions with comrades during combat missions. Enjoy! - Airco D.H.4, David Stewart, 1924
- Airco D.H.5, Arthur Coningham, 1948 (lost in the Bermuda triangle)
- Albatros D.Va, Fritz Pütter, 1918
- Boulton Paul Defiant, Edward Thorn, 1946
- Bristol Scout, Charles Bell, 1918
- Curtiss Hawk III, LiuChui-Kang, 1937
- Dewoitine D.520, Pierre Le Gloan, 1943
- Douglas A-20, Gordon Raphael, 1945
- Fiat CR.32, Joaquin Garcia-Morato, 1939
- Fiat CR.42, Mario Visintini, 1941
- Hansa-Brandenburg D.I, Godwin Brumowski, 1936
- IAR 80, Teodor Zabava, 1944
- Lockheed P-38, Richard Bong, 1945
- Macchi M.5, Orazio Pierozzi, 1919
- Macchi M.C.202, Teresio Martinoli, 1944
- Nieuport 16, Charles Nungesser, 1927
- Nieuport 24bis, Charles Nungesser, 1927
- North American F-86, Joseph McConnell, 1954
- Polikarpow I-16, Sergei Grizewez, 1939
- R.A.F. R.E.8, Croye Pithey, 1920
- R.A.F. S.E.5a, Andrew Beauchamp-Proctor, 1921
- Salmson 2, William Erwin, 1927
Michael
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