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Old 23rd November 2017, 15:28
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Re: AIRFIX World War II Aircraft of the Aces

Good afternoon Gentlemen,

I've tried to find out if the aces of the AIRFIX World War II Aircraft of the Aces model kit series are the top aces of the plane types they represent:
  • 2081: J.E. Johnson scored 29,08 [27+5] of his 36,92 [34+7] kills in the Supermarine Spitfire MkIX
  • top ace of that type: him !
  • 2082: R.R. Stanford Tuck scored 7 of his 27,67 [27+2] kills in the Hawker Hurricane Mk1
  • top ace of that type: Marmaduke Pattle, 35,33 [35+1] kills in that type
  • 2083: Henry W. Brown scored all of his 14,2 [13+3] kills in the North American P51B Mustang
  • top ace of that type: Glenn Eagleston, 18,5 [18,1] kills in that type
  • 2084: Robert S. Johnson scored 25 of his 27 kills in the Republic P-47D Thunderbolt
  • top ace of that type: Francis Gabreski, 28 kills in that type
  • 2085: Josef Priller scored 43 of his 101 kills in the Focke-Wulf Fw190A
  • top ace of that type: Otto Kittel, at least 244 kills in that type
  • 2086: Adolf Galland scored 57 of his 104 kills in the Messerschmitt Bf109E
  • top ace of that type: Werner Mölders, 68 kills in that type
  • 2087: David McCampbell scored all of his 34 [33+2] kills in the Grumman F6F Hellcat
  • top ace of that type: him !
  • 2088: Thomas McGuire scored 16 of his 38 kills in the Lockheed P38H Lightning
  • top ace of that type: ???
  • 2089: John C. Meyer scored 15,5 [15+1] of his 26 [25+2] kills in the North American P51D Mustang
  • top ace of that type: George Preddy, 18 [17+2] kills in that type
  • 2090: Ira Kepford scored all of his 16 kills in the Vought F4U Corsair
  • top ace of that type: Robert Hanson, 25 kills in that type
  • 2091: Georgi Zakharov scored: 1-5? of the 19+4? kills in the Yakovlev Yak-3
  • top ace of that type: Aleksandr Koldunov, 28 kills in that type
  • 2092: Erich Hartmann scored 0-2? of his 352 kills in the Messerschmitt Bf109K
  • top ace of that type: Günther Landt, 7 kills in that type
  • 2093: Saburo Sakai scored 56,25 [54+19] of his 58,25 [56+19] kills in the Mitsubishi A6M Zero, of these 51,25 [49+19] in the A6M2
  • top ace of that type: ???
  • 2094: Evan Dall Mackie scored 5,5 [5+1] of his 21,5 [20+3] kills in the Hawker Tempest V
  • top ace of that type: Pierre-Henri Clostermann, 14 [11+6] kills in that type
Can anybody tell me if any ace scored more than 16 P-38H kills ?

Cheers,

Michael
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