RAF antishipping aces

[Larry]

As far as I'm aware the RAF didn't have any score keeping for shipping and so hitting a ship was treated the same as hitting a land target. Many Coastal Command pilots sunk more than five ships but never became aces. However the more a pilot sunk the more likely he was to get a DFC and Bar and a promotion.

As for U-Boats these were harder to attack and any successes in sinking them were usually remembered as a great achievement but I have never heard of any Allied pilot that sunk five U-Boats.

If you are thinking of starting a 'Shipping Ace registry' good luck to you!