List of World War II aces from Australia

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Clive Caldwell, top-scoring Australian ace of World War II, with his Supermarine Spitfire on Morotai, Dutch East Indies, 1944

This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from Australia. An "ace" is generally considered to be any pilot who has downed five or more enemy aircraft, though the term has never been officially adopted by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).[1] Accordingly, the numbers of victories attained by its fighter pilots were not routinely publicised by the RAAF during the war.[2] Historians have gleaned figures from combat reports, unit histories, personnel records, and award citations, which sometimes recorded the pilot's tally of victories at the time the decoration was recommended. The top-scoring Australian ace of World War II, Clive Caldwell, is generally credited with 28½ victories, that is 27 solo "kills" and three shared, or a total of 30 if shared victories are counted as one each.[3][4] His total was almost twice that of the second-highest scoring Australian ace, Adrian Goldsmith with 17.[3][5]

For aces of other countries, see List of World War II aces by country.

Name Victories Unit(s) Awards Notes
Template:Sortname 28½[6][7] or 30, i.e. 27 + 3 shared.[5] 250, 112 Sqdns RAF; 1 Wing RAAF (CO) DSO, DFC & Bar In North Africa, Caldwell is credited with 21–23 victories; and in the South West Pacific, with 6½–7 victories.
Template:Sortname 16¼[6] or 17[5][7] 234, 242, 126 RAF 452 RAAF DFC, DFM
Template:Sortname 15[6][7] or 17 (14 + 3 shared)[5] 64, 234, 247 RAF DFC KIA 7 September 1940[8]
Template:Sortname 15[5] or 16[6][7] 452, 76 RAAF DFC & Bar KIFA 28 March 1943[9]
Template:Sortname 15[7] 15½[5][6] 250, 260, 92 RAF 4 SAAF 80 RAAF DFC
Template:Sortname 14[6] or 16[5][7] 1 RAF DFC KIA 15 May 1940[10]
Template:Sortname 14[5] or 14½[6][7] 418 RCAF DSO, DFC & Bar
Template:Sortname 13[6] or 16[5][7] 267, 80 RAF DFC KIA 4 March 1941[11]
Template:Sortname 13[5] or 14[6][7] 68, 89 RAF DFC & Bar
Template:Sortname 12[7] or 14 (11 + 3 shared)[5] or 14.5[12] 610, 616, 64, 129, 66, 41, RAF DFC & Two Bars Score includes one V-1 flying bomb.
Template:Sortname 12[6][7] 3 RAAF MC, DFC & Bar
Template:Sortname 12[5][6][7] 73 255 267 RAF DFC
Template:Sortname 12[5][6][7] 3, 75, 76 RAAF DFC KIA 27 August 1942[13]
Template:Sortname 12[5][6][7] 232, 64, 233, 185 RAF 453 RAAF DFM KIA 10 December 1942[14]
Template:Sortname 11[5][6] 126, 611, 72 RAF, 452 RAAF DFC & Bar KIA 5 February 1943 [15]
Template:Sortname 11[7] or 12[5][6] 25, 89, 176, 89 RAF DSO, DFC KIFA 26 August 1945[16]
Template:Sortname 11[6][7] or 12 (11 + 1 shared)[5] 94, 601 RAF DSO, DFC & Bar
Template:Sortname 11[5] 79, 249 RAF DFC KIA 30 October 1940[17]
Template:Sortname 11[6][7] or 13 (10 + 3 shared)[5] 250 RAF 86 RAAF DFM
Template:Sortname 10¼[6][18] or 12 (10 + 2 shared)[5] 450, 3 RAAF DSO, DFC & Bar
Template:Sortname 10[6][7] 64, 249 RAF 452, 79 RAAF DFC, DFM KIFA 13 June 1943
Template:Sortname 10[5][7] 252, 227, 272 RAF DFC & Bar
Template:Sortname 10[6][7] or 11 (10 + 1 shared)[5] 87, 72 RAF 3, 453 RAAF DFC
Template:Sortname 9[7] or 12 (8 + 4 shared)[5] 600, 609 RAF DFC
Template:Sortname 9[7] 31 RAAF DFC
Template:Sortname 9[5] or 10[6][7] 19, 56, 603, 229 RAF DFC
Template:Sortname 9 10, 35 RAF, 23 RAAF CGM, DFM & Bar Bomber Command
Template:Sortname 8[5] or 10[6][7] 3, 75, 76 RAAF DSO, DFC
Template:Sortname 8[5][7][19] 23, 3, 75 RAAF DFC KIA 28 April 1942[20]
Template:Sortname 8[7] 31 RAAF DFC
Template:Sortname 8[5] 32, 261, 73 RAF
Template:Sortname 8[5] or 10[6][7] 87, 54 RAF 3, 5, 24, 76 RAAF DFC
Template:Sortname 8[5] or 10[6][7] 3, 79 RAAF DFC & Bar
Template:Sortname 8[7] or 10[5][6] 245, 607, 609 RAF DFC KIA 1 June 1940 [21]
Template:Sortname 8[5][7] 11, 260 RAF, 3, 450 RAAF DSO, DFC
Template:Sortname 8[5][7] 135 RAF DFC
Template:Sortname 8[5][7] 3 RAAF DFM KIA 9 December 1941[22]
Template:Sortname 7[5] 112 RAF, 450 RAAF
Template:Sortname 7[5][7] DFC
Template:Sortname 7[5] 3, 75, 76, 84, 67 RAAF
Template:Sortname 7[5] 135, 242, 126 RAF DFM KIA 14 May 1942[23]
Template:Sortname 7[5] 80 RAF
Template:Sortname 7[5][7] or 10[24] 12, 6, 22, 456 RAAF DSO & Bar, DFC
Template:Sortname 7[5][7] 112 RAF DFM
Template:Sortname 7[5][7] 43, 126, 155 RAF DFM KIA 9 May 1942[25]
Template:Sortname 6½[5][7] 80, 94 RAF OBE, DFC KIA 31 October 1944[26]
Template:Sortname 6[5][7] 79 RAF DFC KIA 21 May 1943[27]
Template:Sortname 6[7] or 7[5] (5 + 2 shared) 452 RAAF MC, DFM
Template:Sortname 6[5][7] 141, 273, 136 RAF
Template:Sortname 6[5][7] 153, 89, 108 RAF 456 RAAF DFC & Bar Score includes one V-1 flying bomb[5]
Template:Sortname 6[5][7] 3 RAAF DFM
Template:Sortname 6[7] or 8[5] 65 RAF, 456 RAAF DFC
Template:Sortname 6[5] 250, 30 RAF
Template:Sortname 6[5][7] 600 RAF DFC
Template:Sortname 6[5][7] KIA 22 November 1941[28]
Template:Sortname 6[5][7] 212, 72 RAF DFC & Bar
Template:Sortname 6[5][7] 3 RAAF DFM KIA 9 January 1942[29]
Template:Sortname 5[7] or 6 (5 + 1 shared)[5] 126, 41 RAF 452, 453 RAAF DFC
Template:Sortname 6[7] or 7 (6 + 1 shared)[5] 452 RAAF DFC KIA 15 March 1943[30]
Template:Sortname 5[5][7] 24, 25, 75, 82 RAAF DFC & Bar
Template:Sortname 5[5][7] 19 RAF DFC KIA 9 September 1944[31]
Template:Sortname 5[5][7] 226, 145 RAF 452 RAAF DFC Died 10 June 1943[32]
Template:Sortname 5[5][7] 93 RAF DFC
Template:Sortname 5[5][6][7] 112 RAF
Template:Sortname 5[7] or 7[5] 3 RAAF DFM
Template:Sortname 5[7] 453, 24, 5 RAAF
Template:Sortname 5[5][7] 453 RAAF, 81 RAF DFC
Template:Sortname 5[7] or 7 (5 + 2 shared)[5] 135, 260 RAF 452 RAAF DFC, DFM
Template:Sortname 5[5][7] 3 RAAF KIA 6 January 1943[33]
Template:Sortname 5[5] or 6[7] 112 RAF DFC & Bar
Template:Sortname 5[5][7] 3 RAAF
Template:Sortname 5[7] or 6 (3 + 3 shared)[5] 87 RAF DFC KIA 14 August 1940[34]
Template:Sortname 5[5][7] 607 RAF DFC
Template:Sortname 5 or 6[5][7] 24, 31 RAF DFC & Bar
Template:Sortname 5[7] 248 RAF DFM
Template:Sortname 5[5][7] 603 RAF KIA 8 January 1943
Template:Sortname 5[5][7] 21, 23, 75 RAAF DFC & Bar
Template:Sortname 5[7] or 6 (5 + 1 shared)[5][35] 3, 75, 76 RAAF DSO, DFC
Template:Sortname 5[7] or 6 (5 + 1 shared)[5] 238 RAF, 450, 451 RAAF DFC, DFM
Template:Sortname 5[5][7] 112, 111 RAF
Template:Sortname 5[5][7] 250 RAF KIA 20 December 1941[36]
Template:Sortname 5[7] or 8 (4 + 4 shared)[5] 272, 236, 227 RAF 30 RAAF DFC
Template:Sortname 5[5][7] 72 RAF 453 RAAF DFC KIA 27 February 1945[37]
Template:Sortname 5[7] or 7[5] 504, 185, 130 RAF 79, 452 RAAF DFC
Template:Sortname 5[5][7] 68, 87, 89 RAF 86 RAAF DFC

Notes


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  1. ↑ Garrisson, Australian Fighter Aces, pp. 1–2
  2. ↑ Garrisson, Australian Fighter Aces, p. 32
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Garrisson, Australian Fighter Aces, p. 30
  4. ↑ Newton, Australian Air Aces, p. 75
  5. ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 5.17 5.18 5.19 5.20 5.21 5.22 5.23 5.24 5.25 5.26 5.27 5.28 5.29 5.30 5.31 5.32 5.33 5.34 5.35 5.36 5.37 5.38 5.39 5.40 5.41 5.42 5.43 5.44 5.45 5.46 5.47 5.48 5.49 5.50 5.51 5.52 5.53 5.54 5.55 5.56 5.57 5.58 5.59 5.60 5.61 5.62 5.63 5.64 5.65 5.66 5.67 5.68 5.69 5.70 5.71 5.72 5.73 5.74 5.75 5.76 5.77 5.78 5.79 Newton, Australian Air Aces, pp. 117–118
  6. ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 6.14 6.15 6.16 6.17 6.18 6.19 6.20 6.21 6.22 6.23 6.24 6.25 Odgers, The Royal Australian Air Force, p. 125
  7. ↑ 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 7.14 7.15 7.16 7.17 7.18 7.19 7.20 7.21 7.22 7.23 7.24 7.25 7.26 7.27 7.28 7.29 7.30 7.31 7.32 7.33 7.34 7.35 7.36 7.37 7.38 7.39 7.40 7.41 7.42 7.43 7.44 7.45 7.46 7.47 7.48 7.49 7.50 7.51 7.52 7.53 7.54 7.55 7.56 7.57 7.58 7.59 7.60 7.61 7.62 7.63 7.64 7.65 7.66 7.67 7.68 7.69 7.70 7.71 7.72 7.73 7.74 Garrisson, Australian Fighter Aces, pp. 31–32
  8. ↑ Garrisson, Australian Fighter Aces, pp. 139–140
  9. ↑ Garrisson, Australian Fighter Aces, pp. 162–163
  10. ↑ Newton, Australian Air Aces, pp. 77–78
  11. ↑ Newton, Australian Air Aces, p. 83
  12. ↑ Gaze, Frederick Anthony Owen "Tony".  Retrieved 12 August 2013 from link
  13. ↑ Turnbull, Peter St George Bruce.  Commonwealth War Graves Commission.  Retrieved 29 June 2013 from link
  14. ↑ Yarra, John William.  Commonwealth War Graves Commission.  Retrieved 29 June 2013 from link
  15. ↑ Armstrong, Hugo Throssell.  Commonwealth War Graves Commission.  Retrieved 29 June 2013 from link
  16. ↑ Garrisson, Australian Fighter Aces, pp. 127–128
  17. ↑ Commemorative Roll – William Henry Millington.  Australian War Memorial.  Retrieved 30 June 2013 from link
  18. ↑ Garrisson, Australian Fighter Aces, p. 133
  19. ↑ Andrew Thomas (2005). Tomahawk and Kittyhawk Aces of the RAF and Commonwealth, p. 103
  20. ↑ Jackson, John Francis.  Commonwealth War Graves Commission.  Retrieved 29 June 2013 from link
  21. ↑ Russell, Ian Bedford Nesbitt.  Commonwealth War Graves Commission.  Retrieved 29 June 2013 from link
  22. ↑ Wilson, Rex Kerslake.  Commonwealth War Graves Commission.  Retrieved 29 June 2013 from link
  23. ↑ Boyd, John Livingstone.  Commonwealth War Graves Commission.  Retrieved 29 June 2013 from link
  24. ↑ Bowman, Mosquito Fighter/Fighter-Bomber Units of World War 2, p. 95
  25. ↑ Tweedale, Gordon Russell.  Commonwealth War Graves Commission.  Retrieved 29 June 2013 from link
  26. ↑ Foskett, Russell George.  Commonwealth War Graves Commission.  Retrieved 29 June 2013 from link
  27. ↑ Garrisson, Australian Fighter Aces, p. 118
  28. ↑ Saunders, John Henry William.  Commonwealth War Graves Commission.  Retrieved 29 June 2013 from link
  29. ↑ Simes, Ronald Henry.  Commonwealth War Graves Commission.  Retrieved 29 June 2013 from link
  30. ↑ Thorold-Smith, Raymond Edward.  Commonwealth War Graves Commission.  Retrieved 29 June 2013 from link
  31. ↑ Bell, Maxwell Herron.  Commonwealth War Graves Commission.  Retrieved 29 June 2013 from link
  32. ↑ Garrisson, Australian Fighter Aces, pp. 120–121
  33. ↑ Curtis, Victor Farley.  Commonwealth War Graves Commission.  Retrieved 29 June 2013 from link
  34. ↑ Glyde, Richard Lindsay.  Commonwealth War Graves Commission.  Retrieved 29 June 2013 from link
  35. ↑ Thomas, Tomahawk and Kittyhawk Aces of the RAF and Commonwealth, p. 102
  36. ↑ Nitschke, Richard Hastings.  Commonwealth War Graves Commission.  Retrieved 29 June 2013 from link
  37. ↑ Ratten, John Richard.  Commonwealth War Graves Commission.  Retrieved 29 June 2013 from link
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