Who shot down the most Aces in either war? Galland had 4 or 5, Marseilles at least 3. MVR 8? who else is in the running?
Galland;
1.British ace P/O “Johnny” Allen (7.333 confirmed and 5 unconfirmed destroyed victories)
2.British ace, Sub-Lt Francis Dawson-Paul (7.25 confirmed and 1 unconfirmed destroyed and 1 damaged victories
3.It is thought he again shot down a notable RAF pilot on 15 August, when he brought down the New Zealand ace F/Lt “Al” Deere (17.333 confirmed and 2.5 unconfirmed destroyed, 4 probable and 7.5 damaged victories)
4.Harold Bird-Wilson (5.2 destroyed, 3 probable and 3 damaged victories)
5.Count Manfred Czernin (17 destroyed, 3.5 probable and 3.833 damaged victories
http://www.luftwaffe.cz/gallanda.html
Marseilles;
shot down six aircraft of No. 5 Squadron SAAF, five of them in six minutes, including three aces: Robin Pare (six victories), Douglas Golding (6.5 victories) and Andre Botha (five victories).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Joachim_Marseille
MVR;
#11 Lanoe Hawker
#13 Arthur Knight
#15 James McCudden*
#54 Robert Farquhar
#55 Norman McNaughton
#71 Thomas Sharpe
#76 Sydney Smith
#79 Richard Raymond-Barker
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