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Subject: Aces of Aces? in either WW 1 or 2
Black Hornet    11/13/2010 9:58:04 PM
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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Black Hornet       11/25/2010 7:44:44 PM
McCudden escaped, so that leaves MVR with 7. Most of Galland's were early in his career.
 
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