List of aces of aces

5 References

Ace of aces is a title accorded to the top active ace

within a branch of service in a nations military in time
of war. The title is most closely associated with ghter
aces, though there are other types, such as tank aces, and
submarine aces.

[1] Aviation History, Worlds First Ace, Jon Guttman, Volume 20, Number 3, January 2010, pp.19
[2] New York Times, Saw 40 Air Foes After Guynemer,
Thursday 27 September 1917

Fighter aces

[3] Wright-Martin Aircraft Corporation, Hispano-Suiza

Aeronautical Engines, Wright-Martin Aircraft Corporation, 1918

Ace of aces is a title accorded to the top ying ace/ghter

ace of a nations air force during time of war.

[4] Taylor & Francis, The European Powers in the First

World War, Spencer Tucker, Laura Matysek Wood,
Justin D. Murphy, ISBN 0-8153-0399-8

This list is incomplete; you can help by

expanding it.

[5] The Lowell Sun, Record by French Ace Of Aces Never

Equalled, Associated Press, Friday 21 June 1918
[6] Doubleday, Ace of Aces, Ren Fonck, 1967

Submarine aces

[7] New York Times, Immelmann Fell 6,000 Feet To

Death, 25 June 1916

Ace of the Deep is a title accorded to the top subsea

ace/undersea ace/submarine ace of a nations submarine
force during time of war.

[8] New York Times, A Talk With Boelcke On The Day Of

His Death, Sunday 28 January 1917
[9] Osprey Publishing, Richthofens Circus, Greg VanWyngarden, 2005

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expanding it.

[10] University of Nebraska Press, Impossible missions?:

German economic, military, and humanitarian eorts in
Africa, Nina Berman, 2004

Submarine hunters

[11] National Geographic Society, Volume XXXIII, National Geographic Magazine, 1918

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expanding it.

[12] Stokes, Fighting the Flying Circus, Eddie Rickenbacker,

1919, (accessed 18 April 2009)
[13] Osprey Publishing, American Aces of World War I,
Norman Franks, 2001, ISBN 1-84176-375-6

Tank aces

[14] New York Times, ALLIES ON SOMME TAKE 1,500

GERMANS; French Alone Captured 1,100 in Saturdays Fighting South of the River. BRITISH IMPROVE
LINES Continue to Push Forward North of Thiepval and
In the Region of Gucudecourt., 15 October 1916

See also: List of World War II Panzer aces from Germany

Ace of aces is a title accorded to the top tank ace of a [15] New York Times, Putnam, American Ace, Killed Near
nations tank corps during time of war. Not all nations
St. Mihiel, Associated Press, 20 September 1918
recognised the term tank ace during World War 2, in
[16] Polak, Tomas with Christopher Shores. Stalins Falcon
particular the allies rarely counted kills.
The Aces of the Red Star. Brub Street, London, 1999.
ISBN 1-902304-01-2, p.189

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expanding it.

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[18] Fighter Pilot: The First American Ace of World War II,
William R. Dunn

[45] The Times (London), Rear-Admiral Eugene Fluckey,

20 July 2007 (accessed 2009 April 20)

[19] The Telegraph (London), Joe Foss, 2 January 2003, (accessed 17 April 2009)

[46] Helgason, Gumundur. Malcolm David Wanklyn VC,

DSO, RN. German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net.

[20] TIME, No. 1 Ace, 21 December 1942, (accessed 17 April

2009)

[47] Naval Institute Press, Soldiers Lost at Sea, James E.

Wise, Scott Baron, 2003, ISBN 978-1-59114-966-8

[21] Toliver & Constable 1998, p. 385.

[48] Helgason, Gumundur. Benjamin Bryant DSO, DSC,

RN. German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net.

[22] Toliver & Constable 1998, pp. 385, 386. He later served
in West Germanys air force, but resigned in protest of the
adoption of a "dangerous plane.
[23] Foreman & Harvey 1995, p. 81.
[24] National Museum of the USAF, LT. COL. JAMES
JABARA, (accessed 17 April 2009)

[49] Bantam, Submarine Commander, Rear Admiral Ben

Bryant, 1960
[50] US Naval Institute Press, Teddy Suhren: Ace of Aces:
Memoirs of a U-boat Rebel, Teddy Suhren, ISBN 9781-59114-851-7

[25] TIME, Ace of Aces, Monday 23 March 1953, (accessed

17 April 2009)

[51] Giorgerini, Giorgio (2002). Uomini sul fondo : storia

del sommergibilismo italiano dalle origini a oggi. Milano:
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[26] TIME, Fallen Ace, Monday 18 February 1952, (accessed 17 April 2009)

[52] Schaulen 2004, p. 148.

[27] The Canberra Times, Air Ace Ends Task, 16 March

1953, (accessed 17 April 2009)
[28] TIME, Aces End, 6 September 1954, (accessed 17 April
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[56] 3rd Armored Divisions OTHER WORLD WAR II
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