List of World War II aces from the Soviet Union
This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from the Soviet Union. For other countries see List of World War II aces by country.
See also: Category:Soviet World War II flying aces
Name | Total | Individual victories |
Group victories |
Notes | References |
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Grigory Rechkalov | 65 | 61 | 4 | Previous estimate was 56 solo and 5 shared.[1] | [2] |
Ivan Kozhedub | 64 | 64 | — | Estimates vary slightly, but all credit him with at least 60 solo. | [3][4] |
Nikolai Gulayev | 60 | 55 | 5 | — | [5] |
Kirill Yevstigneyev | 56 | 53 | 3 | — | [6] |
Dmitry Glinka | 50 | 50 | — | — | [7] |
Alexander Pokryshkin | 49 | 45 | 4 | Estimates widely vary; recent estimates tend to be less than official Soviet accounts. | [8] |
Amet-khan Sultan | 49 | 30 | 19 | — | [9][10] |
Aleksandr Koldunov | 47 | 46 | 1 | — | [11] |
Nikolai Skomorokhov | 47 | 44 | 3 | Other sources indicate two shared kills[12] | [13] |
Arseny Vorozheykin | 46 | 45 | 1 | Also gained aerial victories in the battle for Khalkhin Gol | [14] |
Andrey Borovykh | 46 | 29 | 17 | — | [15] |
Vladimir Serov | 45 | 39 | 6 | Including one aerial ramming. Killed in action 26 June 1944 | [16] |
Nikolai Krasnov | 44 | 44 | ? | Killed in an accident on 29 January 1945. | [17] |
Vladimir Lavrinenkov | 43 | 36 | 7 | Some sources indicate 11 shared kills.[18] | [19] |
Aleksey Ryazanov | 43 | 31 | 12 | Some sources indicate 16 instead of 12 shared kills.[20] | [21] |
Ivan Stepanenko | 41 | 32 | 9 | — | [22] |
Ivan Babak | 40 | 35 | 5 | — | [23] |
Vitaly Popkov | 40 | 40 | — | — | [24][25] |
Aleksei Khlobystov | 39 | 6 | 18 | Three individual kills were aerial rammings.[26] | [27] |
Pavel Kamozin | 38 | 34 | 4 | — | [28] |
Ivan Fyodorov | 37 | 37 | 0 | Including one aerial ramming | [29] |
Aleksey Smirnov | 36 | 35 | 1 | — | [30] |
Aleksandr Karpov | 36 | 27 | 9 | — | [31] |
Sergey Lugansky | 35 | 34 | 1 | Other sources indicate 36 solo and two group. | [32] |
Aleksey Alelyukhin | 34 | 28 | 6 | — | [33] |
Vladimir Bobrov | 34 | 23 | 11 | — | [34] |
Aleksandr Klubov | 34 | 31 | 3 | Killed in accident 1 November 1944 | [35] |
Pavel Babailov | 33 | 27 | 6 | — | [36] |
Pavel Golovachev | 31 | 30 | 1 | — | [37] |
Aleksey Solomatin | 29 | 13 | 16 | Or six shared | [38] |
Nikolai Gusarov | 27 | 16 | 11 | — | [39] |
Ivan Sytov | 28 | 25 | 3 | — | [40] |
Pavel Kutakhov | 28 | 12 | 16 | — | [41] |
Dmitry Medvedev | 29 | 14 | 15 | — | [42] |
Igor Kaberov | 28 | 10 | 18 | — | [43] |
Boris Kovzan | 28 | 28 | — | Four individual kills were aerial rammings. Not listed in Bykov's collection of aces. | [44] |
Sergei Safronov | 28 | 24 | 4 | — | [45] |
Pyotr Pokryshev | 27 | 18 | 9 | Other sources credit more unconfirmed kills.[46] | [47] |
Konstantin Krasavin | 25 | 22 | 3 | — | [48] |
Boris Safonov | 25 | 20 | 5 | Western sources indicate a higher tally.[49] | [50][51] |
Mikhail Baranov | 24 | 24 | — | Killed in training accident 15 January 1943 | [52] |
Vasily Zaitsev | 24 | 24 | — | Also credited with having 34 personal and 19 shared victories.[53] | [54] |
Yevgeny Savitsky | 24 | 22 | 2 | Or eighteen solo and one shared | [55] |
Lev Shestakov | 24 | 16 | 8 | Does not include two solo plus one shared victory from Spanish Civil War. | [56] |
Leonid Bykovets | 23 | 19 | 4 | — | [57] |
Mikhail Kuznetsov | 23 | 19 | 4 | Possibly one shared. | [58] |
Ivan Kleshchyov | 23 | 13 | 10 | — | [59] |
Fyodor Shikunov | 22 | 21 | 1 | Killed in action 15 March 1945 | [60] |
Andrei Girich | 21 | 17 | 4 | — | [61] |
Chichiko Bendeliani | 21 | 9 | 12 | — | [62] |
Adil Guliyev | 20 | 20 | — | — | [63] |
Nikolai Shutt | 20 | 18 | 2 | — | [64] |
Pyotr Bazanov | 18 | 16 | 2 | — | [65] |
Alim Baisultanov | 18 | 5 | 13 | — | [66] |
Georgy Bayevsky | 19 | 19 | — | — | [67] |
Shamil Abdrashitov | 18 | 18 | — | Killed in action 4 May 1944 | [68] |
Alexander Kabiskoy | 17 | 17 | — | — | [69] |
Ivan Kuzmichyov | 17 | 15 | 2 | — | [70] |
Semyon Bychkov | 15 | 10 | 5 | Taken prisoner, served in Luftwaffe, and executed by USSR for treason on 4 November 1946. | [71] |
Luka Muravitsky | 15 | 5 | 10 | Killed in action 30 November 1941 | [72] |
Stepan Bakhayev | 15 | 12 | 3 | Went on to become an ace again in the Korean war | [73] |
Vasily Afonin | 13 | 11 | 2 | Possibly 14 individual and 3 group. | [74] |
Emir Chalbash | 12 | 8 | 4 | Some credit 11 solo and 6 shared. | [75] |
Aleksandr Babaev | 10 | 9 | 1 | — | [76] |
Lydia Litvyak | 8 | 5 | 3 | Does not include one observation balloon. Counts vary significantly. | [77] |
Alexey Maresyev | 7 | 7 | — | Other sources report up to 11 shootdowns | [78] |
Aleksandr Avdeyev | 5 | 5 | — | Killed in action 12 August 1942 | [79] |
References
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- Mellinger 2014, p. 88.
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- Mellinger 2005, p. 51.
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- Simonov & Bodrikhin 2017, p. 334.
- Bykov 2014, pp. 74–75.
- Simonov & Bodrikhin 2017, p. 261.
- Bykov 2014, p. 961-962.
- Mellinger, George (2012-10-20). Soviet Lend-Lease Fighter Aces of World War 2. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781782005865.
- Bykov 2014, p. 1255.
- Bykov 2014, p. 491.
- Bykov 2008, p. 1229.
- Bykov 2014, p. 1116.
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- Bykov 2014, p. 617.
- Mellinger, George (2012-10-20). Soviet Lend-Lease Fighter Aces of World War 2. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 34. ISBN 9781782005865.
- Bykov 2014, pp. 1050–1051.
- Simonov & Bodrikhin 2017, p. 298.
- Bykov 2014, p. 90.
- Mellinger 2014, p. 75.
- Bykov 2014, p. 418.
- Bykov 2014, p. 1034.
- Bykov 2014, pp. 1336–1337.
- Bykov 2014, p. 180.
- Bykov 2014, p. 637.
- Bykov 2014, p. 529.
- Bykov 2014, p. 921.
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- Bykov 2014, p. 473-474.
- Bykov 2014, p. 644.
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- Bykov 2014, pp. 827–828.
- Bykov 2014, p. 102.
- Bykov 2008, p. 35.
- Bykov 2014, p. 1278.
- Bykov 2014, p. 73.
- Bykov 2014, p. 698-699.
- Bykov 2014, p. 751.
- Bykov 2014, p. 22.
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