![]() ![]() It is relatively certain that 2,500 German fighter pilots attained ace status, having achieved at least 5 aerial victories. Another 500 fighter pilots claimed between 20 and 40 victories for a total of 15,000 victories. Roughly a further 360 pilots claimed between 40 and 100 aerial victories for round about 21,000 victories. 103 German fighter pilots shot down more than 100 enemy aircraft for a total of roughly 15,400 aerial victories. ![]() German day and night fighter pilots claimed roughly 70,000 aerial victories during World War II, 25,000 over British or American and 45,000 over Russian flown aircraft. A German Bf 110G-4 night fighter at the RAF Museum in London.Ī flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. ![]()
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