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Fighter aces of New Zealand in WW2



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All the lists present the following data:
Name and (when known) first name are presented with arbitrary choice for the spelling (russian, german, arab names...).
RANK of the pilot: see the rank page for the meaning of the abbreviations and the equivalence.
According to the pages, COUNTRY, NATION for the nationality or ethnic origin, AIR_SERVICE for the air arm, are provided.
The number of victories represents usually the total of kills (individual plus shared). The shared kills are indicated when known under the form [indiv+shared]. The official score is indicated when different from the total (American and British scores of ww2 for example).
Authors of the SOURCES column are given; report to the bibliography page to find the books, articles, web pages in alphabetical order. The OTHER_SOURCES column presents the divergent scores with sometimes the author of the source.
The DETAIL column shows occasionally the type of kill, balloons, V-1s, ground kills, unconfirmed kills...
The NOTE column exposes different commentaries and for lack of space, abbreviations are used: report to the abbreviation page for their meaning.




Updated: 08/11/2007

Rank First Name Name Ww2 Victories Official Sources Detail Air Service Units Death Note Other Sources
WCdr Colin Falkland GRAY 29 [27+2] 27,7 C.Shores & C.Williams RAF RNZAF 54Sq,43Sq,1Sq,41Sq,616Sq,484Sq,64Sq,81Sq,322Wg 27.5
FO Owen David 'Ginger' EAGLESON 26 [22+4] 2,5 C.Shores (20+3 sh. V-1s) RNZAF 486Sq Tempest diver ace, 1944. POW.
WCdr Evan Dall 'Rosie' MACKIE 23 [20+3] 21,5 C.Shores & C.Williams RAF 485Sq, 243Sq, 92Sq, 274Sq, 80Sq, 122Wg RAF Malta ace, 1943. 22, 21
SLdr Arthur Ernest 'Spike' UMBERS 23 [18+5] 4,5 C.Shores (14+4sh V-1s) RAF & RNZAF 74Sq RAF, 486Sq RNZAF, 3Sq 14/02/1945 28 V-1s (W.Hess)
WCdr William Vernon CRAWFORD-COMPTON 22 [21+1] 21,5 C.Shores & C.Williams RAF 603, 485, 611, 64, 122Sq, Hornchurch Wg, 145(FF)Wg Spitfire ace, Channel, France 41-44. 20.5, 16.5
FO Raymond John CAMMOCK 21 [20+1] 0 C.Shores (all V-1 kills) RNZAF 253Sq, 486Sq 06/10/1944
SLdr James Hugh 'Black Mac' MCCAW 20 [19+1] 0 C.Shores (all V-1s) RNZAF 486Sq
FLt Raymond Brown HESSELYN 19 [18+1] 18,5 C.Shores & C.Williams RAF 234Sq,249Sq,att 272Sq,222Sq,64Sq RAF POW 1943. 21,5; 22;20,5(Shores)
SLdr James Roy 'Jimmy' CULLEN 18 [14+4] 0 C.Shores (all V-1s) RAF & RNZAF 486Sq, 183Sq Tempest diver ace, 44. Typhoon, 45.
WCdr Alan Christopher DEERE 18 [17+1] 17,33 C.Shores & C.Williams RAF 54, 602, 403, 611, 145Wg RAF Spitfire ace, BoB, Channel 41-43. 21.5, 22.5, 19
FLt Brian John George CARBURY 17 [15+2] 15,83 C.Shores-C.Williams 603Sq, Spitfire I ace, BoB. 12, 15.5, 14.33
FO Edgard James 'Cobber' KAIN 17 C.Shores RAF 74Sq RAF 07/06/1940 KIFA. 14, 16 (Shores)
WCdr John Milne CHECKETTS 16 14 C.Shores & Wil. (2 V-1s) RAF 611Sq, 485Sq, 142 Wg RAF Spitfire ace, Channel, N.Europe, 43-44. 14.5
SLdr Cornelius James SHEDDAN 15 [11+4] 5,33 Shores & Will. (7+1sh V-1s) RNZAF 485(NZ)Sq 'Diver' ace. 5,5+8V-1s
FLt Gray STENBORG 15 [14+1] 14,33 C.Shores & C.Williams RNZAF 111Sq, 185Sq, 91Sq 24/09/1943 10.5
SLdr Harvey Nelson SWEETMAN 15 [12+3] 2 Shores & Will. (11,5 V-1s) RNZAF 485Sq, 486Sq, 3Sq 7+10,5V1s (Hess)
SLdr Mervin Robert 'Bruce' INGRAM 14 [8+6] 10,5 C.Shores & C.Williams RNZAF 611Sq, 601Sq, 243Sq, 152Sq 11/07/1944 9,33
SLdr Donald Stuart SCOTT 14 [6+8] 6,67 C.Shores & C.Williams RAF 73Sq, 94Sq Hurricane, def. of Egypt.
WCdr Minden Vaughan 'Mindy' BLAKE 13 [10+3] 11,33 C.Shores & C.Williams RAF 238, 234Sq RAF Hurr, Spit, BoB, Channel 41-42. POW.
PO Raymond Jack 'Dan' DANZEY 13 [9+4] 0 C.Shores (all V-1s) RNZAF 486Sq
SLdr John Albert Axel GIBSON 13 [12+1] 12,5 C.Shores & C.Williams RAF RNZAF 501Sq, 15 RNZAFSq, 80Sq 8, 14.5, 11
FO John Donald RAE 13 [11+2] 12 C.Shores & C.Williams RAF 485Sq, 603Sq, 249Sq
WCdr Warren Edward 'Smokey' SCHRADER 13 [11+2] 12 C.Shores & C.Williams RNZAF 1435Flt, 486Sq, 616Sq Spitfire, Malta, Italy, 1943.
FLt John Harry 'Jack' STAFFORD 13 [10+3] 3,33 Shores & Will. (8 V-1s) RNZAF 486Sq
WCdr Wilfred Greville CLOUSTON 12 [9+3] 10,33 C.Shores & C.Williams RAF 19Sq Spit, Dunkirk, BoB. POW Singapore 41. 8.5
WCdr Edward Preston 'Hawkeye' WELLS 12 C.Shores & C.Williams RAF 266Sq, 41Sq, 485(NZ)Sq, Kenley, Tangmere Wgs 13 (W.Hess)
FO Robert Duff BREMNER 11 [5+6] 0,83 C.Shores (5+4 sh V-1s) RNZAF 486Sq
FO Geoffrey Bryson FISKEN 11 C.Shores & C.Williams RAF RAAF RNZAF 243Sq, 21 RAAFSq, 453 RAAFSq, 14 RNZAFSq Buffalo, Singapore 42. P-40,Solomons 43. 5+2sh
FO Garnet J. Michael 'Gus' HOOPER 11 [8+3] 1 C.Shores (7+3 sh. V-1s) RNZAF 486Sq
FLt George Edmond 'Jamie' JAMESON 11 C.Shores & C.Williams RAF 125Sq, 488Sq RAF
FO Brian John O'CONNOR 11 [10+1] 1 C.Shores (9+1 sh.V-1s) RNZAF 486Sq 1+8,5 V-1s
PO Nigel Manfred PARK 11 [10+1] 10,25 C.Shores & C.Williams RNZAF 126Sq 8,5
SLdr Derrick Fitzgerald'Jerry' WESTENRA 11 [8+3] 9,33 C.Shores & C.Williams RAF 112Sq, 601Sq, 93Sq, 65Sq RAF Tomahawk, N.Africa.
GCpt Eric William WHITLEY 11 W.N. Hess RNZAF 245Sq, 234Wg 5
FLt Stanford Seaton 'Bill' WILLIAMS 11 [8+3] 1,5 C.Shores (7+2sh V-1s) RNZAF 486Sq 22/12/1944
FLt Frank Brewster 'Bruce' LAWLESS 10 1 C.Shores (9 V-1s) RAF & RNZAF 486Sq, 164Sq, 183Sq, 198Sq
FO Roy Emile LELONG 10 7 Shores & Wil. (3 V-1s) RAF 605Sq, FExF RAF 5
SLdr John Noble MACKENZIE 10 [8+2] 8,66 C.Shores RAF & RNZAF 41Sq RAF, 488(NZ)Sq, 14Sq, 64Sq RNZAF 9
FO Keith Alexander SMITH 10 2 C.Shores (8 V-1s) RNZAF 486Sq Tempest Diver ace, 1944. POW.
SLdr Robert Lawrence SPURDLE 10 C.Shores & C.Williams RAF & RNZAF 74Sq, 91Sq, 16Sq RNZAF 9
FO Bevan Mason HALL 9 [6+3] 0 C.Shores (all V-1s) RAF 486Sq 27/12/1944
GCpt Patrick Geraint JAMESON 9 C.Shores & C.Williams RAF 46Sq, 266Sq, Wittering, W.Malling, N.Weald Wgs RAF 10
SLdr Ernest Leslie JOYCE 9 C.Shores RAF 3Sq, 73Sq, 243WgTF, 122Sq RAF 18/06/1944 10 (Shores-Will.)
FO William Arthur 'Wacky' KALKA 9 1 C.Shores (8 V-1s, 1 balloon) RNZAF 486Sq 25/03/1945
WgCdr William H. STRATTON 9 W. N. Hess RAF 1Sq, 134Sq, 213Sq RAF 4 (Shores-Williams)
SLdr Victor Bosanquet Strachan VERITY 9 [8+1] 8,2 C.Shores & C.Williams RAF 615Sq, 229Sq, 422Flt, 96Sq, 73Sq, 108Sq RAF 5,25 (Hess); 11,5
SLdr Hansford Ward CHAMBERS 8 [7+1] 7,11 C.Shores & C.Williams RAF 154Sq, 255Sq, 242Sq RAF Spitfire, Dieppe 42, Tunisia, Italy 43.
WCdr Reginald Joseph Cowan GRANT 8 [7+1] 7,5 C.Shores & C.Williams RAF RNZAF 145Sq, 485(NZ)Sq, 122Wg 28/02/1944
FLt Peter Francis Locker HALL 8 C.Shores & C.Williams RNZAF 488Sq
WCdr Derek Harold HAMMOND 8 W.N.Hess RNZAF 272Sq, 489(NZ)Sq 1+2 (Shores)
FO William Alfred HART 8 [6+2] 0 C.Shores (all V-1 kills) RNZAF 486Sq
SLdr Michael James HERRICK 8 [6+2] 7 C.Shores & C.Williams RAF 25Sq, 15 RNZAFSq 16/06/1944 KIA. 10.5
FLt Robert Gordon 'Dutch' KLEINMAYER 8 [7+1] 0 C.Shores (all V-1s) RAF 129Sq
FLt Arthur Norman 'Artie' SAMES 8 [7+1] 2,5 C.Shores (5 V-1s) RNZAF 486Sq, 137Sq Typhoon Diver ace.
GCapt Desmond James SCOTT 8 [5+3] 6,5 C.Shores & C.Williams RAF & RNZAF 3Sq, 198Sq, 486(NZ)Sq, Tangmere Wg, 123Wg 5 (Foreman)
WCdr Irving Stanley 'Black' SMITH 8 C.Shores & C.Williams RAF & RNZAF 151Sq RAF, 488Sq RNZAF 10; 6 (Hess)
WCdr Richard Macklow TROUSDALE 8 [7+1] 7,33 C.Shores & C.Williams RAF RCAF & RNZAF 266Sq, 255Sq RAF, 409Sq RCAF, 488Sq RNZAF 19/05/1947 8,33; 6+1sh
SLdr Derek Harland WARD 8 [7+1] 7,25 C.Shores & C.Williams RAF 87Sq, 73Sq RAF 17/06/1942 6 (Hess)
SLdr Joseph WATTERS 8 [2+6] 3,2 C. Shores RAF 272Sq Beaufighter, Desert, Aegean, 1941-43. 1+6sh
WCdr Robert Duncan YULE 8 [3+5] 4,52 C.Shores & C.Williams RAF 145Sq, 501Sq, 66Sq, 15Wg 11/09/1953 KIFA. 4+5sh(5,52) Shores
FLt Basil Gordon 'Buck' COLLYNS 7 [5+2] 5,83 C.Shores & C.Williams RAF 65Sq, 19Sq RAF Hurr, Channel 41;Mustang ace, France 44. 8.5
PO Antonio Simmons DINI 7 [3+4] 4,7 C.Shores RAF 610Sq, 607Sq, 605Sq, RAF 31/05/1940 Hurricane I ace, BoF. KIFA. 5+2sh (Shores-Will.)
FO Eric Steele DOHERTY 7 C.Shores & C.Williams RNZAF 242Sq Spit V and IX ace, Sicily, Italy 43-44. 7,25(Sq ORB, Shores)
PO William Henry HODGSON 7 [5+2] 5,67 C.Shores & C.Williams RAF 85Sq RAF 13/03/1941 11
FLt John Arthur HOULTON 7 [5+2] 5,75 C.Shores & C.Williams RAF 185Sq, 485Sq, 274Sq RAF
FLt David Franklin LIVINGSTONE 7 [5+2] 5,5 C.Shores & C.Williams RAF 154Sq, 111Sq RAF 6,5
WCdr Henry Maurice 'Morrie' MASON 7 [5+2] 0 C.Shores (all V-1s) RNZAF & RAF 486Sq, 197Sq, 183Sq, 135Wg 19/07/1948
FLt William Lister 'Dusty' MILLER 7 0 C.Shores (all V-1 kills) RNZAF 486Sq
FLt Alan McGregor PEART 7 [6+1] 6,33 C.Shores & C.Williams RNZAF 81Sq 5,33
SLdr James Kerrow PORTEOUS 7 [6+1] 1 C.Shores (5+1sh.V-1s) RAF 485Sq, 93Sq, 243Sq, 165Sq, 122Sq
SLdr Keith Granville 'Hyphen' TAYLOR-CANNON 7 [4+3] 4,5 C.Shores (1 V-1) RNZAF 486Sq
FO William Allan Liddell TROTT 7 1 C.Shores (6 V-1s) RNZAF 486Sq 17/02/1955
WCdr Ronald Edward BARY 6 [2+4] 3,83 C. Shores RAF 229Sq, 274Sq, 250Sq, 80Sq, 239Wg, 244Wg 12/04/1945
FLt Gordon Loversidge'Snowy' BONHAM 6 1 C.Shores (5 V-1s) RAF 243Sq, FIU, 501Sq 25/09/1944
WCdr Allen Edward BROWNE 6 W.N. Hess RNZAF 488Sq, 89Sq RAF Mosquito, N.France, 1944. 4 (Shores)
SLdr Stanley Franklin BROWNE 6 [5+1] 5,5 C.Shores & C.Williams RNZAF 485Sq, 93Sq Spitfire, Tunisia, Sicily, Italy, 1943. 7
WCdr T. B. FITZGERALD 6 W.N. Hess RNZAF 141Sq
FLt Owen Leslie HARDY 6 [3+3] 4,17 C.Shores & C.Williams RNZAF 72Sq, 485Sq 7
FLt Gilbert McLean 'Gillie' HAYTON 6 C.Shores & C.Williams RAF 98Sq, 12Sq, 66Sq, 89Sq, att 1435 Flt RAF 20/10/1942 Dead in the sunk HMT Laconia. 5 (Shores)
SLdr Keith Ashley LAWRENCE 6 [4+2] 4,83 C.Shores & C.Williams RAF 234Sq, 603Sq, 421Flt, 185Sq RAF 6,33
PO Kevin MCCARTHY 6 0 C.Shores (all V-1s) RAF 486Sq
GCpt Hector Douglas MCGREGOR 6 C.Shores & C.Williams RAF 213Sq 2 (Shores)
WCdr John Howard PLAYER 6 W. N. Hess RAF 242Sq, 255Sq 08/08/1947 4 (Shores & Will.)
FLt Neville Joseph 'pip' POWELL 6 1 C.Shores (5 V-1s) RAF 486Sq
FSgt Sydney John SHORT 6 1 C.Shores (5 V-1s) RNZAF 486Sq
FLt Kenneth William TAIT 6 [5+1] 5,5 C.Shores & C.Williams RNZAF 87Sq, 257Sq 04/08/1941 6,5
FLt Eric William 'Rick' TANNER 6 [4+2] 1 C.Shores (3+2sh V-1s) RNZAF 486Sq
FLt Owen Vincent TRACEY 6 C.Shores & C.Williams RAF 79Sq, 274Sq 08/12/1941 KIA. 11
SLdr Jeffery George WEST 6 [4+2] 5 C.Shores & C.Williams RAF 616Sq, 249Sq, 103MU
WO Bert Samuel WIPITI 6 [3+3] S.Flores RNZAF 243Sq, 67Sq, 453(485?)Sq 03/10/1943 Buffalo, SE Asia, 1942. UK 1943. 4,5 SE Asia
FLt Robert Hamish "Jimmy" BALFOUR 5 [4+1] 4,5 C.Shores & C.Williams RNZAF 18 RNZAF Sq P-40 ace, Solomons, 1943-44.
WCdr Charles Roy BUSH 5 W.N. Hess RAF & RNZAF 242Sq, 258Sq, 41Sq RAF, 15Sq, 21Sq Hurricane, Spitfire, BoB, Channel 41. 3+1 (Shores); 5,5
WCdr Donald C. CARLSON 5 [3+2] 4 C.Shores & C.Williams RAF 74Sq, 154Sq Spitfire, Channel 41-42,N.Africa 42-43. 6
FO Maurice James 'Morrie' COSTELLO 5 [2+3] C. Shores (2 V-1s) RAF 118Sq, 249Sq, 91Sq Spitfire, MTO, UK, 1942-44.
WCdr Alan A. GAWITH 5 W.N. Hess RAF 23Sq POW.
SLdr James Chilton Francis HAYTER 5 C.Shores & C.Williams RAF 103Sq, 605Sq, 611Sq, 33Sq, 274Sq, 74Sq RAF 9
SLdr Reginald Jack HYDE 5 C.Shores & C.Williams RNZAF 66Sq, 261Sq, 197Sq
SLdr Ivon JULIAN 5 C.Shores & C.Williams RNZAF 232Sq, 242Sq
SLdr John Rutherford Clark KILIAN 5 W.N.Hess RCAF, RAF & RNZAF 485Sq, 222Sq, 122Sq, 504Sq RAF, 19Sq 2+1 (Shores)
FO Edmund Eric Geddes KUHN 5 C. Shores RAF 488Sq Buffalo, Hurricane, Far East, 41-42. 4
WCdr Russell Merriman MACKENZIE 5 C.Shores RAF & RCAF 141Sq, 409(RCAF)Sq, 89Sq, 46Sq, 227Sq RAF
WCdr Camille Enright MALFROY 5 Shores & Wil., W.Hess RAF 501Sq, 417(RCAF)Sq, 66Sq, Exeter Wg RAF 2 or 4 (Shores)
FLt T. B. MARRA 5 W.N. Hess RAF 243Sq, 146Sq
FLt Leighton John MONTGOMERIE 5 [4+1] 4,33 C.Shores & C.Williams RNZAF 485Sq, 81Sq, 92Sq 29/08/1944
SLdr Francis 'Spud' MURPHY 5 [3+2] 4 C.Shores RAF 486Sq RAF 4+2sh(?)
WCdr Guy Percival Haig NEWTON 5 C.Shores & C.Williams RNZAF 17Sq
WCdr Charles William Kelvin NICHOLLS 5 C. Shores RAF & RNZAF 173Sq, 7Sq, RNZAF FtrWg 6 (Shores)
FLt Harold Leslie 'Knockers' NORTH 5 Shores & Wil. (citation) RAF 43Sq, 96Sq, 457Sq RAF 01/05/1942 KIA. 7
SLdr Geoffroy Charles Russell PANNEL 5 C. Shores RAF & RNZAF 3Sq, 260Sq, 41Sq, 91Sq, 84(com), 33Sq, Northolt Sq Spitfire, 1941-42.
FLt Allen Bennetto STEAD 5 [3+2] 2,53 C. Shores (1 FAA Seafire) RAF 164Sq, 249Sq, 485Sq 06/01/1945 Spitfire, MTO, France, 42-45. KIA.
FLt Kenneth William STEWART 5 C.Shores & C.Williams RNZAF 488Sq
SLdr Geoffrey Gordon WHITE 5 C. Shores RAF 486Sq, 611Sq, 126Sq 23/05/1943 Spitfire, Sicily, 1943. KIA. 4
FLt Gordon Albert WILLIAMS 5 W. N. Hess RNZAF 67Sq, 24Sq 3+1sh (Shores-Will.); 5,5
SLdr John E. Ashley 'Willy' WILLIAMS 5 W. N. Hess RAAF 94Sq, 260Sq, 450Sq 4 (Shores-Will.)
WO Brian Wallace WOODMAN 5 [4+1] 4,5 C.Shores & C.Williams RAF 130Sq
FLt John Colin WORTHINGTON 5 0 C.Shores (all V-1s) RAF 605Sq 3 V-1s
J. F. P. YEATMAN 5 RAF
Table: Fighter aces of New Zealand in WW2


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