List of aces of aces

```
     **Script error: No such module "Unsubst".**

```

**Script error: No such module "Unsubst".**

**Ace of aces** is a title accorded to the top active ace within a branch of service in a nation's military in time of war. The title is most closely associated with fighter aces, though there are other types, such as tank aces, and submarine aces.

## Fighter aces

**Ace of aces** is a title accorded to the top flying ace/fighter ace of a nation's air force during time of war.

**Script error: No such module "Unsubst".**

## Submarine aces

**Ace of the Deep** is a title accorded**Script error: No such module "Unsubst".** to the top subsea ace/undersea ace/submarine ace of a nation's submarine force during time of war.

**Script error: No such module "Unsubst".**

## Submarine hunters

Persons accorded**Script error: No such module "Unsubst".** the title *ace of aces*

## References

1. ↑ Aviation History, "World's First Ace", Jon Guttman, *Volume 20, Number 3, January 2010*, pp.19
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *New York Times*, "Saw 40 Air Foes After Guynemer", Thursday 27 September 1917
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Wright-Martin Aircraft Corporation, "Hispano-Suiza Aeronautical Engines", Wright-Martin Aircraft Corporation, 1918
4. ↑ Taylor & Francis, "The European Powers in the First World War", **Spencer Tucker, Laura Matysek Wood, Justin D. Murphy**, ISBN 0-8153-0399-8
5. ↑ The Lowell Sun, "Record by French "Ace Of Aces" Never Equalled", **Associated Press**, *Friday 21 June 1918*
6. ↑ Doubleday, "Ace of Aces", **René Fonck**, *1967*
7. ↑ New York Times, "Immelmann Fell 6,000 Feet To Death", 25 June 1916
8. ↑ New York Times, "A Talk With Boelcke On The Day Of His Death", Sunday 28 January 1917
9. ↑ Osprey Publishing, "Richthofen's Circus", Greg VanWyngarden, 2005
10. ↑ University of Nebraska Press, "Impossible missions?: German economic, military, and humanitarian efforts in Africa", Nina Berman, 2004
11. ↑ National Geographic Society, "Volume XXXIII", *National Geographic Magazine*, 1918
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 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
14. ↑ New York Times, "ALLIES ON SOMME TAKE 1,500 GERMANS; French Alone Captured 1,100 in Saturday's Fighting South of the River. BRITISH IMPROVE LINES Continue to Push Forward North of Thiepval and In the Region of Gucudecourt.", *15 October 1916*
15. ↑ New York Times, "Putnam, American Ace, Killed Near St. Mihiel", Associated Press, 20 September 1918
16. ↑ http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/india/roy.php
17. ↑ Polak, Tomas with Christopher Shores. *Stalin’s Falcon – The Aces of the Red Star*. Brub Street, London, 1999. ISBN 1-902304-01-2, p.189
18. ↑ Николай Бодрихин. Советские асы. Очерки о советских летчиках
19. ↑ "Fighter Pilot: The First American Ace of World War II", William R. Dunn
20. ↑ The Telegraph (London), "Joe Foss", 2 January 2003, (accessed 17 April 2009)
21. ↑ TIME, No. 1 Ace, 21 December 1942, (accessed 17 April 2009)
22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 Toliver & Constable 1998, p. 385.
23. ↑ Toliver & Constable 1998, pp. 385, 386. He later served in West Germany's air force, but resigned in protest of the adoption of a "dangerous plane."
24. ↑ Foreman & Harvey 1995, p. 81.
25. ↑ National Museum of the USAF, "LT. COL. JAMES JABARA", (accessed 17 April 2009)
26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 TIME, "Ace of Aces", *Monday 23 March 1953*, (accessed 17 April 2009)
27. ↑ TIME, "Fallen Ace", Monday 18 February 1952, (accessed 17 April 2009)
28. ↑ The Canberra Times, "Air Ace Ends Task", 16 March 1953, (accessed 17 April 2009)
29. ↑ TIME, "Ace's End", *6 September 1954*, (accessed 17 April 2009)
30. ↑ Muhammad, Asif (March 20, 2013). "M.M Alam: world record holder". Dawn News. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
31. ↑ Texas A&M University Press, "Striving for air superiority: the Tactical Air Command in Vietnam", **Craig C. Hannah**, *2002*, ISBN 978-1-58544-146-4
32. ↑ http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article\_245.shtml
33. ↑ http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article\_246.shtml
34. ↑ simple:Shahram Rostami
35. ↑ http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article\_210.shtml
36. ↑ http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article\_211.shtml
37. ↑ http://www.cieldegloire.com/as\_45\_00\_victoires.php
38. ↑ *Iranian F-14 Tomcat Units in Combat* by Tom Cooper & Farzad Bishop, 2004, Osprey Publishing, pp. 23–24
39. ↑ Imperial Iranian Air Force: Samurai in the skies
40. ↑ Fire in the Hills: Iranian and Iraqi Battles of Autumn 1982, by Tom Cooper & Farzad Bishop, Sept. 9, 2003
41. ↑ http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article\_404.shtml
42. ↑ *Arab MiG-19 and MiG-21 Units in Combat*, by David Nicolle and Tom Cooper, (2004) Osprey Publishing, p.82
43. ↑ Challenge Publications, "The U-Boat ACE of ACES", **William H Langenberg**, *2004*
44. ↑ Sutton Publishing, "The Bravest Man", **William Tuohy**, *2001*
45. ↑ 45.0 45.1 The Times (London), "Rear-Admiral Eugene Fluckey", *20 July 2007* (accessed 2009 April 20)
46. ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Malcolm David Wanklyn VC, DSO, RN". *German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net*.
47. ↑ Naval Institute Press, "Soldiers Lost at Sea", **James E. Wise**, **Scott Baron**, *2003*, ISBN 978-1-59114-966-8
48. ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Benjamin Bryant DSO, DSC, RN". *German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net*.
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 978-1-59114-851-7
51. ↑ 51.0 51.1 Giorgerini, Giorgio (2002). *Uomini sul fondo : storia del sommergibilismo italiano dalle origini a oggi*. Milano: Mondadori. p. 691. ISBN 8804505370.
52. ↑ http://www.unithistories.com/officers/RN\_officersW.html#Walker\_FJ

## Bibliography

* http://www.acesofww2.com/
* Foreman, John; Harvey, S.E. (1995), *Messerschmitt Combat Diary Me.262*, Crecy Publishing Ltd, ISBN 1-871187-30-3 .
* Toliver, Raymond F. and Trevor J. Constable (1998). *Die deutschen Jagdflieger-Asse 1939 – 1945*. Stuttgart, Germany: Motorbuch Verlag. ISBN 3-87943-193-0.
* Samuel, Wolfgang W.E. (2004). *American Raiders — The Race to Capture the Luftwaffe's Secrets*. University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 1-57806-649-2.