New Zealander Aces of WW2
 Kiwi Strike by Nicolas Trudgian |
National Anthem
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Colin Falkland Gray (RAF) |
27.7 (+ 22 probs or dams) |
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"Al" Alan Christopher Deere (RAF) |
22 / 10 /18 |
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"Rosie" Evan Dall Mackie (both) |
21 |
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"Hess" Raymond Brown Hesselyn (RNZAF) |
(POW 3oct43) 21.5 (+ 1 prob & ? dam) |
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"Bill" William Vernon Crawford-Compton (both) |
21 (+ 1 shared) |
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"Cobber" * Edgar James Kain (RAF) |
(1st RAF Ace of WW2 |
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Brian John George Carbury (RAF) |
15.5 * |
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"Johnny" John Milne Checketts (both) |
(Died 20apr06 - aged 94) 14.5 (+ 3 prob & 11 dam) |
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* Gray Stenborg (both) |
(KIA 24sep43) 14.33 - 10.5 |
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"Jack" John Donald Rae (both) |
(POW 22aug43) 13 |
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"Hawkeye" Edward Preston Wells (both) |
13 (+ 3 prob & 15 dams) |
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Warren Edward Schrader (both) |
12 |
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Wilfred Greville Clouston (both) |
(POW feb42) 12 - 8.5 |
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Victor Bosanquet Strachan Verity (RAF) |
11.5 - 8.2 |
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Minden Vaughan Blake (RAF) |
(POW 19aug42) 11.33 - 9.5 |
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Geoffrey Bryson Fisken (both & RAAF) |
11 (+5 probables) |
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George Edmond Jameson (both) |
11 (+1 prob & 2 dams) |
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Derrik Fitzgerald Westenra (both) |
11 |
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John Albert Axel Gibson (both) |
11.5 - 8 |
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* Mervin Robert Bruce Ingram (both) |
(Died 11jul44) 10.5 - 8 |
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* Nigel Manfred Park (both) |
(MIA 25oct42) 10.25 - 8 |
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* Ernest Leslie Joyce (both) |
(KIA 18jun44) 10 |
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"Jamie" Patrick Geraint Jameson (RAF) |
10 - 9 |
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Robert Lawrence Spurdle (both) |
10 - 8.5 |
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Irving Stanley Smith (both) |
10 - 8 |
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James Chilton Francis Hayter (both) |
9 |
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* Paul Watling Rabone (both) |
(KIA 24jul44) 9 |
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William Hector Stratton (RAF) |
9 |
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Peter Francis Locker Hall (RNZAF) |
8 |
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Robert Duncan Yule (RAF) |
8 |
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* Reginald Joseph Cowan Grant (both) |
(KIA 28feb44) 8 - 7.5 |
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John Arthur Houlton (both) |
8 - 5.75 |
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Eric Steele Doherty (RAF) |
7.5 - 7 |
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Hansford Ward Chambers (RAF) |
7.1 |
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* Basil Gordon Collyns (RAF) |
(KIA 20aug44) 7 |
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Owen Leslie Hardy (RNZAF) |
7 |
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* Michael James Herrick (both) |
(KIA 16jun44) 7 |
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John Noble MacKenzie (both) |
7 - 6 |
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Stanley Franklin Browne (RAF) |
7 - 5.5 |
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Roy Emile LeLong (both) |
7 - 5 (+8 OTG) |
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Richard Mackle Trousdale (both) |
6.5 |
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Desmond James Scott (both) |
6.5 - 5 |
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Alan McGregor Peart (RAF) |
6.33 - 5.5 |
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* Derek Harland Ward (RAF) |
(KIA 17jun42) 6.25 - 5 |
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Allen Edward Browne (both) |
6 |
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Donald Carlson (RAF) |
6 |
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Thomas Bernard Fitzgerald (both) |
6 |
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* William Henry Hodgson (RAF) |
(KIFA 13mar41) 6 |
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Sir Hector Douglas McGregor (RAF) |
6 |
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John Howard Player (RAF) |
6 |
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Owen Vincent Tracey (RAF) |
6 |
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Jeffery George West (RNZAF) |
6 |
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* Antonio Simmons Dini (RAF) |
(KIFA 31may40) 6 - 5.66 (+ 3 prob & 2 dam) |
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David Franklin Livingstone (both) |
6 - 5.5 |
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* Kenneth William Tait (RAF) |
(KIA 4aug41) 6 - 5.5 |
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"Jim" Cornelius James Sheddan (RNZAF) |
(+ 8 V-1s) 5.5 |
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Charles Roy Bush (RAF) |
5.5 |
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Gordon Albert Williams (both) |
5.5 - 5 |
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(later changed name to Evan) Ivon Julian (RNZAF) |
(+ 1 OTG) 5 (+ 3 probs & 3 dams) |
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Kenneth William Stewart (RNZAF) |
5 (+ 1 probable) |
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Keith Granville Taylor-Cannon |
(+1 V-1) 5 |
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"Jimmy" Robert Hamish Balfour (RNZAF) |
5 |
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* Howard Perry Hill (RAF) |
(KIA 20sep40) 5 |
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Reginald Jack Hyde (RAF) |
5 |
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John Rutherford Clark Kilian (both) |
5 |
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Keith Ashley Lawrence (RAF) |
5 |
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Harold Watson Longley (RAF) |
5 (+ 4 damaged) |
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Russell Merriman MacKenzie (RAF) |
5 |
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Camille Enright Malfroy (RAF) |
5 |
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* Leighton John Montgomerie (RNZAF) |
(KIFA 26/27aug44) 5 |
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Francis Murphy (RNZAF) |
(born in UK) 5 |
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Percival Guy Haig Newton (RNZAF) |
5 |
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* Harold Leslie North (RAF) |
(KIA 1may42) 5 |
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Douglas Nevill Robinson (RNZAF) |
5 |
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Eric William Whitley (RAF) |
5 |
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* John Edwin Ashley Williams (RAF) |
(shot after the"Great Escape" |
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Brian Wallace Woodman (RNZAF) |
5 |
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* Gilbert McLean Hayton (RAF) |
(Killed 12sep42 - |
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* Arthur Ernest Umbers (both) |
(KIA 14feb45 |
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"Staff" "Jack" John Harry Stafford (RNZAF) |
(+8 V-1s) 5 - 4.5 |
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Harvey Nelson Sweetman (RNZAF) |
(+10.5 V-1s) 5 - 3 (+ 1 OTG) |
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Charles William Kelvin Nicholls (RAF) |
5 - 2 |
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 Hawker Hurricane MK II & Spitfire Mk XVI by Darryl Legg |
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V-1 'Aces'
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O. D. Eagleson |
2+ (+20 V-1's) |
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K. A. Smith |
2 (+12 V-1's) |
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B. J. O'Connor |
1+ (+8.5 V-1's) |
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S. S. Williams |
1+ (+8 V-1's) |
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F. B. Lawless |
1 (+10 V-1's) |
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G. J. Hooper |
1 (+8 V-1's) |
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A. L. Trott |
1 (+6 V-1's) |
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N. J. Powell |
1 (+5 V-1's) |
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S. J. Short |
1 (+5 V-1's) |
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E. W. Tanner |
1 (+5 V-1's) |
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R. B. Bremner |
3sh (+7 V-1's) |
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R. J. Kammock |
0 (+20.5 V-1's) |
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J. H. McCaw |
0 (+19.5 V-1's) |
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Jimmy R. Cullen * |
0 (+16 V-1's) |
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R. J. Danzey |
0 (+11 V-1's) |
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W. A. Kalka |
0 (+8 V-1's) |
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B. M. Hall |
0 (+7.5 V-1's) |
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R. G. Kleinmayer |
0 (+7.5 V-1's) |
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W. A. Hart |
0 (+7 V-1's) |
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W. L. Miller |
0 (+7 V-1's) |
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B. M. Madden |
0 (+6 V-1's) |
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K. McCarthy |
0 (+6 V-1's) |
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H. M. Mason |
0 (+5.5 V-1's) |
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