List of World War II aces from South Africa

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Template:SHORTDESC: This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from South Africa.

Name Kills Squadrons Awards Notes
Bailey, James R A 6½ 264, 85, 125, 600 Template:MilAward Stack Flew in Battle of Britain . Night fighter ace. Died 29 Feb. 2000.[1]
Barber, Maurice C H 3[2] 250 Sqn RAF and 450 Sqn RAAF Template:MilAward Stack Although it was considered to have achieved 5 wins, it seems that this total is only 3[citation needed]
Bosman, Andrew[3] 10½ RAF: 72 Sqn; SAAF: 1 Sqn, 2 Sqn & 4 Sqn Template:MilAward Stack
Botha, Adriaan Jacobus "Attie"[3] 5 SAAF: 1 Sqn KIA 14 June 1941
Botha, Louis Cecil "Cookie"[4] 5 SAAF: 5 Sqn KIA 17 June 1942
Boyle, Brian John Lister "Piggy" 5½ SAAF: 1 Sqn Template:MilAward Stack
Bremner, Thomas Dick "Dikkie" 6 SAAF: 5 Sqn, 12 Sqn Template:MilAward Stack
Clements, Reginald John 2 & 2 shr. No. 227 Sqn RAF.
Collingwood, Robert Joseph Peter 5 RAF: 82 Sqn & 152 Sqn, SAAF: 1 Sqn Template:MilAward Stack
Cooke-Botha, Louis C 5 SAAF: 5 Sqn Template:MilAward Stack
Courtney, Tyler J 5 SAAF 5 Sqn Template:MilAward Stack
Davis, Carl Raymond 9 RAF: 601 Sqn Template:MilAward Stack KIA 6 September 1940
Dexter, Peter Grenfell 5 RAF: 16, 54, 603 & 611 Sqn Template:MilAward Stack KIFA 14 July 1941
Driver, Kenneth Weekes[5] 12 SAAF: 1 Template:MilAward Stack
Duncan, Andrew 5½ SAAF: 1 and 5 Template:MilAward Stack
Duff-Richardson, Melville 5 SAAF: 4 Sqn Template:MilAward Stack
Faure, Johannes Morkel[4] 5½ RAF: 92 Sqn; SAAF: 1 and 4 Sqns Template:MilAward Stack
Frost, John Everitt[3] 15 3 and 5 SAAF Template:MilAward Stack
Gaynor, John Henry 5½ 1, 2 and 7 SAAF Template:MilAward Stack
Golding, Douglas William[3] 9 4 SAAF Template:MilAward Stack
Haysom, Geoffrey 6 79 RAF Template:MilAward Stack
Hewitson, John Loch 5 1, 4 and 5 SAAF Template:MilAward Stack
Hojem, R C 4 2 and 5 SAAF Template:MilAward Stack
Hugo, Petrus Hendrick "Piet" 17 & 3 shr., 3 prob., 7 dmg. 615 and 41 RAF Template:MilAward Stack
Human, Daniel William "Johnny" 5 1, 2 and 5 SAAF Template:MilAward Stack
Johnston, George Robert A M 9 & 2 shr. RAF: 73 Sqn, 122 Wg. Template:MilAward Stack
Lacey, Dennis Vernon D[3] 6 2 and 5 SAAF Template:MilAward Stack
Lardner-Burke, Henry Patrick 8½ 1, 19, 46, 126 and 222 RAF Template:MilAward Stack
Laubscher, Charles James 4 & 2 shr. RAF: 261 Sqn., 2 SAAF
Lewis, Albert Gerald[6] 18 85, 249 Template:MilAward Stack
Lindsay, Vernon Mears L.[4] 5 2 SAAF Template:MilAward Stack
Loftus, D H 4 & 1 shr. 2, 7 SAAF Template:MilAward Stack
Malan, Adolph "Sailor" 35 74 RAF Template:MilAward Stack
Le Mesurier, G J 3 1 SAAF Template:MilAward Stack Although credited with 6 this appears to be the sum of his kills and probables[citation needed]
Metelerkamp, Peter[4] 5 1 SAAF
Morris, Douglas G "Zuba" 5 406 RCAF Template:MilAward Stack
Morris, E J 10 79, 238 and 250 RAF Template:MilAward Stack
Osler, Malcolm Stephen[3] 12 145 and 601 RAF, 1 SAAF Template:MilAward Stack
Pare, Robin 6 1 and 5 SAAF Template:MilAward Stack
Pattle, Marmaduke "Pat" 41 80 and 33 RAF Template:MilAward Stack KIA 20 April 1941
Rabagliati, Alexander C 7 46 and 126 RAF Template:MilAward Stack
Robinson, McClelland Eric S 5½ 1 SAAF Template:MilAward Stack
Le Roux, Johannes Jacobus 23½ 73, 91, 111, 602 RAF Template:MilAward Stack
Saville, Eric Cowley[3] 8 112 and 260 RAF; 2 and 5 SAAF Template:MilAward Stack
Seccombe, J T 3 1 SAAF Template:MilAward Stack
Smith, H F 3 5 SAAF and 1 SAAF KIA 25/03/1943
Stapelton, Basil Gerald "Stapme" 6½ 32, 247, 257 and 603 RAF Template:MilAward Stack DFC (Dutch)
Starret, Harry 6½ 33 RAF
Talbot, Robert Henry[3] 10 274 RAF and 1 SAAF
Theron, Servas van Breda 10[clarification needed] 250 RAF and 3 SAAF Template:MilAward Stack Aces High only credits him with 5 destroyed, 3 & 6 shared[citation needed]
Van Mentz, Brian 7½ 222 and 504 RAF Template:MilAward Stack
Wallace, Thomas Young 8 111 and 610 RAF Template:MilAward Stack
Waugh, Lawrence Robertson S[3] 6 417 and 601 RAF, 1 SAAF Template:MilAward Stack
Whiting, S R 4 213 RAF Template:MilAward Stack
Wildsmith, H E N 4 2 SAAF Template:MilAward Stack
Wilmot, Laurence 4 & 1 shr. 1 SAAF, 238 Wg, 322 Wg.
Wilson, Edward Taylor 3 & 4 shr. 1844 Sqn, FAA

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  1. ↑ Battle of Britain Memorial, The Airmen's Stories – F/O J.R.A. Bailey, visited March 20, 2018
  2. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>Shores, C; Williams C (15 July 2008). Aces High: A Tribute to the Most Notable Fighter Pilots. Grub Street. p. 101. ISBN 978-1-898697-00-8.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>Shores, Christopher; Ring, Hans (1969). Fighters over the Desert: The Air Battles in the Western Desert: June 1940 to December 1942. New York: Arco. p. 240. ISBN 0668-02070-9.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Shores, (1969). p. 241
  5. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>Tidy, D.P (December 1976). "SOUTH AFRICAN AIR ACES OF WORLD WAR II". Military History Journal. 3 (6).
  6. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>Tidy, D.P (June 1970). "SOUTH AFRICAN AIR ACES OF WORLD WAR II". Military History Journal. 1 (6).
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