List of Spanish Civil War flying aces

The following is a list of Spanish Civil War flying aces.

Name Nationality Service Claims
Joaquín García Morato Spain Nationalist Air Force 40
Lev L. Shestakov Soviet Union Spanish Republican Air Force 2.5 (in Spain; 39 career)
Sergei I. Gritsevets Soviet Union Spanish Republican Air Force 6.5 approx. + 11 shared
Julio Salvador Díaz-Benjumea Spain Nationalist Air Force 24
José María Bravo Spain Spanish Republican Air Force 23
Manuel Zarauza Clavero Spain Spanish Republican Air Force 23
Manuel Vázquez Sagastizábal Spain Nationalist Air Force 21
Leopoldo Morquillas Rubio Spain Spanish Republican Air Force 21
Pavel Vasilievich Rychagov Soviet Union Spanish Republican Air Force 20
Mario Visintini Italy Aviazione Legionaria 19
Arístides García López Spain Nationalist Air Force 17
Alexander Osipenko Soviet Union Spanish Republican Air Force 17 + 34 shared
Ángel Salas Larrazábal Spain Nationalist Air Force 16
Mario Bonzano Italy Aviazione Legionaria 15
Brunetto di Montegnacco Italy Aviazione Legionaria 15
Werner Mölders Germany Condor Legion 14
Guido Presel Italy Aviazione Legionaria 13
Vittorino Daffara Italy Aviazione Legionaria 13
Wolfgang Schellmann Germany Condor Legion 12
Harro Harder Germany Condor Legion 11
Andrés García La Calle Spain Spanish Republican Air Force 11
Manuel Aguirre López Spain Spanish Republican Air Force 11
Adriano Mantelli Italy Aviazione Legionaria 10
Peter Boddem Germany Condor Legion 10
Rodolphe de Hemricourt Belgium Nationalist Air Force 10
Abel Guides France Spanish Republican Air Force 10
Guido Nobili Italy Aviazione Legionaria 9
Andrea Zotti Italy Aviazione Legionaria 9
Otto Bertram Germany Condor Legion 9[1]
Wilhelm Ensslen Germany Condor Legion 9
Herbert Ihlefeld Germany Condor Legion 9[2]
Walter Oesau Germany Condor Legion 9
Reinhard Seiler Germany Condor Legion 9
Giuseppe Cenni Italy Aviazione Legionaria 8
Enrico Degli Incerti Italy Aviazione Legionaria 8
Herwig Knüppel Germany Condor Legion 8
Anatoly Serov Soviet Union Spanish Republican Air Force 8[3]
Hans-Karl Mayer Germany Condor Legion 8[4]
Frank Glasgow Tinker United States Spanish Republican Air Force 8
Jan Ferák Czechoslovakia Spanish Republican Air Force 7
Giuseppe Majone Italy Aviazione Legionaria 7
Wilhelm Balthasar Germany Condor Legion 7
Kraft Eberhardt Germany Condor Legion 7[5]
Walter Grabmann Germany Condor Legion 7[6]
Horst Tietzen Germany Condor Legion 7
Emilio O'Connor Valdivieso Spain Nationalist Air Force 6
Jose "Pepe" Larios Spain Nationalist Air Force 6 (and 5 probable)
Rolf Pingel Germany Condor Legion 6
Kurt Rochel Germany Condor Legion 6
Herbert Schob Germany Condor Legion 6 [7]
Francisco Tarazona Torán Mexico Spanish Republican Air Force 6
Gilberto Caselli Italy Aviazione Legionaria 5
Georg Braunshirn Germany Condor Legion 5[8]
Gotthard Handrick Germany Condor Legion 5[9]
Wolf-Heinrich von Houwald Germany Condor Legion 5
Wolfgang Lippert Germany Condor Legion 5
Günther Lützow Germany Condor Legion 5
James Peck United States Spanish Republican Air Force 5
Joachim Schlichting Germany Condor Legion 5
Willi Szuggar Germany Condor Legion 5[10]
Hannes Trautloft Germany Condor Legion 5
Božidar "Boško" Petrović[11] Yugoslavia Spanish Republican Air Force 5

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ including 3 unconfirmed
  2. ^ including 2 unconfirmed
  3. ^ Simonov, Andrey; Bodrikhin, Nikolai (2017). Боевые лётчики — дважды и трижды Герои Советского Союза. Moscow: Фонд «Русские Витязи», Музей техники Вадима Задорожного. p. 156. ISBN 9785990960510
  4. ^ including 3 unconfirmed
  5. ^ including 2 unconfirmed
  6. ^ including 1 unconfirmed
  7. ^ including 1 unconfirmed
  8. ^ including 1 unconfirmed
  9. ^ including 4 unconfirmed
  10. ^ including 1 unconfirmed
  11. ^ Bozidar Petrovitch at dalnet.se
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