The following is a list of Spanish Civil War flying aces.
Name | Nationality | Service | Victories |
---|---|---|---|
Joaquín García Morato | Spain | Nationalist Air Force | 40 |
Lev L. Shestakov | Russia | Spanish Republican Air Force | 39 |
Sergei I. Gritsevets | Russia | Spanish Republican Air Force | 30 |
Julio Salvador Díaz-Benjumea | Spain | Nationalist Air Force | 24 |
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 V. Rychagov | Russia | Spanish Republican Air Force | 20 |
Arístides García López | Spain | Nationalist Air Force | 17 |
Ángel Salas Larrazábal | Spain | Nationalist Air Force | 16 |
Mario Bonzano | Italy | Aviazione Legionaria | 15 |
Brunetto di Montegnacco | Italy | Aviazione Legionaria | 14 |
Werner Mölders | Germany | Condor Legion | 14 |
Guido Presel | 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 |
Peter Boddem | Germany | Condor Legion | 10 |
Rudolphe de Henricourt | Belgium | Nationalist Air Force | 10 |
Abel Guides | France | Spanish Republican Air Force | 10 |
Otto Bertram | Germany | Condor Legion | 9 |
Wilhelm Ensslen | Germany | Condor Legion | 9 |
Herbert Ihlefeld | Germany | Condor Legion | 9 |
Walter Oesau | Germany | Condor Legion | 9 |
Reinhard Seiler | Germany | Condor Legion | 9 |
Herwig Knüppel | Germany | Condor Legion | 8 |
Hans-Karl Mayer | Germany | Condor Legion | 8 |
Otto Meyer | Germany | Condor Legion | 8 |
Frank Glasgow Tinker | USA | Spanish Republican Air Force | 8 |
Wilhelm Balthasar | Germany | Condor Legion | 7 |
Jan Ferák | Czechoslovakia | Spanish Republican Air Force | 7 |
Horst Tietzen | Germany | Condor Legion | 7 |
Walter Grabmann | Germany | Condor Legion | 7 |
Rolf Pingel | Germany | Condor Legion | 6 |
Kurt Rochel | Germany | Condor Legion | 6 |
Herbert Schob | Germany | Condor Legion | 6 |
Francisco Tarazona Torán | Mexico | Spanish Republican Air Force | 6 |
Gotthard Handrick | Germany | Condor Legion | 5 |
Otto Heinrich von Houwald | Germany | Condor Legion | 5 |
Wolfgang Lippert | Germany | Condor Legion | 5 |
Günther Lützow | Germany | Condor Legion | 5 |
Joachim Schlichting | Germany | Condor Legion | 5 |
Willi Szuggar | Germany | Condor Legion | 5 |
Hannes Trautloft | Germany | Condor Legion | 5 |
Božidar "Boško" Petrović | Yugoslavia | Spanish Republican Air Force | 5 |
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