List of Spanish Civil War Flying Aces

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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