List of World War II aces credited with 7 victories explained

Fighter aces in World War II had tremendously varying kill scores, affected as they were by many factors: the pilot's skill level, the performance of the airplane the pilot flew and the planes they flew against, how long they served, their opportunity to meet the enemy in the air (Allied to Axis disproportion), whether they were the formation's leader or a wingman, the standards their air service brought to the awarding of victory credits, et cetera.

Aces

+	Name	Country	Service(s)	Aerial victories	Other aerial victories	Notes
		U.S. Army Air Forces	7.83
		U.S. Army Air Forces	7.83		(+1.5 ground kills)
†	Canada	Royal Air Force	7.5
	Poland	Polish Air Forces Royal Air Force	7.5
	Poland	Polish Air Forces Royal Air Force	7.5
		U.S. Navy	7.5
		U.S. Navy	7.5
		U.S. Army Air Forces	7.5		Acting commanding officer of 364th Fighter Group
		U.S. Army Air Forces	7.3	+10 in Korean War	Ace in each of two wars
†		Royal Air Force	7
		U.S. Army Air Forces	7		52nd FG, 5th Fighter Squadron, ETO
		Luftwaffe	7		Jet ace with all victories in Me 262
		Luftwaffe	7
		Luftwaffe	7
		U.S. Army Air Forces	7		(+1 V-1 flying bomb)
		Luftwaffe	7		Jet ace with all victories in Me 262
†		Royal Air Force	7
	Poland	Polish Air Force Royal Air Force	7
		U.S. Army Air Forces	7
		U.S. Army Air Forces	7		(+ 3 on the Ground) Crewshaw shot down 4 Fw 190 in one day with three working MG
/ Liu Cuigang		Chinese Nationalist Air Force	7
		U.S. Army Air Forces	7	+21 in Korean War	Ace in each of two wars, awarded (posthumously) Medal of Honor for action in Korea
		U.S. Army Air Forces	7		4th FG, 334th Fighter Squadron, ETO
			7
	Poland	Polish Air Force Royal Air Force	7
		Luftwaffe	7
		Royal Air Force Royal Canadian Air Force	7
			7		(+2 shared)
†			7		(+3 shared)
		U.S. Army Air Forces	7		(+9.5 ground kills)
		U.S. Marine Corps	7
†		Luftwaffe	7		rear gunner of Hans-Ulrich Rudel (October 1941 – March 1944)
		Royal Hungarian Air Force	7
†		Royal Air Force	7
	Poland	Polish Air Force Royal Air Force	7
			7	+7 in Second Sino-Japanese War	Ace in each of two wars
		Luftwaffe	7		Jet ace with all victories in Me 262
		Royal Air Force	7
†			7
		U.S. Army Air Forces	7	5 Probable	P-38J New Guinea
		Luftwaffe	7
		U.S. Army Air Forces	7		(+4 ground kills)
		Royal Romanian Air Force	7
		Royal Romanian Air Force	7
			7
†		U.S. Navy	7
		U.S. Army Air Forces	7
†		Royal Air Force	7
		Royal Romanian Air Force	7
Edward Popek		United States Army Air Forces	7		Completed in 2 hours
†	Canada	Royal Air Force	7		(+2 V-1 flying bombs)
		U.S. Army Air Forces	7		(+1 ground kill)
			7
		U.S. Army Air Forces	7
		Royal Romanian Air Force	7
†		Royal Hungarian Air Force	7
			7
		Royal Air Force	7
		Royal Hungarian Air Force	7
†		Royal Air Force	7		(+28 V1 Flying Bombs and 10 ground kills)
		Royal Air Force	7
		U.S. Army Air Forces	7		364th Fighter Squadron, ETO
		U.S. Army Air Forces	7
		U.S. Army Air Forces	7		(+2 ground kills)

References

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