This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from South Africa.
Name | data-sort-type="number" | Kills ! | Squadrons | Awards | Notes |
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6½ | Flew in Battle of Britain . Night fighter ace. Died 29 Feb. 2000.[1] | ||||
3[2] | 250 Sqn RAF and 450 Sqn RAAF | Although it was considered to have achieved 5 wins, it seems that this total is only 3 | |||
Bosman, Andrew[3] | 10½ | ||||
5 | KIA 14 June 1941 | ||||
Botha, Louis Cecil "Cookie"[4] | 5 | KIA 17 June 1942 | |||
5½ | |||||
6 | SAAF: 5 Sqn, 12 Sqn | ||||
Clements, Reginald John | 2 & 2 shr. | No. 227 Sqn RAF. | |||
Collingwood, Robert Joseph Peter | 5 | ||||
Cooke-Botha, Louis C | 5 | SAAF: 5 Sqn | |||
5 | SAAF 5 Sqn | ||||
9 | RAF: 601 Sqn | KIA 6 September 1940 | |||
5 | RAF: 16, 54, 603 & 611 Sqn | KIFA 14 July 1941 | |||
Driver, Kenneth Weekes[5] | 12 | SAAF: 1 | |||
Duncan, Andrew | 5½ | SAAF: 1 and 5 | |||
Duff-Richardson, Melville | 5 | SAAF: 4 Sqn | |||
5½ | RAF: 92 Sqn; SAAF: 1 and 4 Sqns | ||||
Frost, John Everitt | 15 | 3 and 5 SAAF | |||
Gaynor, John Henry | 5½ | 1, 2 and 7 SAAF | |||
9 | 4 SAAF | ||||
6 | 79 RAF | ||||
Hewitson, John Loch | 5 | 1, 4 and 5 SAAF | |||
Hojem, R C | 4 | 2 and 5 SAAF | |||
Hugo, Petrus Hendrick "Piet" | 17 & 3 shr., 3 prob., 7 dmg. | 615 and 41 RAF | |||
Human, Daniel William "Johnny" | 5 | 1, 2 and 5 SAAF | |||
Johnston, George Robert A M | 9 & 2 shr. | RAF: 73 Sqn, 122 Wg. | |||
Lacey, Dennis Vernon D | 6 | 2 and 5 SAAF | |||
8½ | 1, 19, 46, 126 and 222 RAF | ||||
Laubscher, Charles James | 4 & 2 shr. | RAF: 261 Sqn., 2 SAAF | |||
Lewis, Albert Gerald[6] | 18 | 85, 249 | |||
Lindsay, Vernon Mears L. | 5 | 2 SAAF | |||
Loftus, D H | 4 & 1 shr. | 2, 7 SAAF | |||
Malan, Adolph "Sailor" | 35 | 74 RAF | |||
Le Mesurier, G J | 3 | 1 SAAF | Although credited with 6 this appears to be the sum of his kills and probables | ||
Metelerkamp, Peter | 5 | 1 SAAF | |||
Morris, Douglas G "Zuba" | 5 | 406 RCAF | |||
Morris, E J | 10 | 79, 238 and 250 RAF | |||
12 | 145 and 601 RAF, 1 SAAF | ||||
6 | 1 and 5 SAAF | ||||
Pattle, Marmaduke "Pat" | 41 | 80 and 33 RAF | KIA 20 April 1941 | ||
7 | 46 and 126 RAF | ||||
Robinson, McClelland Eric S | 5½ | 1 SAAF | |||
23½ | 73, 91, 111, 602 RAF | ||||
8 | 112 and 260 RAF; 2 and 5 SAAF | ||||
Seccombe, J T | 3 | 1 SAAF | |||
Smith, H F | 3 | 5 SAAF and 1 SAAF | KIA 25/03/1943 | ||
Stapelton, Basil Gerald "Stapme" | 6½ | 32, 247, 257 and 603 RAF | DFC (Dutch) | ||
Starret, Harry | 6½ | 33 RAF | |||
10 | 274 RAF and 1 SAAF | ||||
10 | 250 RAF and 3 SAAF | Aces High only credits him with 5 destroyed, 3 & 6 shared | |||
7½ | 222 and 504 RAF | ||||
8 | 111 and 610 RAF | ||||
Waugh, Lawrence Robertson S | 6 | 417 and 601 RAF, 1 SAAF | |||
Whiting, S R | 4 | 213 RAF | |||
Wildsmith, H E N | 4 | 2 SAAF | |||
Wilmot, Laurence | 4 & 1 shr. | 1 SAAF, 238 Wg, 322 Wg. | |||
Wilson, Edward Taylor | 3 & 4 shr. | 1844 Sqn, FAA |