List of World War II aces from South Africa information
This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from South Africa.
Name
Kills
Squadrons
Awards
Notes
Bailey, James R A
6½
264, 85, 125, 600
Flew in Battle of Britain . Night fighter ace. Died 29 Feb. 2000.[1]
Barber, Maurice C H
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[citation needed]
Bosman, Andrew[3]
10½
RAF: 72 Sqn; SAAF: 1 Sqn, 2 Sqn & 4 Sqn
Botha, Adriaan Jacobus "Attie"[3]
5
SAAF: 1 Sqn
KIA 14 June 1941
Botha, Louis Cecil "Cookie"[4]
5
SAAF: 5 Sqn
KIA 17 June 1942
Boyle, Brian John Lister "Piggy"
5½
SAAF: 1 Sqn
Bremner, Thomas Dick "Dikkie"
6
SAAF: 5 Sqn, 12 Sqn
Clements, Reginald John
2 & 2 shr.
No. 227 Sqn RAF.
Collingwood, Robert Joseph Peter
5
RAF: 82 Sqn & 152 Sqn, SAAF: 1 Sqn
Cooke-Botha, Louis C
5
SAAF: 5 Sqn
Courtney, Tyler J
5
SAAF 5 Sqn
Davis, Carl Raymond
9
RAF: 601 Sqn
KIA 6 September 1940
Dexter, Peter Grenfell
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
Faure, Johannes Morkel[4]
5½
RAF: 92 Sqn; SAAF: 1 and 4 Sqns
Frost, John Everitt[3]
15
3 and 5 SAAF
Gaynor, John Henry
5½
1, 2 and 7 SAAF
Golding, Douglas William[3]
9
4 SAAF
Haysom, Geoffrey
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[3]
6
2 and 5 SAAF
Lardner-Burke, Henry Patrick
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.[4]
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[citation needed]
Metelerkamp, Peter[4]
5
1 SAAF
Morris, Douglas G "Zuba"
5
406 RCAF
Morris, E J
10
79, 238 and 250 RAF
Osler, Malcolm Stephen[3]
12
145 and 601 RAF, 1 SAAF
Pare, Robin
6
1 and 5 SAAF
Pattle, Marmaduke "Pat"
41
80 and 33 RAF
KIA 20 April 1941
Rabagliati, Alexander C
7
46 and 126 RAF
Robinson, McClelland Eric S
5½
1 SAAF
Le Roux, Johannes Jacobus
23½
73, 91, 111, 602 RAF
Saville, Eric Cowley[3]
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
Talbot, Robert Henry[3]
10
274 RAF and 1 SAAF
Theron, Servas van Breda
10[clarification needed]
250 RAF and 3 SAAF
Aces High only credits him with 5 destroyed, 3 & 6 shared[citation needed]
Van Mentz, Brian
7½
222 and 504 RAF
Wallace, Thomas Young
8
111 and 610 RAF
Waugh, Lawrence Robertson S[3]
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
^Battle of Britain Memorial, The Airmen's Stories – F/O J.R.A. Bailey, visited March 20, 2018
^Shores, C; Williams C (15 July 2008). Aces High: A Tribute to the Most Notable Fighter Pilots. Grub Street. p. 101. ISBN 978-1-898697-00-8.
^ abcdefghiShores, Christopher; Ring, Hans (1969). Fighters over the Desert: The Air Battles in the Western Desert: June 1940 to December 1942. New York: Arco. p. 240. ISBN 0668-02070-9.
^ abcdShores, (1969). p. 241
^Tidy, D.P (December 1976). "SOUTH AFRICAN AIR ACES OF WORLD WAR II". Military History Journal. 3 (6).
^Tidy, D.P (June 1970). "SOUTH AFRICAN AIR ACES OF WORLD WAR II". Military History Journal. 1 (6).
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