List of World War II aces from Southern Rhodesia information
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This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from Southern Rhodesia. For other countries see List of World War II aces by country
Name
Kills
Notes
Neville Bowker
11
Prisoner of war
DFC in 1941[1]
George Andrew F. "Buck" Buchanan
7
DFC Mostly defending Malta.[2]
John Howard Deall
5
OBE, DSO, DFC, Vliegerkruis
Eric Sidney "Dicky" Dicks-Sherwood
7
Frank Holman
9
Caesar Barrand Hull
8
DFC Joined RAF in 1936. Most successful pilot of Norwegian campaign. Killed in action on 7 September 1940
William Ivan Hartley Maguire
13
Percy Arthur "Ping" Newton
5
Ioannis Agorastos "John" Plagis
16
Born and brought up in Rhodesia of Greek descent; joined the Royal Air Force as a Greek citizen, not holding British nationality.
Perry Robert St Quintin
9
Ernest Leopold Williams
9
^"Tomahawk and Kittyhawk Aces of the RAF and Commonwealth" 2002 Osprey
^Malta Spitfire Aces 2008, Osprey
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