Five Kills in one Day Chuck Yeager and who else ?

[Glen]

Greetings
I was wondering who else beside Chuck Yeager shot down 5 or more Aircraft in one day or one flight ? I seem to remember a Navy Fighter Pilot that shot down 6 in the Mariana Turkey Shoot but cant recall his name.
Were their any British or German Pilots that did that feat as well ? I am sure that the Russians might claim to have a Record that would doubble that record of the Alies or Axes .

As always Thankyou one and all for you replys

[congobob]

David McCampbellholds the american record...9 kills in about 90 minutes.

[wls3]

Just to name a few more,

Joe Foss, already an ace, was the first Marine to shoot down 5 in one
day. October 25, 1942.

The 352nd FG had 4 "aces in a day." George Preddy (six Me109's),
Don Bryan (five FW190's), Carl J. Luksic (four FW190's, one Me109),
and William T. Whisner (five FW190's).

Bill

[Jack Cook]

AVG
Duke Heman

AAF
Murray Shubin
Mel Wheadon
Joe Lesicka
George Preddy
Bob Rankin
Jim Duffy
John Vogt
Judge Wolfe
Bob Stone
Jack Daniel
Bill Whisner
Sid Woods
Larry Blummer
Jon Wainright
Oscar Perdomo

USN
Roy Rushing
Dave McCampbell X 2
Butch O'Hare
Alex Vraciu
Gene Valencia
Caqrl Brown
Gene Townsend
Charles Mallory
Cornelius Nooy

and many more..............................

[Obergrafeter]

USMC.........Archie Donahue

[David_Aiken]

Iyoso Fujita is credited with ten in a day during the Battle of Midway...
Hata and Izawa Nihon Kaigun Sentokitai(1975 edition)

[Zachary]

Neal Kearby
Fred Christiansen

[Walrus 7]

RAAF - Clive Caldwell five Ju87s, 5 December 1941 in the Western Desert.

Walrus

[Dan K]

Hans Joachim Marseilles: 17-in-one-day (3 sorties) against the RAF in North Africa.

[tom d. friedman]

their were a number of japanese pilots who achieved the status............. but i'd have to take the the time dig through my files.

[P51Mstg]

If I recall correctly, Eric Hartman shot down 24 in a day, while on the Eastern Front. Of course, he was in a target rich environment and on some day he may have flown up to eight sortees.

Mark H

[lmritger]

Hartmann did not down 24 in one day.

However, Marseille claimed 17 in one day (about half or so are absolutely verifiable, research continues on his third mission of 1 Sept 42), and Emil "Bully" Lang of JG 54 claimed 18 Soviet aircraft in one day.

Lynn

[Swiss Mustangs]

Lt. Col. Wayne E. "Blick" Blickenstaff, 353rd FG

[Firebird]

Multiple kills in one day or even one sortie seemed to be a Luftwaffe speciality....

Gerhard Schopfel famously scored 4 in about 2 mins during the Battle of Britain, and it seemed to be something of a trademark for Erich Rudorffer, who claimed 6 or more in a day on it seems no less than 10 occasions , incl., 14 claimed on 6 Nov 43 and 11 claimed on 28 Oct 44.

I think it was a rare feat for RAF pilots, Clive 'Killer' Caldwell of the RAAF, managed 5 in a day in North Africa.

It seems there were 68 USA 'ace in a day' pilots during WW2, 43 x USAAF, 18 x USN and 7 x USMC.

[Richard W.]

In the Pacific, William Shomo (82nd Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron)
received the Medal of Honor for downing seven in one mission.

SHOMO, WILLIAM A.

Maj. Shomo was lead pilot of a flight of 2 fighter planes charged with an armed photographic and strafing mission against the Aparri and Laoag airdromes. While en route to the objective, he observed an enemy twin engine bomber, protected by 12 fighters, flying about 2,500 feet above him and in the opposite direction Although the odds were 13 to 2, Maj. Shomo immediately ordered an attack. Accompanied by his wingman he closed on the enemy formation in a climbing turn and scored hits on the leading plane of the third element, which exploded in midair. Maj. Shomo then attacked the second element from the left side of the formation and shot another fighter down in flames. When the enemy formed for Counterattack, Maj. Shomo moved to the other side of the formation and hit a third fighter which exploded and fell. Diving below the bomber he put a burst into its underside and it crashed and burned. Pulling up from this pass he encountered a fifth plane firing head on and destroyed it. He next dived upon the first element and shot down the lead plane; then diving to 300 feet in pursuit of another fighter he caught it with his initial burst and it crashed in flames. During this action his wingman had shot down 3 planes, while the 3 remaining enemy fighters had fled into a cloudbank and escaped. Maj. Shomo's extraordinary gallantry and intrepidity in attacking such a far superior force and destroying 7 enemy aircraft in one action is unparalleled in the southwest Pacific area.