Fleet Air Arm Air Aces of the FAA Archive 1939-1945

FLEET AIR ARM AIR ACES 1939-1945

This list contains Fleet Air Arm and Commonwealth personnel who had 5 or more enemy aircraft "kills" during WW2 whilst serving with the Fleet Air Arm. All of the "kills" are what the airman was officially credited with. The rank listed is their rank at the time of attaining the level of ACE.

The greatest of the Fleet Air Arm aces were Lt Commander AJ "Jackie" Sewell RN who had 22/25 accredited "kills", including shared, ground destroyed and damaged enemy aircraft. Lt Commander RJ "Dickie" Cork RN had 23 accredited "Kills", and Lt Commander SG "Stan" Orr RNVR 17 "Kills". Dickie Cork had the highest number of outright "kills", with 9 enemy aircraft downed, and Sub Lieutenant F Dawson-Paul RN closely followed this tally with 7 "kills". None of these airmen survived the war except Stan Orr.

Service Records:Leading Fleet Air Arm Aces:

Service Records:Fleet Air Arm Ace list:
Alphabetical list of 36 notable Fleet Air Arm personnel who shot down one or more enemy aircraft. The list includes British, Dominion and Commonwealth airmen.

Service Records: Claims of Enemy aircraft destroyed:
Ranked Directory of Royal Navy and Commonwealth FAA personnel who claimed shooting down 5 or more enemy aircraft. The list includes British, Dominion and Commonwealth airmen.

FAA AIR ACES
36 Fleet Air Arm aircrew are listed here as having shot down one or more enemy aicraft.

	Pilot's name
	Atkinson, William Henry Isaac Lt RCN
	Barnes, William Lawrence Lecoq, Lt RN
	Blake, Arthus Giles, Sub Lt RNVR
	Brabner, Rupert Arnold, Lt Cdr RNVR
	Bruen, John Martin, Lt Cdr RN
	Charlton, Philip Noel, Lt Cdr RN
	Cork, Richard John, Lt Cdr RN
	Crosley, RM, Lt Cdr RN
	Dawson-Paul, Francis, Sub-Lt (A) RN
	Evans, Charles Les Glandore, Cdr RN
	Foster, William Morley Culverwel, Sub-Lt RNVR
	Gardner, Richard Exton Cdr RNVR
	Guthrie, Giles Connop McEachern Lt RNVR
	Hallett, NN Lt RN
	Hay, RC "Ronnie", Lt Colonel RM
	Hogg, Graham Angus Sub Lt RNVR
	Jeram, Dennis Mayvore Lt Cdr RN
	Keighly-Peach, Charles Lindsay, Cdr RN
	Keith, KL Lt (A) RN+
	Lowe, Ivan Lawrence Firth, Sub-Lt RNVR
	Lucy, William Paulet Lt Cdr RN
	MacDonald-Hall, Robert Lt Cdr RN
	Martyn, WH Lt Cdr DSC RN
	Massey, PWV Lt(A) RN+
	Nicholls, OJR, Lt RN
	Orr, Stanley Gordon, Lt Cdr RNVR
	Paul, FD Sub Lt RNVR
	Reynolds, Richard Henry Sub Lt RNVR
	Ritchie, Blyth Lt RNVR
	Sewell, Alfred Jack, Lt Cdr RNVR
	Sheppard, Donald John, Lt RCNVR
	Sparke, Philip Donald Julian Sub Lt RNVR
	Stott, J P Sub-Lt RN
	Taylour, Edward Winchester Tollemache Lt Cdr RN
	Tillard, Rupert Claude Lt Cdr RN
	Wilson, Edward Taylour Sub Lt SANF (V) seconded to FAA

CLAIMS OF DESTROYED ENEMY AIRCRAFT

	Nationality	Squadron	Destroyed in air	Destroyed on ground	Shared destroyed	Probable/ unconfirmed destroyed	Shared probable destroyed	Damaged	Shared damaged	Probable damaged	Shared Probable damaged	Damaged on ground
Cork, RJ Lt Cdr RN+	British	242 sqdn RAF 880 sqdn FAA	9	7	2	1	-	4	-	-	-	-
Dawson-Paul, F Sub-Lt (A) RN+	British	64 sqdn RAF	7	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-
Orr, SG Lt Cdr RNVR	British	806 sqdn FAA most 804 sqdn FAA	6	2 shared destroyed on water	6 or 8	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Gardner, RE Cdr RNVR	British	242 sqdn RAF 807 sqdn FAA	6	-	4	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Barnes, WLL Lt RN+	British	806 sqdn FAA	6	-	2	-	-	6	2	-	-	-
Tillard, RC Lt Cdr RN +	British	808 sqdn FAA	6	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sewell, AJ Lt Cdr RNVR+	British	806 sqdn FAA	5 or 6	-	7	-	7	3	2	-	-	-
Paul, FD Sub Lt +	British	64 sqdn RAF	6?	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ritchie, B Lt RNVR+	British	800 sqdn FAA	5	-	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	1 shared damaged on water
Brabner, RA Lt Cdr RNVR+	British	805sqdn 1 FAA rest 801 sqdn FAA	5	-	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-
Jeram, DM Lt Cdr RN	British	213 sqdn RAF 888 sqdn FAA	5	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hogg, GA Sub Lt RNVR+	British	806 sqdn FAA	4	1 shared destroyed on the ground	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hay, RC Lt Coln RM	British	801 sqdn 1 FAA 808 sqdn FAA 47 fighter wing FAA	4 approx	-	9 approx	-	-	-	3	-	-	-
Bruen, JM Lt Cdr RN	Irish	803 sqdn FAA	4	-	4	-	-	2	2	-	-	1 shared damaged on ground
Sparke, PDJ Sub Lt RNVR+	British	806 sqdn FAA	4	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Foster, WMC Sub Lt RNVR	British	1844 sqdn FAA	4	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Blake, AG Sub Lt RNVR+	British	19 sqdn RAF	4	-	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	-
Crosley, RM	British Liverpool 1920		4	-	1	1 (and 1 "possible"	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sheppard, DJ Lt RCNVR	Canada	1836 sqdn FAA	3 or 4	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wilson, ET Sub Lt SANF (V)	South Africa	1844 sqdn FAA	3	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Charlton, PN, Lt Cdr RN	British	803 sqdn FAA	3	-	3	2	-	1	-	-	-	-
Atkinson, WHI Lt RCN	Canada	1844 sqdn FAA	3	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Keighly-Peach, CL Cdr RN	British	HMS Eagle Flt FAA	3	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Evans, CLG Cdr RN	British	803 sqdn 1 FAA 806 sqdn FAA	2	-	8	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
Martyn, WH Lt Cdr DSC RN	Canadian Calgary	880 sqdn	2	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Reynolds, RH Sub Lt RNVR	British	894 sqdn FAA	2	-	3	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Stott, JP Sub Lt RN	British	1770 sqdn FAA	2	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Taylour, EWT Lt Cdr RN+	British	800 sqn 1, FAA rest 808 sqdn FAA	1	-	6	1	-	-	1	-	-	-
MacDonald-Hall, R Lt Cdr RN	British	806 sqdn, FAA 807 sqdn 1 FAA	1	-	-	1	-	2	-	-	-	-
Lowe, ILF Sub Lt RNVR	British	806 sqdn FAA	1	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lucy, WP Lt Cdr RN+	British	803 sqdn FAA	-	-	7	1	-	-	3	-	-	-
Hallett, NN Lt RN	British	807 sqdn FAA 884 sqdn FAA	-	-	6	-	1	-	4	-	-	-
Guthrie, GCM Lt RNVR	British	808 sqdn FAA	-	-	5	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
OTHERS OF NOTE
Nicolls, OJR, Lt RN	British	806 sqdn FAA	2	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Keith, KL Lt (A) RN+	Canada	HMS Eagle Flt	1	-	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Massey, PWV Lt(A) RN+	British	HMS Eagle Flt 883 sqdn	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Young, AN Lt RN+	British	HMS Eagle Flt	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Nationality	Squadron	Destroyed in air	Destroyed on ground	Shared destroyed	Probable/ unconfirmed destroyed	Shared probable destroyed	Damaged	Shared damaged	Probable damaged	Shared Probable damaged	Damaged on ground

+ known to have died in the war.

Fleet Air Arm Gloster Gladiator claimed air "kills" details:

Ref: Website by acrawford@glad.co.uk

FURTHER INFORMATION
Air Aces Homepage by A. Magnus (1999)	Includes FAA aircrew
The Fighter Pilot Ace List.	A co-authored list by: Al Bowers bowers@orville.dfrc.nasa.gov David Lednicer dave@amiwest.com
Military aircraft archive "aces" page
Canadian Air Aces and heroes, WW1, WW2 and Korea.	Only naval aviation ace mentioned is Lt Gray VC
NZ aces by the NZ Fighter Museum	Lists air force aces but no FAA aircrew or naval aviation are mentioned
Biplane Fighter Aces from the Second World War- Håkans aviation page
Mark Styling, Corsair Aces of World War 2, Osprey Publishing, 1995 Barrett Tillman, Hellcat: The F6F in World War II, Naval Institute Press, 1979 Barrett Tillman, Hellcat Aces of World War 2, Osprey Publishing, 1996 Barrett Tillman, Wildcat Aces of World War 2, Osprey Publishing, 1995 Barrett Tillman, U.S. Navy Fighter Squadrons in World War II, Specialty Press, 1997
Battle of Britain Fighter Pilots Association	Association solely for veterans who took part in the Battle of Britain. [no website available]
American Fighter Aces Association	Website for the Veteran fighter Aces of the US
U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Aces	DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER information and Ace listing.
US Fighter Town,	A US based website. It includes a wealth of information about the US aviation Fighters and aces. It includes a Directory of US Fighter Associations totaling over 400. It also includes Air Force, Navy, Marine Fighter, Attack and Recce, includes Reunion Dates, Location and Contact, includes History, Achievements and Stories, includes "Aces" data (In work), includes Flying Training, Aviation Cadet Associations, includes our Fighter Town Book Shelf, and includes our fighter oriented web sites. Editor: Bones Marshall
Christopher Shores and Clive Williams, Aces High: a tribute to the most notable fighter pilots of the British and Commonwealth Forces in WWII, Grub Street publishers, 1994
Sturtivant, R. & Burrow, M (1995)	Sturtivant, R. & Burrow, M (1995) 'Fleet Air Arm Aircraft 1939 to 1945' Published by Air Britain (Historians) Ltd, 1995 ISBN: 0 85130 232 7

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