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Baker's Dozen of WWII Air Aces' Aircraft

1. Cdr. David McCampbell's F6F Hellcat "Minsi III"
2. Major Erich Hartmann's BF109 "Usch"
3. Maj. Robert F. Galer's F4F-3 Wildcat "MF-1"
4. Major(?) Ivan Kozhedub's Lavochin 5 "White 75" and "White 14"
5. Lt. Col Duane Beeson's P-47 and P-51
6. Colonel (?) Alexander Pokryshkin's P-39 "White 100"
7. Pilot Officer George Beurling's Spitfire VC
8. Wing Commander Robert Stanford Tuck's Spitfire VB

9. Pierre Le Gloan's Dewoitine 520
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Baker's Dozen of WWII Air Aces' Aircraft

1. Cdr. David McCampbell's F6F Hellcat "Minsi III"
2. Major Erich Hartmann's BF109 "Usch"
3. Maj. Robert F. Galer's F4F-3 Wildcat "MF-1"
4. Major(?) Ivan Kozhedub's Lavochin 5 "White 75" and "White 14"
5. Lt. Col Duane Beeson's P-47 and P-51
6. Colonel (?) Alexander Pokryshkin's P-39 "White 100"
7. Pilot Officer George Beurling's Spitfire VC
8. Wing Commander Robert Stanford Tuck's Spitfire VB
9. Pierre Le Gloan's Dewoitine 520

10. Wing Commander Stanisław Skalski's P-51 "SS"

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Baker's Dozen of WWII Air Aces' Aircraft

1. Cdr. David McCampbell's F6F Hellcat "Minsi III"
2. Major Erich Hartmann's BF109 "Usch"
3. Maj. Robert F. Galer's F4F-3 Wildcat "MF-1"
4. Major(?) Ivan Kozhedub's Lavochin 5 "White 75" and "White 14"
5. Lt. Col Duane Beeson's P-47 and P-51
6. Colonel (?) Alexander Pokryshkin's P-39 "White 100"
7. Pilot Officer George Beurling's Spitfire VC
8. Wing Commander Robert Stanford Tuck's Spitfire VB
9. Pierre Le Gloan's Dewoitine 520
10.Wing Commander Stanisław Skalski's P-51 "SS"

11.Major Robin Olds's P-38 "Scat 2"

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Baker's Dozen of WWII Air Aces' Aircraft

1. Cdr. David McCampbell's F6F Hellcat "Minsi III"
2. Major Erich Hartmann's BF109 "Usch"
3. Maj. Robert F. Galer's F4F-3 Wildcat "MF-1"
4. Major(?) Ivan Kozhedub's Lavochin 5 "White 75" and "White 14"
5. Lt. Col Duane Beeson's P-47 and P-51
6. Colonel (?) Alexander Pokryshkin's P-39 "White 100"
7. Pilot Officer George Beurling's Spitfire VC
8. Wing Commander Robert Stanford Tuck's Spitfire VB
9. Pierre Le Gloan's Dewoitine 520
10.Wing Commander Stanisław Skalski's P-51 "SS"
11. Major Robin Olds's P-38 "Scat 2"

12. Sub-Lieutenant Saburō Sakai's A6M2-21 Zero
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Baker's Dozen of WWII Air Aces' Aircraft

1. Cdr. David McCampbell's F6F Hellcat "Minsi III"
2. Major Erich Hartmann's BF109 "Usch"
3. Maj. Robert F. Galer's F4F-3 Wildcat "MF-1"
4. Major(?) Ivan Kozhedub's Lavochin 5 "White 75" and "White 14"
5. Lt. Col Duane Beeson's P-47 and P-51
6. Colonel (?) Alexander Pokryshkin's P-39 "White 100"
7. Pilot Officer George Beurling's Spitfire VC
8. Wing Commander Robert Stanford Tuck's Spitfire VB
9. Pierre Le Gloan's Dewoitine 520
10.Wing Commander Stanisław Skalski's P-51 "SS"
11. Major Robin Olds's P-38 "Scat 2"
12. Sub-Lieutenant Saburō Sakai's A6M2-21 Zero

13. Captain Jorma Sarvanto's Fokker D.XXI 'FR-97'

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Baker's Dozen of Kill ratings/losses!

1.Dutch Ground to Air losses vs Luftwaffe aircraft shot down!



191 losses for Dutch Ground based AA units vs around 500 Luftwaffe aircraft lost, around 200 pilot and crew members killed and about 1350 POW transported to Britain
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Baker's Dozen of Kill ratings/losses!

1.Dutch Ground to Air losses vs Luftwaffe aircraft shot down!


2. US Submarines in the PTO

Destroyed over 5.6 million tons of Japanese ships including 1 aircraft carrier, 1 battleship and 11 cruisers against the loss of 48 submarines.
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Baker's Dozen of Kill ratings/losses!

1.Dutch Ground to Air losses vs Luftwaffe aircraft shot down!
2. US Submarines in the PTO

3. F6F Hellcat vs. Japanese aircraft




13:1 Kill:loss ratio, highest of any american aircraft
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Baker's Dozen of Kill ratings/losses!

1.Dutch Ground to Air losses vs Luftwaffe aircraft shot down!
2. US Submarines in the PTO
3. F6F Hellcat vs. Japanese aircraft


4. F4U Corsair vs. Japanese aircraft




11:1 kill ratio.
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