List of Siduri War flying aces

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Fighter aces in the the Siduri War had tremendously varying kill scores, affected as they were by many factors: the pilot's skill level, the performance of the airplane they flew and those they flew against, how long they served, thier opportunity to meet the enemy in the air , whether they was the formation's leader or a wingman, the standards their air service brought to the awarding of victory credits, et cetera.

It is not clear what impact each nation's rules for score crediting have on the counts listed below. It is necessary to emphasize that the question of assessing and comparing the success rate of fighters by number of victories is one of the more problematic. There are disputes about what is "shot down" and what is "air victory", but the most problematic seems to be credibility of reports and reliability of its confirmation, which was substantially different in particular air forces. The most reliable is considered the confirmation of the victories in RTAF, which based its counts on comparison of testimonials of participants and – if possible – film material.

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  This background, along with the symbol "†", indicates that the pilot was killed in action, missing in action, died of wounds, or was killed in a flying accident during the Siduri War.

Name Country Service(s) Aerial Victories Other Aerial Victories Notes
Test Dummy  Tennai Test Force 352[1] Top ace of all time. First ever with 300 victories, achieved coincident with Double-ace in a day
Gerhard Barkhorn  Germany Luftwaffe 301[1]
  1. 1.0 1.1 Spick 1996, p. 227.