[Buffalo Head]

"Our pilots pale in comparison to German Luftwaffe aces who scored hundreds of kills."

Yes, but mostly against the Russians who were flying decidedly inferior airplanes.

[Colonel_Flagg]

Yes, but mostly against the Russians who were flying decidedly inferior airplanes.

The Luftwaffe had 15 aces with 200 or more kills. Of the top ten, two (Erick Rudorffer and Heinz Bar) spent substantial time on the Western Front, with 86 and 124 kills of Western Allied planes respectively. The two of them were shot down a combined 34 times.

[xone]

Hans-Joachim Marseille had 151 all against the British including 17 in one day.. Many of the German aces on the Eastern front faced 60-1 odds against Lend-Lease aircraft. Later Russian aircraft weren't inferior. Fighter Aces of the Luftwaffe is a good reference book.