Famous fighter pilots

military aviator trained to engage in air-to-air, and often air-to-ground, combat

126 people

All Alive Deceased
Sergey Gritsevets

Sergey Gritsevets

1909 – 1939 · Age 30
Deceased
Charles L. Veach

Charles L. Veach

1944 – 1995 · Age 51
Deceased
Walter Frederick Morrison

Walter Frederick Morrison

1920 – 2010 · Age 90
Deceased
Philippe Perrin

Philippe Perrin

1963 · Age 63
Alive
Don Finlay

Don Finlay

1909 – 1970 · Age 60
Deceased
Walter Krupinski

Walter Krupinski

1920 – 2000 · Age 79
Deceased
R

Roberta Cowell

1918 – 2011 · Age 93
Deceased
Tomer Bar

Tomer Bar

1969 · Age 57
Alive
Wilhelm Batz

Wilhelm Batz

1916 – 1988 · Age 72
Deceased
Hans von Blixen-Finecke

Hans von Blixen-Finecke

1886 – 1917 · Age 31
Deceased
Walter Blume

Walter Blume

1896 – 1964 · Age 68
Deceased
Theodor Weissenberger

Theodor Weissenberger

1914 – 1950 · Age 35
Deceased
Giora Epstein

Giora Epstein

1938 – 2025 · Age 87
Deceased
Franz von Werra

Franz von Werra

1914 – 1941 · Age 27
Deceased
Joachim Müncheberg

Joachim Müncheberg

1918 – 1943 · Age 24
Deceased
Werner Schröer

Werner Schröer

1918 – 1985 · Age 66
Deceased
W

Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke

1913 – 1944 · Age 31
Deceased
J

Josef Priller

1915 – 1961 · Age 45
Deceased
Josef Jacobs

Josef Jacobs

1894 – 1978 · Age 84
Deceased
Adriano Visconti

Adriano Visconti

1915 – 1945 · Age 29
Deceased
Franz Büchner

Franz Büchner

1898 – 1920 · Age 22
Deceased
Adolph Malan

Adolph Malan

1910 – 1963 · Age 53
Deceased
William Stephenson

William Stephenson

1897 – 1989 · Age 92
Deceased
Joaquín García Morato

Joaquín García Morato

1904 – 1939 · Age 34
Deceased
Ivan Vasilyevich Smirnov

Ivan Vasilyevich Smirnov

1895 – 1956 · Age 61
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q618694