I'd really like to know how this group was chosen. For starters, Snoopy was a "flying ace." The proper term is fighter ace, as in fighter pilot.

If there was a fair standard for the top ten aces, they'd all have to be germans but that would get boring!

Anyway, how did Lee Archer make the cut? HE IS NOT AN ACE! He's credited with 4 shot down, period. ANother board says he's an honorary member of the Aces Association!!!!!


Lilya Litvak is included because "the legend says." Wow, some history!

Jimmy Thach deserves to be included but why'd the network print his photo backwards? Wings and ribbons on the wrong side.

I like including Juutilainnen. Nice touch.

Richthofen might deserve the top spot but he certainly wasn't "history's first great combat pilot." Can anyone at Military Channel spell Immelmann or Boelcke or Guynemer?

Boy o boy!

What, no Billy Bishop?

72 air victories, including two balloons, 52 and two shared "destroyed" with 16 "out of control."

The highest scoring Allied ace was Frenchman René Fonck, with 75 victories and the highest scoring British Empire fighter pilots were Mick Mannock with 65–73 kills and Canadian Billy Bishop, with 72.