List of World War II aces from Italy
This is a list of aces in World War II from Italy. A flying ace or air ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. For other countries see List of World War II aces by country.
| Name | Wartime victories | Rank | Awards | Notes |
| Adami, Ranieri | 7 | Maggiore | retired as a Colonnello | |
| Annoni, Emanuele | 9 | Capitano | retired as a Generale di Squadra Aerea | |
| Arcangeletti, Paolo | 5 | |||
| Aurili, Giuseppe | 5 | |||
| Baldi, Loris | 5 | Sergente Maggiore | died October 7, 2015 | |
| Bandini, Luigi | 5 | KIA April 29, 1944 | ||
| Barcaro, Giovanni | 9 | |||
| Baron, Luigi | 12 | Sergente Maggiore | ||
| Bartolacchini, Osvaldo | 6 | |||
| Bartolozzi, Osvaldo | 6 | |||
| Baschirotto, Gianlino | 11 | Maresciallo Pilota | Retired in 1970 as a Colonnello | |
| Bassi, Livio | 6 | Tenente | GMMV | KIA April 2, 1941 |
| Baylon, Giuseppe | 5 | Tenente Colonnello | ||
| Bellagambi, Mario | 13 | Capitano | Retired in 1967 as a Generale di Brigata Aerea | |
| Benati, Amedeo | 10 | |||
| Bernardi, Duilio | 5 | |||
| Biagini, Bruno | 7 | |||
| Biagini, Lucio | 5 | KIA April 25, 1944 | ||
| Bianchi, Manfredo | 5 | |||
| Bianchi, Pietro | 5 | KIA August 2, 1943 | ||
| Biron, Giuseppe | 10 | Maggiore | Retired in 1971 as a Generale di Brigata Aerea | |
| Bladelli, Alessandro | 5 + 7 shared, 1 shared damaged | 2x SMMV, 2x BMMV | ||
| Bonet, Giovanni | 8 | Capitano | 4x SMMV, GIC2c | KIA April 29, 1944 |
| Bonannini, Pietro | 8 + 2 prob. | Aiutante di Battaglia | Turret gunner on Cant Z.506B and Fiat RS.14 floatplanes. Credited with 4x Spitfires, 3x Blenheims and 1x Hurricane | |
| Bonfatti, Pietro | 6 + 7 shared, 2 + 3 shared probably, 4 shared damaged | 2x SMMV, 1BMMV | KIA November 22, 1941 | |
| Bonzano, Mario | 17 | Maggiore | SMMV | retired as a Colonello |
| Bordoni-Bisleri, Franco | 19 | Tenente | 3x SMMV, GIC2 | KIFA September 15, 1975 |
| Botto, Ernesto | 8 + 20 shared, 7 shared probably. 1 + 4 shared damaged. | GMMV | ||
| Buogo, Egidio | 5 | |||
| Buvoli, Aldo | 6 | |||
| Camaioni, Antonio | 8 | |||
| Canella, Carlo | 7, 27 + 5 shared on ground | SMMV | ||
| Canfora, Antonio | 7 | |||
| Caselli, Gilberto | 5 | |||
| Cavalli, Evasio | 5 | KIA July 21, 1943 | ||
| Celentano, Agostino | 6 | |||
| Cenni, Giuseppe | 9 | Maggiore | GMMV, 6x SMMV, GIC2 | KIA September 4, 1943 |
| Ceoletta, Giovanni | 10 | Sergente Maggiore | Retired in 1981 as a Generale di Brigata Aerea | |
| Chiarini, Guglielmo | 5 | Capitano | GMMV, 2x SMMV | KIA February 4, 1941 |
| Covre, Tullio | 5 | Sergente Maggiore | 2x SMMV, GIC, SMCV | |
| Cucchi, Carlo | 5 | |||
| Cuscuna, Francesco | 5, 1 shared probable, 2 shared damaged. | 2x SMMV | ||
| Daffara, Vittorino | 13 + 1 shared, 4 damaged. | |||
| Damiani, Rinaldo | 6 + 3 shared, 4 shared damaged, 1 damaged on the ground. | |||
| Dell'Innocenti, Giovanni | 12 | KIA July 3, 1943 | ||
| Bert, Cesare Di | 6 | Sergente Piloti | 3x SMMV | |
| Briona, Giorgio Di | 11 | Capitano | SMMV, GIC2 | |
| Doglio, Furio | 7 | Capitano | GMMV, LBM, SMA, SMMV, 2x BMMV, GIC2 | KIA July 27, 1942, on Gozo, by Canadian top aceGeorge Beurling |
| Drago, Ugo | 17 + 3 shared, 1 shared damaged on the ground. | Capitano | 4x SMMV, CMV | 11 victories with RSI |
| Ettore, Domenico | 5 | |||
| Facchini Dotta, Domenico | 5 | |||
| Fanali, Duilio | 15 | Tenente Colonnello | 5x SMMV, 2x BMMV, CMW | Retired 1971 as a Generale di Squadra Aerea |
| Ferazzani, Giuseppe | 5 | |||
| Ferla, Germano La | 13 | GMV, SMMV | ||
| Ferrulli, Leonardo | 21 | Sottotenente | GMV, SMMV | KIA July 5, 1943 |
| Fibbia, Guido | 6 | Maresciallo Pilota | 2x SMMV, BMMV, WMC, GIC2 | |
| Filippi, Fausto | 8 | KIA January 23, 1945 | ||
| Filippi, Luigi | 7 + 1 shared. | SMMV, BMMV | KIA February 20, 1943 | |
| Fissore, Giuliano | 3 shared | |||
| Forlani, Dino | 7 | |||
| Fornaci, Fausto | 9 | Maresciallo Pilota | KIA February 6, 1945 | |
| Foschini, Ettore | 7 | |||
| François, Armando | 7 + 3 shared | SMMV, BMMV, SMA, BMA, WMC | ||
| Frigerio, Iacopo | 5 + 4 shared, 1 probably, 4 + 4 shared damaged | SMMV, BMMV, GIC2 | ||
| Gaucci, Roberto | 7 | |||
| Giannella, Luigi | 12 | Capitano | Retired in the 1960s as a Colonnello | |
| Giardina, Antonio | 5 | 2x SMMV, 1BMMV | ||
| Giudice, Eber | 5 | SMMV, BMMV | ||
| Gorrini, Luigi | 19 | Sergente Maggiore | GMMV, BMMV, GIC1, GIC2 | |
| Graffer, Giorgio | 5 | Capitano | GMMV, BMMV | KIA November 28, 1940 |
| Guarnaccia, Filippo | 7 | |||
| Guerci, Mario | 5 | |||
| Guidi, Amedeo | 6 + 3 shared, 1 + 2 shared probable, 2 + 2 shared damaged. | SMMV, 2x WMC | ||
| Guiducci, Spiridone | 5 | |||
| Incerto, Enrico | 8, 2 probably, 3 damaged | GMV, SMMV | ||
| Iellici, Luigi | 5 | |||
| Laiolo, Domenico | 6 | Sergente Maggiore | ||
| Lauri, Furio | 11 | GMV, 2x SMMV, CMV | ||
| Leotta, Eugenio | 5 | |||
| Locatelli, Bruno | 5 | |||
| Longhi, Felice | 6 + 4 shared, 4 shared damaged. | 3x SMMV, CMV, GIC2 | ||
| Longhini, Antonio | 8 | Tenente | KIA November 16, 1944 | |
| Lucchini, Franco | 21 + 6 shared | Capitano | GMMV, 5x SMMV, BMMV, GIC | KIA July 5, 1943, on Sicily |
| Magnaghi, Carlo | 11 | Maresciallo Pilota | ||
| Magrini, Vasco | 11 | KIFA July 1961 | ||
| Malagola, Willy | 11 | |||
| Malvezzi, Fernando | 10 | Capitano | ||
| Mandolini, Orlando | 7 + 1 shared, 1 + 1 shared damaged, 1 armoured car on the ground. | SMMV, WMC, GIC2 | ||
| Mantelli, Adriano | 10 + 6 shared | 2x SMMV, WMC | ||
| Marconcini, Giuseppe | 6 | |||
| Mariotti, Luigi | 5 + 10 shared, 1 shared damaged on the ground. | Maggiore | 4x SMMV, BMMV, WMC | KIA on December 27, 1944, in Bell P-39Q by German Flak |
| Martinoli, Teresio | 22 + 14 shared | Sergente Maggiore | GMV, SMMV, GIC2 | KIFA in Bell P-39 |
| Mastroagostino, Angelo | 11 | |||
| Maurer, Sergio | 5 | KIA May 6, 1943 | ||
| Mazzitelli, Orfeo | 8 + 14 shared | Tenente | ||
| Mecatti, Mario | 6 | |||
| Melis, Mario | 5 | |||
| Miani, Carlo | 7 | Capitano | Ritired in 1962 as a Tenente Colonnello. Died April 16, 1994. | |
| Minguzzi, Vittorio | 13 | |||
| Miotto, Elio | 5 + 8 shared, 2 shared probably. | 3x SMMV | KIFA March 21, 1945, during a training flight in a Bell P-39 | |
| Montagnani, Gianfranco | 5 | |||
| Montegnacco, Brunetto Di | 15, 1 on the ground. | SMMV | KIA April 13, 1938. All victories during the Spanish War | |
| Monterumici, Amleto | 6 | |||
| Monti, Luigi | 8 + 19 shared, 3 shared probably, 3 + 1 shared damaged | SMMV, BMMV, WMC | ||
| Moretto, Enrico | 5 | |||
| Morosi, Luigi | 5 | |||
| Mottet, Giuseppe | 6 + at least 4 shared, 2 damaged. | BMMV | KIFA March 30, 1950 | |
| Nioi, Clizio | 7 + 1 shared, 1 probably, 1 damaged | Capitano | 3x SMMV | |
| Nobili, Guido | 9 + 2 shared, 1 probably. | Colonello | 3x SMMV, WMC | Died July 10, 1943, during the 1st day of Operation Husky. |
| Noveli, Raffaello | 5 | |||
| Oblach, Giuseppe | 7, 2 probably, 1 + 1 shared damaged | Tenente | GMV, 2x SMMV | KIA December 1, 1942 |
| Ocarso, Dante | 5 | KIA November 28, 1942 | ||
| Omiccioli, Enzo | 5 + 2 shared | Maresciallo di terza classe | GMV | KIA February 3, 1941. Brother of Walter Omiccioli. |
| Omiccioli, Walter | 9 | Sergente Piloti | Brother of Enzo Omiccioli. Died January 30, 2009 | |
| Palazzeschi, Antonio | 5 | |||
| Pecchiari, Francesco | 5 | KIA July 6, 1942, by Canadian top aceGeorge Beurling | ||
| Perdoni, Luciano | 5 + 3 shared, 2 shared probable, 1 shared damaged. | SMMV, 2x BMMV, 3x WMC | ||
| Pergameni, Antonio | 7 + 5 shared, 1 probably, 1 + 7 shared damaged. | 4x SMMV | KIA June 26, 1942 | |
| Petrosellini, Costantino | 5 | Sottotenente | 3x SMMV, 2x WMC | Left the Aeronautica Militare in 1956 as a Tenente Colonnello, and started flying for Alitalia. Died January 21, 2015 |
| Pinna, Mario | 5 + 6 shared, 1 probably, 1 damaged, 3 armoured cars shared | 2x SMMV, BMMV, WMC | ||
| Pluda, Mario | 5 | KIA November 8, 1941 | ||
| Pocek, Giorgio | 5 | |||
| Poggio Suasa, Carlo di | 11 | Maggiore | ||
| Presel, Guido | 12 + 10 shared, 2 probably, 2 on the ground | SMMV, BMMV | ||
| Sanson, Attilio | 12 | |||
| Sant'Andrea, Vincenzo | 7 | |||
| Savini, Angelo | 7 + 7 shared, 1 + 1 shared probable | SMMV, 2x BMMV | ||
| Scarpetta, Per | 6 | Maggiore | 3x SMMV, 2x BMMV, WMC | KIA August 14, 1942 |
| Schiappacasse, Lombardo | 7 | |||
| Seganti, Carlo | 5 | Tenente | GMMV | KIA July 12, 1942, North of Malta, by Canadian aceGeorge Beurling, while searching for a Missing In Action fellow pilot. |
| Seidl, Ricardo | 6 | GMV | KIA September 27, 1941 | |
| Serafini, Ferruccio | 9 | Sergente Piloti | ||
| Serini, Pietro | 11 | Maggiore | ||
| Simionato, Olindo | 5 | |||
| Soffritti, Aroldo | 8, 5 probably, 1 damaged, 11 shared on the ground, 5 shared damaged on the ground | Maresciallo Pilota | 2x SMMV | Died February 18, 1977 |
| Solaro, Claudio | 12 + 14 shared, 1 + 1 shared probable, 8 shared damaged, 20 on the ground | Capitano | 2x SMMV, 3x BMMV, 3x WMC, GIC2 | Retired as a Generale di Squadra Aerea |
| Solaroli, Giorgio | 11 | |||
| Spigaglia, Alberto | 6 + 4 shared | 2x SMMV, BMMV, WMC | ||
| Squarcia, Vittorio | 5 | |||
| Stabile, Natalino | 10 + 2 shared | |||
| Sterzi, Annibale | 5 | |||
| Talamini, Renato | 5 + 4 shared, 3 + 5 shared damaged. | Tenente | SMMV, BMMV | KIA April 10, 1944 |
| Tarantola, Ennio | 11 + 4 shared, 1 probably, 1 on the sea + 1 in Spain with Aviazione Legionaria | Maresciallo Pilota | 2x SMMV, 2x BMMV | Died July 30, 2001 |
| Tessari, Arrigo | 5 | 3x SMMV, BMMV, WMC | ||
| Torchio, Luigi | 5 | SMMV, WMC | KIA January 30, 1944 | |
| Torresi, Giulio | 10 + 10 shared, 5 + 2 shared probable, 11 shared damaged | Capitano | 4x SMMV, GIC2 | KIA July 1, 1944 |
| Tugnoli, Giorgio | 6 + 4 shared, 1 probable | 3x SMMV, BMMV, WMC | ||
| Valenzano, Raffaele | 8 | |||
| Valtancoli, Tito | 8 | |||
| Vanzan, Virgilio | 7 | |||
| Veronese, Alberto | 6 | 2x SMMV | KIA November 4, 1944 | |
| Veronesi, Mario | 11 + 6 shared, 2 + 2 shared probably, 1 damaged. | SMMV, BMMV, GIC2 | ||
| Visconti di Lampugnano, Adriano | 10 | Maggiore | 7 victories with RSI Shot in the back by Russian guard after surrender April 29, 1945 | |
| Visintini, Mario | 16, 5 probable, 32 on the ground | Capitano | GMMV, SMMV, BMMV | Highest scoring biplane pilot of the war and most successful pilot of the East African campaign KIFA February 11, 1941 |
| Zemella, Celso | 5 + 1 shared | 3x SMMV, BMMV, GIC2 | ||
| Zotti, Andrea | 9 + 3 shared, 1 damaged | KIA March 16, 1940 | ||
| Zotti, Nicola | 5 | |||
| Zuccarini, Gian | 5 |