List of Spanish Civil War flying aces
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The following is a list of Spanish Civil War flying aces.
| Name | Nationality | Service | Claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joaquín García Morato | Spain | Nationalist Air Force | 40 |
| Lev L. Shestakov | Soviet Union | Spanish Republican Air Force | 2.5 (in Spain; 39 career) |
| Sergei I. Gritsevets | Soviet Union | Spanish Republican Air Force | 6.5 approx. + 11 shared |
| Julio Salvador Díaz-Benjumea | Spain | Nationalist Air Force | 24 |
| José María Bravo | Spain | Spanish Republican Air Force | 23 |
| Manuel Zarauza Clavero | Spain | Spanish Republican Air Force | 23 |
| Manuel Vázquez Sagastizábal | Spain | Nationalist Air Force | 21 |
| Leopoldo Morquillas Rubio | Spain | Spanish Republican Air Force | 21 |
| Pavel Vasilievich Rychagov | Soviet Union | Spanish Republican Air Force | 20 |
| Mario Visintini | Italy | Aviazione Legionaria | 19 |
| Arístides García López | Spain | Nationalist Air Force | 17 |
| Alexander Osipenko | Soviet Union | Spanish Republican Air Force | 17 + 34 shared |
| Ángel Salas Larrazábal | Spain | Nationalist Air Force | 16 |
| Mario Bonzano | Italy | Aviazione Legionaria | 15 |
| Brunetto di Montegnacco | Italy | Aviazione Legionaria | 15 |
| Werner Mölders | Germany | Condor Legion | 14 |
| Guido Presel | Italy | Aviazione Legionaria | 13 |
| Vittorino Daffara | Italy | Aviazione Legionaria | 13 |
| Wolfgang Schellmann | Germany | Condor Legion | 12 |
| Harro Harder | Germany | Condor Legion | 11 |
| Andrés García La Calle | Spain | Spanish Republican Air Force | 11 |
| Manuel Aguirre López | Spain | Spanish Republican Air Force | 11 |
| Adriano Mantelli | Italy | Aviazione Legionaria | 10 |
| Peter Boddem | Germany | Condor Legion | 10 |
| Rodolphe de Hemricourt | Belgium | Nationalist Air Force | 10 |
| Abel Guides | France | Spanish Republican Air Force | 10 |
| Guido Nobili | Italy | Aviazione Legionaria | 9 |
| Andrea Zotti | Italy | Aviazione Legionaria | 9 |
| Otto Bertram | Germany | Condor Legion | 9[1] |
| Wilhelm Ensslen | Germany | Condor Legion | 9 |
| Herbert Ihlefeld | Germany | Condor Legion | 9[2] |
| Walter Oesau | Germany | Condor Legion | 9 |
| Reinhard Seiler | Germany | Condor Legion | 9 |
| Giuseppe Cenni | Italy | Aviazione Legionaria | 8 |
| Enrico Degli Incerti | Italy | Aviazione Legionaria | 8 |
| Herwig Knüppel | Germany | Condor Legion | 8 |
| Anatoly Serov | Soviet Union | Spanish Republican Air Force | 8[3] |
| Hans-Karl Mayer | Germany | Condor Legion | 8[4] |
| Frank Glasgow Tinker | United States | Spanish Republican Air Force | 8 |
| Jan Ferák | Czechoslovakia | Spanish Republican Air Force | 7 |
| Giuseppe Majone | Italy | Aviazione Legionaria | 7 |
| Wilhelm Balthasar | Germany | Condor Legion | 7 |
| Kraft Eberhardt | Germany | Condor Legion | 7[5] |
| Walter Grabmann | Germany | Condor Legion | 7[6] |
| Horst Tietzen | Germany | Condor Legion | 7 |
| Emilio O'Connor Valdivieso | Spain | Nationalist Air Force | 6 |
| José "Pepe" Larios | Spain | Nationalist Air Force | 6 (and 5 probable) |
| Rolf Pingel | Germany | Condor Legion | 6 |
| Kurt Rochel | Germany | Condor Legion | 6 |
| Herbert Schob | Germany | Condor Legion | 6 [7] |
| Francisco Tarazona Torán | Mexico | Spanish Republican Air Force | 6 |
| Gilberto Caselli | Italy | Aviazione Legionaria | 5 |
| Georg Braunshirn | Germany | Condor Legion | 5[8] |
| Gotthard Handrick | Germany | Condor Legion | 5[9] |
| Wolf-Heinrich von Houwald | Germany | Condor Legion | 5 |
| Wolfgang Lippert | Germany | Condor Legion | 5 |
| Günther Lützow | Germany | Condor Legion | 5 |
| James Peck | United States | Spanish Republican Air Force | 5 |
| Joachim Schlichting | Germany | Condor Legion | 5 |
| Willi Szuggar | Germany | Condor Legion | 5[10] |
| Hannes Trautloft | Germany | Condor Legion | 5 |
| Božidar "Boško" Petrović[11] | Yugoslavia | Spanish Republican Air Force | 5 |