This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from Germany. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat.[1] German day and night fighter pilots claimed roughly 70,000 aerial victories during World War II, 25,000 over British or American and 45,000 over Russian flown aircraft. 103 German fighter pilots shot down more than 100 enemy aircraft for a total of roughly 15,400 aerial victories. Roughly a further 360 pilots claimed between 40 and 100 aerial victories for round about 21,000 victories. Another 500 fighter pilots claimed between 20 and 40 victories for a total of 15,000 victories. It is relatively certain that 2,500 German fighter pilots attained ace status, having achieved at least 5 aerial victories.[2] These achievements were honored with 453 German day and Zerstörer (destroyer) pilots having received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. 85 night fighter pilots, including 14 crew members, were awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.[3]
German losses on the other hand were very high as well. Roughly 12,000 German day fighter pilots were killed or are still missing in action with a further 6,000 being wounded. The Zerstörer (destroyer) pilots suffered about 2,800 casualties, either killed or missing in action, plus another 900 wounded in action. German night fighter losses were in the magnitude of 3,800 pilots or crew members killed or missing and 1,400 wounded.[4]
Luftwaffe rules of confirmation[]
The Luftwaffe had a very stringent approval process for the confirmation of aerial victories.[5]
- Without a witness, a Luftwaffe fighter pilot had no chance to have his victory claim confirmed. Such a claim, even if filed, would not pass beyond group level.[5]
- The final destruction or explosion of an enemy aircraft in the air, or bail-out of the pilot, had to be observed either on gun-camera film or by at least one other human witness. The witness could be the German pilot's wingman, squadron mate, or a ground observer of the encounter.[5]
- There was no possibility, as with some RAF and USAAF pilots, of having a victory credited because the claiming officer was a gentleman and a man of his word. The German rule was simply "no witness – no kill."[5]
- The German system was impartial, inflexible, and far less error-prone than either the British or American procedures. German fighter pilots had to wait several months, a year, or sometimes even longer for a kill confirmation to reach them from the German High Command.[5]
Over claiming[]
In the 1990s, the German archives made available microfilm rolls of wartime records, not seen since January 1945, available to the public.[6] These showed that while in theory the Luftwaffe did not accept a kill without a witness, which was considered only a probable, in practice some units habitually submitted unwitnessed claims and these sometimes made it through the verification process, particularly if they were made by pilots with already established records.[6] In theory the Luftwaffe did not accept shared claims, but it happened. In theory each separate claim should have referred to a particular aircraft, but in practice some victories were awarded to other pilots who had claimed the destruction of the same aircraft.[6] In 1943 the daily OKW communiques of this period habitually overstated American bomber losses by a factor of two or more. Defenders of German fighter pilots have always maintained that these were reduced during the confirmation process. But the microfilms prove this not to be the case.[6] Some 80 – 90 percent of the claims submitted were confirmed or found to be "in order" for confirmation up to the time the system broke down altogether in 1945.[6]
This along with the * (asterisk), indicates that the pilot was either killed in action (KIA), missing in action (MIA), died of wounds (DOW) or killed in a flying accident (KIFA).
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Name | Rank | Total wartime victories | Unit | Notes |
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Heinz-Günther Adam | Leutnant | 7 | JG 26 | |
Horst Ademeit* | Major | 166[7] | JG 54 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 7 August 1944 |
Walter Adolph* | Hauptmann | 24 (+1 in Spain; +4 unconfirmed)[8] | JG 27, JG 26 | Knight's Cross KIA 18 September 1941 |
Heinrich-Wilhelm Ahnert* | Oberfeldwebel | 57[8] | JG 52 | Knight's Cross KIA 15 August 1942 |
Peter Ahrens | Leutnant | 11 | JG 26 | |
Johann Aistleitner* | Hauptmann | 12 | JG 26 | KIA 14 January 1944 |
Egon Albrecht* | Hauptmann | 25[8] | ZG 76, SKG 210, ZG 1, JG 76 | Knight's Cross KIA 25 August 1944 |
Rudolf Alf* | Oberfeldwebel | 12 | JG 2 | KIFA 26 November 1944 |
Ernst-George Altnorthoff | Oberleutnant | 11 | JG 27 | |
Alfred Ambs | Leutnant | 7 | JG 7 | |
Peter Andel | Leutnant | 6 | JG 26 | |
Ernst Andres* | Oberleutnant | 28 | NJG 2, NJG 4 | Knight's Cross KIA 11 February 1945 |
Lorenz Andreson | 8 | JG 5 | ||
Heinz Arnold* | Oberfeldwebel | 49 | JG 5, JG 7 | KIA 17 April 1945 |
Rudolf Artner | 20 | JG 5 | ||
Hans-Heinz Augenstein* | Hauptmann | 46[9] | NJG 1 | Knight's Cross KIA 7 December 1944 |
Jakob Augustin* | Leutnant | 15 | JG 2 | MIA 15 July 1942 |
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Name | Rank | Total wartime victories | Unit | Notes |
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Sophus Baagoe* | Hauptmann | 14 | ZG 76 | Knight's Cross KIA 14 May 1941 |
Werner Baake | Hauptmann | 41[9] | NJG 1 | Knight's Cross |
Emil Babenz | Oberfeldwebel | 24 | JG 26 | |
Herbert Bachnick* | Leutnant | 80 | JG 52 | Knight's Cross KIA 7 August 1944 |
Johann Badum* | Leutnant | 54 | JG 77 | Knight's Cross KIA 12 January 1943 |
Jens Bahnsen* | Feldwebel | 18 | JG 27, JG 53 | |
Günther Bahr | Oberfeldwebel | 37 | NJG 6 | Knight's Cross |
Hans-Joachim Bahr | 7 | JG 5 | ||
Wilhelm Balthasar* | Major | 47(+7 in Spain) | JG 27, JG 3, JG 2, JG 1 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 3 July 1941 |
"Pritzel" Heinrich Bär | Oberst | 220[10] | JG 51, JG 77, JG 1, JG 3, EJG 2, JV 44 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords |
Herbert Bareuther* | Leutnant | 55 | JG 51, JG 3 | German Cross in Gold KIA 30 April 1945 |
"Gerd" Gerhard Barkhorn | Major | 301[10] | JG 2, JG 52, JG 6, JV 44 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords |
Heinrich Bartels* | Oberfeldwebel | 99[11] | JG 5, JG 27 | Knight's Cross KIA 23 December 1944 |
Franz Barten* | Hauptmann | 52 | JG 51, JG 53 | Knight's Cross KIA 4 August 1944 |
Erich Bartz | Unteroffizier | 30 | JG 51 | |
"Willi" Wilhelm Batz | Major | 237[10] | JG 52 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords |
Helmut Baudach* | Oberfeldwebel | 20 | JG 2 EKdo 262 Kdo Nowotny JG 7 |
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Konrad Bauer | Oberleutnant | 57 | JG 51, JG 3, JG 300 | Knight's Cross |
Viktor Bauer | Oberst | 106[12] | JG 3 | Knight's Cross |
Ludwig Becker* | Hauptmann | 46[9] | NJG 11 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
Karl-Heinz Becker | Feldwebel | 7 | NJG 11 | |
Martin Becker | Hauptmann | 58 | NJG 4, NJG 6 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
Paul Becker | Leutnant | 20 | JG 27 | |
Friedrich Beckh* | Oberstleutnant | 48 | JG 51, JG 52 | Knight's Cross KIA 21 June 1942 |
Franz-Josef Beerenbrock | Leutnant | 117[13] | JG 51 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
Artur Beese | Oberleutnant | 22 | JG 26 | |
Wilhelm Beier | Oberleutnant | 38 | NJG 2, NJG 1 | Knight's Cross |
Heinrich Beirwirth | ||||
Hans Beißwenger* | Oberleutnant | 152[14] | JG 54 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves MIA 6 March 1943 |
Ludwig Bellof | Oberfeldwebel | 25 | Knight's Cross | |
Helmut Belser* | Hauptmann | 36 | JG 53 | Knight's Cross KIA 19 June 1942 |
Karl-Heinz Bendert | Oberleutnant | 55 | JG 27, JG 104 | Knight's Cross |
Helmut Bennemann | Oberstleutnant | 93 | JG 52, JG 53 | Knight's Cross |
Anton Benning | Leutnant | 28 | JG 106, JG 301 | Knight's Cross |
Sigfried Benz | Leutnant | 6 | JG 26 | |
Helmut Bergmann | Hauptmann | 36 | NJG 4, NJG 1 | Knight's Cross |
Heinz-Edgar Berres* | Hauptmann | 53 | JG 53 | Knight's Cross MIA 25 July 1943 |
Hans Berschwinger | Oberfeldwebel | 20 | NJG 1, NJG 2 | |
Günther Bertram | Oberleutnant | 35 | KG 4, NJG 100 | |
Otto Bertram | Major | 22(9 in Spain) | J/88, JG 2, JG 101, JG 6 | Knight's Cross |
Arthur Beth | 16 | JG 5 | ||
Erich Beulich | 10 | JG 5 | ||
Ernst Beutelspacher* | Oberleutnant | 5 | SG 2 | Knight's Cross KIA 22 July 1944 |
Gerhard Beutin* | Oberfeldwebel | 60 | JG 54 | |
Franz Beyer* | Major | 81 | JG 3 | Knight's Cross KIA 11 February 1944 |
Georg Beyer | Hauptmann | 8 | JG 26 | |
Heinz Beyer | Oberfeldwebel | 33 | JG 5 | |
Heinz Birk | 14 | JG 5 | ||
Hans-Joachim Birkner* | Leutnant | 117[13] | JG 52 | Knight's Cross KIFA 14 December 1944 |
Emil Bitsch* | Hauptmann | 108[12] | JG 3 | Knight's Cross KIA 15 March 1944 |
Franz Blazytko | Oberfeldwebel | 30 | JG 27 | |
Joachim Blechschmidt* | Oberstleutnant | 17 | ZG 1 | Knight's Cross MIA 13 July 1943 |
Günther Bleckmann* | Major | 33 | SG 1, SG 2 | Knight's Cross KIA 1 June 1944 |
Günther Blömertz | Leutnant | 10 | JG 26 | |
Walter Blume | Major | 14 | JG 26, JG 27 | |
Hans-Ekkehard Bob | Major | 60 | JG 54, JG 3, JG 51, EJG 2, JV 44 | Knight's Cross |
Karl Böhm-Tettelbach | Oberstleutnant | 10 | ZG 26 | |
Ernst Börngen | Hauptmann | 41 | JG 27 | Knight's Cross |
Oscar Bösch | 18 | JG 3 | ||
Wolfgang Böwing-Treuding* | Oberleutnant | 46 | JG 51 | Knight's Cross KIA 11 February 1943 |
Paul Bohm | 6 | NJG 2 | ||
Kurt Bohn | Feldwebel | 5 | JG 26 | |
Helmut-Felix Bolz | Major | 20 (+3 in Spain) | JG 2 | |
Eckart-Wilhelm von Bonin | Major | 39 | NJG 1 | Knight's Cross |
Hubertus von Bonin* | Oberstleutnant | 77(+4 in Spain) | JG 26, JG 52, JG 54 | Knight's Cross KIA 15 December 1943 |
Adolf Borchers | Major | 132[15] | JG 51, JG 52 | Knight's Cross |
Walter Borchers* | Oberstleutnant | 59 | ZG 76, NJG 3, NJG 5 | Knight's Cross KIA 6 March 1945 |
Eberhard von Boremski | Hauptmann | 104 | JG 3, EJG 1 | Knight's Cross |
Karl Borris | Major | 43 | JG 26 | Knight's Cross |
Ernst Börngen | Major | 38 | JG 27 | Knight's Cross |
Hans-Joachim Borreck | Unteroffizier | 5 | JG 26 | |
Franz Bozicek | 5 | JG 5 | ||
Felix-Maria Brandis* | Oberleutnant | 18 | JG 5 | |
Kurt Brändle* | Major | 180[7] | JG 53, JG 3 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 3 November 1943 |
Paul Brandt | Leutnant | 30 | JG 54 | Knight's Cross KIA 24 December 1944 |
Walter Brandt | Oberleutnant | 57 | LG 2, JG 77, JG 3 | Knight's Cross |
Peter Bremer | Oberfeldwebel | 40 | JG 54 | |
Joachim Brendel | Hauptmann | 189[7] | JG 51 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
Heinz Bretnütz* | Hauptmann | 37 | JG 53 | Knight's Cross DOW 27 June 1941 |
Adolf Breves | Hauptmann | 17 | NJG 1 | |
Hugo Broch | Leutnant | 81 | JG 54 | Knight's Cross |
Jürgen Brocke* | Leutnant | 42 | JG 77 | Knight's Cross KIA 15 September 1942 |
Herbert Broennle* | Leutnant | 58 | JG 54 | Knight's Cross KIA 4 July 1943 |
Wendelin Breukel | Leutnant | 14 | NJG 2, NJG 4 | |
Albert Brunner* | Oberfeldwebel | 53 | JG 5 | Knight's Cross KIA 7 May 1943 |
Hermann Buchner | Leutnant | 58 | SG 2, JG 7 | Knight's Cross |
Max Bucholz | Major | 30 | JG 3, JG 5, JG 101 | Knight's Cross |
Harry von Bülow-Bothkamp | Oberst | 18 (+6 in World War I) | JG 77, JG 2, NJG 101, NJG 105 | Knight's Cross |
Adolf Buhl* | Oberleutnant | 7 | LG 2 | KIA 27 September 1940 |
"Bu-Mann" Kurt Bühligen | Oberstleutnant | 112[12] | JG 2 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords |
Johannes Bunzek* | Leutnant | 75[16] | JG 52 | Knight's Cross 11 December 1943 |
Lutz-Wilhelm Burckhardt | Hauptmann | 69 | JG 77, JG 1 | Knight's Cross |
Alfred Burk | Oberleutnant | 28 | JG 52, JG 27 | |
Josef Bürschgens | Hauptmann | 10 | JG 26 | |
Erwin Busch | Oberleutnant | 8 | JG 26 | |
Rudolf Busch | 40 | JG 51 | ||
Heinz Busse | Oberleutnant | 22 | JG 51 | |
Erich Büttner* | Oberfeldwebel | 8 | EKdo 262, Kdo Nowotny, JG 7 | KIA 20 March 1945 |
Johannes Büttner | 16 | JG 51 | ||
Bruno Buzzi | 9 | JG 5 |
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Name | Rank | Total wartime victories | Unit | Notes |
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Horst Carganico* | Major | 60 | JG 5 | Knight's Cross KIA 27 May 1944 |
Georg Christl | Major | 7 | ZG 26, JG 10 | Knight's Cross |
Ernst Christof | Feldwebel | 9 | JG 26 | |
Emil Clade | Hauptmann | 27 | JG 27 | 90th birthday in 2006 |
Erwin Clausen* | Major | 132[15] | JG 77, JG 11 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 4 October 1943 |
Max Clerico | 7 | JG 54 | ||
Helmut Conter | Leutnant | 15 | NJG 100 | |
Heino Cordes | Leutnant | 62 | JG 54 | |
Wilhelm Crinius | Leutnant | 114[13] | JG 53 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
Peter Crump | Leutnant | 31 | JG 26 | |
Franz Czech | Feldwebel | 60 | JG 3 |
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Name | Rank | Total wartime victories | Unit | Notes |
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Karl Ebbighausen | Hauptmann | 7 | JG 26 | |
Heinz Ebeling | Oberleutnant | 18 | JG 26 | Knight's Cross |
Kurt Ebener | Oberleutnant | 57 | JG 3, JG 11 | Knight's Cross |
Kurt Ebersberger | Hauptmann | 27 | JG 26 | |
Helmut Eberspächer | Hauptmann | 7 | SKG 10 | Knight's Cross |
Manfred Eberwein | Oberleutnant | 56 | JG 54 | |
Reinhold Eckardt* | Oberleutnant | 22 | NJG 1, NJG 3 | Knight's Cross KIA 30 July 1942 |
Franz Eckerle* | Hauptmann | 59 | JG 54 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves MIA 14 February 1942 |
Georg-Peter Eder | Major | 78 | JG 51, JG 26, JG 1, JG 2 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
Johannes Edmann | Oberfeldwebel | 5 | JG 26 | |
Walter Ehle* | Major | 39 | NJG 1 | Knight's Cross KIA 17 November 1943 |
Karl-Heinz Ehlen | Leutnant | 7 | JG 26 | |
Hans Ehlers* | Major | 54 | JG 3, JG 1 | Knight's Cross KIA 27 December 1944 |
Rudolf Ehrenberger* | Oberfeldwebel | 49 | JG 53 | Knight's Cross KIA 8 March 1944 |
Heinrich Ehrler* | Major | 209[10] | JG 5, JG 7 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 4 April 1945 |
Diethelm von Eichel-Streiber | Major | 96 | JG 1, JG 26, JG 51, JG 27, JV 44 | Knight's Cross |
Günther Eichhorn | 7 | JG 5 | ||
Heinrich Eickhoff | Oberleutnant | 6 | JG 27 | |
Heinrich Graf von Einsiedel | Oberleutnant | 35 | JG 3 | German Cross in Gold |
Franz Eisenach | Major | 129[15] | JG 54 | Knight's Cross |
Xaver Ellenrieder | Leutnant | 12 | JG 26 | |
Franz Elles | Feldwebel | 5 | JG 27 | |
Walter Engel | Hauptmann | 10 | NJG 1, NJG 5 | Knight's Cross |
Siegfried Engfer | Oberleutnant | 58 | JG 3, JG 1 | Knight's Cross |
Albert Espenlaub* | Oberfeldwebel | 14 | JG 27 | |
Wolf-Udo Ettel* | Oberleutnant | 124[13] | JG 3, JG 27 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 17 July 1943 |
Heinz Ewald | Leutnant | 84 | JG 5, JG 52 | Knight's Cross |
Wolfgang Ewald | Major | 78 (+1 in Spain) | JG 52, JG 3 | Knight's Cross |
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Name | Rank | Total wartime victories | Unit | Notes |
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Wolfgang Falck | Oberst | 7 | ZG 1, NJG 1 | Knight's Cross |
Horst-Günther von Fassong* | Hauptmann | 136[15] | JG 51, JG 11 | Knight's Cross KIA 1 January 1945 |
Hans-Joachim Fast | Unteroffizier | 5 | JG 26 | |
Leopold Fellerer | Hauptmann | 41[9] | NJG 1, NJG 5, NJG 6 | Knight's Cross |
Georg Fengler | Oberleutnant | 16 | NJG 4 | |
Walter Fieser | ||||
Herbert Findeisen | Hauptmann | 67 | JG 54 | Knight's Cross |
Günter Fink* | Hauptmann | 46 | JG 54 | Knight's Cross KIA 15 May 1943 |
August Fischer | Hauptmann | 10 | NJG 100 | |
Erwin Fleig | Leutnant | 66 | JG 51 | Knight's Cross |
Josef Flögel | Oberfeldwebel | 25 | NJG 1 | Knight's Cross |
Otto Fönnekold* | Oberleutnant | 136[15] | JG 52 | Knight's Cross KIA 31 August 1944 |
Hermann Förster* | Oberfeldwebel | 13 | JG 27 | |
Josef Fözö | Major | 27 (3 in Spain) | JG 51, JG 108 | Knight's Cross |
Gustav Francsi | Oberleutnant | 56 | NJG 100 | Knight's Cross |
Hans-Dieter Frank* | Major | 55 | NJG 1 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIFA 27/28 September 1943 |
Rudolf Frank* | Leutnant | 45[9] | NJG 3 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 26/27 April 1945 |
Alfred Franke* | Leutnant | 60 | JG 53 | Knight's Cross KIA 9 September 1942 |
Ludwig Franzisket | Major | 43 | JG 27 | Knight's Cross |
Hans Frese | Leutnant | 44 | JG 3 | |
Wilhelm Freuwörth | Oberfeldwebel | 58 | JG 52, JG 26 | Knight's Cross |
Hugo Frey* | Hauptmann | 32 | JG 11, JG 1 | Knight's Cross KIA 6 March 1944 |
Siegfried Freytag | Major | 102[11] | JG 77 | Knight's Cross |
Herbert Friebel | Leutnant | 58 | JG 51 | Knight's Cross |
Gerhard Friedrich* | Major | 33 | NJG 1, NJG 4, NJG 6 | Knight's Cross KIA 16 March 1945 |
Gustav Frielinghaus | Hauptmann | 74[16] | JG 3 | Knight's Cross |
Heinz de Fries | Oberfeldwebel | 10 | NJG 100 | |
Hans-Jürgen Frölich | Feldwebel | 5 | JG 26 | |
Robert Fuchs | Oberfeldwebel | 23 | JG 54 | |
Karl Fuchs | Oberfeldwebel | 67 | JG 54 | |
Heinrich Füllgrabe* | Oberleutnant | 67 | JG 52 | Knight's Cross KIA 30 January 1945 |
Erich Führmann | Oberfeldwebel | 5 | JG 11 | |
Ralph Furch | Leutnant | 32 | JG 51 | |
Hans Fuß* | Leutnant | 71 | JG 3 | Knight's Cross KIFA 10 November 1942 |
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H[]
Name | Rank | Total wartime victories | Unit | Notes |
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Friedrich Haas | Leutnant | 74[16] | JG 52 | Knight's Cross |
Horst Haase* | Major | 56 | JG 51, JG 3 | Knight's Cross KIA 26 November 1944 |
Wilhelm Hachfeld* | Hauptmann | 12 | LG 2, JG 51, ZG 2 | Knight's Cross KIFA 2 December 1942 |
August Hachtel | Oberleutnant | 5 | JG 400 | Knight's Cross |
Joachim Hacker | Leutnant | 32 | JG 51 | |
Anton Hackl | Major | 192[7] | JG 77, JG 11, JG 26, JG 300 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords |
Heinrich "Heinz" Hackler* | Leutnant | 56 | JG 77 | Knight's Cross KIA 1 January 1945 |
Heinz-Martin Hadeball | Hauptmann | 33 | NJG 1, NJG 4, NJG 6, NJGr 10 | Knight's Cross |
Anton "Toni" Hafner* | Oberleutnant | 204[7] | JG 51 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 17 October 1944 |
Ludwig Häfner* | Leutnant | 52 | JG 3 | Knight's Cross KIA 10 November 1942 |
Johannes Hager | Hauptmann | 48 | NJG 1 | Knight's Cross |
Hans "Assi" Hahn | Major | 108[12] | JG 2, JG 54 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
Hans Hahn* | Leutnant | 13 | NJG 2 | Knight's Cross KIA 11/12 October 1941 |
Hans von Hahn | Major | 34 | JG 53, JG 1, JG 103 | Knight's Cross |
Josef Haiböck | Hauptmann | 77 | JG 26, JG 52, JG 3 | Knight's Cross |
Heinz Halstrick | 13 | JG 5 | ||
Joachim Hamer | Leutnant | 35 | JG 51 | |
Alfred Hammer | 26 | JG 53 | ||
Karl Hammerl* | Leutnant | 67 | JG 52 | Knight's Cross MIA 2 March 1943 |
Gotthard Handrick | Oberst | 10 (+5 in Spain) | JG 26, JG 77 | Gold medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics |
Heinz Hanke | 9 | JG 1 | ||
Günther Hannak | Hauptmann | 47 | LG 2, JG 77, JG 27 | Knight's Cross |
Horst Hannig* | Oberleutnant | 98[11] | JG 54, JG 2 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 15 May 1943 |
Jürgen Harder* | Major | 64 | JG 53, JG 11 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIFA 17 February 1945 |
Harro Harder | Hauptmann | 22 (+11 in Spain) | JG 53 | |
Hans Hartigs | Oberleutnant | 7 | JG 26 | |
Andreas Hartl | Feldwebel | 11 | JG 302 | |
"Bubi" Erich Hartmann | Major | 352[10] | JG 52, JG 53 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds |
Ludwig Hartmann | 10 | JG 2 | ||
Hans-Dieter Hartwein | 16 | JG 5 | ||
Horst Hasse | 82 | JG 51, JG 3 | ||
Helmut Haugk | Hauptmann | 18 | ZG 76, ZG 26 | Knight's Cross |
Werner Haugk* | Leutnant | 9 | StG 77, ZG 76 | Knight's Cross KIA 18 October 1944 |
Wilhelm Hauswirth | Feldwebel | 54 | JG 52 | |
Alfred Heckmann | Oberleutnant | 71 | JG 3, JG 26, JV 44 | Knight's Cross |
Günther Heckmann | Leutnant | 20 | JG 51, JG 1, JG 7 | |
Hubert Heckmann | 5 | JG 1, JG 7 | ||
Guenther Heeger | ||||
Alfred Heidel | 9 | JG 27 | ||
Joseph Heim* | Gefreiter | 5 | JG 7 | KIA 10 April 1945 |
Friedrich Heimann | Oberfeldwebel | 30 | JG 51 | |
Kurt Hein | Feldwebel | 8 | JG 26 | |
Hans-Joachim Heinecke | Hauptmann | 28 | JG 27 | |
Engelbert Heiner* | Oberleutnant | 15 | NJG 6 | Knight's Cross KIA 18/19 March 1945 |
Richard Heller* | Leutnant | 22 | ZG 26, ZG 10 | Knight's Cross KIA 5 April 1945 |
Bodo Helms | 6 | JG 5 | ||
Horst Hennig* | Hauptmann | 7 | KG 77, NJG 3 | Knight's Cross KIFA 7/8 October 1944 |
Eberhard Henrici | Oberleutnant | 7 | JG 26 | |
Wilhelm Herget | Major | 73 | ZG 76, NJG 3, NJG 1, NJG 4, JV 44 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
Hajo Herrmann | Oberst | 9 | KG 4, KG 30, JG 300 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords |
Kurt Hermann | 9 | NJG 2 | ||
Rolf Hermichen | Major | 64 | JG 26, JG 11, JG 104 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
Isken Herrmann | ||||
Heinrich Heuser | Feldwebel | 5 | JG 26 | |
Hans-Joachim Heyer* | Leutnant | 53 | JG 54 | Knight's Cross KIA 9 November 1942 |
Otto-Heinrich Hilleke | Leutnant | 6 | JG 26 | |
Ernst-Erich Hirschfeld* | Oberleutnant | 24 | JG 300, JG 54 | Knight's Cross KIA 28 July 1944 |
Heinz-Horst Hißbach* | Hauptmann | 34 | NJG 2 | Knight's Cross KIA 15 April 1945 |
Walter Höckner* | Major | 68 | JG 77, JG 26, JG 1, JG 4 | Knight's Cross KIFA 25 August 1944 |
Heinrich Höfemeier* | Oberleutnant | 96 | JG 51 | Knight's Cross KIA 7 August 1943 |
Georg Höhn | 6 | JG 5 | ||
Jürgen Hörschelmann | Oberleutnant | 44 | JG 3 | |
Anton Horwick* | Oberfeldwebel | 27 | NJG 2, NJG 7 | Knight's Cross KIA 19 February 1945 |
Friedrich Hoffmann* | Leutnant | 11 | JG 27 | |
Gerhard Hoffmann* | Leutnant | 125[13] | JG 52 | Knight's Cross KIFA 17 April 1945 |
Reinhold Hoffmann* | Leutnant | 67 | JG 54 | Knight's Cross KIA 24 May 1944 |
Karl Hoffmann | 70 | JG 52 | ||
Heinrich Hoffmann* | Oberfeldwebel | 63 | JG 51 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
Hermann Hoffmann | 8 | JG 26 | ||
Werner Hoffmann | Major | 51 | ZG 2, NJG 3, NJG 5 | Knight's Cross |
Karl-Wilhelm Hofmann* | Oberleutnant | 44 | JG 26 | Knight's Cross KIA 26 March 1945 |
Erich Hohagen | Major | 56 | JG 51, JG 2, JG 27, JG 7, JV 44 | Knight's Cross |
Walter Holl | 7 | JG 26 | ||
Kurt Holler | 18 | NJG 2, NJG 3, NJG 4 | ||
Helmuth Holtz | 56 | JG 51 | ||
Gerhard Homuth* | Major | 63 | JG 27, JG 54 | Knight's Cross MIA 2 August 1943 |
Helmuth Hoppe | 24 | JG 26 | ||
Walter Horten | 7 | JG 26 | ||
Dietrich Hrabak | Oberst | 125[13] | JG 76, JG 54, JG 52 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
Franz Hrdlicka* | Hauptmann | 60 | JG 77, JG 2 | Knight's Cross KIA 25 March 1945 |
Eckhard Hübner* | Leutnant | 47 | JG 3 | Knight's Cross KIA 28 March 1942 |
Wilhelm Hübner* | Leutnant | 62 | JG 51 | Knight's Cross KIA 7 April 1945 |
Rudolf Hübl | 20 | JG 1 | ||
Werner Hübner | 7 | JG 51 | ||
Karl Hülshoff | 11 | NJG 2 | ||
Herbert Huppertz* | Major | 68 | JG 51, JG 5, JG 2 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 8 June 1944 |
Werner Husemann | Major | 34 | NJG 1, NJG 3 | Knight's Cross |
Wolf-Dietrich Huy | Hauptmann | 40 | JG 77 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
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Name | Rank | Total wartime victories | Unit | Notes |
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Hans Iffland | 18 | JG 3 | ||
Herbert Ihlefeld | Oberst | 130 (+7 in Spain)[15] | I(J)/LG 2, JG 77, JG 52, JGr.25, JG 11, JG 1 |
Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords |
Iro Ilk* | Major | 10 | LG 1, JG 300 | Knight's Cross KIA 25 September 1944 |
Eduard Isken | Oberfeldwebel | 56 | JG 77, JGr 200, I(F)/123, JG 53 |
Knight's Cross |
J[]
Name | Rank | Total wartime victories | Unit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Hans-Joachim Jabs | Oberstleutnant | 50[9] | ZG 76, NJG 1 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
Ernst Jäckel | Feldwebel | 8 | JG 26 | |
Alfred Jakobi | 10 | JG 5 | ||
Erich Jauer | 13 | JG 26 | ||
Kurt Jenisch* | Leutnant | 9 | JG 27 | |
Peter Jenne* | Hauptmann | 17 | JG 300 | Knight's Cross KIA 2 March 1945 |
Josef Jennewein* | Leutnant | 86 | JG 26, JG 51 | Knight's Cross MIA 26 July 1943 |
Heinrich Jessen | Oberleutnant | 6 | JG 26 | |
Hans Johannsen | Leutnant | 8 | JG 26 | |
Wilhelm Johnen | Hauptmann | 34 | NJG 1, NJG 5, NJG 6 | Knight's Cross |
Hermann-Friedrich Joppien* | Hauptmann | 70 | JG 51 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 28 August 1941 |
Günther Josten | Oberleutnant | 178[7] | JG 51 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
Harald Jung | Hauptmann | 20 | JG 51 | |
Heinrich Jung* | Hauptmann | 68 | JG 54 | Knight's Cross KIA 30 July 1943 |
K[]
Name | Rank | Total wartime victories | Unit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Erbo Graf von Kageneck* | Hauptmann | 67 | JG 27 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves DOW 12 January 1942 |
Emil Kaiser | 8 | JG 1 | ||
Herbert Kaiser | Leutnant | 68 | JG 77, JG 1, JV 44 | Knight's Cross |
Peter Kalden | Oberleutnant | 84 | JG 51 | Knight's Cross |
Rolf Kaldrack* | Hauptmann | 21 (+3 in Spain) | ZG 76 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 3 February 1942 |
Adolf Kalkum | Feldwebel | 57 | JG 53 | |
Herbert Kaminski | Major | 7 | ZG 76, JG 53 | Knight's Cross |
Fritz Karch | Hauptmann | 47 | JG 2 | Knight's Cross |
Eberhard Kaross | Leutnant | 10 | NJG 100 | |
August Kayser | 25 | |||
Dietrich Kehl | Oberleutnant | 6 | JG 26 | |
Georg Keil | Leutnant | 36 | JG 2 | |
Günther Kelch | Hauptmann | 13 | JG 26 | |
Hannes Keller | Unteroffizier | 24 | JG 51 | |
Lothar Keller | Hauptmann | 23 (+3 in Spain) | JG 3 | Knight's Cross |
Kurt Kelter | 60 | JG 54 | ||
Heinz Kemethmüller | Leutnant | 89 | JG 3, JG 26 | Knight's Cross |
Karl-Heinz Kempf* | Leutnant | 65 | JG 54, JG 26 | Knight's Cross KIA 3 September 1944 |
Karl Kennel | Major | 34 | ZG 26, ZG 2, SG 1, SG 2 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
Gerhard Keppler | 12 | JG 27 | ||
Georg Kiefner | 12 | JG 26, JV 44 | ||
Johannes Kiel* | Hauptmann der Reserve | 25 | ZG 26, ZG 76 | Knight's Cross KIA 29 January 1944 |
Willy Kientsch* | Oberleutnant | 53 | JG 27 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 29 January 1944 |
Rüdiger von Kirchmayr | 29 | JG 1, JG 11, JV 44 | ||
Joachim Kirschner* | Hauptmann | 188[7] | JG 3, JG 27 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves 17 December 1943 |
Otto Kittel* | Oberleutnant | 267[10] | JG 54 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords 16 February 1945 |
Ernst Klager | 22 | JG 53 | ||
Hans Klein | 10 | JG 52 | ||
Alfons Klein | Oberleutnant | 40 (+1 in Spain) | JG 52, JG 11 | Knight's Cross |
Erich Klein | 5 | JG 5 | ||
Rudolf Klemm | 42 | JG 54, JG 26 | Knight's Cross | |
Heinrich Klöpper* | Oberleutnant | 94 | JG 51, JG 1 | Knight's Cross KIA 29 November 1943 |
Reinhold Knacke* | Hauptmann | 44 | ZG 1, NJG 1 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 3/4 February 1943 |
Kurt Knappe* | Oberfeldwebel | 56 | JG 51, JG 2 | Knight's Cross KIA 3 September 1943 |
Hans Knauth | 26 | JG 51 | ||
Emil Knittel | 50 | JG 54 | ||
Heinz Knoke | Hauptmann | 31 | JG 1 & JG 11 | Knight's Cross 1/2 victory {Not awarded}+12 unconfirmed |
Gerhard Koall | 37 | JG 3, JG 54 | Knight's Cross | |
Hans-Günther Koch | 15 | JG 51 | ||
Harry Koch | 30 | JG 26, JG 2 | ||
Josef Kociok* | Oberfeldwebel | 33 | ZG 76, SKG 210, 10(NJ)/ZG 1 | Knight's Cross |
Armin Köhler | Major | 69 | JG 27, JG 77 | Knight's Cross |
Hans-Heinrich Koenig | 28 | ZG 76, NJG 3, JG 11 | Knight's Cross | |
Gerhard Köppen | Leutnant | 85 | JG 52 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
Friedrich Körner | Oberleutnant | 36 | JG 27 | Knight's Cross |
Alfons Köster | Hauptmann | 26 | NJG 1, NJG 2, NJG 3 | Knight's Cross KIA 6 January 1945 |
Franz Köster | Unteroffizier | 7 | ||
Hans Kolbow | Oberleutnant | 27 | JG 20, JG 51 | Knight's Cross |
Reinhard Kollak | Stabsfeldwebel | 49[9] | NJG 1, NJG 4 | Knight's Cross |
Berthold Korts* | Leutnant | 113[12] | JG 52 | Knight's Cross KIA 29 August 1943 |
Eduard Koslowski | 13 | JG 53, JG 26 | ||
Wolfgang Kosse | 46 | JG 26, JG 5, JG 1, JG 3 | ||
Willi Kothmann | 13 | JG 27 | ||
Herbert Kowalski | 5 | JG 27 | ||
Heinrich Krafft* | Hauptmann | 78 | JG 51, JG 3 | Knight's Cross KIA 14 December 1942 |
Josef Kraft | Hauptmann | 56 | NJG 1, NJG 6 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
Karl-Heinz Krahl | Hauptmann | 24 | JG 2, JG 3 | Knight's Cross |
Erich Krainik | 13 | JG 27 | ||
Herbert Krenz | 12 | JG 27 | ||
Herbert Kroh | ||||
Hans-Joachim Kroschinski | Leutnant | 76 | JG 54 | Knight's Cross |
Heinz Krug | 9 | JG 26 | ||
"the Count" Walter Krupinski | Hauptmann | 197[7] | JG 52, JG 11, JG 26, JV 44 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
Elias Kühlein | Leutnant | 36 | JG 51 | |
Wilhelm Küken | Oberfeldwebel | 45 | JG 51, JGr Ost | |
Franz Kunz | 12 | JG 53, JG 26 | ||
Josef Kunz | 16 | JG 5 | ||
Herbert Kutscha | Hauptmann | 47 | JG 3, JG 27, JG 11 | Knight's Cross |
L[]
Name | Rank | Total wartime victories | Unit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
August Lambert* | Oberleutnant | 116[13] | SG 2, JG 77 | Knight's Cross KIA 17 April 1945 |
Günther Landt | 23 | JG 53 | ||
Emil "Bully" Lang* | Hauptmann | 173[7] | JG 54, JG 26 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves 18 in one day |
Friedrich Lange | Leutnant | 8 | JG 26 | |
Gerhard Lange | Hauptmann | 5 | JG 6 | |
Heinz Lange | Major | 70 | JG 21, JG 54, JG 51 | Knight's Cross |
Karl-Heinz Langer | Major | 30 | JG 3 | Knight's Cross |
Hans-Joachim Langer | 10 | JG 51, JG 7 | ||
Erwin Laskowski | Oberfeldwebel | 46 | JG 51, JG 11 | |
Kurt Lasse* | Oberleutnant | 39 | JG 77 | Knight's Cross KIA 8 October 1941 |
Karl Laub | Oberfeldwebel | 7 | JG 26 | |
Bernhard Lausch | Oberfeldwebel | 39 | JG 51 | |
Heinz Leber | Leutnant | 54 | JG 51 | |
Alois Lechner* | Major | 45 | NJG 100, NJG 2 | Knight's Cross KIA 23 February 1944 |
Karl-Heinz Leesmann* | Major | 37 | JG 52, JG 1 | Knight's Cross KIA 25 July 1943 |
Erwin Leibold | Oberfeldwebel | 11 | JG 26 | |
Erich Leie* | Major | 118[13] | JG 2, JG 51, JG 77 | Knight's Cross KIA 7 March 1945 |
Hermann Leiste | Leutnant | 29 | JG 54 | |
Siegfried Lemke | Hauptmann | 96 | JG 2 | Knight's Cross |
Wilhelm Lemke* | Hauptmann | 131[15] | JG 3 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 4 December 1943 |
Helmut Lennartz | Feldwebel | 13 | JG 11, JG 7, EKdo 262, Kdo Nowotny | |
Helmut Lent* | Oberst | 110 | NJG 1, NJG 2, NJG 3 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds |
Richard Leppla | Major | 68 | JG 51, JG 105, JG 6 | Knight's Cross |
Heinrich Lesch | 8 | JG 5 | ||
Franz Leuders | ||||
Rudolf Leuschel | Hauptmann | 9 | JG 26 | |
Erwin Leykauf | Oberleutnant | 33 | JG 54 | |
Fritz Liebelt | Leutnant | 25 | JG 51 | |
Carl von Lieres | Oberleutnant | 31 | JG 27 | |
Arnold Lignitz | Major | 25 | JG 51, JG 54 | Knight's Cross |
Friedrich Lindelaub | Oberfeldwebel | 5 | JG 26 | |
Theodor Lindemann | Oberleutnant | 7 | JG 26 | |
Anton Lindner | Oberleutnant | 73[16] | JG 51 | Knight's Cross |
Walter Lindner | 64 | JG 52 | ||
Rudi Linz* | Leutnant | 70 | JG 5 | Knight's Cross KIA 9 February 1945 |
Lothar Linke* | Oberleutnant | 27 | ZG 76, NJG 1, NJG 2 | Knight's Cross KIA 14 May 1943 |
Helmut Lipfert | Hauptmann | 203[7] | JG 52, JG 53 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld* | Major | 51 | NJG 1 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIFA 12 March 1944 |
Wolfgang Lippert* | Hauptmann | 29 (+4 in Spain) | JG 53, JG 27 | Knight's Cross KIA 3 December 1941 |
Frank Liesendahl* | Hauptmann | 50 | JG 53, JG 2 | Knight's Cross KIA 17 July 1942 |
Stefan Litjens | Oberfeldwebel | 38 | JG 53 | Knight's Cross |
Gerhard Loos* | Oberleutnant | 92 | JG 54 | Knight's Cross KIA 6 March 1944 |
Walter Loos | Oberfeldwebel | 38 | JG 301, JG 3 | Knight's Cross |
Fritz Losigkeit | Major | 68 | JG 26, JG 1, JG 51, JG 77 | Knight's Cross |
Werner Lucas* | Hauptmann | 106[12] | JG 3 | Knight's Cross KIA 24 October 1943 |
August Lübking | 38 | JG 5, JG 7 | ||
Max-Hermann Lücke* | Oberleutnant | 78 | JG 51 | Knight's Cross KIA 8 November 1943 |
Fritz Lüddecke* | Oberfeldwebel | 51 | JG 51 | Knight's Cross KIA 10 August 1944 |
Rudolf Lüder | 6 | JG 5 | ||
Johannes Lutter | Hauptmann | 12 | ZG 1, ZG 76, ZG 2, SKG 210, SKG 10, SG 4 | Knight's Cross |
Richard Lutzka | 5 | JG 5 | ||
Herbert Lütje | Oberstleutnant | 50 | NJG 1, NJG 6 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
Günther Lützow* | Oberst | 108 (5 in Spain)[12] | JG 3, JV 44 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords MIA 24 April 1945 |
August Luy | 35 | JG 5 |
M[]
N[]
Name | Rank | Total wartime victories | Unit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Heinz Nacke | Major | 14 | ZG 76, NJG 3 | Knight's Cross |
Johannes Naumann | Major | 34 | JG 26, JG 6, JG 7 | Knight's Cross |
Willi Nemitz* | Leutnant | 81 | JG 52 | Knight's Cross KIA 11 April 1943 |
Wolfgang Neu | Hauptmann | 12 | JG 26 | |
Hermann Neuhoff | Leutnant | 40 | JG 53 | Knight's Cross |
Klaus Neumann | Leutnant | 37 | JG 51, JG 3, JG 7, JV 44 | Knight's Cross |
Karl Neumann | ||||
Helmut Neumann | Leutnant | 62 | JG 5 | Knight's Cross |
Eduard Neumann | Oberstleutnant | 11 (+2 in Spain) | JG 26, JG 27 | |
Siegfried Ney | Oberfeldwebel | 11 | NJG 1 | |
Hans Niederhoefer | ||||
Karl-Gottfried Nordmann | Oberst | 78 | JG 51 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
Jakob Norz* | Leutnant | 117[13] | JG 5 | Knight's Cross KIA 16 September 1944 |
"Nowi" Walter Nowotny* | Major | 258[10] | JG 54, Kdo Nowotny, JG 101 |
Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds KIA 8 November 1944 | |
O[]
Name | Rank | Total wartime victories | Unit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Horst Oberlander | ||||
Friedrich Obleser | Oberleutnant | 120[13] | JG 52 | Knight's Cross |
Walter Oesau* | Oberst | 125 (+8 in Spain)[13] | JG 1, JG 2, JG 51, J/88 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords KIA 11 May 1944 |
Walter Ohlrogge | Leutnant | 77 | JG 3, JG 7 | Knight's Cross |
Robert Olejnik | Major | 41 | JG 2, JG 3, JG 1, JG 400 | Knight's Cross |
Emil Omert* | Hauptmann | 70 | JG 3, JG 2, JG 77 | Knight's Cross KIA 24 April 1944 |
Theo Osterkamp | Generalleutnant | 6 (+32 in World War I) | JG 51 | Knight's Cross |
Max-Hellmuth Ostermann* | Oberleutnant | 102[11] | ZG 1, JG 54 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords KIA 9 August 1942 |
P[]
Name | Rank | Total wartime victories | Unit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Horst Patuschka* | Hauptmann | 23 | NJG 2 | Knight's Cross KIA 6 March 1943 |
Georg Pavenzinger | Feldwebel | 5 | JG 51 | |
Hans Peterburs | Oberfeldwebel | 18 | ZG 76, ZG 1 | Knight's Cross |
Viktor Petermann | Oberleutnant | 64 | JG 52, JG 7 | Knight's Cross |
Erhard Peters | Leutnant | 64 | JG 52, JG 7 | |
Horst Petzschler | Oberfeldwebel | 26 | JG 3, JG 51 | Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe |
Karl Pfeiffer | Oberfeldwebel | 10 | NJG 1 | |
Rudolf Pflanz* | Hauptmann | 52 | JG 2 | Knight's Cross KIA 31 July 1942 |
Helmut Pfüller | Oberfeldwebel | 28 | JG 51 | |
Hans Philipp* | Major | 206[7] | JG 54, JG 1 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords KIA 8 October 1943 |
Wilhelm Philipp | Oberfeldwebel | 81 | JG 54 | Knight's Cross |
Hans Philips | ||||
Anton-Rudolf Piffer* | Leutnant | 26 | JG 1 | Knight's Cross KIA 17 June 1944 |
Johann Pichler | Leutnant | 75[16] | JG 77 | Knight's Cross |
Rolf Pingel | Major | 28 (+6 in Spain) | JG 26, JG 53 | Knight's Cross |
Karl-Heinz Plücker | Oberleutnant | 34 | JG 1, JG 52 | |
Josef Pöhs* | Oberleutnant | 43 | JG 54 | Knight's Cross KIA 30 December 1943 |
Wolfgang Polster | ||||
Hans Prager | Leutnant | 23 | JG 26 | |
Alexander Preinfalk* | Oberfeldwebel | 78 | JG 77, JG 51, JG 53 | Knight's Cross KIA 12 December 1944 |
Bela Preisler | Unteroffizier | 6 | JG 5 | |
Rolf Prigge | Oberfänrich | 5 | JG 27, JG 7 | |
Josef "Pips" Priller | Oberst | 101[11] | JG 51, JG 26 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords |
Rolf-Peter Pringle | ||||
Herbert Puschmann | Hauptmann | 57 | JG 51 | Knight's Cross |
Emil Puttfargen |
Q[]
Name | Rank | Total wartime victories | Unit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Klaus Quaet-Faslem* | Major | 49 | JG 53, JG 3 | Knight's Cross KIFA 30 January 1944 |
Richard Quante* | Feldwebel | 49 | JG 51 | KIA 14 August 1942 |
Werner Quast | Fahnenjunker-Oberfeldwebel | 84 | JG 52 | Knight's Cross |
R[]
S[]
Name | Rank | Total wartime victories | Unit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Heinz Sachsenberg | Leutnant | 104[12] | JG 52 | Knight's Cross |
Florian Salwender | Oberfeldwebel | 25 | JG 77, JG 5 | POW Died in Soviet Prison |
Carl Sattig* | Hauptmann | 53 | JG 54 | Knight's Cross KIA 10 August 1942 |
Erwin Sawallisch | Oberfeldwebel | 36 | JG 27 | |
Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein* | Major | 83 | NJG 2, NJG 3 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords KIA 21/22 January 1944 |
Günther Schack | Hauptmann | 174[7] | JG 51, JG 3 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
Emil Schact | 25 | |||
Johann Schalk | Oberst | 21 | ZG 26, NJG 3, NJG 4 | Knight's Cross |
Franz Schall* | Hauptmann | 137[14] | JG 52, Kdo Nowotny, JG 7 | Knight's Cross KIFA 10 April 1945 |
Ludwig Scharf | 18 | JG 5 | ||
Gerhard Schaschke | Hauptmann | 22 | ZG 76 | |
Paul Schauder | Hauptmann | 20 | JG 26 | |
Günther Scheel* | Leutnant | 71 | JG 54 | Knight's Cross MIA 16 July 1943 only 70 combat missions |
Klaus Scheer | Leutnant | 24 | NJG 100 | |
Rudolf Scheffel | Hauptmann | 7 | ZG 1, ZG 26 | Knight's Cross |
Wolfgang Schellmann* | Oberstleutnant | 26 (+12 in Spain) | JG 2, JG 27 | Knight's Cross KIA 22 June 1941 |
Wolfgang Schenck | Oberstleutnant | 18 | SG 2, ZG 1, SKG 210, KG 51 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
Georg Schentke* | Oberleutnant | 90 | JG 3 | Knight's Cross KIA 25 December 1942 |
Ernst Scheufele | 18 | JG 5, JG 4 | ||
Karl-Heinz Scherfling* | Oberfeldwebel | 33 | NJG 1 | Knight's Cross KIA 21 July 1944 |
Erich Scheyda | 20 | JG 26 | ||
Franz Schieß* | Hauptmann | 67 | JG 53 | Knight's Cross KIA 2 September 1943 |
Wilhelm Schilling | Oberleutnant | 63 | JG 54, EJG 1 | Knight's Cross |
Hans Schleef* | Oberleutnant | 99 | JG 3, JG 5, JG 4 | Knight's Cross KIA 31 December 1944 |
Hermann Schleinhege | Leutnant | 97 | JG 3, JG 54 | Knight's Cross |
Joachim Schlichting | Major | 8 (+5 in Spain) | JG 27 | Knight's Cross |
Karl-Friedrich Schlosstein | 8 | JG 77, JG 5 | ||
Dietrich Schmidt | Hauptmann | 43 | NJG 1 | Knight's Cross |
Erich Schmidt* | Oberleutnant | 47 | JG 53 | Knight's Cross KIA 31 August 1941 |
Johannes Schmidt | 12 | JG 26 | ||
Rudolf Schmidt* | Feldwebel | 42 | JG 77 | Knight's Cross KIA 6 April 1942 |
Gottfried Schmidt | 8 | JG 26 | ||
Heinz Schmidt* | Hauptmann | 173[7] | JG 52 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves MIA 5 September 1943 |
Winfrid Schmidt | 19 | JG 3 | ||
Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer | Major | 121 | NJG 1, NJG 4 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds Top Night Fighter Ace of World War II |
August Schneider | 11 | JG 5 | ||
Hugo Schneider | 9 | JG 27 | ||
Walter Schneider | 20 | JG 26 | ||
Gerhard Schneider | 41 | JG 51, JGr Ost | ||
Karl-Heinz Schnell | Major | 72[16] | JG 51, JG 53, JV 44 | Knight's Cross |
"Wumm" Siegfried Schnell* | Major | 93 | JG 54, JG 2 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 25 February 1944 |
Karl "Quax" Schnörrer | 46 | JG 54, JG 7, Kdo Nowotny | Knight's Cross | |
Herbert Schob | Hauptmann | 28 (+6 in Spain) | LG 1, ZG 76, ZG 26 | Knight's Cross |
Erich Schöfbock | 14 | JG 27 | ||
Rudolf Schoenert | Major | 64 | NJG 1, NJG 2, NJG 3, NJG 100, NJGr 10, NJG 5 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
Helmut Schönfelder | Oberfeldwebel | 56 | JG 51 | Knight's Cross |
Gerhard Schöpfel | Major | 45 | JG 26, JG 4, JG 6 | Knight's Cross |
Günther Scholz | 34 (+1 in Spain) | JG 54, JG 5 | ||
Herbert Schramm* | Hauptmann | 42 | JG 53, JG 27 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 1 December 1943 |
Alfred Schreiber* | Leutnant | 7 | ZG 26, EKdo 262, Kdo Nowotny, JG 7 | KIFA 26 November 1944 |
Werner Schröer | Major | 114[12] | JG 3, JG 27, JG 54 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords |
Fritz Schröter | Major | 11 | JG 2, SKG 10, SG 5, SG 4 | Knight's Cross |
Hans Schubert | 8 | JG 1 | ||
Walter Schuck | Oberleutnant | 206[7] | JG 5, JG 7 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
Franz Schulte* | Feldwebel | 46 | JG 77 | Knight's Cross KIA 12 August 1942 |
Franz Schulte | Feldwebel | 46 | JG 77 | Knight's Cross |
Helmuth Schulte | Hauptmann | 25 | NJG 5 | Knight's Cross |
Gerhard Schulwitz | 9 | JG 26 | ||
Otto Schultz | Hauptmann | 73[16] | JG 51 | Knight's Cross |
Otto Schulz* | Oberleutnant | 51 | JG 27 | Knight's Cross KIA 17 June 1942 |
Leo Schuhmacher | Leutnant | 23 | ZG 76, JG 1, JV 44 | Knight's Cross |
Werner Schumacher | 30 | JG 5 | ||
Heinz Schumann | 21 | JG 51, JG 2 SKG 10 | ||
Franz Schwaiger* | Leutnant | 67 | JG 3 | Knight's Cross KIA 24 April 1944 |
Günther Schwanecke | 10 | JG 77, JG 5 | ||
Gerhard Schwartz | 20 | JG 51 | ||
Günther Schwarz | 40 | JG 51 | ||
Georg Seckel | 40 | JG 77, JG 200, JG 4 | ||
Hermann Segatz | 40 | JG 26, JG 51, JG 5, JG 1 | ||
Günther Seeger | Oberleutnant | 56 | JG 53, JG 2 | Knight's Cross |
Georg Seelmann | Oberleutnant | 39 | JG 51, JG 103 | Knight's Cross |
Hermann Segatz | 40 | JG 26, JG 51, JG 5, JG 1 | ||
Alfred Seidl | 31 | JG 53, JG 3, JG 7 | ||
Georg Seidel | 47 | JG 51 | ||
Johannes Seifert | Oberstleutnant | 57 | JG 26 | Knight's Cross |
Peter Seigler | ||||
Reinhard Seiler | Major | 109 (+9 in Spain)[12] | JG 54, JG 104 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
Erich von Selle | 7 | JG 26 | ||
Waldemar Semelka | 75 | JG 52 | Knight's Cross | |
Paul Semrau* | Major | 46[9] | NJG 2 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 8 February 1945 |
Fritz Sengschmitt | 15 | ZG 76, ZG 26 | ||
Heinrich Setz* | Major | 138[14] | JG 27, JG 77 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 13 March 1943 |
Peter Siegler* | Feldwebel | 48 | JG 54 | Knight's Cross MIA 24 September 1942 |
Rudolf Sigmund* | Hauptmann | 28 | NJG 1 | Knight's Cross KIA 4 October 1943 |
Friedrich Simon | 22 | JG 51 | ||
Siegfried Simsch | 54 | JG 52, JG 11 | Knight's Cross KIA 8 June 1944 | |
Rudolf Sinner | 39 | JG 27 | ||
Kurt Sochatzy | 39 | JG 3 | Knight's Cross | |
Waldemar Söffing | 35 | JG 26 | ||
Gerhard Sommer | 20 | JG 11, JG 1 | Knight's Cross | |
Hermann Sommer | 19 | NJG 2, NJG 102 | ||
Wolfgang Späte | Major | 99 | JG 54, JG 400, JG 7 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
Günther Specht* | Oberstleutnant | 34 | ZG 26, JG 11 | Knight's Cross MIA 1 January 1945 |
Wilhelm Spies* | Major | 20 | ZG 26 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 27 January 1942 |
Robert Spreckles | 12 | JG 11, JG 1 | ||
Gustav Sprick | Oberleutnant | 31 | JG 26 | Knight's Cross |
Karl Stadek | 29 | JG 51 | ||
Hans-Arnold Stahlschmidt* | Oberleutnant | 59 | JG 27 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves MIA 7 September 1942 |
Hermann Staiger | Major | 63 | JG 51, JG 26, JG 1, JG 7 | Knight's Cross |
Friedrich-Wilhelm Stakejahn | 9 | JG 5, SG 4 | ||
Otto Stammberger | Oberleutnant | 7 | JG 26 | |
Hans Stechmann | ||||
Günther Stedtfeld | ||||
Karl Steffen* | Oberfeldwebel | 59 | JG 52 | MIA 14 August 1943 |
Hans-Joachim Steffens | Leutnant | 22 | JG 51 | |
Leopold "Bazi" Steinbatz* | Leutnant | 99[11] | JG 52 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords KIA 23 June 1942 |
Günter Steinhausen* | Leutnant | 40 | JG 27 | Knight's Cross KIA 6 September 1942 |
Ulrich Steinhilper | Oberleutnant | JG 52 | ||
"Macky" Johannes Steinhoff | Oberst | 176[7] | JG 26, JG 52, JG 77 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords |
Wilhelm Steinmann | Major | 44 | JG 27, JG 4, JV 44 | Knight's Cross |
Heinrich Steis | Leutnant | 21 | JG 27 | |
Fritz Stendel | ||||
Walter Stengel | ||||
Horst Sternberg | ||||
Heinrich Sterr* | Oberleutnant | 130[15] | JG 54 | Knight's Cross KIA 26 November 1944 |
Franz Stigler | Oberleutnant | 45 | JG 27, JV 44 | |
Bruno Stolle | Hauptmann | 35 | LG 1, JG 2, JG 11 | Knight's Cross |
Hans Stolinberger | ||||
Paul Stolte | ||||
Paul-August Stolte | ||||
"Max" Maximilian Stotz* | Hauptmann | 189[7] | JG 54 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves MIA 19 August 1943 |
Friedrich-Wilhelm Strakeljahn* | Oberfeldwebel | 9 | JG 5, SG 4 | Knight's Cross KIA 6 July 1944 |
Hubert Strassl* | Oberfeldwebel | 67 | JG 51 | Knight's Cross KIA 8 July 1943 |
Werner Streib | Oberst | 66 | NJG 1 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords |
Hans Strelow* | Leutnant | 68 | JG 51 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 22 May 1942 |
Fritz Stritzel | Stabsfeldwebel | 19 | JG 2 | |
Karl Strohecker | Oberfeldwebel | 24 | NJG 100 | |
Heinz Strüning* | Hauptmann | 56 | ZG 26, KG 30, NJG 2, NJG 1 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 25 December 1944 |
Franz Stuckler | ||||
Werner Stumpf* | Oberfeldwebel | 47 | JG 53 | Knight's Cross KIA 13 October 1942 |
Gustav Sturm | Oberleutnant | 22 | JG 27, JG 3, JG 51, EJG 2, JG 7 | |
Heinrich Sturm* | Hauptmann | 157[14] | JG 52 | Knight's Cross KIA 22 December 1944 |
Alfred Surau | Oberfeldwebel | 46 | JG 3 | |
Ernst Süß* | Oberleutnant | 68 | JG 52 | Knight's Cross KIA 20 December 1943 |
Paul Szameitat* | Hauptmann | 29 | NJG 3 | Knight's Cross KIA 2 January 1944 |
Willi Szuggar | Oberfeldwebel | 9 (+5 in Spain) | JG 52, JG 26 |
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Name | Rank | Total wartime victories | Unit | Notes |
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Adolph Tabbat | Feldwebel | 6 | JG 26 | |
Otto Tange* | Oberleutnant | 68 | JG 51 | Knight's Cross KIA 30 July 1943 |
Kurt Tangermann | Leutnant | 46 | JG 54 | |
Kurt Tanzer | Leutnant of the Reserves | 143[14] | JG 51 | Knight's Cross |
Gabriel Tautscher | Unteroffizier | 55 | JG 51 | |
Fritz Tegtmeier | Oberleutnant | 146[14] | JG 54, JG 7 | Knight's Cross |
Hans Tetzner | ||||
Alfred Teumer* | Oberleutnant | 76[16] | JG 54, JG 7 | Knight's Cross KIFA 4 October 1944 |
Edwin Thiel* | Hauptmann | 76[16] | JG 52, JG 51 | Knight's Cross KIA 14 July 1944 |
Werner Thierfelder* | Hauptmann | 27 | ZG 26 | Knight's Cross KIFA 18 July 1944 |
Wolfgang Thimmig | Oberstleutnant | 24 | NJG 1, NJG 2, NJG 4 | |
Gerhard Thyben | Oberleutnant | 157[14] | JG 3, JG 54 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
Ekkehard Tichy* | Hauptmann | 25 | JG 53, JG 3 | Knight's Cross KIA 16 August 1944 |
Horst Tietzen* | Hauptmann | 27 (+7 in Spain) | JG 51 | Knight's Cross KIA 18 August 1940 |
Günther Tonne* | Major | 15 | SKG 210, SKG 10, ZG 1 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 15 July 1943 |
Wolfgang Tonne* | Hauptmann | 122[13] | JG 53 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 20 April 1943 |
Eduard Tratt* | Major | 38 | ZG 1, ZG 26 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 22 February 1944 |
Hannes Trautloft | Oberst | 57 (+4 in Spain) | JG 51, JG 54 | Knight's Cross |
Rudolf Trenkel | Hauptmann | 138[14] | JG 77, JG 52 | Knight's Cross |
U[]
Name | Rank | Total wartime victories | Unit | Notes |
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Kurt "Kuddel" Ubben* | Major | 110[12] | JG 77, JG 2 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 27 April 1944 |
Hermann Ulbrich | Feldwebel | 33 | JG 51 | |
Horst Ulenberg | Leutnant | 17 | JG 26 | |
Willy Unger | Leutnant | 24 | JG 3, JG 7 | Knight's Cross |
Robert Unzeitig | Leutnant | 10 | JG 26 |
V[]
Name | Rank | Total wartime victories | Unit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Heinrich Vandeweerd | Oberfähnrich | 6 | JG 26 | |
Bernhard Vechtel | Oberleutnant | 108[12] | JG 51 | Knight's Cross |
Helmut Viedebantt* | Major | 23 | ZG 1, SG 10 | Knight's Cross KIA 1 May 1945 |
Heinz Vinke* | Oberleutnant | 54 | NJG 1 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 26 February 1944 |
Otto Vinzent | Oberleutnant | 45 | JG 54 | |
Ferdinand Vögl | Hauptmann | 33 | JG 27 | |
Heinz-Gerhard Vogt* | Oberleutnant | 48 | JG 26 | Knight's Cross KIA 14 January 1945 |
Maximilian Volke* | Oberfeldwebel | 37 | JG 77 | Remains of plane and pilot found in 2007 near Modena, Italy. |
Hans Vollett |
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Name | Rank | Total wartime victories | Unit | Notes |
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Freidrich Wachowiak* | Leutnant | 86 | JG 52, JG 3 | Knight's Cross KIA 16 July 1944 |
Edmund Wagner* | Oberfeldwebel | 56 | JG 51 | Knight's Cross KIA 13 November 1941 |
Rudolf Wagner* | Leutnant | 81 | JG 51 | Knight's Cross MIA 11 December 1943 |
Hans Waldmann* | Oberleutnant | 134[15] | JG 52, JG 3, JG 7 | Knight's Cross KIFA 18 March 1945 |
Horst Walther | Oberleutnant | 35 | JG 51 | |
Siegfried Wandam | Oberleutnant | 10 | NJG 1 | |
Joachim Wandel* | Hauptmann | 75 | JG 54 | Knight's Cross KIA 7 October 1942 |
Karl-Heinz Weber* | Hauptmann | 136[15] | JG 51, JG 1 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 7 June 1944 |
Heinrich Wefers | 52 | JG 52, JG 54 | ||
Günther Wegmann | Oberleutnant | 21 | ZG 26, EKdo 262, JG 7 | |
Alfred Wehmeyer* | Oberleutnant | 18 | ZG 26 | Knight's Cross KIA 1 June 1942 |
Herbert Wehnelt | ||||
Gerhard Weigand | ||||
Hans-Dieter Weihs | Leutnant | 8 | JG 7 | |
Hans Weik | Hauptmann | 36 | JG 3, EJGr Ost, EJG 2 | Knight's Cross |
Franz Weinhausen | ||||
Dietrich Weinitschke | Feldwebel | 18 | JG 5 | |
Robert "Bazi" Weiss* | Hauptmann | 121[13] | JG 54 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 29 December 1944 |
Theodor "Theo" Weissenberger | Major | 208[10] | JG 5, JG 7 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
Ernst Weismann* | Oberleutnant | 69 | JG 51 | Knight's Cross MIA 13 August 1942 |
Kurt Welter | Oberleutnant | 63 | JG 300, NJGr 10, NJG 11 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
Hans-Gerd Wennekers | 24 | |||
Karl Wenschelmeyer | ||||
Peter Werfft, Dr. | Major | 26 | JG 27 | Knight's Cross |
Heinz Wernicke* | Leutnant | 117[13] | JG 54 | Knight's Cross KIFA 27 December 1944 |
Ulrich Wernitz | Leutnant | 101[11] | JG 54 | Knight's Cross |
Franz von Werra* | Hauptmann | 21 | JG 3, JG 53 | Knight's Cross KIFA 25 October 1941 |
Otto Weßling* | Oberleutnant | 83 | JG 3 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 19 April 1944 |
Hans-Juergen Westphal | ||||
Helmut Wettstein | ||||
Walther Wever* | Oberleutnant | 44 | JG 51, JG 7 | Knight's Cross KIFA 10 April 1945 |
Helmut Wick* | Major | 56 | JG 2 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves MIA 28 November 1940 |
Heinfried Wiegand | ||||
Johannes Wiese | Major | 133[15] | JG 52, JG 77 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves 12 in one mission |
Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke* | Oberst | 162[14] | JG 53, JG 3 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords KIA 23 March 1944 |
Karl Willius* | Oberleutnant | 50 | JG 26 | Knight's Cross KIA 8 April 1944 |
Maximilian Winkler | ||||
Alexander von Winterfelt* | Oberstleutnant | 13 | JG 2, JG 77 | Knight's Cross KIFA 16 May 1942 |
Hermann Wischnewski | Oberfähnrich | 28 | JG 300 | Knight's Cross |
Hans Witzel | ||||
Ulrich Wöhnert | Leutnant | 86 | JG 54 | Knight's Cross |
Heinrich Wohlers* | Major | 29 | NJG 4, NJG 6 | Knight's Cross KIFA 15 March 1944 |
Franz Woidich | Oberleutnant | 110[12] | JG 27, JG 52, JG 400 | Knight's Cross |
Erich Woitke | Hauptmann | 26 (+4 in Spain) | J/88, JG 3, JG 52, JG 77, JG 27, JG 11, JG 300, JG 1 | German Cross in Gold |
Albin Wolf* | Oberleutnant | 144[14] | JG 54 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 22 April 1944 |
Hermann Wolf | Leutnant | 57 | JG 52, JG 11, JG 7 | Knight's Cross |
Robert Wolf | Leutnant | 21 | NJG 5 | |
Walter Wolfrum | Oberleutnant | 137[14] | JG 52 | Knight's Cross |
David Wollmann | ||||
Helmut Woltersdorf* | Oberleutnant | 19 | NJG 1 | KIA 2 June 1942 |
Waldemar Wübke | Hauptmann | 16 | JG 54, JG 101 | |
Karl Wünsch | Leutnant | 25 | JG 27 | |
Otto Würfel* | Leutnant | 79 | JG 51 | Knight's Cross MIA 23 February 1944 |
Josef "Sepp" Wurmheller* | Major | 102[11] | JG 53, JG 2 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords KIA 22 June 1944 |
Z[]
Name | Rank | Total wartime victories | Unit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Joachim Zeller | 7 | JG 26 | ||
Walter Zellot* | Leutnant | 85 | JG 53 | Knight's Cross KIA 10 September 1942 |
Oskar Zimmermann | Leutnant | 34 | JG 51, JG 3 | Knight's Cross |
Füllbert Zink | Hauptmann | 36 | JG 26 | |
Josef Zirngibl | Oberfeldwebel | 9 | JG 26 | |
Paul Zorner | Major | 59 | NJG 2, NJG 3, NJG 100, NJG 5 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
Franz-Josef Zoufahl | Oberfeldwebel | 26 | JG 51 | |
Eugen-Ludwig Zweigart* | Oberleutnant | 69 | JG 54 | Knight's Cross KIA 12 January 1943 |
Josef Zwernemann* | Hauptmann | 126[13] | JG 52, JG 11 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 8 April 1944 |
Rudi Zwesken | Oberfeldwebel | 25 | JG 52, JG 300 | Knight's Cross |
References[]
- Citations
- ↑ Spick 1996, pp. 3–4.
- ↑ Obermaier 1989, p. 241.
- ↑ Obermaier 1989, p. 14.
- ↑ Obermaier 1989, p. 242.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Brown 2000, pp. 281–282.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Caldwell & Muller 2007, p. 96.
- ↑ 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 7.14 7.15 7.16 Spick 1996, p. 228.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Obermaier 1989, p. 81.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 9.8 9.9 Spick 1996, p. 244.
- ↑ 10.00 10.01 10.02 10.03 10.04 10.05 10.06 10.07 10.08 10.09 10.10 Spick 1996, p. 227.
- ↑ 11.00 11.01 11.02 11.03 11.04 11.05 11.06 11.07 11.08 11.09 11.10 11.11 11.12 Spick 1996, p. 233.
- ↑ 12.00 12.01 12.02 12.03 12.04 12.05 12.06 12.07 12.08 12.09 12.10 12.11 12.12 12.13 12.14 12.15 Spick 1996, p. 232.
- ↑ 13.00 13.01 13.02 13.03 13.04 13.05 13.06 13.07 13.08 13.09 13.10 13.11 13.12 13.13 13.14 13.15 13.16 Spick 1996, p. 231.
- ↑ 14.00 14.01 14.02 14.03 14.04 14.05 14.06 14.07 14.08 14.09 14.10 14.11 14.12 14.13 14.14 14.15 14.16 Spick 1996, p. 229.
- ↑ 15.00 15.01 15.02 15.03 15.04 15.05 15.06 15.07 15.08 15.09 15.10 15.11 15.12 15.13 15.14 15.15 Spick 1996, p. 230.
- ↑ 16.00 16.01 16.02 16.03 16.04 16.05 16.06 16.07 16.08 16.09 16.10 16.11 16.12 16.13 16.14 16.15 Spick 1996, p. 237.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Spick 1996, p. 241.
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