This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from Germany with their surname starting from A to F. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. [1] Aces are listed alphabetically by last name.
By surname: G–L • M–P • Q–S • T–Z
This along with the * (asterisk), indicates that the pilot was either killed in action (KIA), missing in action (MIA), died of wounds (DOW), killed in a flying accident (KIFA), or killed in a car accident (KICA).
This and the / (slash) indicates information discrepancies listed by Aders, Boiten, Caldwell, Girbig, Held, Obermaier, Spick, Ring, Mathews, Foreman and Zabecki.
Name | Rank | Claims | Unit | Notes |
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Hans Adam* | Leutnant | 11 [2] | JG 51 | KIA 12 March 1945 |
Heinz-Günther Hans Adam* | 5 [2] [3] | JG 26 | KIFA 20 December 1942 | |
Helmut Adam* | Unteroffizier | 12 [2] | EJGr Ost, JG 52 | KIA 1 July 1942 |
Hans Adelhütte* | Oberleutnant | 15–20 [4] | KG 41, KG 3, NJG 7, NJG 3 | KIA 13 August 1944 |
Horst Ademeit* | Major | 166 [5] /160 [2] | JG 54 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 7 August 1944 mission-to-claim ratio of 3.61. [6] |
Walter Adolph* | Hauptmann | 28 [7] /25/24 (+1 in Spain; +4 unconfirmed) [8] /21 [2] | J/88, JG 27, JG 26 | Knight's Cross KIA 18 September 1941 mission-to-claim ratio of 2.82. [9] |
Gustav Ahlbrand* | Unteroffizier | 14 [2] | JG 52 | KIA 22 August 1943 |
Heinrich-Wilhelm Ahnert* | Oberfeldwebel | 57 [8] [2] [10] | JG 52 | Knight's Cross KIA 15 August 1942 |
Peter Ahrens* | Leutnant | 11 [3] [2] | JG 26 | KIFA 4 March 1945 |
Johann Aistleitner* | Hauptmann | 13/11 [11] /12 [2] | JG 26 | KIA 14 January 1944 |
Egon Albrecht-Lemke* | 25 [8] /18+ [2] | ZG 76, SKG 210, ZG 1, JG 76 | Knight's Cross KIA 25 August 1944 | |
Heinz Albrecht* | Oberfeldwebel | 6+ [2] | JG 11 | KIA 2 May 1945 |
Vicente Aldecoa | Leutnant | 8 [2] | JG 51 | |
Herbert Aloe* | Hauptmann | 35 [2] | JG 54 | German Cross KIA 21 June 1944 |
Heinz Hans Altendorf | Oberleutnant | 24 [2] | JG 53 | German Cross POW 16 December 1941 |
Rudolf Altendorf | Hauptmann | 29 [4] /25 [12] /24 [2] | LG 1, NJG 3, NJG 4, NJG 1, NJG 5 | |
Herbert Altner | Leutnant | 23 [12] /21 [4] /18 [12] | ZG 76, NJG 3, NJG 5, NJG 11 | |
Ernst-Georg Altnorthoff | Oberleutnant | 11 [2] | JG 27 | |
Alfred Ambs | Leutnant | 8 [2] | JG 7 | |
Hermann Amend* | Unteroffizier | 10 [2] | JG 5 | KIA 5 August 1944 |
Georg Amon | Oberfeldwebel | 9 [2] | JG 53 | POW 2 April 1945 |
Peter "Pit" Andel | Leutnant | 6 [11] [2] | JG 26 | |
Werner Andres | Oberstleutnant | 5 [2] | JG 3 | |
Lorenz Andresen* | Oberleutnant | 5+ [2] | JG 5 | KIA 20 July 1944 |
Heinz Angres* | Fahnenjunker-Feldwebel | 8 [2] | JG 3 | KIA 16 October 1944 |
Paul Angst | Leutnant | 5 [2] | JG 3, EJG 1 | |
Robert Anlauf* | Feldwebel | 10 [2] | JG 52 | KIA 28 March 1945 |
Walter Appel* | Gefreiter | 5 [13] | JG 27 | KIA 14 June 1944 |
Jose Damaso Arango-Lopez | Hauptmann | 6 [2] | JG 51 | |
Elmar Arensmeyer | Feldwebel | 16 [14] /10 [2] | JG 51, JG 101, EJGr Ost | |
Heinz Arnold* | Oberfeldwebel | 49/48 [2] | JG 5, JG 7 | KIA 17 April 1945 |
Walter Arnold | Leutnant | 8 [13] /6 [2] | JG 27 | |
Rudolf Artner | Unteroffizier | 20 [2] | JG 5 | |
Heinrich Asche | 8 [2] | JG 54 | ||
Roloff von Aspern* | Oberleutnant | 19 [2] | JG 21, JG 76, JG 54 | KIA 17 November 1940 |
Hermann Aubrecht | Oberfeldwebel | 31 [14] /28 [2] | JG 51 | German Cross |
Hans-Heinz Augenstein* | Oberleutnant | 46 [15] /41 [2] /40 [12] | NJG 1 | Knight's Cross KIA 6 December 1944 – 10 km NW of Münster-Handorf airfield by a 85 Sqdn Mosquito |
Jakob Augustin* | Leutnant | 16 [2] | JG 2 | MIA 15 July 1942 |
Hans Autenrieth | Hauptmann | 23 [4] /22 [16] /21 [12] | NJG 1, NJG 4 | German Cross |
Vdenko Avdic | Leutnant | 8 [16] | JG 52, JG 104 | |
Luis Azqueta-Brunet | Oberleutnant | 5 [16] | JG 51 |
Name | Rank | Claims | Unit | Notes |
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Sophus Baagoe* | Oberleutnant | 14 [16] | ZG 76 | Knight's Cross KIA 14 May 1941 |
Werner Baake | Hauptmann | 43 [16] /41 [15] /40 [12] | NJG 1 | Knight's Cross |
Emil Babenz | Oberfeldwebel | 23 [16] | JG 26, JG 53 | German Cross |
Otto Rudolf Bach* | Leutnant | 9+ [16] | JG 2, EJGr West, JG 1 | incl. 8 heavy bombers [17] KIA 7 August 1944 |
Fridolin Bachhuber* | Feldwebel | 10 [16] | JG 103, JG 105, JG 54 | KIA 1 January 1945 |
Friidrich-Karl Bachmann* | Oberleutnant | 31 [16] | JG 52 | KIA 4 September 1942 |
Fritz Bachmann | Leutnant | 5 [16] | JG 5, JG 2 | |
Herbert Bachnick* | 80 [18] /78 [16] | JG 52 | Knight's Cross KIA 7 August 1944 | |
Johann Badum* | 54 [19] /50+ [16] | JG 77 | Knight's Cross KIA 12 January 1943 | |
Hans Baer* | Hauptmann | 9 [12] | 10.(N)/JG 72, 12.(N)/JG 2, NJG 3, NJG 5 | KIFA 20/21 December 1943 in crash at Garwitz near Parchim due to engine exploding on takeoff [12] |
Jens Bahnsen* | Feldwebel | 18 [16] | JG 27, JG 53 | KIA 19 August 1943 |
Günther Bahr | Oberfeldwebel | 37 [20] [12] /35 [16] | NJG 6 | Knight's Cross |
Hans-Joachim Bahr* | Leutnant | 8+ [16] | JG 2, JG 5 | KIA 13 July 1942 |
Eberhard Baier | Unteroffizier | 6 [16] | KG 51 | |
Josef Baldes | Oberfeldwebel | 5 [16] | JG 5 | |
Wilfried Balfanz* | Oberleutnant | 8 [16] | JG 51, JG 53 | KIA 24 June 1941 |
Wilhelm Balthasar* | Major | 47 (incl. 7 in Spain) [21] /45 [16] | JG 27, JG 3, JG 2, JG 1 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 3 July 1941 |
Fritz Bär | Feldwebel | 8 [14] | JG 51 | |
"Pritzel" Heinrich Bär | Oberstleutnant | 222 [14] /221 [22] /220 [23] /208 [16] | JG 51, JG 77, JG 1, JG 3, EJG 2, JV 44 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords incl. 21 heavy bombers [24] |
Wilfried Balfanz* | Oberleutnant | 10 [14] | JG 51 | KIA 24 June 1941 |
Kuno Balz* | Feldwebel | 12 [14] | JG 51 | KIA 18 March 1943 |
Herbert Bareuther* | Leutnant | 55 [25] | JG 51, JG 3 | German Cross KIA 30 April 1945 |
Gerhard Barkhorn | Major | 301 [23] /300 [16] | JG 2, JG 52, JG 6, JV 44 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords mission-to-claim ratio of 3.67. [6] |
Gerhard-Alfred Bärsdorf* | Leutnant | 7 [16] /5 [12] | JG 300 | KIA 28 July 1944 |
Walter Barte | Major | 18 [4] [12] | NJG 1, NJG 3 | |
Heinrich Bartels* | Oberfeldwebel | 99 [26] /94 [16] | JG 5, JG 27 | Knight's Cross KIA 23 December 1944 |
Franz Barten* | Hauptmann | 52 [27] [16] | JG 51, JG 53 | Knight's Cross KIA 4 August 1944 |
Hieronymus Bartosch* | Unteroffizier | 13 [14] | JG 51 | KIA 21 February 1944 |
Erich Bartz | 30 [16] | JG 51 | ||
Wilhelm Batz | Major | 237 [23] /233 [16] | JG 52 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords mission-to-claim ratio of 1.88. [28] |
Helmut Baudach* | Oberfeldwebel | 20+ [16] | JG 2, EKdo 262, Kdo Nowotny, JG 7 | KIA 22 February 1945 |
Alfons Bauer* | Unteroffizier | 5 [14] | JG 51 | KIA 8 August 1941 |
Franz Bauer* | Hauptmann | 9 [16] | JG 53 | KIA 18 June 1944 |
Herbert Bauer | Major | 11 [16] | StG 2, SG 103 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
Konrad Bauer | Oberfeldwebel | 68 [29] /57 [10] /38+ [16] | JG 51, JG 3, JG 300 | Knight's Cross incl. 32 heavy bombers [24] |
Ludwig Bauer* | Oberleutnant | 12 [13] | JG 27 | MIA |
Viktor Bauer | Oberst | 106 [30] /104 [16] | JG 3 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves mission-to-claim ratio of 3.77. [6] |
Wolfrat Bauer | Oberleutnant | 6 [12] | NJG 1 | KIA 4 January 1943 in crash at Duisburg-Hamborn; shot down by 'friendly' Flak [12] |
Helmut Bauhuber* | Unteroffizier | 13 [14] | JG 51 | KIA 12 July 1944 |
Helmut Baumann* | Leutnant | 38 [14] | JG 51 | KIA 17 February 1944 |
Hans-Joachim Beck | Oberleutnant | 5 [12] | NJG 101 | |
Rudolf Beck* | Feldwebel | 10 [14] | JG 51 | KIA 27 November 1942 |
Karl-Heinz Becker | 7 [31] | NJG 11 | ||
Ludwig Becker* | Hauptmann | 46 [15] /44 [12] [31] | 14.(Z)/LG 1, NJG 1, NJG 2 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 26 February 1943 |
Martin Becker | 58 [32] [10] /56 [31] /54 [12] | NJG 4, NJG 6 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves | |
Paul Becker | Leutnant | 20 [13] /19 [31] | JG 27 | |
Friedrich Beckh* | Oberstleutnant | 48 [27] /40 [31] | JG 51, JG 52 | Knight's Cross KIA 21 June 1942 |
Gerhard Beckh* | Oberleutnant | 12 [14] | JG 51 | KIA 11 January 1944 |
Helmut Beckmann | Leutnant | 18 [13] | JG 27 | |
Franz-Josef Beerenbrock | Leutnant | 117 [33] /111 [31] | JG 51 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves mission-to-claim ratio of 3.41. [6] |
Artur Beese | Oberleutnant | 22 [11] [31] | JG 26 | German Cross |
Wilhelm Beier | 38 [12] /37 [31] /36 [20] | NJG 2, NJG 1 | Knight's Cross | |
Hans Beißwenger* | 152 [34] /150 [31] | JG 54 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves MIA 6 March 1943 mission-to-claim ratio of 3.29. [9] | |
Theodor Bellinghausen | Hauptmann | 8 [12] /7 [4] | NJG 100 | |
Helmut Belser* | 36 [35] [31] | JG 53 | Knight's Cross KIA 19 June 1942 | |
Jakob Bender | Oberleutnant | 6 [12] | ZG 76, NJG 1, NJ-Schule 1, NJG 101, NJG 102 | |
Karl-Heinz Bendert | 55 [35] /44 [31] | JG 27, JG 104 | Knight's Cross | |
Helmut Bennemann | Oberstleutnant | 93 [36] /92 [37] /89 [31] | JG 52, JG 53 | Knight's Cross |
Anton Benning | Leutnant | 28 [38] /14 [12] /13+ [31] | JG Herrmann, JG 300, JG 301, JG 302 | Knight's Cross |
Sigfried Benz | 6 [39] | JG 26 | ||
Friedrich Berger | Oberleutnant | 5 [12] | NJG 3, NJGr 10 | |
Horst Berger* | 26 [31] | JG 5 | KIA 8 May 1944 | |
Götz Bergmann* | Leutnant | 16+ [14] | JG 51 | KIA 20 July 1944 |
Helmut Bergmann | Hauptmann | 36 [20] /33 [12] [40] | NJG 4, NJG 1 | Knight's Cross |
Max Bernhardt* | Unteroffizier | 11+ [14] | JG 51 | KIA 10 August 1943 |
Heinz-Edgar Berres* | Hauptmann | 52 [41] /49 [40] | JG 53 | Knight's Cross MIA 25 July 1943 |
Hans Berschwinger* | Oberfeldwebel | 20 [42] /12 [40] /11 [12] | NJG 2, NJG 1 | KIA 15 February 1944 |
Günther Bertram | Oberleutnant | 35 [42] /29 [40] /28 [12] | KG 4, NJG 100 | |
Otto Bertram | Major | 22 (incl. 9 in Spain) [41] /24 [40] | J/88, JG 2, JG 101, JG 6 | Knight's Cross |
Arthur Beth | Feldwebel | 17 [40] | JG 5 | |
Siegfried Bethke | Hauptmann | 12 [40] | JG 2 | |
Erich Beulich* | Oberfeldwebel | 10 [40] | JG 5 | KIA 14 September 1943 |
Ernst Beutelspacher* | Oberleutnant | 5 [40] | SG 2 | Knight's Cross KIA 22 July 1944 |
Gerhard Beutin* | Oberfeldwebel | 60 [40] [43] | JG 54 | KIA 1 February 1943 |
Franz Beyer* | Major | 81 [18] /84 [40] | JG 3 | Knight's Cross KIA 11 February 1944 |
Georg Beyer | Oberleutnant | 7 [44] [40] | JG 26 | |
Heinz Beyer | Oberfeldwebel | 27 [40] | JG 5 | |
Konrad Beyer | Feldwebel | 13 [12] | NJG 4 | |
Werner Bielefeld | Leutnant | 21 [14] | JG 51 | |
Ludwig Bietmann | Hauptmann | 6 [12] | NJG 1 | KIA 10/11 September 1942 |
Josef Bigge | Leutnant | 6 [12] | JG 2, JGr West, EJG 1 | WIA 6 September 1943 in crash on landing at Saint-André-de-l’Eure |
Heinz Birk | Oberfeldwebel | 14 [40] | JG 5 | |
Hans-Georg Birkenstock | Oberleutnant | 7 [12] | NJG 1, NJG 4, NJG 6 | KIA 19/20 May 1944 in crash at Vossenack/Eifel |
Hans-Joachim Birkner* | Leutnant | 117 [33] [40] | JG 52 | Knight's Cross KIFA 14 December 1944 mission-to-claim ratio of 2.42. [9] |
Emil Bitsch* | Hauptmann | 108 [30] /106 [40] | JG 3 | Knight's Cross KIA 15 March 1944 |
Helmut Bittkau | Oberleutnant | 11 [45] | JG 51 | |
Franz Blazytko | Oberfeldwebel | 30 [40] | JG 27 | |
Joachim Blechschmidt* | Oberstleutnant | 17 [46] | ZG 1 | Knight's Cross MIA 13 July 1943 |
Günther Bleckmann* | Major | 33 [40] | SG 1, SG 2 | Knight's Cross KIA 1 June 1944 |
Paul Bley* | Oberleutnant | 8 [40] | ZG 26 | KIFA 28 October 1944 |
Walter Blume | Major | 14 [13] /8 [40] | JG 26, JG 27 | |
Hans-Ekkehard Bob | 60 [46] /57 [47] | JG 54, JG 3, JG 51, EJG 2, JV 44 | Knight's Cross | |
Eberhard Bock* | Hauptmann | 28 [13] | JG 3, JG 1, JG 104, JG 27 | KIA 28 May 1944 |
Heinz Bock* | Leutnant | 5 [12] | NJG 101, NJG 1 | KIA 2/3 October 1943 |
Karl Böhm-Tettelbach | Oberstleutnant | 6 [47] | ZG 26 | |
Kurt Bohn | Feldwebel | 5 [44] | JG 26 | |
Paul Bohn | Oberleutnant | 5 [47] [12] | NJG 2 | |
Otto Böhner | Oberleutnant | 5 | JG 53 | |
Herbert Bönsch* | Hauptmann | 11 [12] | Z./KG 30, NJG 1, NJG 2 | KIA night of 31 July/1 August 1942 |
Karl Bolte* | Leutnant | 6 [13] | JG 27 | KIA |
Helmut-Felix Bolz | Hauptmann | 56 [10] /22 [47] | JG 2 | |
Eckart-Wilhelm von Bonin | Major | 39 [20] /35 [12] /33 [47] | 14.(Z)/LG 1, NJG 3, NJG 1, NJG 102 | Knight's Cross |
Hubertus von Bonin* | Oberstleutnant | 77 (incl. 4 in Spain) [18] /65 [47] | JG 26, JG 52, JG 54 | Knight's Cross KIA 15 December 1943 |
Kurt Bonow | Hauptmann | 8 [12] | NJG 100, NJGr 10 | |
Hans Boos* | Oberleutnant | 41 [45] | JG 51 | KIA 21 April 1943 |
Adolf Borchers | Major | 132 [48] [47] | JG 51, JG 52 | Knight's Cross |
Walter Borchers* | Oberstleutnant | 59 [49] [10] /43 [47] /40 [12] | ZG 76, NJG 3, NJG 5 | Knight's Cross KIA 6 March 1945 |
Eberhard von Boremski | Hauptmann | 90 [50] /88+ [47] | JG 3, EJG 1 | Knight's Cross |
Ernst Börngen | 45 [13] /41 [46] /35 [47] | JG 27 | Knight's Cross | |
Hans-Joachim Borreck | Unteroffizier | 5 [51] | JG 26 | |
Karl Borris | Major | 43 [52] [47] | JG 26 | Knight's Cross |
Oskar Bösch | Feldwebel | 18 [47] | JG 3, JG 301, JG 7 | |
Wolfgang Böwing-Treuding* | Oberleutnant | 46 [53] [47] | JG 51 | Knight's Cross KIA 11 February 1943 |
Richard Brand | Oberfeldwebel | 32 [45] | JG 51 | |
Felix-Maria Brandis* | Oberleutnant | 14 [47] | JG 5 | |
Kurt Brändle* | Major | 180 [5] /170 [47] | JG 53, JG 3 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 3 November 1943 |
Paul Brandt | Leutnant | 30 [54] /29 [55] | JG 54 | Knight's Cross KIA 24 December 1944 |
Walter Brandt | Oberleutnant | 57 [10] /42 [54] [55] | LG 2, JG 77, JG 3 | Knight's Cross |
Hans-Heinrich Breitfeld* | Hauptmann | 9 [12] | NJG 5 | KIA 9/10 April 1945 on approach to Lübeck-Blankensee |
Peter Bremer | Oberfeldwebel | 38 [55] | JG 54 | |
Joachim Brendel | Hauptmann | 189 [5] [55] | JG 51 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
Heinz Bretnütz* | Hauptmann | 37 [56] /32 [55] | JG 53 | Knight's Cross DOW 27 June 1941 |
Klaus Bretschneider* | Oberleutnant | 34 [56] /24 [12] /22 [55] | JG 300 | Knight's Cross KIA 24 December 1944 |
Wendelin Breukel* | Leutnant | 13 [55] [12] | NJG 2 | KIFA 1 March 1944 during low level transit flight |
Adolf Breves | Hauptmann | 18 [42] /17 [55] [12] | NJG 1 | |
Walter Briegleb | Oberleutnant | 24 [12] | NJG 3, NJG 2 | |
Franz Brinkhaus | Hauptmann | 13 [12] | NJG 1, NJG 2, NJG 3 | |
Arnold Brinkmann | Hauptmann | 16 [12] | NJG 3 | |
Hugo Broch | Leutnant | 81 [18] [55] | JG 54 | Knight's Cross mission-to-claim ratio of 4.00. [6] |
Wilhelm Bromen | Oberleutnant | 7 [57] | SG 2, SG 151, SG 9 | Knight's Cross |
Friedrich Brock | 5 [55] | JG 54, JG 26 | ||
Horst Brock* | Leutnant | 17+ [55] | JG 3 | KIA 3 November 1943 |
Jürgen Brocke* | 42 [58] /39 [55] | JG 77 | Knight's Cross KIA 15 September 1942 mission-to-claim ratio of 3.57. [6] | |
Hugo Brönner | Oberleutnant | 16 [45] | JG 51 | |
Herbert Broennle* | Leutnant | 59 [10] /58 [58] [55] | JG 54 | Knight's Cross KIA 4 July 1943 |
Albert Brunner* | Oberfeldwebel | 53 [58] [55] | JG 5 | Knight's Cross KIA 7 May 1943 mission-to-claim ratio of 2.55. [9] |
Josef Brunner | Feldwebel | 7 [12] | NJG 1, NJG 6 | |
Hermann Buchner | Leutnant | 58 [59] [55] [10] | SG 2, JG 7 | Knight's Cross |
Horst Bucholz | 5 [45] | JG 51 | ||
Max Bucholz | Major | 28 [59] [60] | JG 3, JG 5, JG 101 | Knight's Cross |
Alfred Budde* | Leutnant | 20 [60] | JG 54 | KIA 27 December 1944 |
Adolf Buhl* | Oberleutnant | 5 [60] | LG 2 | KIA 27 September 1940 |
Kurt Bühligen | Oberstleutnant | 112 [30] /99+ [60] | JG 2 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords incl. 24 heavy bombers [24] |
Johannes Bunzek* | Leutnant | 75 [61] /78 [60] | JG 52 | Knight's Cross KIA 11 December 1943 |
Eberhard Burath | Oberleutnant | 6 [60] | JG 1, JG 51 | |
Lutz-Wilhelm Burckhardt | Hauptmann | 69 [62] /58 [63] /57+ [60] | JG 77, JG 1 | Knight's Cross |
Alfred Burk | Oberleutnant | 28 [64] /27 [60] | JG 52, JG 27 | |
Josef Bürschgens | Hauptmann | 10 [52] | JG 26 | |
Erwin Busch | Oberleutnant | 8 [65] | JG 26 | |
Rudolf Busch* | Hauptmann | 40 [45] /27+ [60] | JG 51 | KIA 17 January 1943 |
Franz Buschmann* | 10 [42] /8 [12] | NJG 2, NJG 1, NJG 3 | KIA 28 June 1944 | |
Heinz Busse* | Oberleutnant | 22 [45] /19 [60] | JG 51 | KIA 25 August 1944 |
Rolf Bussmann | Hauptmann | 23 [42] /20 [12] | Z./KG 30, NJG 1, NJG 2, NJG 3, NJG 5 | |
Erich Büttner* | Oberfeldwebel | 24 [45] /21 [60] | JG 51, EKdo 262, Kdo Nowotny, JG 7 | KIA 20 March 1945 |
Johannes Büttner | 16 [60] | JG 51 |
Name | Rank | Claims | Unit | Notes |
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Horst Carganico* | Major | 60 [66] [60] | JG 5 | Knight's Cross KIA 27 May 1944 |
Georg Christl | 7 [67] | ZG 26, JG 10 | Knight's Cross | |
Herbert Christmann* | Oberleutnant | 5 [60] | JG 11, JG 50 | KIA 20 August 1944 |
Ernst Christof | Feldwebel | 9 [68] [60] | JG 26 | |
Emil Clade | Hauptmann | 26 [60] | JG 27 | |
Georg Claus* | Oberleutnant | 18 [14] | JG 51 | KIA 11 November 1940 |
Erwin Clausen* | Major | 132 [48] /100 [60] | JG 77, JG 11 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 4 October 1943 |
Max Clerico | Hauptmann | 7 [60] | JG 54 | |
Karlheinz Cordes | Leutnant | 43+ [60] | JG 54 | |
Wilhelm Crinius | 114 [33] [60] | JG 53 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves | |
Peter Crump | Oberleutnant | 24 [60] | JG 26 | |
Franz Czech | Feldwebel | 60 [43] /33 [60] | JG 3 |
Name | Rank | Claims | Unit | Notes |
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Klaus Dadd* | Feldwebel | 14 [69] | JGr Ost, JG 52 | KIA 19 June 1943 |
Walther Dahl | Oberst | 129 [70] /128 [48] /90+ [69] | JG 3, JG 300 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
Hans Dahmen* | Gefreiter | 5 [69] | JGr West, JG 105, JG 300 | KIA 2 March 1945 |
Hugo Dahmer | Hauptmann | 45 [71] /36 [69] | JG 26, JG 5, JG 2 | Knight's Cross |
Helmut Dahms | Oberfeldwebel | 28 [12] /24 [69] | NJG 5, NJG 100 | |
Friedrich Dahn | Leutnant | 25 [69] | JG 77, JG 5 | |
Paul-Heinrich Dähne* | Hauptmann | 99+ [26] [69] | JG 52, JG 1 | Knight's Cross KIFA 24 April 1945 |
Hans Dammers* | Leutnant | 113 [30] /103 [69] | JG 52 | Knight's Cross DOW 17 March 1944 |
Emil Darjes | 82 [36] | JG 54 | ||
Franz Daspelgruber* | Oberleutnant | 46 [69] | JG 3 | KIA 16 July 1943 |
Rudi Dassow | Leutnant | 22 [72] /22+ [69] | ZG 76, JG 6 | Knight's Cross |
Richard Delakowitz | Oberleutnant | 7 [42] [12] | NJG 4 | |
Karl-Emil Demuth | 10+ [69] | JG 1 | ||
Gustav Denk* | 67 [72] [69] | JG 52 | Knight's Cross KIA 13 February 1943 | |
Robert Denzel* | Leutnant | 9 [12] | NJG 1, NJG 3, NJG 2 | KIA 25/26 June 1943 |
Adolf Dickfeld | Oberst | 136 [34] /132 [69] | JG 52, JG 2, JG 11 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
Erwin Diekwisch | Hauptmann | 12 [73] | StG 1 | Knight's Cross |
Ulrich Diesing* | Generalmajor | 15 | ZG 1 | Knight's Cross KICA 17 April 1945 |
Willi Dimter* | Oberleutnant | 7 [42] [12] | NJG 1, NJG 3, NJG 2 | KIA 17 September 1942 |
Fritz Dinger* | 67 [74] /64 [69] | JG 53 | Knight's Cross KIA 27 July 1943 | |
Hans Dipple | Hauptmann | 21 [75] | JG 26 | |
Heinrich Dittlmann | Oberfeldwebel | 60 [69] | JG 51 | |
Gottfried Dietze | Leutnant | 5 [69] | JG 26 | |
Anton Döbele* | Leutnant | 94 [37] [36] /93 [69] | JG 54 | Knight's Cross KIA 11 November 1943 |
Hans Döbrich | Feldwebel | 65 [76] [69] | JG 5 | Knight's Cross |
Kurt Dombacher | Oberleutnant | 68 [29] [69] | JG 5, JG 51 | Knight's Cross |
Otto Dommeratzky* | Leutnant | 38 [77] /11+ [78] | LG 2, SG 1, SG 2, SG 151 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 13 October 1944 |
Georg Dörffel* | Major | 30+ [78] | LG 2, SG 1, SG 4 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 26 May 1944 |
Arnold Döring | Leutnant | 23 [79] /5+ [78] /5 [12] | KG 53, NJG 300, JG 3, JG 5 | Knight's Cross |
Wilhelm Dormann | Hauptmann | 14 [42] [12] | NJG 1, NJG 102 | |
Werner Dörnbrack | Major | 29 [80] /23+ [78] | LG 2, SG 1, SG 2, SG 4 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
Franz Dörr | Hauptmann | 128 [48] /122 [78] | JG 5 | Knight's Cross |
Edgar Dörre | Feldwebel | 9 [75] | JG 26 | |
Karl Dörscheln | Oberleutnant | 7 [12] | NJG 101, NJG 6 | |
Hans Dortenmann | 38 [75] /39 [78] | JG 26, JG 54 | Knight's Cross | |
Heinrich Dreisbach | Oberfeldwebel | 16 | JG 5 | |
Martin Drewes | Major | 52 [32] /48 [12] /45 [78] | ZG 76, NJG 3, NJG 1 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
Ernst-Georg Drünkler | Hauptmann | 47 (incl. two by day) [81] /45 [78] /43 [12] | ZG 2, NJG 1, NJG 5, NJG 3 | Knight's Cross |
Alfred Druschel* | Oberst | 7+ [78] | LG 2, SG 1, SG 4 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords MIA 1 January 1945 |
Rudi Düding | Oberfeldwebel | 18 [42] /16 [78] [12] | NJG 5, NJG 100 | |
Ernst Düllberg | Major | 45 [82] /43 [78] | JG 3, JG 27, JG 76, JG 7 | Knight's Cross |
Friedrich Dünkel | Hauptmann | 10 [78] | NAG 2, NAG 4, NAG 1 | |
Peter Düttmann | Leutnant | 150 [34] /147 [78] | JG 52 | Knight's Cross |
Name | Rank | Claims | Unit | Notes |
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Karl Ebbighausen | Hauptmann | 7 [75] /10 [78] | JG 26 | |
Heinz Ebeling | Oberleutnant | 18 [78] [83] | JG 26 | Knight's Cross |
Kurt Ebener | 57 [84] /51 [78] | JG 3, JG 11 | Knight's Cross | |
Kurt Ebersberger | Hauptmann | 30 [85] /31 [78] | JG 26 | |
Helmut Eberspächer | 7 [78] [12] | SKG 10, NSGr 20, SG 151 | Knight's Cross | |
Manfred Eberwein | Oberleutnant | 44+ [78] | JG 54 | |
Reinhold Eckardt* | 24 [12] /20 [78] | ZG 52, ZG 76, NJG 1, NJG 3 | Knight's Cross KIA 30 July 1942 | |
Franz Eckerle* | Hauptmann | 59 [78] | JG 54 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves MIA 14 February 1942 |
Georg-Peter Eder | Major | 78 [18] /50+ [86] | JG 51, JG 26, JG 1, JG 2 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves incl. 36 heavy bombers [24] |
Johannes Edmann* | Oberfeldwebel | 5 [86] | JG 5, JG 26, JGr. West | KIA 21 March 1944 |
Walter Ehle* | Major | 36 [20] /34 [86] /33 [12] | ZG 1, NJG 1 | Knight's Cross KIA 17 November 1943 |
Karl-Heinz Ehlen | Leutnant | 7 [85] | JG 26 | |
Hans Ehlers* | Major | 55 [87] /48 [86] | JG 3, JG 1 | Knight's Cross KIA 27 December 1944 incl. 24 heavy bombers [24] |
Rudolf Ehrenberger* | Oberfeldwebel | 47 [86] | JG 53 | Knight's Cross KIA 8 March 1944 |
Peter Ehrhardt | Oberleutnant | 22 [42] /20 [12] | NJG 1, NJG 5, NJG 11 | |
Heinrich Ehrler* | Major | 209 [23] /182+ [86] | JG 5, JG 7 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 4 April 1945 |
Diethelm von Eichel-Streiber | Major | 96 [37] /91 [86] | JG 1, JG 26, JG 51, JG 27, JV 44 | Knight's Cross |
Günther Eichhorn | Leutnant | 8 [86] | JG 5 | |
Heinrich Eickhoff | Oberleutnant | 6 [86] | JG 27 | |
Heinrich Graf von Einsiedel | 35 [86] | JG 3 | German Cross | |
Franz Eisenach | Major | 129 [48] [86] | JG 54 | Knight's Cross |
Xaver Ellenrieder | Leutnant | 13 [88] | JG 26 | |
Franz Elles | Feldwebel | 5 [86] | JG 27 | |
Willi Elstermann | Hauptmann | 7 [12] | JGr 152, ZG 52, ZG 2, NJG 3, ZG 26, JG 6 | |
Walter Engel | Hauptmann | 10 [89] [12] /9 [86] [42] | KG 3, NJG 5 | Knight's Cross |
Wilhelm Engel | Oberleutnant | 20 [42] /18 [12] | NJG 1, NJG 4, NJG 6 | WIA 23/24 February 1945 |
Siegfried Engfer | 59 [90] /58 [86] | JG 3, JG 1 | Knight's Cross | |
Egon Engling* | Feldwebel | 12 [42] [12] | NJG 2, NJG 3 | KIA 26 March 1945 |
Hubert Engst | Oberfeldwebel | 10+ [86] /5 [12] | JG Herrmann, JG 300 | |
Albert Espenlaub* | Oberfeldwebel | 14 [91] | JG 27 | |
Wolf-Udo Ettel* | Oberleutnant | 124 [33] /121 [92] | JG 3, JG 27 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 17 July 1943 |
Heinz Ewald | Leutnant | 84 [50] /83 [92] | JG 5, JG 52 | Knight's Cross |
Wolfgang Ewald | Major | 78 (incl. 1 in Spain) [18] /65 [92] | JG 52, JG 3 | Knight's Cross |
Waldemar Eyrich* | Feldwebwel | 36 [92] | JG 53, JG 3 | KIA 11 April 1944 |
Name | Rank | Claims | Unit | Notes |
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Helmut Fahlbusch* | Leutnant | 6 [92] | ZG 76 | KIA 1 May 1940 |
Wolfgang Falck | Oberst | 7 [92] | ZG 1, NJG 1 | Knight's Cross |
Horst-Günther von Fassong* | Hauptmann | 136 [48] /63 [92] | JG 51, JG 11 | Knight's Cross KIA 1 January 1945 |
Hans-Joachim Fast | Unteroffizier | 5 [93] | JG 26 | |
Josef Federle | Oberfeldwebel | 7 [12] | NJG 6 | WIA 14/15 March 1945 |
Leopold Fellerer | Hauptmann | 41 [15] /36 [92] /35 [12] | NJG 1, NJG 2, NJG 5, NJG 6 | Knight's Cross |
Georg Fengler | Oberleutnant | 16 [94] /14 [12] | NJG 1 | |
Walter Fenske* | Hauptmann | 15 [12] | LG 1, NJG 1, NJG 4, NJG 2, NJG 5, NJG 100, NJGr 10 | Died at 27 March 1944 due to injuries sustained in a non-operational crash at 26 March |
Frithjof Fensch | Leutnant | 12 [12] | NJG 4 | |
Heinz Ferger* | Hauptmann | 19 [12] | NJG 1, NJG 3, NJG 2 | KIA 9/10 April 1945 on approach to Lübeck-Blankensee |
Herbert Findeisen | 67 [76] [92] | JG 54 | Knight's Cross | |
Günter Fink* | 46 [95] /48 [92] | JG 54 | Knight's Cross KIA 15 May 1943 | |
August Fischer | 12 [94] /10 [12] | NJG 5, NJG 100 | ||
Siegfried Fischer | Oberfeldwebel | 15 [96] [97] | StG 1, SG 1 | Knight's Cross |
Kurt Fladrich | Hauptmann | 15 [12] | NJG 1, NJG 4 | |
Erwin Fleig | Leutnant | 66 [76] /55+ [92] | JG 51 | Knight's Cross |
Otto Fönnekold* | Oberleutnant | 136 [48] /134 [97] | JG 52 | Knight's Cross KIA 31 August 1944 |
Hermann Förster* | Oberfeldwebel | 13 [91] /12 [12] | 11.(N)/JG 2, NJG 1, JG 27 | KIA 14 December 1941 |
Josef Förster | Oberleutnant | 15 [12] | NJG 2, NJG 3 | |
Paul Förster | Major | 8 [12] | ZG 26, NJG 1 | |
Josef Fözö | 27 (3 incl. Spain) [98] /23 [97] | JG 51, JG 108 | Knight's Cross | |
Gustav Francsi | Leutnant | 56 [32] /60 [97] /59 [12] | NJG 200, NJG 100 | Knight's Cross |
Hans-Dieter Frank* | Major | 55 [32] /53 [12] /51 [97] | ZG 1, NJG 1 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 27/28 September 1943 |
Heinz Frank* | 8 [99] [97] | LG 2, SG 1, SG 2, SG 151 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves DOW 7 October 1944 | |
Rudolf Frank* | Leutnant | 46 [12] /45 [15] /43 [97] | NJG 3 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 26/27 April 1944 |
Alfred Franke* | 60 [43] /59 [100] /58 [97] | JG 53 | Knight's Cross KIA 9 September 1942 | |
Richard Franz | Oberleutnant | 15 [97] | JG 27, JG 77, JG 3, JG 11 | |
Ludwig Franzisket | Major | 43 [101] /39 [97] | JG 27 | Knight's Cross |
Max Franzisket* | Hauptmann | 6+ [97] | ZG 76, JG 77, JG 5, ZG 1 | MIA 19 July 1943 |
Hans Frese | Leutnant | 44 [97] | JG 3 | |
Wilhelm Freuwörth | Oberfeldwebel | 58 [93] /48 [97] | JG 52, JG 26 | Knight's Cross |
Hugo Frey* | Hauptmann | 32 [102] /17 [97] | JG 11, JG 1 | Knight's Cross KIA 6 March 1944 |
Siegfried Freytag | Major | 102 [26] /89 [97] | JG 77 | Knight's Cross |
Herbert Friebel* | Leutnant | 58 [103] /57 [97] | JG 51 | Knight's Cross KIA 15 May 1944 |
Gerhard Friedrich* | Major | 30 [103] /29 [12] | NJG 2, NJG 1, NJG 4, NJG 6 | Knight's Cross KIA 16 March 1945 |
Günther Friedrich* | Hauptmann | 6 [12] | NJG 4, NJG 1 | KIA 27/28 September 1943 |
Gustav Frielinghaus | Hauptmann | 74 [61] /69 [97] | JG 3 | Knight's Cross |
Heinz de Fries | Oberfeldwebel | 10 [42] [12] | NJG 100 | |
Otto Fries | Leutnant | 15 [12] | NJG 1 | |
Hans-Jürgen Frölich | Feldwebel | 5 [93] | JG 26 | |
Karl Fuchs | Oberfeldwebel | 64 [104] | JG 54 | |
Robert Fuchs | 17+ [104] | JG 54 | ||
Erich Führmann | 5 | JG 11 | ||
Heinrich Füllgrabe* | Oberleutnant | 65 [66] /63 [104] | JG 52 | Knight's Cross KIA 30 January 1945 |
Ralph Furch | Leutnant | 31 [104] | JG 51 | |
Hans Fuß* | 71 [29] /69 [104] | JG 3 | Knight's Cross KIFA 10 November 1942 | |
Hugo Fütscher | Feldwebel | 5 [12] | NJG 3 | PoW night of 31 December 1944 - 1 January 1945 |
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