List of World War II aces from Germany: A–F

Main article: List of World War II aces from Germany

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.

Aces

• 
  Egon Albrecht, 25 claims
• 
  Wilhelm Batz, 237 claims
• 
  Gerhard Barkhorn, 301 claims
• 
  Friedrich Beckh
• 
  Heinrich Ehrler, 209 claims

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, Toliver, Constable, Mathews, Foreman and Zabecki.

A

Name	Rank	Claims	Unit	Notes
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 [2] [8] [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]	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 [2] [11] [13]	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 [14]	JG 27	KIA 14 June 1944
Jose Damaso Arango-Lopez	Hauptmann	6 [2]	JG 51
Elmar Arensmeyer	Feldwebel	16 [15] /10 [2]	JG 51, JG 101, EJGr Ost
Heinz Arnold*	Oberfeldwebel	48 [2]	JG 5, JG 7	KIA 17 April 1945
Walter Arnold	Leutnant	8 [14] /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 [15] /28 [2]	JG 51	German Cross
Hans-Heinz Augenstein*	Oberleutnant	46 [13] [16] /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 [17] /21 [12]	NJG 1, NJG 4	German Cross
Vdenko Avdic	Leutnant	8 [17]	JG 52, JG 104
Luis Azqueta-Brunet	Oberleutnant	5 [17]	JG 51

B

Name	Rank	Claims	Unit	Notes
Sophus Baagoe*	Oberleutnant	14 [13] [17]	ZG 76	Knight's Cross KIA 14 May 1941
Werner Baake	Hauptmann	43 [17] /41 [13] [16] /40 [18]	NJG 1	Knight's Cross
Emil Babenz	Oberfeldwebel	24 [13] /23 [17]	JG 26, JG 53	German Cross
Otto Rudolf Bach*	Leutnant	9+ [17]	JG 2, EJGr West, JG 1	incl. 8 heavy bombers [19] KIA 7 August 1944
Fridolin Bachhuber*	Feldwebel	10 [17]	JG 103, JG 105, JG 54	KIA 1 January 1945
Friidrich-Karl Bachmann*	Oberleutnant	31 [17]	JG 52	KIA 4 September 1942
Fritz Bachmann	Leutnant	5 [17]	JG 5, JG 2
Herbert Bachnick*		80 [13] [20] /78 [17]	JG 52	Knight's Cross KIA 7 August 1944
Johann Badum*		54 [13] [21] /50+ [17]	JG 77	Knight's Cross KIA 12 January 1943
Hans Baer*	Hauptmann	9 [18]	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 [18]
Jens Bahnsen*	Feldwebel	18 [17]	JG 27, JG 53	KIA 19 August 1943
Günther Bahr	Oberfeldwebel	37 [13] [22] [18] /35 [17]	NJG 6	Knight's Cross
Hans-Joachim Bahr*	Leutnant	8+ [17]	JG 2, JG 5	KIA 13 July 1942
Eberhard Baier	Unteroffizier	6 [17]	KG 51
Josef Baldes	Oberfeldwebel	5 [17]	JG 5
Wilfried Balfanz*	Oberleutnant	8 [17]	JG 51, JG 53	KIA 24 June 1941
Wilhelm Balthasar*	Major	47 (incl. 7 in Spain) [13] [23] /45 [17]	JG 27, JG 3, JG 2, JG 1	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 3 July 1941
Fritz Bär	Feldwebel	8 [15]	JG 51
"Pritzel" Heinrich Bär	Oberstleutnant	222 [15] /221 [24] /220 [13] [25] /208 [17]	JG 51, JG 77, JG 1, JG 3, EJG 2, JV 44	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords incl. 21 heavy bombers [26]
Wilfried Balfanz*	Oberleutnant	10 [15]	JG 51	KIA 24 June 1941
Kuno Balz*	Feldwebel	12 [15]	JG 51	KIA 18 March 1943
Herbert Bareuther*	Leutnant	55 [13] [27]	JG 51, JG 3	German Cross KIA 30 April 1945
Gerhard Barkhorn	Major	301 [13] [25] /300 [17]	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 [17] /5 [18]	JG 300	KIA 28 July 1944
Walter Barte	Major	18 [4] [18]	NJG 1, NJG 3
Heinrich Bartels*	Oberfeldwebel	99 [13] [28] /94 [17]	JG 5, JG 27	Knight's Cross KIA 23 December 1944
Franz Barten*	Hauptmann	52 [13] [29] [17]	JG 51, JG 53	Knight's Cross KIA 4 August 1944
Hieronymus Bartosch*	Unteroffizier	13 [15]	JG 51	KIA 21 February 1944
Erich Bartz		30 [13] [17]	JG 51
Wilhelm Batz	Major	237 [13] [25] /233 [17]	JG 52	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords mission-to-claim ratio of 1.88. [30]
Helmut Baudach*	Oberfeldwebel	20+ [17]	JG 2, EKdo 262, Kdo Nowotny, JG 7	KIA 22 February 1945
Alfons Bauer*	Unteroffizier	5 [15]	JG 51	KIA 8 August 1941
Franz Bauer*	Hauptmann	9 [17]	JG 53	KIA 18 June 1944
Herbert Bauer	Major	11 [17]	StG 2, SG 103	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Konrad Bauer	Oberfeldwebel	68 [13] [31] /57 [10] /38+ [17]	JG 51, JG 3, JG 300	Knight's Cross incl. 32 heavy bombers [26]
Ludwig Bauer*	Oberleutnant	12 [14]	JG 27	MIA
Viktor Bauer	Oberst	106 [13] [32] /104 [17]	JG 3	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves mission-to-claim ratio of 3.77. [6]
Wolfrat Bauer	Oberleutnant	6 [33]	NJG 1	KIA 4 January 1943 in crash at Duisburg-Hamborn; shot down by 'friendly' Flak [33]
Helmut Bauhuber*	Unteroffizier	13 [15]	JG 51	KIA 12 July 1944
Heinz Baum*	Feldwebel	24 [34]	JG 3	MIA 12 December 1942
Helmut Baumann*	Leutnant	38 [15]	JG 51	KIA 17 February 1944
Hans-Joachim Beck	Oberleutnant	5 [33]	NJG 101
Rudolf Beck*	Feldwebel	10 [15]	JG 51	KIA 27 November 1942
Karl-Heinz Becker		7 [35]	NJG 11
Ludwig Becker*	Hauptmann	46 [13] [16] /44 [33] [35]	14.(Z)/LG 1, NJG 1, NJG 2	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 26 February 1943
Martin Becker		64 [33] /58 [10] [13] [36] /56 [35]	NJG 4, NJG 6	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Paul Becker	Leutnant	20 [13] [14] /19 [35]	JG 27
Friedrich Beckh*	Oberstleutnant	48 [13] [29] /40 [35]	JG 51, JG 52	Knight's Cross KIA 21 June 1942
Gerhard Beckh*	Oberleutnant	12 [15]	JG 51	KIA 11 January 1944
Helmut Beckmann	Leutnant	18 [14]	JG 27
Franz-Josef Beerenbrock	Leutnant	117 [13] [37] /111 [35]	JG 51	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves mission-to-claim ratio of 3.41. [6]
Artur Beese	Oberleutnant	22 [13] [11] [35]	JG 26	German Cross
Wilhelm Beier		38 [33] /37 [35] /36 [13] [22]	NJG 2, NJG 1	Knight's Cross
Hans Beißwenger*		152 [13] [38] /150 [35]	JG 54	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves MIA 6 March 1943 mission-to-claim ratio of 3.29. [9]
Theodor Bellinghausen	Hauptmann	8 [33] /7 [4]	NJG 100
Helmut Belser*		36 [13] [39] [35]	JG 53	Knight's Cross KIA 19 June 1942
Jakob Bender	Oberleutnant	6 [33]	ZG 76, NJG 1, NJ-Schule 1, NJG 101, NJG 102
Karl-Heinz Bendert		55 [39] /54 [13] /44 [35]	JG 27, JG 104	Knight's Cross
Helmut Bennemann	Oberstleutnant	93 [40] /92 [13] [41] /89 [35]	JG 52, JG 53	Knight's Cross
Anton Benning	Leutnant	28 [13] [42] /14 [33] /13+ [35]	JG Herrmann, JG 300, JG 301, JG 302	Knight's Cross
Sigfried Benz		6 [13] [43]	JG 26
Friedrich Berger	Oberleutnant	5 [44]	NJG 3, NJGr 10
Horst Berger*		26 [35]	JG 5	KIA 8 May 1944
Götz Bergmann*	Leutnant	16+ [15]	JG 51	KIA 20 July 1944
Helmut Bergmann	Hauptmann	36 [13] [22] /33 [44] [45]	NJG 4, NJG 1	Knight's Cross
Max Bernhardt*	Unteroffizier	11+ [15]	JG 51	KIA 10 August 1943
Heinz-Edgar Berres*	Hauptmann	53 [13] /52 [46] /49 [45]	JG 53	Knight's Cross MIA 25 July 1943
Hans Berschwinger*	Oberfeldwebel	20 [47] /12 [13] [45] /11 [44]	NJG 2, NJG 1	KIA 15 February 1944
Günther Bertram	Oberleutnant	35 [13] [47] /29 [45] /28 [44]	KG 4, NJG 100
Otto Bertram	Major	22 (incl. 9 in Spain) [46] /21 (incl. 8 in Spain) [13] /24 [45]	J/88, JG 2, JG 101, JG 6	Knight's Cross
Arthur Beth	Feldwebel	17 [45]	JG 5
Siegfried Bethke	Hauptmann	12 [45]	JG 2
Erich Beulich*	Oberfeldwebel	10 [45]	JG 5	KIA 14 September 1943
Ernst Beutelspacher*	Oberleutnant	5 [45]	SG 2	Knight's Cross KIA 22 July 1944
Gerhard Beutin*	Oberfeldwebel	60 [13] [45] [48]	JG 54	KIA 1 February 1943
Franz Beyer*	Major	84 [45] /83 [49] /81 [20] [50]	JG 3	Knight's Cross KIA 11 February 1944
Georg Beyer	Oberleutnant	8 [50] /7 [51] [45]	JG 26
Heinz Beyer	Oberfeldwebel	33 [50] /27 [45]	JG 5
Konrad Beyer	Feldwebel	13 [44]	NJG 4
Werner Bielefeld	Leutnant	21 [15]	JG 51
Ludwig Bietmann	Hauptmann	6 [44]	NJG 1	KIA 10/11 September 1942
Heinrich Bierwirth	Oberfeldwebel	8 [50]	JG 26
Josef Bigge	Leutnant	6 [44]	JG 2, JGr West, EJG 1	WIA 6 September 1943 in crash on landing at Saint-André-de-l’Eure
Heinz Birk	Oberfeldwebel	14 [45]	JG 5
Hans-Georg Birkenstock	Oberleutnant	7 [44]	NJG 1, NJG 4, NJG 6	KIA 19/20 May 1944 in crash at Vossenack/Eifel
Hans-Joachim Birkner*	Leutnant	117 [37] [45] [50]	JG 52	Knight's Cross KIFA 14 December 1944 mission-to-claim ratio of 2.42. [9]
Emil Bitsch*	Hauptmann	108 [32] [50] /106 [45]	JG 3	Knight's Cross KIA 15 March 1944
Helmut Bittkau	Oberleutnant	11 [52]	JG 51
Franz Blazytko	Oberfeldwebel	30 [45] /29 [50]	JG 27
Joachim Blechschmidt*	Oberstleutnant	17 [53]	ZG 1	Knight's Cross MIA 13 July 1943
Günther Bleckmann*	Major	33 [45]	SG 1, SG 2	Knight's Cross KIA 1 June 1944
Paul Bley*	Oberleutnant	8 [45]	ZG 26	KIFA 28 October 1944
Walter Blume	Major	14 [14] /8 [45]	JG 26, JG 27
Hans-Ekkehard Bob		60 [53] /57 [54]	JG 54, JG 3, JG 51, EJG 2, JV 44	Knight's Cross
Eberhard Bock*	Hauptmann	28 [14]	JG 3, JG 1, JG 104, JG 27	KIA 28 May 1944
Heinz Bock*	Leutnant	5 [55]	NJG 101, NJG 1	KIA 2/3 October 1943
Karl Böhm-Tettelbach	Oberstleutnant	6 [54]	ZG 26
Kurt Bohn	Feldwebel	5 [51]	JG 26
Paul Bohn	Oberleutnant	5 [54] [55]	NJG 2
Otto Böhner	Oberleutnant	5	JG 53
Herbert Bönsch*	Hauptmann	11 [55]	Z./KG 30, NJG 1, NJG 2	KIA night of 31 July/1 August 1942
Karl Bolte*	Leutnant	6 [14]	JG 27	KIA
Helmut-Felix Bolz	Hauptmann	56 [10] /22 [54]	JG 2
Eckart-Wilhelm von Bonin	Major	39 [22] /35 [55] /33 [54]	14.(Z)/LG 1, NJG 3, NJG 1, NJG 102	Knight's Cross
Hubertus von Bonin*	Oberstleutnant	77 (incl. 4 in Spain) [20] /65 [54]	JG 26, JG 52, JG 54	Knight's Cross KIA 15 December 1943
Kurt Bonow	Hauptmann	8 [55]	NJG 100, NJGr 10
Hans Boos*	Oberleutnant	41 [52]	JG 51	KIA 21 April 1943
Adolf Borchers	Major	132 [56] [54]	JG 51, JG 52	Knight's Cross
Walter Borchers*	Oberstleutnant	59 [57] [10] /43 [54] /40 [55]	ZG 76, NJG 3, NJG 5	Knight's Cross KIA 6 March 1945
Eberhard von Boremski	Hauptmann	90 [58] /88+ [54]	JG 3, EJG 1	Knight's Cross
Ernst Börngen		45 [14] /41 [53] /35 [54]	JG 27	Knight's Cross
Hans-Joachim Borreck	Unteroffizier	5 [59]	JG 26
Karl Borris	Major	43 [60] [54]	JG 26	Knight's Cross
Oskar Bösch	Feldwebel	18 [54]	JG 3, JG 301, JG 7
Wolfgang Böwing-Treuding*	Oberleutnant	46 [61] [54]	JG 51	Knight's Cross KIA 11 February 1943
Richard Brand	Oberfeldwebel	32 [52]	JG 51
Felix-Maria Brandis*	Oberleutnant	14 [54]	JG 5
Kurt Brändle*	Major	180 [5] /170 [54]	JG 53, JG 3	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 3 November 1943
Paul Brandt	Leutnant	30 [62] /29 [63]	JG 54	Knight's Cross KIA 24 December 1944
Walter Brandt	Oberleutnant	57 [10] /42 [62] [63]	LG 2, JG 77, JG 3	Knight's Cross
Hans-Heinrich Breitfeld*	Hauptmann	9 [64]	NJG 5	KIA 9/10 April 1945 on approach to Lübeck-Blankensee
Peter Bremer	Oberfeldwebel	38 [63]	JG 54
Joachim Brendel	Hauptmann	189 [5] [63]	JG 51	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Heinz Bretnütz*	Hauptmann	37 [65] /32 [63]	JG 53	Knight's Cross DOW 27 June 1941
Klaus Bretschneider*	Oberleutnant	34 [65] /24 [64] /22 [63]	JG 300	Knight's Cross KIA 24 December 1944
Wendelin Breukel*	Leutnant	13 [63] [64]	NJG 2	KIFA 1 March 1944 during low level transit flight
Adolf Breves	Hauptmann	18 [47] /17 [63] [64]	NJG 1
Walter Briegleb	Oberleutnant	24 [64]	NJG 3, NJG 2
Franz Brinkhaus	Hauptmann	13 [66]	NJG 1, NJG 2, NJG 3
Arnold Brinkmann	Hauptmann	16 [66]	NJG 3
Hugo Broch	Leutnant	81 [20] [63]	JG 54	Knight's Cross mission-to-claim ratio of 4.00. [6]
Wilhelm Bromen	Oberleutnant	7 [67]	SG 2, SG 151, SG 9	Knight's Cross
Friedrich Brock		5 [63]	JG 54, JG 26
Horst Brock*	Leutnant	17+ [63]	JG 3	KIA 3 November 1943
Jürgen Brocke*		42 [68] /39 [63]	JG 77	Knight's Cross KIA 15 September 1942 mission-to-claim ratio of 3.57. [6]
Hugo Brönner	Oberleutnant	16 [52]	JG 51
Herbert Broennle*	Leutnant	59 [10] /58 [68] [63]	JG 54	Knight's Cross KIA 4 July 1943
Albert Brunner*	Oberfeldwebel	53 [68] [63]	JG 5	Knight's Cross KIA 7 May 1943 mission-to-claim ratio of 2.55. [9]
Josef Brunner	Feldwebel	7 [66]	NJG 1, NJG 6
Hermann Buchner	Leutnant	58 [69] [63] [10]	SG 2, JG 7	Knight's Cross
Horst Bucholz		5 [52]	JG 51
Max Bucholz	Major	30 [70] /28 [69] [71]	JG 3, JG 5, JG 101	Knight's Cross
Alfred Budde*	Leutnant	20 [71]	JG 54	KIA 27 December 1944
Adolf Buhl*	Oberleutnant	5 [71]	LG 2	KIA 27 September 1940
Kurt Bühligen	Oberstleutnant	112 [32] [70] /99+ [71]	JG 2	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords incl. 24 heavy bombers [26]
Johannes Bunzek*	Leutnant	75 [72] [70] /78 [71]	JG 52	Knight's Cross KIA 11 December 1943
Eberhard Burath	Oberleutnant	6 [71]	JG 1, JG 51
Lutz-Wilhelm Burckhardt	Hauptmann	69 [73] /61 [70] /58 [74] /57+ [71]	JG 77, JG 1	Knight's Cross
Alfred Burk	Oberleutnant	28 [75] [70] /27 [71]	JG 52, JG 27
Josef Bürschgens	Hauptmann	10 [60] [70]	JG 26
Erwin Busch	Oberleutnant	8 [76] [70]	JG 26
Rudolf Busch*	Hauptmann	40 [52] /27+ [71]	JG 51	KIA 17 January 1943
Franz Buschmann*		10 [47] /8 [77]	NJG 2, NJG 1, NJG 3	KIA 28 June 1944
Heinz Busse*	Oberleutnant	22 [52] [70] /19 [71]	JG 51	KIA 25 August 1944
Rolf Bussmann	Hauptmann	23 [47] /20 [77]	Z./KG 30, NJG 1, NJG 2, NJG 3, NJG 5
Erich Büttner*	Oberfeldwebel	24 [52] /21 [71]	JG 51, EKdo 262, Kdo Nowotny, JG 7	KIA 20 March 1945
Johannes Büttner		16 [71]	JG 51

C

Name	Rank	Claims	Unit	Notes
Horst Carganico*	Major	60 [70] [71] [78]	JG 5	Knight's Cross KIA 27 May 1944
Franz Cech	Feldwebel	60 [70]	JG 3
Georg Christl	Major	7 [70] [79]	ZG 26, JG 10	Knight's Cross
Herbert Christmann*	Oberleutnant	5 [71]	JG 11, JG 50	KIA 20 August 1944
Ernst Christof	Feldwebel	9 [70] [71] [80]	JG 26
Emil Clade	Hauptmann	27 [70] /26 [71]	JG 27
Georg Claus*	Oberleutnant	18 [15]	JG 51	KIA 11 November 1940
Erwin Clausen*	Major	132 [56] [70] /100 [71]	JG 77, JG 11	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 4 October 1943
Max Clerico	Hauptmann	7 [71]	JG 54
Helmut Conter	Leutnant	15 [70]	NJG 100
Karlheinz Cordes		62 [70] /43+ [71]	JG 54
Wilhelm Crinius		114 [37] [70] [71]	JG 53	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Peter Crump	Oberleutnant	31 [70] /24 [71]	JG 26
Franz Czech	Feldwebel	60 [48] /33 [71]	JG 3

D

Name	Rank	Claims	Unit	Notes
Klaus Dadd*	Feldwebel	14 [81]	JGr Ost, JG 52	KIA 19 June 1943
Walther Dahl	Oberst	129 [82] /128 [56] /90+ [81]	JG 3, JG 300	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Hans Dahmen*	Gefreiter	5 [81]	JGr West, JG 105, JG 300	KIA 2 March 1945
Hugo Dahmer	Hauptmann	45 [83] /36 [81]	JG 26, JG 5, JG 2	Knight's Cross
Helmut Dahms	Oberfeldwebel	28 [77] /24 [81]	NJG 5, NJG 100
Friedrich Dahn	Leutnant	25 [81]	JG 77, JG 5
Paul-Heinrich Dähne*	Hauptmann	99+ [28] [81]	JG 52, JG 1	Knight's Cross KIFA 24 April 1945
Hans Dammers*	Leutnant	113 [32] /103 [81]	JG 52	Knight's Cross DOW 17 March 1944
Emil Darjes		82 [40]	JG 54
Franz Daspelgruber*	Oberleutnant	46 [81]	JG 3	KIA 16 July 1943
Rudi Dassow	Leutnant	22 [84] /22+ [81]	ZG 76, JG 6	Knight's Cross
Richard Delakowitz	Oberleutnant	7 [47] [77]	NJG 4
Karl-Emil Demuth		10+ [81]	JG 1
Gustav Denk*		67 [84] [81]	JG 52	Knight's Cross KIA 13 February 1943
Robert Denzel*	Leutnant	9 [77]	NJG 1, NJG 3, NJG 2	KIA 25/26 June 1943
Adolf Dickfeld	Oberst	136 [38] /132 [81]	JG 52, JG 2, JG 11	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Erwin Diekwisch	Hauptmann	12 [85]	StG 1	Knight's Cross
Ulrich Diesing*	Generalmajor	15	ZG 1	Knight's Cross KICA 17 April 1945
Willi Dimter*	Oberleutnant	7 [47] [86]	NJG 1, NJG 3, NJG 2	KIA 17 September 1942
Fritz Dinger*		67 [87] /64 [81]	JG 53	Knight's Cross KIA 27 July 1943
Hans Dipple	Hauptmann	21 [88]	JG 26
Heinrich Dittlmann	Oberfeldwebel	60 [81]	JG 51
Gottfried Dietze	Leutnant	5 [81]	JG 26
Anton Döbele*	Leutnant	94 [41] [40] /93 [81]	JG 54	Knight's Cross KIA 11 November 1943
Hans Döbrich	Feldwebel	65 [89] [81]	JG 5	Knight's Cross
Kurt Dombacher	Oberleutnant	68 [31] [81] [90]	JG 5, JG 51	Knight's Cross
Otto Dommeratzky*	Leutnant	38 [91] /11+ [92]	LG 2, SG 1, SG 2, SG 151	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 13 October 1944
Georg Dörffel*	Major	30+ [92]	LG 2, SG 1, SG 4	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 26 May 1944
Arnold Döring	Leutnant	23 [93] /5+ [92] /5 [86]	KG 53, NJG 300, JG 3, JG 5	Knight's Cross
Wilhelm Dormann	Hauptmann	14 [47] [86]	NJG 1, NJG 102
Werner Dörnbrack	Major	29 [94] /23+ [92]	LG 2, SG 1, SG 2, SG 4	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Franz Dörr	Hauptmann	128 [56] /122 [92]	JG 5	Knight's Cross
Edgar Dörre	Feldwebel	9 [88]	JG 26
Karl Dörscheln	Oberleutnant	7 [86]	NJG 101, NJG 6
Hans Dortenmann		39 [92] /38 [88] [90]	JG 26, JG 54	Knight's Cross
Heinrich Dreisbach	Oberfeldwebel	16	JG 5
Martin Drewes	Major	52 [36] [90] /48 [86] /45 [92]	ZG 76, NJG 3, NJG 1	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Ernst-Georg Drünkler	Hauptmann	47 (incl. two by day) [95] /45 [92] [90] /43 [86]	ZG 2, NJG 1, NJG 5, NJG 3	Knight's Cross
Alfred Druschel*	Oberst	7+ [92]	LG 2, SG 1, SG 4	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords MIA 1 January 1945
Rudi Düding	Oberfeldwebel	18 [47] [90] /16 [92] [96]	NJG 5, NJG 100
Ewald Duhn*	Feldwebel	17 [92]	JG 52	KIA 23 October 1941
Ernst Düllberg	Major	50 [90] /45 [97] /43 [92]	JG 3, JG 27, JG 76, JG 7	Knight's Cross
Friedrich Dünkel	Hauptmann	10 [92]	NAG 2, NAG 4, NAG 1
Otto Dürkop	Unteroffizier	8 [92]	KG 2, JG 54
Peter Düttmann	Leutnant	152 [90] /150 [38] /147 [92]	JG 52	Knight's Cross

E

Name	Rank	Claims	Unit	Notes
Karl Ebbighausen	Hauptmann	7 [88] [90] /10 [92]	JG 26
Heinz Ebeling	Oberleutnant	18 [92] [90] [98]	JG 26	Knight's Cross
Kurt Ebener		57 [99] [90] /51 [92]	JG 3, JG 11	Knight's Cross
Kurt Ebersberger	Hauptmann	30 [100] /31 [92] /27 [90]	JG 26
Helmut Eberspächer		7 [92] [90] [96]	SKG 10, NSGr 20, SG 151	Knight's Cross
Manfred Eberwein	Oberleutnant	56 [90] /44+ [92]	JG 54
Reinhold Eckardt*		24 [96] /22 [90] /20 [92]	ZG 52, ZG 76, NJG 1, NJG 3	Knight's Cross KIA 30 July 1942
Franz Eckerle*	Hauptmann	59 [92] [90]	JG 54	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves MIA 14 February 1942
Georg-Peter Eder	Major	78 [20] [90] /50+ [101]	JG 51, JG 26, JG 1, JG 2	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves incl. 36 heavy bombers [26]
Johannes Edmann*	Oberfeldwebel	5 [101] [90]	JG 5, JG 26, JGr. West	KIA 21 March 1944
Walter Ehle*	Major	36 [22] [90] /34 [101] /33 [96]	ZG 1, NJG 1	Knight's Cross KIA 17 November 1943
Karl-Heinz Ehlen	Leutnant	7 [100] [90]	JG 26
Hans Ehlers*	Major	55 [102] /54 [90] /48 [101]	JG 3, JG 1	Knight's Cross KIA 27 December 1944 incl. 24 heavy bombers [26]
Rudolf Ehrenberger*	Oberfeldwebel	49 [90] /47 [101]	JG 53	Knight's Cross KIA 8 March 1944
Peter Ehrhardt	Oberleutnant	22 [47] /20 [96]	NJG 1, NJG 5, NJG 11
Heinrich Ehrler*	Major	209 [25] /205 [90] /182+ [101]	JG 5, JG 7	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 4 April 1945
Diethelm von Eichel-Streiber	Major	96 [41] [90] /91 [101]	JG 1, JG 26, JG 51, JG 27, JV 44	Knight's Cross
Günther Eichhorn	Leutnant	8 [101]	JG 5
Heinrich Eickhoff	Oberleutnant	6 [101]	JG 27
Heinrich Graf von Einsiedel		35 [101] [90]	JG 3	German Cross
Franz Eisenach	Major	129 [56] [90] [101]	JG 54	Knight's Cross
Xaver Ellenrieder	Leutnant	13 [103] /12 [90]	JG 26
Franz Elles	Feldwebel	5 [101]	JG 27
Willi Elstermann	Hauptmann	7 [104]	JGr 152, ZG 52, ZG 2, NJG 3, ZG 26, JG 6
Walter Engel	Hauptmann	10 [105] [104] /9 [101] [47] [90]	KG 3, NJG 5	Knight's Cross
Wilhelm Engel	Oberleutnant	20 [47] /18 [104]	NJG 1, NJG 4, NJG 6	WIA 23/24 February 1945
Siegfried Engfer		59 [106] /58 [101] [90]	JG 3, JG 1	Knight's Cross
Egon Engling*	Feldwebel	12 [47] [104]	NJG 2, NJG 3	KIA 26 March 1945
Hubert Engst	Oberfeldwebel	10+ [101] /5 [104]	JG Herrmann, JG 300
Albert Espenlaub*	Oberfeldwebel	14 [107]	JG 27
Wolf-Udo Ettel*	Oberleutnant	124 [37] [90] /121 [108]	JG 3, JG 27	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 17 July 1943
Heinz Ewald	Leutnant	84 [58] [90] /83 [108]	JG 5, JG 52	Knight's Cross
Wolfgang Ewald	Major	78 (incl. 1 in Spain) [20] [90] /65 [108]	JG 52, JG 3	Knight's Cross
Waldemar Eyrich*	Feldwebwel	36 [108]	JG 53, JG 3	KIA 11 April 1944

F

Name	Rank	Claims	Unit	Notes
Helmut Fahlbusch*	Leutnant	6 [108]	ZG 76	KIA 1 May 1940
Hans Fahrenberger	Feldwebel	8 [108]	JG 27, JGr Süd
Gottfried Fahrmann	Leutnant	7 [108]	JG 77, JG 7, JV 44
Wolfgang Falck	Oberst	7 [90] [108]	ZG 1, NJG 1	Knight's Cross
Horst-Günther von Fassong*	Hauptmann	136 [56] /75–136 [90] /63 [108]	JG 51, JG 11	Knight's Cross KIA 1 January 1945
Hans-Joachim Fast	Unteroffizier	5 [90] [109]	JG 26
Josef Federle	Oberfeldwebel	7 [110]	NJG 6	WIA 14/15 March 1945
Leopold Fellerer	Hauptmann	41 [16] [90] /36 [108] /35 [110]	NJG 1, NJG 2, NJG 5, NJG 6	Knight's Cross
Georg Fengler	Oberleutnant	16 [111] [112] /14 [110]	NJG 1
Walter Fenske*	Hauptmann	15 [110]	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 [110]	NJG 4
Heinz Ferger*	Hauptmann	19 [110]	NJG 1, NJG 3, NJG 2	KIA 9/10 April 1945 on approach to Lübeck-Blankensee
Herbert Findeisen		67 [89] [108] [112]	JG 54	Knight's Cross
Günter Fink*		56 [112] /46 [113] /48 [108]	JG 54	Knight's Cross KIA 15 May 1943
August Fischer		12 [111] /10 [112] [114]	NJG 5, NJG 100
Siegfried Fischer	Oberfeldwebel	15 [115] [116]	StG 1, SG 1	Knight's Cross
Kurt Fladrich	Hauptmann	15 [114]	NJG 1, NJG 4
Erwin Fleig	Leutnant	66 [89] [112] /55+ [108]	JG 51	Knight's Cross
Otto Fönnekold*	Oberleutnant	136 [56] [112] /134 [116]	JG 52	Knight's Cross KIA 31 August 1944
Hermann Förster*	Oberfeldwebel	13 [107] /12 [114]	11.(N)/JG 2, NJG 1, JG 27	KIA 14 December 1941
Josef Förster	Oberleutnant	15 [114]	NJG 2, NJG 3
Paul Förster	Major	8 [114]	ZG 26, NJG 1
Josef Fözö		27 (3 incl. Spain) [112] [117] /23 [116]	JG 51, JG 108	Knight's Cross
Gustav Francsi	Leutnant	56 [36] [112] /60 [116] /59 [114]	NJG 200, NJG 100	Knight's Cross
Hans-Dieter Frank*	Major	55 [36] [112] /53 [118] /51 [116]	ZG 1, NJG 1	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 27/28 September 1943
Heinz Frank*		8 [119] [116]	LG 2, SG 1, SG 2, SG 151	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves DOW 7 October 1944
Rudolf Frank*	Leutnant	46 [118] /45 [16] [112] /43 [116]	NJG 3	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 26/27 April 1944
Alfred Franke*		60 [48] /59 [112] [120] /58 [116]	JG 53	Knight's Cross KIA 9 September 1942
Richard Franz	Oberleutnant	15 [116]	JG 27, JG 77, JG 3, JG 11
Ludwig Franzisket	Major	43 [121] [112] /39 [116]	JG 27	Knight's Cross
Max Franzisket*	Hauptmann	6+ [116]	ZG 76, JG 77, JG 5, ZG 1	MIA 19 July 1943
Hans Frese	Leutnant	44 [116] [112]	JG 3
Wilhelm Freuwörth	Oberfeldwebel	58 [109] [112] /48 [116]	JG 52, JG 26	Knight's Cross
Hugo Frey*	Hauptmann	32 [112] [122] /17 [116]	JG 11, JG 1	Knight's Cross KIA 6 March 1944
Siegfried Freytag	Major	102 [28] [112] /89 [116]	JG 77	Knight's Cross
Herbert Friebel*	Leutnant	58 [112] [123] /57 [116]	JG 51	Knight's Cross KIA 15 May 1944
Gerhard Friedrich*	Major	30 [112] [123] /29 [118]	NJG 2, NJG 1, NJG 4, NJG 6	Knight's Cross KIA 16 March 1945
Günther Friedrich*	Hauptmann	6 [118]	NJG 4, NJG 1	KIA 27/28 September 1943
Gustav Frielinghaus	Hauptmann	74 [72] [112] /69 [116]	JG 3	Knight's Cross
Heinz de Fries	Oberfeldwebel	10 [47] [118] [112]	NJG 100
Otto Fries	Leutnant	15 [118]	NJG 1
Hans-Jürgen Frölich	Feldwebel	5 [112] [109]	JG 26
Karl Fuchs	Oberfeldwebel	67 [112] /64 [124]	JG 54
Robert Fuchs		23 [112] /17+ [124]	JG 51
Erich Führmann		5	JG 11
Heinrich Füllgrabe*	Oberleutnant	65 [78] [112] /63 [124]	JG 52	Knight's Cross KIA 30 January 1945
Erich Führmann	Oberfeldwebel	5 [112]	JG 11
Ralph Furch	Leutnant	31 [124] /30 [112]	JG 51
Hans Fuß*		71 [31] [112] /69 [124]	JG 3	Knight's Cross KIFA 10 November 1942
Hugo Fütscher	Feldwebel	5 [118]	NJG 3	PoW night of 31 December 1944 - 1 January 1945

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