List of World War II aces from Germany: G–L

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 G to L. 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

• 
  Adolf Galland, the last pilot to claim 100 aerial victories
• 
  Gordon Gollob, the first pilot to claim 150 aerial victories
• 
  Helmut Lent, the first night fighter pilot to claim 100 aerial victories

By surname: A–F  • 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.

G

Name	Rank	Claims	Unit	Notes
Josef Gabl	Oberfeldwebel	42 [2] /28+ [3]	JG 51
Kurt Gabler	Oberleutnant	16 [4]	JG 300
Alfred Gädicke*	Feldwebel	5 [3]	JG 52, JG 11	KIA 10 February 1944
Andreas Gail*	Gefreiter	9 [3]	JG 51	KIA 13 July 1943
Otto Gaiser*	Leutnant	74 [5]	JG 51	Knight's Cross MIA 22 January 1944
"Dolfo" Adolf Galland	Generalleutnant	104 [6] /101 [3]	JG 27, JG 26, JV 44	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds
Paul Galland*	Leutnant	17 [7] [3]	JG 26
Wilhelm-Ferdinand (Wutz) Galland*	Major	54 [8] /56 [3]	JG 26	Knight's Cross
Bernd Gallowitsch		64 [9]	JG 51, JG 7	Knight's Cross
Fritz Gammel*	Oberfeldwebel	19 [3]	JG 53	MIA 4 September 1942
Josef Gärtner		6 [8]	JG 26
Wilhelm Gäth	Major	9 [3]	JG 26
Werner Gayko	Oberleutnant	14 [3]	JG 5
August Geiger*	Hauptmann	53 [10] /50 [4]	NJG 1	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 29/30 September 1943
Friedrich Geisshardt*		102 [11] /93 [12]	LG 2, JG 77, JG 26, JG 27	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 6 April 1942
Wolfgang Gendelmeyer*	Leutnant	8 [12]	JG 3	KIA 1 August 1942
Hannes Gentzen	Major	18 [12]	JG 102
Dieter Gerhard	Oberleutnant	5 [12]	JG 1
Günther Gerhards	Leutnant	8 [12]	JG 52
Werner Gerhardt*	Oberfeldwebel	13 [13] /12 [12]	JG 2, JG 1, JG 26	KIA 19 August 1942
Erich Gerlitz*	Major	18 [12]	JG 51, JG 27, JG 53, JG 5	KIA 16 March 1944
Lorenz Gerstmayr	Oberfeldwebel	15 [4]	NJG 3	Admitted to Luftwaffe hospital in Amsterdam on 7 July 1944, died 29 May 1945
Werner Gerth*	Hauptmann	38 [14] /23 [12]	JG 3, JG 300, JG 400	Knight's Cross KIA 2 November 1944
Herbert Giesecke	Oberfeldwebel	6 [4]	NJG 3
Vinzenz Giessübel	Oberfeldwebel	6 [4]	NJG 1, NJG 2
Paul Gildner*	Oberleutnant	48 [15] /43 [4]	ZG 1, NJG 1, NJG 2	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIFA 24/25 February 1943
Gerhard Gleuwitz		11+ [12]	JG 52
Rudolf Glöckner		33 [12]	JG 5, JG 7	German Cross
Adolf Glunz		71 [5] [16] /69 [12]	JG 52, JG 26, JG 7	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Heinz Golinski*	Feldwebel	47 [17] [12]	JG 53	Knight's Cross KIA 16 October 1942
Erich Gollasch*	Oberleutnant	7 [18]	NJG 2, NJG 1, NJG 5, NJG 100	MIA 25/26 September 1943
Gordon Gollob	Oberst	150 [19] /146 [12]	JG 3, JG 77	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds
Kurt Goltzsch*	Oberleutnant	43 [20]	JG 2	Knight's Cross
Heinz Gomann	Feldwebel	12 [21]	JG 26, JG 7
Heinz Gossow	Oberfeldwebel	12 [20] /6 [18]	KG 3, JG 300, JG 301, JG 7	Knight's Cross
Heinz Gottlob	Oberleutnant	6 [21]	JG 26
Franz Götz	Major	63 [9]	JG 53, JG 26	Knight's Cross
Hans Götz*	Hauptmann	82 [22]	JG 54	Knight's Cross
Walter Grabmann	Generalmajor	13 (incl. 7 in Spain) [20]	LG 1, ZG 76	Knight's Cross
Friedrich (Fritz) Graeff	Oberleutnant	6 [18]	ZG 26, NJG 1, NJG 4	WIA 8/9 July 1943
Hermann Graf	Oberst	212 [23] /206 [24]	JG 52, JG 11	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds
Hartmann Grasser	Major	103 [6] /96+ [24]	JG 51	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Berthold Graßmuck*	Oberfeldwebel	65 [9]	JG 52	Knight's Cross
Karl Gratz	Leutnant	138 [19] [24]	JG 52, JG 2	Knight's Cross
Hans Gref*	Oberleutnant	16 [4]	ZG 76, NJG 3, NJG 5, NJG 100, NJGr 10	KIA 26 March 1944
Hermann Greiner	Hauptmann	51 [25] /50 [18]	NJG 2, NJG 1, NJSch 1	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Karl-Heinz Greisert*	Major	34 [24]	JG 2, JG 3	KIA 22 July 1942
Heinrich Griese	Major	13 [18]	NJG 1, NJG 4, NJG 6	WIA 12/13 September 1944
Heinz Grimm*	Leutnant	27 [26] /26 [18]	NJG 1	Knight's Cross DOW 13 October 1943
Josef Grimm	Unteroffizier	5 [27]	JG 27
Alfred Grislawski	Hauptmann	133 [28] /127 [24]	JG 52, JG 1	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Helmut Grollmus*	Leutnant	75 [5]	JG 54	Knight's Cross
Fritz Gromotka		29 [29]	JG 27	Knight's Cross
Alfred Gross		52 [21]	JG 54, JG 26
Detlev Grossfuss	Oberleutnant	18 [30]	JG 2
Erich Groth	Major	11 [24]	ZG 2, ZG 76
Viktor Gruber	Feldwebel	10 [27] [31]	JG 27
Hans Grünberg	Oberleutnant	82 [22] /78 [31]	JG 3, JG 52, JG 7 JV 44	Knight's Cross
Walter Grünlinger*	Leutnant	7 [31]	JG 26	KIA 4 September 1943
Gerhard Grzymalla	Feldwebel	7 [32] /8 [31]	JG 26
Hermann Guhl	Leutnant	15 [33]	LG 2, JG 26
Joachim Günther		11 [33]	JG 26
Wolf Gütter	Leutnant	6 [30]	NJG 3	WIA 14/15 July 1944
Gerhard Guttmann*	Felwebel	7 [31]	JG 26	KIA 27 March 1944

H

Name	Rank	Claims	Unit	Notes
Gerhard Haak*	Feldwebel	10 [31]	JG 54	KIA 25 October 1941
Sigurd Haala	Oberleutnant	42 [31]	JG 54, JG 26	German Cross
Friedrich Haas*	Leutnant	74 [5] [31]	JG 52	Knight's Cross KIA 9 April 1945
Ernst Haase*	Oberfeldwebel	8+ [31]	JG 302	German Cross KIA 25 February 1945
Horst Haase*	Major	82 [34] /62 [2] /54 [31]	JG 51, JG 3	Knight's Cross KIA 26 November 1944
Helmut Haberda*	Oberleutnant	59 [31]	JG 52	German Cross KIA 8 May 1943
Karl Haberland*	Oberleutnant	9 [35]	JG 3, JG 2	KIA 27 January 1944
Wilhelm Hachfeld*	Hauptmann	11 [36]	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 [2] /21 [31]	JG 51
Anton Hackl	Major	192 [37] /180+ [31]	JG 77, JG 11, JG 26, JG 300	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords incl. 34 heavy bombers [38]
Heinrich "Heinz" Hackler*	Leutnant	56 [39]	JG 77	Knight's Cross KIA 1 January 1945
Heinz-Martin Hadeball	Hauptmann	33 [40] /28 [35]	NJG 1, NJG 4, NJG 6, NJGr 10	Knight's Cross
Alfred Haesler	Major	5 [35]	V.(Z)/LG 1, ZG 26, NJG 1, NJG 4	WIA 10/11 August 1943
Anton "Toni" Hafner*	Oberleutnant	204 [37] /203 [31]	JG 51	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 17 October 1944
Ludwig Häfner*	Leutnant	52 [39]	JG 3	Knight's Cross KIA 10 November 1942
Walter Hagenah		15 [31]	JG 3, JG 7
Johannes Hager	Hauptmann	48 [41] /41 [35]	NJG 1	Knight's Cross
Franz Hahn*		17+ [2] /14+ [31]	JG 77, JG 51, JG 4	KIA 22 January 1944
Hans "Assi" Hahn	Major	108 [6] /105 [42]	JG 2, JG 54	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Hans von Hahn		31 [42]	JG 53, JG 1, JG 103	Knight's Cross
Hans Hahn*	Leutnant	15 [35] /11 [42]	NJG 1, NJG 2	Knight's Cross KIA 11/12 October 1941
Siegfried Hahn	Hauptmann	10 [35]	ZG 76, NJG 3
Josef Haiböck	Hauptmann	73 [42]	JG 26, JG 52, JG 3	Knight's Cross
Karl Haisch*	Oberfeldwebel	10 [35]	NJG 3	KIFA 20 March 1943
Heinz Halstrick	Feldwebel	11 [42]	JG 5
Joachim Hamer	Leutnant	35 [2] /29 [42]	JG 51
Alfred Hammer	Hauptmann	26 [42]	JG 53
Karl Hammerl*	Leutnant	67 [43] /63 [9]	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 [44]	LG 2, JG 77, JG 27	Knight's Cross
Gottfried Hanneck	Oberleutnant	6 [35]	NJG 1	WIA 1/2 February 1945
Horst Hannig*	Oberleutnant	98 [11]	JG 54, JG 2	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 15 May 1943
Joachim Hanss*	Leutnant	10 [35]	NJG 5	KIA 7/8 July 1944
Harro Harder	Hauptmann	22 (+11 in Spain)	JG 53
Jürgen Harder*	Major	64 [9]	JG 53, JG 11	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIFA 17 February 1945
Hans Hartigs	Oberleutnant	6 [33]	JG 26
Andreas Hartl	Feldwebel	8 [42]	JG 302
Erich Hartmann	Major	352 [23] [42]	JG 52, JG 53	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds
Ludwig Hartmann	Oberfeldwebel	13 [42]	JG 2
Hans-Dieter Hartwein	Oberleutnant	16 [42]	JG 5
Helmut Haugk	Hauptmann	18 [44]	ZG 76, ZG 26	Knight's Cross
Werner Haugk*	Leutnant	9 [45]	StG 77, ZG 76	Knight's Cross KIA 18 October 1944
Hans Hausschild	Feldwebel	7 [35]	NJG 100, NJG 200
Wilhelm Hauswirth	Feldwebel	50 [42]	JG 52
Alfred Heckmann	Oberleutnant	71 [46] /69 [42]	JG 3, JG 26, JV 44	Knight's Cross
Günther Heckmann	Leutnant	20 [47] /16 [48]	JG 51, JG 1, JG 7
Hubert Heckmann		5 [48]	JG 1, JG 7
Ernst Heesen*	Leutnant	32 [49] /28 [48]	JG 2, NJG 1, JG 3, JG 1	KIA 3 May 1943
Alfred Heidel	Oberfeldwebel	8 [48]	JG 27
Bruno Heilig*	Oberleutnant	7 [35]	NJG 2, NJG 3	KIFA 6/7 January 1945
Joseph Heim*	Gefreiter	5 [48]	JG 7	KIA 10 April 1945
Friedrich Heimann	Oberfeldwebel	41 [48]	JG 51
Kurt Hein	Feldwebel	8 [46]	JG 26
Hans-Joachim Heinecke	Hauptmann	28 [48]	JG 27
Engelbert Heiner*	Oberleutnant	15 [50] [35]	KG 27, NJG 6	Knight's Cross KIA 18/19 March 1945
Gerd Heintze	Feldwebel	5 [35]	NJG 5, NJG 100
Emil Heinzelmann*	Feldwebel	5 [35]	NJG 1	KIFA 7 May 1944
Richard Heller*	Leutnant	22 [51]	ZG 26, ZG 10	Knight's Cross KIA 5 April 1945
Horst Hennig*	Hauptmann	7 [51]	KG 77, NJG 3	Knight's Cross KIFA 7/8 October 1944
Eberhard Henrici	Oberleutnant	6 [46]	JG 26
Wilhelm Henseler	Oberleutnant	10 [35]	NJG 1
Helmut Henz*	Hauptmann	6 [48]	JG 77	KIA 25 May 1941
Wilhelm Herget	Major	72 [52] [35]	ZG 76, NJG 3, NJG 1, NJG 4, JV 44	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves PoW 2 May 1945
Kurt Hermann	Oberleutnant	9 [53]	NJG 2
Rolf Hermichen	Major	64 [9]	JG 26, JG 11, JG 104	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves incl. 26 heavy bombers [38]
Hajo Herrmann	Oberst	9 [54] /4 [35]	KG 4, KG 30, JG Herrmann, JG 300	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
Kurt Herrmann	Oberleutnant	9 [35]	I.(Z)/LG 1, Z./KG 30, NJG 2	PoW 10/11 March 1941
Gerhard Herzog*	Stabsfeldwebel	11 [35]	ZG 76, NJG 1, NJG 6	KIA 20/21 October 1943
Heinrich Heuser	Feldwebel	5 [55]	JG 26
Hans-Joachim Heyer*	Leutnant	53 [51]	JG 54	Knight's Cross KIA 9 November 1942
Otto-Heinrich Hilleke		6 [55]	JG 26
Ernst-Erich Hirschfeld*	Oberleutnant	24 [56] /17 [35]	JG 54, JG 300	Knight's Cross KIA 28 July 1944
Heinz-Horst Hissbach*	Hauptmann	34 [56] /27 [35]	KG 28, KG 40, NJG 2	Knight's Cross KIA 14/15 April 1945
Walter Höckner*	Major	68 [57]	JG 77, JG 26, JG 1, JG 4	Knight's Cross KIFA 25 August 1944
Heinrich Höfemeier*	Oberleutnant	96 [58] [34]	JG 51	Knight's Cross KIA 7 August 1943
Friedrich Hoffmann*	Leutnant	11 [27]	JG 27
Gerhard Hoffmann*		125 [59] /130 [53]	JG 52	Knight's Cross KIFA 17 April 1945
Heinrich Hoffmann*	Oberfeldwebel	63 [9]	JG 51	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 3 October 1941
Hermann Hoffmann		7 [55]	JG 26
Reinhold Hoffmann*	Oberleutnant	66 [60]	JG 54	Knight's Cross KIA 24 May 1944
Reinhold Hoffmann	Feldwebel	8 [53]	JG 3
Werner Hoffmann	Major	52 [10] / 51/50 [35]	ZG 52, ZG 2, NJG 3, NJG 5	Knight's Cross
Karl-Wilhelm Hofmann*	Oberleutnant	44 [61]	JG 26	Knight's Cross KIA 26 March 1945
Erich Hohagen	Major	56 [62]	JG 51, JG 2, JG 27, JG 7, JV 44	Knight's Cross
Werner Hohenberg	Feldwebel	27 [63]	JG 52, JG 2
Walter Holl	Feldwebel	7 [63]	JG 26
Kurt Holler*	Major	19 [64] /18 [35] /11+ [63]	ZG 26, NJG 1, NJG 4	KIA 21/22 June 1943
Otto Holler*	Unteroffizier	5 [35]	NJG 100	KIA 9/10 March 1944
Helmuth Holtz	Feldwebel	56 [63]	JG 51
Gerhard Homuth*	Major	63 [9]	JG 27, JG 54	Knight's Cross MIA 2 August 1943
Werner Hopf	Hauptmann	21 [35]	NJG 5
Helmuth Hoppe	Hauptmann	22 [63]	JG 26	German Cross
Jürgen Hörschelmann*	Leutnant	16 [63]	JGr Süd, JG 3	KIA 12 May 1944
Walter Horten	Oberleutnant	5 [63]	JG 26
Anton Hörwick*	Oberfeldwebel	27	NJG 2, NJG 7	Knight's Cross KIA 19 February 1945
Dietrich Hrabak	Oberst	125 [59] [63]	JG 76, JG 54, JG 52	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Franz Hrdlicka*	Hauptmann	96 [34] /60 [65]	JG 77, JG 2	Knight's Cross KIA 25 March 1945
Ferdinand Hromadnik	Leutnant	6 [35]	NJG 4
Herbert Hubatsch	Feldwebel	5 [35]	NJG 1, NJG 2, NJG 5, NJG 6	WIA 6 September 1944
Rudolf Hübl	Oberfelwebel	9 [63]	JG 1
Eckhard Hübner*	Leutnant	47 [65]	JG 3	Knight's Cross KIA 28 March 1942
Werner Hübner	Oberfeldwebel	7 [47]	JG 51
Wilhelm Hübner*	Leutnant	62 [9]	JG 51	Knight's Cross KIA 7 April 1945
Rolf Huck	Hauptmann	6 [35]	NJG 3
Karl Hülshoff	Oberleutnant	11 [64] /10 [35]	KG 54, NJG 1, NJG 2, NJG 102
Alfred Humor*		16 [66]	JG 3	KIA 10 February 1944
Herbert Huppertz*	Major	68 [57]	JG 51, JG 5, JG 2	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 8 June 1944
Werner Husemann		34 [67] /33 [35]	NJG 1, NJG 3	Knight's Cross
Wolf-Dietrich Huy	Hauptmann	40 [68]	JG 77	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves

I

Name	Rank	Claims	Unit	Notes
Hans Iffland	Leutnant	11 [66]	JG 3
Herbert Ihlefeld	Oberst	130 (incl. 7 in Spain) [28]	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	9 [69] /8 [35]	LG 1, JG 300	Knight's Cross KIA 25 September 1944
Eduard Isken	Oberfeldwebel	56 [69] /44+ [66]	JG 77, JGr 200, I(F)/123, JG 53	Knight's Cross

J

Name	Rank	Claims	Unit	Notes
Egbert Jaacks	Oberfeldwebel	44+ [66]	JG 76, JG 77, JG 53
Hans-Joachim Jabs	Oberstleutnant	50 [15] /48 [66] [35]	ZG 76, NJG 3, NJG 1	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Ernst Jäckel	Feldwebel	8 [70]	JG 26
Alfred Jakobi	Leutnant	8 [66]	JG 77, JG 5
Wolfgang Jank	Hauptmann	11 [35]	NJG 3, NJG 200
Erich Jauer	Feldwebel	12 [70]	JG 26
Kurt Jenisch*	Leutnant	8 [71]	JG 27
Peter Jenne*	Hauptmann	17 [72] /12+ [66]	JG 300	Knight's Cross KIA 2 March 1945
Josef Jennewein*	Leutnant	86 [22] [34] /83 [66]	JG 26, JG 51	Knight's Cross MIA 27 July 1943
Heinrich Jessen	Oberleutnant	6 [70]	JG 26
Hans Johannsen	Leutnant	8 [70]	JG 26
Horst John*	Feldwebel	13 [35]	JG 52, JG Herrmann, JG 300	KIA 18/19 November 1943
Wilhelm Johnen	Hauptmann	34 [40] /33 [66] [35]	NJG 1, NJG 5, NJG 6	Knight's Cross
Hermann-Friedrich Joppien*		70 [57] [43] /59 [73]	JG 51	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 28 August 1941
Günther Josten	Oberleutnant	178 [37] [73]	JG 51	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Erich Jung	Oberleutnant	27 [35]	NJG 2
Harald Jung	Hauptmann	20 [74]	JG 51
Heinrich Jung*		68 [57] /65 [73]	JG 54	Knight's Cross KIA 30 July 1943

K

Name	Rank	Claims	Unit	Notes
Kurt Kadlcick	Oberleutnant	6 [35]	NJG 4
Erbo Graf von Kageneck*	Hauptmann	67 [75]	JG 27	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves DOW 12 January 1942
Adolf Kaiser	Oberleutnant	16 [35]	NJG 2, NJG 5, NJG 100
Emil Kaiser		13 [73]	JG 27
Herbert Kaiser	Leutnant	68 [60]	JG 77, JG 1, JV 44	Knight's Cross
Peter Kalden	Oberleutnant	84 [22]	JG 51	Knight's Cross
Rolf Kaldrack*	Hauptmann	21 (+3 in Spain) [76]	ZG 76	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 3 February 1942
Ernst Kalinowski	Oberfeldwebel	5 [35]	ZG 76, NJG 1, NJG 3
Adolf Kalkum		19 [73]	JG 53
Herbert Kaminski	Major	7 [77]	ZG 76, JG 53	Knight's Cross
Hans-Karl Kamp*		24 [35]	ZG 76, NJG 1, NJG 4, JG 300	KIA 31 December 1944
Fritz Karch	Hauptmann	47 [78]	JG 2	Knight's Cross
Hans Karlewski	Major	6 [35]	KG 53, NJG 101, NJG 1, NJG 2
Eberhard Kaross	Leutnant	11 [73] /10 [35]	NJG 5, NJG 100
Kurt Karsten	Oberfeldwebel	6 [35]	NJG 4, Luftbeobachterstaffel 7, NJG 6
Erich Kayser	Leutnant	5+ [79] /6 [35]	NJG 5, NJG 100	PoW 25 January 1945, east of Labiau (present-day Polessk, Kaliningrad oblast)
Dietrich Kehl	Oberleutnant	6	JG 26
Georg Keil	Leutnant	20+ [79]	JG 2
Josef Keil	Unteroffizier	16 [79]	JG 3, JG 301
Günther Kelch	Hauptmann	13 [79]	JG 26
Johannes Keller	Unteroffizier	23 [79]	JG 51
Lothar Keller	Hauptmann	23 (incl. 3 in Spain) [78]	JG 3	Knight's Cross
Otto Keller	Leutnant	13 [35]	NJG 5
Kurt Kelter		60 [80]	JG 54
Heinz Kemethmüller	Oberleutnant	89 [22] [81]	JG 3, JG 26	Knight's Cross
Karl-Heinz Kempf*	Leutnant	65 [9]	JG 54, JG 26	Knight's Cross KIA 3 September 1944
Karl Kennel	Major	34 [82]	ZG 26, ZG 2, SG 1, SG 2	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Gerhard Keppler	Leutnant	7 [79]	JG 27
Georg Kiefner		12 [81]	JG 26, JV 44
Johannes Kiel*	Hauptmann	25 [83]	ZG 26, ZG 76	Knight's Cross KIA 29 January 1944
Willy Kientsch*	Oberleutnant	53 [84]	JG 27	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 29 January 1944
Rüdiger von Kirchmayr	Hauptmann	20+ [79]	JG 1, JG 11, JV 44
Joachim Kirschner*		188 [37] /181 [79]	JG 3, JG 27	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves 17 December 1943
Otto Kittel*	Oberleutnant	267 [23] /265+ [79]	JG 54	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords 16 February 1945
Ernst Klager		22 [85]	JG 53
Alfons Klein		39 [86] /38 [85]	JG 52, JG 11	Knight's Cross
Johann Klein	Stabsfeldwebel	10 [85]	JG 52
Hans Klein*		5 [85]	JG 2	KIA 14 March 1941
Rudolf Klemm	Major	42 [86] /43 [85]	JG 54, JG 26	Knight's Cross
Heinrich Klöpper*	Oberleutnant	94 [58] /89 [85]	JG 51, JG 1	Knight's Cross KIA 29 November 1943
Reinhold Knacke*	Hauptmann	45 [35] /44 [87]	ZG 1, NJG 1	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 3/4 February 1943
Kurt Knappe*	Oberfeldwebel	56 [88]	JG 51, JG 2	Knight's Cross KIA 3 September 1943
Hans Knauth	Hauptmann	26 [85]	JG 51
Wolfgang Knieling*	Oberleutnant	8 [35]	NJG 1, NJG 3, NJG 5, NJG 6	KIA 6/7 July 1944
Heinz Knoke	Hauptmann	33 [89]	JG 1, JG 11	Knight's Cross 1/2 victory {Not awarded}+12 unconfirmed
Gerhard Koall		38 [90]	JG 3, JG 54	Knight's Cross
Günther Köberich*	Hauptmann	14 [35]	NJG 3, NJG 2	KIA 8 April 1944 at Quakenbrück airfield
Hans-Günther Koch	Oberfeldwebel	9+ [85]	JG 51
Harry Koch	Hauptmann	21+ [85]	JG 26, JG 2
Herbert Koch	Oberleutnant	17 [35]	NJG 3
Robert Koch	Feldwebel	5 [35]	NJG 1	PoW 6/7 October 1944
Josef Kociok*	Leutnant	33 [35] [40]	ZG 76, SKG 210, 10.(NJ)/ZG 1, NJG 200	Knight's Cross KIA 26/27 September 1943
Hans-Heinrich Koenig*	Hauptmann	28 [91] /25 [35]	ZG 76, NJG 3, Jagdstaffel Helgoland, JG 11	Knight's Cross KIA 24 May 1944
Armin Köhler	Major	69 [57]	JG 27, JG 77	Knight's Cross
Walter Köhne	Leutnant	20+ [85]	JG 52, JG 1, JG 11, EJG 2
Hans Kolbow	Oberleutnant	27 [92]	JG 20, JG 51	Knight's Cross
Reinhard Kollak	Stabsfeldwebel	49 [35] [15]	ZG 1, NJG 1, NJG 4	Knight's Cross
Helmut Konter*	Leutnant	15–20 [64] /15 [35]	NJG 5, NJG 100	MIA in April 1945
Gerhard Köppen*		85 [22]	JG 52	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves MIA May 5, 1942
Hans-Günter von Kornatzki*	Oberstleutnant	6	JG 132, JG 52, JG 4	KIA 12 September 1944
Friedrich Körner	Oberleutnant	36 [93]	JG 27	Knight's Cross
Berthold Korts*	Leutnant	113 [6] /108 [94]	JG 52	Knight's Cross KIA 29 August 1943
Eduard Koslowski	Oberfeldwebel	12 [95]	JG 53, JG 26
Wolfgang Kosse	Hauptmann	18+ [94]	JG 26, JG 5, JG 1, JG 3
Alfons Köster		25 [26] /20 [35]	NJG 1, NJG 2, NJG 3	Knight's Cross KIA 6/7 January 1945
Franz Köster	Unteroffizier	6 [94]	JG 7, EJG 2, JV 44
Oskar Köstler*	Leutnant	6 [35]	NJG 1	KIA 9/10 April 1943
Willi Kothmann		13 [94]	JG 27
Herbert Kowalski	Oberfeldwebel	5 [93]	JG 27
Heinrich Krafft*	Hauptmann	78 [96]	JG 51, JG 3	Knight's Cross KIA 14 December 1942
Josef Kraft		56 [10] /51 [35]	NJG 4, NJG 5, NJG 6, NJG 1	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Josef Krahforst*		11 [35]	NJG 4	KIA 27/28 September 1944
Karl-Heinz Krahl		24 [97]	JG 2, JG 3	Knight's Cross
Erich Krainik	Unteroffizier	12 [94]	JG 27
Benno Kratz	Oberfeldwebel	6 [35]	NJG 6	WIA 25/26 March 1945
Hans Krause	Hauptmann	29 [35] /28 [64]	NJG 3, NJG 101, NJG 4	Knight's Cross
Herbert Krenz	Oberfeldwebel	12 [94]	JG 27
Hans-Joachim Kroschinski	Leutnant	76 [96]	JG 54	Knight's Cross
Heinz Krug		9 [95]	JG 26
"the Count" Walter Krupinski	Hauptmann	197 [37] [98]	JG 52, JG 11, JG 26, JV 44	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Fritz Kruse*	Oberfeldwebel	6 [35]	NJG 1	KIFA 17/18 May 1943
Elias Kühlein	Leutnant	20+ [98]	JG 51
Wilhelm Küken	Oberfeldwebel	45 [98]	JG 51, JGr Ost
Franz Kunz	Oberleutnant	12 [95]	JG 53, JG 26
Josef Kunz	Leutnant	17 [98]	JG 5
Wolfgang Kuthe*	Oberleutnant	8 [35]	NJG 3, NJG 2, NJG 1	KIFA 14 April 1943
Herbert Kutscha	Hauptmann	47 [99]	JG 3, JG 27, JG 11	Knight's Cross
Otto Kutzner	Feldwebel	10 [35]	NJG 3	WIA 7/8 March 1945

L

Name	Rank	Claims	Unit	Notes
August Lambert*	Oberleutnant	116 [59] /103 [98]	SG 2, SG 77	Knight's Cross KIA 17 April 1945
Robert Landau*		5 [35]	NJG 5	KIA 19/20 July 1943
Günther Landt	Leutnant	22 [98]	JG 53
Emil Lang*	Hauptmann	173 [37] [100] /103 [98]	JG 54, JG 26	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves 18 in one day
Friedrich Lange	Leutnant	7 [101]	JG 26
Heinz Lange	Major	70 [57] /73 [101]	JG 21, JG 54, JG 51	Knight's Cross
Hans-Joachim Langer	Feldwebel	9+ [101]	JG 51, JG 7
Karl-Heinz Langer	Major	30 [102]	JG 3	Knight's Cross
Erwin Laskowski	Oberfeldwebel	46 [103]	JG 51, JG 11	Knight's Cross
Kurt Lasse*	Oberleutnant	39 [103]	JG 77	Knight's Cross KIA 8 October 1941
Fritz Lau	Hauptmann	28 [64] /23 [101] /22 [35]	NJG 1	Knight's Cross
Karl Laub	Oberfeldwebel	7 [100]	JG 26
Richard Launer		8 [35]	NJG 1, NJG 4, NJG 6
Bernhard Lausch		36 [101]	JG 51
Heinz Leber*	Leutnant	54 [104]	JG 51	Knight's Cross KIA 1 June 1943
Alois Lechner*	Major	45 [105] [35]	NJG 2, NJG 5, NJG 100	Knight's Cross MIA 23 February 1944
Karl-Heinz Leesmann*		37 [104]	JG 52, JG 1	Knight's Cross KIA 25 July 1943
Erwin Leibold	Oberfeldwebel	11 [100]	JG 26
Hans-Robert (Hans) Leickhardt*	Major	13 [35]	14.(Z)/LG 1, NJG 1, NJG 3, NJG 5	KIA 5/6 March 1945
Erich Leie*		118 [59] /121 [101]	JG 2, JG 51, JG 77	Knight's Cross KIA 7 March 1945
Hermann Leiste	Leutnant	30 [101]	JG 54
Siegfried Lemke	Hauptmann	96 [58]	JG 2	Knight's Cross
Wilhelm Lemke*		131 [28] [101]	JG 3	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 4 December 1943
Helmut Lennartz	Feldwebel	8+ [101]	JG 11, JG 7, EKdo 262, Kdo Nowotny
Helmut Lent*	Oberst	110 [52] [35] /112 [101]	ZG 76, NJG 1, NJG 2, NJG 3	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds DoW 7 October 1944 following crash on 5 October, on approach to Paderborn airfield
Richard Leppla	Major	68 [60]	JG 51, JG 105, JG 6	Knight's Cross
Heinrich Lesch	Oberleutnant	7 [101]	JG 5
Heinrich Leschert*	Oberfeldwebel	23 [101]	JG 53	KIA 10 August 1942
Hermann Leube*	Hauptmann	20 [35]	NJG 3	KIA 27/28 December 1944
Rolf Leuchs	Major	8 [35]	NJG 1, NJG 6, NJGr 10
Rudolf Leuschel*	Hauptmann	9 [100]	JG 26	KIA 25 February 1944
Erwin Leykauf	Oberleutnant	33 [106]	JG 54
Fritz Liebelt	Leutnant	15 [106]	JG 51
Kurt Liedke	Hauptmann	11 [35]	JG 53, NJG 2, NJG 1, NJG 5
Karl von Lieres und Wilkau	Oberleutnant	32 [106]	JG 27
Frank Liesendahl*	Hauptmann	~5 [107]	JG 53, JG 2	Knight's Cross KIA 17 July 1942
Arnold Lignitz*	Major	25 [108]	JG 51, JG 54	Knight's Cross MIA 30 September 1941
Friedrich Lindelaub	Oberfeldwebel	5 [100]	JG 26
Anton Lindner	Oberleutnant	73 [5]	JG 51	Knight's Cross
Lothar Linke*		28 [26] /27 [35]	ZG 76, NJG 1, NJG 2	Knight's Cross KIFA 13/14 May 1943
Rudi Linz*	Leutnant	70 [57]	JG 5	Knight's Cross KIA 9 February 1945
Helmut Lipfert	Hauptmann	203 [37] /200 [106]	JG 52, JG 53	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld*	Major	51 [10] /49 [35]	ZG 76, NJG 1, NJG 2, NJG 3, NJG 5	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
Stefan Litjens	Oberfeldwebel	38 [109]	JG 53	Knight's Cross
Gerhard Loos*	Oberleutnant	92 [58]	JG 54	Knight's Cross KIA 6 March 1944
Kurt Loos*	Hauptmann	11 [35]	ZG 2, NJG 1, NJG 5, JG 300	KIA 24 March 1945
Walter Loos	Oberfeldwebel	38 [109]	JG 301, JG 3	Knight's Cross
Ferdinand Löschenkohl	Leutnant	11 [106]	JG 3, JG 7
Fritz Losigkeit	Major	68 [60]	JG 26, JG 1, JG 51, JG 77	Knight's Cross
August Lübking	Oberfeldwebel	38 [106]	JG 5, JG 7
Werner Lucas*	Hauptmann	106 [6] /105 [110]	JG 3	Knight's Cross KIA 24 October 1943
Max-Hermann Lücke*	Oberleutnant	81 [96]	JG 51	Knight's Cross KIA 8 November 1943
Fritz Lüddecke*	Oberfeldwebel	51 [110]	JG 51	Knight's Cross KIA 10 August 1944
Robert Lüddeke	Oberfeldwebel	11 [35]	2./KG 2, Nachtjagdkette 1, NJG 1, NJG 2
Franz Lüders	Feldwebel	5 [110]	JG 26
Herbert Ludwig*	Leutnant	13–14 [35]	NJG 1, NJG 2, NJSch 1, NJG 101, NJG 6	KIA 23/24 April 1945
Herbert Lütje	Oberstleutnant	53 [10] /48 [35]	12.(N)/JG 2, NJG 1, NJG 6	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Johannes Lutter	Hauptmann	12 [110]	ZG 1, ZG 76, ZG 2, SKG 210, SKG 10, SG 4	Knight's Cross
Günther Lützow*	Oberst	108 (incl. 5 in Spain) [6] /105/200 [110]	JG 3, JV 44	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords MIA 24 April 1945
August Luy	Oberfeldwebel	5+ [110]	JG 5

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