World War II aces from Germany |
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Aces from Austria |
This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from Germany with their surname starting from Q to S. 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: A–F • G–L • M–P • 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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Wilhelm Quack* | Feldwebel | 17 [2] | JG 54 | KIA 8 January 1942 |
Klaus Quaet-Faslem* | Major | 49 [3] | JG 53, JG 3 | Knight's Cross KIFA 30 January 1944 |
Richard Quante* | Oberfeldwebel | 49 [4] /41 [2] | JG 51 | KIA 14 August 1942 |
Josef Quarde* | Fähnrich | 52 [2] | JG 54 | KIA 5 March 1945 |
Karl-Heinz Quaritsch* | Leutnant | 9 [2] | JG 53 | KIA 14 June 1942 |
Ernst Quasinowski | Oberleutnant | 19 [2] | J/88, JG 52 | |
Werner Quast | Fahnenjunker-Oberfeldwebel | 84 [5] [6] | JG 52 | Knight's Cross |
Gerhard Querengasser | Feldwebel | 5+ [2] | JG 2 |
Name | Rank | Claims | Unit | Notes |
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Walter Rabenstein* | Leutnant | 5 [2] | JG 27 | KIA 2 July 1944 |
Josef Rabieger | Oberfeldwebel | 20+ [2] | JG 52 | |
Hans Rachner* | Oberleutnant | 9 [2] | JG 3 | KIA 7 July 1944 |
Rudolf Rademacher | Leutnant | 126 [7] /93 [2] | JG 54, JG 7 | Knight's Cross |
Waldemar Radener | Oberleutnant | 37 [8] /23 [2] | JG 26, JG 300 | Knight's Cross |
Heinz Radlauer | Feldwebel | 15 [2] | JG 107, JG 108, JG 51 | |
Günther Radusch | Oberst | 64 (+1 in Spain) [9] [2] | NJG 1, NJG 2, NJG 3 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
Gerhard Raht | Hauptmann | 59 [2] /58 [10] /56 [11] | NJG 2 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
Alfons Raich | Oberleutnant | 10 [2] | JG 3 | |
Gerhard Raimann* | Feldwebel | 15 [2] | JG 54 | KIA 20 February 1944 |
Günther Rall | Major | 275 [12] /274 [2] | JG 52, JG 11 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords mission-to-claim ratio of 2.26. [13] |
Karl Rammelt | 41 [2] | JG 51 | Knight's Cross | |
Helmut Rampfel | Feldwebel | 9 [2] | JG 52 | |
Hans Ransmayer* | Leutnant | 36 [2] | JG 54 | KIA 20 September 1944 |
Werner Rapp | Hauptmann | 18 [14] /16 [2] | NJG 1, NJG 5 | |
Franz Rappl* | Oberfeldwebel | 9 [2] | JG 51 | KIA 12 March 1945 |
Hans Rasper | Leutnant | 8 [2] [14] | NJG 1, NJG 2, NJG 101 | |
Waldemar Rathke* | Oberleutnant | 15 [2] [14] | NJG 5, NJG 100 | MIA March 1945 |
Fritz Rathofer* | Unteroffizier | 9 [2] | JG 1 | KIA 30 June 1944 |
Kurt Ratzlaff | Oberfeldwebel | 45 [2] | JG 52 | |
Alfred Rauch | Leutnant | 60 [15] | JG 51 | Knight's Cross |
Paul-Hubert Rauh | Hauptmann | 31 [2] | NJG 4 | Knight's Cross |
Rudolf Rauhaus* | Feldwebel | 5 [2] | JG 1 | KIA 31 July 1944 |
Hans Raum | Oberleutnant | 17 [16] /12 [2] [14] | NJG 3 | |
Richard Raupach | Oberfähnrich | 16 [2] | JG 54, EJGr Ost | |
Karl Rechberger | Leutnant | 5 [2] | NJG 3 | |
Karl-Wolfgang Redlich* | Major | 43 [17] /41 (incl. 2 in Spain) [18] | JG 27 | Knight's Cross KIA 29 May 1944 |
Hans Reiff | Oberfeldwebel | 54 [19] | JG 3 | |
Ernst-Wilhelm Reinert | Oberleutnant | 174 [20] /168 [19] | JG 77, JG 27 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords |
Hans-Günther Reinhard | Oberfeldwebel | 42 [19] | JG 54 | |
Peter Reischer | Oberleutnant | 20 [19] | JG 26 | |
Ernst Reitmeyer | Oberfeldwebel | 23 [16] | NJG 5 | |
Hans Remmer* | Hauptmann | 27 [21] /21 [19] | JG 27 | Knight's Cross KIA 2 April 1944 |
Anton Resch | Oberleutnant | 91 [22] | JG 52 | Knight's Cross |
Rudolf Resch* | Major | 94 (incl. 1 in Spain) [22] | JG 52, JG 51 | Knight's Cross KIA 11 July 1943 |
Willi Reschke | Oberfeldwebel | 28 [23] | JG 302, JG 301 | Knight's Cross incl. 20 heavy bombers [24] |
Ralph von Rettberg | Oberst | 8 [23] | ZG 26, ZG 1 | Knight's Cross |
Horst Reuter | Leutnant | 21 [25] | JG 27 | |
Ernst Richter | Oberfeldwebel | 8 [19] | JG 54 | |
Hans Richter | Leutnant | 22 [19] | JG 27 | |
Horst Reuter | Unteroffizier | 26 [25] | JG 27 | |
Eckhard Roch | Oberleutnant | 5 [26] | JG 26 | |
Gustav Rödel | Oberst | 98 [27] | JG 27 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
Hans Röhrig* | Hauptmann | 75 [28] | JG 53 | Knight's Cross KIA 13 July 1943 |
Detlev Rohwer | 38 [29] | JG 3, JG 1 | Knight's Cross | |
Heinz Rökker | 64 [10] | NJG 2 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves | |
Herbert Rollwage | Oberleutnant | 102 [27] | JG 53 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
Oskar Romm | 92 [22] | JG 51, JG 3 | Knight's Cross | |
Heinrich Rosenberg | 12 [25] | JG 27 | ||
Theodor Rossiwall | Oberstleutnant | 19 (incl. 2 in Spain) [29] | ZG 76, NJG 4 | Knight's Cross |
Edmund Roßmann | Leutnant | 93 [30] | JG 52 | Knight's Cross |
Willi Roth | 20 [26] | JG 26, JG 103, JG 102, JV 44 | ||
Günther Rübell | Hauptmann | 50 [30] | JG 51, JG 104 | Knight's Cross |
Hans-Ulrich Rudel | Oberst | 9+ [26] | SG 2 | Knight's Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds (sole recipient in the entire Wehrmacht) |
Erich Rudorffer | Major | 222 [12] /219 [26] | JG 2, JG 54, JG 7 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords 13 in one mission |
Helmut Rüffler | Oberfeldwebel | 98 [27] /88 [31] | JG 3 | Knight's Cross |
Franz Ruhl* | Oberleutnant | 36 [31] | JG 3 | Knight's Cross KIA 24 December 1944 |
Friedrich Rupp* | Leutnant | 52 [32] | JG 54 | Knight's Cross KIA 15 May 1943 |
Karl Rüttger | Oberleutnant | 39 [33] | JG 52 | |
Hartmut Ryll* | Leutnant | 6 [33] | JG 77, JG 400 | KIA 16 August 1944 |
Martin Rysavy | Oberleutnant | 8 [34] | JG 26 |
Name | Rank | Claims | Unit | Notes |
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Heinz Sachsenberg | Leutnant | 104 [35] [33] | JG 52 | Knight's Cross |
Florian Salwender | Feldwebel | 25 [33] | JG 77, JG 5 | POW Died in Soviet Prison |
Carl Sattig* | Hauptmann | 53 [33] | JG 54 | Knight's Cross KIA 10 August 1942 |
Erwin Sawallisch* | Oberfeldwebel | 35 [33] | JG 27 | Suicide |
Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein* | Major | 83 [36] [6] /79 [33] | NJG 2, NJG 3 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords KIA 21/22 January 1944 |
Günther Schack | Hauptmann | 174 [20] [33] | JG 51, JG 3 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
Hans Schäfer | Feldwebel | 6 [33] | JG 3 | |
Hans Schäfer | Oberleutnant | 12 [33] | NJG 2, NJG 3 | |
Johann Schalk | Oberst | 15 [37] | ZG 26, NJG 3, NJG 4 | Knight's Cross |
Franz Schall* | Hauptmann | 137 [38] /133 [33] | JG 52, Kdo Nowotny, JG 7 | Knight's Cross KIFA 10 April 1945 mission-to-claim ratio of 4.01. [39] |
Ludwig Scharf | Unteroffizier | 7+ [40] | JG 5 | |
Gerhard Schaschke | Hauptmann | 19+ [40] | ZG 76 | |
Paul Schauder | 21 [34] | JG 26 | ||
Jakob Schaus | Leutnant | 23 [16] | NJG 4 | |
Günther Scheel* | Leutnant | 71 [41] | JG 54 | Knight's Cross MIA 16 July 1943 only 70 combat missions, with a mission-to-claim ratio of 0.99. [42] |
Klaus Scheer | Leutnant | 24 [16] /23 [40] | NJG 100 | |
Rudolf Scheffel | Hauptmann | 7 [43] | ZG 1, ZG 26 | Knight's Cross |
Wolfgang Schellmann* | Oberstleutnant | 26 (incl. 12 in Spain) [43] | JG 2, JG 27 | Knight's Cross KIA 22 June 1941 |
Fritz Schellwat | Oberfeldwebel | 19 [16] | NJG 1 | |
Wolfgang Schenck | Oberstleutnant | 18 [44] | SG 2, ZG 1, SKG 210, KG 51 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
Georg Schentke* | Oberleutnant | 90 [6] /87 [5] | JG 3 | Knight's Cross KIA 25 December 1942 |
Karl-Heinz Scherfling* | Oberfeldwebel | 33 [45] | NJG 1 | Knight's Cross KIA 21 July 1944 |
Ernst Scheufele | Oberleutnant | 14 [40] | JG 5, JG 4 | |
Erich Scheyda | Oberfeldwebel | 20 [46] | JG 26 | |
Franz Schieß* | Hauptmann | 67 [47] | JG 53 | Knight's Cross KIA 2 September 1943 |
Wilhelm Schilling | Oberleutnant | 63 [48] | JG 54, EJG 1 | Knight's Cross |
Hans Schleef* | 98 [22] | JG 3, JG 5, JG 4 | Knight's Cross KIA 31 December 1944 | |
Hermann Schleinhege | Leutnant | 97 [6] /96 [22] | JG 3, JG 54 | Knight's Cross |
Joachim Schlichting | Major | 8 (incl. 5 in Spain) [49] | JG 27 | Knight's Cross |
Karl-Friedrich Schlosstein | Hauptmann | 5+ [50] | JG 77, JG 5 | |
Johann Schmid* | Major | 45 [51] | JG 2, JG 26 | Knight's Cross KIA 6 November 1941 mission-to-claim ratio of 3.34. [13] |
Dietrich Schmidt | Hauptmann | 39 [52] | NJG 1 | Knight's Cross |
Erich Schmidt* | Oberleutnant | 47 [53] | JG 53 | Knight's Cross KIA 31 August 1941 |
Franz Schmidt* | Unteroffizier | 6 [50] | JG 77 | KIA 4 November 1941 |
Heinz Schmidt* | Hauptmann | 173 [20] [50] | JG 52 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves MIA 5 September 1943 mission-to-claim ratio of 4.05. [39] |
Johannes Schmidt | Oberleutnant | 12 [54] | JG 26 | |
Rudolf Schmidt* | Feldwebel | 42 [55] | JG 77 | Knight's Cross KIA 6 April 1942 |
Winfried Schmidt | Hauptmann | 19 [50] | JG 3 | |
Lothar Schmitt | Leutnant | 7 [50] | LG 2, SG 1 | |
Hans Schmoller-Haldy | Hauptmann | 12 [50] | JG 54 | |
Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer | Major | 121 [36] /119 [50] | NJG 1, NJG 4 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds Top Night Fighter Ace of World War II |
August Schneider | Leutnant | 9 [50] | JG 5 | |
Gerhard Schneider | 41 [50] | JG 51, JGr Ost | ||
Hugo Schneider | Oberleutnant | 6 [50] | JG 27 | |
Walter Schneider | 20 [54] | JG 26 | ||
Karl-Heinz Schnell | Major | 72 [28] | JG 51, JG 53, JV 44 | Knight's Cross |
"Wumm" Siegfried Schnell* | 93 [56] [6] | JG 54, JG 2 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 25 February 1944 | |
Karl "Quax" Schnörrer | Leutnant | 46 [57] | JG 54, JG 7, Kdo Nowotny | Knight's Cross |
Herbert Schob | Hauptmann | 28 (incl. 6 in Spain) [58] | LG 1, ZG 76, ZG 26 | Knight's Cross |
Rudolf Schoenert | Major | 64 [10] | NJG 1, NJG 2, NJG 3, NJG 100, NJGr 10, NJG 5 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
Erich Schöfbock | Leutnant | 8 [59] | JG 27 | |
Günther Scholz | Major | 34 (+1 in Spain) | JG 54, JG 5 | |
Helmut Schönfelder | Oberfeldwebel | 56 [58] | JG 51 | Knight's Cross |
Gerhard Schöpfel | Major | 45 [60] | JG 26, JG 4, JG 6 | Knight's Cross |
Georg Schott* | Oberleutnant | 21 [59] | LG 2, JG 1 | KIA 27 September 1943 |
Herbert Schramm* | Hauptmann | 40 [59] | JG 53, JG 27 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 1 December 1943 |
Alfred Schreiber* | Leutnant | 5 [59] | ZG 26, EKdo 262, Kdo Nowotny, JG 7 | KIFA 26 November 1944 |
Georg Schröder | Hauptmann | 12 [59] | JG 2 | |
Werner Schröer | Major | 114 [35] /106 [59] | JG 3, JG 27, JG 54 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords incl. 26 heavy bombers [24] mission-to-claim ratio of 1.73. [42] |
Fritz Schröter | 11 [61] | JG 2, SKG 10, SG 5, SG 4 | Knight's Cross | |
Walter Schuck | Oberleutnant | 206 [20] /181 [59] | JG 5, JG 7 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
Norbert Schücking | Feldwebel | 9 [59] | JG 11 | |
Leo Schuhmacher | Leutnant | 23 [61] /8+ [59] | ZG 76, JG 1, JV 44 | Knight's Cross |
Fritz Schuler* | Feldwebel | 6 [59] | JG 2 | |
Franz Schulte* | Oberfeldwebel | 46 [61] | JG 77 | Knight's Cross KIA 12 August 1942 |
Helmuth Schulte | Hauptmann | 25 [62] | NJG 5 | Knight's Cross |
Otto Schultz | 73 [28] | JG 51 | Knight's Cross | |
Gerhard Schulwitz | Leutnant | 9 [63] | JG 26 | |
Otto Schulz* | Oberleutnant | 51 [64] | JG 27 | Knight's Cross KIA 17 June 1942 |
Werner Schumacher | Unteroffizier | 30 [65] | JG 5 | |
Heinz Schumann* | Major | 21 [66] | JG 51, JG 2 SKG 10 | Knight's Cross KIFA 8 November 1943 |
Franz Schwaiger* | Leutnant | 67 [47] | JG 3 | Knight's Cross KIA 24 April 1944 |
Günther Schwanecke | Hauptmann | 14 [65] | JG 77, JG 5 | |
Gerhard Schwartz | Feldwebel | 20 [67] | JG 51 | |
Günther Schwarz | Oberfeldwebel | 40 [67] /38 [65] | JG 51 | |
Georg Seckel | Hauptmann | 34 [65] | JG 77, JG 200, JG 4 | |
Günther Seeger | Oberleutnant | 56 [68] | JG 53, JG 2 | Knight's Cross |
Georg Seelmann | 39 [68] | JG 51, JG 103 | Knight's Cross | |
Hermann Segatz | Hauptmann | 40 [67] /33 [65] | JG 26, JG 51, JG 5, JG 1 | |
Georg Seidel | Oberfeldwebel | 47 [67] /45 [65] | JG 51 | |
Alfred Seidl | Oberleutnant | 31 [65] | JG 53, JG 3, JG 7 | |
Johannes Seifert* | Oberstleutnant | 57 [69] | JG 26 | Knight's Cross KIA 25 November 1943 |
Reinhard Seiler | Major | 109 (incl. 9 in Spain) [35] | JG 54, JG 104 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
Erich von Selle | 7 | JG 26 | ||
Waldemar Semelka | Leutnant | 65 [70] | JG 52 | Knight's Cross mission-to-claim ratio of 3.69. [39] |
Paul Semrau* | Major | 46 [71] | NJG 2 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 8 February 1945 |
Fritz Sengschmitt | 15 | ZG 76, ZG 26 | ||
Heinrich Setz* | Major | 138 [38] | JG 27, JG 77 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 13 March 1943 mission-to-claim ratio of 1.99. [42] |
Peter Siegler* | Feldwebel | 48 [72] | JG 54 | Knight's Cross MIA 24 September 1942 |
Rudolf Sigmund* | Hauptmann | 29 [72] | NJG 1 | Knight's Cross KIA 4 October 1943 |
Friedrich Simon | Oberfeldwebel | 22+ [73] | JG 51 | |
Siegfried Simsch | Hauptmann | 54 [74] | JG 52, JG 11 | Knight's Cross KIA 8 June 1944 |
Rudolf Sinner | Major | 39 [75] | JG 27 | |
Kurt Sochatzy | Oberleutnant | 38 [74] | JG 3 | Knight's Cross |
Waldemar Söffing | Leutnant | 35 [76] | JG 26 | |
Gerhard Sommer* | Hauptmann | 20 [74] | JG 11, JG 1 | Knight's Cross KIA 12 May 1944 |
Hermann Sommer* | Oberfeldwebel | 19 [77] | NJG 2, NJG 102 | KIA 11 February 1944 |
Wolfgang Späte | Major | 99 [27] | JG 54, JG 400, JG 7 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
Günther Specht* | Oberstleutnant | 34 [78] | ZG 26, JG 11 | Knight's Cross MIA 1 January 1945 |
Wilhelm Spies* | Major | 20 [79] | ZG 26 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 27 January 1942 |
Robert Spreckles | Oberfeldwebel | 6+ [80] | JG 11, JG 1 | |
Peter Spoden | Hauptmann | 24 [77] /23 [81] | NJG 5, NJG 6 | |
Gustav Sprick | Oberleutnant | 31 [82] | JG 26 | Knight's Cross |
Karl Stadek | Oberfeldwebel | 25+ [73] | JG 51 | |
Hans-Arnold Stahlschmidt* | Oberleutnant | 60 [83] | JG 27 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves MIA 7 September 1942 |
Hermann Staiger | Major | 63 [78] | JG 51, JG 26, JG 1, JG 7 | Knight's Cross incl. 26 heavy bombers [24] |
Friedrich-Wilhelm Stakejahn | 9 | JG 5, SG 4 | ||
Otto Stammberger | Oberleutnant | 7 [84] | JG 26 | |
Karl Steffen* | Oberfeldwebel | 59 [85] [84] | JG 52 | Knight's Cross MIA 8 August 1943 |
Hans-Joachim Steffens* | Leutnant | 21 [84] | JG 51 | KIA 30 July 1941 |
Friedrich "Fritz" Stehle | Oberleutnant | 21 [84] | ZG 2, ZG 26, JG 6, JG 7 | German Cross |
Leopold "Bazi" Steinbatz* | Leutnant | 99 [27] /98 [84] | JG 52 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords KIA 23 June 1942 |
Franz Steiner | Oberfeldwebel | 8 [84] | JG 27, JG 1, JG 11, JV 44 | |
Günter Steinhausen* | Leutnant | 40 [86] | JG 27 | Knight's Cross KIA 6 September 1942 |
Ulrich Steinhilper | Oberleutnant | 5 [84] | JG 52 | |
"Macky" Johannes Steinhoff | Oberst | 176 [20] /168 [84] | JG 26, JG 52, JG 77 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords |
Wilhelm Steinmann | Major | 44 [86] | JG 27, JG 4, JV 44 | Knight's Cross |
Heinrich Steis | Leutnant | 20 [84] | JG 27 | German Cross |
Andreas Sterl | Oberfeldwebel | 54 [84] | JG 52 | German Cross |
Heinrich Sterr* | Oberleutnant | 130 [7] | JG 54 | Knight's Cross KIA 26 November 1944 |
Franz Stigler | 26 [87] | JG 27, JV 44 | German Cross | |
Bruno Stolle | Hauptmann | 35 [88] | LG 1, JG 2, JG 11 | Knight's Cross |
"Max" Maximilian Stotz* | 189 [20] /182 [81] | JG 54 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves MIA 19 August 1943 mission-to-claim ratio of 2.65. [13] | |
Friedrich-Wilhelm Strakeljahn* | 9 [88] | JG 5, SG 4 | Knight's Cross KIA 6 July 1944 | |
Hubert Strassl* | Oberfeldwebel | 67 [88] | JG 51 | Knight's Cross KIA 8 July 1943 mission-to-claim ratio of 3.30. [13] |
Erwin Straznicky* | Oberleutnant | 30 [87] | LG 2, JG 77, JG 3 | MIA 3 October 1942 |
Werner Streib | Oberst | 66 [36] | NJG 1 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords |
Hans Strelow* | Leutnant | 68 [41] | JG 51 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 22 May 1942 mission-to-claim ratio of 2.94. [13] |
Fritz Stritzel | Stabsfeldwebel | 11 [87] | JG 2 | |
Karl Strohecker | Oberfeldwebel | 14 [87] | NJG 100 | |
Heinz Strüning* | Hauptmann | 56 [10] | ZG 26, KG 30, NJG 2, NJG 1 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 25 December 1944 |
Werner Stumpf* | Oberfeldwebel | 48 [89] | JG 53 | Knight's Cross KIA 13 October 1942 |
Gustav Sturm | Leutnant | 21 [90] | JG 27, JG 3, JG 51, EJG 2, JG 7 | |
Heinrich Sturm* | Hauptmann | 158 [91] /157 [38] | JG 52 | Knight's Cross KIA 22 December 1944 |
Alfred Surau | Leutnant | 45 [87] | JG 3 | |
Ernst Süß* | Oberleutnant | 68 [92] | JG 52 | Knight's Cross KIA 20 December 1943 |
Paul Szameitat* | Hauptmann | 29 [62] | NJG 3 | Knight's Cross KIA 2 January 1944 |
Wilhelm Szuggar | Oberfeldwebel | 10 (incl. 5 in Spain) [87] | JG 52, JG 26 |