List of World War II aces from Germany: A–F
Appearance
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
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Egon Albrecht, 25 claims
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Wilhelm Batz, 237 claims
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Gerhard Barkhorn, 301 claims
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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, Mathews, Foreman and Zabecki.
A
[edit]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 |
B
[edit]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 |
C
[edit]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 |
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[edit]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 |
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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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