Luftwaffe Aces

Complete List of German Aces of World War II

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Rank
Full Name
Kills
Remarks
 
Maj
Erich 'Bubi' Hartmann
352
Units: 7, Stab III, 9./JG52, JG53 Notes: World top ace. Bf-109, Caucasus.
Maj
Gerhard 'Gerd' Barkhorn
301
Units: JG2, 4./JG52, II./JG52, JG6, JV44 Notes: Eastern front.
Maj
Guenther Rall
275
Units: III./JG52, II./JG11, JG300 Notes: Eastern front, Bf-109, FW-190.
Oblt
Otto 'Bruni' Kittel
267
Units: 2 & 3./JG54 KIA:16/02/1945 Notes: FW-190 best scorer. Russia. Killed Flak.
Major
Wilhelm 'Rabitsky' Batz
237
Units: 5., III. and II./JG52 Notes: Eastern front.
Major
Erich Rudorffer
224
Units: 2, Stab II & 6./JG2, IV & II./JG54, I./JG7 Notes: Russia, Desert. Me-262 ace.
ObstLt
Heinrich 'Pritzel' Baer
221
Units: 1. & 12./JG51,I./JG77,JGrSüd,JG1,JG3,EJG2,JV44 Notes: Bf-109, FW-190, Me-262 ace, 39-45.
Obst
Hermann Graf
212
Units: JG51, III/JG52, JGr.50, JG11 Notes: Eastern front, 1941-42; Me-262 ace.
Maj
Heinrich Ehrler
209
Units: JG77, 8 & III./JG5, JG5, Stab./JG7 KIA:6/4/1945 Notes: Bf-109, Scandinavia. Me-262 ace. KIA.
Maj
Theodor Weissenberger
208
Units: JG77, 7, 6 & I./JG5, III. & JG7 Notes: Channel, Finland. Me-262 ace.
ObstLt
Hans Philipp
206
Units: 1./JG76, JG51, 4 & I./JG54, JG 1 KIA:8/10/1943 Notes: All fronts, 1939-43. KIA.
Oblt
Walter Schuck
206
Units: Erg.Gr./JG3, 7, 9 & 10./JG5, 3./JG7 Notes: Scandinavia. Me-262 ace.
ObLt
Anton 'Toni' Hafner
204
Units: 6, 4, StabSt., 7, 8, 10./JG51 KIA:17/10/1944 Notes: Bf-109, East, Tunisia. Me-262 ace.
Hptm
Helmut Lipfert
203
Units: 6 & II./JG52, I/JG53, JG27 Notes: Bf-109, def.of Ploesti ace.
Major
Walter Krupinski
197
Units: 6 & 7./JG52, 1./JG5, II./JG11, III./JG26, JV44 Notes:
Major
Anton Hackl
192
Units: 5./JG77, III./JG11, II./JG26, JG300 Notes: Viermots Experte.
Hptm
Joachim Brendel
189
Units: 12, 1, 8, I./JG51 Notes: Eastern front.
Hptm
Joachim Kirschner
188
Units: 1.Erg, 5, 2, 6./JG3, IV./JG27, JG53 KIA:17/12/1943 Notes: Greece, Russia; 3rd Ope. Zitadelle ace.
Maj
Kurt Brändle
180
Units: 4. & 5./JG53, II./JG3 KIA:3/11/1943 Notes: West, BoB, Malta. KIA 1943.
Ltn
Guenther Josten
178
Units: 8, 1 & 3./JG51 Notes:
Obst
Johannes 'Macky' Steinhoff
176
Units: 10 & 11.(N)/JG26, 4./JG52, JG77, JG7, JV44 Notes: Bf-109 and Me-262 ace. WIFA 1945.
Oblt
ObltErnst-Wilhelm Reinert
174
Units: 4, 3 & 1./JG77, VFS1, 12 & 14./JG27, JG7 Notes: Best score Tunisia 1943, Bf-109.
Hptm
Guenther Schack
174
Units: 7, 8 & 9./JG51, JG3 Notes:
Hptm
Emil 'Bully' Lang
173
Units: JG52, 5 & 9./JG54, II./JG26 KIA:3/9/1944 Notes: 18 v. in 1 day. KIA.
Hptm
Heinz 'Johnny' Schmidt
173
Units: 6./JG52 KIA:5/9/1943 Notes: MIA.
Maj
Horst Ademeit
166
Units: 1./JG54, 6./JG54, Stab I./JG54 KIA:7/8/1944 Notes: Eastern front, 1941-44. MIA.
Obst
Wolf-Dietrich 'Fürst' Wilcke
162
Units: 7./JG53, III./JG53, JG3, JG1 KIA:23/03/1944 Notes: Bf-109 and FW190, killed by P-51s.
Hptm
Hans-Joachim Marseille
158
Units: 1.(J)/LG2, JG52, 3 & I./JG27 KIA:30/09/1942 Notes: Bf-109 top scorer Desert front. KIFA.
Hptm
Heinrich Sturm
158
Units: 4 & 5./JG52 KIA:22/12/1944 Notes: KIFA.
Oblt
Gerhard Thyben
157
Units: 6./JG3, 5 & 7./JG54 Notes:
Oblt
Hans Beisswenger
152
Units: 3 & 6./JG54 KIA:6/3/1943 Notes: Eastern front, 1942-43. MIA.
Ltn
Peter Duettmann
152
Units: 5 & 6./JG52 Notes:
Oblt
Fritz Tegtmeier
146
Units: 2, 1 & 3./JG54, JG7 Notes:
Oblt
Albin Wolf
144
Units: 6./JG54 KIA:2/4/1944 Notes: KIA.
Ltn
Kurt Tanzer
143
Units: 12./JG51 Notes:
Maj
Friedrich-Karl 'Tutti' Müller
140
Units: 8, 1 & I./JG53, IV./JG3, JG3 KIA:29/05/1944 Notes: KIFA.
Maj
Heinrich Setz
138
Units: JG52, 4./JG77, I./JG27 KIA:13/03/1943 Notes: KIA.
Hptm
Rudolf Trenkel
138
Units: JG77, 2 & Stab I./JG52 Notes: WIA 1945.
Oblt
Walter Wolfrum
137
Units: 5 & 1./JG52 Notes: Late ace, Russia, 1943-45.
Obst
Adolf Dickfeld
136
Units: JG52, II./JG2, II./JG11 Notes:
Oblt
Otto Foennekold
136
Units: 5 & 6./JG52 KIA:31/08/1944 Notes: KIA.
Hptm
Horst-Gunther Von Fassong
136
Units: 3 & 10./JG51, 7./JG11 KIA:1/1/1945 Notes: MIA Bodenplatte.
Hptm
Karl-Heinz Weber
136
Units: III./JG1, 7./JG51 KIA:7/6/1944 Notes: KIA.
Maj
Joachim Müncheberg
135
Units: Stab III, 7 & II./JG26, JG51, JG77 KIA:23/03/1943 Notes: Bf109, BoB, Balkans, Russia, Libya. KIA.
Oblt
Hans Peter 'Dackel' Waldmann
134
Units: 6 & 4./JG52, 8./JG3, 1 or 3./JG7 KIA:18/03/1945 Notes: KIFA.
Hptm
Alfred Grislawski
133
Units: 7./JG52 , 1./JGr.Süd, JGr.50, 1 & 8./JG1, 11./JG53 KIA:19/09/2003 Notes: WIA 1944.
Maj
Johannes Wiese
133
Units: 2 & I./JG52, JG77 Notes: Bf-109, best score of Zitadelle. WIA.
Maj
Adolf Borchers
132
Units: 1.J/88; JG77, 10 & 11./JG51, I./JG52 Notes:
Maj
Erwin Clausen
132
Units: 3. & 1.(J)/LG2, 3 & 6./JG77, I./JG11 KIA:4/10/1943 Notes: Poland, West, Balkans, East. KIA.
Hptm
Wilhelm Lemke
131
Units: 9./JG3 KIA:4/12/1943 Notes: KIA.
Ltn
Gerhard Hoffmann
130
Units: 4./JG52 KIA:11/4/1945 Notes: MIA.
Oblt
Heinrich 'Bazi' Sterr
130
Units: 6, 4 & 16./JG54 KIA:26/11/1944 Notes: KIA.
Maj
Franz Eisenach
129
Units: ZG76, 3, 4 & I./JG54, JG1 Notes: Il-2 killer.
Maj
Walter Dahl
128
Units: II, 4, III./JG3, JGzbV, JG300, EJG2 Notes: SturmGruppen ace, 2nd 4-mots killer.
Hptm
Franz Doerr
128
Units: JG77, 7 & III./JG5 Notes: Russia, Northern front, 1943-44.
Oblt
Friedrich 'Fritz' Obleser
127
Units: 8, 10 & III./JG52 Notes: WIA 1944.
Oblt
Rudolf Rademacher
126
Units: 3 & 1./JG54, Erg.Gr.Nord, 11./JG7 KIA:13/06/1953 Notes: Bf-109 and Me-262 ace.
Oblt
Josef 'Jupp' Zwernemann
126
Units: 9./JG52 , JG77, 1./JG11 KIA:8/4/1944 Notes: Bf-109, FW190. Killed by P-51s.
ObstLt
Dietrich Hrabak
125
Units: 1./JGr.76, II./JG54, JG52 Notes: Poland, France, BoB, Balkans, Russia.
Oblt
Wolf-Udo Ettel
124
Units: 4./JG3, 8./JG27 KIA:17/07/1943 Notes: KIA.
Obst
Herbert Ihlefeld
123 + Spain: 9
Units: J/88; I(J)./LG2, I./JG77, JG52, JGr.25, JG11, JG1 KIA:8/8/1995 Notes: Ace in Spain; BoB ace.
Hptm
Wolfgang Tonne
122
Units: 3./JG53 KIA:20/04/1943 Notes: KIFA.
Maj
Erich Leie
121
Units: Stab III & Stab/JG2, I./JG51, JG77 KIA:7/3/1945 Notes: KIA.
Ofw
Heinz Marquardt
121
Units: 13, 11 & 10./JG51 KIA:1/5/1945 Notes: WIA 1945.
Maj
Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer
121
Units: 5, 12, IV./NJG1, NJG4 Notes: Bf-110, top night fighter ace.
Ltn
Franz-Josef Beerenbrock
117
Units: 12./JG51, Stab IV./JG51 Notes: Eastern front, POW 1942.
Ltn
Hans-Joachim Birkner
117
Units: 9./JG52 KIA:14/12/1944 Notes: Eastern front, Hartmann's wingman, KIFA.
Ltn
Jakob 'Jockel' Norz
117
Units: NJG2, JG1, 8 & 11./JG5 KIA:16/09/1944 Notes: Eastern front. KIFA.
Obst
Walter 'Gulle' Oesau
117 + Spain: 8
Units: 4 & 3.J/88; 1./JG20,7 & III./JG51,III./JG3,JG2,JG1 KIA:11/5/1944 Notes: Bf-109, Spain. BoB, Channel, East. KIA.
Ltn
Heinz 'Piepl' Wernicke
117
Units: 6, 5, 4 & 1./JG54 KIA:27/12/1944 Notes: KIA.
ObLt
August Lambert
116
Units: SG1, 6 & II./SG2, JG77 KIA:17/04/1945 Notes: Best Schlachtflieger ace. Crimea. KIA.
Ltn
Wilhelm Crinius
114
Units: 3./JG53 KIA:14/01/1943 Notes: Bf-109, Russia, Tunisia. KIFA 1943.
Maj
Werner Schroer
114
Units: 2, 1, Stab I, 8, II./JG27, III./JG54, JG3 Notes: Bf-109, Libya, Russia, def. Reich.
Ltn
Hans Dammers
113
Units: 9./JG52 KIA:17/03/1944 Notes: DOW.
Ltn
Berthold Korts
113
Units: 9 & 8./JG52 KIA:29/08/1943 Notes:
ObstLt
Kurt Buehligen
112
Units: 4 & II./JG2, Stab JG2 Notes: Battle of Britain, North Africa.
Obst
Helmut Lent
110
Units: 1&3./ZG76,6 & 4./NJG1,II./NJG2,IV./NJG1,NJG3 KIA:5/10/1944 Notes: Bf-110 day and night ace. KIFA.
Maj
Kurt Ubben
110
Units: 5./TrGr186, 8 & III./JG77, JG2 KIA:27/04/1944 Notes: Bf-109, Eastern and West fronts. KIA.
Oblt
Franz Woidich
110
Units: 5./JG27, 3./JG52, 4 or 5./JG400 Notes:
Hptm
Emil Bitsch
108
Units: 8./JG3 KIA:15/03/1944 Notes: Western and Eastern front, KIA.
Maj
Hans 'Hassi' 'Gockel' Hahn
108
Units: II./JG54, III./JG2 Notes: West, Channel, Eastern front. POW 1943.
Ltn
Bernhard Vechtel
108
Units: 10, 11 & 14./JG51 Notes:
Hptm
Viktor Bauer
106
Units: 2 & 1./JG77, 9./JG3, JG51 Notes: France, Western front, Stalingrad. WIFA.
Hptm
Werner Lucas
106
Units: 4/JG3 KIA:24/10/1943 Notes:
Obst
Günther Lützow
105 + Spain: 5
Units: 2.J88; I./JG3, JG3, JG51, JV44 KIA:24/05/1945 Notes: Bf-109, Spain, West, BoB, Russia. MIA.
Ltn
Heinz Sachsenberg
104
Units: 6./JG52, JV44 Notes:
Gen
Adolf Galland
103
Units: 1 & 3.J/88; Stab/JG27, III./JG26, JG26, JV44 Notes: Bf-109 ace and great leader, 39-45.
Maj
Siegfried Freytag
102
Units: 6, 1 & II./JG77, JG7 Notes:
Hptm
Friedrich 'Fritz' Geisshardt
102
Units: 1.(J)/LG2, 3./JG77, JG26 KIA:5/4/1943 Notes: Marita. DOW (B-17 gunners).
ObstLt
Egon Mayer
102
Units: 6, 7 & III./JG2, JG2 KIA:2/3/1944 Notes: Viermots killer. KIA.
Oblt
Max-Hellmuth Ostermann
102
Units: 1./JG21, 7, 3, 8./JG54 KIA:9/8/1942 Notes: Bf-109, West, Balkans, Russia. KIA.
Maj
Josef 'Sepp' Wurmheller
102
Units: 2 & 5./JG53, Stab II, 1, 9 & III./JG2 KIA:22/06/1944 Notes: Bf-109, FW-190, Western front. KIA.
Hptm
Rudolf Miethig
101
Units: 3 & I./JG52 KIA:10/6/1943 Notes: KIA.
Obst
Werner 'Vati' Moelders
101 + Spain: 14
Units: 3.J/88; 1 & III./JG53, JG51 Notes: Spain; Bf-109, BoF, BoB, Russia. KIFA.
Obst
Josef 'Pips' Priller
101
Units: 6./JG51, 1 & III./JG26, JG26 Notes:
Ltn
Ulrich Wernitz
101
Units: 3./JG54 Notes:
Oblt
Paul-Heinrich Daehne
100
Units: 2./JG52, 10, 12 & III./JG11, II./JG1 KIA:24/04/1945 Notes: KIFA in He-162.
Maj
Reinhard 'Sepp' Seiler
100 + Spain: 9
Units: 2.J/88; 1, III & I./JG54, JG104 Notes: Bf-109 ace, Spain. Bf-109. WIA 1943.
Maj
Wolfgang Spaete
99
Units: 5 & IV./JG54, EKdo16, JG400, JG7 Notes: Me-163; Me-262 ace, 1945.
Maj
Horst Hannig
98
Units: 5./JG54, 2./JG2 KIA:15/05/1943 Notes: KIA.
Uffz
Helmut Rueffler
98
Units: 1 & 4./JG3, JG51 Notes:
Obst
Gustav Siegfried Rödel
98
Units: 2./JG21, 4 & II./JG27, JG27 Notes:
Oblt
Hans Schleef
98
Units: 7./JG3, JG5, IV./JG4 KIA:31/12/1944 Notes: KIA.
Hptm
Helmut Mertens
97
Units: 1.(J)/LG2, Stab I, 1 & 7./JG3 Notes: WIA 1944.
Ltn
Hermann Schleinhege
97
Units: JG3, 6, 8, Stab & Stab II./JG54 Notes:
Hptm
Heinrich Hoefemeier
96
Units: 1 & 3./JG51 KIA:7/8/1943 Notes: KIA.
Maj
Franz Hrdlicka
96
Units: 5./JG77, I./JG2 KIA:25/03/1945 Notes:
Hptm
Siegfried Lemke
96
Units: 1 & III./JG2 KIA:17/03/1944 Notes:
Maj
Diethelm Von Eichel-Streiber
96
Units: III./JG77, Stab.St & III./JG51, JG26, JG27, JV44 Notes:
Ltn
Leopold 'Poldi' Muenster
95
Units: 4 & 5./JG3 KIA:8/5/1944 Notes: KIA.
Hptm
Siegried Simsch
95
Units: 5./JG52, JG1, 10./JG11 KIA:8/6/1944 Notes: KIA.
Ltn
Anton 'Tony' Doebele
94
Units: 1 & 3./JG54 KIA:11/11/1943 Notes: Schwarm Nowotny, Russia, 43.
Oblt
Heinrich Kloepper
94
Units: 2./JG77, 11./JG51, 7./JG1 KIA:29/11/1943 Notes: Bf-109, BoF, BoB, Russia, West. KIA.
Ofw
Rudolf Müller
94
Units: 6./JG5 Notes: POW 1943.
Obstlt
Helmut Bennemann
93
Units: 1./JG52, I./JG52, Stab/JG53 Notes: West, East, Italy, Reich.
Maj
Rudolf Resch
93 + Spain: 1
Units: 3./JG77, 6./JG52, IV./JG51 KIA:11/7/1943 Notes: KIA.
Ltn
Edmund 'Paule' Rossmann
93
Units: 7./JG52 Notes: Bf-109, Caucasus, 1942-43. POW 1943.
Maj
Siegfried 'Wumm' Schnell
93
Units: 4 & 9./JG2, III & IV./JG54 KIA:25/02/1944 Notes: Bf-109, Channel front great ace. KIA.
Oblt
Gerhard Loos
92
Units: 1, 9 & 8./JG54 KIA:6/3/1944 Notes: KIA.
Oblt
Oskar 'Ossi' Romm
92
Units: 1./JG51, Stab IV, 12 & 15.(Sturm)/JG3 Notes: Eastern front. WIA 1945.
Oblt
Anton Resch
91
Units: 3./JG52 Notes:
Hptm
Guenther Heeger
90
Units: Notes:
Ltn
Lothar Mai
90
Units: 7./JG51 KIA:27/08/1943 Notes: KIA.
Oblt
Georg Schentke
90
Units: 9./JG3 KIA:25/12/1943 Notes: MIA.
Oblt
Eberhard Von Boremski
90
Units: JG3, EJG1 Notes:
Ltn
Heinz Kemethmueller
89
Units: 8./JG3, JG54, 7, 9 & 4./JG26 Notes:
ObstLt
Anton Mader
86
Units: ZG76, JG2, II./JG77, JG11, JG54 Notes: Bf-110 and Bf-109 ace.
Ltn
Friedrich Wachowiak
86
Units: 8./JG52, JG3 KIA:16/07/1944 Notes: KIA.
Ltn
Ulrich Woehnert
86
Units: 2, 1 & 5./JG54 Notes:
Ltn
Heinz Ewald
85
Units: Stab II, 6 & 7./JG52 Notes: Barkhorn's wingman, Eastern front. WIA.
Ltn
Gerhard Koeppen
85
Units: JG52 KIA:5/5/1942 Notes: Eastern front. MIA.
Oblt
Herbert Rollwage
85
Units: 5./JG53, JG106 Notes: Four-engine bomber killer.
Oblt
Peter Kalden
84
Units: 11, 10 & 13./JG51 Notes: POW 1945.
Ofw
Werner Quast
84
Units: 4./JG52 Notes: POW 1943.
Maj
Franz Beyer
83
Units: 8. & IV./JG3 KIA:11/2/1944 Notes: West, Sicily, Italy, Reich. KIA.
Ltn
Walter Ohlrogge
83
Units: 5. & 9./JG3 , EJG Süd, EJG1, JG7 Notes: West, BoB, Mediterranean, East.
Ofw
Emil Pusch
83
Units: Notes:
Hptm
Heinrich Alexander Prinz Sayn-Wittgenstein
83
Units: 9 & Erg./NJG2,1./NJG1, IV./NJG5,II./NJG3,NJG2 KIA:21/01/1944 Notes: Ju-88 night fighter ace. KIA.
Oblt
Otto Wessling
83
Units: 9, 10 & 11./JG3 KIA:19/04/1944 Notes: KIA.
LtCol
Emil Darjes
82
Units: JG54 Notes:
Hptm
Hans Goetz
82
Units: 1 & 2./JG54 KIA:4/8/1943 Notes: KIA.
Oblt
Hans 'Specker' Gruenberg
82
Units: 5./JG3, JG52, 2./JG7, JV44 Notes: Viermots expert, Me-262 ace.
Hptm
Horst Haase
82
Units: 10 & 2./JG51, 16./JG3 KIA:26/11/1944 Notes: KIA.
Ofw
Helmut Missner
82
Units: JG52, 3./JG54, Erg.Gr.Nord. KIA:12/9/1944 Notes: KIFA.
Ltn
Hugo Broch
81
Units: 6./JG54 Notes:
Oblt
Max-Hermann Luecke
81
Units: JG4, 9./JG51 KIA:8/11/1943 Notes: DOW.
Ltn
Willi Nemitz
81
Units: JG52 KIA:11/4/1943 Notes: KIA.
Ofw
Wilhelm Philipp
81
Units: 4./JG26, 3. & 11./JG54 Notes: West, BoB, Channel, East. WIA 1944.
Ltn
Rudolf Wagner
81
Units: 10./JG51 KIA:11/12/1943 Notes: MIA.
Ltn
Herbert Bachnick
80
Units: 9./JG52 KIA:7/8/1944 Notes: Eastern front, 1943-44. KIA.
Uffz
Alexander Preinfalk
80
Units: 5 & 1./JG77, 6./JG53 KIA:12/12/1944 Notes: KIA.
Ltn
Otto Wuerfel
79
Units: 8./JG51 KIA:22/12/1944 Notes: POW 1944.
Maj
Georg-Peter Eder
78
Units: 4./JG51,7 & 12./JG2,6./JG1,JG26,EJG2,Kdo.Now.,JG7 Notes: Viermots hunting master. Me-262 jet ace.
Hptm
Heinrich Krafft
78
Units: 3./JG51, JG3 KIA:14/12/1942 Notes: POW 1942, murdered.
ObstLt
Karl-Gottfried Nordmann
78
Units: 3./JG77, 11, 12, IV./JG51, JG51 KIA:17/01/1943 Notes: WIFA.
Maj
Wolfgang Ewald
77 + Spain: 1
Units: 2.J/88; JG52, Stab JG3 Notes: POW 1943.
Ltn
Johannes-Hermann Meier
77
Units: JG26, 1 & 3./JG52 KIA:15/03/1944 Notes: KIFA.
Hptm
Emil Omert
77
Units: 9, 8, II & III./JG77 KIA:24/04/1944 Notes: KIA.
Ltn
Hans-Joachim Kroschinski
76
Units: 2, 3, IV, II./JG54 Notes: Leningrad front ace. WIA.
Maj
Klaus (Kurt) Mietusch
76
Units: 7 & III./JG26 KIA:17/09/1944 Notes: Bf-109, FW-190, 1940-44. KIA.
ObLt
Alfred Teumer
76
Units: 1, 3, 2, 7 & 10./JG54, Kdo.Nowotny, JG7 KIA:4/10/1944 Notes: KIFA.
Hptm
Edwin Thiel
76
Units: JG52, Stabst./JG51 KIA:14/07/1944 Notes: KIA.
Ltn
Johannes Bunzek
75
Units: JG3, 7./JG52 KIA:11/12/1943 Notes: KIA.
Ltn
Helmut Grollmus
75
Units: 2, 12 & 4./JG54 KIA:19/06/1944 Notes: MIA.
Ltn
Karl Neumann
75
Units: JG5, JG7 Notes:
Ltn
Johannes Pichler
75
Units: 7 & III./JG77 Notes: Bf-109, 16 'Viermots'. POW 1944.
Hptm
Hans Roehrig
75
Units: 3 & 9./JG53 KIA:13/07/1943 Notes: KIA.
Hptm
Joachim Wandel
75
Units: 2./JG76, 5./JG54 KIA:17/10/1942 Notes: U-2 killer. KIA.
Hptm
Gustav Frielinghaus
74
Units: 8, 6 & 11./JG3, EJG1 Notes:
Ltn
Otto Gaiser
74
Units: JG52, 10./JG51 KIA:22/01/1944 Notes: MIA.
Ltn
Friedrich Haas
74
Units: 5./JG52 KIA:9/4/1945 Notes: KIA.
Maj
Wilhelm 'Willi' Herget
73
Units: 6./ZG76,NJG3,4./NJG1,9 & I./NJG4,3./NJG1,JV44 Notes: Zerstorer and night fighter ace. Me-262.
Oblt
Anton 'Toni' Lindner
73
Units: 2./JG51, 15./JG51 Notes: West, East, def. Reich.
ObstLt
Gerhard Michalski
73
Units: 4 & II./JG53, JG4 Notes: Malta, 13 'Viermots', Bodenplatte.
Oblt
Otto Schultz
73
Units: 4, 5 & 6./JG51 Notes:
Maj
Hubertus Von Bonin
73 + Spain: 4
Units: 3.J/88; JG26, I./JG54, III./JG52 KIA:15/12/1943 Notes: Bf-109, Spain 39.
Oblt
Adolf 'Addi' Glunz
72
Units: 4./JG52, 4, 5 & 6./JG26, JG7 Notes: Bf-109, FW-190, Kanalfront.
Uffz
Wilhelm Mink
72
Units: 5./JG51, EJG1 KIA:12/3/1945 Notes: KIA.
Maj
Karl-Heinz Schnell
72
Units: 6 & 3./JG20, 8 & 9./JG51, JG53, JV44 Notes:
Ltn
Hans Fuss
71
Units: 4 & 6./JG3, JG51 KIA:10/11/1942 Notes: DOW.
Oblt
Alfred 'Fred' Heckmann
71
Units: 5./JG3, 1 & 3./JG26, JV44 Notes:
Ltn
Guenther Scheel
71
Units: 2 & 3./JG54 KIA:16/07/1943 Notes: MIA.
Ltn
Karl Hofmann
70
Units: JG52 Notes:
Hptm
Herbert Huppertz
70
Units: 6 & 12./JG51,12./JG1,9./JG5, 10,8,12,11 & III./JG2 KIA:8/6/1944 Notes: All fronts, 1939-44. KIA.
Hptm
Hermann-Friedrich Joppien
70
Units: 1 & I./JG51 KIA:25/08/1941 Notes: KIA.
Maj
Heinz Lange
70
Units: I./JG20, JG26, 8 & 1./JG54, 3 & IV./JG51 Notes:
Ltn
Rudolf Linz
70
Units: 8 & 11./JG5 KIA:9/2/1945 Notes: KIA.
Ltn
Rudolf Richter
70
Units: JG54 Notes:
Oblt
Ernst Süss
70
Units: 9./JG52, 9./JG11 KIA:20/12/1943 Notes: KIA.
Hptm
Lutz-Wilhelm Burkhardt
69
Units: 6./JG77, 7./JG1, 7./JG11, JG7 Notes:
Maj
Armin Koehler
69
Units: 4, 5, 3, 2./JG77 Notes:
Oblt
Eugen-Ludwig Zweigart
69
Units: 9, 8 & 7./JG54 KIA:8/6/1944 Notes: KIA.
Oblt
Kurt Dombacher
68
Units: JG5, 10, 13 & 1./JG51 Notes:
Oblt
Heinrich Füllgraebe
68
Units: JG52, Stab/JG11 KIA:30/01/1945 Notes: KIA.
Maj
Walter Hoeckner
68
Units: JG52, 6./JG77, JG26, II./JG1, I./JG4 KIA:25/04/1944 Notes: KIFA.
 
Herbert Hohne-Kaiser
68
Units: 8., 1. et 2./JG77, 7./JG1, JV44 Notes:
Hptm
Heinrich Jung
68
Units: 3, 4 & Stab III./JG54 KIA:30/07/1943 Notes: KIA.
Ltn
Herbert Kaiser
68
Units: 5./JGr.186, 8 & 9./JG77, 7./JG1, JV44 Notes:
Maj
Richard Leppla
68
Units: 3./JG51, JG6 Notes: West, BoB.
Maj
Fritz Losigkeit
68
Units: 3.J/88; 2./JG26, IV./JG1, III./JG51, JG51, JG77 Notes: Bf-109, 1940-41. 1942-45.
Ofw
Kurt Ratzlaff
68
Units: JG52 Notes: POW 1942.
Ltn
Hans Strelow
68
Units: 5./JG51 KIA:22/05/1942 Notes: Suicide before capture.
Ltn
Otto Tange
68
Units: 5./JG51 KIA:30/07/1943 Notes: KIA.
Obst
Günther Freiherr Von Maltzahn
68
Units: II./JG53, JG53 Notes: Bf-109 ace, BoB, Sicily.
Oblt
Gustav Denk
67
Units: II./JG52 KIA:13/02/1943 Notes:
Oblt
Fritz Dinger
67
Units: 4./JG53 KIA:27/07/1943 Notes: West, BoB, East, Med. KIA.
Hptm
Herbert Findeisen
67
Units: 1 & 2.(Eins.)/NAGr.4, JG54 Notes: 42 v. as Aufklärer pilot.
Uffz
Karl Fuchs
67
Units: 2 & 3./JG54 KIA:10/10/1943 Notes: MIA.
Ltn
Heinrich Hackler
67
Units: 8 & 11./JG77 KIA:1/1/1945 Notes: KIA.
Ltn
Franz Schwaiger
67
Units: 2, 3 & 1./JG3 KIA:24/04/1944 Notes: KIA.
Obst
Werner Streib
67
Units: I./ZG1, I./NJG1, NJG1 Notes: Bf-110, He-219 night fighter ace.
Hptm
Erbo Graf Von Kageneck
67
Units: 2./JG1, 9./JG27 KIA:12/1/1942 Notes: Bf-109, BoB, Balkans, Malta, N.Africa.
Ltn
Erwin Fleig
66
Units: 1. & 2./JG51, JG54 KIA:1/3/1986 Notes: BoB, Russia. POW, 1943.
Ltn
Reinhold Hoffmann
66
Units: 12 & 15./JG3, 9, 5 & 4./JG54 KIA:24/05/1944 Notes: KIFA.
Uffz
Berthold Grassmuck
65
Units: JG52 KIA:28/10/1942 Notes: KIA.
Ltn
Karl-Heinz Kempf
65
Units: 2./JG21, 9 & 7./JG54, 11 & 9./JG26 KIA:3/9/1944 Notes: KIA.
Hptm
Manfred Meurer
65
Units: 9, Stab III & 3./NJG1, II./NJG5, I./NJG1 KIA:21/01/1944 Notes:
Hptm
Heinz Roekker
65
Units: 1, 2 & I./NJG2 Notes: 6 kills in a night.
Ltn
Waldemar Semelka
65
Units: JG52 KIA:21/08/1942 Notes: MIA.
Maj
Jürgen Harder
64
Units: 7, Stab III. & I./JG53, JG11 KIA:17/02/1945 Notes: Bf-109, 1941-45. Harro's brother. KIFA.
Maj
Rolf Hermichen
64
Units: ZG1,9./ZG76,SKG210,7 & 3./JG26,I./JG11,JG104 Notes: Bf-110, BoB; Viermots Experte.
Ltn
Walter Lindner
64
Units: JG52 Notes:
Ltn
Viktor Petermann
64
Units: Stab/JG52, III./JG7 Notes: 4 v. after losing left arm.
ObstLt
Guenther 'Fips' Radusch
64 + Spain: 1
Units: 2.J/88;ZG1,I./NJG1,I & II./NJG3,6./NJG6,NJG2,NJG5 Notes:
Oblt
Franz Ruhl
64
Units: 4./JG3 KIA:24/12/1944 Notes: KIA.
Maj
Rudolf Schoenert
64
Units: 4./NJG1,4./NJG2,3, II/NJG5, I./NJG100,NJGr10,NJG5 Notes: Do-217, Bf-110 night fighter ace.
Maj
Franz Götz
63
Units: 7, 9 & III./JG53, JG26 Notes:
Ofw
Heinrich Hoffmann
63
Units: 12./JG51 KIA:3/10/1941 Notes: MIA.
Maj
Gerhard Homuth
63
Units: 3 & I./JG27, I./JG54 KIA:2/8/1943 Notes: Desert, 41-42. MIA.
Oblt
Wilhelm Schilling
63
Units: 2./JG21, 5 & 9./JG54, EJG1 Notes:
Maj
Hermann Staiger
63
Units: 1./JG20, 7./JG51, 12 & I./JG26, II./JG1,JG7 Notes: Viermots killer.
ObLt
Kurt Welter
63
Units: 5./JG301,10./JG300,Kdo Welter(10./NJG11),NJKdo262 Notes: Wilde Sau. Me-262 night fighter.
Ltn
Karl-Heinz 'Heino' Cordes
62
Units: 1./JGr Ost, 1./JG54 Notes:
Ltn
Eckhard Huebner
62
Units: JG3 KIA:28/03/1942 Notes: MIA.
Ltn
Wilhelm Huebner
62
Units: StabSt./JG51 KIA:7/4/1945 Notes: KIA.
Ltn
Helmut Neumann
62
Units: 7./JG5 Notes:
Fw
Gerhard Beutin
60
Units: 3 & ErgGr./JG54, JGr.West KIA:25/06/1943 Notes: Eastern front. KIFA.
Maj
Hans-Ekkehard Bob
60
Units: 3./JG21, 8 & 9./JG54, 8./JG3, JV44 Notes: Bf-109, West, Russia, def.Reich, 40-45.
Maj
Horst Carganico
60
Units: 1, II./JG77, II & I./JG5 KIA:27/05/1944 Notes: KIFA.
ObLt
Gustav Eduard Francsi
60
Units: KG40, 1 & Stab I./NJG100 KIA:6/10/1966 Notes: Top night fighter of Eastern Front.
Lt
Kurt Kelter
60
Units: JG54 Notes:
Ltn
August Mors
60
Units: 6 & 1./JG5 KIA:8/8/1944 Notes: DOW.
Ltn
Karl "Fox" Munz
60
Units: 1 & 3./JG52, EJG2 Notes:
Ltn
Alfred Rauch
60
Units: 5 & Stabst./JG51 Notes:
Ltn
Kurt Tangermann
60
Units: Stab II./JG54, JG52, JG7 Notes:
Oblt
Walter Wever
60
Units: 3./JG51, JG7 KIA:10/4/1945 Notes: KIA.
Hptm
Franz Eckerle
59
Units: 3./JG76, I./JG54 KIA:14/02/1942 Notes: MIA.
Oblt
Siegfried 'Lederstrumpf' Engfer
59
Units: 9./JG3, JG1 Notes: Bf-109, Kanal, Russia, 41-42. WIA.
Ltn
Alfred Franke
59
Units: 2./JG53 KIA:9/9/1942 Notes: MIA.
Oblt
Hans-Arnold 'Fiffi' Stahlschmidt
59
Units: 2./JG27 KIA:7/9/1942 Notes: MIA.
Ofw
Karl Steffen
59
Units: 9./JG52 KIA:8/8/1943 Notes: MIA.
Maj
Paul Zorner
59
Units: 2, 1, 7 & 8./NJG3, III./NJG5, II./NJG100 Notes:
Hptm
Martin 'Tino' Becker
58
Units: 2./NJG3, NJG4, Stab I, 2 and IV./NJG6 Notes: Night def.of Germany, 1943-45.
Ltn
Herbert Broennle
58
Units: 2./JG54, 2./JG53 KIA:4/7/1943 Notes: KIA.
Ltn
Horst Forbig
58
Units: 2./JG54 KIA:12/6/1944 Notes:
Uffz
Wilhelm Freuwoerth
58
Units: 3./JG52, 5./JG26 Notes:
Ltn
Herbert Friebel
58
Units: JG53, 12, 4 & 10./JG51 KIA:15/05/1944 Notes: KIA.
Ltn
Helmut Haberda
58
Units: JG52 KIA:8/5/1943 Notes: KIA.
Ofw
Walter Jahnke
58
Units: 2./JG52, 10 & 7./JG11, JG7 Notes:
Hptm
Hans-Joachim Langer
58
Units: JG51, JG7, JV44 Notes:
Ofw
Helmut Mischke
58
Units: 6./SG2, SG4 Notes:
Fw
Adolf Nehrig
58
Units: 1./JG52 Notes: DOW.
Hptm
Gerhard Raht
58
Units: 5./NJG3,1./NJG1,Stab II & 4./NJG3,I & Stab./NJG2 Notes:
Hptm
Gerhard Rath
58
Units: I./NJG2, NJG3 Notes:
Uffz
Heinz-Wilhelm Ahnert
57
Units: 3./JG52 KIA:23/08/1942 Notes: North Sea, Eastern front. KIA.
Oblt
Konrad 'Pitt' Bauer
57
Units: Stab./JG51, 2./JG3, 5./JG300 Notes: Eastern front, Western front, 1944.
Oblt
Walter Brandt
57
Units: 2.(J)/LG2, 2./JG77, 2./JG3 Notes: WIA 1945.
Hptm
Hugo Dahmer
57
Units: 4./JG26, JG77, JG5, 7 & 1./JG2, JG54 Notes:
Uffz
Heinrich Dittlmann
57
Units: 7./JG51 KIA:23/02/1944 Notes: KIA.
Ltn
Kurt Ebener
57
Units: 4 & 1./JG3, 5./JG11 Notes: POW, 1944.
Uffz
Adolf Kalkum
57
Units: 7./JG53 Notes:
ObstLt
Johannes Seifert
57
Units: 3, I & II./JG26. KIA:25/11/1943 Notes: Bf-110 Poland, Bf-109, West. KIA.
Ofw
Edmund Wagner
57
Units: 9./JG51 KIA:13/11/1941 Notes:
Ltn
Hermann Wolf
57
Units: 9./JG52, 8./JG11, JG7 Notes:
Ltn
Herbert Bareuther
56
Units: 3./JG51, 14./JG3 KIA:30/04/1945 Notes: Eastern front, 1941-44.
Maj
Helmut-Felix Bolz
56
Units: 5, II, I./JG2, JG105 Notes:
Oblt
Alfred Burk
56
Units: 7./JG2, JG52, 11./JG27 KIA:31/10/1943 Notes: KIA.
Oblt
Manfred Eberwein
56
Units: 1./JG 52, JG54 Notes:
Uffz
Hans Ellendt
56
Units: 4./JG52 Notes: WIA 1943.
Obst
Isken Hermann
56
Units: Notes:
Maj
Erich Hohagen
56
Units: 4./JG51, 7 & I./JG2, I./JG27,III./JG7,JV44 Notes:
Fw
Helmut Holtz
56
Units: 11./JG51 KIA:18/04/1944 Notes: KIA.
Ofw
Eduard Isken
56
Units: 8 & 7./JG77, 2./JGr.200, 13./JG53 Notes: WIA 1945.
Ofw
Helmut Schoenfelder
56
Units: 6 & Stabst./JG51 Notes: POW 1945.
Obstlt
Karl Schumacher
56
Units: JG1, JG52 KIA:31/05/1944 Notes: KIA.
Oblt
Guenther Seeger
56
Units: 3, Stab & 11(Höhe)/JG2, 6, 7 & 4./JG53 Notes: West, BoB, Kanal, Tunisia, Italy, Reich.
Hptm
Heinz Struening
56
Units: ZG26, 1, Erg & 8./NJG2, 2 & 3./NJG1 KIA:24/12/1944 Notes: KIA.
Maj
Helmut Wick
56
Units: 3./JG2 KIA:28/11/1940 Notes: First great ace, BoF, BoB. MIA.
Oblt
Karl-Heinz Bendert
55
Units: 5, Stab II and 4./JG27, JGr104 Notes: West, Desert, def.of the Reich.
Maj
Hans Ehlers
55
Units: 3. & 2./JG3, 6, 2 & 3./JG1, I./JG1 KIA:27/12/1944 Notes: KIA.
Hptm
Günther Fink
55
Units: 9, 7 & 8./JG54 KIA:15/05/1943 Notes: MIA.
Hptm
Hans-Dieter Frank
55
Units: I./ZG1, 8, Stab I & 2./NJG1 KIA:29/09/1943 Notes: KIFA.
Maj
Wilhelm-Ferdinand Galland
55
Units: 6, 5 & II./JG26 KIA:17/08/1943 Notes: KIA.
Uffz
Gabriel Tautscher
55
Units: 9./JG51 KIA:12/1/1944 Notes: KIA.
Uffz
Wilhelm 'Willi' Theimann
55
Units: 3./JG51 KIA:29/07/1943 Notes: MIA.
Ltn
Johann Badum
54
Units: 6./JG77 KIA:12/1/1943 Notes: Eastern front, 1942-43. KIA.
Ofw
Kurt Fritz Celtjen
54
Units: 5./JG54 Notes:
Hptm
August Geiger
54
Units: III, 8, 2 & 7./NJG1 KIA:29/09/1943 Notes: KIA.
Uffz
Wilhelm Hauswirth
54
Units: 8./JG52 KIA:5/7/1943 Notes: MIA.
Uffz
Kurt Knappe
54
Units: 5./JG51, 7, 1 & 10./JG2 KIA:3/9/1943 Notes: KIA.
Ltn
Heinz Leber
54
Units: 2./JG51 KIA:1/6/1943 Notes: KIA.
Ltn
Kurt Ohlsten (Olsen)(Olhsen)
54
Units: 10, 12, 15./JG54 Notes:
Hptm
Herbert 'Puschi' Puschmann
54
Units: 4, 6 & II./JG51 KIA:3/2/1944 Notes: KIA.
Uffz
Hans Reiff
54
Units: 8./JG3 KIA:2/12/1944 Notes: KIA.
Ofw
Heinz Vinke
54
Units: 5./NJG2, 11./NJG1 KIA:26/02/1944 Notes: KIA.
Hptm
Franz Barten
53
Units: 11./JG51, 7./JG53, 9./JG53 KIA:4/8/1944 Notes: Channel, East, Tunisia, Italy. KIA.
Hptm
Heinz-Edgar Berres
53
Units: I(J)./LG2, 1./JG77 KIA:25/07/1943 Notes: Bf-109, Malta, Sicily. MIA.
Uffz
Albert (Friedrich?) Brunner
53
Units: JG5 KIA:7/5/1943 Notes: KIA.
Ltn
Hans-Joachim Heyer
53
Units: 8./JG54 KIA:9/11/1942 Notes: KIA.
Oblt
Wilhelm 'Willi' Kientsch
53
Units: 6 & 5./JG27 KIA:29/01/1944 Notes: KIA.
Maj
Herbert Luetje
53
Units: JG2, I, Stab III & 8./NJG1, IV./NJG6 Notes:
Maj
Julius 'Jule' Meimberg
53
Units: 4, 3 & 11./JG2, 6 & II./JG53 Notes: Bf-109, West, Tunisia, Reich, 40-44.
Ltn
Friedrich Rupp
53
Units: 9 & 7./JG54 KIA:15/05/1943 Notes:
Hptm
Karl Sattig
53
Units: 4 & 6./JG54 KIA:10/8/1942 Notes:
Hptm
Adalbert Sommer
53
Units: I./JG52 KIA:14/03/1944 Notes: KIA.
Obst
Hannes Trautloft
53 + Spain: 5
Units: J/88; I./JG77, I./JG20, 11 & III./JG51, JG54 Notes:
Ltn
Karl Brill
52
Units: 10 & 13./JG54, JG7 Notes:
Ltn
Alfred Gross
52
Units: 5 & 8./JG54, II./JG26 Notes: WIA 1944.
Oblt
Ludwig Haefner
52
Units: 3./JG3 KIA:10/11/1942 Notes: MIA.
Hptm
Rudolf Pflanz
52
Units: 1, 3, Stab & 11./JG2 KIA:31/07/1942 Notes: Bf-109, BoB, Channel. KIA.
Uffz
Josef 'Sepp' Quarda
52
Units: 6 & 4./JG54 Notes:
Fw
Heinrich Wefers
52
Units: 4./JG54 Notes: KIA.
Ofw
Gustav Dilling
51
Units: JG51 KIA:14/06/1944 Notes: KIA.
Hptm
Hermann Greiner
51
Units: 4./NJG2, 11, 10 & IV./NJG1 Notes: WIFA 1945.
Maj
Werner Hoffmann
51
Units: ZG52, ZG2, 5./NJG3, 4 & I./NJG5 Notes:
Uffz
Rudolf Schmidt
51
Units: 5./JG77 KIA:6/4/1942 Notes: MIA.
Oblt
Otto Schulz
51
Units: 4 & II./JG27 KIA:17/06/1942 Notes: MIA.
Maj
Ernst Duellberg
50
Units: JG3, 5 & III./JG27, JG76, JG7 Notes:
Maj
Hans-Joachim Jabs
50
Units: 6./ZG76, II/JG76, NJG3, 11 & IV./NJG1 Notes: Zerstorer ace, France, BoB, N.Sea.
Uffz
Emil Knittel
50
Units: JG54 Notes:
Ofw
Fritz Lueddecke