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List of World War II aces from Germany

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Two aircraft were the backbone of the Luftwaffe fighter force during World War II: the Messerschmitt Bf 109 (shown above) and the Focke-Wulf Fw 190.

This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from Germany. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. It is relatively certain that 2,500 German fighter pilots attained ace status, having achieved at least five aerial victories.

German day and night fighter pilots claimed roughly 70,000 aerial victories during World War II, over 25,000 British or American and over 45,000 Soviet aircraft. 103 German fighter pilots each shot down 100 or more enemy aircraft, for a total of approximately 15,400 victories. Approximately 360 German fighter pilots shot down from 40 to 99 enemy aircraft for a total of approximately 21,000 victories. Approximately 500 German fighter pilots shot down from 20 to 39 enemy aircraft for a total of approximately 15,000 victories. These achievements were honored with 453 German day fighter pilots and Zerstörer (destroyer) fighter pilots and 85 German night fighter pilots (including 14 crew members), for a total of 538 German fighter pilots, receiving the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

German losses, on the other hand, were very high as well. Roughly 12,000 German day fighter pilots were killed or are still missing in action, with a further 6,000 being wounded. The Zerstörer (destroyer) pilots suffered about 2,800 casualties, either killed or missing in action, plus another 900 wounded in action. German night fighter losses were also high, in the magnitude of 3,800 pilots or crew members killed or missing and 1,400 wounded. Hans-Ulrich Rudel was the most decorated flying ace in the Luftwaffe, primarily as a ground-attack bomber pilot with over 800 vehicles destroyed in addition to his victories over opposing aircraft.

Background

There are a number of reasons why Germany's highest-scoring pilots shot down many more aircraft than the most successful Allied pilots. During the first years of the war, German day fighter pilots tended to enjoy favourable tactical circumstances; for instance, during the Battle of Britain British pilots generally tried to attack the German bombers rather than the fighters protecting them. German combat tactics during this period also tended to be superior to those of the Allies, with formation leaders in particular often having a higher chance of success.

Formal and informal Luftwaffe practices also contributed to the high numbers of victories achieved by some pilots. The normal practice in fighter units was for the highest-scoring pilot to lead formations, regardless of their rank, which placed them in the best position to shoot down Allied aircraft. The German pilots also typically conducted much more combat flying than their Allied equivalents: while the western Allied air forces frequently rested their fighter pilots or rotated them out of combat zones after a certain number of missions or flying hours, German pilots were required to fly until they became casualties.

Accuracy of claims

During the 1990s, the German archives made available to the public, including microfilm rolls of wartime records not seen since January 1945. They show that although the Luftwaffe generally did not accept a "kill" without a witness (in which instance it was considered only a probable and didn't count in the victory scoring process), some pilots habitually submitted unwitnessed claims and these sometimes made it through the verification process, particularly if they were made by pilots with established records. Unlike all of the other air forces that fought during World War II, the Luftwaffe did not accept shared claims, but sometimes it happened. Each claim should have referred to a particular aircraft, but some victories were awarded to other pilots who had claimed the destruction of the same aircraft. From mid-year 1943 through 1944, the OKW communiques often overstated Allied bomber losses by a factor of up to two; these claims existed only in the communiques and weren't used in victory scoring. Defenders of the German fighter pilots maintain that overclaims were eliminated during the confirmation process, but the microfilms show that this wasn't always the case. Stringent reviews and comparisons of Allied archives and German archives show that 90 percent of the claims submitted were confirmed, or found to be "in order" for confirmation, up to the time the system broke down altogether in 1945.

Aces

By surname: A–F  • G–L  • M–P  • Q–S  • T–Z

Pilots with more than 100 aerial victory claims

According to Obermaier, 103 Luftwaffe pilots were credited with more than 100 aerial victories. Mathews and Foreman, authors of Luftwaffe Aces – Biographies and Victory Claims, researched the German Federal Archives and list 94 Luftwaffe pilots in this category. The authors differentiate between confirmed and unconfirmed claims. In consequence the following pilots were not listed by Mathews and Foreman.

  • Eberhard von Boremski, listed with at least 88 aerial victories, plus two unconfirmed claims, potentially further aerial victories with EJG 1.
  • Kurt BĂĽhligen, listed with 99 aerial victory claims, plus nine further unconfirmed claims.
  • Walther Dahl, claimed at least 90 aerial victories, plus further 13 unconfirmed claims.
  • Siegfried Freytag, listed with 89 aerial victories.
  • Friedrich GeiĂźhardt, listed with 93 aerial victory claims, plus eight further unconfirmed claims.
  • Hartmann Grasser, listed with more than 96 aerial victory claims, plus six further unconfirmed claims.
  • Kurt Tanzer, listed with at least 35 aerial victories.
  • Kurt Ubben, listed with 93 aerial victory claims, plus 13 further unconfirmed claims.
  • Franz Woidich, listed with 82 aerial victory claims, plus thirty further unconfirmed claims.

Additionally, Spick lists Horst-Günther von Fassong with 136 aerial victories, Rudolf Rademacher with 126 aerial victories, and Herbert Rollwage with 102 aerial victories. Further more, the US historian David T. Zabecki states that Friedrich Wachowiak was credited with 140 aerial victories, and Paul-Heinrich Dähne with 100 aerial victories. Lastly, the authors Raymond F. Toliver and Trevor James Constable list Rudolf Müller with 101 aerial victories.

  This along with the ! (exclamation mark), indicates the first pilot to reach the 100th, 150th, 200th, 250th, or 300th victory claim.
  This and the ? (question mark) indicates information discrepancies listed by Obermaier, Prien, Stemmer, Rodeike, Bock, Mathews and Foreman.
Name 100th Claim 150th Claim 200th Claim 250th Claim 300th Claim
Werner Mölders 15 July 1941!
GĂĽnther LĂĽtzow 24 October 1941
Walter Oesau 26 October 1941
Hans Philipp 31 March 1942 14 January 1943 17 March 1943
Herbert Ihlefeld 22 April 1942
Max-Hellmuth Ostermann 12 May 1942
Hermann Graf 14 May 1942 4 September 1942 26 September 1942!
Adolf Dickfeld 18 May 1942
Heinrich Bär 19 May 1942 27 January 1943 22 April 1944
Gordon Gollob 20 May 1942 29 August 1942!
Hans-Joachim Marseille 17 June 1942 15 September 1942
Erwin Clausen 22 July 1942
Heinrich Setz 24 July 1942
Viktor Bauer 25 July 1942
Franz-Josef Beerenbrock 1 August 1942
Anton Hackl 5 August 1942 9 July 1944
Kurt Brändle 22 August 1942 5 July 1943
Johannes Steinhoff 31 August 1942 2 February 1943
Joachim MĂĽncheberg 5 September 1942
Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke 6 September 1942 17 December 1942
Heinz Schmidt 15 September 1942 12 August 1943
Friedrich-Karl "Tutti" MĂĽller 19 September 1942
Wilhelm Crinius 22 September 1942
Wolfgang Tonne 22 September 1942
Hans BeiĂźwenger 30 September 1942 5 March 1943
Ernst-Wilhelm Reinert 3 October 1942 25 April 1943
GĂĽnther Rall 22 October 1942 7 August 1943 29 August 1943 28 November 1943
Josef Zwernemann 25 October 1942
Max Stotz 29 October 1942 26 January 1943
Friedrich GeiĂźhardt 10 November 1942
Gerhard Barkhorn 19 December 1942 8 August 1943 30 November 1943 12 February 1944 5 January 1945
Hartmann Grasser 2 January 1943
Kurt Ubben 14 January 1943
Hans "Assi" Hahn 26 January 1943
Wilhelm Lemke 16 March 1943
Alfred Grislawski 27 April 1943
Joachim Kirschner 27 April 1943 5 July 1943
Hans Dammers 5 May 1943
Wolf-Udo Ettel 6 May 1943
Heinrich Ehrler 8 June 1943 25 May 1944 20 November 1944
Rudolf Miethig 8 June 1943
Walter Nowotny 15 June 1943 18 August 1943 8 September 1943 14 October 1943!
Theodor Weissenberger 4 July 1943 25 March 1944 25 July 1944
Reinhard Seiler 6 July 1943
Johannes Wiese 17 July 1943
Emil Bitsch 21 July 1943
Werner Lucas 21 July 1943
Dietrich Hrabak 2 August 1943
Karl-Heinz Weber 12 August 1943
Berthold Korts 17 August 1943
Walter Krupinski 18 August 1943 12 October 1943
GĂĽnther Schack 3 September 1943 13 August 1944
Otto Kittel 14 September 1943 4 April 1944 26 August 1944 27 October 1944
Erich Hartmann 20 September 1943 13 December 1943 26 March 1944 4 June 1944 24 August 1944!
Erich Rudorffer 11 October 1943 26 July 1944 28 October 1944
Anton Hafner 15 October 1943 16 July 1944 16 October 1944
Albin Wolf 25 October 1943
Emil Lang 2 November 1943 14 June 1944
Erich Leie 6 November 1943
Joachim Brendel 22 November 1943 22 October 1944
Otto Fönnekold 12 January 1944
Horst Ademeit 15 January 1944 28 May 1944
Egon Mayer 5 February 1944
Wilhelm Batz 22 March 1944 31 May 1944 17 August 1944
Heinrich Sturm 23 March 1944 December 1944
Heinrich Sterr 31 March 1944
Helmut Lipfert 11 April 1944 24 October 1944 8 April 1945
Hans Waldmann 11 April 1944
Gerhard Hoffmann 22 April 1944?
Fritz Tegtmeier 3 May 1944
Karl Gratz 6 May 1944
Robert WeiĂź 19 May 1944
Werner Schröer 24 May 1944
Walter Wolfrum 1 June 1944
Kurt BĂĽhligen 7 June 1944
Heinz Sachsenberg 8 June 1944
Josef Wurmheller 8 June 1944?
Siegfried Freytag 13 June 1944?
Josef Priller 15 June 1944
Walter Schuck 15 June 1944 23 August 1944 24 March 1945
Helmut Lent 16 June 1944
Kurt Tanzer June 1944
Rudolf Trenkel 14 July 1944
Jakob Norz 17 July 1944
Franz Woidich July 1944
GĂĽnther Josten 20 July 1944 17 February 1945
Friedrich Obleser 21 July 1944?
Adolf Borchers 24 July 1944
Franz Dörr 23 August 1944
Franz Schall 31 August 1944
Franz Eisenach 14 September 1944
Heinz Wernicke 14 September 1944
Peter DĂĽttmann 24 September 1944 15 April 1945
Gerhard Thyben 30 September 1944 23 February 1945
Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer 9 October 1944
Hans-Joachim Birkner 16 October 1944
Eberhard von Boremski January 1945
Walther Dahl 28 February 1945
Bernhard Vechtel 25 March 1945
Ulrich Wernitz 26 March 1945
August Lambert April 1945
Heinz Marquardt 14 April 1945
Adolf Galland 21 April 1945

Heavy bomber aces

The Luftwaffe fighter force defended the airspace of German-occupied territory against attack, first by RAF Bomber Command and then against the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) in the Combined Bomber Offensive. In particular, combating the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers, flying in a combat box, posed a challenge to the Luftwaffe daytime fighter force. In consequence, the destruction of a heavy bomber, or the Herausschuss (separation shot)—a severely damaged heavy bomber forced to separate from its combat box which was counted as an aerial victory—was considered an exceptional achievement. The Luftwaffe introduced a point system in 1943 which accounted for the difficulties in shooting down a heavy bomber. Although a single heavy bomber shot down or damaged still counted as one aerial victory, the accumulated points earned a fighter pilot awards, medals and promotions. The point system worked as follows:

  • Three points were granted for the destruction of heavy bomber.
  • Two points were earned for the Herausschuss of a heavy bomber.
  • One point was awarded for the endgĂĽltige Vernichtung (final destruction), a coup de grâce inflicted on an already damaged heavy bomber.
  This along with the * (asterisk), indicates that the pilot was either killed in action (KIA), missing in action (MIA), died of wounds (DOW) or killed in a flying accident (KIFA).
  This and the / (slash) indicates information discrepancies listed by Aders, Caldwell, Forsyth, Girbig, Held, Obermaier, Spick, Ring, Mathews, Foreman and Zabecki.
Name Heavy bomber claims Total wartime claims Unit Notes
Herbert Rollwage 44/14/10 102 JG 53, JG 106 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Georg-Peter Eder 36/23+ 78/50+ JG 51, JG 2, JG 1, JG 26, Kdo Nowotny, EJG 2, JG 7 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Anton Hackl 34/16+ 192/180+ JG 77, JG 11, JG 26, JG 300 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
Konrad Bauer 32/13 68/38+ JG 51, JG 3, JG 300 Knight's Cross
Walther Dahl 30/22+ 129/128/90+ JG 3, JG z.b.v., JG 300, EJG 2 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Werner Schroer 26/23 114/106 JG 3, JG 27, JG 54 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
Egon Mayer* 26/27 102 JG 2 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
KIA 2 March 1944
Rolf Hermichen 26 64 ZG 1, ZG 76, SKG 210, JG 26, JG 11, JG 104 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Hermann Staiger 26 63 JG 51, JG 26, JG 1, JG 7 Knight's Cross
Anton-Rudolf Piffer* 26 26 JG 1 Knight's Cross
KIA 17 June 1944
Hugo Frey* 25 32 JG 1, JG 11 Knight's Cross
KIA 6 March 1944
Alwin Doppler* 25/17 21 JG 1, JG 11 German Cross
KIA 1 January 1945
Kurt BĂĽhligen 24 112/99+ JG 2 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
Hans Ehlers* 24 55 JG 3, JG 1 Knight's Cross
KIA 27 December 1944
Friedrich-Karl "Tutti" MĂĽller* 23 140/139 JG 53, JG 3 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
KIA 29 May 1944
Heinrich Wurzel 23/11 26/12 JG 302, JG 301 German Cross
Walter Loos 22 38 JG 3, JG 301 Knight's Cross
Hans Weik 22 36 JG 3, EJGr Ost, EJG 2 Knight's Cross
Werner Gerth* 22 38 JG 3, JG 300, JG 400 Knight's Cross
Heinrich Bär 21 222/220/208 JG 51, JG 77, JG 1, JG 3, EJG 2, JV 44 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
Fritz Karch 21 47 JG 2 Knight's Cross
Willy Unger 21 22/21 JG 3, JG 7 Knight's Cross
Josef Wurmheller* 20+ 102/103 JG 53, JG 2 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
Willy Kientsch* 20 53 JG 27 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
KIA 29 January 1944
Hans-Heinrich Koenig 20 28 ZG 76, NJG 3, JG 11 Knight's Cross
Willi Reschke 20 28 JG 302, JG 301 Knight's Cross
Adolf Glunz 20/17 71/69 JG 52, JG 26, JG 7 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Klaus Neumann 19/17+ 37 JG 51, JG 3, JG 7, JV 44 Knight's Cross
Heinz Knoke 19/13 33/15 JG 1, JG 11 Knight's Cross
Alfred Grislawski 18/14 133/127 JG 52, JG 1 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Anton Benning 18 28/13+ JG 106, JG 301 Knight's Cross
Herbert Huppertz* 17 68 JG 51, JG 5, JG 2 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
KIA 8 June 1944
Eduard Isken 17 56 JG 77, JGr 200,
I(F)/123, JG 53 		Knight's Cross
Waldemar Radener 17/12 37/23 JG 26, JG 300 Knight's Cross
Klaus Bretschneider* 17/15 34/22 JG 300 Knight's Cross
KIA 24 December 1944
Rudolf Rademacher 16 126/93 JG 54, JG 7 Knight's Cross
Johann Pichler 16 75 JG 77 Knight's Cross
Ernst Börngen 16 45/41 JG 27 Knight's Cross
Friedrich "Fritz" Stehle 16 21 ZG 2, ZG 26, JG 6, JG 7 German Cross
Leopold MĂĽnster* 15 95 JG 3 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
KIA 8 May 1944
Otto Wessling 15 83 JG 3 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
KIA 19 April 1944
GĂĽnther Specht* 15 34 ZG 26, JG 1, JG 11 Knight's Cross
KIA 1 January 1945
Gerhard Sommer* 15/14 20 JG 11, JG 1 Knight's Cross
KIA 12 May 1944
Rudi Zwesken 14+ 23+ JG 52, JG 300 Knight's Cross
Erwin Clausen* 14 132/100 JG 77, JG 11 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
KIA 4 October 1943
Walter Oesau* 14 125 (incl. 8 in Spain)/127 JG 1, JG 2, JG 51, J/88 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
KIA 11 May 1944
Erwin Laskowski 14 46 JG 51, JG 11 Knight's Cross
Walter Matoni 14 34 JG 27, JG 26, JG 2, JG 11 Knight's Cross
Peter Werfft 14 26 JG 27 Knight's Cross
Gustav Rödel 13 98 JG 27 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Gerhard Michalski 13 73 JG 53, JG 4 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Klaus Mietusch* 13 72 JG 26 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
KIA 17 September 1944
Armin Köhler 13 69 JG 27, JG 77 Knight's Cross
Erich Hohagen 13 56 JG 51, JG 2, JG 27, JG 7, JV 44 Knight's Cross
Gustav Sturm 13 21 JG 27, JG 3, JG 51, EJG 2, JG 7
Siegfried Schnell* 12+ 93 JG 54, JG 2 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
KIA 25 February 1944
Wilhelm Moritz 12 44/41 JG 51, JG 3 Knight's Cross
Franz Ruhl* 12 36 JG 3 Knight's Cross
KIA 24 December 1944
Rudi Dassow 12 22 ZG 1, ZG 76, JG 6 Knight's Cross
Peter Jenne 12 17/12+ ZG 1, ZG 26, JG 300 Knight's Cross
KIA 2 March 1945
Erich Rudorffer 11 222/219 JG 2, JG 54, JG 7 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
Karl Willius* 11 50 JG 26 Knight's Cross
KIA 8 April 1944
Karl Rammelt 11 41 JG 51 Knight's Cross
Oskar Zimmermann 11 34/28+ JG 51, JG 3
Friedrich May* 11 27 JG 2 German Cross
KIA 20 October 1943
Ekkehard Tichy* 11/5 25 JG 53, JG 3 Knight's Cross
KIA 16 August 1944
Siegfried Zick 11 20 JG 1, JG 11
Hans Iffland 11 11 JG 3
JĂĽrgen Hoerschelmann* 11 16 JG 3 KIA 12 May 1944
Hans Schrangl 11 12 JG 11, JG 7
Josef Priller 10 101 JG 51, JG 26 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
Hans GrĂĽnberg 10 82/78 JG 3, JG 52, JG 7 JV 44 Knight's Cross
Eugen-Ludwig Zweigart* 10 69/66 JG 54 Knight's Cross
KIA 12 January 1943
JĂĽrgen Harder* 10 64 JG 53, JG 11 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
KIFA 17 February 1945
Hermann Buchner 10 58 SG 2, JG 7 Knight's Cross
Horst Haase* 10 62/54 JG 51, JG 3 Knight's Cross
KIA 26 November 1944
Karl-Heinz Bendert 10 55 JG 27, JG 104 Knight's Cross
Rudolf Klemm 10 42/43 JG 54, JG 26 Knight's Cross
Fritz Gromotka 10 29 JG 27 Knight's Cross
Herbert Schob 10 28 (incl. 6 in Spain) LG 1, ZG 76, ZG 26 Knight's Cross
Leo Schuhmacher 10 23 ZG 76, JG 1, JV 44 Knight's Cross
Karl-Heinz Munsche* 10 22 JG 2 KIA 25 July 1944
GĂĽnther Wegmann 10 14 ZG 26, Kdo Nowotny, JG 7 German Cross
Otto Pritzl 10 11 JG 51, JG 302, JG 3, JG 7
Dieter Zink 10 11 JG 3
Emil-Rudolf Schnoor 9+ 12 LG 1, JG 1, JG 11
Karl "Quax" Schnörrer 9 46 JG 54, JG 7, Kdo Nowotny Knight's Cross
Ernst DĂĽllberg 9 45/43 JG 3, JG 27, JG 76, EJG 2, JG 7 Knight's Cross
Otto Russ* 9 27 JG 53 German Cross
KIA 2 July 1944
Ernst-Erich Hirschfeld* 9 24 JG 300, JG 54 Knight's Cross
KIA 28 July 1944
Walter Köhne 9 20+ JG 52, JG 1, JG 11, EJG 2
Gerhard Vivroux 9 10 Sturmstaffel 1, JG 3
Rudolf Metz* 9 10 JG 5, JG 3, JG 4 KIA 6 October 1944
Hubert Engst 8+ 10+ JG 300
Erich Hondt 8+ 10+ JG 11, JV 44
Heinrich Klöpper* 8 94 JG 51, JG 1 Knight's Cross
KIA 29 November 1943
Oskar Romm 8 92 JG 51, JG 3 Knight's Cross
Helmut RĂĽffler 8 98/88 JG 3 Knight's Cross
GĂĽnther Seeger 8 56 JG 53, JG 2 Knight's Cross
Wilhelm-Ferdinand (Wutz) Galland* 8 54/56 JG 26 Knight's Cross
Heinz-Gerhard Vogt* 8 48 JG 26 Knight's Cross
KIA 14 January 1945
Hans Remmer* 8 27/21 JG 27 Knight's Cross
KIA 2 April 1944
Karl WĂĽnsch* 8 20 JG 27 German Cross
21 November 1944
Willi Maximowitz* 8 15+ JG 1, JG 3 MIA 20 April 1945
Siegfried MĂĽller 8 15 JG 51, JG 3, JG 7 German Cross
Kurt Gabler 8 14 JG 300
Eberhard Schade 8 10 JG 27
Hans-Ulrich Jung* 8 10 JG 3 KIA 1 January 1945
Heinz Angres* 8 8 JG 3 KIA 16 October 1944
Bernhard Kunze* 8 8 JG 1 KIA 5 January 1944
Rüdiger von Kirchmayr 7+ 20± JG 1, JG 11
Ernst Haase* 7+ 8+ JG 302 German Cross
KIA 25 February 1945
Heinrich Ehrler* 7 209/182+ JG 5, JG 7 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
KIA 4 April 1945
Theodor Weissenberger 7 208 JG 5, JG 7 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Otto Schultz 7 73 JG 51 Knight's Cross
Johannes Naumann 7 34 JG 26, JG 6, JG 7 Knight's Cross
Harry Koch* 7 21+ JG 26, JG 1 German Cross
KIA 22 December 1943
Kurt Gren* 7 19 JG 51, JG 3 German Cross
KIA 23 August 1944
Oskar Bösch 7 18 JG 3, JG 301, JG 7
Karl Paashaus* 7 15 JG 53 KIA 22 August 1944
Walter Hagenah 7 15 JG 3, JG 7 German Cross
Helmut Beckmann 7 13 JG 27
Alexander Ottnad 7 12 JG 27 German Cross
Georg Schanz 7 9 JG 27
Hans Pancritius* 7 7 JG 1, JG 11
Emil-Karl Demuth 6+ 10+ JG 1 German Cross
Rudolf Engleder 6+ 8+ JG 1, EJG 2
Hermann Graf 6 212/206 JG 52, JG 11 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds
Walter Höckner* 6 68 JG 52, JG 77, JG 26, JG 1, JG 4 Knight's Cross
KIA 25 August 1944
Reinhold Hoffmann* 6/5 66 JG 54 Knight's Cross
KIA 24 May 1944
Herbert Kutscha 6 47 SKG 210, ZG 1, ZG 76, JG 3, JG 11, JG 27 Knight's Cross
Karl-Wilhelm Hofmann* 6 44 JG 26 Knight's Cross
KIA 26 March 1945
Artur Beese 6 22 JG 26 German Cross
Horst Rippert 6 18 JGr. 200, JG 27 German Cross
Hannes Löffler* 6 10 JG 27 KIA 29 June 1944
Rudolf HĂĽbl 6 9 JG 1
Karl-Heinz Kapp* 6 9 JG 27 KIA 6 August 1944
Franz Steiner 6 8 JG 27, JG 1, JG 11, JV 44
Willi Hallenberger 6 6 JG 51,JG 302
Hans Schäfer 6 6 JG 3
Herbert Stephan 6 6 JG 302
Helmut Lennartz 5+ 8+ JG 1, JG 11, JG 6, JG 7
Franz Schall* 5 137/133 JG 52, Kdo Nowotny, JG 7 Knight's Cross
KIFA 10 April 1945
Josef Zwernemann* 5 126/123 JG 52, JG 11 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
KIA 8 April 1944
Franz Götz 5 63 JG 53, JG 26 Knight's Cross
Heinz Arnold* 5 49/48 JG 5, JG 7 KIA 17 April 1945
Albert Böckl 5 10 JG 26, Kdo Nowotny, JG 7
Artur GroĂź 5 10 JG 300, JG 302, JG 106
Erich Schwarz 5 10 JG 26
Gerhard Bärsdorf 5 7 JG Hermann, JG 300
Karl-Heinz Böttner 5 6 JG 77

Notes

  1. According to Obermaier on 16 March 1944, making him the 65th Luftwaffe pilot to achieve the century mark.
  2. According to Obermaier on 16 June 1944, making him the 80th Luftwaffe pilot to achieve the century mark.
  3. According to Obermaier in December 1944, making him the 96th Luftwaffe pilot to achieve the century mark.
  4. According to Obermaier in August 1944, making him the 87th Luftwaffe pilot to achieve the century mark.

References

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