Luftwaffe Fighter Aces (35 page)

Kurt Brändle**
JG 53, JG 3.
TV 180 (160 EF, 14 F/BoB, 6 WF). CD F 39. TS c.700. SR c.3.89. KIA North Sea 3.11.43.

Günther Josten**
Jagdgruppe ‘Trondheim’
, JG 51.
TV 178 (all EF inc. 1 4/e). CD Norway Nov. 41. TS 420. SR 2.36.

Johannes Steinhoff***
JG 26, JG 52, JG 77, JG 7, JV 44.
TV 176 (148 EF, 28 BoB, NA, M and WF inc. 4 4/e, 6 with Me 262). CD German Bight Dec. 39. TS 993. SR 5.64.

Ernst-Wilhelm Reinert***
JG 77, JG 27.
TV 174 (103 EF, 51 NA, 20 M and WF, inc. 2 4/e). CD EF June 41. TS 700+. SR c.4.02.

Günther Schack**
JG 51,JG 3.
TV 174 (all EF). CD EF June 41. TS 780. SR 4.48.

Heinz Schmidt**
JG 52.
TV 173 (all EF). CD BoB Aug. 40, TS c.700. SR c.4.05. MIA Russia 5.9.43.

Emil Lang**
JG 54, JG 26.
TV 173 (148 EF, 25 WF). CD EF 42. TS 403. SR 2.33. KIA Belgium 3.9.44.

Horst Ademeit**
JG 54.
TV 166 (165 EF, 1 BoB). CD F 1940. TS c.600. SR C.3.61.MIA EF 8.8.44.

Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke***
JG 53, JG 3.
TV 162 (13 F and BoB, at least 4 M, 137 EF, 12 WF inc. 4 4/e). CD F 1940. TS 732. SR 4.52. KIA Germany 23.3.44.

Hans-Joachim Marseille****
LG 2, JG 52, JG 27.
TV 158 (7 BoB, 151 NA). CD BoB 40. TS 382. SR 2.42. KAS 30.9.42.

Heinrich Sturm*
JG 52.
TV c.157 (all EF). CD EF July 41. TS not known. KAS Hungary 22.12.44.

Gerhard Thyben**
JG3
,
JG 54.
TV 157 (152 EF
,
5 WF)
.
CD EF Dec. 42. TS 385. SR 2.45.

Hans Beisswenger**
JG 54.
TV 152 (all EF). CD BoB autumn 40. TS 500+. SR c3.29.

Gordon Gollob****
ZG 76, JG 3, JG 77.
TV 150 (1 P, 5 F and BoB, 144 EF). CD P 39. TS 340. SR 2.27.

Peter Düttmann*
JG 52.
TV 150 (all EF). CD EF May 43. TS 398. SR 2.65.

Fritz Tegtmeier*
JG 54, JG 7.
TV 146 (all EF). CD BoB Oct. 40. TS 700. SR 4.79.

Albin Wolf**
JG 54.
TV 144 (all EF). CD EF May 42. TS not known. KIA Russia 2.4.44.

Kurt Tanzer*
JG 51.
TV 143 (126 EF, 17 WF inc. 4 4/e). CD EF Mar. 42. TS
723 inc. 187
Jabo.
SR 5.06.

Friedrich-Karl Müller
**
JG 53, JG 3.
TV 140 (100 EF, 8 BoB, 32 WF inc. 2 4/e). CD F 1940. TS c.600. SR c.4.29. KIA Salzwedel 29.5.44. (‘Tutti’ Muller should not be confused with
Wilde Sau Experte
‘Nasen’ Muller.)

Karl Gratz*
JG 52, JG 2.
TV 138 (121 EF, 17 WF). CD EF autumn 42. TS 900+. SR c.6.52.

Heinrich Setz**
JG 77, JG 27.
TV 138 (132 EF, 6 WF). CD July 40 Norway. TS 274. SR 1.99.

Rudolf Trenkel*
JG 77, JG 52.
TV 138 (1 EF but inc. 1 4/e). CD EF Feb. 42. TS 500+. SR c.3.62.

Franz Schall*
JG 52, JG 7.
TV 137 (123 EF, 14 WF with Me 262). CD EF Feb. 43. TS c.550. SR c.4.01. KIA Parchim 10.4.45.

Walter Wolfrum*
JG 52.
TV 137 (all EF). CD EF Jan. 43. TS 423. SR 3.09.

Adolf Dickfeld**
JG 52, JG 2, JG 11.
TV 136 (115 EF, 18 NA and WF inc. 11 4/e). CD F 40. TS not known.

Horst-Günther von Fassong*
JG 51,JG 11.
TV c.136 (90 EF, 46 WF inc. 4 4/e). CD EF July 41. TS not known. KIA near Maastricht 1.1.45.

Otto Fonnekold*
JG 52.
TV 136 (mainly EF). CD EF late 42. TS c.600. SR c.4.41. KIA Siebenburgen 31.8.44.

Karl-Heinz Weber**
JG 51, JG 1.
TV 136 (all EF). CD EF spring 42. TS 500+. SR c.3.68. MIA 7.6.44 near Rouen.

Joachim Müncheberg***
JG 26, JG 51,JG 77.
TV 135 (23 F and BoB, 33 EF, 18 M, 61 NA). CD F autumn 39. TS 500. SR 3.70. KIA 23.3.43 Tunisia.

Hans Waldmann**
JG 52, JG 3, JG 7.
TV 134 (121 EF, 13 WF inc. 2 with Me 262). CD EF Aug. 42. TS 527. SR 3.93. KIA 18.3.45 near Kaltenkirchen.

Alfred Grislawski**
JG 52, JG 50, JG 1,JG 53.
TV 133 (109 EF, 24 WF inc. 18 4/e). CD BoB summer 40. TS c.800. SR c.6.02.

Johannes Weise**
JG 52, JG 77.
TV 133 (all EF). CD EF summer 41. TS c.480. SR c.3.61.

Adolf Borchers*
JG 51, JG 52.
TV 132 (127 EF, 5 Fand BoB). CD S 37. TS c.800. SR c.6.06.

Erwin Clausen**
LG 2, JG 77, JG 11.
TV 132(114 EF, 1 P, 17 WF inc. 144/e). CD P Sept. 39. TS 561. SR 4.25.

Wilhelm Lemke**
JG 3.
TV 131 (125 EF, 6 WF). CD EF Nov. 41. TS c.700. SR c.5.34. KIA 4.12.43 Nijmegen.

Herbert Ihlefeld***
LG 2, JG 52, JG 103, JG 25, JG 11, JG 1.
TV 130 (7 S, 25 F and BoB, 67 EF, 31 WF inc. 15 4/e). CD S 37. TS 1,000+. SR c.7.69.

Heinrich Sterr*
7G
54.
TV 130 (127 EF, 3 WF). CD EF 1942. TS not known.
KIA 26.11.44 Vorden.

Franz Eisenach*
ZG 76, JG 1, JG 54.
TV 129 (all EF). CD F 40. TS 319. SR 2.47.

Walther Dahl**
JG 3, JG 300.
TV 128 (77 EF, 51 WF inc. 36 4/e). CD BoB 40. TS c.600. SR c.4.69.

Franz Dörr*
EJGr 3, JG 5.
TV 128 (122 EF, 6 WF). CD WF spring 41. TS 437. SR 3.41.

Rudolf Rademacher*
JG 54
,
JG 7
.TV 126(90 EF,36 WF inc. 104/e, 8 with Me 262). CD EF Dec. 41. TS 500+, SR c.3.97.

Josef Zwernemann**
JG 52, JG 77, JG 11.
TV 126 (106 EF, 20 WF and M). CD F 1940. TS c.600. SR c.4.76. KIA 8.4.44 near Gardelegen, Italy.

Gerhard Hoffmann*
JG 52.
TV 125 (all EF). CD WF 40. TS not known. MIA 17.4.45 near Gorlitz.

Dietrich Hräbak**
JG 54, JG 52.
TV 125 (16 F, BoB and WF, 109 EF). CD P Sept. 39. TS 820. SR 6.56.

Walter Oesau***
JG 51, JG 3, JG 2, JG 1.
TV 125 (8 S, 32 F and BoB, 44 EF, 41 WF inc. 10 4/e). CD S 37. TS c.300 exc. S. SR c.2.40. KIA Eifel 11.5.44.

Wolf Ettel**
JG3, JG 27.
TV 124 (120 EF, 4 M inc. 2 4/e). CD EF summer 42. TS 250+. SR c.2.02. KIA 17.7.43 Sicily.

Wolfgang Tonne**
JG 53.
TV 122 (5 F and BoB, 96 EF, 21 NA). CD F 40. TS 641. SR 5.25. KAS Tunis 20.4.43.

Heinz Marquardt*
JG 51.
TV 121 (120 EF, 1 WF). CD EF Aug. 43. TS 320. SR 2.64.

Robert Weiss**
JG 26, JG 54.
TV 121 (c.90 EF, c.31 WF). CD WF 41. TS not known. KIA nr Lingen 29.12.44.

Friedrich Obleser*
JG 52.
TV 120 (all EF but inc. 9 US inc. 2 4/e). CD EF Jan. 43. TS c.500. SR c.4.17.

Erich Leie*
JG 2, JG 51, JG 77.
TV 118 (75 EF, 43 WF inc. 1 4/e). CD WF 40/41. TS c.500. SR c.4.24. KIA eastern Germany 7.3.45.

Franz-Josef Beerenbrock**
JG 51.
TV 117 (all EF). CD EF June 41. TS c.400. SR c.3.41. POW Russia 9.11.42.

Hans-Joachim Birkner*
JG 52.
TV 117 (EF inc. 1 P-51). CD EF 43. TS 284. SR 2.43. KAS 14.12.44 Krakow.

Jakob Norz*
JG 5.
TV 117 (probably all EF). KIA 16.9.44 near Kirkenes.

Heinz Wernicke*
JG 54.
TV 117 (all EF). CD EF spring 42. KIA Courland 27.12.44.

August Lambert*
SG 2, SG 151, SG 77.
TV 116 (all EF). KIA 17.4.45 over
Saxony. Top-scoring attack pilot.

Werner Mölders****
JG 53, JG 51
. TV 115 (14 S, 15 F, 31 BoB, 22 WF, 33 EF). CD S 37. TS 300+. SR c.2.61. KAS 22.11.41.

Wilhelm Crinius**
JG 53.
TV 114 (100 EF, 14 NA inc. 1 4/e). CD Feb. 42 EF. TS 400. SR 3.51. POW Tunisia 13.1.43.

Werner Schroer***
JG 27, JG 54, JG 3.
TV 114 (61 NA, 12 EF, 41 M and WF inc. 26 4/e). CD BoB Aug. 40. TS 197. SR 1.73.

Hans Dammers*
JG
52. TV 113 (probably all EF). CD WF 40. TS not known. KIA EF 17.3.44.

Berthold Korts*
JG 52.
TV 113 (all EF). CD EF July 42. TS not known. MIA Russia 29.8.43.

Kurt Bühligen***
JG 2.
TV 112 (40 NA, 72 WF inc. BoB and inc. 24 4/e). CD BoB July 40. TS 700+. SR c.6.25.

Kurt Übben**
JG 77, JG 2.
TV 110 (90 EF, 20 WF, NA and M). CD 1939. TS not known. KIA France 27.4.44.

Franz Woidich*
JG 27, JG 52, JG 400
(with Me 163). TV 110 (2 NA, remainder believed EF). CD M July 41. TS c.1,000. SR c.9.09.

Reinhard Seiler**
JG 54, JG 104.
TV 109 (9 S, 4 F and BoB, 96 EF inc. 1 4/e and 16 at night). CD S 38. TS not known.

Emil Bitsch*
JG 3.
TV 108 (104 EF, 4 WF). CD EF July 41. TS not known. KIA Volkel 15.3.44.

Hans Hahn**
JG 2, JG 54.
TV 108 (20 F and BoB, 40 EF, 48 WF inc. 4 4/e). CD F 40. TS 560. SR 5.19. POW Russia 21.2.43.

Günther Lützow***
JG 3, JV 44.
TV 108 (5 S, 15+ F and BoB. 3 WF, 85 EF). CD S 37. TS c.300. SR c.2.78. MIA Donauworth 24.4.45 in Me 262.

Bernard Vechtel*
JG 51
. TV 108 (all EF). CD EF May 42. TS 860. SR 7.96.

Viktor Bauer**
JG 2, JG 3, EJG 1.
TV 106 (102 EF, 4 WF). CD WF 40. TS c.400. SR c.3.77.

Werner Lucas*
JG 3.
TV 106 (100 EF, 4 WF inc. 1 4/e). CD BoB summer 40. TS not known. KIA Holland 24.10.43.

Adolf Galland****
JG 27, JG 26, JV 44.
TV 104 (58 F and BoB, 46 WF inc. 4 4/e and 7 with Me 262). CD S 37. TS 425. SR 4.09.

Heinz Sachsenberg*
JG 52, JG 44.
TV 104 (103 EF, 1 WF). CD EF late 42. TS 520. SR 5.00.

Hartmann Grasser**
ZG 52, ZG 2, JG 51, JG 1, JG 210.
TV 103 (4 F and BoB, 86 EF, 11 NA inc. 2 4/e). CD F 40. TS c.700. SR c.6.80.

Siegfried Freytag*
JG 77, JG 7.
TV 102 (c.70 EF, c.12 NA, 25 M). CD EF 41. TS not known.

Friedrich Geisshardt**
LG 2, JG 77, JG 26.
TV 102 (1 P, 14 F and BoB, 75 EF, 9 M, 3 NA). CD P 39. TS 642, SR 6.29. KIA Genth 5.4.43.

Egon Mayer***
JG 2.
TV 102 (all F, BoB and WF inc. 25 4/e). CD F 40. TS 353. SR 3.46. KIA Montmedy 2.3.44.

Max-Hellmuth Ostermann***
ZG 1, JG 54.
TV 102 (93 EF, 9 F, BoB and Yugoslavia). CD F 40. TS 300+. SR c.2.94. KIA Russia 9.8.42.
Herbert Rollwage**
JG 53.
TV 102 (11 EF, 20 M, 71 WF inc. 44 4/e). CD EF 41.TS 500+. SRc.4.90.

Josef Wurmheller***
JG 53, JG 2.
TV 102 (93 BoB and WF inc. 14 4/e, 9 EF). CD F 40. TS not known. KIA France 22.6.44.

Rudolf Miethig*
JG 52.
TV 101 (probably all EF). CD EF 41. TS not known. KIA Kuban 10.6.43.

Josef Priller*
JG 51, JG 26.
TV 101 (all WF inc. 20+ F and BoB). CD WF 39/40. TS 307, SR 3.04.

Ulrich Wernitz*
JG 54.
TV 101 (all EF). CD EF May 43. TS c.240. SR c.2.38.

Paul-Heinrich Dahne*
JG 52, JG 1, JG 11.
TV c.100 (80 EF, 20 WF). CD EF 42. TS c.600. SR c.6.00. KIA 24.4.45 Warnemünde in He 162.

Leopold Steinbatz***
JG 52.
TV 99 (all EF). CD BoB Nov 40. TS not known. MIA Russia 15.6.42.

Wolfgang Späte**
JG 54, JG 400, JG 7.
TV 99 (90 EF, 9 WF inc. 5 4/e with Me 262). CD EF June 41. TS 600+. SR c.6.06.

Heinrich Bartels*
JG 5, JG 27.
TV 99 (57 EF, 42 WF, M and NA inc. 2 4/e). CD WF Aug. 41. TS c.500. SR c.5.05. KIA nr Bonn 23.12.44.

Gustav Rödel**
JG 27.
TV 98 (1 at least F, 14 BoB, 1 EF, 52 NA and M, remainder WF inc. 12 4/e). CD F 40. TS 980. SR 10.00.

Horst Hannig**
JG 54, JG 2.
TV 98 (90 EF, 8 WF inc. 1 4/e). CD EF summer 41. TS not known. KIA Caen 15.5.43.

Helmut Ruffler*
JG 3, JG 51.
TV 98 (86 EF, 12 WF inc. 8 4/e). CD WF Feb. 41.TS c.690. SR c.7.04.

Hans Schleef*
JG 3, JG 5, JG 4.
TV 98 (92 EF, 6 WF inc. 1 4/e). CD WF 40. TS 500+. SR c.5.10. KIA Bergzabern 31.12.44.

Helmut Mertens*
LG 2, JG 3, EJG 1.
TV 97 (60 EF. remainder F, BoB and WF). CD F 40. TS 750. SR 7.73.

Diethelm von Eichel-Streiber*
JG 52, JG 77, JG 1,JG 26, JG 51, JG 27, JV 44.
TV 96 (94 EF, 2 WF). CD F 40. TS not known.

Heinrich Hofemeier*
JG 51.
TV 96 (all EF). CD WF Mar. 41. TS 490. SR 5.10. KIA Karatchev 7.8.43.

Siegfried Lemke*
JG 2.TV
96 (95 WF inc. 21 4/e, 1 EF). CD WF autumn 42. TS c.325. SR c.3.39.

Hermann Schieinhege*
JG 3, JG 54.
TV 96 (probably all EF). CD and TS not known.

Leopold Munster**
JG 3.
TV 95 (70 EF, 25 WF inc. 8 4/e). CD and TS not known. KIA Hildesheim 8.5.44.

Rudolf Müller*
JG 5.
TV 94 (all EF). CD EF c.42. TS not known. POW Murmansk 19.4.43.

Anton Dobele*
JG 54.
TV 94 (all EF). CD EF 41. TS 458. SR 4.87. KIA near Smolensk 11.11.43.

Heinrich Klopper*
JG 51, JG 1.
TV 94 (86 EF, 8 WF inc. 4 4/e). CD EF 41. TS 500+. SR c.5.32. MIA Holland 29.11.43.

Rudolf Resch*
JG 52, JG 51.
TV 94 (1 S, remainder probably all EF). CD S 38. TS not known. KIA Orel 11.7.43.

Siegfried Schnell**
JG 2, JG 54.
TV 93 (23 F and BoB, 64 WF inc. 3 4/e, 6 EF). CD F 39/40. TS not known. KIA EF 25.2.44.

Edmund Rossmann*
JG 52.
TV 93 (6 F and BoB, 87 EF). CD BoB 40. TS 640. SR 6.88. POW Orel 9.7.43.

Helmut Bennemann*
JG 52, JG 53.
TV 92 (70 EF, 22 WF possibly inc. F, BoB and M, inc. 1 4/e). CD F 40. TS 400 plus. SR c.4.35.

Gerhard Loos*
JG 54.
TV 92 (78 EF, 14 WF inc. 2 4/e). CD EF late 42. TS not known. KIA Oldenburg 6.3.44.

Oskar Romm*
JG 52, JG 3.
TV 92 (82 EF,10 WF inc. 8 4/e). TS 229. SR 2.49.