List of World War II aces from Germany: A–F

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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

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, Toliver, Constable, Mathews, Foreman and Zabecki.

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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[2][8][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 31[12]/35[2] JG 54 German Cross
MIA 21 June 1944
Heinz Hans Altendorf Oberleutnant 24[2] JG 53 German Cross
POW 16 December 1941
Rudolf Altendorf Hauptmann 29[4]/25[13]/24[2] LG 1, NJG 3, NJG 4, NJG 1, NJG 5
Herbert Altner Leutnant 23[13]/21[4] 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[2][11][14] 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[15] JG 27 KIA 14 June 1944
Jose Damaso Arango-Lopez Hauptmann 6[2] JG 51
Elmar Arensmeyer Feldwebel 16[16]/10[2] JG 51, JG 101, EJGr Ost
Heinz Arnold* Oberfeldwebel 48[2] JG 5, JG 7 KIA 17 April 1945
Walter Arnold Leutnant 8[15]/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[16]/28[2] JG 51 German Cross
Hans-Heinz Augenstein* Oberleutnant 46[14][17]/41[2]/40[13] 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[18]/21[13] NJG 1, NJG 4 German Cross
Vdenko Avdic Leutnant 8[18] JG 52, JG 104
Luis Azqueta-Brunet Oberleutnant 5[18] JG 51
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Sophus Baagoe* Oberleutnant 14[14][18] ZG 76 Knight's Cross
KIA 14 May 1941
Werner Baake Hauptmann 43[18]/41[14][17]/40[19] NJG 1 Knight's Cross
Emil Babenz Oberfeldwebel 24[14]/23[18] JG 26, JG 53 German Cross
Otto Rudolf Bach* Leutnant 9+[18] JG 2, EJGr West, JG 1 incl. 8 heavy bombers[20]
KIA 7 August 1944
Fridolin Bachhuber* Feldwebel 11[12]/10[18] JG 103, JG 105, JG 54 MIA 1 January 1945
Friedrich-Karl Bachmann* Oberleutnant 31[18] JG 52 KIA 4 September 1942
Fritz Bachmann Leutnant 5[18] JG 5, JG 2
Herbert Bachnick* 80[14][21]/78[18] JG 52 Knight's Cross
KIA 7 August 1944
Johann Badum* 54[14][22]/50+[18] JG 77 Knight's Cross
KIA 12 January 1943
Hans Baer* Hauptmann 9[19] 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[19]
Jens Bahnsen* Feldwebel 18[18] JG 27, JG 53 KIA 19 August 1943
Günther Bahr Oberfeldwebel 37[14][23][19]/35[18] NJG 6 Knight's Cross
Hans-Joachim Bahr* Leutnant 8+[18] JG 2, JG 5 KIA 13 July 1942
Eberhard Baier Unteroffizier 6[18] KG 51
Josef Baldes Oberfeldwebel 5[18] JG 5
Wilfried Balfanz* Oberleutnant 8[18] JG 51, JG 53 KIA 24 June 1941
Wilhelm Balthasar* Major 47 (incl. 7 in Spain)[14][24]/45[18] JG 27, JG 3, JG 2, JG 1 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
KIA 3 July 1941
Fritz Bär Feldwebel 8[16] JG 51
"Pritzel" Heinrich Bär Oberstleutnant 222[16]/221[25]/220[14][26]/208[18] JG 51, JG 77, JG 1, JG 3, EJG 2, JV 44 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
incl. 21 heavy bombers[27]
Wilfried Balfanz* Oberleutnant 10[16] JG 51 KIA 24 June 1941
Kuno Balz* Feldwebel 12[16] JG 51 KIA 18 March 1943
Herbert Bareuther* Leutnant 55[14][28] JG 51, JG 3 German Cross
KIA 30 April 1945
Gerhard Barkhorn Major 301[14][26]/300[18] 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[18]/5[19] JG 300 KIA 28 July 1944
Walter Barte Major 18[4][19] NJG 1, NJG 3
Heinrich Bartels* Oberfeldwebel 99[14][29]/94[18] JG 5, JG 27 Knight's Cross
KIA 23 December 1944
Franz Barten* Hauptmann 52[14][30][18] JG 51, JG 53 Knight's Cross
KIA 4 August 1944
Günther Bartling* Unteroffizier 11[12] JG 54 KIA February 1944
Hieronymus Bartosch* 13[16] JG 51 KIA 21 February 1944
Erich Bartz 30[14][18] JG 51
Wilhelm Batz Major 237[14][26]/233[18] JG 52 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
mission-to-claim ratio of 1.88.[31]
Helmut Baudach* Oberfeldwebel 20+[18] JG 2, EKdo 262, Kdo Nowotny, JG 7 KIA 22 February 1945
Alfons Bauer* Unteroffizier 5[16] JG 51 KIA 8 August 1941
Franz Bauer* Hauptmann 9[18] JG 53 KIA 18 June 1944
Herbert Bauer Major 11[18] StG 2, SG 103 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Konrad Bauer Oberfeldwebel 68[14][32]/57[10]/38+[18] JG 51, JG 3, JG 300 Knight's Cross
incl. 32 heavy bombers[27]
Ludwig Bauer* Oberleutnant 12[15] JG 27 MIA
Viktor Bauer Oberst 106[14][33]/104[18] JG 3 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
mission-to-claim ratio of 3.77.[6]
Wolfrat Bauer Oberleutnant 6[34] NJG 1 KIA 4 January 1943 in crash at Duisburg-Hamborn; shot down by 'friendly' Flak[34]
Helmut Bauhuber* Unteroffizier 13[16] JG 51 KIA 12 July 1944
Heinz Baum* Feldwebel 24[35] JG 3 MIA 12 December 1942
Helmut Baumann* Leutnant 38[16] JG 51 KIA 17 February 1944
Hans-Joachim Beck Oberleutnant 5[34] NJG 101
Rudolf Beck* Feldwebel 10[16] JG 51 KIA 27 November 1942
Karl-Heinz Becker 7[36] NJG 11
Ludwig Becker* Hauptmann 46[14][17]/44[34][36] 14.(Z)/LG 1, NJG 1, NJG 2 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
KIA 26 February 1943
Martin Becker 64[34]/58[10][14][37]/56[36] NJG 4, NJG 6 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Paul Becker Leutnant 20[14][15]/19[36] JG 27
Friedrich Beckh* Oberstleutnant 48[14][30]/40[36] JG 51, JG 52 Knight's Cross
KIA 21 June 1942
Gerhard Beckh* Oberleutnant 12[16] JG 51 KIA 11 January 1944
Helmut Beckmann Leutnant 18[15] JG 27
Franz-Josef Beerenbrock Leutnant 117[14][38]/111[36] JG 51 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
mission-to-claim ratio of 3.41.[6]
Artur Beese Oberleutnant 22[14][11][36] JG 26 German Cross
Wilhelm Beier 38[34]/37[36]/36[14][23] NJG 2, NJG 1 Knight's Cross
Hans Beißwenger* 152[14][39]/150[36] JG 54 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
MIA 6 March 1943
mission-to-claim ratio of 3.29.[9]
Kurt Bell* Leutnant 7[12] JG 54 KIA 24 December 1944
Theodor Bellinghausen Hauptmann 8[34]/7[4] NJG 100
Helmut Belser* 36[14][40][36] JG 53 Knight's Cross
KIA 19 June 1942
Jakob Bender Oberleutnant 6[34] ZG 76, NJG 1, NJ-Schule 1, NJG 101, NJG 102
Karl-Heinz Bendert 55[40]/54[14]/44[36] JG 27, JG 104 Knight's Cross
Helmut Bennemann Oberstleutnant 93[41]/92[14][42]/89[36] JG 52, JG 53 Knight's Cross
Anton Benning Leutnant 28[14][43]/14[34]/13+[36] JG Herrmann, JG 300, JG 301, JG 302 Knight's Cross
Sigfried Benz 6[14][44] JG 26
Friedrich Berger Oberleutnant 5[45] NJG 3, NJGr 10
Horst Berger* 26[36] JG 5 KIA 8 May 1944
Götz Bergmann* Leutnant 16+[16] JG 51 KIA 20 July 1944
Helmut Bergmann Hauptmann 36[14][23]/33[45][46] NJG 4, NJG 1 Knight's Cross
Max Bernhardt* Unteroffizier 11+[16] JG 51 KIA 10 August 1943
Heinz-Edgar Berres* Hauptmann 53[14]/52[47]/49[46] JG 53 Knight's Cross
MIA 25 July 1943
Paul Bernd Feldwebel 10[12] JG 11, JG 54
Hans Berschwinger* Oberfeldwebel 20[48]/12[14][46]/11[45] NJG 2, NJG 1 KIA 15 February 1944
Günther Bertram Oberleutnant 35[14][48]/29[46]/28[45] KG 4, NJG 100
Otto Bertram Major 22 (incl. 9 in Spain)[47]/21 (incl. 8 in Spain)[14]/24[46] J/88, JG 2, JG 101, JG 6 Knight's Cross
Arthur Beth Feldwebel 17[46] JG 5
Siegfried Bethke Hauptmann 12[46] JG 2
Erich Beulich* Oberfeldwebel 10[46] JG 5 KIA 14 September 1943
Ernst Beutelspacher* Oberleutnant 5[46] SG 2 Knight's Cross
KIA 22 July 1944
Gerhard Beutin* Oberfeldwebel 60[14][46][49] JG 54 KIA 1 February 1943
Franz Beyer* Major 84[46]/83[50]/81[21][51] JG 3 Knight's Cross
KIA 11 February 1944
Georg Beyer Oberleutnant 8[51]/7[52][46] JG 26
Heinz Beyer Oberfeldwebel 33[51]/27[46] JG 5
Konrad Beyer Feldwebel 13[45] NJG 4
Helmut Biederbick Leutnant 14[12] JG 54
Werner Bielefeld 21[16] JG 51
Ludwig Bietmann Hauptmann 6[45] NJG 1 KIA 10/11 September 1942
Heinrich Bierwirth Oberfeldwebel 8[51] JG 26
Josef Bigge Leutnant 6[45] JG 2, JGr West, EJG 1 WIA 6 September 1943 in crash on landing at Saint-André-de-l’Eure
Heinz Birk Oberfeldwebel 14[46] JG 5
Hans-Georg Birkenstock Oberleutnant 7[45] NJG 1, NJG 4, NJG 6 KIA 19/20 May 1944 in crash at Vossenack/Eifel
Hans-Joachim Birkner* Leutnant 117[38][46][51] JG 52 Knight's Cross
KIFA 14 December 1944
mission-to-claim ratio of 2.42.[9]
Emil Bitsch* Hauptmann 108[33][51]/106[46] JG 3 Knight's Cross
KIA 15 March 1944
Helmut Bittkau Oberleutnant 11[53] JG 51
Franz Blazytko Oberfeldwebel 30[46]/29[51] JG 27
Joachim Blechschmidt* Oberstleutnant 17[54] ZG 1 Knight's Cross
MIA 13 July 1943
Günther Bleckmann* Major 33[46] SG 1, SG 2 Knight's Cross
KIA 1 June 1944
Paul Bley* Oberleutnant 8[46] ZG 26 KIFA 28 October 1944
Walter Blume Major 14[15]/8[46] JG 26, JG 27
Hans-Ekkehard Bob 60[54]/57[55] JG 54, JG 3, JG 51, EJG 2, JV 44 Knight's Cross
Eberhard Bock* Hauptmann 28[15] JG 3, JG 1, JG 104, JG 27 KIA 28 May 1944
Heinz Bock* Leutnant 5[56] NJG 101, NJG 1 KIA 2/3 October 1943
Karl Böhm-Tettelbach Oberstleutnant 6[55] ZG 26
Kurt Bohn Feldwebel 5[52] JG 26
Paul Bohn Oberleutnant 5[55][56] NJG 2
Otto Böhner Oberleutnant 5 JG 53
Herbert Bönsch* Hauptmann 11[56] Z./KG 30, NJG 1, NJG 2 KIA night of 31 July/1 August 1942
Karl Bolte* Leutnant 6[15] JG 27 KIA
Helmut-Felix Bolz Hauptmann 56[10]/22[55] JG 2
Eckart-Wilhelm von Bonin Major 39[23]/35[56]/33[55] 14.(Z)/LG 1, NJG 3, NJG 1, NJG 102 Knight's Cross
Hubertus von Bonin* Oberstleutnant 77 (incl. 4 in Spain)[21]/65[55] JG 26, JG 52, JG 54 Knight's Cross
KIA 15 December 1943
Kurt Bonow Hauptmann 8[56] NJG 100, NJGr 10
Hans Boos* Oberleutnant 41[53] JG 51 KIA 21 April 1943
Adolf Borchers Major 132[57][55] JG 51, JG 52 Knight's Cross
Walter Borchers* Oberstleutnant 59[58][10]/43[55]/40[56] ZG 76, NJG 3, NJG 5 Knight's Cross
KIA 6 March 1945
Eberhard von Boremski Hauptmann 90[59]/88+[55] JG 3, EJG 1 Knight's Cross
Ernst Börngen 45[15]/41[54]/35[55] JG 27 Knight's Cross
Hans-Joachim Borreck Unteroffizier 5[60] JG 26
Karl Borris Major 43[61][55] JG 26 Knight's Cross
Oskar Bösch Feldwebel 18[55] JG 3, JG 301, JG 7
Wolfgang Böwing-Treuding* Oberleutnant 46[62][55] JG 51 Knight's Cross
KIA 11 February 1943
Richard Brand Oberfeldwebel 32[53] JG 51
Felix-Maria Brandis* Oberleutnant 14[55] JG 5
Kurt Brändle* Major 180[5]/170[55] JG 53, JG 3 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
KIA 3 November 1943
Paul Brandt Leutnant 34[63]/30[64]/29[65] JG 54 Knight's Cross
KIA 24 December 1944
Walter Brandt Oberleutnant 57[10]/42[64][65] LG 2, JG 77, JG 3 Knight's Cross
Hans-Heinrich Breitfeld* Hauptmann 9[66] NJG 5 KIA 9/10 April 1945 on approach to Lübeck-Blankensee
Peter Bremer Oberfeldwebel 38[65] JG 54
Joachim Brendel Hauptmann 189[5][65] JG 51 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Heinz Bretnütz* Hauptmann 37[67]/32[65] JG 53 Knight's Cross
DOW 27 June 1941
Klaus Bretschneider* Oberleutnant 34[67]/24[66]/22[65] JG 300 Knight's Cross
KIA 24 December 1944
Wendelin Breukel* Leutnant 13[65][66] NJG 2 KIFA 1 March 1944 during low level transit flight
Adolf Breves Hauptmann 18[48]/17[65][66] NJG 1
Walter Briegleb Oberleutnant 24[66] NJG 3, NJG 2
Franz Brinkhaus Hauptmann 13[68] NJG 1, NJG 2, NJG 3
Arnold Brinkmann Hauptmann 16[68] NJG 3
Hugo Broch Leutnant 81[21][65] JG 54 Knight's Cross
mission-to-claim ratio of 4.00.[6]
Wilhelm Bromen Oberleutnant 7[69] SG 2, SG 151, SG 9 Knight's Cross
Friedrich Brock 8[63]/5[65] JG 54, JG 26
Horst Brock* Leutnant 17+[65] JG 3 KIA 3 November 1943
Jürgen Brocke* 42[70]/39[65] JG 77 Knight's Cross
KIA 15 September 1942
mission-to-claim ratio of 3.57.[6]
Hugo Brönner Oberleutnant 16[53] JG 51
Herbert Broennle* Leutnant 59[10]/58[70][65] JG 54 Knight's Cross
KIA 4 July 1943
Albert Brunner* Oberfeldwebel 53[70][65] JG 5 Knight's Cross
KIA 7 May 1943
mission-to-claim ratio of 2.55.[9]
Josef Brunner Feldwebel 7[68] NJG 1, NJG 6
Hermann Buchner Leutnant 58[71][65][10] SG 2, JG 7 Knight's Cross
Horst Bucholz 5[53] JG 51
Max Bucholz Major 30[72]/28[71][73] JG 3, JG 5, JG 101 Knight's Cross
Alfred Budde* Leutnant 20[73] JG 54 KIA 27 December 1944
Adolf Buhl* Oberleutnant 5[73] LG 2 KIA 27 September 1940
Kurt Bühligen Oberstleutnant 112[33][72]/99+[73] JG 2 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
incl. 24 heavy bombers[27]
Johannes Bunzek* Leutnant 75[74][72]/78[73] JG 52 Knight's Cross
KIA 11 December 1943
Eberhard Burath Oberleutnant 6[73] JG 1, JG 51
Lutz-Wilhelm Burckhardt Hauptmann 69[75]/61[72]/58[76]/57+[73] JG 77, JG 1 Knight's Cross
Alfred Burk Oberleutnant 28[77][72]/27[73] JG 52, JG 27
Josef Bürschgens Hauptmann 10[61][72] JG 26
Erwin Busch Oberleutnant 8[78][72] JG 26
Rudolf Busch* Hauptmann 40[53]/27+[73] JG 51 KIA 17 January 1943
Franz Buschmann* 10[48]/8[79] NJG 2, NJG 1, NJG 3 KIA 28 June 1944
Heinz Busse* Oberleutnant 22[53][72]/19[73] JG 51 KIA 25 August 1944
Rolf Bussmann Hauptmann 23[48]/20[79] Z./KG 30, NJG 1, NJG 2, NJG 3, NJG 5
Erich Büttner* Oberfeldwebel 24[53]/21[73] JG 51, EKdo 262, Kdo Nowotny, JG 7 KIA 20 March 1945
Johannes Büttner 16[73] JG 51
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Horst Carganico* Major 60[72][73][80] JG 5 Knight's Cross
KIA 27 May 1944
Franz Cech Feldwebel 60[72] JG 3
Georg Christl Major 7[72][81] ZG 26, JG 10 Knight's Cross
Herbert Christmann* Oberleutnant 5[73] JG 11, JG 50 KIA 20 August 1944
Ernst Christof Feldwebel 9[72][73][82] JG 26
Emil Clade Hauptmann 27[72]/26[73] JG 27
Georg Claus* Oberleutnant 18[16] JG 51 KIA 11 November 1940
Erwin Clausen* Major 132[57][72]/100[73] JG 77, JG 11 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
KIA 4 October 1943
Max Clerico Hauptmann 7[73] JG 54
Helmut Conter Leutnant 15[72] NJG 100
Karlheinz Cordes 62[72]/43+[73] JG 54
Wilhelm Crinius 114[38][72][73] JG 53 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Peter Crump Oberleutnant 31[72]/24[73] JG 26
Franz Czech Feldwebel 60[49]/33[73] JG 3
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Klaus Dadd* Feldwebel 14[83] JGr Ost, JG 52 KIA 19 June 1943
Walther Dahl Oberst 129[84]/128[57]/90+[83] JG 3, JG 300 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Hans Dahmen* Gefreiter 5[83] JGr West, JG 105, JG 300 KIA 2 March 1945
Hugo Dahmer Hauptmann 45[85]/36[83] JG 26, JG 5, JG 2 Knight's Cross
Helmut Dahms Oberfeldwebel 28[79]/24[83] NJG 5, NJG 100
Friedrich Dahn Leutnant 25[83] JG 77, JG 5
Paul-Heinrich Dähne* Hauptmann 99+[29][83] JG 52, JG 1 Knight's Cross
KIFA 24 April 1945
Hans Dammers* Leutnant 113[33]/103[83] JG 52 Knight's Cross
DOW 17 March 1944
Emil Darjes 82[41] JG 54
Franz Daspelgruber* Oberleutnant 46[83] JG 3 KIA 16 July 1943
Rudi Dassow Leutnant 22[86]/22+[83] ZG 76, JG 6 Knight's Cross
Richard Delakowitz Oberleutnant 7[48][79] NJG 4
Karl-Emil Demuth 10+[83] JG 1
Gustav Denk* 67[86][83] JG 52 Knight's Cross
KIA 13 February 1943
Robert Denzel* Leutnant 9[79] NJG 1, NJG 3, NJG 2 KIA 25/26 June 1943
Adolf Dickfeld Oberst 136[39]/132[83] JG 52, JG 2, JG 11 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Erwin Diekwisch Hauptmann 12[87] StG 1 Knight's Cross
Ulrich Diesing* Generalmajor 15 ZG 1 Knight's Cross
KICA 17 April 1945
Willi Dimter* Oberleutnant 7[48][88] NJG 1, NJG 3, NJG 2 KIA 17 September 1942
Fritz Dinger* 67[89]/64[83] JG 53 Knight's Cross
KIA 27 July 1943
Hans Dipple Hauptmann 21[90] JG 26
Heinrich Dittlmann Oberfeldwebel 60[83] JG 51
Gottfried Dietze Leutnant 5[83] JG 26
Anton Döbele* Leutnant 94[42][41]/93[83] JG 54 Knight's Cross
KIA 11 November 1943
Hans Döbrich Feldwebel 65[91][83] JG 5 Knight's Cross
Kurt Dombacher Oberleutnant 68[32][83][92] JG 5, JG 51 Knight's Cross
Otto Dommeratzky* Leutnant 38[93]/11+[94] LG 2, SG 1, SG 2, SG 151 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
KIA 13 October 1944
Georg Dörffel* Major 30+[94] LG 2, SG 1, SG 4 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
KIA 26 May 1944
Arnold Döring Leutnant 23[95]/5+[94]/5[88] KG 53, NJG 300,
JG 3, JG 5		 Knight's Cross
Wilhelm Dormann Hauptmann 14[48][88] NJG 1, NJG 102
Werner Dörnbrack Major 29[96]/23+[94] LG 2, SG 1, SG 2, SG 4 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Franz Dörr Hauptmann 128[57]/122[94] JG 5 Knight's Cross
Edgar Dörre Feldwebel 9[90] JG 26
Karl Dörscheln Oberleutnant 7[88] NJG 101, NJG 6
Hans Dortenmann 39[94]/38[90][92] JG 26, JG 54 Knight's Cross
Heinrich Dreisbach Oberfeldwebel 16 JG 5
Martin Drewes Major 52[37][92]/48[88]/45[94] ZG 76, NJG 3, NJG 1 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Ernst-Georg Drünkler Hauptmann 47 (incl. two by day)[97]/45[94][92]/43[88] ZG 2, NJG 1, NJG 5, NJG 3 Knight's Cross
Alfred Druschel* Oberst 7+[94] LG 2, SG 1, SG 4 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
MIA 1 January 1945
Rudi Düding Oberfeldwebel 18[48][92]/16[94][98] NJG 5, NJG 100
Ewald Duhn* Feldwebel 17[94] JG 52 KIA 23 October 1941
Ernst Düllberg Major 50[92]/45[99]/43[94] JG 3, JG 27, JG 76, JG 7 Knight's Cross
Friedrich Dünkel Hauptmann 10[94] NAG 2, NAG 4, NAG 1
Otto Dürkop Unteroffizier 8[94] KG 2, JG 54
Peter Düttmann Leutnant 152[92]/150[39]/147[94] JG 52 Knight's Cross
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Karl Ebbighausen Hauptmann 7[90][92]/10[94] JG 26
Heinz Ebeling Oberleutnant 18[94][92][100] JG 26 Knight's Cross
Kurt Ebener 57[101][92]/51[94] JG 3, JG 11 Knight's Cross
Kurt Ebersberger Hauptmann 30[102]/31[94]/27[92] JG 26
Helmut Eberspächer 7[94][92][98] SKG 10, NSGr 20, SG 151 Knight's Cross
Manfred Eberwein Oberleutnant 56[92]/44+[94] JG 54
Reinhold Eckardt* 24[98]/22[92]/20[94] ZG 52, ZG 76, NJG 1, NJG 3 Knight's Cross
KIA 30 July 1942
Franz Eckerle* Hauptmann 59[94][92] JG 54 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
MIA 14 February 1942
Georg-Peter Eder Major 78[21][92]/50+[103] JG 51, JG 26, JG 1, JG 2 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
incl. 36 heavy bombers[27]
Johannes Edmann* Oberfeldwebel 5[103][92] JG 5, JG 26, JGr. West KIA 21 March 1944
Walter Ehle* Major 36[23][92]/34[103]/33[98] ZG 1, NJG 1 Knight's Cross
KIA 17 November 1943
Karl-Heinz Ehlen Leutnant 7[102][92] JG 26
Hans Ehlers* Major 55[104]/54[92]/48[103] JG 3, JG 1 Knight's Cross
KIA 27 December 1944
incl. 24 heavy bombers[27]
Rudolf Ehrenberger* Oberfeldwebel 49[92]/47[103] JG 53 Knight's Cross
KIA 8 March 1944
Peter Ehrhardt Oberleutnant 22[48]/20[98] NJG 1, NJG 5, NJG 11
Heinrich Ehrler* Major 209[26]/205[92]/182+[103] JG 5, JG 7 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
KIA 4 April 1945
Diethelm von Eichel-Streiber Major 96[42][92]/91[103] JG 1, JG 26, JG 51, JG 27, JV 44 Knight's Cross
Günther Eichhorn Leutnant 8[103] JG 5
Heinrich Eickhoff Oberleutnant 6[103] JG 27
Heinrich Graf von Einsiedel 35[103][92] JG 3 German Cross
Franz Eisenach Major 129[57][92][103] JG 54 Knight's Cross
Xaver Ellenrieder Leutnant 13[105]/12[92] JG 26
Franz Elles Feldwebel 5[103] JG 27
Willi Elstermann Hauptmann 7[106] JGr 152, ZG 52, ZG 2, NJG 3, ZG 26, JG 6
Walter Engel Hauptmann 10[107][106]/9[103][48][92] KG 3, NJG 5 Knight's Cross
Wilhelm Engel Oberleutnant 20[48]/18[106] NJG 1, NJG 4, NJG 6 WIA 23/24 February 1945
Siegfried Engfer 59[108]/58[103][92] JG 3, JG 1 Knight's Cross
Egon Engling* Feldwebel 12[48][106] NJG 2, NJG 3 KIA 26 March 1945
Hubert Engst Oberfeldwebel 10+[103]/5[106] JG Herrmann, JG 300
Albert Espenlaub* Oberfeldwebel 14[109] JG 27
Wolf-Udo Ettel* Oberleutnant 124[38][92]/121[110] JG 3, JG 27 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
KIA 17 July 1943
Heinz Ewald Leutnant 84[59][92]/83[110] JG 5, JG 52 Knight's Cross
Wolfgang Ewald Major 78 (incl. 1 in Spain)[21][92]/65[110] JG 52, JG 3 Knight's Cross
Waldemar Eyrich* Feldwebwel 36[110] JG 53, JG 3 KIA 11 April 1944
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Helmut Fahlbusch* Leutnant 6[110] ZG 76 KIA 1 May 1940
Hans Fahrenberger Feldwebel 8[110] JG 27, JGr Süd
Gottfried Fahrmann Leutnant 7[110] JG 77, JG 7, JV 44
Wolfgang Falck Oberst 7[92][110] ZG 1, NJG 1 Knight's Cross
Horst-Günther von Fassong* Hauptmann 136[57]/75–136[92]/63[110] JG 51, JG 11 Knight's Cross
KIA 1 January 1945
Hans-Joachim Fast Unteroffizier 5[92][111] JG 26
Josef Federle Oberfeldwebel 7[112] NJG 6 WIA 14/15 March 1945
Leopold Fellerer Hauptmann 41[17][92]/36[110]/35[112] NJG 1, NJG 2, NJG 5, NJG 6 Knight's Cross
Georg Fengler Oberleutnant 16[113][114]/14[112] NJG 1
Walter Fenske* Hauptmann 15[112] 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[112] NJG 4
Heinz Ferger* Hauptmann 19[112] NJG 1, NJG 3, NJG 2 KIA 9/10 April 1945 on approach to Lübeck-Blankensee
Herbert Findeisen 67[91][110][114] JG 54 Knight's Cross
Günter Fink* 56[114]/46[115]/48[110] JG 54 including 11 aerial victories as a night fighter[116]
Knight's Cross
MIA 15 May 1943
August Fischer 12[113]/10[114][117] NJG 5, NJG 100
Siegfried Fischer Oberfeldwebel 15[118][119] StG 1, SG 1 Knight's Cross
Kurt Fladrich Hauptmann 15[117] NJG 1, NJG 4
Erwin Fleig Leutnant 66[91][114]/55+[110] JG 51 Knight's Cross
Otto Fönnekold* Oberleutnant 136[57][114]/134[119] JG 52 Knight's Cross
KIA 31 August 1944
Hermann Förster* Oberfeldwebel 13[109]/12[117] 11.(N)/JG 2, NJG 1, JG 27 KIA 14 December 1941
Josef Förster Oberleutnant 15[117] NJG 2, NJG 3
Paul Förster Major 8[117] ZG 26, NJG 1
Josef Fözö 27 (3 incl. Spain)[114][120]/23[119] JG 51, JG 108 Knight's Cross
Gustav Francsi Leutnant 56[37][114]/60[119]/59[117] NJG 200, NJG 100 Knight's Cross
Hans-Dieter Frank* Major 55[37][114]/53[121]/51[119] ZG 1, NJG 1 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
KIA 27/28 September 1943
Heinz Frank* 8[122][119] LG 2, SG 1, SG 2, SG 151 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
DOW 7 October 1944
Rudolf Frank* Leutnant 46[121]/45[17][114]/43[119] NJG 3 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
KIA 26/27 April 1944
Alfred Franke* 60[49]/59[114][123]/58[119] JG 53 Knight's Cross
KIA 9 September 1942
Richard Franz Oberleutnant 15[119] JG 27, JG 77, JG 3, JG 11
Ludwig Franzisket Major 43[124][114]/39[119] JG 27 Knight's Cross
Max Franzisket* Hauptmann 6+[119] ZG 76, JG 77, JG 5, ZG 1 MIA 19 July 1943
Hans Frese Leutnant 44[119][114] JG 3
Wilhelm Freuwörth Oberfeldwebel 58[111][114]/48[119] JG 52, JG 26 Knight's Cross
Hugo Frey* Hauptmann 32[114][125]/17[119] JG 11, JG 1 Knight's Cross
KIA 6 March 1944
Siegfried Freytag Major 102[29][114]/89[119] JG 77 Knight's Cross
Herbert Friebel* Leutnant 58[114][126]/57[119] JG 51 Knight's Cross
KIA 15 May 1944
Gerhard Friedrich* Major 30[114][126]/29[121] NJG 2, NJG 1, NJG 4, NJG 6 Knight's Cross
KIA 16 March 1945
Günther Friedrich* Hauptmann 6[121] NJG 4, NJG 1 KIA 27/28 September 1943
Gustav Frielinghaus Hauptmann 74[74][114]/69[119] JG 3 Knight's Cross
Heinz de Fries Oberfeldwebel 10[48][121][114] NJG 100
Otto Fries Leutnant 15[121] NJG 1
Hans-Jürgen Frölich Feldwebel 5[114][111] JG 26
Karl Fuchs Oberfeldwebel 67[114]/64[127] JG 54
Robert Fuchs 23[114]/17+[127] JG 51
Erich Führmann 5 JG 11
Heinrich Füllgrabe* Oberleutnant 65[80][114]/63[127] JG 52 Knight's Cross
KIA 30 January 1945
Erich Führmann Oberfeldwebel 5[114] JG 11
Ralph Furch Leutnant 31[127]/30[114] JG 51
Hans Fuß* 71[32][114]/69[127] JG 3 Knight's Cross
KIFA 10 November 1942
Hugo Fütscher Feldwebel 5[121] NJG 3 PoW night of 31 December 1944 - 1 January 1945
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