List of World War II aces from Germany

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credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft

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during aerial combat. German day and night fighter pilots claimed roughly 70,000 aerial victories during World War II, 25,000 over British or American and 45,000 over Russian flown aircraft. 103 German fighter pilots shot down more than 100 enemy aircraft for a total of roughly 15,400 aerial victories. Roughly a further 360 pilots claimed between 40 and 100 aerial victories for round about 21,000 victories. Another 500 fighter pilots claimed between 20 and 40 victories for a total of 15,000 victories. It is relatively certain that 2,500 German fighter pilots attained ace status, having achieved at least 5 aerial victories. These achievements were honored with 453 German day and Zerstörer (destroyer) pilots having received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...

. 85 night fighter pilots, including 14 crew members, were awarded 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 in the magnitude of 3,800 pilots or crew members killed or missing and 1,400 wounded.

Luftwaffe rules of confirmation

The Luftwaffe had a very stringent approval process for the confirmation of aerial victories.

Without a witness, a Luftwaffe fighter pilot had no chance to have his victory claim confirmed. Such a claim, even if filed, would not pass beyond group level.

The final destruction or explosion of an enemy aircraft in the air, or bail-out of the pilot, had to be observed either on gun-camera film or by at least one other human witness. The witness could be the German pilot's wingman, squadron mate, or a ground observer of the encounter.

There was no possibility, as with some RAF and USAAF pilots, of having a victory credited because the claiming officer was a gentleman and a man of his word. The German rule was simply "no witness – no kill."

The German system was impartial, inflexible, and far less error-prone than either the British or American procedures. German fighter pilots had to wait several months, a year, or sometimes even longer for a kill confirmation to reach them from the German High Command.

Over claiming

In the 1990s, the German archives made available microfilm rolls of wartime records, not seen since January 1945, available to the public.
These showed that while in theory the Luftwaffe did not accept a kill without a witness, which was considered only a probable, in practice some units habitually submitted unwitnessed claims and these sometimes made it through the verification process, particularly if they were made by pilots with already established records.
In theory the Luftwaffe did not accept shared claims, but it happened. In theory each separate claim should have referred to a particular aircraft, but in practice some victories were awarded to other pilots who had claimed the destruction of the same aircraft.
In 1943 the daily OKW communiques of this period habitually overstated American bomber losses by a factor of two or more. Defenders of German fighter pilots have always maintained that these were reduced during the confirmation process. But the microfilms prove this not to be the case.
Some 80 - 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.

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Name	Rank	Total wartime victories	Unit	Notes
Heinz-Günther Adam	Leutnant	7	JG 26
Horst Ademeit Horst Ademeit Horst Ademeit Horst Ademeit Horst Ademeit (* 8 February 1912 in Breslau, † 7 August 1944 near Dünaburg (Missing in action, most likely Killed in action) was a German former Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves during World War II... *	Major	166	JG 54	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 7 August 1944
Walter Adolph Walter Adolph Walter Adolph was a Luftwaffe fighter ace. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat... *	Hauptmann	29 (1 in Spain)	JG 27, JG 26	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 18 September 1941
Heinrich-Wilhelm Ahnert Heinrich-Wilhelm Ahnert Heinrich-Wilhelm Ahnert was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. Ahnert claimed 57 aerial victories, 4 over the Western Front and 53 over the Eastern Front... *	Oberfeldwebel	57	JG 52	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 15 August 1942
Peter Ahrens	Leutnant	11	JG 26
Johann Aistleitner*	Hauptmann	12	JG 26	KIA 14 January 1944
Egon Albrecht Egon Albrecht Egon Albrecht was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. Albrecht claimed 25 aerial victories, 10 over the Western Front and 15 over the Eastern Front... *	Hauptmann	25	ZG 76, SKG 210, ZG 1, JG 76	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 25 August 1944
Rudolf Alf*	Oberfeldwebel	12	JG 2	KIFA 26 November 1944
Ernst-George Altnorthoff	Oberleutnant	11	JG 27
Alfred Ambs Alfred Ambs Alfred Ambs was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace during World War II. He was born in Gladbeck. Ambs is credited with seven aerial victories achieved in about 75 combat missions on the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter.For a list of Luftwaffe Jet aces see List of German World War II jet acesAmbs...	Leutnant	7	JG 7
Peter Andel	Leutnant	6	JG 26
Ernst Andres*	Oberleutnant	28	NJG 2, NJG 4	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 11 February 1945
Lorenz Andreson		8	JG 5
Heinz Arnold Heinz Arnold Heinz Arnold was a former German Luftwaffe fighter ace. He is credited with 49 aerial victories including seven victories claimed flying the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter.... *	Oberfeldwebel	49	JG 5, JG 7	KIA 17 April 1945
Rudolf Artner		20	JG 5
Hans-Heinz Augenstein Hans-Heinz Augenstein Hans-Heinz Augenstein was a German Luftwaffe fighter and flying ace during World War II. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat... *	Hauptmann	46	NJG 1	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 7 December 1944
Jakob Augustin*	Leutnant	15	JG 2	MIA 15 July 1942

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Name	Rank	Total wartime victories	Unit	Notes
Sophus Baagoe Sophus Baagoe Sophus Baagoe was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. Baagoe claimed 14 aerial victories, 13 over the Western Front and 1 over the Mediterranean Front... *	Hauptmann	14	ZG 76	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 14 May 1941
Werner Baake Werner Baake Werner Baake was a German Luftwaffe night fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Baake claimed 41 nocturnal aerial victories...	Hauptmann	41	NJG 1	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Emil Babenz	Oberfeldwebel	24	JG 26
Herbert Bachnick Herbert Bachnick Herbert Bachnick was a World War II Flying ace in the Luftwaffe credited with 80 victories, all but one over the Eastern front. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross... *	Leutnant	80	JG 52	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 7 August 1944
Johann Badum Johann Badum Johann Badum was a former German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.-Career:Badum was born on 2 March 1921 at... *	Leutnant	54	JG 77	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 12 January 1943
Jens Bahnsen*	Feldwebel	18	JG 27, JG 53
Günther Bahr Günther Bahr Günther Bahr was a German Luftwaffe fighter pilot and night fighter flying ace during World War II. He claimed 34 victories at night, all were four-engine bombers, achieved in over 90 combat missions. He counted 37 victories over all. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross...	Oberfeldwebel	37	NJG 6	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Hans-Joachim Bahr		7	JG 5
Wilhelm Balthasar Wilhelm Balthasar Major Wilhelm Balthasar was a German World War II Luftwaffe flying ace, commander of Jagdgeschwader 2 and a winner of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery... *	Major	47(+7 in Spain)	JG 27, JG 3, JG 2, JG 1 Jagdgeschwader 1 (World War 2) Jagdgeschwader 1 was a German World War II fighter unit or "wing" which used the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft, between 1940–1944. The name of the unit derives from Jagd, meaning "hunt" and Geschwader, meaning "wing"...	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 3 July 1941
"Pritzel" Heinrich Bär Heinrich Bär Oskar-Heinz "Pritzl" Bär was a German Luftwaffe flying ace who served throughout World War II in Europe. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat...	Oberst	221	JG 51, JG 77, JG 1 Jagdgeschwader 1 (World War 2) Jagdgeschwader 1 was a German World War II fighter unit or "wing" which used the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft, between 1940–1944. The name of the unit derives from Jagd, meaning "hunt" and Geschwader, meaning "wing"... , JG 3, EJG 2, JV 44 JV 44 Jagdverband 44 was a special fighter unit of top German fighter ace pilots in the Luftwaffe during the last months of World War II. The main aircraft used by the unit was the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter...	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Herbert Bareuther Herbert Bareuther Herbert Bareuther was a World War II fighter ace from Nazi Germany. He was born on 29 July 1914 at Asch in Egerland. Bareuther was credited with having shot down a total of 55 enemy aircraft... *	Leutnant	55	JG 51, JG 3	German Cross in Gold German Cross The German Cross was instituted by Adolf Hitler on 17 November 1941 as an award ranking higher than the Iron Cross First Class but below the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross respectively ranking higher than the War Merit Cross First Class with Swords but below the Knight's Cross of the War Merit... KIA 30 April 1945
"Gerd" Gerhard Barkhorn Gerhard Barkhorn Lieutenant-General Gerhard "Gerd" Barkhorn , was the second most successful fighter ace of all time after fellow Luftwaffe pilot Erich Hartmann...	Major	301	JG 2, JG 52, JG 6, JV 44 JV 44 Jagdverband 44 was a special fighter unit of top German fighter ace pilots in the Luftwaffe during the last months of World War II. The main aircraft used by the unit was the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter...	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Heinrich Bartels Heinrich Bartels Oberfeldwebel Heinrich Bartels was German World War II Luftwaffe 99+ victories Flying ace. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat... *	Oberfeldwebel	99	JG 5, JG 27	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 23 December 1944
Franz Barten Franz Barten Franz Barten was a World War II fighter ace from Germany. He was born on 26 January 1912 at Saarbrücken. Barten was credited with having shot down a total of 55 Allied aircraft.-Service:... *	Hauptmann	52	JG 51, JG 53	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 4 August 1944
Erich Bartz	Unteroffizier	30	JG 51
"Willi" Wilhelm Batz Wilhelm Batz Major Wilhelm "Willi" Batz was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace. Willi Batz flew 445 combat missions and claimed 237 enemy aircraft shot down...	Major	237	JG 52	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Helmut Baudach Helmut Baudach Heinz-Helmut Baudach was a former German Luftwaffe fighter ace during World War II... *	Oberfeldwebel	20	JG 2 EKdo 262 Kdo Nowotny Kommando Nowotny Kommando Nowotny was a Luftwaffe fighter Gruppe formed during the last months of World War II for testing and establishing tactics for the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter, and was created and first commanded by Walter Nowotny, from whom it drew its name.... JG 7
Konrad Bauer Konrad Bauer Konrad Bauer was a Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. Bauer claimed 57 aerial victories, 39 over the Western Front and 18 over the Eastern Front...	Oberleutnant	57	JG 51, JG 3, JG 300	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Viktor Bauer Viktor Bauer Viktor Bauer was a former Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves during World War II. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat...	Oberst	106	JG 3	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Ludwig Becker*	Hauptmann	46	NJG 11	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Karl-Heinz Becker	Feldwebel	7	NJG 11
Martin Becker Martin Becker Martin Becker was a German Luftwaffe night fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves during World War II. Becker claimed 58 aerial victories.For a list of Luftwaffe night fighter aces see List of German World War II night fighter aces...	Hauptmann	58	NJG 4, NJG 6	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Paul Becker Paul Becker Paul Becker is a Canadian actor and choreographer.- Career :Becker choreographed the first season of the CW series Hellcats, Sucker Punch, This Means War, Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2 and an episode of Human Target....	Leutnant	20	JG 27
Friedrich Beckh Friedrich Beckh Oberstleutnant Friedrich Beckh was 48 victory-Luftwaffe flying ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership... *	Oberstleutnant	48	JG 51, JG 52	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 21 June 1942
Franz-Josef Beerenbrock Franz-Josef Beerenbrock Franz-Josef Beerenbrock was one of the most successful German fighter aces of World War II. He claimed 117 aerial victories in approximately 400 combat missions, all on the Eastern Front...	Leutnant	117	JG 51	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Artur Beese	Oberleutnant	22	JG 26
Wilhelm Beier Wilhelm Beier Wilhelm Beier was a Luftwaffe night fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...	Oberleutnant	38	NJG 2, NJG 1	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Heinrich Beirwirth
Hans Beißwenger Hans Beißwenger Hans Beißwenger was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves during World War II. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat... *	Oberleutnant	152	JG 54	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... MIA 6 March 1943
Ludwig Bellof		25
Helmut Belser Helmut Belser Helmut Belser was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. Belser claimed 36 aerial victories, 1 over the Western Front and 12 over the Eastern Front and 23 over the Mediterranean Front... *	Hauptmann	36	JG 53	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 19 June 1942
Karl-Heinz Bendert Karl-Heinz Bendert Karl-Heinz Bendert was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Karl-Heinz Bendert claimed 55 victories in 610...	Oberleutnant	55	JG 27, JG 104	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Helmut Bennemann Helmut Bennemann Dr. med. dent. Helmut BennemannIn German a Doctor of Medical Dentistry is abbreviated as Dr. med. dent. . was a German Oberstleutnant....	Oberstleutnant	93	JG 52, JG 53	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Anton Benning Anton Benning Dr. Anton Benning was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.-Career:Benning joined the Luftwaffe in 1938 and was...	Leutnant	28	JG 106, JG 301	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Sigfried Benz	Leutnant	6	JG 26
Helmut Bergmann Helmut Bergmann Helmut Bergmann was a German Luftwaffe night fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...	Hauptmann	36	NJG 4, NJG 1	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Heinz-Edgar Berres Heinz-Edgar Berres Heinz-Edgar Berres was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership... *	Hauptmann	53	JG 53	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... MIA 25 July 1943
Hans Berschwinger	Oberfeldwebel	20	NJG 1, NJG 2
Günther Bertram	Oberleutnant	35	KG 4, NJG 100
Otto Bertram Otto Bertram Otto Bertram was a was a German Spanish Civil War and World War II fighter ace who served in the Luftwaffe from 1935 until the end of World War II...	Major	22(9 in Spain)	J/88, JG 2, JG 101, JG 6	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Arthur Beth		16	JG 5
Erich Beulich		10	JG 5
Ernst Beutelspacher Ernst Beutelspacher Ernst Beutelspacher was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.-Career:Beutelspacher was born in Auerbach near... *	Oberleutnant	5	SG 2	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 22 July 1944
Gerhard Beutin*	Oberfeldwebel	60	JG 54
Franz Beyer Franz Beyer (pilot) Franz Beyer was a Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Franz Beyer was killed on 11 February near Venlo,... *	Major	81	JG 3	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 11 February 1944
Georg Beyer	Hauptmann	8	JG 26
Heinz Beyer	Oberfeldwebel	33	JG 5
Heinz Birk		14	JG 5
Hans-Joachim Birkner Hans-Joachim Birkner Hans-Joachim Birkner was a Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.-Career:Birkner was born on 22 October 1921 at... *	Leutnant	117	JG 52	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIFA 14 December 1944
Emil Bitsch Emil Bitsch Emil Bitsch was a Luftwaffe flying ace of World War II. He was one of the most successful pilots in the Eastern Front. Emil Bitsch was credited with 108 aerial victories... *	Hauptmann	108	JG 3	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 15 March 1944
Franz Blazytko	Oberfeldwebel	30	JG 27
Joachim Blechschmidt Joachim Blechschmidt Joachim Blechschmidt was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership... *	Oberstleutnant	17	ZG 1	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... MIA 13 July 1943
Günther Bleckmann Günther Bleckmann Günther Bleckmann was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Günther Bleckmann was killed on 4 June 1944 over... *	Major	33	SG 1, SG 2	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 1 June 1944
Günther Blömertz	Leutnant	10	JG 26
Walter Blume	Major	14	JG 26, JG 27
Hans-Ekkehard Bob Hans Ekkehard Bob Hans Ekkehard Bob was a German Fighter pilot, serving with the Luftwaffe. During World War II, Bob flew approximately seven hundred combat missions, and claimed sixty victories; thirty-seven of which were on the eastern front....	Major	60	JG 54, JG 3, JG 51, EJG 2, JV 44 JV 44 Jagdverband 44 was a special fighter unit of top German fighter ace pilots in the Luftwaffe during the last months of World War II. The main aircraft used by the unit was the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter...	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Karl Böhm-Tettelbach	Oberstleutnant	10	ZG 26
Ernst Börngen Ernst Börngen Ernst Börngen was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...	Hauptmann	41	JG 27	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Oscar Bösch		18	JG 3
Wolfgang Böwing-Treuding Wolfgang Böwing-Treuding Wolfgang Böwing-Treuding was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. Böwing-Treuding claimed 46 aerial victories, all 46 were over the Eastern Front... *	Oberleutnant	46	JG 51	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 11 February 1943
Paul Bohm		6	NJG 2
Kurt Bohn	Feldwebel	5	JG 26
Helmut-Felix Bolz	Major	20 (+3 in Spain)	JG 2
Eckart-Wilhelm von Bonin Eckart-Wilhelm von Bonin Eckart-Wilhelm von Bonin was a German World War II night fighter pilot who served in the Luftwaffe. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat...	Major	39	NJG 1	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Hubertus von Bonin Hubertus von Bonin Hubertus von Bonin was a German World War II fighter ace who served in the Luftwaffe until his death on 15 December 1943. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. He is credited with shooting down 77 enemy... *	Oberstleutnant	77(+4 in Spain)	JG 26, JG 52, JG 54	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 15 December 1943
Adolf Borchers Adolf Borchers Adolf Borchers was a German former Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat...	Major	132	JG 51, JG 52	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Walter Borchers Walter Borchers Walter Borchers was a Luftwaffe night fighter flying ace of World War II. Borchers was credited with 59 aerial victories, including 43 nocturnal victories, 10 as a destroyer pilot and 6 four-engined bombers at day time, claimed in roughly 300 combat missions.For a list of Luftwaffe night fighter... *	Oberstleutnant	59	ZG 76, NJG 3, NJG 5	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 6 March 1945
Eberhard von Boremski Eberhard von Boremski Eberhard von Boremski was a Luftwaffe flying ace of World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.-Career:Von Boremski was born 24 September...	Hauptmann	104	JG 3, EJG 1	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Karl Borris Karl Borris Karl Borris was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Karl Borris is credited with 43 victories, all of them...	Major	43	JG 26	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Ernst Börngen Ernst Börngen Ernst Börngen was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...	Major	38	JG 27	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Hans-Joachim Borreck	Unteroffizier	5	JG 26
Franz Bozicek		5	JG 5
Felix-Maria Brandis*	Oberleutnant	18	JG 5
Kurt Brändle Kurt Brändle Kurt-Werner Brändle was a German former Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves during World War II... *	Major	180	JG 53, JG 3	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 3 November 1943
Paul Brandt Paul Brandt (pilot) Paul Brandt was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Paul Brandt was shot down over Münster on 24 December 1944...	Leutnant	30	JG 54	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 24 December 1944
Walter Brandt	Oberleutnant	57	LG 2, JG 77, JG 3	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Peter Bremer	Oberfeldwebel	40	JG 54
Joachim Brendel Joachim Brendel Joachim Brendel was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves. Brendel was credited with 189 victories claimed in 950 all Eastern Front combat missions...	Hauptmann	189	JG 51	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Heinz Bretnütz Heinz Bretnütz Heinz "Pietzsch" Bretnütz was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II... *	Hauptmann	37	JG 53	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... DOW 27 June 1941
Adolf Breves	Hauptmann	17	NJG 1
Hugo Broch Hugo Broch Hugo Broch was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...	Leutnant	81	JG 54	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Jürgen Brocke Jürgen Brocke Jürgen Brocke was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Jürgen Brocke claimed 42 victories in 150 missions... *	Leutnant	42	JG 77	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 15 September 1942
Herbert Broennle Herbert Broennle Herbert Broennle was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership... *	Leutnant	58	JG 54	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 4 July 1943
Wendelin Breukel	Leutnant	14	NJG 2, NJG 4
Albert Brunner Albert Brunner Albert Brunner was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. Albrecht claimed 53 aerial victories, all over the Eastern Front. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military... *	Oberfeldwebel	53	JG 5	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 7 May 1943
Hermann Buchner	Leutnant	58	SG 2, JG 7	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Max Bucholz Max Bucholz Max Bucholz was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...	Major	30	JG 3, JG 5, JG 101	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Harry von Bülow-Bothkamp Harry von Bülow-Bothkamp Oberst Harry von Bülow-Bothkamp Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, Iron Cross was a German fighter ace notable for being one of the few two-war aces in history...	Oberst	18 (+6 in World War I)	JG 77, JG 2, NJG 101, NJG 105	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Adolf Buhl*	Oberleutnant	7	LG 2	KIA 27 September 1940
"Bu-Mann" Kurt Bühligen	Oberstleutnant	112	JG 2	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Johannes Bunzek Johannes Bunzek Johannes Bunzek was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Johannes Bunzek was killed on 11 December 1943 over... *	Leutnant	75	JG 52	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... 11 December 1943
Lutz-Wilhelm Burckhardt Lutz-Wilhelm Burckhardt Ludwig-Wilhelm "Lutz" Burckhardt was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...	Hauptmann	69	JG 77, JG 1 Jagdgeschwader 1 (World War 2) Jagdgeschwader 1 was a German World War II fighter unit or "wing" which used the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft, between 1940–1944. The name of the unit derives from Jagd, meaning "hunt" and Geschwader, meaning "wing"...	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Alfred Burk	Oberleutnant	28	JG 52, JG 27
Josef Bürschgens	Hauptmann	10	JG 26
Erwin Busch	Oberleutnant	8	JG 26
Rudolf Busch		40	JG 51
Heinz Busse	Oberleutnant	22	JG 51
Erich Büttner Erich Büttner Erich Büttner was a former German Luftwaffe fighter ace during World War II. He is credited with eight aerial victories while flying the Messerschmitt Me-262 jet fighter becoming one of the first jet aces in aviation history. On 8 November 1944 Büttner was the designated wingman of Leutnant Franz... *	Oberfeldwebel	8	EKdo 262, Kdo Nowotny Kommando Nowotny Kommando Nowotny was a Luftwaffe fighter Gruppe formed during the last months of World War II for testing and establishing tactics for the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter, and was created and first commanded by Walter Nowotny, from whom it drew its name.... , JG 7	KIA 20 March 1945
Johannes Büttner		16	JG 51
Bruno Buzzi		9	JG 5

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Name	Rank	Total wartime victories	Unit	Notes
Horst Carganico Horst Carganico Horst Carganico was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership... *	Major	60	JG 5	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 27 May 1944
Georg Christl Georg Christl Georg Christl was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...	Major	7	ZG 26, JG 10	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Ernst Christof	Feldwebel	9	JG 26
Emil Clade Emil Clade Emil Josef Clade was a Luftwaffe fighter ace in World War II, and figured in German civilian aviation after the war...	Hauptmann	27	JG 27	90th birthday in 2006
Erwin Clausen Erwin Clausen Erwin Clausen was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves during World War II... *	Major	132	JG 77, JG 11	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 4 October 1943
Max Clerico		7	JG 54
Helmut Conter	Leutnant	15	NJG 100
Heino Cordes	Leutnant	62	JG 54
Wilhelm Crinius Wilhelm Crinius Wilhelm Crinius was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace during World War II. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. Crinius is credited with 114 aerial victories claimed in approximately 400 combat missions. He...	Leutnant	114	JG 53	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Peter Crump	Leutnant	31	JG 26
Franz Czech	Feldwebel	60	JG 3

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Name	Rank	Total wartime victories	Unit	Notes
Paul-Heinrich Dähne Paul-Heinrich Dähne Paul-Heinrich Dähne was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Paul-Heinrich Dähne was killed in a flying... *	Hauptmann	99	JG 52, JG 1 Jagdgeschwader 1 (World War 2) Jagdgeschwader 1 was a German World War II fighter unit or "wing" which used the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft, between 1940–1944. The name of the unit derives from Jagd, meaning "hunt" and Geschwader, meaning "wing"...	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Walther Dahl Walther Dahl Walther Dahl was a German Oberst Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military...	Oberst	128	JG 3, JG 300	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Hugo Dahmer Hugo Dahmer Hugo Dahmer was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Hugo Dahmer was credited with anywhere between 45 - 57...	Hauptmann	57	JG 26, JG 5, JG 2	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Helmut Dahms	Oberfeldwebel	24	NJG 100
Friedrich Dahn		26	JG 5
Hans Dammers Hans Dammers Hans Dammers was a German World War II fighter ace and was credited with 113 aerial victories, with 23 unconfirmed claims... *	Leutnant	113	JG 52	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... DOW 17 March 1944
Emil Darjes		82	JG 54
Rudolf Dassow	Leutnant	22	ZG 76, ZG 6	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Karl-Emil Demuth		16	JG 1 Jagdgeschwader 1 (World War 2) Jagdgeschwader 1 was a German World War II fighter unit or "wing" which used the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft, between 1940–1944. The name of the unit derives from Jagd, meaning "hunt" and Geschwader, meaning "wing"...
Gustav Denk Gustav Denk Gustav Denk was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. Denk claimed 67 aerial victories, 1 over the Western Front and 66 over the Eastern Front... *	Oberleutnant	67	JG 52	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 13 February 1943
Adolf Dickfeld Adolf Dickfeld Oberst Adolf Dickfeld was a German World War II Luftwaffe 136 victories Flying ace. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves...	Oberst	136	JG 52, JG 2, JG 11	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Erwin Diekwisch	Hauptmann	12	StG 1	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Ulrich Diesing Ulrich Diesing Ulrich Diesing was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. On 17 April 1945, Ulrich Diesing was killed in an...	Generalmajor	15	ZG 1	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Gottfried Ditze	Leutnant	5	JG 26
Fritz Dinger Fritz Dinger Fritz Dinger was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Fritz Dinger was killed on 27 July 1943 during an Allied... *	Oberleutnant	67	JG 53	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 27 July 1943
Hans Dipple	Hauptmann	19	JG 26
Hans Dirksen	Feldwebel	5	JG 26
Heinrich Dittlmann	Oberfeldwebel	57	JG 51
Anton Döbele Anton Döbele Anton Döbele was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership... *	Leutnant	94	JG 54	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 11 November 1943
Hans Döbrich Hans Döbrich Hans Döbrich was a former German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Hans Döbrich was credited with 65 victories...	Feldwebel	65	JG 5	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Georg Dörffel Georg Dörffel Georg Dörffel was a highly decorated Oberstleutnant in the Luftwaffe during World War II, and one of only 882 recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield... *	Major	30	LG 2, SG 1, SG 4	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 26 May 1944
Arnold Döring Arnold Döring Arnold Döring was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...	Leutnant	23	KG 53, NJG 300, JG 3, JG 5	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Franz Dörr Franz Dörr Franz Dörr was a German World War II fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat.- Biography :Franz Dörr was born on 10 February 1913 in Mannheim...	Hauptmann	128	JG 5	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Edgar Dörre	Feldwebel	9	JG 26
Kurt Dombacher	Oberleutnant	68	JG 5, JG 51	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Hans Dortenmann Hans Dortenmann Hans Dortenmann was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.Dortenmann was born 11 December 1921 at Weingarten...	Oberleutnant	38	JG 26, JG 54	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Heinrich Dreisbach		16	JG 5
Martin Drewes Martin Drewes Martin Drewes was a night fighter ace in the German Luftwaffe during World War II.For a list of Luftwaffe night fighter aces see List of German World War II night fighter aces 52 victories49 confirmed by Luftwaffe and 3 process interrupted in war finish43 victories at night were scored most...	Major	52	ZG 76, NJG 1	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Ernst-Georg Drünkler Ernst-Georg Drünkler Ernst-Georg Drünkler was a German Luftwaffe night fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...	Hauptmann	47	ZG 2, NJG 1, NJG 5	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Rudi Düding		18	NJG 100
Ernst Düllberg Ernst Düllberg Ernst Düllberg was a former German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II...	Major	45	JG 3, JG 27, JG 76, JG 7	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Alfred Druschel Alfred Druschel Oberst Alfred Druschel was a German Luftwaffe combat pilot and Flying ace during World War II. He was the first combat pilot to be honored with the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords... *	Oberst	7	LG 2, SG 1, SG 4	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... MIA 1 January 1945
Peter Düttmann Peter Düttmann Peter "Bonifazius" Düttmann was a World War II Luftwaffe flying ace. He achieved 152 kills in 398 sorties. All of his victories were scored against Soviet opposition on the Eastern Front flying the Messerschmitt Bf 109.-Military career:...	Oberleutnant	152	JG 52	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...

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Name	Rank	Total wartime victories	Unit	Notes
Karl Ebbighausen	Hauptmann	7	JG 26
Heinz Ebeling Heinz Ebeling Heinz Ebeling was a Luftwaffe Staffelkapitän and flying ace during World War II.Heinz Ebeling was born 2 January 1918 in Karlsruhe. As a lieutenant he was posted to 8 Staffel, JG 26 in December 1939....	Oberleutnant	18	JG 26	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Kurt Ebener Kurt Ebener Kurt Ebener was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...	Oberleutnant	57	JG 3, JG 11	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Kurt Ebersberger	Hauptmann	27	JG 26
Helmut Eberspächer	Hauptmann	7	SKG 10	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Manfred Eberwein	Oberleutnant	56	JG 54
Reinhold Eckardt Reinhold Eckardt Reinhold Eckardt was a German Luftwaffe night fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership... *	Oberleutnant	22	NJG 1, NJG 3	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 30 July 1942
Franz Eckerle Franz Eckerle Franz Eckerle was a German former Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves during World War II... *	Hauptmann	59	JG 54	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... MIA 14 February 1942
Georg-Peter Eder Georg-Peter Eder Georg-Peter Schorsch Eder was a German World War II fighter ace who served in the Luftwaffe from 1938 until the end of World War II in 1945. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves...	Major	78	JG 51, JG 26, JG 1 Jagdgeschwader 1 (World War 2) Jagdgeschwader 1 was a German World War II fighter unit or "wing" which used the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft, between 1940–1944. The name of the unit derives from Jagd, meaning "hunt" and Geschwader, meaning "wing"... , JG 2	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Johannes Edmann	Oberfeldwebel	5	JG 26
Walter Ehle Walter Ehle Walter Ehle was a German Luftwaffe night fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership... *	Major	39	NJG 1	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 17 November 1943
Karl-Heinz Ehlen	Leutnant	7	JG 26
Hans Ehlers Hans Ehlers Hans Ehlers was a former German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. Hans Ehlers was credited with 55 victories, in addition with some unconfirmed victories in Normandy campaign.-Military career:Ehlers was a member of the groundstaff of... *	Major	54	JG 3, JG 1 Jagdgeschwader 1 (World War 2) Jagdgeschwader 1 was a German World War II fighter unit or "wing" which used the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft, between 1940–1944. The name of the unit derives from Jagd, meaning "hunt" and Geschwader, meaning "wing"...	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 27 December 1944
Rudolf Ehrenberger Rudolf Ehrenberger Rudolf Ehrenberger was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Rudolf Ehrenberger was killed on 8 March 1944 near... *	Oberfeldwebel	49	JG 53	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 8 March 1944
Heinrich Ehrler Heinrich Ehrler Heinrich Ehrler was a German World War II fighter ace whose distinguished Luftwaffe combat career ended in tragic controversy. Along with Theodor Weissenberger, Ehrler shared the honors of "top-ace" in Jagdgeschwader 5, amassing 208 kills - including eight in the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter... *	Major	208	JG 5, JG 7	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 4 April 1945
Diethelm von Eichel-Streiber Diethelm von Eichel-Streiber Diethelm von Eichel-Streiber was a Luftwaffe flying ace of World War II. He claimed a total of 96 victories and was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross...	Major	96	JG 1 Jagdgeschwader 1 (World War 2) Jagdgeschwader 1 was a German World War II fighter unit or "wing" which used the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft, between 1940–1944. The name of the unit derives from Jagd, meaning "hunt" and Geschwader, meaning "wing"... , JG 26, JG 51, JG 27, JV 44 JV 44 Jagdverband 44 was a special fighter unit of top German fighter ace pilots in the Luftwaffe during the last months of World War II. The main aircraft used by the unit was the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter...	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Günther Eichhorn		7	JG 5
Heinrich Eickhoff	Oberleutnant	6	JG 27
Heinrich Graf von Einsiedel Heinrich Graf von Einsiedel Heinrich Graf von Einsiedel was a German journalist and politician.- Biography :Einsiedel, a great-grandson of Otto von Bismarck, was born in Potsdam, Province of Brandenburg, as the youngest child to Herbert von Einsiedel and Irene von Bismarck-Schönhausen...	Oberleutnant	35	JG 3	German Cross German Cross The German Cross was instituted by Adolf Hitler on 17 November 1941 as an award ranking higher than the Iron Cross First Class but below the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross respectively ranking higher than the War Merit Cross First Class with Swords but below the Knight's Cross of the War Merit... in Gold
Franz Eisenach Franz Eisenach Franz Eisenach was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. Eisenach was credited with 129 victories in 319 missions.-Military career:...	Major	129	JG 54	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Xaver Ellenrieder	Leutnant	12	JG 26
Franz Elles	Feldwebel	5	JG 27
Walter Engel	Hauptmann	10	NJG 1, NJG 5	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Siegfried Engfer Siegfried Engfer Siegfried Engfer was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...	Oberleutnant	58	JG 3, JG 1 Jagdgeschwader 1 (World War 2) Jagdgeschwader 1 was a German World War II fighter unit or "wing" which used the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft, between 1940–1944. The name of the unit derives from Jagd, meaning "hunt" and Geschwader, meaning "wing"...	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Albert Espenlaub*	Oberfeldwebel	14	JG 27
Wolf-Udo Ettel Wolf-Udo Ettel Wolf-Udo Ettel was a German World War II Luftwaffe 124 victories Flying ace and a posthumous recipient of the coveted Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves... *	Oberleutnant	124	JG 3, JG 27	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 17 July 1943
Heinz Ewald Heinz Ewald Heinz "Esau" Ewald was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II...	Leutnant	84	JG 5, JG 52	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Wolfgang Ewald Wolfgang Ewald Wolfgang Ewald was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II...	Major	78 (+1 in Spain)	JG 52, JG 3	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...

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Name	Rank	Total wartime victories	Unit	Notes
Wolfgang Falck Wolfgang Falck Wolfgang Falck was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace during World War II. He was one of the key organisers of the German night fighter defences.-Military career:...	Oberst	7	ZG 1, NJG 1	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Horst-Günther von Fassong Horst-Günther von Fassong Hauptmann Horst-Günther von Fassong was a German World War II Luftwaffe 136 victories Flying ace... *	Hauptmann	136	JG 51, JG 11	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 1 January 1945
Hans-Joachim Fast	Unteroffizier	5	JG 26
Leopold Fellerer Leopold Fellerer Leopold "Poldi" Fellerer was a German Luftwaffe night fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.-Career:Fellerer was born in...	Hauptmann	41	NJG 1, NJG 5, NJG 6	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Georg Fengler	Oberleutnant	16	NJG 4
Walter Fieser
Herbert Findeisen	Hauptmann	67	JG 54	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Günter Fink Günter Fink Günter Fink was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Günter Fink was killed on 15 May 1943 after engaging in... *	Hauptmann	46	JG 54	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 15 May 1943
August Fischer	Hauptmann	10	NJG 100
Erwin Fleig Erwin Fleig Ervin Fleig was a former German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...	Leutnant	66	JG 51	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Josef Flögel	Oberfeldwebel	25	NJG 1	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Otto Fönnekold Otto Fönnekold Otto Fönnekold was a Luftwaffe flying ace of World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Fönnekold was credited with 136 victories... *	Oberleutnant	136	JG 52	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 31 August 1944
Hermann Förster*	Oberfeldwebel	13	JG 27
Josef Fözö Josef Fözö Josef "Joschko" Fözö was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II....	Major	27 (3 in Spain)	JG 51, JG 108	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Gustav Francsi	Oberleutnant	56	NJG 100	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Hans-Dieter Frank Hans-Dieter Frank Hans-Dieter Frank was a German Luftwaffe night fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves during World War II. Frank claimed 55 aerial victories.For a list of Luftwaffe night fighter aces see List of German World War II night fighter aces... *	Major	55	NJG 1	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIFA 27/28 September 1943
Rudolf Frank Rudolf Frank Rudolf Frank was a German Luftwaffe night fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military... *	Leutnant	45	NJG 3	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 26/27 April 1945
Alfred Franke Alfred Franke Alfred Franke was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership... *	Leutnant	60	JG 53	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 9 September 1942
Ludwig Franzisket Ludwig Franzisket Prof. Dr. Ludwig Franzisket was a German World War II Luftwaffe fighter ace. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat...	Major	43	JG 27	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Hans Frese	Leutnant	44	JG 3
Wilhelm Freuwörth	Oberfeldwebel	58	JG 52, JG 26	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Hugo Frey Hugo Frey Hugo Frey was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. On 6 March 1944, Hugo Frey was killed over Sleen, Holland... *	Hauptmann	32	JG 11, JG 1 Jagdgeschwader 1 (World War 2) Jagdgeschwader 1 was a German World War II fighter unit or "wing" which used the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft, between 1940–1944. The name of the unit derives from Jagd, meaning "hunt" and Geschwader, meaning "wing"...	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 6 March 1944
Siegfried Freytag Siegfried Freytag Siegfried Freytag was a German World War II fighter ace and member of the French Foreign Legion. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross...	Major	102	JG 77	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Herbert Friebel	Leutnant	58	JG 51	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Gerhard Friedrich Gerhard Friedrich Gerhard "Gerd" Friedrich was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace of World War II. He was one of night fighter ace scored 33 victories. All of his victories were recorded at night.... *	Major	33	NJG 1, NJG 4, NJG 6	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 16 March 1945
Gustav Frielinghaus Gustav Frielinghaus Gustav Frielinghaus was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...	Hauptmann	74	JG 3	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Heinz de Fries	Oberfeldwebel	10	NJG 100
Hans-Jürgen Frölich	Feldwebel	5	JG 26
Robert Fuchs Robert Fuchs Robert Fuchs was an Austrian composer and music teacher.As Professor of music theory at the Vienna Conservatory, Fuchs taught many notable composers, while he was himself a highly regarded composer in his lifetime....	Oberfeldwebel	23	JG 54
Karl Fuchs Karl Fuchs An ethnic German from Kazan in Tatarstan.Karl Fuchs founded the Kazan Zoo in 1806, as well as the Botanical Museum in Kazan.-References:* http://newkazan.blogspot.com* http://www.ksu.ru/eng/general/museums.htm* http://www.ndrt.ru/fuks/topart.php?lang=de...	Oberfeldwebel	67	JG 54
Heinrich Füllgrabe Heinrich Füllgrabe Heinrich Füllgrabe was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II... *	Oberleutnant	67	JG 52	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 30 January 1945
Erich Führmann	Oberfeldwebel	5	JG 11
Ralph Furch	Leutnant	32	JG 51
Hans Fuß Hans Fuß Hans Fuß was a former German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. Hans Fuss was credited with 71 victories in over 300 missions... *	Leutnant	71	JG 3	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIFA 10 November 1942

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Name	Rank	Total wartime victories	Unit	Notes
Pepi Gabl	Oberfeldwebel	38	JG 51
Otto Gaiser Otto Gaiser Otto Gaiser was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.Gaiser claimed his first kill on 16 March 1943. That day,...	Leutnant	66	JG 51	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
"Dolfo" Adolf Galland Adolf Galland Adolf "Dolfo" Joseph Ferdinand Galland was a German Luftwaffe General and flying ace who served throughout World War II in Europe. He flew 705 combat missions, and fought on the Western and the Defence of the Reich fronts...	Generalleutnant	104	JG 27, JG 26, JV 44 JV 44 Jagdverband 44 was a special fighter unit of top German fighter ace pilots in the Luftwaffe during the last months of World War II. The main aircraft used by the unit was the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter...	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Paul Galland Paul Galland Paul Galland was a German Luftwaffe ace and brother of Luftwaffe aces Adolf Galland and Wilhelm-Ferdinand Galland. He claimed 17 aerial victories in 107 combat missions. On 31 October 1942 he was shot down and killed by a RAF Supermarine Spitfire.-References:CitationsBibliography* Baker, David.... *	Leutnant	17	JG 26
Wilhelm-Ferdinand (Wutz) Galland Wilhelm-Ferdinand Galland Wilhelm-Ferdinand "Wutz" Galland was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. He is credited with 55 aerial victories in achieved in 186 combat missions... *	Major	55	JG 26	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Bernd Gallowitsch Bernd Gallowitsch Bernd Gallowitsch was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...	Major	64	JG 51, JG 7	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Josef Gärtner	Oberfeldwebel	6	JG 26
Wilhelm Gäth	Major	14	JG 26
Werner Gayko		13	JG 5
August Geiger August Geiger (pilot) August Geiger was a German Luftwaffe night fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves during World War II... *	Hauptmann	54	NJG 1	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 29/30 September 1943
Friedrich Geisshardt Friedrich Geisshardt Friedrich "Fritz" Geißhardt was a German former Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves during World War II. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat... *	Hauptmann	102	LG 2, JG 77, JG 26, JG 27	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 6 April 1942
Hannes Gentzen	Major	18	JG 102
Dieter Gerhard	Oberleutnant	8	JG 1 Jagdgeschwader 1 (World War 2) Jagdgeschwader 1 was a German World War II fighter unit or "wing" which used the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft, between 1940–1944. The name of the unit derives from Jagd, meaning "hunt" and Geschwader, meaning "wing"...
Günther Gerhards		18	JG 52
Werner Gerhardt Werner Gerhardt Werner Siegfried Friedman Gerhardt is a South African athlete who competed in the 1930 British Empire Games.At the 1930 Empire Games he won the bronze medal with the South African relay in the 4×110 yards event as well as in the 4×440 yards competition...		13	JG 2, JG 1 Jagdgeschwader 1 (World War 2) Jagdgeschwader 1 was a German World War II fighter unit or "wing" which used the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft, between 1940–1944. The name of the unit derives from Jagd, meaning "hunt" and Geschwader, meaning "wing"... , JG 26
Erich Gerlitz*	Major	18	JG 51, JG 27, JG 53, JG 5
Werner Gerth*	Hauptmann	27	JG 3, JG 300, JG 400	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Paul Gildner Paul Gildner Paul Gildner was a German Luftwaffe night fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military... *	Oberleutnant	44	NJG 1	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIFA 24/25 February 1943
Gerhard Gleuwitz		13	JG 52
Rudolf Glockner	Oberleutnant	32	JG 5, JG 7	German Cross German Cross The German Cross was instituted by Adolf Hitler on 17 November 1941 as an award ranking higher than the Iron Cross First Class but below the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross respectively ranking higher than the War Merit Cross First Class with Swords but below the Knight's Cross of the War Merit... in Gold
Adolf Glunz Adolf Glunz Adolf "Addi" Glunz was a World War II flying ace in the Luftwaffe . Glunz is credited with 71 aerial victories achieved in 574 combat missions. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat...	Oberleutnant	71	JG 26, JG 7	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Franz Götz Franz Götz (pilot) Franz Götz was a former German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...	Major	63	JG 53, JG 26	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Hans Götz Hans Götz Hans Götz was a former German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. Hans Götz was credited with 82 victories in 600 combat missions... *	Hauptmann	82	JG 54	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Heinz Golinski Heinz Golinski Heinz "Figaro" Golinski was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II.... *	Feldwebel	47	JG 53	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Gordon Gollob Gordon Gollob Gordon M. Gollob was an Austrian-born German fighter pilot and flying ace in the Luftwaffe from 1938 to 1945 during World War II. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat...	Oberst	150	JG 3, JG 77	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Kurt Goltzsch*	Oberleutnant	43	JG 2	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Heinz Gomann		12	JG 26, JG 7
Heinz Gossow	Oberfeldweber	13	KG 33, JG 300, JG 301, JG 7	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Heinz Gottlob		6	JG 26
Walter Grabmann Walter Grabmann Walter Grabmann was a German World War II Luftwaffe Generalmajor. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross...	Generalmajor	6 (+7 in Spain)	LG 1, ZG 76	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Hermann Graf Hermann Graf Colonel Hermann Graf was a German Luftwaffe World War II fighter ace. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. He served on both the Eastern and Western Fronts...	Oberst	212	JG 52, JG 11	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Hartmann Grasser Hartmann Grasser Hartmann Grasser was a World War II German fighter ace. He was credited with shooting down 103 Allied aircraft while flying 700 missions on the Western Front , Eastern Front , and in North Africa He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves...	Major	103	JG 51	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Berthold Graßmuck*	Oberfeldwebel	65	JG 52
Karl Gratz Karl Gratz Karl Gratz was an Austrian born Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...	Leutnant	138	JG 52, JG 2	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Hermann Greiner Hermann Greiner Georg-Hermann Greiner was a German Luftwaffe night fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful...	Hauptmann	51	NJG 1	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Heinz Grimm*	Leutnant	27	NJG 1	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... DOW 13 October 1943
Alfred Grislawski Alfred Grislawski Alfred Grislawski was a German former Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves during World War II. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat...	Hauptmann	133	JG 52, JG 1 Jagdgeschwader 1 (World War 2) Jagdgeschwader 1 was a German World War II fighter unit or "wing" which used the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft, between 1940–1944. The name of the unit derives from Jagd, meaning "hunt" and Geschwader, meaning "wing"...	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Helmuth Grollmus*	Leutnant	75	JG 54
Fritz Gromotka Fritz Gromotka Fritz Gromotka was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. Fritz Gromotka was credited with 29 aerial victories, 27 on the Western Front and 2 on the Eastern Front....	Leutnant	29	JG 27	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Alfred Gross	Leutnant	52	JG 54, JG 26
Erich Groth		13	ZG 2, ZG 76
Viktor Gruber	Feldwebel	10	JG 27
Hans Grünberg Hans Grünberg Hans "Specker" Grünberg was a former German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross during World War II. Grünberg shot down 82 enemy aircraft in 550 missions.-Military career:...	Oberleutnant	82	JG 3, JG 52, JG 7 JV 44 JV 44 Jagdverband 44 was a special fighter unit of top German fighter ace pilots in the Luftwaffe during the last months of World War II. The main aircraft used by the unit was the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter...	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Walter Grünlinger		7	JG 26
Josef Grimm	Unteroffizier	5	JG 27
Gerhard Grzymalla		7	JG 26
Joachim Günther		11	JG 26
Hermann Guhl		15	LG 2, JG 26
Gerhard Guttmann		10	JG 26

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Name	Rank	Total wartime victories	Unit	Notes
Friedrich Haas	Leutnant	74	JG 52
Horst Haase*	Major	56	JG 51, JG 3	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 26 November 1944
Wilhelm Hachfeld*	Hauptmann	12	LG 2, JG 51, ZG 2	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIFA 2 December 1942
August Hachtel	Oberleutnant	5	JG 400	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Joachim Hacker	Leutnant	32	JG 51
Anton Hackl Anton Hackl Anton "Toni" Hackl was a German former Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords during World War II...	Major	192	JG 77, JG 11, JG 26, JG 300	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Heinrich Hackler*	Leutnant	56	JG 77	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 1 January 1945
Heinz Hackler*	Leutnant	56	JG 77	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 31 December 1944
Heinz-Martin Hadeball	Hauptmann	33	NJG 1, NJG 4, NJG 6, NJGr 10	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Anton "Toni" Hafner Anton Hafner Anton "Toni" Hafner was a German former Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves during World War II... *	Oberleutnant	204	JG 51	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 17 October 1944
Ludwig Häfner Ludwig Häfner Ludwig Häfner was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership... *	Leutnant	52	JG 3	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 10 November 1942
Johannes Hager	Hauptmann	48	NJG 1	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Hans "Assi" Hahn	Major	108	JG 2, JG 54	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Hans Hahn Hans Hahn (night fighter pilot) Hans Hahn was a Luftwaffe night fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Hans Hahn was killed on 11 October 1941 after his JU... *	Leutnant	13	NJG 2	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 11/12 October 1941
Hans von Hahn Hans von Hahn Hans von Hahn was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...	Major	34	JG 53, JG 1 Jagdgeschwader 1 (World War 2) Jagdgeschwader 1 was a German World War II fighter unit or "wing" which used the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft, between 1940–1944. The name of the unit derives from Jagd, meaning "hunt" and Geschwader, meaning "wing"... , JG 103	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Josef Haiböck Josef Haiböck Josef "Pepsch" Haiböck was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Josef Haiböck joined the Austrian Bundesheer...	Hauptmann	77	JG 26, JG 52, JG 3	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Heinz Halstrick		13	JG 5
Joachim Hamer	Leutnant	35	JG 51
Alfred Hammer Alfred Hammer Alfred Hammer was a West German bobsledder who competed in the late 1950s and the early 1960s. He won two medals in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships with a gold in 1958 and a silver in 1960.-References:*...		26	JG 53
Karl Hammerl*	Leutnant	67	JG 52	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... MIA 2 March 1943
Gotthard Handrick Gotthard Handrick Karl Hermann Gotthard Handrick was a German Olympic athlete and German fighter pilot during the Spanish Civil War and World War II.-Career:...	Oberst	10 (+5 in Spain)	JG 26, JG 77	Gold medal Gold medal A gold medal is typically the medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture... at the 1936 Summer Olympics 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany. Berlin won the bid to host the Games over Barcelona, Spain on April 26, 1931, at the 29th IOC Session in Barcelona...
Heinz Hanke		9	JG 1 Jagdgeschwader 1 (World War 2) Jagdgeschwader 1 was a German World War II fighter unit or "wing" which used the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft, between 1940–1944. The name of the unit derives from Jagd, meaning "hunt" and Geschwader, meaning "wing"...
Günther Hannak	Hauptmann	47	LG 2, JG 77, JG 27	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Horst Hannig Horst Hannig Horst Hannig was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves during World War II. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat... *	Oberleutnant	98	JG 54, JG 2	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 15 May 1943
Jürgen Harder Jürgen Harder Jürgen Harder was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. Harder claimed 64 aircraft shot down in approximately 500 missions... *	Major	64	JG 53, JG 11	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIFA 17 February 1945
Harro Harder	Hauptmann	22 (+11 in Spain)	JG 53
Hans Hartigs	Oberleutnant	7	JG 26
Andreas Hartl	Feldwebel	11	JG 302
"Bubi" Erich Hartmann Erich Hartmann Erich Alfred Hartmann , nicknamed "Bubi" by his comrades and "The Black Devil" by his Soviet enemies, was a German World War II fighter pilot and is the highest-scoring fighter ace in the history of aerial warfare...	Major	352	JG 52, JG 53	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Ludwig Hartmann		10	JG 2
Hans-Dieter Hartwein		16	JG 5
Horst Hasse		82	JG 51, JG 3
Helmut Haugk Helmut Haugk Helmut Haugk was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...	Hauptmann	18	ZG 76, ZG 26	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Werner Haugk Werner Haugk Werner Haugk was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership... *	Leutnant	9	StG 77 Sturzkampfgeschwader 77 Sturzkampfgeschwader 77 was a Luftwaffe Dive bomber-wing of World War II.-History:Sturzkampfgeschwader 77 was formed on 1 May 1939, I. Group in Brieg, Stab and II. Group in Breslau-Schöngarten . The III. Group was formed from II... , ZG 76	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 18 October 1944
Wilhelm Hauswirth	Feldwebel	54	JG 52
Alfred Heckmann Alfred Heckmann Alfred Heckmann was a Luftwaffe flying ace of World War II. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross...	Oberleutnant	71	JG 3, JG 26, JV 44 JV 44 Jagdverband 44 was a special fighter unit of top German fighter ace pilots in the Luftwaffe during the last months of World War II. The main aircraft used by the unit was the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter...	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Günther Heckmann	Leutnant	20	JG 51, JG 1 Jagdgeschwader 1 (World War 2) Jagdgeschwader 1 was a German World War II fighter unit or "wing" which used the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft, between 1940–1944. The name of the unit derives from Jagd, meaning "hunt" and Geschwader, meaning "wing"... , JG 7
Hubert Heckmann		5	JG 1 Jagdgeschwader 1 (World War 2) Jagdgeschwader 1 was a German World War II fighter unit or "wing" which used the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft, between 1940–1944. The name of the unit derives from Jagd, meaning "hunt" and Geschwader, meaning "wing"... , JG 7
Guenther Heeger
Alfred Heidel		9	JG 27
Joseph Heim Joseph Heim Gefreiter Joseph Heim was a former German Luftwaffe flying ace. He is credited with five aerial victories flying the Messerschmitt Me-262 jet fighter, making him one of only 28 jet aces of World War II. He was killed in action on 10 April 1945.... *	Gefreiter	5	JG 7	KIA 10 April 1945
Friedrich Heimann	Oberfeldwebel	30	JG 51
Kurt Hein	Feldwebel	8	JG 26
Hans-Joachim Heinecke	Hauptmann	28	JG 27
Engelbert Heiner*	Oberleutnant	15	NJG 6	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 18/19 March 1945
Richard Heller*	Leutnant	22	ZG 26, ZG 10	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 5 April 1945
Bodo Helms		6	JG 5
Horst Hennig*	Hauptmann	7	KG 77, NJG 3	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIFA 7/8 October 1944
Eberhard Henrici	Oberleutnant	7	JG 26
Wilhelm Herget Wilhelm Herget Wilhelm Herget was a night fighter flying ace in the German Luftwaffe during World War II.Born in Stuttgart, Herget trained as a pilot prior to the outbreak of war, and was serving with II./ZG 76 flying the twin-engine Messerschmitt Bf-110...	Major	73	ZG 76, NJG 3, NJG 1, NJG 4, JV 44 JV 44 Jagdverband 44 was a special fighter unit of top German fighter ace pilots in the Luftwaffe during the last months of World War II. The main aircraft used by the unit was the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter...	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Hajo Herrmann Hajo Herrmann Hans-Joachim 'Hajo' Herrmann was a Luftwaffe bomber pilot and later after the end of World War II, focusing his activities as a lawyer on civil and criminal law. In World War II, he was a high ranking and influential member of the Luftwaffe. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the...	Oberst	9	KG 4, KG 30, JG 300	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Kurt Hermann		9	NJG 2
Rolf Hermichen Rolf Hermichen Rolf Hermichen is a German former Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves during World War II. He was born in Wernigerode in the district of Harz. Hermichen is credited with 64 aerial victories claimed in 629 combat missions, 11 of them while...	Major	64	JG 26, JG 11, JG 104	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Isken Herrmann
Heinrich Heuser	Feldwebel	5	JG 26
Hans-Joachim Heyer Hans-Joachim Heyer Hans-Joachim Heyer was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Hans-Joachim Heyer was shot down near Leningrad,... *	Leutnant	53	JG 54	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 9 November 1942
Otto-Heinrich Hilleke	Leutnant	6	JG 26
Ernst-Erich Hirschfeld Ernst-Erich Hirschfeld Ernst-Erich Hirschfeld was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership... *	Oberleutnant	24	JG 300, JG 54	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 28 July 1944
Heinz-Horst Hißbach*	Hauptmann	34	NJG 2	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 15 April 1945
Walter Höckner*	Major	68	JG 77, JG 26, JG 1 Jagdgeschwader 1 (World War 2) Jagdgeschwader 1 was a German World War II fighter unit or "wing" which used the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft, between 1940–1944. The name of the unit derives from Jagd, meaning "hunt" and Geschwader, meaning "wing"... , JG 4	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIFA 25 August 1944
Heinrich Höfemeier Heinrich Höfemeier Heinrich Höfemeier was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. He claimed 96 victories in 490 missions. All his victories were claimed over the Eastern Front. He was shot down and killed in his Fw 190 A-4 "Brown 5" Heinrich... *	Oberleutnant	96	JG 51	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 7 August 1943
Georg Höhn		6	JG 5
Jürgen Hörschelmann	Oberleutnant	44	JG 3
Anton Horwick*	Oberfeldwebel	27	NJG 2, NJG 7	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 19 February 1945
Friedrich Hoffmann Friedrich Hoffmann Friedrich Hoffmann was a German physician and chemist.-Life and career:His family had been connected with medicine for 200 years before him. Born in Halle , he attended the local gymnasium where he acquired that taste for and skill in mathematics to which he attributed much of his after success... *	Leutnant	11	JG 27
Gerhard Hoffmann Gerhard Hoffmann (pilot) Gerhard Hoffmann was a Luftwaffe flying ace of World War II. Hoffmann was credited with 130 aerial victories.... *	Leutnant	130	JG 52	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIFA 17 April 1945
Reinhold Hoffmann Reinhold Hoffmann Reinhold Hoffmann was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. On 24 May 1944, Reinhold Hoffmann attempted an... *	Leutnant	67	JG 54	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 24 May 1944
Karl Hoffmann Karl Hoffmann Karl Hoffmann is the name of:Karl Hoffmann , declined election to the Swiss Federal Council in 1881Karl Hoffmann Karl Hoffmann Karl Hoffmann -See also:...		70	JG 52
Heinrich Hoffmann Heinrich Hoffmann (pilot) Oberfeldwebel Heinrich Hoffmann was a German World War II Luftwaffe Flying ace. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat... *	Oberfeldwebel	63	JG 51	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Hermann Hoffmann Hermann Hoffmann Heinrich Karl Hermann Hoffmann was a German botanist and mycologist born in Rödelheim.He studied medicine at the University of Giessen, and in 1839 furthered his education in Berlin as a student of physiologist Johannes Peter Müller. In 1842 he earned his habilitation at Giessen, where he worked...		8	JG 26
Werner Hoffmann Werner Hoffmann (nightfighter pilot) Werner Hoffmann was a German Luftwaffe night fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...	Major	51	ZG 2, NJG 3, NJG 5	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Karl-Wilhelm Hofmann Karl-Wilhelm Hofmann Karl-Wilhelm Hofmann was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Karl-Wilhelm Hofmann was killed on 26 March 1945... *	Oberleutnant	44	JG 26	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 26 March 1945
Erich Hohagen Erich Hohagen Erich Hohagen was a German Luftwaffe flying ace during World War II and a General in the post war Bundeswehr...	Major	56	JG 51, JG 2, JG 27, JG 7, JV 44 JV 44 Jagdverband 44 was a special fighter unit of top German fighter ace pilots in the Luftwaffe during the last months of World War II. The main aircraft used by the unit was the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter...	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Walter Holl		7	JG 26
Kurt Holler		18	NJG 2, NJG 3, NJG 4
Helmuth Holtz		56	JG 51
Gerhard Homuth Gerhard Homuth Major Gerhard Homuth was a German World War II Luftwaffe fighter ace. He scored all but two of his 63 victories against the Western Allies whilst flying the Messerschmitt Bf 109, and was one of the top scoring aces in the North African campaign.- Military career :Homuth initially served in the... *	Major	63	JG 27, JG 54	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... MIA 2 August 1943
Helmuth Hoppe		24	JG 26
Walter Horten		7	JG 26
Dietrich Hrabak Dietrich Hrabak Dietrich "Dieter" Hrabak was a German World War II fighter ace who served in the Luftwaffe from 1935 until the end of World War II on 8 May 1945 and again in the Bundeswehr from 1955 until his retirement on 30 September 1970...	Oberst	125	JG 76, JG 54, JG 52	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Franz Hrdlicka*	Hauptmann	96	JG 77, JG 2	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 25 March 1945
Eckhard Hübner*	Leutnant	47	JG 3	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 28 March 1942
Wilhelm Hübner*	Leutnant	62	JG 51	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 7 April 1945
Rudolf Hübl		20	JG 1 Jagdgeschwader 1 (World War 2) Jagdgeschwader 1 was a German World War II fighter unit or "wing" which used the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft, between 1940–1944. The name of the unit derives from Jagd, meaning "hunt" and Geschwader, meaning "wing"...
Werner Hübner		7	JG 51
Karl Hülshoff		11	NJG 2
Herbert Huppertz Herbert Huppertz Herbert Huppertz was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership... *	Major	68	JG 51, JG 5, JG 2	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 8 June 1944
Werner Husemann	Major	34	NJG 1, NJG 3	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Wolf-Dietrich Huy Wolf-Dietrich Huy Wolf-Dietrich HuyAccording to his wife his first name is spelled Wolfdieter was a German former Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves during World War II. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or...	Hauptmann	40	JG 77	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...

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Name	Rank	Total wartime victories	Unit	Notes
Hans Iffland		18	JG 3
Herbert Ihlefeld Herbert Ihlefeld Herbert Ihlefeld was a German World War II fighter ace who served in the Luftwaffe from 1936 until the very end of World War II in May 1945. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords...	Oberst	132 (+7 in Spain)	I(J)/LG 2, JG 77, JG 52, JGr.25, JG 11, JG 1 Jagdgeschwader 1 (World War 2) Jagdgeschwader 1 was a German World War II fighter unit or "wing" which used the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft, between 1940–1944. The name of the unit derives from Jagd, meaning "hunt" and Geschwader, meaning "wing"...	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Iro Ilk Iro Ilk Iro Ilk was a German World War II Luftwaffe bomber pilot, Fighter Ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross . A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat... *	Major	10	LG 1, JG 300	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 25 September 1944
Eduard Isken	Oberfeldwebel	56	JG 77, JGr 200, I(F)/123, JG 53	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...

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Name	Rank	Total wartime victories	Unit	Notes
Hans-Joachim Jabs Hans-Joachim Jabs Hans-Joachim Jabs was both a day and night fighter aceFor a list of Luftwaffe night fighter aces see List of German World War II night fighter aces in the German Luftwaffe during World War II. 50 victories28 victories at night were scored...	Oberstleutnant	50	ZG 76, NJG 1	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Ernst Jäckel	Feldwebel	8	JG 26
Alfred Jakobi		10	JG 5
Erich Jauer		13	JG 26
Kurt Jenisch*	Leutnant	9	JG 27
Peter Jenne Peter Jenne Peter Jenne was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. On 2 March 1945, Peter Jenne was shot down and killed... *	Hauptmann	17	JG 300	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 2 March 1945
Josef Jennewein Josef Jennewein Josef Jennewein was a German alpine skier and world champion. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross... *	Leutnant	86	JG 26, JG 51	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... MIA 26 July 1943
Heinrich Jessen	Oberleutnant	6	JG 26
Hans Johannsen	Leutnant	8	JG 26
Wilhelm Johnen Wilhelm Johnen Wilhelm Johnen was a highly decorated German night fighter pilot in World War II. Johnen is credited with 34 aerial victories claimed in 160 nocturnal and 22 day time combat missions.For a list of Luftwaffe night fighter aces see List of German World War II night fighter aces.-Career:Johnen was...	Hauptmann	34	NJG 1, NJG 5, NJG 6	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Hermann-Friedrich Joppien Hermann-Friedrich Joppien Hauptmann Hermann-Friedrich "Jupp" Joppien was German World War II Luftwaffe Flying ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful... *	Hauptmann	70	JG 51	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 28 August 1941
Günther Josten Günther Josten Günther Josten was a German former Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military...	Oberleutnant	178	JG 51	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Harald Jung	Hauptmann	20	JG 51
Heinrich Jung*	Hauptmann	68	JG 54	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 30 July 1943

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Name	Rank	Total wartime victories	Unit	Notes
Erbo Graf von Kageneck Erbo Graf von Kageneck Erbo Graf von Kageneck was a German fighter pilot and flying ace in the Luftwaffe from 1938 to 1942 during World War II. Graf von Kageneck was credited with 67 aerial victories—that is, 67 aerial combat encounters resulting in the destruction of the enemy aircraft... *	Hauptmann	67	JG 27	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... DOW 12 January 1942
Emil Kaiser		8	JG 1 Jagdgeschwader 1 (World War 2) Jagdgeschwader 1 was a German World War II fighter unit or "wing" which used the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft, between 1940–1944. The name of the unit derives from Jagd, meaning "hunt" and Geschwader, meaning "wing"...
Herbert Kaiser Herbert Kaiser Herbert Kaiser was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Wolfgang Was was captured by American troops in May 1945...	Leutnant	68	JG 77, JG 1 Jagdgeschwader 1 (World War 2) Jagdgeschwader 1 was a German World War II fighter unit or "wing" which used the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft, between 1940–1944. The name of the unit derives from Jagd, meaning "hunt" and Geschwader, meaning "wing"... , JV 44 JV 44 Jagdverband 44 was a special fighter unit of top German fighter ace pilots in the Luftwaffe during the last months of World War II. The main aircraft used by the unit was the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter...	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Peter Kalden	Oberleutnant	84	JG 51	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Rolf Kaldrack Rolf Kaldrack Rolf Kaldrack was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves during World War II. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat... *	Hauptmann	21 (+3 in Spain)	ZG 76	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 3 February 1942
Adolf Kalkum	Feldwebel	57	JG 53
Herbert Kaminski	Major	7	ZG 76, JG 53	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Fritz Karch	Hauptmann	47	JG 2	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Eberhard Kaross	Leutnant	10	NJG 100
August Kayser		25
Dietrich Kehl	Oberleutnant	6	JG 26
Georg Keil	Leutnant	36	JG 2
Günther Kelch	Hauptmann	13	JG 26
Hannes Keller	Unteroffizier	24	JG 51
Lothar Keller Lothar Keller Lothar Keller was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. On 26 June 1941 Lothar Keller was killed after he...	Hauptmann	23 (+3 in Spain)	JG 3	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Kurt Kelter		60	JG 54
Heinz Kemethmüller	Leutnant	89	JG 3, JG 26	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Karl-Heinz Kempf*	Leutnant	65	JG 54, JG 26	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 3 September 1944
Karl Kennel Karl Kennel Karl Kennel was a German World War II Luftwaffe ground attack pilot and flying ace. He flew 957 combat missions and is credited with 34 victories, including 3 on the Western front.For a list of Luftwaffe ground attack aces see List of German World War II Ground Attack aces-Awards:* Iron Cross 2nd...	Major	34	ZG 26, ZG 2, SG 1, SG 2	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Gerhard Keppler		12	JG 27
Georg Kiefner		12	JG 26, JV 44 JV 44 Jagdverband 44 was a special fighter unit of top German fighter ace pilots in the Luftwaffe during the last months of World War II. The main aircraft used by the unit was the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter...
Johannes Kiel Johannes Kiel Johannes Kiel was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Johannes Kiel was killed on 29 January 1944 over... *	Hauptmann der Reserve	25	ZG 26, ZG 76	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 29 January 1944
Willy Kientsch Willy Kientsch Wilhelm "Willy" Kientsch was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership... *	Oberleutnant	53	JG 27	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 29 January 1944
Rüdiger von Kirchmayr		29	JG 1 Jagdgeschwader 1 (World War 2) Jagdgeschwader 1 was a German World War II fighter unit or "wing" which used the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft, between 1940–1944. The name of the unit derives from Jagd, meaning "hunt" and Geschwader, meaning "wing"... , JG 11, JV 44 JV 44 Jagdverband 44 was a special fighter unit of top German fighter ace pilots in the Luftwaffe during the last months of World War II. The main aircraft used by the unit was the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter...
Joachim Kirschner Joachim Kirschner Hauptmann Joachim Kirschner was a German World War II Luftwaffe 188 victories Flying ace. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves... *	Hauptmann	188	JG 3, JG 27	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... 17 December 1943
Otto Kittel Otto Kittel Otto "Bruno" Kittel was a World War II Luftwaffe flying ace. He flew 583 combat missions on the Eastern Front, claiming 267 aerial victories, making him the fourth highest scoring ace in aviation history... *	Oberleutnant	267	JG 54	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... 16 February 1945
Ernst Klager		22	JG 53
Hans Klein Hans Klein Dipl.-Ing. Hans KleinIn German an engineer's degree is called Diplom-Ingenieur was a German World War I fighter ace credited with 22 aerial victories...		10	JG 52
Alfons Klein	Oberleutnant	40 (+1 in Spain)	JG 52, JG 11	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Erich Klein		5	JG 5
Rudolf Klemm Rudolf Klemm Rudolf Klemm was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...		42	JG 54, JG 26	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Heinrich Klöpper Heinrich Klöpper Heinrich Klöpper was a former German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership... *	Oberleutnant	94	JG 51, JG 1 Jagdgeschwader 1 (World War 2) Jagdgeschwader 1 was a German World War II fighter unit or "wing" which used the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft, between 1940–1944. The name of the unit derives from Jagd, meaning "hunt" and Geschwader, meaning "wing"...	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 29 November 1943
Reinhold Knacke Reinhold Knacke Reinhold Knacke was a German Luftwaffe night fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military... *	Hauptmann	44	ZG 1, NJG 1	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 3/4 February 1943
Kurt Knappe Kurt Knappe Kurt Knappe was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. On 3 September 1943, Kurt Knappe was killed over Evreux,... *	Oberfeldwebel	56	JG 51, JG 2	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 3 September 1943
Hans Knauth		26	JG 51
Emil Knittel		50	JG 54
Heinz Knoke Heinz Knoke Heinz Knoke was a World War II Luftwaffe flying ace. He is credited with 33 confirmed aerial victories, all claimed over the Western theatre of operations, and claimed a further five unconfirmed kills in over 2000 flights...	Hauptmann	31	JG 1 Jagdgeschwader 1 (World War 2) Jagdgeschwader 1 was a German World War II fighter unit or "wing" which used the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft, between 1940–1944. The name of the unit derives from Jagd, meaning "hunt" and Geschwader, meaning "wing"... & JG 11	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... 1/2 victory {Not awarded}+12 unconfirmed
Gerhard Koall Gerhard Koall Gerhard "Knall" Koall was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Gerhard Koall was killed on 27 April 1945 after...		37	JG 3, JG 54	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Hans-Günther Koch		15	JG 51
Harry Koch		30	JG 26, JG 2
Josef Kociok Josef Kociok Josef Kociok was a former German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership... *	Oberfeldwebel	33	ZG 76, SKG 210, 10(NJ)/ZG 1	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Armin Köhler	Major	69	JG 27, JG 77	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Hans-Heinrich Koenig Hans-Heinrich Koenig Hans-Heinrich Koenig was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. He was killed on 24 May 1944 after his Fw 190...		28	ZG 76, NJG 3, JG 11	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Gerhard Köppen Gerhard Köppen Gerhard Köppen was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...	Leutnant	85	JG 52	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Friedrich Körner Friedrich Körner Friedrich Körner was a World War II Luftwaffe Flying ace. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Körner was credited with 36 victories in over 250...	Oberleutnant	36	JG 27	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Alfons Köster Alfons Köster Alfons Köster was a German Luftwaffe night fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...	Hauptmann	26	NJG 1, NJG 2, NJG 3	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 6 January 1945
Franz Köster Franz Köster Unteroffizier Franz Köster was a former German Luftwaffe night fighter flying ace. He is credited with 7 aerial victories flying the Messerschmitt Me-262 jet fighter, making him one of only 28 jet aces of World War II.-References:...	Unteroffizier	7
Hans Kolbow Hans Kolbow Hans Kolbow was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. On 17 July 1941 Hans Kolbow was hit by Soviet flak near...	Oberleutnant	27	JG 20, JG 51	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Reinhard Kollak Reinhard Kollak Reinhard Kollak was a German Luftwaffe night fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II...	Stabsfeldwebel	49	NJG 1, NJG 4	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Berthold Korts Berthold Korts Berthold Korts was a German World War II fighter ace and was credited with 113 aerial victories. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross... *	Leutnant	113	JG 52	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 29 August 1943
Eduard Koslowski		13	JG 53, JG 26
Wolfgang Kosse		46	JG 26, JG 5, JG 1 Jagdgeschwader 1 (World War 2) Jagdgeschwader 1 was a German World War II fighter unit or "wing" which used the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft, between 1940–1944. The name of the unit derives from Jagd, meaning "hunt" and Geschwader, meaning "wing"... , JG 3
Willi Kothmann		13	JG 27
Herbert Kowalski		5	JG 27
Heinrich Krafft Heinrich Krafft Heinrich "Gaudi" Krafft was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership... *	Hauptmann	78	JG 51, JG 3	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 14 December 1942
Josef Kraft Josef Kraft Josef Kraft was a German Luftwaffe night fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military...	Hauptmann	56	NJG 1, NJG 6	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Karl-Heinz Krahl Karl-Heinz Krahl Karl-Heinz Krahl was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...	Hauptmann	24	JG 2, JG 3	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Erich Krainik		13	JG 27
Herbert Krenz		12	JG 27
Herbert Kroh
Hans-Joachim Kroschinski Hans-Joachim Kroschinski Hans-Joachim Kroschinski was a former German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II...	Leutnant	76	JG 54	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Heinz Krug		9	JG 26
"the Count" Walter Krupinski Walter Krupinski Walter ´´Graf Pinski`` Krupinski was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace of World War II and a senior West German air force officer after the war. He was one of the highest-scoring pilots, accredited with 197 victories in 1,100 sorties. He was called by his fellow pilots Graf Pinski due to his...	Hauptmann	197	JG 52, JG 11, JG 26, JV 44 JV 44 Jagdverband 44 was a special fighter unit of top German fighter ace pilots in the Luftwaffe during the last months of World War II. The main aircraft used by the unit was the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter...	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Elias Kühlein	Leutnant	36	JG 51
Wilhelm Küken	Oberfeldwebel	45	JG 51, JGr Ost
Franz Kunz		12	JG 53, JG 26
Josef Kunz		16	JG 5
Herbert Kutscha Herbert Kutscha Herbert Kutscha was a former German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II...	Hauptmann	47	JG 3, JG 27, JG 11	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...

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Name	Rank	Total wartime victories	Unit	Notes
August Lambert August Lambert August Lambert was a former dive-bomber and ground attack pilot who became a Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II.-Career:An experienced pilot with II./SG 2, the unit was heavily involved in Crimean campaign during early-mid... *	Oberleutnant	116	SG 2, JG 77	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 17 April 1945
Günther Landt		23	JG 53
Emil "Bully" Lang Emil Lang (fighter ace) Emil "Bully" Lang was a Luftwaffe Flying ace during World War II. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat... *	Hauptmann	173	JG 54, JG 26	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... 18 in one day
Friedrich Lange	Leutnant	8	JG 26
Gerhard Lange	Hauptmann	5	JG 6
Heinz Lange Heinz Lange Heinz Lange was a German World War II Luftwaffe 70-victory flying ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. He held the position of Geschwaderkommodore of fighter wing Jagdgeschwader 51. He held the rank of Major.-Career:Lange was born on 2 October 1917 in Colgne, the son of a...	Major	70	JG 21, JG 54, JG 51	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Karl-Heinz Langer Karl-Heinz Langer Karl-Heinz Langer was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...	Major	30	JG 3	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Hans-Joachim Langer		10	JG 51, JG 7
Erwin Laskowski	Oberfeldwebel	46	JG 51, JG 11
Kurt Lasse Kurt Lasse Kurt Lasse was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. On 8 October 1941, Kurt Lasse was shot down over Isthmus... *	Oberleutnant	39	JG 77	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 8 October 1941
Karl Laub	Oberfeldwebel	7	JG 26
Bernhard Lausch	Oberfeldwebel	39	JG 51
Heinz Leber	Leutnant	54	JG 51
Alois Lechner*	Major	45	NJG 100, NJG 2	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 23 February 1944
Karl-Heinz Leesmann Karl-Heinz Leesmann Karl-Heinz Leesmann was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Karl-Heinz Leesmann was shot down on 25 July... *	Major	37	JG 52, JG 1 Jagdgeschwader 1 (World War 2) Jagdgeschwader 1 was a German World War II fighter unit or "wing" which used the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft, between 1940–1944. The name of the unit derives from Jagd, meaning "hunt" and Geschwader, meaning "wing"...	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 25 July 1943
Erwin Leibold	Oberfeldwebel	11	JG 26
Erich Leie Erich Leie Erich Leie was a German World War II fighter ace who served in the Luftwaffe until his death on 7 March 1945... *	Major	118	JG 2, JG 51, JG 77	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 7 March 1945
Hermann Leiste	Leutnant	29	JG 54
Siegfried Lemke Siegfried Lemke Siegfried "Wumm" Lemke was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...	Hauptmann	96	JG 2	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Wilhelm Lemke Wilhelm Lemke Wilhelm Lemke was a Luftwaffe flying ace of World War II. Lemke was credited with 131 victories. All but six of his victories were claimed over the Soviet Air Forces in over 700 combat missions.... *	Hauptmann	131	JG 3	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 4 December 1943
Helmut Lennartz Helmut Lennartz Helmut Lennartz was a former German Luftwaffe fighter ace during World War II. He is credited with 13 aerial victories, including eight victories while flying the Messerschmitt Me-262 jet fighter...	Feldwebel	13	JG 11, JG 7, EKdo 262, Kdo Nowotny Kommando Nowotny Kommando Nowotny was a Luftwaffe fighter Gruppe formed during the last months of World War II for testing and establishing tactics for the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter, and was created and first commanded by Walter Nowotny, from whom it drew its name....
Helmut Lent Helmut Lent Oberst Helmut Lent was a German night-fighter ace in World War II. Lent shot down 110 aircraft, 103 of them at night, far more than the minimum of five enemy aircraft required for the title of "ace".For a list of Luftwaffe night fighter aces see List of German World War II night fighter... *	Oberst	110	NJG 1, NJG 2, NJG 3	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Richard Leppla Richard Leppla Richard Leppla was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. Leppla claimed 68 aerial victories claimed in over 500 combat missions...	Major	68	JG 51, JG 105, JG 6	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Heinrich Lesch		8	JG 5
Franz Leuders
Rudolf Leuschel	Hauptmann	9	JG 26
Erwin Leykauf	Oberleutnant	33	JG 54
Fritz Liebelt	Leutnant	25	JG 51
Carl von Lieres	Oberleutnant	31	JG 27
Arnold Lignitz	Hauptmann	25	JG 51, JG 54
Friedrich Lindelaub	Oberfeldwebel	5	JG 26
Theodor Lindemann	Oberleutnant	7	JG 26
Anton Lindner Anton Lindner (pilot) Anton Lindner was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Anton Lindner joined the postwar Luftwaffe in 1956 and...	Oberleutnant	73	JG 51	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Walter Lindner		64	JG 52
Rudi Linz Rudi Linz Rudi Linz was a Luftwaffe fighter ace during the Second World war. Linz was posthumously awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross for a total of 70 aerial victories claimed... *	Leutnant	70	JG 5	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 9 February 1945
Lothar Linke Lothar Linke Lothar Linke was a German Luftwaffe night fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership... *	Oberleutnant	27	ZG 76, NJG 1, NJG 2	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 14 May 1943
Helmut Lipfert Helmut Lipfert Helmut Lipfert was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves. Lipfert ranks as the world's thirteenth fighter ace. Lipfert was credited with 203 victories achieved in 687 combat missions...	Hauptmann	203	JG 52, JG 53	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld was a Luftwaffe night fighter flying ace of aristocratic descent during World War II. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat... *	Major	51	NJG 1	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIFA 12 March 1944
Wolfgang Lippert Wolfgang Lippert (pilot) Wolfgang Lippert was a World War II Luftwaffe Flying ace. Lippert was credited with 29 victories, five of which were scored in the Spanish Civil War.-Luftwaffe career:... *	Hauptmann	29 (+4 in Spain)	JG 53, JG 27	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 3 December 1941
Frank Liesendahl*	Hauptmann	50	JG 53, JG 2	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 17 July 1942
Stefan Litjens Stefan Litjens Stefan "Steff" Litjens was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Stefan Litjens joined the postwar Bundeswehr...	Oberfeldwebel	38	JG 53	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Gerhard Loos Gerhard Loos Gerhard Loos was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II... *	Oberleutnant	92	JG 54	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 6 March 1944
Walter Loos Walter Loos Walter Loos was a former German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II.The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.During his career he was credited with 38...	Oberfeldwebel	38	JG 301, JG 3	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Fritz Losigkeit Fritz Losigkeit Major Fritz Losigkeit was a German World War II Luftwaffe Flying ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...	Major	68	JG 26, JG 1 Jagdgeschwader 1 (World War 2) Jagdgeschwader 1 was a German World War II fighter unit or "wing" which used the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft, between 1940–1944. The name of the unit derives from Jagd, meaning "hunt" and Geschwader, meaning "wing"... , JG 51, JG 77	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Werner Lucas Werner Lucas Werner Georg Emil Lucas was a Luftwaffe fighter pilot, born on December 27, 1917 in north Berlin, Germany... *	Hauptmann	106	JG 3	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 24 October 1943
August Lübking		38	JG 5, JG 7
Max-Hermann Lücke Max-Hermann Lücke Max-Hermann "Anatol" Lücke was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. During his career he was credited with 78... *	Oberleutnant	78	JG 51	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 8 November 1943
Fritz Lüddecke Fritz Lüddecke Fritz Lüddecke was a Luftwaffe fighter ace during the Second World war. He scored 51 victories in over 600 missions, including 150 fighter-bomber missions, all over the Eastern front.... *	Oberfeldwebel	51	JG 51	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 10 August 1944
Rudolf Lüder		6	JG 5
Johannes Lutter	Hauptmann	12	ZG 1, ZG 76, ZG 2, SKG 210, SKG 10, SG 4	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Richard Lutzka		5	JG 5
Herbert Lütje Herbert Lütje Herbert Lütje . He was a highly decorated night fighter pilot and flying ace during World War II. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat...	Oberstleutnant	50	NJG 1, NJG 6	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Günther Lützow Günther Lützow Colonel Günther Lützow was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace and a leader in the "Fighter Pilots Revolt". Lützow was credited with 110 victories achieved in over 300 combat missions. He scored 5 victories during the Spanish Civil War... *	Oberst	108 (5 in Spain)	JG 3, JV 44 JV 44 Jagdverband 44 was a special fighter unit of top German fighter ace pilots in the Luftwaffe during the last months of World War II. The main aircraft used by the unit was the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter...	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... MIA 24 April 1945
August Luy		35	JG 5

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Name	Rank	Total wartime victories	Unit	Notes
Ernst Maack		8	JG 27, JG 11
Werner Machold Werner Machold Werner Machold was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...	Oberleutnant	32	JG 2	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Anton Mader Anton Mader Oberstleutnant Anton Mader was German World War II Luftwaffe 86 victories Flying ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross...	Oberstleutnant	86	JG 2, JG 77, JG 54	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Heinz Mahlkuch		16	JG 77
Lothar Mai	Leutnant	45	JG 51
Wilhelm Mackenstedt		6	JG 26
Wilhelm Makrocki		9	ZG 76, JG 26
Günther Freiherr von Maltzahn Günther Freiherr von Maltzahn Oberst Günther Freiherr von Maltzahn was a German World War II Luftwaffe Flying ace and Geschwaderkommodore of Jagdgeschwader 53 and a winner of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves...	Oberst	68	JG 53	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Heinz Marquardt Heinz Marquardt Heinz "Negus" Marquardt was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Marquardt scored 121 aerial victories...	Oberfeldwebel	121	JG 51	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Hans-Joachim Marseille Hans-Joachim Marseille Hans-Joachim Marseille was a Luftwaffe fighter pilot and flying ace during World War II. He is noted for his aerial battles during the North African Campaign and his bohemian lifestyle. One of the best fighter pilots of World War II, he was nicknamed the "Star of Africa"... *	Hauptmann	158	JG 52, JG 27	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIFA 30 September 1942
Karl-Heinrich Matern	Hauptmann	12	ZG 1, ZG 76
Walter Matoni Walter Matoni Walter Matoni was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II....	Major	34	JG 27, JG 26, JG 2, JG 11	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Kurt Matzak	Leutnant	18	NJG 1
Lothar May		45	JG 51
Egon Mayer Egon Mayer Egon Mayer was a German World War II fighter ace who served in the Luftwaffe from 1937 until his death in 1944. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords... *	Oberstleutnant	102	JG 2	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 2 March 1944
Otto Mayer		22	JG 27
Hans-Karl Mayer Hans-Karl Mayer Hans-Karl Mayer was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...	Hauptmann	39 (+8 in Spain)	JG 53, JG 26	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 17 October 1940
Wilhelm Mayer	Leutnant	27	JG 26	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Maximilian Mayerl	Hauptmann	76	JG 51, EJG 1	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Erhardt Mecke		12	JG 5
Helmut Meckel Helmut Meckel Helmut Meckel was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Helmut Meckel was killed on 8 May 1943 in a flying...	Oberleutnant	21	JG 3	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIFA 8 May 1943
Johann-Hermann Meier Johann-Hermann Meier Johann-Hermann Meier was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership... *	Leutnant	78	JG 26, JG 52	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 15 March 1944
Julius Meimberg Julius Meimberg Julius Meimberg was a former German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II.The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.Julius Meimberg achieved 53 victories in...	Major	53	JG 2, JG 53	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Ludwig Meister Ludwig Meister Ludwig Meister was a German Luftwaffe night fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...	Hauptmann	39	NJG 1, NJG 4	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Karl-Heinz Meltzer	Leutnant	74	JG 52
Arthur Mendl		9	JG 5
Robert Menge		20 (4 in Spain)	JG 26
Karl Mentnich		7	JG 27
Hans-Jörg Merkel		30	JG 52
Helmut Mertens	Hauptmann	97	JG 3	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Werner Methfessel		8	LG 1
Manfred Meurer Manfred Meurer Manfred Meurer was a Luftwaffe night fighter flying ace of World War II. Meurer was credited with 65 aerial victories claimed in 130 combat missions.For a list of Luftwaffe night fighter aces see List of German World War II night fighter aces He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the... *	Hauptmann	65	NJG 1, NJG 5	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 21/22 January 1944
Conny Meyer		16	JG 26
Eduard Meyer Eduard Meyer (pilot) Eduard Meyer was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership... *	Leutnant	22	ZG 26	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 31 March 1942
Walter Meyer Walter Meyer Walter Meyer was a German rower who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.In 1932 he won the gold medal as member of the German boat in the coxed fours competition.-External links:*...		18	JG 54, JG 26
Gerhard Michalski Gerhard Michalski Gerhard Michalski was a German former Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.-Military career:...	Oberstleutnant	73	JG 53, JG 4	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Rudolf Miethig Rudolf Miethig Rudolf Miethig was a Luftwaffe flying ace of World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership... *	Hauptmann	101	JG 52	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 10 June 1943
Klaus Mietusch Klaus Mietusch Klaus Mietusch was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves during World War II. Mietusch claimed 75 victories during his combat career but died at the hands of an American P-51 pilot in September 1944 and was posthumously awarded the Oak Leaves... *		76	JG 26	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 17 September 1944
Wilhelm Mink Wilhelm Mink (pilot) Wilhelm Mink was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II... *	Oberfeldwebel	72	JG 51, EJG 1	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 12 March 1945
Bruno Mischkot		7	JG 26, JG 3, JG 2, EJG 2
Helmut Missner*	Oberfeldwebel	82	JG 54	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 12 September 1944
Erich Mix Erich Mix Erich Mix was a German politician, member of the Nazi Party, later a member of the FDP and Flying ace during World War II....		13 (+3 in World War I)	JG 1 Jagdgeschwader 1 (World War 2) Jagdgeschwader 1 was a German World War II fighter unit or "wing" which used the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft, between 1940–1944. The name of the unit derives from Jagd, meaning "hunt" and Geschwader, meaning "wing"... , JG 2, JG 53
Ernst-Wilhelm Modrow Ernst-Wilhelm Modrow Ernst-Wilhelm Modrow was a German Luftwaffe night fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...	Major	34	NJG 1	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
"Vati" Werner Mölders Werner Mölders Werner Mölders was a World War II German Luftwaffe pilot and the leading German fighter ace in the Spanish Civil War. Mölders became the first pilot in aviation history to claim 100 aerial victories—that is, 100 aerial combat encounters resulting in the destruction of the enemy aircraft, and was... *	Oberst	115 (15 in Spain)	JG 51	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIFA 22 November 1941
Wilhelm Moritz Wilhelm Moritz Wilhelm Moritz was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...	Major	44	JG 51, JG 3	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
August Mors August Mors August Mors was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. On 6 August 1944, August Mors was severely wounded after... *	Leutnant	60	JG 5	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 8 August 1944
Friedrich-Karl "Tutti" Müller*	Oberstleutnant	140	JG 53, JG 3	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 29 May 1944
Friedrich-Karl "Nasen" Müller	Major	30	NJG 11, JG 300	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Fritz Müller Fritz Müller (pilot) Leutnant Fritz Müller was a former German Luftwaffe flying ace. He is credited with 22 aerial victories including seven while flying the Messerschmitt Me-262 jet fighter, making him one of only 28 jet aces of World War II....	Leutnant	22	JG 7
Kurt Müller	Oberleutnant	5	JG 26
Rudolf Müller Rudolf Müller Rudolf "Rudi" Müller was a former German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership... *	Oberfeldwebel	94	JG 5	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... Died in POW camp 21 June 1943
Wilhelm Müller	Oberfeldwebel	10	JG 26
Gerhard Müller-Dühne	Leutnant	5	JG 26
Joachim Müncheberg Joachim Müncheberg Joachim Müncheberg was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace during World War II. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. He is credited with 135 enemy aircraft shot down claimed in over 500 combat missions... *	Major	135	JG 26, JG 51, JG 77	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 23 March 1943
Leopold Münster Leopold Münster Leopold Münster was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves during World War II. Leopold Münster claimed 95 victories, 25 on the Western Front... *	Leutnant	95	JG 3	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 8 May 1944
Hubert Mütherich	Oberleutnant	43	JG 51, JG 54
Georg Munderloh	Oberfeldwebel	20	JG 54
Karl "Fox" Munz	Leutnant	60	JG 52, JG 7

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Name	Rank	Total wartime victories	Unit	Notes
Heinz Nacke Heinz Nacke Heinz Nacke was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...	Major	14	ZG 76, NJG 3	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Johannes Naumann	Major	34	JG 26, JG 6, JG 7	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Willi Nemitz Willi Nemitz Willi Nemitz was a former German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership... *	Leutnant	81	JG 52	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 11 April 1943
Wolfgang Neu	Hauptmann	12	JG 26
Hermann Neuhoff Hermann Neuhoff Hermann Neuhoff was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. On 10 April 1942 he was shot down during combat over...	Leutnant	40	JG 53	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Klaus Neumann Klaus Neumann Klaus Neumann was a German Leutnant and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.-World War II:Unteroffizier Neumann began his combat flying...	Leutnant	37	JG 51, JG 3, JG 7, JV 44 JV 44 Jagdverband 44 was a special fighter unit of top German fighter ace pilots in the Luftwaffe during the last months of World War II. The main aircraft used by the unit was the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter...	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Karl Neumann
Helmut Neumann	Leutnant	62	JG 5	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Eduard Neumann Eduard Neumann Eduard 'Edu' Neumann was a German Luftwaffe Officer and commanded the famous Jagdgeschwader 27 ‘Afrika’ during the North African Campaign from 1941 to 1943.-Early life:...	Oberstleutnant	11 (+2 in Spain)	JG 26, JG 27
Siegfried Ney	Oberfeldwebel	11	NJG 1
Hans Niederhoefer
Karl-Gottfried Nordmann Karl-Gottfried Nordmann Oberstleutnant Karl-Gottfried Nordmann was a German World War II Luftwaffe flying ace. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves...	Oberst	78	JG 51	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Jakob Norz Jakob Norz Jakob Norz was a Luftwaffe flying ace of World War II. Norz was credited with 117 aerial victories. All his victories were claimed over the Soviet Air Forces in 332 combat missions. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross... *	Leutnant	117	JG 5	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 16 September 1944
"Nowi" Walter Nowotny Walter Nowotny Major Walter "Nowi" Nowotny was an Austrian-born German fighter ace of World War II. He is credited with 258 aerial victories in 442 combat missions... *	Major	258	JG 54, Kdo Nowotny Kommando Nowotny Kommando Nowotny was a Luftwaffe fighter Gruppe formed during the last months of World War II for testing and establishing tactics for the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter, and was created and first commanded by Walter Nowotny, from whom it drew its name.... , JG 101	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 8 November 1944 >

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Name	Rank	Total wartime victories	Unit	Notes
Horst Oberlander
Friedrich Obleser Friedrich Obleser Friedrich Obleser was a German World War II fighter ace and was credited with 127 aerial victories achieved in 500 combat missions. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or...	Oberleutnant	120	JG 52	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Walter Oesau Walter Oesau Walter "Gulle" Oesau was a German World War II fighter ace who served in the Luftwaffe from 1934 until his death in 1944... *	Oberst	127 (9 in Spain)	JG 1 Jagdgeschwader 1 (World War 2) Jagdgeschwader 1 was a German World War II fighter unit or "wing" which used the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft, between 1940–1944. The name of the unit derives from Jagd, meaning "hunt" and Geschwader, meaning "wing"... , JG 2, JG 51, J/88	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 11 May 1944
Walter Ohlrogge Walter Ohlrogge Walter Ohlrogge was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...	Leutnant	77	JG 3, JG 7	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Robert Olejnik Robert Olejnik (pilot) Robert Olejnik was a Luftwaffe flying ace of World War II. He was credited with 41 aerial victories claimed in some 680 combat missions. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross...	Major	41	JG 2, JG 3, JG 1 Jagdgeschwader 1 (World War 2) Jagdgeschwader 1 was a German World War II fighter unit or "wing" which used the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft, between 1940–1944. The name of the unit derives from Jagd, meaning "hunt" and Geschwader, meaning "wing"... , JG 400	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Emil Omert Emil Omert Emil Omert was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. Omert claimed 70 aerial victories in over 700 missions, including 125 fighter-bomber and ground attack mission. He also claimed 25 aircraft destroyed on the ground... *	Hauptmann	70	JG 3, JG 2, JG 77	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 24 April 1944
Theo Osterkamp Theo Osterkamp Theodor "Theo" Osterkamp was a World War I and World War II Luftwaffe fighter ace. He flew in the first World War, scoring 32 victories...	Generalleutnant	6 (+32 in World War I)	JG 51	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Max-Hellmuth Ostermann Max-Hellmuth Ostermann Max-Hellmuth Ostermann was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace during World War II. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. He is credited with 102 enemy aircraft shot down claimed in over 300 combat missions... *	Oberleutnant	102	ZG 1, JG 54	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 9 August 1942

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Name	Rank	Total wartime victories	Unit	Notes
Horst Patuschka Horst Patuschka Dr. Horst Patuschka was a German Luftwaffe night fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership... *	Hauptmann	23	NJG 2	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 6 March 1943
Georg Pavenzinger	Feldwebel	5	JG 51
Hans Peterburs Hans Peterburs Hans Peterburs was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. Peterburs claimed 18 aerial victories during the war. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...	Oberfeldwebel	18	ZG 76, ZG 1	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Viktor Petermann Viktor Petermann Viktor Petermann was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...	Oberleutnant	64	JG 52, JG 7	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Erhard Peters	Leutnant	64	JG 52, JG 7
Horst Petzchler
Karl Pfeiffer	Oberfeldwebel	10	NJG 1
Rudolf Pflanz Rudolf Pflanz Rudolf "Rudi" Pflanz was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. Pflanz claimed 52 aerial victories, all of them over the Western Front... *	Hauptmann	52	JG 2	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 31 July 1942
Helmut Pfüller	Oberfeldwebel	28	JG 51
Hans Philipp Hans Philipp Lieutenant Colonel Hans Philipp was a German World War II fighter ace who served in the Luftwaffe from 1936 until he was killed in action 8 October 1943 by a P-47 Thunderbolt-pilot. It is believed that he was shot down by Robert S. Johnson... *	Major	206	JG 54, JG 1 Jagdgeschwader 1 (World War 2) Jagdgeschwader 1 was a German World War II fighter unit or "wing" which used the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft, between 1940–1944. The name of the unit derives from Jagd, meaning "hunt" and Geschwader, meaning "wing"...	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 8 October 1943
Wilhelm Philipp	Oberfeldwebel	81	JG 54	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Hans Philips
Anton-Rudolf Piffer Anton-Rudolf Piffer Anton-Rudolf Piffer was a Luftwaffe flying ace of World War II. Piffer was credited with 35 victories. All his victories were recorded over the Western front and included 26 four-engine bombers.-Career:... *	Leutnant	26	JG 1 Jagdgeschwader 1 (World War 2) Jagdgeschwader 1 was a German World War II fighter unit or "wing" which used the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft, between 1940–1944. The name of the unit derives from Jagd, meaning "hunt" and Geschwader, meaning "wing"...	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 17 June 1944
Johann Pilcher	Leutnant	75	JG 77
Rolf Pingel Rolf Pingel Rolf Pingel was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.Pingel was born 1 October 1913 in Kiel...	Major	28 (+6 in Spain)	JG 26, JG 53	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Karl-Heinz Plücker	Oberleutnant	34	JG 1 Jagdgeschwader 1 (World War 2) Jagdgeschwader 1 was a German World War II fighter unit or "wing" which used the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft, between 1940–1944. The name of the unit derives from Jagd, meaning "hunt" and Geschwader, meaning "wing"... , JG 52
Josef Pöhs Josef Pöhs Josef "Joschi" Pöhs was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership... *	Oberleutnant	43	JG 54	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 30 December 1943
Wolfgang Polster
Hans Prager	Leutnant	23	JG 26
Alexander Preinfalk Alexander Preinfalk Alexander Preinfalk was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership... *	Oberfeldwebel	78	JG 77, JG 51, JG 53	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 12 December 1944
Bela Preisler	Unteroffizier	6	JG 5
Rolf Prigge	Oberfänrich	5	JG 27, JG 7
Josef "Pips" Priller Josef Priller Josef "Pips" Priller was a German World War II fighter ace. He has become famous because of the publicity regarding his Focke-Wulf's Fw 190A-8's single strafing pass attack on Sword Beach on June 6, 1944 , accompanied by his wingman Herbert Huppertz...	Oberst	101	JG 51, JG 26	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Rolf-Peter Pringle
Herbert Puschmann Herbert Puschmann Herbert "Puschi" Puschmann was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. Puschmann claimed 57 aerial victories, 37 over the Easter Front and 20 over the Mediterranean Front...	Hauptmann	57	JG 51	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Emil Puttfargen

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Name	Rank	Total wartime victories	Unit	Notes
Klaus Quaet-Faslem*	Major	49	JG 53, JG 3	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 30 January 1944
Richard Quante*	Feldwebel	49	JG 51	KIA 14 August 1942
Werner Quast Werner Quast Werner "Quax" Quast was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. On 7 August 1943 Werner Quast rammed his BF-109...	Fahnenjunker-Oberfeldwebel	84	JG 52	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...

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Name	Rank	Total wartime victories	Unit	Notes
Rudolf Rademacher Rudolf Rademacher Rudolf "Rudi" Rademacher was a German World War II fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross...	Oberleutnant	126	JG 54, JG 7	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Waldemar Radener Waldemar Radener Waldemar Radener was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Waldemar Radener was killed on 8 January 1957 in a...	Oberleutnant	37	JG 26, JG 300	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Günther Radusch Günther Radusch Günther Radusch was a German aircraft pilot, the sixth highest scoring night fighter flying ace in the German Luftwaffe during World War II.For a list of Luftwaffe night fighter aces see List of German World War II night fighter aces Günther Radusch is credited with 65 aerial victories...	Oberst	64 (1 in Spain)	NJG 1, NJG 2, NJG 3	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Gerhard Raht Gerhard Raht Gerhard Ferdinand Otto Raht was a German Luftwaffe night fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful...	Hauptmann	58	NJG 2	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Günther Rall Günther Rall Lieutenant-General Günther Rall was the third most successful fighter ace in history. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. He achieved a total of 275 victories during World War II: 272 on the Eastern Front,...	Major	275	JG 52, JG 11	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Karl Rammelt Karl Rammelt Karl Rammelt was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...	Major	46	JG 51	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Alfred Rauch	Leutnant	60	JG 51	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Paul-Hubert Rauh Paul-Hubert Rauh Paul-Hubert Rauh was a German Luftwaffe night fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...	Hauptmann	31	NJG 4	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Karl-Wolfgang Redlich*	Major	43 (2 in Spain)	JG 27	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 29 May 1944
Hans Reiff	Oberfeldwebel	48	JG 3
Ernst-Wilhelm Reinert Ernst-Wilhelm Reinert Ernst-Wilhelm Reinert was a German former Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords during World War II. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat...	Oberleutnant	174	JG 77, JG 27	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Hans-Günther Reinhard	Oberfeldwebel	44	JG 54
Peter Reischer	Oberleutnant	19	JG 26
Hans Remmer Hans Remmer Hans Remmer was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership... *	Hauptmann	27	JG 27	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 2 April 1944
Anton Resch Anton Resch Anton Resch was a former German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...	Oberleutnant	91	JG 52	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Rudolf Resch Rudolf Resch Rudolf Resch was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Rudolf Resch was shot down and killed on 11 July 1943 by... *	Major	94 (1 in Spain)	JG 52, JG 51	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 11 July 1943
Willi Reschke Willi Reschke Willi Reschke was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...	Oberfeldwebel	28	JG 302, JG 301	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Ralph von Rettberg Ralph von Rettberg Ralph von Rettberg was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...	Oberst	8	ZG 26, ZG 1	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Horst Reuter
Ernst Richter	Oberfeldwebel	20	JG 54
Hans Richter	Leutnant	22	JG 27
Eckhard Roch	Leutnant	5	JG 26
Gustav Rödel Gustav Rödel Oberst Gustav Rödel was a German World War II Luftwaffe fighter ace. He scored all but one of his 98 victories against the Western Allies in over 980 combat missions whilst flying the Messerschmitt Bf 109.-Biography:Gustav Rödel was born on 24 October 1915 in Merseburg, Saxony...	Oberst	98	JG 27	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Hans Röhrig Hans Röhrig Hans Röhrig was a former German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross during World War II. Hans Röhrig was credited with 75 victories. He recorded 56 victories over the Eastern front and 19 victories recorded over the Western front.-In the War:Hans Röhrig was first assigned to... *	Hauptmann	75	JG 53	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 13 July 1943
Detlev Rohwer Detlev Rohwer Detlev Rohwer was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Detlev Rohwer was wounded on 29 March 1944 after a...	Hauptmann	38	JG 3, JG 1 Jagdgeschwader 1 (World War 2) Jagdgeschwader 1 was a German World War II fighter unit or "wing" which used the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft, between 1940–1944. The name of the unit derives from Jagd, meaning "hunt" and Geschwader, meaning "wing"...	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Heinz Rökker Heinz Rökker Heinz Rökker is a former German Luftwaffe night fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves during World War II. He shot down 64 enemy aircraft , all were British bombers. He survived the war and now lives in Germany.-Early life:Rökker was born on 20 October 1920 in Oldenburg,...	Hauptmann	64	NJG 2	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Herbert Rollwage Herbert Rollwage Herbert Rollwage was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...	Oberleutnant	102	JG 53	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Oskar Romm Oskar Romm Oskar "Ossi" Romm was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...	Oberleutnant	92	JG 51, JG 3	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Heinrich Rosenberg
Theodor Rossiwall Theodor Rossiwall Theodor Rossiwall was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. Rossiwall claimed 19 aircraft shot down in over 400 missions...	Oberstleutnant	21	ZG 76, NJG 4	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Edmund Roßmann Edmund Roßmann Edmund "Paule" Roßmann was a German World War II fighter ace and was credited with 93 aerial victories achieved in 640 combat missions, among the numerous ground attack missions. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial...	Leutnant	93	JG 52	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Wolfgang Rost
Willi Roth	Leutnant	20	JG 26
Günther Rübell	Hauptmann	47	JG 51, JG 104	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Hans-Ulrich Rudel Hans-Ulrich Rudel Hans-Ulrich Rudel was a Stuka dive-bomber pilot during World War II and a member of the Nazi party. The most highly decorated German serviceman of the war, Rudel was one of only 27 military men to be awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds, and the only...	Oberst	9	SG 2	Knight's Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Erich Rudorffer Erich Rudorffer Major Erich Rudorffer is a German former Luftwaffe fighter ace, one of a handful who served with the Luftwaffe through the whole of World War II. He is 7th most successful fighter pilot in the history of air warfare, and currently both the oldest jet fighter ace, and the most successful ace still...	Major	222	JG 2, JG 54, JG 7	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... 13 in one mission
Helmut Rüffler Helmut Rüffler Helmut Rüffler was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...	Oberfeldwebel	98	JG 3	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Franz Ruhl Franz Ruhl Franz Ruhl was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Franz Ruhl was shot down on 24 December 1944 near Liège,... *	Oberleutnant	36	JG 3	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 24 December 1944
Friedrich Rupp Friedrich Rupp Friedrich "Frieder" Rupp was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership... *	Leutnant	52	JG 54	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 15 May 1943
Otto Russ
Martin Rysavy	Oberleutnant	8	JG 26

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Name	Rank	Total wartime victories	Unit	Notes
Heinz Sachsenberg Heinz Sachsenberg Heinz Wimmersaal Sachsenberg was a German World War II fighter ace who served in the Luftwaffe. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...	Leutnant	104	JG 52	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Florian Salwender	Oberfeldwebel	25	JG 77, JG 5	POW Died in Soviet Prison
Carl Sattig*	Hauptmann	53	JG 54	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 10 August 1942
Erwin Sawallisch	Oberfeldwebel	36	JG 27
Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein Heinrich Alexander Ludwig Peter Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein was a German of aristocratic descent and a Luftwaffe night fighter flying ace during World War II. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat... *	Major	83	NJG 2, NJG 3	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 21/22 January 1944
Günther Schack Günther Schack Günther Schack was a German World War II fighter ace who served in the Luftwaffe from 1939 until the end of World War II in 1945. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. He claimed 174 enemy aircraft shot down,...	Hauptmann	174	JG 51, JG 3	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Emil Schact		25
Johann Schalk Johann Schalk Johann Schalk was a flying ace and high ranking officer in the German Luftwaffe during World War II. He is credited with 15 aerial victories, 4 of which on the Eastern front, claimed in 163 combat missions....	Oberst	21	ZG 26, NJG 3, NJG 4	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Franz Schall Franz Schall Franz Schall was a German World War II fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership... *	Hauptmann	133	JG 52, Kdo Nowotny Kommando Nowotny Kommando Nowotny was a Luftwaffe fighter Gruppe formed during the last months of World War II for testing and establishing tactics for the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter, and was created and first commanded by Walter Nowotny, from whom it drew its name.... , JG 7	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIFA 10 April 1945
Ludwig Scharf Ludwig Scharf Ludwig Scharf was a German lyricist and translator....		18	JG 5
Gerhard Schaschke	Hauptmann	22	ZG 76
Paul Schauder	Hauptmann	20	JG 26
Günther Scheel Günther Scheel Günther Scheel was a former German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. Günther Scheel holds the unique record in World War 2 of shooting down more aircraft than he flew missions. He was credited with 71 victories in just 70 missions... *	Leutnant	71	JG 54	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... MIA 16 July 1943 only 70 combat missions
Klaus Scheer	Leutnant	24	NJG 100
Rudolf Scheffel Rudolf Scheffel Rudolf Scheffel was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...	Hauptmann	7	ZG 1, ZG 26	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Wolfgang Schellmann Wolfgang Schellmann Oberstleutnant Wolfgang Schellmann was German World War II Luftwaffe Ace, commander of JG 2 and JG 27 and a winner of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership... *	Oberstleutnant	26 (+12 in Spain)	JG 2, JG 27	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 22 June 1941
Wolfgang Schenck Wolfgang Schenck Wolfgang Schenck was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves during World War II. He was born in Windhoek in German West Africa...	Oberstleutnant	18	SG 2, ZG 1, SKG 210, KG 51	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Georg Schentke Georg Schentke Georg Schentke was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.Feldwebel Schentke served with 9./JG 3 from March 1940... *	Oberleutnant	90	JG 3	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 25 December 1942
Ernst Scheufele		18	JG 5, JG 4
Karl-Heinz Scherfling Karl-Heinz Scherfling Karl-Heinz Scherfling was a German Luftwaffe night fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership... *	Oberfeldwebel	33	NJG 1	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 21 July 1944
Erich Scheyda		20	JG 26
Franz Schieß*	Hauptmann	67	JG 53	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 2 September 1943
Wilhelm Schilling Wilhelm Schilling Wilhelm Schilling was a former German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II.The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.He was credited with 50 victories in 538...	Oberleutnant	63	JG 54, EJG 1	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Hans Schleef Hans Schleef Hans Schleef was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II.... *	Oberleutnant	99	JG 3, JG 5, JG 4	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 31 December 1944
Hermann Schleinhege Hermann Schleinhege Hermann Schleinhege was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...	Leutnant	97	JG 3, JG 54	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Joachim Schlichting Joachim Schlichting Major Joachim Schlichting was German Spanish Civil War and World War II Luftwaffe Ace and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross...	Major	8 (+5 in Spain)	JG 27	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Karl-Friedrich Schlosstein		8	JG 77, JG 5
Dietrich Schmidt Dietrich Schmidt (pilot) Dietrich Schmidt was a German Luftwaffe night fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...	Hauptmann	43	NJG 1	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Erich Schmidt Erich Schmidt (pilot) Erich "Schmidtchen" Schmidt was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Erich Schmidt was killed on 31 August... *	Oberleutnant	47	JG 53	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 31 August 1941
Johannes Schmidt Johannes Schmidt Johannes Schmidt may refer to:Johannes Schmidt , GermanJohannes Schmidt , Danish, nicknamed Eel-Schmidt...		12	JG 26
Rudolf Schmidt Rudolf Schmidt Rudolf Schmidt was a Panzer General in the German army during World War II who served as the Commander of the 2nd Panzer Army which was a huge armoured formation that operated on the Eastern Front. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves... *	Feldwebel	42	JG 77	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 6 April 1942
Gottfried Schmidt		8	JG 26
Heinz Schmidt Heinz Schmidt Heinz Schmidt was a German former Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves during World War II. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat... *	Hauptmann	173	JG 52	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... MIA 5 September 1943
Winfrid Schmidt		19	JG 3
Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer was a German Luftwaffe night fighter pilot and is the highest scoring night fighter ace in the history of aerial warfare...	Major	121	NJG 1, NJG 4	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... Top Night Fighter Ace of World War II
August Schneider		11	JG 5
Hugo Schneider		9	JG 27
Walter Schneider		20	JG 26
Gerhard Schneider		41	JG 51, JGr Ost
Karl-Heinz Schnell	Major	72	JG 51, JG 53, JV 44 JV 44 Jagdverband 44 was a special fighter unit of top German fighter ace pilots in the Luftwaffe during the last months of World War II. The main aircraft used by the unit was the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter...	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
"Wumm" Siegfried Schnell Siegfried Schnell Major Siegfried Schnell was German World War II Luftwaffe 93 victories Flying ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves... *	Major	93	JG 54, JG 2	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 25 February 1944
Karl "Quax" Schnörrer Karl Schnörrer Lieutenant Karl "Quax" Schnörrer was a famous "ace" of the German Luftwaffe during World War II. He flew a total of 536 missions and recorded 46 victories....		46	JG 54, JG 7, Kdo Nowotny Kommando Nowotny Kommando Nowotny was a Luftwaffe fighter Gruppe formed during the last months of World War II for testing and establishing tactics for the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter, and was created and first commanded by Walter Nowotny, from whom it drew its name....	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Herbert Schob	Hauptmann	28 (+6 in Spain)	LG 1, ZG 76, ZG 26	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Erich Schöfbock		14	JG 27
Rudolf Schoenert Rudolf Schoenert Rudolf Schoenert was the seventh highest scoring night fighter flying ace in the German Luftwaffe during World War II.For a list of Luftwaffe night fighter aces see List of German World War II night fighter aces. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves...	Major	64	NJG 1, NJG 2, NJG 3, NJG 100, NJGr 10, NJG 5	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Helmuth Schönfelder	Oberfeldwebel	56	JG 51	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Gerhard Schöpfel Gerhard Schöpfel Gerhard Schöpfel was a German World War II Luftwaffe 45-victory flying ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. He held the position of Geschwaderkommodore of fighter wing Jagdgeschwader 26....	Major	45	JG 26, JG 4, JG 6	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Günther Scholz		34 (+1 in Spain)	JG 54, JG 5
Herbert Schramm Herbert Schramm Herbert Schramm was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves during World War II.On December 1, 1943, in bomber intercept mission, Schramm was killed in action on Eupen when he was shot by a U.S. fighter P-47 Thunderbolt... *	Hauptmann	42	JG 53, JG 27	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 1 December 1943
Alfred Schreiber Alfred Schreiber Alfred Schreiber , nicknamed "Bubi", was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace. He is noted for claiming the first aerial victory by a jet fighter in aviation history. He was born in Keplachowitz.... *	Leutnant	7	ZG 26, EKdo 262, Kdo Nowotny Kommando Nowotny Kommando Nowotny was a Luftwaffe fighter Gruppe formed during the last months of World War II for testing and establishing tactics for the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter, and was created and first commanded by Walter Nowotny, from whom it drew its name.... , JG 7	KIFA 26 November 1944
Werner Schröer Werner Schröer Werner Schröer was a German World War II fighter ace who served in the Luftwaffe from 1937, initially as a member of the ground staff, until the end of World War II in Europe on 8 May 1945...	Major	114	JG 3, JG 27, JG 54	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Fritz Schröter	Major	11	JG 2, SKG 10, SG 5, SG 4	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Hans Schubert		8	JG 1 Jagdgeschwader 1 (World War 2) Jagdgeschwader 1 was a German World War II fighter unit or "wing" which used the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft, between 1940–1944. The name of the unit derives from Jagd, meaning "hunt" and Geschwader, meaning "wing"...
Walter Schuck Walter Schuck Walter Schuck is a former German World War II fighter ace who served in the Luftwaffe from 1937 until the end of World War II on 8 May 1945. He was born in Frankenholz, Saarland...	Oberleutnant	206	JG 5, JG 7	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Franz Schulte*	Feldwebel	46	JG 77	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 12 August 1942
Franz Schulte	Feldwebel	46	JG 77	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Helmuth Schulte	Hauptmann	25	NJG 5	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Gerhard Schulwitz		9	JG 26
Otto Schultz	Hauptmann	73	JG 51	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Otto Schulz Otto Schulz Oberleutnant Otto Schulz was a German World War II Luftwaffe fighter ace... *	Oberleutnant	51	JG 27	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 17 June 1942
Leo Schuhmacher Leo Schuhmacher Leo Schuhmacher was a Luftwaffe flying ace of World War II. Schuhmacher was credited with 23 aerial victories, including 10 four engined bombers, claimed in roughly 250 combat missions....	Leutnant	23	ZG 76, JG 1 Jagdgeschwader 1 (World War 2) Jagdgeschwader 1 was a German World War II fighter unit or "wing" which used the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft, between 1940–1944. The name of the unit derives from Jagd, meaning "hunt" and Geschwader, meaning "wing"... , JV 44 JV 44 Jagdverband 44 was a special fighter unit of top German fighter ace pilots in the Luftwaffe during the last months of World War II. The main aircraft used by the unit was the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter...	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Werner Schumacher		30	JG 5
Heinz Schumann		21	JG 51, JG 2 SKG 10
Franz Schwaiger Franz Schwaiger Franz Schwaiger was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership... *	Leutnant	67	JG 3	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 24 April 1944
Günther Schwanecke		10	JG 77, JG 5
Gerhard Schwartz		20	JG 51
Günther Schwarz		40	JG 51
Georg Seckel		40	JG 77, JG 200, JG 4
Hermann Segatz		40	JG 26, JG 51, JG 5, JG 1 Jagdgeschwader 1 (World War 2) Jagdgeschwader 1 was a German World War II fighter unit or "wing" which used the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft, between 1940–1944. The name of the unit derives from Jagd, meaning "hunt" and Geschwader, meaning "wing"...
Günther Seeger Günther Seeger Günther "Hupatz" Seeger was a former German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. Seeger scored 56 victories in 504 missions. All his victories were recorded over the Western front and include eight four-engine bombers.-Military career:He...	Oberleutnant	56	JG 53, JG 2	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Georg Seelmann Georg Seelmann Georg Seelmann was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...	Oberleutnant	39	JG 51, JG 103	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Hermann Segatz		40	JG 26, JG 51, JG 5, JG 1 Jagdgeschwader 1 (World War 2) Jagdgeschwader 1 was a German World War II fighter unit or "wing" which used the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft, between 1940–1944. The name of the unit derives from Jagd, meaning "hunt" and Geschwader, meaning "wing"...
Alfred Seidl		31	JG 53, JG 3, JG 7
Georg Seidel		47	JG 51
Johannes Seifert Johannes Seifert Johannes "Hannes" Seifert was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.-Career:Seifert was born on 6 October 1915 at...	Oberstleutnant	57	JG 26	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Peter Seigler
Reinhard Seiler Reinhard Seiler Major Reinhard Seiler was German Spanish Civil War and World War II Luftwaffe Ace, commander of Jagdgeschwader 104 and a winner of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves....	Major	109 (+9 in Spain)	JG 54, JG 104	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Erich von Selle Erich von Selle Erich von Selle was a German Luftwaffe Flying ace during World War II. He also held various senior command positions in the Luftwaffe including Geschwaderkommodore of the Jagdgeschwader 1 fighter wing.In his private life he was married to Harda Jenny Auguste von Langendorff. The couple had 3...		7	JG 26
Waldemar Semelka		75	JG 52
Paul Semrau Paul Semrau Paul Semrau was a Luftwaffe night fighter flying ace of World War II. Semrau was credited with 46 nocturnal aerial victories, claimed in 350 combat missions.For a list of Luftwaffe night fighter aces see List of German World War II night fighter acesPaul Semrau joined the long distance night... *	Major	46	NJG 2	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 8 February 1945
Fritz Sengschmitt		15	ZG 76, ZG 26
Heinrich Setz Heinrich Setz Heinrich Setz was a German World War II Luftwaffe 138 victories Flying ace and recipient of the coveted Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat... *	Major	138	JG 27, JG 77	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 13 March 1943
Peter Siegler*	Feldwebel	48	JG 54	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... MIA 24 September 1942
Rudolf Sigmund Rudolf Sigmund Rudolf Sigmund was a German Luftwaffe night fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership... *	Hauptmann	28	NJG 1	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 4 October 1943
Friedrich Simon		22	JG 51
Siegfried Simsch		54	JG 52, JG 1 Jagdgeschwader 1 (World War 2) Jagdgeschwader 1 was a German World War II fighter unit or "wing" which used the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft, between 1940–1944. The name of the unit derives from Jagd, meaning "hunt" and Geschwader, meaning "wing"... , JG 11
Rudolf Sinner		39	JG 27
Kurt Sochatzky		39	JG 3	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Waldemar Söffing		35	JG 26
Gerhard Sommer Gerhard Sommer (pilot) Gerhard Sommer was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Gerhard Sommer was killed on 12 May 1944 after aerial...		20	JG 11, JG 1 Jagdgeschwader 1 (World War 2) Jagdgeschwader 1 was a German World War II fighter unit or "wing" which used the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft, between 1940–1944. The name of the unit derives from Jagd, meaning "hunt" and Geschwader, meaning "wing"...	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Hermann Sommer		19	NJG 2, NJG 102
Wolfgang Späte Wolfgang Späte Major Wolfgang Späte was a German World War II Luftwaffe flying ace. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves...	Major	99	JG 54, JG 400, JG 7	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Günther Specht Günther Specht Günther Specht was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace during World War II.Specht joined the heavy fighter wing "Horst Wessel" in early 1939. The unit was initially equipped with Messerschmitt Bf 109s and later with the Bf 110. In 1939 he was wounded by an RAF tail gunner and blinded in one eye... *	Oberstleutnant	34	ZG 26, JG 11	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... MIA 1 January 1945
Wilhelm Spies Wilhelm Spies Wilhelm Spies was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves during World War II. Wilhelm Spies was shotdown on 27 January 1942 near Suchinitschi, Russia. He was posthumously promoted to Major and awarded the Oak Leaves to his Knight's Cross on 5... *	Major	20	ZG 26	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 27 January 1942
Robert Spreckles		12	JG 11, JG 1 Jagdgeschwader 1 (World War 2) Jagdgeschwader 1 was a German World War II fighter unit or "wing" which used the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft, between 1940–1944. The name of the unit derives from Jagd, meaning "hunt" and Geschwader, meaning "wing"...
Gustav Sprick Gustav Sprick Gustav "Micky" Sprick was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. Sprick was credited with 31 victories in 192 missions. All his victories were recorded over the Western front.- Military career :At the beginning of World War ІІ,...	Oberleutnant	31	JG 26	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Karl Stadek		29	JG 51
Hans-Arnold Stahlschmidt Hans-Arnold Stahlschmidt Hans-Arnold Stahlschmidt was a German fighter pilot and ace. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. He scored all of his 59 victories against the Western Allies in North Africa flying the Messerschmitt Bf 109... *	Oberleutnant	59	JG 27	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... MIA 7 September 1942
Hermann Staiger Hermann Staiger Hermann Staiger was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...	Major	63	JG 51, JG 26, JG 1 Jagdgeschwader 1 (World War 2) Jagdgeschwader 1 was a German World War II fighter unit or "wing" which used the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft, between 1940–1944. The name of the unit derives from Jagd, meaning "hunt" and Geschwader, meaning "wing"... , JG 7	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Friedrich-Wilhelm Stakejahn		9	JG 5, SG 4
Otto Stammberger	Oberleutnant	7	JG 26
Hans Stechmann
Günther Stedtfeld
Karl Steffen*	Oberfeldwebel	59	JG 52	MIA 14 August 1943
Hans-Joachim Steffens	Leutnant	22	JG 51
Leopold "Bazi" Steinbatz Leopold Steinbatz Leopold "Bazi" Steinbatz was a German former Luftwaffe fighter ace and sole non Officer recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords during World War II.-Luftwaffe career:After service in the Austrian Army Steinbatz joined the... *	Leutnant	99	JG 52	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 23 June 1942
Günter Steinhausen Günter Steinhausen Feldwebel Günter Steinhausen was a German World War II Luftwaffe Flying ace with 40 combat victories to his name. He was also a posthumous recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross... *	Leutnant	40	JG 27	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 6 September 1942
Ulrich Steinhilper	Oberleutnant		JG 52
"Macky" Johannes Steinhoff Johannes Steinhoff Johannes Steinhoff was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace of World War II, and later a senior West German air force officer and military commander of NATO. Steinhoff was one of very few Luftwaffe pilots who survived to fly operationally through the whole of the war period 1939-45...	Oberst	176	JG 26, JG 52, JG 77	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Wilhelm Steinmann Wilhelm Steinmann Wilhelm Steinmann was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II.-World War II:...	Major	44	JG 27, JG 4, JV 44 JV 44 Jagdverband 44 was a special fighter unit of top German fighter ace pilots in the Luftwaffe during the last months of World War II. The main aircraft used by the unit was the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter...	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Heinrich Steis	Leutnant	21	JG 27
Fritz Stendel
Walter Stengel
Horst Sternberg
Heinrich Sterr Heinrich Sterr Heinrich Sterr was a German World War II Luftwaffe 130 victories Flying ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross... *	Oberleutnant	130	JG 54	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 26 November 1944
Franz Stigler	Oberleutnant	45	JG 27, JV 44 JV 44 Jagdverband 44 was a special fighter unit of top German fighter ace pilots in the Luftwaffe during the last months of World War II. The main aircraft used by the unit was the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter...
Bruno Stolle Bruno Stolle Bruno Stolle was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...	Hauptmann	35	LG 1, JG 2, JG 11	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Hans Stolinberger
Paul Stolte
Paul-August Stolte
"Max" Maximilian Stotz Max Stotz Max Stotz was a German former Luftwaffe flying ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat... *	Hauptmann	189	JG 54	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... MIA 19 August 1943
Friedrich-Wilhelm Strakeljahn*	Oberfeldwebel	9	JG 5, SG 4	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 6 July 1944
Hubert Strassl Hubert Strassl Hubert Strassl was a former German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership... *	Oberfeldwebel	67	JG 51	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 8 July 1943
Werner Streib Werner Streib Werner Streib was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords during World War II...	Oberst	66	NJG 1	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Hans Strelow Hans Strelow Hans Strelow was a German former Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves during World War II... *	Leutnant	68	JG 51	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 22 May 1942
Fritz Stritzel	Stabsfeldwebel	19	JG 2
Karl Strohecker	Oberfeldwebel	24	NJG 100
Heinz Strüning Heinz Strüning Heinz Strüning was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. Strüning shot down 56 aircraft in 280 missions... *	Hauptmann	56	ZG 26, KG 30, NJG 2, NJG 1	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 25 December 1944
Franz Stuckler
Werner Stumpf Werner Stumpf Werner Stumpf was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. Stumpf claimed 48 aerial victories, 2 over the Western Front, 23 over the Eastern Front and 23 over the Mediterranean Front... *	Oberfeldwebel	47	JG 53	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 13 October 1942
Gustav Sturm Gustav Sturm Gustav Sturm was a former German Luftwaffe fighter ace credited with 22 victories. Included in his victory 17 were four-engine bombers. He recorded five victories while flying the Me 262 jet fighter, all four engine bombers.-Military career:Sturm was serving with JG 27 based in North Africa from...	Oberleutnant	22	JG 27, JG 3, JG 51, EJG 2, JG 7
Heinrich Sturm Heinrich Sturm Hauptmann Heinrich Sturm was German World War II Luftwaffe 158 victories Flying ace. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross... *	Hauptmann	158	JG 52	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 22 December 1944
Alfred Surau	Oberfeldwebel	46	JG 3
Ernst Süß Ernst Süß Ernst Süß was a former German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership... *	Oberleutnant	68	JG 52	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 20 December 1943
Paul Szameitat*	Hauptmann	29	NJG 3	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 2 January 1944
Willi Szuggar	Oberfeldwebel	9 (+5 in Spain)	JG 52, JG 26

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Name	Rank	Total wartime victories	Unit	Notes
Adolph Tabbat	Feldwebel	6	JG 26
Otto Tange Otto Tange Otto Tange was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. Tange claimed 68 aerial victories, 3 over the Western Front and 65 over the Eastern Front... *	Oberleutnant	68	JG 51	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 30 July 1943
Kurt Tangermann	Leutnant	46	JG 54
Kurt Tanzer Kurt Tanzer Kurt Tanzer was a World War II Luftwaffe fighter ace. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Tanzer is credited for shooting down approximately...	Leutnant of the Reserves	143	JG 51	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Gabriel Tautscher	Unteroffizier	55	JG 51
Fritz Tegtmeier Fritz Tegtmeier Fritz Tegtmeier was a German World War II Luftwaffe 146 aerial victories Flying ace and recipient of the coveted Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...	Oberleutnant	146	JG 54, JG 7	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Hans Tetzner
Alfred Teumer Alfred Teumer Alfred Teumer was a German Luftwaffe flying ace during World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership... *	Oberleutnant	76	JG 54, JG 7	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIFA 4 October 1944
Edwin Thiel Edwin Thiel Edwin Thiel was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Edwin Thiel was killed on 14 July 1944 after bailing out... *	Hauptmann	76	JG 52, JG 51	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 14 July 1944
Werner Thierfelder Werner Thierfelder Werner Thierfelder was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Werner Thierfelder was killed on 18 July 1944... *	Hauptmann	27	ZG 26	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIFA 18 July 1944
Wolfgang Thimmig	Oberstleutnant	24	NJG 1, NJG 2, NJG 4
Gerhard Thyben Gerhard Thyben Gerhard Thyben was a German former Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves during World War II...	Oberleutnant	157	JG 3, JG 54	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Ekkehard Tichy Ekkehard Tichy Ekkehard Tichy was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership... *	Hauptmann	25	JG 53, JG 3	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 16 August 1944
Horst Tietzen Horst Tietzen Horst "Jakob" Tietzen was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Horst Tietzen was shot down over the Thames... *	Hauptmann	27 (+7 in Spain)	JG 51	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 18 August 1940
Günther Tonne Günther Tonne Günther Tonne was a highly decorated Major in the Luftwaffe during World War II, and one of only 882 recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves... *	Major	15	SKG 210, SKG 10, ZG 1	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 15 July 1943
Wolfgang Tonne Wolfgang Tonne Wolfgang Tonne was a German former Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves during World War II... *	Hauptmann	122	JG 53	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 20 April 1943
Eduard Tratt Eduard Tratt Eduard Tratt was a Luftwaffe fighter, test pilot and flying ace of World War II. Major Eduard Tratt was a the highest scoring Zerstörer pilot of the war with 38 victories and Gruppenkommandeur of II./Zerstörergeschwader 26 . He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak... *	Major	38	ZG 1, ZG 26	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 22 February 1944
Hannes Trautloft Hannes Trautloft Johannes "Hannes" Trautloft was a German World War II fighter ace who served in the Luftwaffe from 1932 until the end of the war and again from 1957-1970. He flew 560 combat sorties and was credited with 58 victories. He was regarded as a very competent leader, and much respected from those...	Oberst	57 (+4 in Spain)	JG 51, JG 54	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Rudolf Trenkel Rudolf Trenkel Rudolf Trenkel was a German World War II Luftwaffe 138 victories Flying ace and recipient of the coveted Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.Rudolf Trenkel served in...	Hauptmann	138	JG 77, JG 52	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...

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Name	Rank	Total wartime victories	Unit	Notes
Kurt "Kuddel" Ubben Kurt Ubben Kurt "Kuddel" Ubben , was a German World War II fighter ace who served in the Luftwaffe from 1935 until his death on 27 April 1944. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves... *	Major	110	JG 77, JG 2	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 27 April 1944
Hermann Ulbrich	Feldwebel	33	JG 51
Horst Ulenberg	Leutnant	17	JG 26
Willy Unger Willy Unger Willy Unger was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.During his career he was credited about 24...	Leutnant	24	JG 3, JG 7	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Robert Unzeitig	Leutnant	10	JG 26

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Name	Rank	Total wartime victories	Unit	Notes
Heinrich Vandeweerd	Oberfähnrich	6	JG 26
Bernhard Vechtel Bernhard Vechtel Leutnant Bernhard Vechtel was a Luftwaffe flying ace of World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...	Oberleutnant	108	JG 51	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Helmut Viedebantt Helmut Viedebantt Helmut Viedebantt was a Luftwaffe flying ace of World War II. Viedebantt was credited with 23 aerial victories.-Awards:* Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe... *	Major	23	ZG 1, SG 10	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 1 May 1945
Heinz Vinke Heinz Vinke Heinz Vinke was a German Luftwaffe night fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves during World War II... *	Oberleutnant	54	NJG 1	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 26 February 1944
Otto Vinzent	Oberleutnant	45	JG 54
Ferdinand Vögl	Hauptmann	33	JG 27
Heinz-Gerhard Vogt Heinz-Gerhard Vogt Gerhard Vogt was a former German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Gerhard Vogt scored 48 victories in 174... *	Oberleutnant	48	JG 26	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 14 January 1945
Maximilian Volke Maximilian Volke Oberfeldwebel Maximilian Volke was a German 37-victory fighter ace of the World War II Luftwaffe's Jagdgeschwader 77.... *	Oberfeldwebel	37	JG 77	Remains of plane and pilot found in 2007 near Modena Modena Modena is a city and comune on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy.... , Italy.
Hans Vollett

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Name	Rank	Total wartime victories	Unit	Notes
Freidrich Wachowiak*	Leutnant	86	JG 52, JG 3	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 16 July 1944
Edmund Wagner Edmund Wagner Edmund Wagner was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Edmund Wagner was killed on 13 November 1941 near... *	Oberfeldwebel	56	JG 51	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 13 November 1941
Rudolf Wagner Rudolf Wagner Rudolf Wagner was a German anatomist and physiologist and the co-discoverer of the germinal vesicle. He made important investigations on ganglia, nerve-endings, and the sympathetic nerves.-Life:... *	Leutnant	81	JG 51	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... MIA 11 December 1943
Hans Waldmann Hans Waldmann (fighter pilot) Hans Dackel Waldmann was a German former Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.- World War II :... *	Oberleutnant	134	JG 52, JG 3, JG 7	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIFA 18 March 1945
Horst Walther	Oberleutnant	35	JG 51
Siegfried Wandam	Oberleutnant	10	NJG 1
Joachim Wandel Joachim Wandel Joachim "Gnom" Wandel was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership... *	Hauptmann	75	JG 54	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 7 October 1942
Karl-Heinz Weber Karl-Heinz Weber Karl-Heinz Weber was a Luftwaffe flying ace of World War II. Weber was credited with 136 victories. All his victories were claimed over the Eastern Front in over 500 combat missions.... *	Hauptmann	136	JG 51, JG 1 Jagdgeschwader 1 (World War 2) Jagdgeschwader 1 was a German World War II fighter unit or "wing" which used the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft, between 1940–1944. The name of the unit derives from Jagd, meaning "hunt" and Geschwader, meaning "wing"...	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 7 June 1944
Heinrich Wefers		52	JG 52, JG 54
Günther Wegmann Günther Wegmann Günther Wegmann was a former German Luftwaffe fighter ace during World War II. He is credited with 14 aerial victories including eight while flying the Messerschmitt Me-262 jet fighter. Wegmann a former, Zerstörer pilot with 8./Zerstörergeschwader 76 , received the German Cross in Gold on 31 August...	Oberleutnant	21	ZG 26, EKdo 262, JG 7
Alfred Wehmeyer Alfred Wehmeyer Alfred Wehmeyer was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Alfred Wehmeyer was credited with 18 aerial... *	Oberleutnant	18	ZG 26	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 1 June 1942
Herbert Wehnelt
Gerhard Weigand
Hans-Dieter Weihs Hans-Dieter Weihs Hans-Dieter Weihs was a former German Luftwaffe fighter ace. He is credited with 8 aerial victories flying the Messerschmitt Me-262 jet fighter, making him one of only 28 jet aces of World War II....	Leutnant	8	JG 7
Hans Weik Hans Weik Hans Weik was a former German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. He is credited with 36 victories achieved in only 85 comabt missions, including 25 victories over the Western Front.-In the Luftwaffe:Weik joined the Luftwaffe in October...	Hauptmann	36	JG 3, EJGr Ost, EJG 2	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Franz Weinhausen
Dietrich Weinitschke	Feldwebel	18	JG 5
Robert "Bazi" Weiss Robert Weiß Robert "Bazi" Weiß was a German World War II fighter ace who served in the Luftwaffe from 1939 until his death on 29 December 1944.- Biography :... *	Hauptmann	121	JG 54	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 29 December 1944
Theodor "Theo" Weissenberger Theodor Weissenberger Major Theodor Weissenberger was a German World War II fighter ace who served in the Luftwaffe from 1936 until the end of World War II in 1945. He flew more than 500 combat missions claiming 208 enemy aircraft shot down...	Major	208	JG 5, JG 7	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Ernst Weismann*	Oberleutnant	69	JG 51	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... MIA 13 August 1942
Kurt Welter Kurt Welter Kurt Welter was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace and the most successful Jet Expert of World War II.For a list of Luftwaffe jet aces see List of German World War II jet aces A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat...	Oberleutnant	63	JG 300, NJGr 10, NJG 11	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Hans-Gerd Wennekers		24
Karl Wenschelmeyer
Peter Werfft Peter Werfft Dr. Peter Werfft-Wessely , an Austrian chemist, was a Luftwaffe fighter ace in World War II, and a chemical industry entrepreneur after the war. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross... , Dr.	Major	26	JG 27	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Heinz Wernicke Heinz Wernicke Heinz Wernicke was a German World War II fighter ace and was credited with 117 aerial victories. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross... *	Leutnant	117	JG 54	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIFA 27 December 1944
Ulrich Wernitz Ulrich Wernitz Ulrich Wernitz was a Luftwaffe flying ace of World War II. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. Wernitz was credited with 101 aerial victories claimed in roughly 240 combat missions...	Leutnant	101	JG 54	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Franz von Werra Franz von Werra Franz Xaver Baron von Werra was a German World War II fighter pilot and flying ace who was shot down over England and captured... *	Hauptmann	21	JG 3, JG 53	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIFA 25 October 1941
Otto Weßling Otto Weßling Otto Weßling was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Otto... *	Oberleutnant	83	JG 3	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 19 April 1944
Hans-Juergen Westphal
Helmut Wettstein
Walther Wever*	Oberleutnant	44	JG 51, JG 7	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIFA 10 April 1945
Helmut Wick Helmut Wick Major Helmut Paul Emil Wick was a German Luftwaffe ace and fourth recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded by the Third Reich to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military... *	Major	56	JG 2	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... MIA 28 November 1940
Heinfried Wiegand
Johannes Wiese Johannes Wiese Johannes Wiese was a German World War II fighter ace who served in the Luftwaffe from 1935 until the end of World War II on 8 May 1945. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves...	Major	133	JG 52, JG 77	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... 12 in one mission
Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke Wolf-Dietrich "Fürst" Wilcke was a German World War II fighter ace who served in the Luftwaffe from 1935 until his death. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat... *	Oberst	162	JG 53, JG 3	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 23 March 1944
Karl Willius Karl Willius Karl "Charly" Willius was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership... *	Oberleutnant	50	JG 26	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 8 April 1944
Maximilian Winkler
Alexander von Winterfelt*	Oberstleutnant	13	JG 2, JG 77	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIFA 16 May 1942
Hermann Wischniewski	Oberfähnrich	28	JG 300	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Hans Witzel
Ulrich Wöhnert Ulrich Wöhnert Ulrich Wöhnert was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...	Leutnant	86	JG 54	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Heinrich Wohlers Heinrich Wohlers Heinrich Wohlers was a German Luftwaffe night fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Wohlers claimed 29 aerial victories, all... *	Major	29	NJG 4, NJG 6	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIFA 15 March 1944
Franz Woidich Franz Woidich Franz Woidich was a Luftwaffe flying ace of World War II. Wernitz was credited with 110 aerial victories claimed in roughly 1000 combat missions. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross...	Oberleutnant	110	JG 27, JG 52, JG 400	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Erich Woitke Erich Woitke Erich Woitke was a fighter pilot 'ace' serving in the German Luftwaffe during World War II.Woitke was born 29 January 1912 in Mülheim, near Duisberg...	Hauptmann	26 (+4 in Spain)	J/88, JG 3, JG 52, JG 77, JG 27, JG 11, JG 300, JG 1 Jagdgeschwader 1 (World War 2) Jagdgeschwader 1 was a German World War II fighter unit or "wing" which used the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft, between 1940–1944. The name of the unit derives from Jagd, meaning "hunt" and Geschwader, meaning "wing"...	German Cross German Cross The German Cross was instituted by Adolf Hitler on 17 November 1941 as an award ranking higher than the Iron Cross First Class but below the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross respectively ranking higher than the War Merit Cross First Class with Swords but below the Knight's Cross of the War Merit... in Gold
Albin Wolf Albin Wolf Albin Wolf was a German World War II Luftwaffe 144 victories Flying ace and a posthumous recipient of the coveted Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves . A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat... *	Oberleutnant	144	JG 54	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 22 April 1944
Hermann Wolf Hermann Wolf Hermann Wolf was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...	Leutnant	57	JG 52, JG 11, JG 7	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Robert Wolf Robert Wolf Robert Wolf is an American writer, journalist, and entrepreneur.Wolf is a past recipient of the Bronze Medal for radio editorial/commentary and the Sigma Delta Chi Award , both from the Society of Professional Journalists...	Leutnant	21	NJG 5
Walter Wolfrum Walter Wolfrum Walter Wolfrum was a German World War II fighter ace who served in the Luftwaffe from February 1943 until the end of the war...	Oberleutnant	137	JG 52	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
David Wollmann
Helmut Woltersdorf Helmut Woltersdorf Helmut Woltersdorf was a German Luftwaffe flying ace during World War II. Woltersdorf is credited with 24 victories, including 20 Royal Air Force bombers. Woltersdorf flew the Messerschmitt Bf 110 and Dornier Do 215 night-fighter.For a list of Luftwaffe night fighter aces see List of German World... *	Oberleutnant	19	NJG 1	KIA 2 June 1942
Waldemar Wübke Waldemar Wubke Waldemar Wübke was a Luftwaffe fighter pilot during World War II.He was one of the few Luftwaffe fighter pilots to survive combat duty over the entire course of the war. Wübke flew various types of German fighters in combat and was credited with a total of 15 victories over Allied aircraft.In 1940...	Hauptmann	16	JG 54, JG 101
Karl Wünsch	Leutnant	25	JG 27
Otto Würfel*	Leutnant	79	JG 51	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... MIA 23 February 1944
Josef "Sepp" Wurmheller Josef Wurmheller Josef "Sepp" Wurmheller was a German World War II fighter ace who served in the Luftwaffe from 1937 until his death on 22 June 1944. He was also a posthumous recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords... *	Major	102	JG 53, JG 2	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 22 June 1944

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Name	Rank	Total wartime victories	Unit	Notes
Joachim Zeller		7	JG 26
Walter Zellot Walter Zellot Walter Zellot was a World War II fighter ace from Germany. He was born on 6 October 1920 in Spittal an der Drau in the Austrian state of Carinthia. Zellot is credited for shooting down 86 Allied aircraft in 296 different missions. Among these 83 were achieved over the Eastern Front.-World War... *	Leutnant	85	JG 53	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 10 September 1942
Oskar Zimmermann	Leutnant	48	JG 51, JG 3	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Füllbert Zink	Hauptmann	36	JG 26
Josef Zirngibl	Oberfeldwebel	9	JG 26
Paul Zorner Paul Zorner Paul Zorner, born Paul Zloch , was a highly decorated German night fighter pilot in World War II. He was born in Roben district of Leobschütz, Upper Silesia...	Major	59	NJG 2, NJG 3, NJG 100, NJG 5	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
Franz-Josef Zoufahl	Oberfeldwebel	26	JG 51
Eugen-Ludwig Zweigart Eugen-Ludwig Zweigart Eugen-Ludwig Zweigart a former German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross during World War II... *	Oberleutnant	69	JG 54	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 12 January 1943
Josef Zwernemann Josef Zwernemann Josef Zwernemann was born on 26 March 1916 in Kirchworbis in the Province of Saxony. During World War II he served as a fighter pilot in German Luftwaffe. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves... *	Hauptmann	126	JG 52, JG 11	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II... KIA 8 April 1944
Rudi Zwesken	Oberfeldwebel	25	JG 52, JG 300	Knight's Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...

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