Appendix 1
The table below gives brief details of pilots credited with more than one hundred victories. Where sources vary the range of victories is shown.42 Only the individual’s highest award is included. Only the main operational theatre(s) is/are shown and the approximate date of his first operation flown may vary slightly from other sources. The known units are also shown but these may not be complete and may also vary from other sources. (Abbreviations are Knight’s Cross = KC; Oak Leaves = OL; Swords = Sw; Diamonds = Dia; Western Front = WF; Mediterranean = M; North Africa = NA; Eastern Front = EF; killed in action = KIA; missing in action The names of those credited with 30–99 victories are listed below with their number of victories, although sources are known to vary:
|
99 |
Heinrich Bartels, Hans Schleef, Wolfgang Späte, Leopold Steinbatz |
|
98 |
Horst Hannig, Gustav-Siegfried Rödel, Helmut Ruffler |
|
97 |
Helmut Mertens, Hermann Schleinhage |
|
96 |
Heinrich Höfemeier, Siegfried Lemke, Dieter von Eichel-Streiber |
|
95 |
Leopold Munster |
|
94 |
Anton Döbele, Heinrich Klopper, Rudolf Müller, Rudolf Resch |
|
93 |
Helmut Bennemann, Edmund Rossmann, Siegfried Schnell |
|
92 |
Gerhard Loos, Oskar Romm |
|
91 |
Anton Resch |
|
90 |
Georg Schentke |
|
89 |
Heinz Kemethmüller |
|
86 |
Ulrich Wohnert, Josef Jennewein, Gerhard Köppen, Anton Mader, Friedrich Wachowiak |
|
85 |
Alexander Preinfalk, Walter Zellot |
|
84 |
Heinz Ewald, Peter Kalden, Werner Quast |
|
83 |
Franz Beyer, Walter Ohlrogge, Emil Pusch, Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, Otto Wessling |
|
82 |
Hans Götz, Hans Grünberg, Emil Darjes, Horst Haase, Helmut Missner |
|
81 |
Hugo Broch, Willi Nemitz, Wilhelm Philipp, Rudolf Wagner, Max-Hermann Lucke |
|
80 |
Herbert Bachnick |
|
79 |
Otto Wurfel |
|
78 |
Wolfgang Ewald, Georg-Peter Eder, Heinrich Krafft, Karl-Gottfried Nordmann |
|
77 |
Hubertus von Bonin, Josef Haibock, Johannes-Hermann Meier |
|
76 |
Hans-Joachim Kroschinski, Maximilian Mayerl, Alfred Teumer, Edwin Thiel, Klaus Mietusch |
|
75 |
Johannes Bunzek, Helmut Grollmus, Hans Roehrig, Joachim Wandel, Johannes Pichler |
|
74 |
Gustav Frielinghaus, Otto Gaiser, Friedrich Haas, Karl-Heinz Meltzer |
|
73 |
Wilhelm Herget, Anton Lindner, Gerhard Michalski, Otto Schultz |
|
72 |
Wilhelm Mink, Karl-Heinz Schnell, Adolf Glunz |
|
71 |
Hans Füss, Alfred Heckmann, Herbert Rollwage, Günther Scheel |
|
70 |
Hans Döbrich, Heinz Gossow, Karl Hoffmann, Herbert Hüppertz, Hermann-Friedrich Joppien, Heinz Lange, Rudolf Linz, Emil Omert, Rudolf Richter, Ernst Süss |
|
69 |
Armin Köhler, Ernst Weissmann, Eugen-Ludwig Zweigart |
|
68 |
Konrad Bauer, Kurt Dombacher, Walter Hoeckner, Heinrich Jung, Herbert Kaiser, Richard Leppla, Fritz Losigkeit, Günther Freiherr von Maltzahn, Hans Strelow, Otto Tange |
|
67 |
Gustav Denk, Fritz Dinger, Herbert Findeisen, Karl Fuchs, Erbo Graf von Kageneck, Franz Schiess, Franz Schwaiger, Hubert Srassl, Werner Streib |
|
66 |
Erwin Fleig, Reinhold Hoffmann |
|
65 |
Franz Czech, Heinrich Fullgräbe, Berthold Grassmuck, Karl-Heinz Kempf, Manfred Meurer, Günther Radusch, Waldemar Semelka |
|
64 |
Bernd Gallowitsch, Jürgen Harder, Rolf Hermichen, Walter Lindner, Viktor Petermann, Heinz Rökker, Franz Ruhl, Rudolf Schönert |
|
63 |
Walter Borchers, Franz Götz, Karl Hammerl, Heinrich Hoffmann, Gerhard Homuth, Hermann Staiger, Kurt Welter |
|
62 |
Wilhelm Hübner, Helmut Neumann |
|
61 |
Hannes Trautloft |
|
60 |
Hans-Ekkehard Bob, Gerhard Beutin, Horst Carganico, Franz Hrdlicka, August Mors, Karl Munz, Alfred Rauch, Kurt Tangemann, Walter Wever |
|
59 |
Herbert Brönnle, Franz Eckerle, Alfred Franke, Hans-Arnold Stahlschmidt, Karl Steffen, Paul Zorner |
|
58 |
Martin Becker, Hermann Buchner, Lutz-Wilhelm Burckhardt, Siegfried Engfer, Herbert Friebel, Hans-Joachim Langer, Gerhard Raht |
|
57 |
Heinz-Wilhelm Ahnert, Walter Brandt, Hugo Dahmer, Heinrich Dittlmann, Kurt Ebener, Adolf Kulkum, Johannes Seifert, Edmund Wagner, Hermann Wolf |
|
56 |
Herbert Bareuter, Helmut-Felix Bolz, Alfred Burk, Manfred Eberwein, Gustav Francsi, Heinrich Hackler, Isken Hermann, Helmut Holtz, Eduard Isken, Josef Kraft, Helmut Schönfelder, Günther Seeger, Heinz Strüning, Helmut Wick |
|
55 |
Hans-Dieter Frank, Wilhelm-Ferdinand Galland, Erich Hohagen, Gabriel Tautscher, Rudi Zwesken |
|
54 |
Johann Badum, Karl-Heinz Bendert, Wilhelm Hauswirth, Kurt Knappe, Heinz Leber, Herbert Puschmann, Siegfried Simsch, Hans Reiff, Heinz Vinke |
|
53 |
Heinz-Edgar Berres, Albert Brunner, August Geiger, Herbert Lütje, Hans-Joachim Heyer, Julius Meimberg, Friedrich Rupp, Karl Sattig, Franz Barten, Wilhelm Kientsch |
|
52 |
Heine Cordes, Martin Drewes, Hans Ehlers, Alfred Gross, Ludwig Hafner, Werner Hoffmann, Rudolf Pflanz, Heinrich Wefers, Heinz Knoke |
|
51 |
Egmont Prinz zu Lippe-Weissenfeld, Otto Schulz |
|
50 |
Walter Duellberg, Hermann Greiner, Hans-Joachim Jabs, Emil Knittel, Franz Lisendahl, Fritz Luddecke, Wilhelm Schilling, Fritz Schroeter, Karl Willius, Herbert Koller, Helmut Merkel |
|
49 |
Rudolf Ehrenberger, Klaus Quaert-Faslem |
|
48 |
Friedrich Beckh, Peter Seigler, Heinz-Gerhard Vogt, Oskar Zimmermann |
|
47 |
Wilhelm Balthasar, Heinz Golinski, Günther Hannack, Eckhard Hubner, Fritz Karch, Herbert Kutscha, Georg Seidel, Günther Rübell, Erich Schmidt, Werner Stumpf |
|
46 |
Ludwig Becker, Wolfgang Bowing-Treuding, Günther Fink, Rudiger von Kirchmayr, Erwin Laskowski, Hans-Karl Meyer, Günther Rammelt, Karl Schnörrer, Franz Schulte, Alfred Surau |
|
45 |
Ernst Borgen, Ernst Drünkler, Jürgen Brocke, Ernst-Erich Hirschfeld, Alois Lechner, Wilhelm Kuken, Lothar Mai, Karl-Wolfgang Redlich, Gerhard Schöpfel, Hans-Johannes Stollenberger |
|
44 |
Hans Frese, Jürgen Hoerschelmann, Karl-Wilhelm Hofmann, Reinhold Knacke, Walter Matoni, Wilhelm Moritz, Richard Quante, Wilhelm Steinmann, Otto Vinzent |
|
43 |
Karl Boris, Ludwig Franzisket, Kurt Goltzsch, Hubert Muetherich, Josef Pohs, Paul-August Stolte |
|
42 |
Dietrich Schmidt, Rudolf Klemm, Emil Reinhard, Rudolf Schmidt, Herbert Schramm |
|
41 |
Robert Olejnik, Gerhard Schneider |
|
40 |
Heinz Arnold, Rudolf Busch, Karl Boehm-Fettelbach, Peter Bremer, Wolf-Dietrich Huy, Wolfgang Neuhoff, Georg Seckel, Günther Steinhausen, Hermann Segatz |
|
39 |
Heinz Bretnütz, Alfons Klein, Kurt Lasse, Bernhard Lausch, Georg Seelmann, Rudolf Sinner, Fritz Stendel, Eckart-Wilhelm von Bonin, Robert Fuchs |
|
38 |
Hans Dortenmann, Pepi Gabl, Walter Loos, Stefan Litjens, Detler Rohwer, Erwin Sawallisch, Wolfgang Schellmann, Kurt Sochatzky |
|
37 |
Franz Hagedorn, Gerhard Koall, Karl-Heinz Leesmann, Klaus Neumann, Waldemar Radener, Wolfgang Traft |
|
36 |
Helmut Belser, Helmut Bergmann, Georg Keil, Friedrich Körner, Elias Kuehlein, Herbert Wehnelt, Hans Weik, Fulbert Zink |
|
35 |
Günther Bertram, Graf Heinrich von Einsiedel, August Luy, Bruno Stolle, Martin Ulbrich, Joachim Harner |
|
34 |
Paul Brandt, Klaus Bretschneider, Hans von Hahn, Heinz-Horst Hissbach, Wilhelm Johnen, Karl Kennel, Johannes Naumann, Karl-Heinz Plucker, Herbert Schob, Walter Stengel, Horst Tietzen, Helmut Wettstein |
|
33 |
Heinz Beyer, Harro Harder, Erwin Leykauf, Wolfgang Lippert, Waldemer Soffing, Hans Stechmann, Ferdinand Vogel |
|
32 |
Hugo Frey, Rudolf Glockner, Joachim Hacker, Werner Husemenn, Werner Machold, Gunther Specht, Gerhard Weigand, Ralph Furch |
|
31 |
Peter Crump, Carl von Lieres, Hermann Seegatz, Gustav Sprick, Alfred Seidl |
|
30 |
Erich Bartz, Max Bucholz, Gerhard Friedrich, Josef Fözoe, Werner Gerth, Hans-Georg Hackbarth, Friedrich Heimann, Harry Koch, Karl-Heinz Langer, Hans-Karl Mayer, Rolf Pingel, Werner Schumacher |