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German Aircraft Aces

Rank Name Victories Planes Units Awards
  Erich Hartmann2 3522      
  Gerhard Barkhorn2 3012      
  Gunther Rall2 2752      
  Otto Kittel2 2672      
  Walter Nowotny2 2582 Fw 1902, Me 2622 JG 542 Knight's Cross with Diamonds2
  Wilhelm Batz2 2372      
Major1 Erich Rudorffer1 2221 Me 2621 II/JG 541, JG 71 Knight's Cross with Swords1
Oberstleutnant2 Heinz Bär2 2202 Me 2622 JG 512, III/EJG 22 Knight's Cross with Swords2
Major2 Hermann Graf2 2122 Bf 1092 JG 522, JG 512 Knight's Cross with Diamonds2
Major1 Theodor Weissenberger1 2081 Me 2621 I/JG 51, JG 71 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves1
Major1 Heinrich Ehrier1 2081 Me 2621 JG 51, JG 71 Knight's Cross1
Oberleutnant1 Walter Schuck1 2061 Me 2621 10/JG 51, JG 71 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves1
Oberst1 Johannes Steinhoff1 1761 Me 2621 JG 771, JG 71 Knight's Cross with Swords1
Oberleutnant1 Hans Waldmann1 1341 Me 2621 III/JG 31, JG 71 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves1
Oberleutnant1 Franz Schall1 1331 Me 2621 Komando Nowotny1, JG 71 Knight's Cross1
Leutnant1 Rudolf Rademacher1 1261 Me 2621 EJG 11, JG 71 Knight's Cross1
Oberleutnant2 Heinz Schnaufer2 1212 Bf 1102 NJG 12 Knight's Cross with Diamonds2
Major1 Wolfgang Späte1 991 Me 2621 JG 4001, JG 71 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves1
Oberleutnant1 Hans Grünberg1 821 Me 2621 5/JG 31, JG 71 Knight's Cross1
Hauptmann1 Georg-Peter Eder1 781 Me 2621 Komando Nowotny1, JG 71 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves1
Oberleutnant1 Adolf Glunz1 711 Me 2621 II/JG 261, JG 71 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves1
Leutnant1 Viktor Petermann1 641 Me 2621 II/JG 521, JG 71 Knight's Cross1
Major1 Herman Staiger1 631 Me 2621 II/JG 11, JG 71 Knight's Cross1
Oberfeldwebel1 Hermann Buchner1 581 Me 2621 II/SG 21, JG 71 Knight's Cross1
Hauptmann2 Helmut Wick2 562 Bf 1092 I/JG 22, 3/JG 22 Knight's Cross2
Major1 Erich Hohagen1 551 Me 2621 III/EJG 21, JG 71 Knight's Cross1
Oberleutnant1 Walter Wever1 441 Me 2621 I/ JG 511, JG 71 Knight's Cross1
Oberleutnants2 Hans-Joachim Jabs2 282 Me 1102 II/ZG 762, NJG 12 Knight's Cross2
Unteroffizier2 Willi Maximowitz2 252 Fw 1902 JG 32 German Cross in Gold2

Sources:

  1. Jagdgeschwader 7 "Nowotny", Robert Forsyth, 2008
  2. Aircraft of the Aces Legends of World War 2, Tony Holmes, 2000
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