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List of World War II aces from Austria

This is a list of flying aces in World War II from Austria. For other countries see List of World War II aces by country


List edit

  This and the / (slash) indicates information discrepancies listed by Caldwell, Obermaier, Spick, Mathews, Foreman and Zabecki.

Name Kills Awards Notes
Franz Achleitner 5
Johann Aistleitner 13/11[1]/12[2] KIA 14 January 1944
Erwin Bacsilla 34
Heinrich Bartels 99[3]/94[4] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross KIA 23 December 1944
Herbert Bauer 11[4] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Oskar Bösch 18[5] POW
Hermann Buchner 58[6][7][8] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Me 262 pilot
Franz Ferdinand Colloredo-Mansfeld 3 flew with RAF[9]
Count Manfred Beckett Czernin 18 DFC, DSO, MC Flew with RAF[9]
Hans-Heinrich Döbrich 65[10][11] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross WIA 1943
Leopold Fellerer 41[12]/36[13] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Emmerich Fluder 9 MIA 31 May 1942
Josef Fözö 27 (3 incl. Spain)[14]/23[15] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross WIFA 1942
Bernd Gallowitsch 64[16] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Gordon Gollob 150[17]/146[18] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds
Hartmann Grasser 103[19]/96+[20] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
Karl Gratz 138[17][20] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Josef Haiböck 73[21] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross WIA 1944
Karl Hammerl 67[22]/63[16] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross MIA 2 March 1943
Josef Jennewein 86[23][24]/83[25] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross MIA 27 July 1942
Josef Kraft 56[26] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld 51[26] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves KIFA 12 March 1944
Alfred Lammer 6 DFC and Bar as air gunner (later Navigator/Radar Operator) in RAF
Maximilian Mayerl 76[27] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Georg Michalek 59[28] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Walter Nowotny 258[29]/256[30] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds KIA 8 November 1944
Anton-Rudolf Piffer 26[31] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross KIA 17 June 1944
Hubert Pölz 11[32] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
Josef Pöhs 43[33] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross KIFA 30 December 1943
Paul-Hubert Rauh 31[34] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Kurt Wilhelm Roehrich 12 KIA 19 July 1944
Theodor Rossiwall 19 (incl. 2 in Spain)[35] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Johann Schalk 15[36] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Franz Schall 137[17]/133[37] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross KIFA 10 April 1945
Franz Schieß 67[10] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross KIA 2 September 1943
Johann Schmid 45[38] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross MIA 6 November 1941
Walter Schneider 20 KIFA 22 December 1941
Fritz Sengschmitt 15 KIA 11 January 1944
Rudolf Sinner 39
Kurt Sochatzy 38 Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Leopold Steinbatz 99[3]/98[39] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords KIA 15 June 1942
Max Stotz 189[40]/182[41] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves MIA 19 August 1943
Hubert Strassl 67[42] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross KIA 8 July 1943
Egon Troha 6 Iron Cross POW 1940
Rüdiger von Kirchmayr 20+[43]
Friedrich Graf von Uiberacker 7 KIA 6 December 1942
Alfred Wehmeyer 18[44] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Killed AA 1 June 1942
Robert Weiß 121[45]/122[46] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 29 December 1944
Ernst Weissmann 69 MIA 13 August 1942
Dr. Peter Werfft-Wessely 26[47] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Walter Zellot 85[23][24]/84[48] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross KIA 10 September 1942

References edit

Citations edit

  1. ^ Caldwell 1998, p. 492.
  2. ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 1479.
  3. ^ a b Spick 1996, p. 233.
  4. ^ a b Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 1480.
  5. ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 1483.
  6. ^ Obermaier 1989, p. 96.
  7. ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 1484.
  8. ^ Zabecki 2014, p. 1618.
  9. ^ a b Jan J. Safarik: Air Aces Home Page; Austria - World War II - Royal Air Force
  10. ^ a b Spick 1996, p. 239.
  11. ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 1486.
  12. ^ Spick 1996, p. 244.
  13. ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 1489.
  14. ^ Obermaier 1989, p. 111.
  15. ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 1490.
  16. ^ a b Spick 1996, p. 240.
  17. ^ a b c Spick 1996, p. 229.
  18. ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 1492.
  19. ^ Spick 1996, p. 232.
  20. ^ a b Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 1493.
  21. ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 1495.
  22. ^ Zabecki 2014, p. 1616.
  23. ^ a b Spick 1996, p. 235.
  24. ^ a b Zabecki 2014, p. 1614.
  25. ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 1499.
  26. ^ a b Spick 1996, p. 243.
  27. ^ Spick 1996, p. 236.
  28. ^ Obermaier 1989, p. 168.
  29. ^ Spick 1996, p. 227.
  30. ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 1512.
  31. ^ Obermaier 1989, p. 179.
  32. ^ Obermaier 1976, p. 72.
  33. ^ Obermaier 1989, p. 180.
  34. ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 1514.
  35. ^ Obermaier 1989, p. 188.
  36. ^ Obermaier 1989, p. 192.
  37. ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 1517.
  38. ^ Caldwell 1998, pp. 521–522.
  39. ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 1523.
  40. ^ Spick 1996, p. 228.
  41. ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 1525.
  42. ^ Obermaier 1989, p. 211.
  43. ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 1501.
  44. ^ Obermaier 1989, p. 220.
  45. ^ Spick 1996, p. 231.
  46. ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 1528.
  47. ^ Obermaier 1989, p. 222.
  48. ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 1530.

Bibliography edit

  • Caldwell, Donald L. (1998). The JG 26 War Diary: Volume Two 1943–1945. London: Grub Street. ISBN 978-1-898697-86-2.
  • Mathews, Andrew Johannes; Foreman, John (2015). Luftwaffe Aces – Biographies and Victory Claims – Volume 4 S–Z. Walton on Thames: Red Kite. ISBN 978-1-906592-21-9.
  • Obermaier, Ernst (1976). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe 1939–1945 Band II Stuka- und Schlachtflieger [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Luftwaffe 1939–1945 Volume II Dive Bomber and Attack Aircraft] (in German). Mainz, Germany: Verlag Dieter Hoffmann. ISBN 978-3-87341-021-3.
  • Obermaier, Ernst (1989). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe Jagdflieger 1939 – 1945 [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Luftwaffe Fighter Force 1939 – 1945] (in German). Mainz, Germany: Verlag Dieter Hoffmann. ISBN 978-3-87341-065-7.
  • Spick, Mike (1996). Luftwaffe Fighter Aces. New York: Ivy Books. ISBN 978-0-8041-1696-1.
  • Zabecki, David T., ed. (2014). Germany at War: 400 Years of Military History. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-Clio. ISBN 978-1-59884-981-3.
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