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List of World War II aces credited with 50–99 victories

Fighter aces in World War II had tremendously varying kill scores, affected as they were by many factors: the pilot's skill level, the performance of the airplane the pilot flew and the planes they flew against, how long they served, their opportunity to meet the enemy in the air (Allied to Axis disproportion), whether they were the formation's leader or a wingman, the standards their air service brought to the awarding of victory credits, et cetera.

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  This background, along with the symbol "†", indicates that the pilot was killed in action, missing in action, died of wounds, or was killed in a flying accident during World War II.

Name Country Service(s) Aerial victories Other aerial victories Notes
Leopold Steinbatz †   Germany Luftwaffe 99[1]
Wolfgang Späte   Germany Luftwaffe 99[1] Jet ace with 5 victories in Me 262[2]
Heinrich Bartels †   Germany Luftwaffe 99[1]
Horst Hannig †   Germany Luftwaffe 98[1]
Gustav Rödel   Germany Luftwaffe 98[1]
Helmut Rüffler   Germany Luftwaffe 98[1]
Hans Schleef †   Germany Luftwaffe 98[3]
Helmut Mertens   Germany Luftwaffe 97[3]
Hermann Schleinhege   Germany Luftwaffe 97[4]
Diethelm von Eichel-Streiber   Germany Luftwaffe 96[3][4]
Heinrich Höfemeier †   Germany Luftwaffe 96[3][4]
Siegfried Lemke   Germany Luftwaffe 96[3] Credited with more than 5 heavy bombers shot down[5]
Leopold Münster †   Germany Luftwaffe 95[3][4]
Ilmari Juutilainen   Finland Finnish Air Force 94[6] Top non-German ace. Claimed 126 victories. Ace in a day. Victories were against the Soviet Union.
Rudolf Müller †   Germany Luftwaffe 94[3][4] possibly 101[7]
Anton Döbele †   Germany Luftwaffe 94[3][4]
Heinrich Klöpper †   Germany Luftwaffe 94[3][4]
Rudolf Resch †   Germany Luftwaffe 93[3][4] +1 in Spanish Civil War
Edmund Roßmann   Germany Luftwaffe 93[3][4]
Siegfried Schnell †   Germany Luftwaffe 93[3][4] Credited with 10 heavy bombers shot down[8]
Helmut Bennemann   Germany Luftwaffe 93[4]
Gerhard Loos †   Germany Luftwaffe 92[3]
Oskar Romm   Germany Luftwaffe 92[3]
Anton Resch   Germany Luftwaffe 91[3]
Heinz Kemethmüller   Germany Luftwaffe 89[9][4]
Hiroyoshi Nishizawa †   Japan Imperial Japanese Navy 87[10] Top Japanese ace
Georg Schentke †   Germany Luftwaffe 87[9] possibly 90[4]
Josef Jennewein †   Germany Luftwaffe 86[9][4]
Anton Mader   Germany Luftwaffe 86[9][4]
Ulrich Wöhnert   Germany Luftwaffe 86[9]
Gerhard Köppen †   Germany Luftwaffe 85[9][4]
Walter Zellot †   Germany Luftwaffe 85[9][4]
Heinz Ewald   Germany Luftwaffe 84[9][4]
Peter Kalden   Germany Luftwaffe 84[9]
Werner Quast   Germany Luftwaffe 84[9][4]
Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein †   Germany Luftwaffe 83[11] Night fighter ace
Otto Weßling †   Germany Luftwaffe 83[9][4]
Walter Ohlrogge   Germany Luftwaffe 83[9]
Franz Beyer †   Germany Luftwaffe 83[4]
Hans Grünberg   Germany Luftwaffe 82[9] Jet ace with 5 victories in Me 262[2]
Credited with 10 heavy bombers shot down[8]
Emil Darjes   Germany Luftwaffe 82[4]
Hans Götz †   Germany Luftwaffe 82[9]
Helmut Missner †   Germany Luftwaffe 82[9]
Max-Hermann Lücke †   Germany Luftwaffe 81[12]
Hugo Broch   Germany Luftwaffe 81[12]
Willi Nemitz †   Germany Luftwaffe 81[12]
Wilhelm Philipp   Germany Luftwaffe 81[12]
Rudolf Wagner †   Germany Luftwaffe 81[12]
Tetsuzō Iwamoto   Japan Imperial Japanese Navy 80 +14 in Second Sino-Japanese War Ace in each of two wars, analysis in 1971 suggests up to 87 WWII confirmed, his diary claimed 202 victories
Herbert Bachnick †   Germany Luftwaffe 80[12]
Otto Würfel †   Germany Luftwaffe 79[12]
Georg-Peter Eder   Germany Luftwaffe 78[12] Jet ace with 12 victories in Me 262[2]
Credited with 36 heavy bombers shot down[13]
Wolfgang Ewald   Germany Luftwaffe 78[12]
Heinrich Krafft †   Germany Luftwaffe 78[12]
Karl-Gottfried Nordmann   Germany Luftwaffe 78[12]
Alexander Preinfalk †   Germany Luftwaffe 78[12]
Josef Haiböck   Germany Luftwaffe 77[12]
Johann-Hermann Meier †   Germany Luftwaffe 77[12]
Hans-Joachim Kroschinski   Germany Luftwaffe 76[12]
Maximilian Mayerl   Germany Luftwaffe 76[12]
Alfred Teumer †   Germany Luftwaffe 76[14]
Edwin Thiel †   Germany Luftwaffe 76[14]
Hans Wind   Finland Finnish Air Force 75[6]
Johannes Bunzek †   Germany Luftwaffe 75[14]
Helmut Grollmus †   Germany Luftwaffe 75[14]
Johann Pichler   Germany Luftwaffe 75[14]
Hans Röhrig †   Germany Luftwaffe 75[14]
Joachim Wandel †   Germany Luftwaffe 75[14]
Gustav Frielinghaus   Germany Luftwaffe 74[14]
Otto Gaiser †   Germany Luftwaffe 74[14]
Friedrich Haas †   Germany Luftwaffe 74[14]
Hubertus von Bonin †   Germany Luftwaffe 73[12] +4 in Spanish Civil War
Anton Lindner   Germany Luftwaffe 73[14]
Gerhard Michalski   Germany Luftwaffe 73[14] Credited with more than 10 heavy bombers shot down[8]
Otto Schultz   Germany Luftwaffe 73[14]
Wilhelm Herget   Germany Luftwaffe 72[11]
Shigeo Fukumoto   Japan Imperial Japanese Navy 72
Klaus Mietusch †   Germany Luftwaffe 72[14] Credited with 13 heavy bombers shot down[8]
Wilhelm Mink †   Germany Luftwaffe 72[14][15]
Karl-Heinz Schnell   Germany Luftwaffe 72[14][15]
Hans Fuß †   Germany Luftwaffe 71[16][15]
Adolf Glunz   Germany Luftwaffe 71[14][15]
Alfred Heckmann   Germany Luftwaffe 71[16]
Günther Scheel †   Germany Luftwaffe 71[16] highest kill-to-mission ratio[15]
Shoichi Sugita   Japan Imperial Japanese Navy 70 +40 shared
Karl Hoffmann   Germany Luftwaffe 70
Hermann-Friedrich Joppien †   Germany Luftwaffe 70[16]
Heinz Lange   Germany Luftwaffe 70[16]
Rudi Linz †   Germany Luftwaffe 70[16]
Emil Omert †   Germany Luftwaffe 70[16]
Armin Köhler   Germany Luftwaffe 69[16]
Ernst Weismann †   Germany Luftwaffe 69[16]
Eugen-Ludwig Zweigart †   Germany Luftwaffe 69[16] Credited with 10 heavy bombers shot down[5]
Constantin Cantacuzino   Romania Royal Romanian Air Force 69 +8 unconfirmed Top Romanian ace
Kurt Dombacher   Germany Luftwaffe 68[16]
Walter Höckner †   Germany Luftwaffe 68[16]
Herbert Huppertz †   Germany Luftwaffe 68[16]
Heinrich Jung †   Germany Luftwaffe 68[16]
Herbert Kaiser   Germany Luftwaffe 68[17]
Richard Leppla   Germany Luftwaffe 68[17]
Fritz Losigkeit   Germany Luftwaffe 68[17]
Günther Freiherr von Maltzahn   Germany Luftwaffe 68[16]
Hans Strelow †   Germany Luftwaffe 68[16]
Ernst Süß †   Germany Luftwaffe 68[17]
Otto Tange †   Germany Luftwaffe 68[17]
Karl Hammerl †   Germany Luftwaffe 68[18]
Gustav Denk †   Germany Luftwaffe 67[17]
Fritz Dinger †   Germany Luftwaffe 67[17]
Herbert Findeisen   Germany Luftwaffe 67[17] Includes 42 claims as an aerial reconnaissance pilot.[17]
Reinhold Hoffmann †   Germany Luftwaffe 67[19]
Erbo Graf von Kageneck †   Germany Luftwaffe 67[17]
Franz Schieß †   Germany Luftwaffe 67[17][20]
Franz Schwaiger †   Germany Luftwaffe 67[17][20]
Hubert Strassl †   Germany Luftwaffe 67[21][20] Triple-ace in a day
Erwin Fleig   Germany Luftwaffe 66[17][20]
Werner Streib   Germany Luftwaffe 66[11][20] Night fighter ace
Ivan Kozhedub   Soviet Union Soviet Air Force 66 Top Allied ace in WWII
Grigory Rechkalov   Soviet Union Soviet Air Force 65[22] including 4 shared victories
Heinrich Füllgrabe †   Germany Luftwaffe 65[23]
Waldemar Semelka †   Germany Luftwaffe 65[23]
Berthold Graßmuck †   Germany Luftwaffe 65[23]
Karl Kempf †   Germany Luftwaffe 65[23]
Manfred Meurer †   Germany Luftwaffe 65[11] Night fighter ace
Günther Radusch   Germany Luftwaffe 65[11] Night fighter ace
Karl Fuchs †   Germany Luftwaffe 64[24]
Bernd Gallowitsch   Germany Luftwaffe 64[23]
Jürgen Harder †   Germany Luftwaffe 64[23]
Rolf Hermichen   Germany Luftwaffe 64[23] Credited with 26 heavy bombers shot down[13]
Walter Lindner   Germany Luftwaffe 64[20]
Viktor Petermann   Germany Luftwaffe 64[23]
Heinz Rökker   Germany Luftwaffe 64[25] Night fighter ace
Rudolf Schoenert   Germany Luftwaffe 64[25] Night fighter ace
Franz Götz   Germany Luftwaffe 63[23]
Heinrich Hoffmann †   Germany Luftwaffe 63[23]
Gerhard Homuth †   Germany Luftwaffe 63[23]
Wilhelm Schilling   Germany Luftwaffe 63[26]
Hermann Staiger   Germany Luftwaffe 63[27] Credited with 26 heavy bombers shot down[13]
Kurt Welter   Germany Luftwaffe 63[28] Jet ace with 20+ claimed in Me 262;[2] 56 as night fighter; possibly all time jet ace[20]
Karl-Heinz "Heino" Cordes   Germany Luftwaffe 62[20]
Wilhelm Hübner †   Germany Luftwaffe 62[23]
Helmut Neumann †   Germany Luftwaffe 62[23]
Horst Haase   Germany Luftwaffe 62[29] possibly 82[4]
Karl-Heinz Meltzer †   Germany Luftwaffe 61[30]
Gerhard Beutin   Germany Luftwaffe 60[31][20]
Hans-Ekkehard Bob   Germany Luftwaffe 60[32][20]
Horst Carganico †   Germany Luftwaffe 60[33][20]
Franz Czech   Germany Luftwaffe 60[20]
Nikolai Gulayev   Soviet Union Soviet Air Force 60[34] including 5 shared victories
Franz Hrdlicka †   Germany Luftwaffe 60[35] possibly 96[4]
Kurt Kelter   Germany Luftwaffe 60[20]
August Mors †   Germany Luftwaffe 60[23]
Karl Munz   Germany Luftwaffe 60[36]
Alfred Rauch   Germany Luftwaffe 60[36]
Hans-Arnold Stahlschmidt †   Germany Luftwaffe 59[37]
Franz Eckerle †   Germany Luftwaffe 59[38]
Alfred Franke †   Germany Luftwaffe 59[39]
Helmut Haberda †   Germany Luftwaffe 59[40]
Georg Michalek   Germany Luftwaffe 59[41]
Karl Steffen   Germany Luftwaffe 59[37]
Paul Zorner   Germany Luftwaffe 59[25] Night fighter ace
Siegfried Engfer   Germany Luftwaffe 59[42]
Hermann Buchner   Germany Luftwaffe 58[43] Jet ace with 12 victories in Me 262[2]
Credited with 10 heavy bombers shot down[8]
Martin Becker   Germany Luftwaffe 58[25] Night fighter ace
Herbert Broennle †   Germany Luftwaffe 58[44]
Herbert Friebel   Germany Luftwaffe 58[45]
Wilhelm Freuwörth   Germany Luftwaffe 58[46]
Gerhard Raht   Germany Luftwaffe 58[25] Night fighter ace
Hiromichi Shinohara †   Japan Imperial Japanese Army 58
Gabriel Tautscher   Germany Luftwaffe 58[47]
Lutz-Wilhelm Burckhardt   Germany Luftwaffe 57+[48]
Heinrich-Wilhelm Ahnert †   Germany Luftwaffe 57[49]
Konrad Bauer   Germany Luftwaffe 57[50] Credited with 32 heavy bombers shot down[13]
Kurt Ebener   Germany Luftwaffe 57[51]
Johannes Seifert †   Germany Luftwaffe 57[52]
Hermann Wolf   Germany Luftwaffe 57[53]
Edmund Wagner †   Germany Luftwaffe 57[54]
Gustav Francsi   Germany Luftwaffe 56[25] Night fighter ace
Heinz Hackler †   Germany Luftwaffe 56[55]
Erich Hohagen   Germany Luftwaffe 56[56] Credited with more than 8 heavy bombers shot down[57]
Helmuth Holtz   Germany Luftwaffe 56[58]
Eduard Isken   Germany Luftwaffe 56[59]
Kurt Knappe †   Germany Luftwaffe 56[60]
Josef Kraft   Germany Luftwaffe 56[25] Night fighter ace
Helmut Schönfelder   Germany Luftwaffe 56[61]
Günther Seeger   Germany Luftwaffe 56[62]
Heinz Strüning †   Germany Luftwaffe 56[25] Night fighter ace
Helmut Wick †   Germany Luftwaffe 56[63]
Kirill Yevstigneyev   Soviet Union Soviet Air Force 56[64] including 3 shared victories
Eino Luukkanen   Finland Finnish Air Force 56[6]
Herbert Bareuther †   Germany Luftwaffe 55[65]
Karl-Heinz Bendert   Germany Luftwaffe 55[66]
Hans Ehlers †   Germany Luftwaffe 55[67] Credited with 24 heavy bombers shot down[13]
Hans-Dieter Frank   Germany Luftwaffe 55[25] Night fighter ace
Wilhelm-Ferdinand Galland †   Germany Luftwaffe 55[68] Credited with 8 heavy bombers shot down[57]
Herbert Puschmann †   Germany Luftwaffe 54[69]
Takeo Okumura †   Japan Imperial Japanese Navy 54
Johann Badum †   Germany Luftwaffe 54[70]
Heinz Leber †   Germany Luftwaffe 54[71]
Siegfried Simsch †   Germany Luftwaffe 54[72]
Heinz Vinke †   Germany Luftwaffe 54[25] Night fighter ace
Hannes Trautloft   Germany Luftwaffe 53[73] +5 in Spanish Civil War[74]
August Geiger †   Germany Luftwaffe 53[25] Night fighter ace
Albert Brunner †   Germany Luftwaffe 53[75]
Hans-Joachim Heyer †   Germany Luftwaffe 53[19]
Willy Kientsch †   Germany Luftwaffe 53[76]
Carl Sattig   Germany Luftwaffe 53[77]
Julius Meimberg   Germany Luftwaffe 53[78]
Herbert Lütje   Germany Luftwaffe 53[25] Night fighter ace
Franz Barten †   Germany Luftwaffe 52[50]
Heinz-Edgar Berres †   Germany Luftwaffe 52[79]
Martin Drewes   Germany Luftwaffe 52[25] Night fighter ace
Alfred Gross   Germany Luftwaffe 52[80]
Ludwig Häfner †   Germany Luftwaffe 52[55]
Rudolf Pflanz †   Germany Luftwaffe 52[81]
Friedrich Rupp †   Germany Luftwaffe 52[82]
Werner Hoffmann   Germany Luftwaffe 52[25] Night fighter ace
Hermann Greiner   Germany Luftwaffe 51[83] Night fighter ace
Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld †   Germany Luftwaffe 51[25] Night fighter ace
Fritz Lüddecke †   Germany Luftwaffe 51[84]
Otto Schulz †   Germany Luftwaffe 51[85]
Heinrich Wefers   Germany Luftwaffe 51[54]
Wilhelm Hauswirth   Germany Luftwaffe 50[18]
Dmitry Glinka   Soviet Union Soviet Air Force 50[86]
Hans-Joachim Jabs   Germany Luftwaffe 50[87] Night fighter ace
Karl Willius †   Germany Luftwaffe 50[88]

References edit

Citations edit

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