This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from Germany with their surname starting from M to P. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat.[1] Aces are listed alphabetically by last name.
Aces
editBy surname: A–F • G–L • Q–S • T–Z
This along with the * (asterisk), indicates that the pilot was either killed in action (KIA), missing in action (MIA), died of wounds (DOW), killed in a flying accident (KIFA), or killed in a car accident (KICA).
This and the / (slash) indicates information discrepancies listed by Aders, Boiten, Caldwell, Girbig, Held, Obermaier, Spick, Ring, Mathews, Foreman and Zabecki.
M
editName | Rank | Claims | Unit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ernst Maak | Hauptmann | 6[2] | JG 27, JG 11 | |
Werner Machold | 32[3] | JG 2 | Knight's Cross | |
Walter Mackens* | Oberfeldwebel | 9[4] | JG 52, JG 53, JG 300 | KIA 5 January 1944 |
Wilhelm Mackenstedt | 6[5] | JG 26 | ||
Anton Mader | Oberstleutnant | 86[6][7]/78[2] | JG 2, JG 77, JG 54 | Knight's Cross |
Lothar Mai* | Oberfeldwebel | 45[8]/44[2] | JG 51 | KIA 27 August 1943 |
Karl Maisch | 17[4] | NJG 5, NJG 100 | ||
Wilhelm Makrocki* | Major | 9[2] | ZG 76, ZG 26 | Knight's Cross KIA 21 May 1941 |
Günther Freiherr von Maltzahn | Oberst | 68[9][10] | JG 53 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
Rudolf Mangelsdorf | Oberfeldwebel | 8[4] | NJG 3, NJG 2 | |
Egon Mangold | Hauptmann | 5[4] | 10.(NJ)/ZG 1, NJG 100, NJG 200 | |
Gerhard Marburg* | Oberfeldwebel | 7[11] | JG 3, JG 4 | KIFA 3 September 1944 |
Heinz Marquardt | 121[12][11] | JG 51 | Knight's Cross | |
Hans-Joachim Marseille* | Hauptmann | 158[13]/152[11] | JG 52, JG 27 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds KIFA 30 September 1942 |
Karl-Heinrich Matern | 12[14] | ZG 1, ZG 76 | Knight's Cross | |
Otto Materne* | Hauptmann | 5[4] | NJG 4 | KIA 6 September 1944 |
Walter Matoni | Major | 34[15] | JG 27, JG 26, JG 2, JG 11 | Knight's Cross |
Kurt Matzak | Oberleutnant | 16[11][4] | NJG 1 | |
Willi Maximowitz* | Oberfeldwebel | 15+[11] | JG 1, JG 3 | MIA 20 April 1945 |
Marian Mazurek* | Feldwebel | 34[11] | JG 53 | KIA 9 June 1943 |
Egon Mayer* | Oberstleutnant | 102[16][11] | JG 2 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords KIA 2 March 1944 incl. 26 heavy bombers[17] |
Hans-Karl Mayer | Hauptmann | 39 (incl. 8 in Spain)[15] | JG 53, JG 26 | Knight's Cross KIA 17 October 1940 |
Wilhelm Mayer | Leutnant | 27[15] | JG 26 | Knight's Cross |
Maximilian Mayerl | Hauptmann | 76[18] | JG 51, EJG 1 | Knight's Cross |
Erhardt Mecke | Feldwebel | 10[11] | JG 5 | |
Helmut Meckel | Oberleutnant | 25[19] | JG 3 | Knight's Cross KIFA 8 May 1943 |
Ulrich von Meien | Major | 8[4] | KG 27, NJG 100, NJG 5 | |
Johann-Hermann Meier* | Leutnant | 77[18] | JG 26, JG 52 | Knight's Cross KIA 15 March 1944 |
Julius Meimberg | Major | 53[20] | JG 2, JG 53 | Knight's Cross |
Hans Meissner | Leutnant | 19[4] | NJG 3 | |
Dieter Meister* | 10+[21] | KG 40, ZG 1, JG 2 | KIA 21 November 1944 | |
Ludwig Meister | Hauptmann | 41[22]/33[4] | NJG 1, NJG 4 | Knight's Cross |
Karl-Heinz Meltzer | Feldwebel | 61[21] | JG 52 | |
Arthur Mendl | 8+[21] | JG 5 | ||
Karl Mentnich | Oberfeldwebel | 6[21] | JG 27 | |
Hans-Jörg Merkle | Feldwebel | 30[21] | JG 52 | |
Helmut Mertens | Hauptmann | 97[23] | JG 3 | Knight's Cross |
Werner Methfessel* | 8[21] | LG 1 | KIA 17 May 1940 | |
Rudolf Metz* | Leutnant | 10[21] | JG 5, JG 3, JG 4 | KIA 6 October 1944 |
Manfred Meurer* | Hauptmann | 65[24][25]/63[4] | NJG 1, NJG 5 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 21/22 January 1944 |
Karl-Heinz "Conny" Meyer | Major | 11[21] | JG 26 | |
Eduard Meyer* | Leutnant | 22[26] | ZG 26 | Knight's Cross KIA 31 March 1942 |
Otto Meyer* | Hauptmann | 21[27]/14[21] | JG 27 | KIA 12 July 1944 |
Walter Meyer | Leutnant | 18[21] | JG 54, JG 26 | |
Georg Michalek | Major | 59[26] | JG 3 | Knight's Cross |
Gerhard Michalski | Oberstleutnant | 73[28] | JG 53, JG 4 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
Rudolf Miethig* | Hauptmann | 101[16]/100[21] | JG 52 | Knight's Cross KIA 10 June 1943 |
Klaus Mietusch* | Major | 72[28] | JG 26 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 17 September 1944 |
Walter Milius | 8[4] | NJG 1, NJG 3, NJG 4, JG 400 | ||
Wilhelm Mink* | Oberfeldwebel | 72[28] | JG 51, EJG 1 | Knight's Cross KIA 12 March 1945 |
Heinz Misch | Feldwebel | 8[4] | NJG 2, NJG 3 | |
Bruno Mischkot | Leutnant | 7[21] | JG 26, JG 3, JG 2, EJG 2 | |
Helmut Missner* | Oberfeldwebel | 82[6] | JG 54 | Knight's Cross KIA 12 September 1944 |
Ernst-Wilhelm Modrow | Hauptmann | 33[22][4] | NJG 1 | Knight's Cross |
"Vati" Werner Mölders* | Oberst | 115 (incl. 14 in Spain)[12]/108[29] | JG 51 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds KIFA 22 November 1941 |
Klaus Möller | Oberfeldwebel | 10[4] | NJG 3, NJG 2 | |
Wilhelm Moritz | Major | 44[30]/41[29] | JG 51, JG 3 | Knight's Cross |
Wilhelm Morlock* | Oberfeldwebel | 16[4] | NJG 1 | KIA 4/5 November 1944 |
August Mors* | Leutnant | 60[31][32] | JG 5 | Knight's Cross KIA 8 August 1944 |
August Müller* | Oberfeldwebel | 49[33] | JG 51 | KIA 6 April 1945 |
Friedrich-Karl "Nasen" Müller | Major | 30[34]/29[4] | N.J.V.K., JG Herrmann,JG 300, NJGr 10, NJG 11 | Knight's Cross |
Friedrich-Karl "Tutti" Müller* | Oberstleutnant | 140[13]/139[29] | JG 53, JG 3 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 29 May 1944 incl. 23 heavy bombers[17] |
Fritz Müller | Leutnant | 23[29] | JG 7 | |
Hans-Hermann Müller | Hauptmann | 16[4] | NJG 2, NJG 3, SG 151, NSGr 20 | |
Kurt Müller* | Oberlfeldwebel | 5[29] | ZG 2 | KIA 7 April 1940 |
Rudolf Müller* | 94[23][7] | JG 5 | Knight's Cross Died in POW camp 21 June 1943 | |
Siegfried Müller | Leutnant | 10[33] | JG 51, JG 3, JG 7 | |
Wilhelm Müller | Oberfeldwebel | 10[35] | JG 26 | |
Gerhard Müller-Dühne | Leutnant | 5[35] | JG 26 | |
Joachim Müncheberg* | Major | 135[36][35] | JG 26, JG 51, JG 77 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords KIA 23 March 1943 |
Georg Munderloh | Oberfeldwebel | 18[35] | JG 54 | |
Leopold Münster* | Leutnant | 95[23][7] | JG 3 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 8 May 1944 |
Karl Munz | Leutnant | 60[37][32] | JG 52, JG 7 | |
Hubert Mütherich | Oberleutnant | 43[33]/39[35] | JG 51, JG 54 |
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editName | Rank | Claims | Unit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Josef Nabrich* | Oberleutnant | 18[38]/17[35][4] | NJG 101, NJG 1 | KIA 27 November 1944 |
Heinz Nacke | Major | 12[39] | ZG 76, NJG 3 | Knight's Cross |
Johannes Naumann | 34[39] | JG 26, JG 6, JG 7 | Knight's Cross | |
Kurt Necessany* | Oberleutnant | 6[35] | KG 40, ZG 1 | MIA 14 February 1944 |
Willi Nemitz* | Leutnant | 81[18]/82[35] | JG 52 | Knight's Cross KIA 11 April 1943 |
Wolfgang Neu | Hauptmann | 9[35] | JG 26 | |
Hermann Neuhoff | Leutnant | 40[40] | JG 53 | Knight's Cross |
Eduard Neumann | Oberstleutnant | 13 (incl. 2 in Spain)[35] | JG 26, JG 27 | |
Helmut Neumann | Leutnant | 62[31][35] | JG 5 | Knight's Cross |
Klaus Neumann | 37[41] | JG 51, JG 3, JG 7, JV 44 | Knight's Cross | |
Berthold Ney | Major | 19[38]/8[35][4] | NJG 2, NJG 3 | WIA 3/4 March 1945 |
Siegfried Ney* | Oberfeldwebel | 12[38][4]/11[35] | NJG 1, NJG 2 | KIA 27/28 March 1942 |
Hans-Wolfgang von Niebelschütz* | Hauptmann | 9[4] | NJG 4, NJG 5 | KIA 2/3 January 1944 |
Karl-Gottfried Nordmann | Oberst | 78[18]/75[42] | JG 51 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
Jakob Norz* | Leutnant | 117[12]/104[42] | JG 5 | Knight's Cross KIA 16 September 1944 |
"Nowi" Walter Nowotny* | Major | 258[43]/256[42] | JG 54, Kdo Nowotny, JG 101 |
Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds KIA 8 November 1944 |
O
editName | Rank | Claims | Unit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Heinz Oberheide* | Feldwebel | 10[38]/7[42] | NJG 3 | KIA 8 February 1945 |
Anton Oberhofer* | Unteroffizier | 12[42] | JG 52 | KIA 7 March 1944 |
Friedrich Obleser | Oberleutnant | 120[12]/112+[42] | JG 52 | Knight's Cross |
Walter Oesau* | Oberst | 125 (incl. 8 in Spain)[12]/127[42] | JG 1, JG 2, JG 51, J/88 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords KIA 11 May 1944 |
Walter Ohlrogge | Leutnant | 77[44] | JG 3, JG 7 | Knight's Cross |
Robert Olejnik | Major | 42[44] | JG 2, JG 3, JG 1, JG 400 | Knight's Cross |
Emil Omert* | Hauptmann | 70[9]/55[42] | JG 3, JG 2, JG 77 | Knight's Cross KIA 24 April 1944 |
Theo Osterkamp | Generalleutnant | 38 (incl. 32 in World War I)[45] | JG 51 | Knight's Cross |
Max-Hellmuth Ostermann* | Oberleutnant | 102[16][42] | ZG 1, JG 54 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords KIA 9 August 1942 |
P
editName | Rank | Claims | Unit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Karl Paashaus* | Oberleutnant | 15[42] | JG 53 | German Cross KIA 22 August 1944 |
Horst Patuschka* | Hauptmann | 23[45][42] | NJG 2 | Knight's Cross KIA 6 March 1943 |
Georg Pavenzinger | Oberfeldwebel | 5[46] | JG 51 | |
Hans Peterburs* | 18[45][47] | ZG 76, ZG 1 | Knight's Cross KIA 11 January 1944 | |
Viktor Petermann | Oberleutnant | 64[31] | JG 52, JG 7 | Knight's Cross |
Erhard Peters* | Hauptmann | 23[48] | NJG 3, NJG 4 | KIA 20 February 1944 |
Horst Petzschler | Fanhnenjunker-Oberfeldwebel | 26[46] | JG 3, JG 51 | Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe |
Karl-Georg Pfeiffer | Oberfeldwebel | 10[47] | NJG 1 | |
Rudolf Pflanz* | Hauptmann | 52[49] | JG 2 | Knight's Cross KIA 31 July 1942 |
Helmut Pfüller | Oberfeldwebel | 27+[47] | JG 51 | |
Hans Philipp* | Major | 206[50]/195[47] | JG 54, JG 1 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords KIA 8 October 1943 |
Wilhelm Philipp | Oberfeldwebel | 81[18]/79+[47] | JG 54 | Knight's Cross |
Johann Pichler | Leutnant | 75[28] | JG 77 | Knight's Cross |
Anton-Rudolf Piffer* | 26[51] | JG 1 | Knight's Cross KIA 17 June 1944 | |
Rolf Pingel | Major | 28 (incl. 6 in Spain)[52] | JG 26, JG 53 | Knight's Cross |
Karl-Heinrich Plücker* | Oberleutnant | 42[47] | JG 52 | KIA 10 May 1944 |
Josef Pöhs* | 43[52] | JG 54 | Knight's Cross KIA 30 December 1943 | |
Hubert Pölz | Hauptmann | 11[52] | StG 3 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
Hans Prager | Leutnant | 16[47] | JG 26, JG 54 | |
Alexander Preinfalk* | Oberfeldwebel | 80[47] | JG 77, JG 51, JG 53 | Knight's Cross KIA 12 December 1944 |
Bela Preisler | Unteroffizier | 6 | JG 5 | |
Rolf Prigge | Oberfänrich | 5 | JG 27, JG 7 | |
Josef "Pips" Priller | Oberst | 101[16] | JG 51, JG 26 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords |
Herbert Puschmann | Hauptmann | 54[53] | JG 51 | Knight's Cross |
References
editCitations
edit- ^ Spick 1996, pp. 3–4.
- ^ a b c d Mathews & Foreman 2015c, p. 1507.
- ^ Obermaier 1989, p. 163.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Boiten 2024, p. [page needed].
- ^ Caldwell 1998, p. 511.
- ^ a b Spick 1996, p. 235.
- ^ a b c Zabecki 2014, p. 1614.
- ^ Aders & Held 1993, p. 262.
- ^ a b Spick 1996, p. 238.
- ^ Zabecki 2014, p. 1616.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Mathews & Foreman 2015c, p. 1508.
- ^ a b c d e Spick 1996, p. 231.
- ^ a b Spick 1996, p. 229.
- ^ Obermaier 1989, p. 164.
- ^ a b c Obermaier 1989, p. 165.
- ^ a b c d Spick 1996, p. 233.
- ^ a b Forsyth 2011, p. 90.
- ^ a b c d e Spick 1996, p. 236.
- ^ Obermaier 1989, p. 166.
- ^ Obermaier 1989, p. 167.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Mathews & Foreman 2015c, p. 1509.
- ^ a b Spick 1996, p. 245.
- ^ a b c Spick 1996, p. 234.
- ^ Spick 1996, p. 242.
- ^ Zabecki 2014, p. 1617.
- ^ a b Obermaier 1989, p. 168.
- ^ Ring & Girbig 1994, p. 321.
- ^ a b c d Spick 1996, p. 237.
- ^ a b c d e Mathews & Foreman 2015c, p. 1510.
- ^ Obermaier 1989, p. 170.
- ^ a b c Spick 1996, p. 240.
- ^ a b Zabecki 2014, p. 1618.
- ^ a b c Aders & Held 1993, p. 263.
- ^ Spick 1996, p. 246.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Mathews & Foreman 2015c, p. 1511.
- ^ Spick 1996, p. 230.
- ^ Spick 1996, p. 241.
- ^ a b c d Aders 1978, p. 236.
- ^ a b Obermaier 1989, p. 172.
- ^ Obermaier 1989, p. 173.
- ^ Obermaier 1989, p. 174.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Mathews & Foreman 2015c, p. 1512.
- ^ Spick 1996, p. 227.
- ^ a b Obermaier 1989, p. 176.
- ^ a b c Obermaier 1989, p. 177.
- ^ a b Aders & Held 1993, p. 264.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Mathews & Foreman 2015c, p. 1513.
- ^ Aders 1978, p. 237.
- ^ Obermaier 1989, p. 178.
- ^ Spick 1996, p. 228.
- ^ Obermaier 1989, p. 179.
- ^ a b c Obermaier 1989, p. 180.
- ^ Obermaier 1989, p. 181.
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