This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from Germany with their surname starting from T to Z. 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
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Gerhard Thyben, 157 claims -
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Heinz Vinke, night fighter pilot -
Theodor Weissenberger, 206 claims -
Helmut Wick, the leading Luftwaffe fighter pilot when killed in action -
Josef Zwernemann, 126 claims
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By surname: A–F • G–L • M–P • Q–S
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, Prien, Spick, Ring, Mathews, Foreman and Zabecki.
T
edit| Name | Rank | Claims | Unit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heinrich Tammen* | Unteroffizier | 19[2] | JG 52 | KIA 30 November 1944 |
| Otto Tange* | Oberleutnant | 68[3]/63[2] | JG 51 | Knight's Cross KIA 30 July 1943 |
| Hermann Tangerding* | 7[2] | NAGr 21, JG 27 | KIA 31 August 1942 | |
| Kurt Tangermann | Leutnant | 45[2] | JG 54, JG 52 | |
| Ewald Tankink | Oberfeldwebel | 8+[2] | LG 2 | German Cross |
| Kurt Tanzer | Leutnant | 143[4]/35+[2] | JG 51 | Knight's Cross |
| Hans-Ulrich Tartsch* | 5[2] | JGr West, JG 2 | KIA 8 June 1944 | |
| Rudolf Täschner* | Oberfeldwebel | 20[2] | JG 53, JG 2 | KIA 28 August 1943 |
| Hans Taubenberger | Oberleutnant | 34[5]/13+[2] | JG 51 | |
| Gabriel Tautscher* | Unteroffizier | 58[2]/55[5] | JG 51 | German Cross KIA 12 January 1944 |
| Fritz Tegtmeier | Oberleutnant | 146[4][2] | JG 54, JG 7 | Knight's Cross |
| Waldemar Teige* | Oberleutnant | 12[6][2] | KG 53 | Knight's Cross KIA 3 October 1942 |
| Wilhelm Telge* | Hauptmann | 14[7]/13[2] | NJG 1 | KIA 1 September 1943 |
| Paul Temme | Oberleutnant | 5[2] | JG 2, JG 27 | |
| Ernst Terry* | 10[8]/9 (incl. 2 in Spain)[9] | J/88, JG 51 | KIA 29 October 1940 | |
| Herbert Ter Steegen* | Feldwebel | 10–12[7] | NJG 5 | KIA 24 May 1944 |
| Otto Teschner* | Leutnant | 6[2] | NJG 1 | KIFA 25 December 1944 |
| Gerd Tetteroo | 8[8] | JG 51 | ||
| Helmut Tetzner | Fahnenjunker-Feldwebel | 7+[2] | NAGr 5 | |
| Alfred Teumer* | Oberleutnant | 76[10]/74[2] | JG 54, JG 7 | Knight's Cross KIFA 4 October 1944 mission-to-claim ratio of 3.95.[11] |
| Hans Tewes | Unteroffizier | 5[2] | JG 53 | |
| Bruno Tezzele* | 13[2] | JG 54 | MIA 14 September 1944 | |
| Karl Thaler* | Leutnant | 27[2] | JG 54 | KIA 23 November 1944 |
| Gustav Tham | Hauptmann | 14[7] | NJG 5, NJG 10 | |
| Willi Theimann* | Leutnant | 45[8]/42[2] | JG 51 | German Cross MIA 29 July 1943 |
| Hans Theis | Feldwebel | 7[2] | JG 300, JG 7 | |
| Ludwig Theopold* | Oberleutnant | 10[2] | JG 77 | KFIA 26 January 1943 |
| Edwin Thiel* | Hauptmann | 76[10]/71[2] | JG 52, JG 51 | Knight's Cross KIA 14 July 1944 |
| Werner Thielen* | Leutnant | 10[2] | JG 54 | KIA 12 June 1944 |
| Werner Thierfelder* | Hauptmann | 27[12][2] | ZG 26 | Knight's Cross KIFA 18 July 1944 |
| Oskar Thimm | Feldwebel | 7[2] | JG 5 | |
| Wolfgang Thimmig | Oberstleutnant | 23[2] | NJG 1, NJG 2, NJG 4 | German Cross |
| Ernst Thoma | Unteroffizier | 7[2] | JG 77 | |
| Hans Thomann* | 8[2] | JG 5 | KIA 19 August 1943 | |
| Erich Thomas | Oberleutnant | 15+[13]/12[2] | JG 52 | |
| Helmut Thomas* | Leutnant | 8[2] | JG 52 | KIA 12 January 1944 |
| Friedrich Thorl* | Oberleutnant | 6[2] | NJG 4 | KIA 13 September 1944 |
| Franz Thümer* | Unteroffizier | 5[2] | JG 3 | KIA 27 December 1942 |
| Rudolf Thun | Oberleutnant | 7[7]| 5+[2] | NJG 5, NJG 6 | |
| Heinrich Thüroff | Leutnant | 8[13]/5[2] | JG 53 | |
| Gerhard Thyben | Oberleutnant | 157[4][2] | JG 3, JG 54 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves mission-to-claim ratio of 2.45.[14] |
| Ekkehard Tichy* | Hauptmann | 25[15] | JG 53, JG 3 | Knight's Cross KIA 16 August 1944 |
| Helmut Tiedmann | 7[2] | JG 3 | ||
| Horst Tietzen* | 27 (incl. 7 in Spain)[15] | JG 51 | Knight's Cross KIA 18 August 1940 | |
| Hans Tilly* | Oberfeldwebel | 7[2] | JG 2 | KIA 7 July 1941 |
| Horst Timme* | Unteroffizier | 13[2] | JG 52 | KIA 28 August 1943 |
| Manfred Tischtau* | Oberleutnant | 9[7]/5[2] | NJG 5 | KIFA 20 August 1944 |
| Werner Tismar* | Hauptmann | 5[2] | LG 2, JG 77 | KIFA 26 April 1942 |
| Joachim Titze* | Feldwebel | 25[2] | JG 54 | KIA 29 April 1943 |
| Johann-Jobst Todt | Oberfeldwebel | 10[2] | JG 301, JG 7 | |
| Günther Toll | 47+[2] | JG 2, JG 52 | German Cross | |
| Günther Tonne* | Major | ~20[16] | SKG 210, SKG 10, ZG 1 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 15 July 1943 |
| Wolfgang Tonne* | Hauptmann | 122[17]/120[18] | JG 53 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 20 April 1943 |
| Hans Torfer* | Leutnant | 7[18] | JG 27, JGr Süd | KIA 11 September 1944 |
| Heinz Tornow* | 12[8]/8 (incl. 2 in Spain)[19] | J/88, JG 51 | KIA 29 October 1940 | |
| Willi Trabert | 6[20] | JG 27 | ||
| Rudolf Traphan* | Oberfeldwebel | 8[18] | JG 3 | KIA 11 April 1944 |
| Eduard Tratt* | Major | 38[21]/35[18] | ZG 1, ZG 26 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 22 February 1944 |
| Hannes Trautloft | Oberst | 58 (incl. 5 in Spain)[15][18] | JG 51, JG 54 | Knight's Cross |
| Johann Trenke | Feldwebel | 9[18] | KG 51 | Knight's Cross |
| Rudolf Trenkel | Hauptmann | 138[4]/132[18] | JG 77, JG 52 | Knight's Cross mission-to-claim ratio of 3.62.[11] |
| Günther Treptau* | Oberfeldwebel | 5[18] | JG 11 | KIA 4 January 1945 |
| Horst Trepte* | Leutnant | 7[18] | JG 52 | MIA 3 August 1943 |
| Johannes Trestler* | Oberfeldwebel | 5+[18] | ZG 1, ZG 26 | KIA 31 January 1945 |
| Eberhard Graf von Treuberg* | Oberleutnant | 17[18] | JG 3, JG 52 | KIA 1 January 1945 |
| Werner Treusch* | Leutnant | 5[18] | Kommando Herrmann, JG 300 | KIFA 3 January 1944 |
| Willi Tritsch | Oberleunant | 20[22]/12[18] | LG 2, SG 1, SG 151, SG 152 | Knight's Cross |
| Franz Trowal* | Leutnant | 7[18] | JG 77 | KIA 15 July 1944 |
| Hans Trübenbach | Major | 8[18] | JG 132, JG 52, LG 2 | |
| Martin Tschiersch* | Leutnant | 11[18] | NJG 2 | KIA 21 February 1945 |
| Kurt Tyralla* | Unteroffizier | 7+[18] | LG 2, SG 1, SG 2 | KIA 7 September 1942 |
U
edit| Name | Rank | Claims | Unit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kurt "Kuddel" Ubben* | Major | 111[23]/110[24]/93[18] | JG 77, JG 2 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 27 April 1944 |
| Richard Ubelbacher* | Feldwebel | 7[18] | JG 2 | KIA 3 March 1943 |
| Hans-Joachim Uhl* | Unteroffizier | 5[18] | JG 54 | KIA 11 August 1943 |
| Lothar Uhlig* | Oberfeldwebel | 8[18] | ZG 1, JG 76 | KIA 25 August 1944 |
| Martin Uhlmann | Feldwebel | 5[18] | NJG 4 | |
| Friedrich Graf von Uiberacker* | Leutnant | 7[18] | JG 26 | KIA 6 December 1942 |
| Martin Ulbrich | Oberfeldwebel | 35+[8]/32+[18] | JG 51 | |
| Albert Ullrich | Feldwebel | 11[18] | JG 77, JGr Süd | |
| Günter Ulrich* | Fähnrich | 5[18] | JG 27, JG 7 | KIA 25 March 1945 |
| Horst Ulenberg* | Leutnant | 16[25][18] | JG 26 | KIA 12 July 1941 |
| Hans Umbach* | Oberfeldwebel | 5[18] | JG 1, JG 27 | KIFA 27 June 1941 |
| Johanes Ungar | Unteroffizier | 5[18] | JG 52 | |
| Willy Unger | Leutnant | 21[18] | JG 3, JG 7 | Knight's Cross |
| Oswald Unterlerchner | 11+[18] | JG 54 | ||
| Robert Unzeitig* | 10[25]/9[18] | JG 26 | KIA 12 April 1942 | |
| Werner Ursinus | Hauptmann | 5[13] | JG 53 | |
| Ludwig Uschmann | Unteroffizier | 5[18] | JG 54 |
V
edit| Name | Rank | Claims | Unit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin von Vacano | Oberleutnant | 8[18][13] | JG 53, JGr Süd | |
| Heinrich Vandeweerd | Oberfähnrich | 6[25][18] | JG 26 | |
| Bernhard Vechtel | Oberleutnant | 108[24][18] | JG 51 | Knight's Cross |
| Ulrich Veh* | Oberfeldwebel | 5[18] | JG 300 | KIFA 8 March 1944 |
| Otto Venjakob* | Unteroffizier | 25[18] | JG 54 | KIA 23 June 1944 |
| Heinz Venth* | Oberleutnant | 17[8]/14[18] | JG 51 | MIA 16 July 1944 |
| Erich Viebahn | Hauptmann | 5[18] | JG 51, JG 50, JGr Süd | |
| Helmut Viedebantt* | Major | 23[2] | ZG 1, SG 10 | Knight's Cross KIA 1 May 1945 |
| Martin Villing | Oberfeldwebel | 19+[18] | JG 77, JG 5 | |
| Heinz Vinke* | 54[26]/51[18] | NJG 1 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 26 February 1944 | |
| Otto Vinzent* | Oberleutnant | 45[18] | JG 54 | KIA 4 January 1944 |
| Hermann Virchow | Oberfeldwebel | 5[18] | SKG 10 | |
| Gerhard Vivroux* | Feldwebel | 10[27] | JG 3 | KIA 25 October 1944 |
| Karl Vockelmann* | Leutnant | 9[13]/8[27] | JG 53 | KIA 19 May 1943 |
| Karl-Heinrich Vögel* | 7[27] | JG 5 | MIA 16 January 1944 | |
| Veit Vögel | Stabs Adjutant | 7[27] | JG 51 | |
| Wolfgang Vögel* | Unteroffizier | 21[27] | JG 3 | MIA 1 August 1942 |
| Ferdinand Vögl | Hauptmann | 33[28]/29[27] | JG 27 | German Cross |
| Heinz Völker* | Leutnant | 9[7]/8[27] | NJG 2 | KIA 22 July 1944 |
| Helmut Vogel | Fahnenjunker-Oberfeldwebel | 10[13] | JG 53 | |
| Heinz-Gerhard Vogt* | Oberleutnant | 48[29]/47[27] | JG 26 | Knight's Cross KIA 14 January 1945 mission-to-claim ratio of 3.63.[11] |
| Dieter Voigt | Feldwebel | 17[27] | SG 2 | German Cross |
| Maximilian Volke* | Oberfeldwebel | 36[27] | JG 77 | German Cross Remains of plane and pilot found in 2007 near Modena, Italy. |
| Wilhelm-Erich Volkmann* | Oberleutnant | 8[27] | JG 51, JG 3 | KIA 2 December 1944 |
| Hans Vollet | Leutnant | 5[27] | JG 5 | |
| Karl-Heinz Völlkopf* | 6[27] | NJG 2, NJG 1 | KIA 21 June 1943 | |
| Hans Vorhauer* | Feldwebel | 8[27] | JG 1 | KIA 10 October 1943 |
| Kurt Votel* | Leutnant | 9[27] | JG 2 | DOW 4 May 1941 |
W
edit| Name | Rank | Claims | Unit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friedrich Wachowiak* | Leutnant | 140[30]/86[31] | JG 52, JG 3 | Knight's Cross KIA 16 July 1944 |
| Edmund Wagner* | Oberfeldwebel | 58[8]/57[27] | JG 51 | Knight's Cross KIA 13 November 1941 |
| Erich Wagner* | Leutnant | 6[27] | JG 53 | KIA 21 October 1943 |
| Gerhard Wagner | 13[27] | NJG 5 | ||
| Rudolf Wagner* | 81[32] | JG 51 | Knight's Cross MIA 11 December 1943 | |
| Harry Wald | Feldwebel | 10+[27] | JG 3 | |
| Hans Waldmann* | Oberleutnant | 134[33]/131[27] | JG 52, JG 3, JG 7 | Knight's Cross KIFA 18 March 1945 mission-to-claim ratio of 3.93.[11] |
| Ernst Wallner* | Hauptmann | 5[27] | NJG 6 | KIA 4 December 1944 |
| Otto Wallner* | Feldwebel | 12[27] | JG 51 | KIFA 28 August 1943 |
| Karl-Heinz Wallrath* | Unteroffizier | 5[27] | JG 3 | KIA 13 February 1942 |
| Alfred Wallys* | 5[27] | JG 51 | KIFA 8 October 1943 | |
| Adolf Walter* | Oberfeldwebel | 5[27] | JG 52 | MIA 1 September 1941 |
| Albert Walter* | Oberleutnant | 37[8]/35[27] | JG 51 | German Cross KIA 13 July 1944 |
| Albert Walter* | 10[27] | NJG 4, NJG 6 | KIA 24 February 1944 | |
| Gustav Walter* | Feldwebel | 7[27] | JG 54 | KIA 16 April 1942 |
| Clemens Walterscheid* | Leutnant | 8[27] | JG 2 | KIA 2 July 1943 |
| Horst Walther | Oberleutnant | 35[8]/34[27] | JG 51 | German Cross |
| Rudolf Walther | Leutnant | 22+[27] | JG 52 | |
| Albrecht Walz* | Oberleutnant | 26[27] | JG 3 | German Cross KIA 11 April 1943 |
| Siegfried Wandam* | Oberleutnant | 14[27] | NJG 1, NJG 5 | KIA 4 July 1943 |
| Joachim Wandel* | Hauptmann | 75[10] | JG 54 | Knight's Cross KIA 7 October 1942 |
| Rudi Wangner* | 5[27] | ZG 1 | KIA 27 June 1944 | |
| Alfred Warrelmann | Feldwebel | 6[27] | ZG 1, NJG 3, NJG 2 | |
| Erich Wassermann* | 7[27] | JG 27 | KIA 22 December 1941 | |
| Joachim Weber* | Leutnant | 11[27] | ZG 26, JG 7 | KIA 21 March 1945 |
| Karl-Heinz Weber* | Hauptmann | 136[33]/132[27] | JG 51, JG 1 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 7 June 1944 mission-to-claim ratio of 3.68.[11] |
| Karl-Heinz Weber* | Unteroffizier | 31[27] | JG 51 | KIFA 22 September 1943 |
| Hermann Weeber | Hauptmann | 5[27] | ZG 76 | |
| Heinrich Wefers* | Oberfeldwebel | 51[27] | JG 54 | German Cross KIA 18 May 1943 |
| Günther Wegmann | Oberleutnant | 14[27] | ZG 26, EKdo 262, JG 7 | German Cross |
| Alfred Wehmeyer* | 18[34] | ZG 26 | Knight's Cross KIA 1 June 1942 | |
| Herbert Wehnelt | Hauptmann | 25[27] | JG 20, JG 51, EJGr West | German Cross |
| Joachim von Wehren | Oberleutnant | 9[27] | JG 77 | |
| Josef Weichmann | Feldwebel | 5[27] | JG 4 | |
| Bruno Weidlich | 30[27] | JG 77 | German Cross | |
| Kurt Weigand* | 7[35] | JG 300 | KIA 24 August 1944 | |
| Hans-Dieter Weihs | Leutnant | 8[35] | JG 7 | |
| Hans Weik | Hauptmann | 36[36] | JG 3, EJGr Ost, EJG 2 | Knight's Cross mission-to-claim ratio of 2.78.[14] |
| Leoplod Weinberger* | Unteroffizier | 5[35] | NJG 4 | KIA 28 April 1944 |
| Emil Weinmann | Feldwebel | 10[35] | NJG 6 | |
| Walter Weinzierl* | Gefreiter | 5[35] | JG 302 | KIA 28 July 1944 |
| Gustav Weippert | Oberfeldwebel | 7+[35] | NAG 4 | Knight's Cross |
| Ernst Weismann* | Oberleutnant | 69[37] | JG 51 | Knight's Cross MIA 13 August 1942 mission-to-claim ratio of 3.74.[11] |
| Robert "Bazi" Weiss* | Hauptmann | 121[17]/122[35] | JG 54 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 29 December 1944 |
| Theodor "Theo" Weissenberger | Major | 208[38][35] | JG 5, JG 7 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves mission-to-claim ratio of 2.40.[14] |
| Paul-Adolf Weitzberg* | Leutnant | 5[35] | JG 5, JG 4 | KIA 2 November 1944 |
| Hugo Welsch* | Feldwebel | 28[35] | JG 54 | KIA 29 October 1944 |
| Kurt Welter | Oberleutnant | 63[39] | JG 300, NJGr 10, NJG 11 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
| Rupert Weninger* | 11[35] | JG 53 | KIA 24 June 1944 | |
| Hans-Gerd Wennekers | Oberfeldwebel | 11[35] | JG 11 | |
| Eberhard Wenninger* | Leutnant | 8[35] | JG 51 | KIA 16 April 1944 |
| Werner Wenzel | Hauptmann | 8[35] | JG 27, JG 3, JG 7 | |
| Peter Werfft, Dr. | Major | 26[40] | JG 27 | Knight's Cross |
| Adolf Wermter | Gefreiter | 11+[35] | JG 54 | |
| Horst Wernecke* | Unteroffizier | 5[35] | JG 51, JG 302 | KIA 29 July 1944 |
| Otto Werner* | Hauptmann | 10[35] | JG 2 | KIA 17 March 1943 |
| Otto Werner | Unteroffizier | 15[35] | NAG 4, JG 77 | |
| Heinz Wernicke* | Leutnant | 117[17]/118[35] | JG 54 | Knight's Cross KIFA 27 December 1944 |
| Ulrich Wernitz | 101[41][35] | JG 54 | Knight's Cross mission-to-claim ratio of 2.38.[14] | |
| Franz von Werra* | Hauptmann | 21[42] | JG 3, JG 53 | Knight's Cross KIFA 25 October 1941 |
| Johannes Werth | Hauptmann | 8[35] | NJG 2 | |
| Johann Werthner | Feldwebel | 7[35] | NJG 2, NJG 3 | |
| Otto Weßling* | Oberleutnant | 83[31] | JG 3 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 19 April 1944 |
| Helmut Wester* | 10[35] | JG 52 | KIA 17 August 1944 | |
| Josef Westner* | Leutnant | 6[35] | JG 51 | KIA 10 August 1943 |
| Hans-Jürgen Westphal | Hauptmann | 13[35] | JG 26, EJGr West, JG 53, JG 106 | |
| Helmut Wettstein | 20+[35] | JG 54, JGr Ost | ||
| Walther Wever* | Oberleutnant | 44[42] | JG 51, JG 7 | Knight's Cross KIFA 10 April 1945 |
| Hubert-York Weydenhammer* | Hauptmann | 6[35] | LG 1, JG 3 | KIA 25 December 1944 |
| Gerhard Weyl | Oberleutnant | 8+[35] | JG 5, JG 6 | |
| Helmut Wichmann | Feldwebel | 5[35] | JG 3 | |
| Helmut Wick* | Major | 56[43] | JG 2 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves MIA 28 November 1940 |
| Karl Wick | Oberfeldwebel | 7+[35] | JG 54, JG 11 | |
| Bruno Wickert | Feldwebel | 5[35] | JG 52 | |
| Fritz-Dietrich Wickop* | Hauptmann | 12[35] | JG 52, JG 2, JG 1 | KIA 16 May 1943 |
| Wulf-Dietrich Widowitz* | Oberleutnant | 29[35] | ZG 76, JG 77, JG 5 | German Cross KIA 28 July 1943 |
| Gerhard Wiegand | Leutnant | 25[35] | JG 26 | German Cross |
| Heinrich-Friedrich Wiegand | Feldwebel | 9[35] | JG 5 | |
| Werner Wiegand* | 6[35] | JG 1 | KIA 29 March 1944 | |
| Edmund Wieland | 7[35] | JG 27 | ||
| Paul Wielebinski* | 5[35] | JG 3 | DOW 25 June 1944 | |
| Franz-Josef Wienhusen* | Hauptmann | 6[35] | JG 5, JG 77, EJGr Ost, JG 4 | KIA 3 December 1944 |
| Johannes Wiese | Major | 133[33]/118[35] | JG 52, JG 77 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves 12 in one mission |
| Reinhard Wiese* | Unteroffizier | 9[35] | JG 3 | KIA 29 October 1942 |
| Wilhelm Wiesinger* | Oberleutnant | 10[44] | JG 27 | KIA 23 June 1941 |
| Gustav Wiesmahr* | Leutnant | 20[44] | JG 52 | KIFA 5 October 1943 |
| Ernst Wiggers* | Hauptmann | 9[44] | JG 51 | KIA 11 September 1940 |
| Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke* | Oberst | 162[4]/155[44] | JG 53, JG 3 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords KIA 23 March 1944 |
| Karl-Heinz Wilke | Oberleutnant | 8[44] | NAG 4 | Knight's Cross |
| Gerhard Wille | Feldwebel | 13[44] | JG 51 | MIA 10 February 1942 |
| Egbert Willenbrink | Unteroffizier | 7[44] | JG 53 | |
| Dieter Willers | 11[44] | JG 51 | ||
| Karl Willius* | Oberleutnant | 50[45] | JG 26 | Knight's Cross KIA 8 April 1944 |
| Alexander von Winterfelt* | Oberstleutnant | 13[46] | JG 2, JG 77 | Knight's Cross KIFA 16 May 1942 |
| Eugen Wintergerst* | Oberfeldwebel | 8[44] | JG 77, JG 1 | KIA 4 September 1943 |
| Hermann Wischnewski | Oberfähnrich | 28[47] | JG 300 | Knight's Cross |
| Heinrich Wohlers* | Major | 29[47] | NJG 4, NJG 6 | Knight's Cross KIFA 15 March 1944 |
| Ulrich Wöhnert | Leutnant | 86[31] | JG 54 | Knight's Cross |
| Franz Woidich | Oberleutnant | 110[24]/81[44] | JG 27, JG 52, JG 400 | Knight's Cross |
| Erich Woitke | Hauptmann | 26 (+4 in Spain) | J/88, JG 3, JG 52, JG 77, JG 27, JG 11, JG 300, JG 1 | German Cross in Gold |
| Albin Wolf* | Oberleutnant | 144[4]/142[44] | JG 54 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 22 April 1944 |
| Hermann Wolf | Leutnant | 57[48]/55[44] | JG 52, JG 11, JG 7 | Knight's Cross |
| Robert Wolf | 33[44] | NJG 5 | ||
| Walter Wolfrum | Oberleutnant | 137[4]/134[44] | JG 52 | Knight's Cross mission-to-claim ratio of 3.09.[14] |
| Helmut Woltersdorf* | 23[44] | NJG 1 | German Cross KIA 2 June 1942 | |
| Waldemar Wübke | Hauptmann | 14[44] | JG 54, JG 101 | German Cross |
| Helmut Wunderlich | Obergefreiter | 7[49] | JG 77 | |
| Horst Wunderlich* | Leutnant | 13[49] | JG 51 | KIA 30 November 1942 |
| Karl Wünsch* | 22[28]/20[49] | JG 27 | German Cross MIA 21 November 1944 | |
| Karl Wunschelmeyer* | Oberleutnant | 16[49] | JG 54, JG 26 | KIA 24 February 1944 |
| Otto Würfel* | Leutnant | 79[32]/77[49] | JG 51 | Knight's Cross MIA 23 February 1944 |
| Heinz Wurm* | Oberleutnant | 12[49] | ZG 1 | KIA 16 September 1943 |
| Josef "Sepp" Wurmheller* | Major | 102[41]/103[49] | JG 53, JG 2 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords KIA 22 June 1944 |
| Wilhelm Würtz | Unteroffizier | 6[49] | JG 54, JG 26 | |
| Heinrich Wurzel | Hauptmann | 12[49] | JG 302, JG 301 | German Cross |
Z
edit| Name | Rank | Claims | Unit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hans Zacher* | Feldwebel | 6[50] | JG 51 | KIA 17 October 1944 |
| Friedrich Zander* | Oberfeldwebel | 34[49] | JG 54, JG 1 | incl. 1 heavy bomber[51] KIA 26 December 1944 |
| Ernst Zechlin | Hauptmann | 10[52]/8[49] | NJG 2, NJG 5 | |
| Karl-Ludwig Zeddies* | Feldwebel | 7[50] | JG 51 | KIA 26 March 1943 |
| Otmar Zehart* | Oberleutnant | 6[49] | Sturmstaffel 1, JG 3, JG 4 | incl. 6 heavy bombers[51] KIA 26 December 1944 |
| Josef Zeiner* | Fähnrich | 5[49] | JG 3 | incl. 5 heavy bombers[53] KIA 3 March 1945 |
| Alfred Zeis | Leutnant | 53[49] | JG 53 | |
| Joachim Zeller | Fahnenjunker-Feldwebel | 6[49] | JG 26 | |
| Walter Zellot* | Leutnant | 85[31][54]/84[49] | JG 53 | Knight's Cross KIA 10 September 1942 mission-to-claim ratio of 3.48.[11] |
| Ulrich Zemper* | Feldwebel | 6[49] | JG 53 | KIA 28 July 1944 |
| Emil Zibler* | 35[49] | JG 3 | KIA 5 July 1943 | |
| Siegfried Zick | Leutnant | 20[49] | JG 1, JG 11 | |
| Kurt Ziegenfuss* | Feldwebel | 6[50] | JG 51 | KIA 22 April 1944 |
| Helmut Ziegenhagen | Oberleutnant | 15[49] | JG 76, JG 5, JG 54, JG 11 | |
| Helmut Ziehm* | 20[50] | JG 51 | KIA 9 April 1945 | |
| Kurt Ziemann* | Oberfeldwebel | 6+[49] | SG 4 | KIA 23 January 1945 |
| Heinz Ziemer | Feldwebel | 6[49] | JG 11 | |
| Helmut Zilken* | Oberleutnant | 12[49] | JG 54 | KIA 16 March 1942 |
| Horst Ziller | Oberfeldwebel | 8[55] | JG 27 | |
| Günther Zilling* | Oberfähnrich | 6[49] | JG 54 | KIA 2 August 1944 |
| Herbert Zimmer* | Feldwebel | 20[49] | JG 3 | incl. 1 heavy bomber[56] KIA 20 March 1944 |
| Claus Zimmermann* | Leutnant | 7[49] | JG 52 | KIA 29 July 1942 |
| Hans-Jörg Zimmermann* | Oberleutnant | 6[49] | JG 52 | KIA 1 September 1941 |
| Oskar Zimmermann | Leutnant | 34[50]/28+[49] | JG 51, JG 3 | Knight's Cross |
| Dieter Zink | Leutnant | 11[49] | JG 3 | incl. 10 heavy bombers[57] |
| Füllbert Zink* | Hauptmann | 36[58][49] | JG 26 | German Cross KIA 14 March 1943 |
| Igor Zirkenbach* | Leutnant | 7[55]/6[49] | JG 27 | KIA 8 August 1940 |
| Josef Zirngibl* | Oberfeldwebel | 9[58][49] | JG 26 | incl. 3 heavy bombers[59] KIA 21 June 1944 |
| Paul Zorner | Major | 59[26]/58[49] | NJG 2, NJG 3, NJG 100, NJG 5 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
| Franz-Josef Zoufahl* | Oberfeldwebel | 26[49] | JG 51 | German Cross KIA 24 July 1944 |
| Gerhard Zschäbitz | Feldwebel | 12[49] | JG 52 | |
| Herwig Zusig* | Oberleutnant | 12[49] | JG 77, JG 1 | KIA 19 August 1943 |
| Eugen-Ludwig Zweigart* | 69[37]/66[49] | JG 54 | Knight's Cross KIA 12 January 1943 | |
| Josef Zwernemann* | Hauptmann | 126[17]/123[49] | JG 52, JG 11 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves incl. 5 heavy bombers[53] KIA 8 April 1944 |
| Rudi Zwesken | Oberfeldwebel | 45~[60]/23+[49] | JG 52, JG 300 | incl. 14+ heavy bombers[57] Knight's Cross |
| Ludwig Zwittnig* | Oberleutnant | 6[49] | JG 3 | incl. 2 heavy bombers[61] KIA 18 April 1945 |
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editCitations
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