The following list contains the German Stuka and other combat aircraft aces of World War II. The list is sorted by the number of combat missions flown.
List[]
Name | Rank | Combat missions | Tank victories | Aerial victories | Position | Picture |
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Hans-Ulrich Rudel | Oberst | 2530 | 512 | 9 | Pilot | |
Theodor Nordmann | Major | 1300 (approx) | 80 | Pilot | ||
Kurt Plenzat | Leutnant | 1234 | 80 | 4 | Pilot | |
Alois Wosnitza | Oberfeldwebel | 1217 | 104 | 2 | Pilot | |
Gustav Schubert | Oberleutnant | 1200+ | Pilot | |||
Hendrik Stahl | Hauptmann | 1200+ | 100+ | Pilot | ||
Dr. jur. Maximilian Otte | Major | 1179 | Pilot | |||
Alexander Gläser | Hauptmann | 1123 | Pilot | |||
Werner Dörnbrack | Major | 1118 | Pilot | |||
Wilhelm Stähler | Oberleutnant | ~1100 | Pilot | |||
Karl Henze | Major | 1098 | Pilot | |||
Georg Jakob | Oberstleutnant | 1091 | Pilot | |||
Franz Kieslich | Major | 1078 | Pilot | |||
Herbert Bauer | Major | 1071 | Pilot | |||
Alwin Boerst | Major | 1060 | Pilot | |||
Anton Hübsch | Oberfeldwebel | 1060 | 120+ | 8 | Pilot | |
Wilhelm Noller | Leutnant | 1058 | 86 | 2 | Pilot | |
Hubert Pölz | Hauptmann | 1055 | 76 | 11 | Pilot | |
Friedrich Lang | Major | 1008 | Pilot | |||
Georg Dörffel | Oberstleutnant | 1004 | 30 | Pilot | ||
Heinz Jungclausen | Hauptmann | 1000+ | Pilot | |||
Horst Kaubisch | Major | ~1000 | Pilot | |||
Gerhard Stüdemann | Hauptmann | 996 | 117 | Pilot | ||
Werner Weihrauch | Oberleutnant | 992 | Pilot | |||
Egbert Jaeckel | Hauptmann | 983 | Pilot | |||
Helmut Bruck | Oberst | 973 | Pilot | |||
Heinrich Meyering | Leutnant | 972 | Pilot | |||
Wilhelm Bromen | Oberleutnant | 965 | 76 | 7 | Pilot | |
Hans-Joachim Brand | Hauptmann | 964 | Pilot | |||
Karl Kennel | Major | 957 | 34 | Pilot | ||
Erwin Diekwisch | Hauptmann | 934 | 64 | 12 | Pilot | |
Johann Schalanda | Hauptmann | 933 | Pilot | |||
Heinz Frank | Major | 900+ | Pilot | |||
Theodor Haker | Oberleutnant | 900+ | Pilot | |||
Andreas Kuffner | Hauptmann | 900+ | 60+ | Pilot | ||
Helmut Leicht | Major | 900 | Pilot | |||
Anton Andorfer | Hauptmann | 900 (1000) | 45+ | Pilot | ||
Hans-Karl Stepp | Oberstleutnant | ~900 | Pilot | |||
Dr.med. Ernst Gadermann | Oberfeldwebel | ~850 | Gunner | |||
Wilhelm Joswig | Oberleutnant | 820 | 88 | 2 | Pilot | |
Alfred Druschel | Oberst | 800+ | Pilot | |||
Peter Gaßmann | Major | 800+ | Pilot | |||
Josef Grewe | Oberfeldwebel | 800+ | Pilot | |||
Franz Hettinger | Oberfeldwebel | 800+ | Radio Operator | |||
Günther Ludigkeit | Hauptmann | 800+ | Pilot | |||
Karl Schrepfer | Major | 800+ | Pilot | |||
Osmar Griebel | Fahnenjunker-Feldwebel | 800 | Pilot | |||
Ludwig Bellof | Oberfeldwebel | ~800 | Pilot | |||
Helmut Fickel | Oberleutnant | ~800 | Pilot | |||
Manfred Goetze | Hauptmann | ~800 | Pilot | |||
Karl-Georg Gschwendtner | Leutnant | ~800 | Pilot | |||
Martin Möbus | Major | ~800 | 60+ | Pilot | ||
Rainer Nossek | Oberleutnant | ~800 | 73+ | Pilot | ||
Herbert Piske | Oberleutnant | 783 | Pilot | |||
Paul Dose | Hauptmann | 781 | Pilot | |||
Hans Kumminga | Leutnant | 779 | Pilot | |||
Ernst-Christian Reusch | Major | 765 | Pilot | |||
Wolfgang Ensle | Oberfeldwebel | 760 | Pilot | |||
Artur Pipan | Hauptmann | 758 | Pilot | |||
Karl Hager | Feldwebel | 750 | Pilot | |||
Alfred Heiduschka | Oberfeldwebel | 750 | Pilot | |||
Hans Ludwig | Oberfeldwebel | 750 | Pilot | |||
Herbert Rabben | Oberfeldwebel | 743 | Pilot | |||
Eginhard Weißmann | Oberleutnant | ~740 | Pilot | |||
Egon Stoll-Berberich | Hauptmann | 734 | Pilot | |||
Horst Hermann | Feldwebel | 729 | Pilot | |||
Werner Stein | Oberfeldwebel | 727 | Radio Operator | |||
Konrad Fechner | Oberfeldwebel | 726 | Pilot | |||
Josef Menapace | Hauptmann | 723 | Pilot | |||
Josef Huber | Oberfeldwebel | 721 | Pilot | |||
Wilhelm Meyn | Oberleutnant | 721 | Pilot | |||
Siegfried Fischer | Oberfeldwebel | 713 | 80 | 15 | Pilot |
References[]
- "Piloten Bunker 1939-1945". Stuka und Schlachtflieger Asse. http://www.pilotenbunker.de/Stuka/stuka.html. Retrieved 12 July 2007.
- Brütting, Georg (1995) (in German). Das waren die deutschen Stuka-Asse 1939 – 1945 [These were the German Stuka Aces 1939 - 1945]. Stuttgart, Germany: Motorbuch. ISBN 978-3-87943-433-6.
The original article can be found at List of German World War II ground attack aces and the edit history here.