List of World War II aces from Germany: G–L

Main article: List of World War II aces from Germany
World War II aces
from Germany
Aces from Austria

This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from Germany with their surname starting from G to L. 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

  • Adolf Galland, the last pilot to claim 100 aerial victories
    Adolf Galland, the last pilot to claim 100 aerial victories
  • Gordon Gollob, the first pilot to claim 150 aerial victories
    Gordon Gollob, the first pilot to claim 150 aerial victories
  • Helmut Lent, the first night fighter pilot to claim 100 aerial victories
    Helmut Lent, the first night fighter pilot to claim 100 aerial victories

By surname: A–F  • M–P  • 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.

G

Name Rank Claims Unit Notes
Josef Gabl Oberfeldwebel 42[2]/28+[3] JG 51
Kurt Gabler Oberleutnant 16[4] JG 300
Otto Gaiser Leutnant 74[5] JG 51 Knight's Cross
"Dolfo" Adolf Galland Generalleutnant 104[6]/101[3] JG 27, JG 26, JV 44 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds
Paul Galland* Leutnant 17[7][3] JG 26
Wilhelm-Ferdinand (Wutz) Galland* Major 54[8]/56[3] JG 26 Knight's Cross
Bernd Gallowitsch 64[9] JG 51, JG 7 Knight's Cross
Fritz Gammel* Oberfeldwebel 19[3] JG 53 MIA 4 September 1942
Josef Gärtner 6[8] JG 26
Wilhelm Gäth Major 9[3] JG 26
Werner Gayko Oberleutnant 14[3] JG 5
August Geiger* Hauptmann 53[10]/50[4] NJG 1 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
KIA 29/30 September 1943
Friedrich Geisshardt* 102[11]/93[12] LG 2, JG 77, JG 26, JG 27 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
KIA 6 April 1942
Wolfgang Gendelmeyer* Leutnant 8[12] JG 3 KIA 1 August 1942
Hannes Gentzen Major 18[12] JG 102
Dieter Gerhard Oberleutnant 5[12] JG 1
Günther Gerhards Leutnant 8[12] JG 52
Werner Gerhardt* Oberfeldwebel 13[13]/12[12] JG 2, JG 1, JG 26 KIA 19 August 1942
Erich Gerlitz* Major 18[12] JG 51, JG 27, JG 53, JG 5 KIA 16 March 1944
Lorenz Gerstmayr Oberfeldwebel 15[4] NJG 3 Admitted to Luftwaffe hospital in Amsterdam on 7 July 1944, died 29 May 1945
Werner Gerth* Hauptmann 38[14]/23[12] JG 3, JG 300, JG 400 Knight's Cross
KIA 2 November 1944
Herbert Giesecke Oberfeldwebel 6[4] NJG 3
Vinzenz Giessübel Oberfeldwebel 6[4] NJG 1, NJG 2
Paul Gildner* Oberleutnant 48[15]/43[4] ZG 1, NJG 1, NJG 2 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
KIFA 24/25 February 1943
Gerhard Gleuwitz 11+[12] JG 52
Rudolf Glöckner 33[12] JG 5, JG 7 German Cross
Adolf Glunz 71[5][16]/69[12] JG 52, JG 26, JG 7 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Heinz Golinski* Feldwebel 47[17][12] JG 53 Knight's Cross
KIA 16 October 1942
Erich Gollasch* Oberleutnant 7[4] NJG 2, NJG 1, NJG 5, NJG 100 MIA 25/26 September 1943
Gordon Gollob Oberst 150[18]/146[12] JG 3, JG 77 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds
Kurt Goltzsch* Oberleutnant 43[19] JG 2 Knight's Cross
Heinz Gomann Feldwebel 12[20] JG 26, JG 7
Heinz Gossow Oberfeldwebel 12[19]/6[4] KG 3, JG 300, JG 301, JG 7 Knight's Cross
Heinz Gottlob Oberleutnant 6[20] JG 26
Franz Götz Major 63[9] JG 53, JG 26 Knight's Cross
Hans Götz* Hauptmann 82[21] JG 54 Knight's Cross
Walter Grabmann Generalmajor 13 (incl. 7 in Spain)[19] LG 1, ZG 76 Knight's Cross
Friedrich (Fritz) Graeff Oberleutnant 6[4] ZG 26, NJG 1, NJG 4 WIA 8/9 July 1943
Hermann Graf Oberst 212[22]/206[23] JG 52, JG 11 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds
Hartmann Grasser Major 103[6]/96+[23] JG 51 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Berthold Graßmuck* Oberfeldwebel 65[9] JG 52 Knight's Cross
Karl Gratz Leutnant 138[18][23] JG 52, JG 2 Knight's Cross
Hans Gref* Oberleutnant 16[4] ZG 76, NJG 3, NJG 5, NJG 100, NJGr 10 KIA 26 March 1944
Hermann Greiner Hauptmann 51[24]/50[4] NJG 2, NJG 1, NJSch 1 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Karl-Heinz Greisert* Major 34[23] JG 2, JG 3 KIA 22 July 1942
Heinrich Griese Major 13[4] NJG 1, NJG 4, NJG 6 WIA 12/13 September 1944
Heinz Grimm* Leutnant 27[25]/26[4] NJG 1 Knight's Cross
DOW 13 October 1943
Josef Grimm Unteroffizier 5[26] JG 27
Alfred Grislawski Hauptmann 133[27]/127[23] JG 52, JG 1 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Helmut Grollmus* Leutnant 75[5] JG 54 Knight's Cross
Fritz Gromotka 29[28] JG 27 Knight's Cross
Alfred Gross 52[20] JG 54, JG 26
Detlev Grossfuss Oberleutnant 18[4] JG 2
Erich Groth Major 11[23] ZG 2, ZG 76
Viktor Gruber Feldwebel 10[26][29] JG 27
Hans Grünberg Oberleutnant 82[21]/78[29] JG 3, JG 52, JG 7 JV 44 Knight's Cross
Walter Grünlinger* Leutnant 7[29] JG 26 KIA 4 September 1943
Gerhard Grzymalla Feldwebel 7[30]/8[29] JG 26
Hermann Guhl Leutnant 15[31] LG 2, JG 26
Joachim Günther 11[31] JG 26
Wolf Gütter Leutnant 6[4] NJG 3 WIA 14/15 July 1944
Gerhard Guttmann* Felwebel 7[29] JG 26 KIA 27 March 1944

H

Name Rank Claims Unit Notes
Gerhard Haak* Feldwebel 10[29] JG 54 KIA 25 October 1941
Sigurd Haala Oberleutnant 42[29] JG 54, JG 26 German Cross
Friedrich Haas* Leutnant 74[5][29] JG 52 Knight's Cross
KIA 9 April 1945
Ernst Haase* Oberfeldwebel 8+[29] JG 302 German Cross
KIA 25 February 1945
Horst Haase* Major 82[32]/62[2]/54[29] JG 51, JG 3 Knight's Cross
KIA 26 November 1944
Helmut Haberda* Oberleutnant 59[29] JG 52 German Cross
KIA 8 May 1943
Karl Haberland* Oberleutnant 9[4] JG 3, JG 2 KIA 27 January 1944
Wilhelm Hachfeld* Hauptmann 11[33] LG 2, JG 51, ZG 2 Knight's Cross
KIFA 2 December 1942
August Hachtel Oberleutnant 5 JG 400 Knight's Cross
Joachim Hacker Leutnant 32[2]/21[29] JG 51
Anton Hackl Major 192[34]/180+[29] JG 77, JG 11, JG 26, JG 300 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
incl. 34 heavy bombers[35]
Heinrich "Heinz" Hackler* Leutnant 56[36] JG 77 Knight's Cross
KIA 1 January 1945
Heinz-Martin Hadeball Hauptmann 33[37]/28[4] NJG 1, NJG 4, NJG 6, NJGr 10 Knight's Cross
Alfred Haesler Major 5[4] V.(Z)/LG 1, ZG 26, NJG 1, NJG 4 WIA 10/11 August 1943
Anton "Toni" Hafner* Oberleutnant 204[34]/203[29] JG 51 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
KIA 17 October 1944
Ludwig Häfner* Leutnant 52[36] JG 3 Knight's Cross
KIA 10 November 1942
Walter Hagenah 15[29] JG 3, JG 7
Johannes Hager Hauptmann 48[38]/41[4] NJG 1 Knight's Cross
Franz Hahn* 17+[2]/14+[29] JG 77, JG 51, JG 4 KIA 22 January 1944
Hans "Assi" Hahn Major 108[6]/105[39] JG 2, JG 54 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Hans von Hahn 31[39] JG 53, JG 1, JG 103 Knight's Cross
Hans Hahn* Leutnant 15[4]/11[39] NJG 1, NJG 2 Knight's Cross
KIA 11/12 October 1941
Siegfried Hahn Hauptmann 10[4] ZG 76, NJG 3
Josef Haiböck Hauptmann 73[39] JG 26, JG 52, JG 3 Knight's Cross
Karl Haisch* Oberfeldwebel 10[4] NJG 3 KIFA 20 March 1943
Heinz Halstrick Feldwebel 11[39] JG 5
Joachim Hamer Leutnant 35[2]/29[39] JG 51
Alfred Hammer Hauptmann 26[39] JG 53
Karl Hammerl* Leutnant 67[40]/63[9] JG 52 Knight's Cross
MIA 2 March 1943
Gotthard Handrick Oberst 10 (+5 in Spain) JG 26, JG 77 Gold medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Heinz Hanke 9 JG 1
Günther Hannak Hauptmann 47[41] LG 2, JG 77, JG 27 Knight's Cross
Gottfried Hanneck Oberleutnant 6[4] NJG 1 WIA 1/2 February 1945
Horst Hannig* Oberleutnant 98[11] JG 54, JG 2 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
KIA 15 May 1943
Joachim Hanss* Leutnant 10[4] NJG 5 KIA 7/8 July 1944
Harro Harder Hauptmann 22 (+11 in Spain) JG 53
Jürgen Harder* Major 64[9] JG 53, JG 11 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
KIFA 17 February 1945
Hans Hartigs Oberleutnant 6[31] JG 26
Andreas Hartl Feldwebel 8[39] JG 302
Erich Hartmann Major 352[22][39] JG 52, JG 53 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds
Ludwig Hartmann Oberfeldwebel 13[39] JG 2
Hans-Dieter Hartwein Oberleutnant 16[39] JG 5
Helmut Haugk Hauptmann 18[41] ZG 76, ZG 26 Knight's Cross
Werner Haugk* Leutnant 9[42] StG 77, ZG 76 Knight's Cross
KIA 18 October 1944
Hans Hausschild Feldwebel 7[4] NJG 100, NJG 200
Wilhelm Hauswirth Feldwebel 50[39] JG 52
Alfred Heckmann Oberleutnant 71[43]/69[39] JG 3, JG 26, JV 44 Knight's Cross
Günther Heckmann Leutnant 20[44]/16[45] JG 51, JG 1, JG 7
Hubert Heckmann 5[45] JG 1, JG 7
Ernst Heesen* Leutnant 32[46]/28[45] JG 2, NJG 1, JG 3, JG 1 KIA 3 May 1943
Alfred Heidel Oberfeldwebel 8[45] JG 27
Bruno Heilig* Oberleutnant 7[4] NJG 2, NJG 3 KIFA 6/7 January 1945
Joseph Heim* Gefreiter 5[45] JG 7 KIA 10 April 1945
Friedrich Heimann Oberfeldwebel 41[45] JG 51
Kurt Hein Feldwebel 8[43] JG 26
Hans-Joachim Heinecke Hauptmann 28[45] JG 27
Engelbert Heiner* Oberleutnant 15[47][4] KG 27, NJG 6 Knight's Cross
KIA 18/19 March 1945
Gerd Heintze Feldwebel 5[4] NJG 5, NJG 100
Emil Heinzelmann* Feldwebel 5[4] NJG 1 KIFA 7 May 1944
Richard Heller* Leutnant 22[48] ZG 26, ZG 10 Knight's Cross
KIA 5 April 1945
Horst Hennig* Hauptmann 7[48] KG 77, NJG 3 Knight's Cross
KIFA 7/8 October 1944
Eberhard Henrici Oberleutnant 6[43] JG 26
Wilhelm Henseler Oberleutnant 10[4] NJG 1
Helmut Henz* Hauptmann 6[45] JG 77 KIA 25 May 1941
Wilhelm Herget Major 72[49][4] ZG 76, NJG 3, NJG 1, NJG 4, JV 44 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
PoW 2 May 1945
Kurt Hermann Oberleutnant 9[50] NJG 2
Rolf Hermichen Major 64[9] JG 26, JG 11, JG 104 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
incl. 26 heavy bombers[35]
Hajo Herrmann Oberst 9[51]/4[4] KG 4, KG 30, JG Herrmann, JG 300 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
Kurt Herrmann Oberleutnant 9[4] I.(Z)/LG 1, Z./KG 30, NJG 2 PoW 10/11 March 1941
Gerhard Herzog* Stabsfeldwebel 11[4] ZG 76, NJG 1, NJG 6 KIA 20/21 October 1943
Heinrich Heuser Feldwebel 5[52] JG 26
Hans-Joachim Heyer* Leutnant 53[48] JG 54 Knight's Cross
KIA 9 November 1942
Otto-Heinrich Hilleke 6[52] JG 26
Ernst-Erich Hirschfeld* Oberleutnant 24[53]/17[4] JG 54, JG 300 Knight's Cross
KIA 28 July 1944
Heinz-Horst Hissbach* Hauptmann 34[53]/27[4] KG 28, KG 40, NJG 2 Knight's Cross
KIA 14/15 April 1945
Walter Höckner* Major 68[54] JG 77, JG 26, JG 1, JG 4 Knight's Cross
KIFA 25 August 1944
Heinrich Höfemeier* Oberleutnant 96[55][32] JG 51 Knight's Cross
KIA 7 August 1943
Friedrich Hoffmann* Leutnant 11[26] JG 27
Gerhard Hoffmann* 125[56]/130[50] JG 52 Knight's Cross
KIFA 17 April 1945
Heinrich Hoffmann* Oberfeldwebel 63[9] JG 51 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
KIA 3 October 1941
Hermann Hoffmann 7[52] JG 26
Reinhold Hoffmann* Oberleutnant 66[57] JG 54 Knight's Cross
KIA 24 May 1944
Reinhold Hoffmann Feldwebel 8[50] JG 3
Werner Hoffmann Major 52[10] / 51/50[4] ZG 52, ZG 2, NJG 3, NJG 5 Knight's Cross
Karl-Wilhelm Hofmann* Oberleutnant 44[58] JG 26 Knight's Cross
KIA 26 March 1945
Erich Hohagen Major 56[59] JG 51, JG 2, JG 27, JG 7, JV 44 Knight's Cross
Werner Hohenberg Feldwebel 27[60] JG 52, JG 2
Walter Holl Feldwebel 7[60] JG 26
Kurt Holler* Major 19[61]/18[4]/11+[60] ZG 26, NJG 1, NJG 4 KIA 21/22 June 1943
Otto Holler* Unteroffizier 5[4] NJG 100 KIA 9/10 March 1944
Helmuth Holtz Feldwebel 56[60] JG 51
Gerhard Homuth* Major 63[9] JG 27, JG 54 Knight's Cross
MIA 2 August 1943
Werner Hopf Hauptmann 21[4] NJG 5
Helmuth Hoppe Hauptmann 22[60] JG 26 German Cross
Jürgen Hörschelmann* Leutnant 16[60] JGr Süd, JG 3 KIA 12 May 1944
Walter Horten Oberleutnant 5[60] JG 26
Anton Hörwick* Oberfeldwebel 27 NJG 2, NJG 7 Knight's Cross
KIA 19 February 1945
Dietrich Hrabak Oberst 125[56][60] JG 76, JG 54, JG 52 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Franz Hrdlicka* Hauptmann 96[32]/60[62] JG 77, JG 2 Knight's Cross
KIA 25 March 1945
Ferdinand Hromadnik Leutnant 6[4] NJG 4
Herbert Hubatsch Feldwebel 5[4] NJG 1, NJG 2, NJG 5, NJG 6 WIA 6 September 1944
Rudolf Hübl Oberfelwebel 9[60] JG 1
Eckhard Hübner* Leutnant 47[62] JG 3 Knight's Cross
KIA 28 March 1942
Werner Hübner Oberfeldwebel 7[44] JG 51
Wilhelm Hübner* Leutnant 62[9] JG 51 Knight's Cross
KIA 7 April 1945
Rolf Huck Hauptmann 6[4] NJG 3
Karl Hülshoff Oberleutnant 11[61]/10[4] KG 54, NJG 1, NJG 2, NJG 102
Alfred Humor* 16[63] JG 3 KIA 10 February 1944
Herbert Huppertz* Major 68[54] JG 51, JG 5, JG 2 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
KIA 8 June 1944
Werner Husemann 34[64]/33[4] NJG 1, NJG 3 Knight's Cross
Wolf-Dietrich Huy Hauptmann 40[65] JG 77 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves

I

Name Rank Claims Unit Notes
Hans Iffland Leutnant 11[63] JG 3
Herbert Ihlefeld Oberst 130 (incl. 7 in Spain)[27] I(J)/LG 2, JG 77, JG 52,
JGr.25, JG 11, JG 1 		Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
Iro Ilk* Major 9[66]/8[4] LG 1, JG 300 Knight's Cross
KIA 25 September 1944
Eduard Isken Oberfeldwebel 56[66]/44+[63] JG 77, JGr 200,
I(F)/123, JG 53 		Knight's Cross

J

Name Rank Claims Unit Notes
Egbert Jaacks Oberfeldwebel 44+[63] JG 76, JG 77, JG 53
Hans-Joachim Jabs Oberstleutnant 50[15]/48[63][4] ZG 76, NJG 3, NJG 1 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Ernst Jäckel Feldwebel 8[67] JG 26
Alfred Jakobi Leutnant 8[63] JG 77, JG 5
Wolfgang Jank Hauptmann 11[4] NJG 3, NJG 200
Erich Jauer Feldwebel 12[67] JG 26
Kurt Jenisch* Leutnant 8[68] JG 27
Peter Jenne* Hauptmann 17[69]/12+[63] JG 300 Knight's Cross
KIA 2 March 1945
Josef Jennewein* Leutnant 86[21][32]/83[63] JG 26, JG 51 Knight's Cross
MIA 27 July 1943
Heinrich Jessen Oberleutnant 6[67] JG 26
Hans Johannsen Leutnant 8[67] JG 26
Horst John* Feldwebel 13[4] JG 52, JG Herrmann, JG 300 KIA 18/19 November 1943
Wilhelm Johnen Hauptmann 34[37]/33[63][4] NJG 1, NJG 5, NJG 6 Knight's Cross
Hermann-Friedrich Joppien* 70[54][40]/59[70] JG 51 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
KIA 28 August 1941
Günther Josten Oberleutnant 178[34][70] JG 51 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Erich Jung Oberleutnant 27[4] NJG 2
Harald Jung Hauptmann 20[71] JG 51
Heinrich Jung* 68[54]/65[70] JG 54 Knight's Cross
KIA 30 July 1943

K

Name Rank Claims Unit Notes
Kurt Kadlcick Oberleutnant 6[4] NJG 4
Erbo Graf von Kageneck* Hauptmann 67[72] JG 27 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
DOW 12 January 1942
Adolf Kaiser Oberleutnant 16[4] NJG 2, NJG 5, NJG 100
Emil Kaiser 13[70] JG 27
Herbert Kaiser Leutnant 68[57] JG 77, JG 1, JV 44 Knight's Cross
Peter Kalden Oberleutnant 84[21] JG 51 Knight's Cross
Rolf Kaldrack* Hauptmann 21 (+3 in Spain)[73] ZG 76 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
KIA 3 February 1942
Ernst Kalinowski Oberfeldwebel 5[4] ZG 76, NJG 1, NJG 3
Adolf Kalkum 19[70] JG 53
Herbert Kaminski Major 7[74] ZG 76, JG 53 Knight's Cross
Hans-Karl Kamp* 24[4] ZG 76, NJG 1, NJG 4, JG 300 KIA 31 December 1944
Fritz Karch Hauptmann 47[75] JG 2 Knight's Cross
Hans Karlewski Major 6[4] KG 53, NJG 101, NJG 1, NJG 2
Eberhard Kaross Leutnant 11[70]/10[4] NJG 5, NJG 100
Kurt Karsten Oberfeldwebel 6[4] NJG 4, Luftbeobachterstaffel 7, NJG 6
Erich Kayser Leutnant 5+[76]/6[4] NJG 5, NJG 100 PoW 25 January 1945, east of Labiau (present-day Polessk, Kaliningrad oblast)
Dietrich Kehl Oberleutnant 6 JG 26
Georg Keil Leutnant 20+[76] JG 2
Josef Keil Unteroffizier 16[76] JG 3, JG 301
Günther Kelch Hauptmann 13[76] JG 26
Johannes Keller Unteroffizier 23[76] JG 51
Lothar Keller Hauptmann 23 (incl. 3 in Spain)[75] JG 3 Knight's Cross
Otto Keller Leutnant 13[4] NJG 5
Kurt Kelter 60[77] JG 54
Heinz Kemethmüller Oberleutnant 89[21][78] JG 3, JG 26 Knight's Cross
Karl-Heinz Kempf* Leutnant 65[9] JG 54, JG 26 Knight's Cross
KIA 3 September 1944
Karl Kennel Major 34[79] ZG 26, ZG 2, SG 1, SG 2 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Gerhard Keppler Leutnant 7[76] JG 27
Georg Kiefner 12[78] JG 26, JV 44
Johannes Kiel* Hauptmann 25[80] ZG 26, ZG 76 Knight's Cross
KIA 29 January 1944
Willy Kientsch* Oberleutnant 53[81] JG 27 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
KIA 29 January 1944
Rüdiger von Kirchmayr Hauptmann 20+[76] JG 1, JG 11, JV 44
Joachim Kirschner* 188[34]/181[76] JG 3, JG 27 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
17 December 1943
Otto Kittel* Oberleutnant 267[22]/265+[76] JG 54 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
16 February 1945
Ernst Klager 22[82] JG 53
Alfons Klein 39[83]/38[82] JG 52, JG 11 Knight's Cross
Johann Klein Stabsfeldwebel 10[82] JG 52
Hans Klein* 5[82] JG 2 KIA 14 March 1941
Rudolf Klemm Major 42[83]/43[82] JG 54, JG 26 Knight's Cross
Heinrich Klöpper* Oberleutnant 94[55]/89[82] JG 51, JG 1 Knight's Cross
KIA 29 November 1943
Reinhold Knacke* Hauptmann 45[4]/44[84] ZG 1, NJG 1 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
KIA 3/4 February 1943
Kurt Knappe* Oberfeldwebel 56[85] JG 51, JG 2 Knight's Cross
KIA 3 September 1943
Hans Knauth Hauptmann 26[82] JG 51
Wolfgang Knieling* Oberleutnant 8[4] NJG 1, NJG 3, NJG 5, NJG 6 KIA 6/7 July 1944
Heinz Knoke Hauptmann 33[86] JG 1, JG 11 Knight's Cross
1/2 victory {Not awarded}+12 unconfirmed
Gerhard Koall 38[87] JG 3, JG 54 Knight's Cross
Günther Köberich* Hauptmann 14[4] NJG 3, NJG 2 KIA 8 April 1944 at Quakenbrück airfield
Hans-Günther Koch Oberfeldwebel 9+[82] JG 51
Harry Koch Hauptmann 21+[82] JG 26, JG 2
Herbert Koch Oberleutnant 17[4] NJG 3
Robert Koch Feldwebel 5[4] NJG 1 PoW 6/7 October 1944
Josef Kociok* Leutnant 33[4][37] ZG 76, SKG 210, 10.(NJ)/ZG 1, NJG 200 Knight's Cross
KIA 26/27 September 1943
Hans-Heinrich Koenig* Hauptmann 28[88]/25[4] ZG 76, NJG 3, Jagdstaffel Helgoland, JG 11 Knight's Cross
KIA 24 May 1944
Armin Köhler Major 69[54] JG 27, JG 77 Knight's Cross
Walter Köhne Leutnant 20+[82] JG 52, JG 1, JG 11, EJG 2
Hans Kolbow Oberleutnant 27[89] JG 20, JG 51 Knight's Cross
Reinhard Kollak Stabsfeldwebel 49[4][15] ZG 1, NJG 1, NJG 4 Knight's Cross
Helmut Konter* Leutnant 15–20[61]/15[4] NJG 5, NJG 100 MIA in April 1945
Gerhard Köppen* 85[21] JG 52 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
MIA May 5, 1942
Hans-Günter von Kornatzki* Oberstleutnant 6 JG 132, JG 52, JG 4 KIA 12 September 1944
Friedrich Körner Oberleutnant 36[90] JG 27 Knight's Cross
Berthold Korts* Leutnant 113[6]/108[91] JG 52 Knight's Cross
KIA 29 August 1943
Eduard Koslowski Oberfeldwebel 12[92] JG 53, JG 26
Wolfgang Kosse Hauptmann 18+[91] JG 26, JG 5, JG 1, JG 3
Alfons Köster 25[25]/20[4] NJG 1, NJG 2, NJG 3 Knight's Cross
KIA 6/7 January 1945
Franz Köster Unteroffizier 6[91] JG 7, EJG 2, JV 44
Oskar Köstler* Leutnant 6[4] NJG 1 KIA 9/10 April 1943
Willi Kothmann 13[91] JG 27
Herbert Kowalski Oberfeldwebel 5[90] JG 27
Heinrich Krafft* Hauptmann 78[93] JG 51, JG 3 Knight's Cross
KIA 14 December 1942
Josef Kraft 56[10]/51[4] NJG 4, NJG 5, NJG 6, NJG 1 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Josef Krahforst* 11[4] NJG 4 KIA 27/28 September 1944
Karl-Heinz Krahl 24[94] JG 2, JG 3 Knight's Cross
Erich Krainik Unteroffizier 12[91] JG 27
Benno Kratz Oberfeldwebel 6[4] NJG 6 WIA 25/26 March 1945
Hans Krause Hauptmann 29[4]/28[61] NJG 3, NJG 101, NJG 4 Knight's Cross
Herbert Krenz Oberfeldwebel 12[91] JG 27
Hans-Joachim Kroschinski Leutnant 76[93] JG 54 Knight's Cross
Heinz Krug 9[92] JG 26
"the Count" Walter Krupinski Hauptmann 197[34][95] JG 52, JG 11, JG 26, JV 44 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Fritz Kruse* Oberfeldwebel 6[4] NJG 1 KIFA 17/18 May 1943
Elias Kühlein Leutnant 20+[95] JG 51
Wilhelm Küken Oberfeldwebel 45[95] JG 51, JGr Ost
Franz Kunz Oberleutnant 12[92] JG 53, JG 26
Josef Kunz Leutnant 17[95] JG 5
Wolfgang Kuthe* Oberleutnant 8[4] NJG 3, NJG 2, NJG 1 KIFA 14 April 1943
Herbert Kutscha Hauptmann 47[96] JG 3, JG 27, JG 11 Knight's Cross
Otto Kutzner Feldwebel 10[4] NJG 3 WIA 7/8 March 1945

L

Name Rank Claims Unit Notes
August Lambert* Oberleutnant 116[56]/103[95] SG 2, SG 77 Knight's Cross
KIA 17 April 1945
Robert Landau* 5[4] NJG 5 KIA 19/20 July 1943
Günther Landt Leutnant 22[95] JG 53
Emil Lang* Hauptmann 173[34][97]/103[95] JG 54, JG 26 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
18 in one day
Friedrich Lange Leutnant 7[98] JG 26
Heinz Lange Major 70[54]/73[98] JG 21, JG 54, JG 51 Knight's Cross
Hans-Joachim Langer Feldwebel 9+[98] JG 51, JG 7
Karl-Heinz Langer Major 30[99] JG 3 Knight's Cross
Erwin Laskowski Oberfeldwebel 46[100] JG 51, JG 11 Knight's Cross
Kurt Lasse* Oberleutnant 39[100] JG 77 Knight's Cross
KIA 8 October 1941
Fritz Lau Hauptmann 28[61]/23[98]/22[4] NJG 1 Knight's Cross
Karl Laub Oberfeldwebel 7[97] JG 26
Richard Launer 8[4] NJG 1, NJG 4, NJG 6
Bernhard Lausch 36[98] JG 51
Heinz Leber* Leutnant 54[101] JG 51 Knight's Cross
KIA 1 June 1943
Alois Lechner* Major 45[102][4] NJG 2, NJG 5, NJG 100 Knight's Cross
MIA 23 February 1944
Karl-Heinz Leesmann* 37[101] JG 52, JG 1 Knight's Cross
KIA 25 July 1943
Erwin Leibold Oberfeldwebel 11[97] JG 26
Hans-Robert (Hans) Leickhardt* Major 13[4] 14.(Z)/LG 1, NJG 1, NJG 3, NJG 5 KIA 5/6 March 1945
Erich Leie* 118[56]/121[98] JG 2, JG 51, JG 77 Knight's Cross
KIA 7 March 1945
Hermann Leiste Leutnant 30[98] JG 54
Siegfried Lemke Hauptmann 96[55] JG 2 Knight's Cross
Wilhelm Lemke* 131[27][98] JG 3 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
KIA 4 December 1943
Helmut Lennartz Feldwebel 8+[98] JG 11, JG 7, EKdo 262, Kdo Nowotny
Helmut Lent* Oberst 110[49][4]/112[98] ZG 76, NJG 1, NJG 2, NJG 3 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds
DoW 7 October 1944 following crash on 5 October, on approach to Paderborn airfield
Richard Leppla Major 68[57] JG 51, JG 105, JG 6 Knight's Cross
Heinrich Lesch Oberleutnant 7[98] JG 5
Heinrich Leschert* Oberfeldwebel 23[98] JG 53 KIA 10 August 1942
Hermann Leube* Hauptmann 20[4] NJG 3 KIA 27/28 December 1944
Rolf Leuchs Major 8[4] NJG 1, NJG 6, NJGr 10
Rudolf Leuschel* Hauptmann 9[97] JG 26 KIA 25 February 1944
Erwin Leykauf Oberleutnant 33[103] JG 54
Fritz Liebelt Leutnant 15[103] JG 51
Kurt Liedke Hauptmann 11[4] JG 53, NJG 2, NJG 1, NJG 5
Karl von Lieres und Wilkau Oberleutnant 32[103] JG 27
Frank Liesendahl* Hauptmann ~5[104] JG 53, JG 2 Knight's Cross
KIA 17 July 1942
Arnold Lignitz* Major 25[105] JG 51, JG 54 Knight's Cross
MIA 30 September 1941
Friedrich Lindelaub Oberfeldwebel 5[97] JG 26
Anton Lindner Oberleutnant 73[5] JG 51 Knight's Cross
Lothar Linke* 28[25]/27[4] ZG 76, NJG 1, NJG 2 Knight's Cross
KIFA 13/14 May 1943
Rudi Linz* Leutnant 70[54] JG 5 Knight's Cross
KIA 9 February 1945
Helmut Lipfert Hauptmann 203[34]/200[103] JG 52, JG 53 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld* Major 51[10]/49[4] ZG 76, NJG 1, NJG 2, NJG 3, NJG 5 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
KIFA 12 March 1944
Wolfgang Lippert* Hauptmann 29 (+4 in Spain) JG 53, JG 27 Knight's Cross
KIA 3 December 1941
Stefan Litjens Oberfeldwebel 38[106] JG 53 Knight's Cross
Gerhard Loos* Oberleutnant 92[55] JG 54 Knight's Cross
KIA 6 March 1944
Kurt Loos* Hauptmann 11[4] ZG 2, NJG 1, NJG 5, JG 300 KIA 24 March 1945
Walter Loos Oberfeldwebel 38[106] JG 301, JG 3 Knight's Cross
Ferdinand Löschenkohl Leutnant 11[103] JG 3, JG 7
Fritz Losigkeit Major 68[57] JG 26, JG 1, JG 51, JG 77 Knight's Cross
August Lübking Oberfeldwebel 38[103] JG 5, JG 7
Werner Lucas* Hauptmann 106[6]/105[107] JG 3 Knight's Cross
KIA 24 October 1943
Max-Hermann Lücke* Oberleutnant 81[93] JG 51 Knight's Cross
KIA 8 November 1943
Fritz Lüddecke* Oberfeldwebel 51[107] JG 51 Knight's Cross
KIA 10 August 1944
Robert Lüddeke Oberfeldwebel 11[4] 2./KG 2, Nachtjagdkette 1, NJG 1, NJG 2
Franz Lüders Feldwebel 5[107] JG 26
Herbert Ludwig* Leutnant 13–14[4] NJG 1, NJG 2, NJSch 1, NJG 101, NJG 6 KIA 23/24 April 1945
Herbert Lütje Oberstleutnant 53[10]/48[4] 12.(N)/JG 2, NJG 1, NJG 6 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Johannes Lutter Hauptmann 12[107] ZG 1, ZG 76, ZG 2, SKG 210, SKG 10, SG 4 Knight's Cross
Günther Lützow* Oberst 108 (incl. 5 in Spain)[6]/105/200[107] JG 3, JV 44 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
MIA 24 April 1945
August Luy Oberfeldwebel 5+[107] JG 5

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