List of World War I flying aces from Germany

This is a complete list of World War I flying aces from the German Empire.

Ace

A pilot was listed as an "Ace" after verifying five victories, each with the date and location of combat and the vanquished foe. Every victory had to also be accredited by an aviator's home air service. Aces who were awarded honors and thus shown to be notable are linked to their biographies. [1]

List

Name Date Kills Term of service Achievements Notes
Manfred von Richthofen 1916 October 10 80 1916 March - 1918 April 21 K.I.A - *Age 25* Was the top "Ace" of WWI - Most victories of anyone throughout WWI
Ernst Udet Sept 1917 62 Early 1916 - 1918 November 11 Survived WWI; joined NSDAP in 1933 after bribe by Goering; told Goring the Production Requirements exceeded supply of raw material & what the German Industry could supply, Goering responded by lying about it, would later deflect the blame of defeat in the Battle of Britain to Udet- committed suicide 17 Nov. 1941 after invasion of Russia.
Erich Löwenhardt Early 1917 54 1916 - 1918 August 8 K.I.A - *AGE 21*
Josef Jacobs 1917 August 2 48 1915 July - 1918 November 11 Survived war; After Hitler came into power, became a Major of Luftwaffe Reserves-but refused to join Party refused Goring request to become major shareholder in Jacobs Co. moved co. to Netherlands and went into hiding after invasion w/help of old friend who became Military Governor of Netherlands. Died July 1978 in Munich as the last living aviation recipient of the "Pour le Merite"
Werner Voss 1916 December 48 1915 March 10 - 1917 September 23 K.I.A. - *AGE 20* His last stand against at least 8 Enemy fighters, instead of retreating, caused many to land damaged before being killed. British pilots said he was "the Bravest of German Pilots"
Fritz Rumey 1917 December 45 1917 Jan-Feb - 1918 September 27 K.I.A. - *AGE 27*
Rudolf Berthold Late 1915 - Early 1916 44 - 16 only able to fly with one arm, Wounded Recon 1913-15 - 1916-1918 Wounded at least 5 times, Flew with one arm acquiring 16 victories; Survived war, organizing a Freikorps to fight the Bolsheviks in Latvia. He was brutally murdered after political street fighting in Hamburg the 15 March 1920.
Bruno Loerzer 1916 April-August? 44 1915 June - 1918 November 11 In 1935, rejoined Luftwaffe w/ rank of oberst(colonel); from longtime friendship with Goring became Inspector of Fighters w/ rank of Major General in 1938. Awarded Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross while Commander of II Fliegerkorps (Air Corps); Participated in Invasion of Russia as section of 2nd Air Fleet; Promoted to Generaloberst in Feb. 1943 & June 44' became Chief of Nat'l Socialist Leadership of Luftwaffe before retirement in April 1945.
Paul Bäumer 1918 November 43 1916 October - 1918 November He began his own Aircraft Company in Hamburg, he died in an air crash in Copenhagen of 15 July 1927, test flying a new fighter. He was 31.
Oswald Boelcke Late 1915 40 1914 - 1916 October 28 Considered by many as "the Father of Air Fighting Tactics", First to formalize rules of engagement for Air Fighting as an individual, although he put much belief in Formations of Fighter Corps, Units, rather than the effort of a single fighters effort." His protege Manfred von Richtofen idolized his mentor until his own death in 1918.
Franz Büchner 1918 June 15-17?? 40 1916 April - 1918 November 11 At age 16, he volunteered for the Army, fighting on both Eastern & Western fronts; after being wounded in France 1916, he transferred to the German Army Air Service, assigned as observation pilot w/ FFA 270; 1917 March, became fighter pilot, career nearly ended after shooting down a two-seated in bad flying weather, his fuel tank was hit, Drenched in gasoline he land in "No Mans Land", linking up w/ two retreating German machine gunners; by 22 October 1918 he had 40 victories; w/ turbulent post-war period, 22-year-old Buchner flew against Communist revolutionaries and was killed during a RECON Flight near his hometown of Leipzig just 3 days after his former Commander Berthold was murdered in Hamburg.
Lothar von Richthofen 40
Heinrich Gontermann 39
Carl Menckhoff 39
Karl Bolle 36
Julius Buckler 36
Max Ritter von Müller 36
Gustav Dörr 35
Otto Könnecke 35
Eduard Ritter von Schleich 35
Emil Thuy 35
Josef Veltjens 35
Heinrich Bongartz 33
Heinrich Kroll 33
Kurt Wolff (aviator) 33
Hermann Frommherz 32
Theodor Osterkamp 32
Paul Billik 31
Gotthard Sachsenberg 31
Karl Allmenröder 30
Harald Auffarth 30
Carl Degelow 30
Josef Mai 30
Ulrich Neckel 30
Karl Emil Schäfer 30
Walter Blume 28
Walter von Bülow-Bothkamp 28
Robert Ritter von Greim 28
Arthur Laumann 28
Friedrich Ritter von Röth 28
Fritz Otto Bernert 27
Otto Fruhner 27
Hans Kirschstein 27
Karl Thom 27
Adolf Ritter von Tutschek 27
Kurt Wüsthoff 27
Oskar Freiherr von Boenigk 26
Eduard Ritter von Dostler 26
Max Näther 26
Olivier Freiherr von Beaulieu-Marconnay 25
Georg von Hantelmann 25
Fritz Pütter 25
Erwin Böhme 24
Georg Meyer (aviator) 24
Hermann Becker 23
Hermann Göring 22
Hans Klein 22
Hans Martin Pippart 22
Werner Preuss 22
Karl Schlegel (aviator) 22
Rudolf Windisch 22
Hans von Adam 21
Friedrich Altemeier 21
Friedrich Friedrichs 21
Fritz Höhn 21
Friedrich T. Noltenius 21
Hans Bethge (aviator) 20
Rudolf von Eschwege 20
Wilhelm Frankl 20
Hans von Freden 20
Walter Göttsch 20
Oskar Hennrich 20
Otto Kissenberth 20
Wilhelm Reinhard 20
Otto Schmidt (aviator) 20
Christian Donhauser 19
Gerhard Fieseler 19
Kurt Wintgens 1915 July 15 19 August 1914 - September 25 1916
Alexander Zenzes 19
Hartmuth Baldamus 18
Franz Hemer 18
Emil Schäpe 18
Fritz Beckhardt 17
Hans Böhning 17
Walter Böning 17
Ernst Hess 17
Rudolf Klimke 17
Karl Plauth 17
Franz Ray 17
Hans Rolfes 17
Josef Schwendemann 17
Ernst Bormann 16
Ludwig Hanstein 16
Johannes Klein 16
Karl Odebrett 16
Wilhelm Seitz 16
Hans Weiss (aviator) 16
Karl Bohnenkamp 15
Albert Dossenbach 15
Rudolf Francke 15
Albert Haussmann 15
Alois Heldmann 15
Max Immelmann 15
Otto Löffler 15
Hans-Georg von der Marwitz 15
Edmund Nathanael 15
Wilhelm Neuenhofen 15
Viktor von Pressentin von Rautter 15
Theodor Quandt 15
Julius Schmidt (aviator) 15
Kurt Schneider (aviator) 15
Paul Strähle 15
Reinhold Jörke 14
Franz Piechulek 14
Georg Schlenker 14
Rudolf Wendelmuth 14
Hans-Joachim Buddecke 13
Siegfried Büttner 13
Friedrich Christiansen 13
Dieter Collin 13
Heinrich Geigl 13
Robert Heibert 13
Johannes Janzen 13
Christian Mesch 13
Otto Rosenfeld 13
Kurt Schönfelder 13
Erich Rüdiger von Wedel 13
Erich Buder 12
Theodor Cammann 12
Gottfried Ehmann 12
Otto Esswein 12
Wilhelm Frickart 12
Bertram Heinrich 12
Walter Höhndorf 12
Gerhard Hubrich 12
Hans von Keudell 12
Max Kuhn 12
Friedrich Manschott 12
Hans Müller (aviator) 12
Franz Schleiff 12
Renatus Theiller 12
Bernhard Ultsch 12
Richard Wenzl 12
Heinrich Arntzen 11
Raven Freiherr von Barnekow 11
Joachim von Busse 11
Friedrich Classen 11
Xavier Dannhuber 11
Kurt-Bertram von Döring 11
Heinrich Drekman 11
Willi Gabriel 11
Stefan Kirmaier 11
Fritz Loerzer 11
Hans Nülle 11
Hermann Pfeiffer 11
Reinhold Poss 11
Hugo Schäfer 11
Rudolf Stark 11
Leopold Anslinger 10
Paul Aue 10
Dietrich Averes 10
Hans Berr 10
Franz Brandt 10
Otto Brauneck 10
Martin Dehmisch 10
Karl Gallwitz 10
Justus Grassmann 10
Paul Lotz 10
Rudolf Matthaei 10
Max Ritter von Mulzer 10
Alfons Nagler 10
Hans Schuez 10
Werner Steinhäuser 10
Erich Thomas 10
Paul Turck 10
Paul Wenzel 10
Hans Wolff (aviator) 10
Ernst Freiherr von Althaus 9
Arno Benzler 9
Konrad Brendle 9
Albert Dietlen 9
Otto Fitzner 9
Friedrich Huffzky 9
Herbert Knappe 9
Egon Koepsch 9
Fritz Kosmahl 9
Walter Kypke 9
Helmut Lange 9
Gustav Leffers 9
Herbert Mahn 9
Eberhard Mohnicke 9
Hans Karl Müller 9
Karl Pech 9
Willi Rosenstein 9
Karl Schattauer 9
Adolf Schulte 9
Georg Weiner 9
Paul Achilles 8
Ludwig Beckmann 8
Karl Bohny 8
Aloys Freiherr von Brandenstein 8
Otto Creutzmann 8
Gunther Dobberke 8
Friedrich Ehmann 8
Walter Ewers 8
Hans-Eberhardt Gandert 8
Max Gossner 8
Adolf Gutknecht 8
Wolfgang Güttler 8
Hans Gottfried von Häbler 8
Heinrich Henkel 8
Wilhelm Hippert 8
Hans Hoyer 8
Paul Hüttenrauch 8
Michael Hutterer 8
Fritz Jacobsen 8
Willi Kampe 8
Fritz Kieckhäfer 8
Franz Kirchfeld 8
Arthur Korff 8
Fritz Krebs 8
Karl Meyer (aviator) 8
Kurt Adolf Monnington 8
Otto Parschau 8
Friedrich Poeschke 8
Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen 8
Claus Reimer 8
Karl Ritscherle 8
Richard Runge 8
Karl Scharon 8
Hans Schilling (aviator) 8
Viktor Schobinger 8
Carl-August von Schoenebeck 8
Wilhelm Schwartz 8
Fritz Thiede 8
Wilhelm Zorn 8
Fritz Anders 7
Gerhard Bassenge 7
Helmut Brünig 7
Hermann Dahlmann 7
Helmut Dilthey 7
Julius Fichter 7
Hermann Gilly 7
Hans Goerth 7
Gisbert-Wilhelm Groos 7
Hermann Habich 7
Otto Hartmann 7
Georg Ritter von Hengl 7
Josef Hohly 7
Kurt Jacob 7
Karl Jentsch 7
Martin Johns 7
Christian Kairies 7
Emil Koch 7
Hans Körner 7
Wilhelm Kühne (aviator) 7
Hans Kummetz 7
Herman Leptien 7
Albert Lux 7
Karl Mendel 7
Alfred Niederhoff 7
Paul von Osterroht 7
Richard Plange 7
Johann Pütz 7
Josef Raesch 7
Gustav Schneidewind 7
Marat Schumm 7
Georg Strasser 7
Karl Treiber 7
Kurt Ungewitter 7
Franz Walz 7
Johannes Werner 7
Karl Arnold 6
Johann Baur 6
Paul Bona 6
Moritz-Waldemar Bretschneider-Bodemer 6
Albin Bühl 6
Harry von Bülow-Bothkamp 6
August Burkard 6
Karl Deilman 6
Karl Engelfried 6
Alfred Fleischer 6
Gustav Frädrich 6
Mieczysław Garsztka 6
Friedrich Gille 6
Heinrich Haase 6
Erich Hahn 6
Albert Hets 6
Robert Hildebrandt 6
Otto Höhne 6
Alfred Hübner 6
Hans Imelmann 6
Johannes Jensen (aviator) 6
Erich Just 6
Willy Kahle 6
Max Kahlow 6
Otto Klaiber 6
Gustav Klaudat 6
Erich König 6
Kurt Küppers 6
Herman Kunz 6
Alfred Lenz 6
Ludwig Luer 6
Friedrich Mallinckrodt 6
Heinrich Maushake 6
Emil Meinecke 6
Konrad Mettlich 6
Alfred Mohr 6
Werner Niethammer 6
Hans Oberlander 6
Rudolf Otto 6
Arthur Rahn 6
Rudolf Rienau 6
Alfons Scheicher 6
Karl Schmückle 6
Edgar Scholtz 6
Erich Schütze 6
Wilhelm Schulz 6
Gunther Schuster 6
Heinrich Seywald 6
Erich Sonneck 6
Otto Splitgerber 6
Georg Staudacher 6
Kurt Student 6
Hermann Stutz 6
Reinhard Treptow 6
Hermann Vallendor 6
Hans Waldhausen 6
Heinrich Wessels 6
Siegfried Westphal 6
Ernst Wiehle 6
Hans Auer 5
Bernard Bartels 5
Joachim von Bertrab 5
Rudolf Besel 5
Otto Bieleit 5
Eduard Blaas 5
Hans-Helmut von Boddien 5
Erich Bönisch 5
Gustav Borm 5
Hans Bowski 5
Herbert Boy 5
Otto von Breiten-Landenberg 5
Friedrich-Karl Burckhardt 5
Karl Christ 5
Theodor Croneiss 5
Wilhelm Cymera 5
August Delling 5
Wilhelm Fahlbusch 5
Ludwig Gaim 5
Johannes Gildemeister 5
Siegfried Gussmann 5
Kurt Haber 5
August Hanko 5
Friedrich Hengst 5
Kurt Hetze 5
Hermann Juhnke 5
Werner Junck 5
Wilhelm Kohlbach 5
Johann Kopka 5
Wilhelm Leusch 5
Heinrich Lorenz 5
Hans Marwede 5
Erich Meyer 5
Hans-Georg von der Osten 5
Leopold Reimann 5
Hans Rosencrantz 5
Paul Rothe 5
Richard Rübe 5
Theodor Rumpel (aviator) 5
Johann Schlimpen 5
Roman Schneider 5
Herbert Schroeder 5
Friedrich Schumacher 5
Konrad Schwartz 5
Kurt Seit 5
Eugen Siempelkamp 5
Wilhelm Sommer 5
Helmut Steinbrecher 5
Wilhelm Stör 5
Karl Strünklenberg 5
Alwin Thurm 5
Oswald Traenkner 5
Gerold Tschentschel 5
Alfred Ulmer 5
Hans Viebig 5
Werner Wagener 5
Hasso von Wedel (aviator) 5
Ernst Wiessner 5
Kurt Wissemann 5
Martin Zander 5

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References

  1. ↑ "The War in the Air - Air Aces of World War One". Michael Duffy. 2009-08-22.
  2. ↑ Franks et al. 1993, pp. 55–235.
  3. ↑ "Aerodrome list". theaeordrome.com. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
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