List of World War II aces from Germany: G–L
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
[edit]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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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 |
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[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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 |
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[edit]| 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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