List of German World War II Ground Attack aces
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.
Name |
Rank |
Combat Missions |
Tank Victories |
Aerial Victories |
Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rudel, Hans-Ulrich |
Oberst |
2530 |
512 |
9 |
Pilot |
Hentschel, Erwin |
Oberfeldwebel |
1400+ |
Radio Operator |
||
Nordmann, Theodor |
Major |
~1300 |
80 |
Pilot |
|
Plenzat, Kurt |
Leutnant |
1234 |
80 |
4 |
Pilot |
Wosnitza, Alois |
Oberfeldwebel |
1217 |
104 |
2 |
Pilot |
Schubert, Gustav |
Oberleutnant |
1200+ |
Pilot |
||
Stahl, Hendrix |
Hauptmann |
1200+ |
100+ |
Pilot |
|
Dr. jur. Otte, Maximilian |
Major |
1179 |
Pilot |
||
Gläser, Alexander |
Hauptmann |
1123 |
Pilot |
||
Dörnbrack, Werner |
Major |
1118 |
Pilot |
||
Stähler, Wilhelm |
Oberleutnant |
~1100 |
Pilot |
||
Henze, Karl |
Major |
1098 |
Pilot |
||
Jakob, Georg |
Oberstleutnant |
1091 |
Pilot |
||
Kieslich, Franz |
Major |
1078 |
Pilot |
||
Bauer, Herbert |
Major |
1071 |
Pilot |
||
Boerst, Alwin |
Major |
1060 |
Pilot |
||
Filius, Ernst |
Oberfeldwebel |
1060 |
Radio Operator |
||
Hübsch, Anton |
Oberfeldwebel |
1060 |
120+ |
8 |
Pilot |
Noller, Wilhelm |
Leutnant |
1058 |
86 |
2 |
Pilot |
Pölz, Hubert |
Hauptmann |
1055 |
76 |
11 |
Pilot |
Lang, Friedrich |
Major |
1008 |
Pilot |
||
Dörffel, Georg |
Oberstleutnant |
1004 |
Pilot |
||
Jungclaussen, Heinz |
Hauptmann |
1000+ |
Pilot |
||
Jauernik, Georg |
Leutnant |
~1000 |
Pilot |
||
Kaubisch, Horst |
Major |
~1000 |
Pilot |
||
Stüdemann, Gerhard |
Hauptmann |
996 |
117 |
Pilot |
|
Weihrauch, Werner |
Oberleutnant |
992 |
Pilot |
||
Jaekel, Egbert |
Hauptmann |
983 |
Pilot |
||
Bruck, Helmut |
Oberst |
973 |
Pilot |
||
Meyering, Heinrich |
Leutnant |
972 |
Pilot |
||
Bromen, Wilhelm |
Oberleutnant |
965 |
Pilot |
||
Krohn, Hans |
Oberfeldwebel |
965 |
Radio Operator |
||
Brand, Hans-Joachim |
Hauptmann |
964 |
Pilot |
||
Jenster, Jakob |
Leutnant |
960 |
100+ |
Pilot |
|
Kennel, Karl |
Major |
957 |
Pilot |
||
Bleckl, Karl |
Hauptann |
~950 |
Pilot |
||
Linke, Walter |
Oberfeldwebel |
~950 |
Radio Operator |
||
Zipfel, Willibald |
Oberfeldwebel |
~950 |
Radio Operator |
||
Burr, Leonhard |
Oberfeldwebel |
~940 |
Radio Operator |
||
Diekwisch, Erwin-Peter |
Hauptmann |
934 |
Pilot |
||
Schalenda, Hans |
Hauptmann |
933 |
Pilot |
||
Maahs, Friedhelm |
Oberfeldwebel |
918 |
Radio Operator |
||
Frank, Heinz |
Major |
900+ |
Pilot |
||
Haker, Theodor |
Oberleutnant |
900+ |
Pilot |
||
Kuffner, Andreas |
Hauptmann |
900+ |
60+ |
Pilot |
|
Leicht, Helmut |
Major |
900 |
Pilot |
||
Müller, Günther |
Hauptmann |
900 |
Pilot |
||
Pöthig, Georg |
Oberfeldwebel |
900 |
Radio Operator |
||
Reußner, Rudi |
Oberfeldwebel |
900 (1200) |
Pilot |
||
Andorfer, Anton |
Hauptmann |
900 (1000) |
45+ |
Pilot |
|
Finke, Heinrich |
Unteroffizier |
~900 |
Radio Operator |
||
Honsberg, Werner |
Oberfeldwebel |
~900 |
Pilot |
||
Stepp, Hans-Karl |
Oberstleutnant |
~900 |
Pilot |
||
Lau, Kurt |
Hauptmann |
897 |
~80 |
2 |
Pilot |
Mrkva, Rudolf |
Hauptmann |
866 |
Pilot |
||
Weiß, Adolf |
Oberfeldwebel |
860 |
Pilot |
||
Berndl, Alois |
Oberfeldwebel |
859 |
Bordschütze |
||
Dr.med. Gadermann, Ernst |
Oberfeldwebel |
~850 |
Gunner |
||
Luhr, Hanns |
Oberfeldwebel |
~850 |
Pilot |
||
Rothe, Gerhard |
Fahnenj.Feldw. |
~850 |
Radio Operator |
||
Hitz, Günther |
Hauptmann |
832 |
Pilot |
||
Schwirblat, Hans |
Oberleutnant |
831 |
Pilot |
||
Joswig, Wilhelm |
Oberleutnant |
820 |
88 |
2 |
Pilot |
Klaus, Johann |
Oberleutnant |
812 |
Pilot |
||
Dawedeit, Herbert |
Leutnant |
806 |
34+ |
Pilot |
|
Arzt, Albert |
Feldwebel |
804 |
Radio Operator |
||
Druschel, Alfred |
Oberst |
800+ |
Pilot |
||
Gaßmann, Peter |
Major |
800+ |
Pilot |
||
Grewe, Josef |
Oberfeldwebel |
800+ |
Pilot |
||
Hettinger, Franz |
Oberfeldwebel |
800+ |
Radio Operator |
||
Kanhor, Hans |
Oberfeldwebel |
800+ |
Radio Operator |
||
Ludigkeit, Günther |
Hauptmann |
800+ |
Pilot |
||
Schrepfer, Karl |
Major |
800+ |
Pilot |
||
Griebel, Osmar |
Fahnenj.Feldw. |
800 |
Pilot |
||
Bellof, Ludwig |
Oberfeldwebel |
~800 |
Pilot |
||
Fickel, Helmut |
Oberleutnant |
~800 |
Pilot |
||
Goetze, Manfred |
Hauptmann |
~800 |
Pilot |
||
Gschwendtner, Karl-Georg |
Leutnant |
~800 |
Pilot |
||
Möbus, Martin |
Major |
~800 |
60+ |
Pilot |
|
Nossek, Rainer |
Oberleutnant |
~800 |
73+ |
Pilot |
|
Piske, Herbert |
Oberleutnant |
783 |
Pilot |
||
Dose, Paul |
Hauptmann |
781 |
Pilot |
||
Kumminga, Hans |
Leutnant |
779 |
Pilot |
||
Wahl, Karl |
Feldwebel |
772 |
Radio Operator |
||
Reusch, Ernst-Christian |
Major |
765 |
Pilot |
||
Ensle, Wolfgang |
Oberfeldwebel |
760 |
Pilot |
||
Pipan, Artur |
Hauptmann |
758 |
Pilot |
||
Hager, Karl |
Feldwebel |
750 |
Pilot |
||
Heiduschka, Alfred |
Oberfeldwebel |
750 |
Pilot |
||
Ludwig, Hans |
Oberfeldwebel |
750 |
Pilot |
||
Rabben, Herbert |
Oberfeldwebel |
743 |
Pilot |
||
Weißmann, Eginhard |
Oberleutnant |
~740 |
Pilot |
||
Stoll-Berberich, Egon |
Hauptmann |
734 |
Pilot |
||
Hermann, Horst |
Feldwebel |
729 |
Pilot |
||
Stein, Werner |
Oberfeldwebel |
727 |
Radio Operator |
||
Fechner, Konrad |
Oberfeldwebel |
726 |
Pilot |
||
Menapace, Josef |
Hauptmann |
723 |
Pilot |
||
Huber, Josef |
Oberfeldwebel |
721 |
Pilot |
||
Meyn, Wilhelm |
Oberleutnant |
721 |
Pilot |
||
Fischer, Siegfried |
Oberfeldwebel |
713 |
80 |
15 |
Pilot |
References
- Brütting, Georg. Das waren die deutschen Stuka-Asse 1939 - 1945. Motorbuch, Stuttgart, 1995. ISBN 3-87943-433-6.