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Hannes Gentzen, 1st Luftwaffe Ace of WW2, opens his account by downing a Polish PZL 37. Artist unknown. Help anyone?

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	"Bubi" Erich Alfred Hartmann	(JG52, JG53) 352 (in 1456 missions)
	"Gerd" Erich Gerhard Barkhorn	(JG52, JG6, JV44, 301 (in 1104 missions) *
-- the highest scoring aces in the world --
	Gunther Rall	(JG52, JG11, JG300, 275 (in 621 missions) *
	"Bruno""Bruni" * Otto Kittel	(JG54, KIA 16feb45) 267 (in 583 missions) *
	"Nowi" * Walter Nowotny	(JG54, Kommando Nowotny, KIA 8nov44) 258 (250 in 442 mis.) * *
	"Willi" Wilhelm Batz	(JG52) 237 (in 445 missions) *
	Erich Rudorffer	(JG2, JG54 & JG7, got 13 kills in 17 minutes) 224 (86 in the west) *
	"Pritzl" Heinrich Bar	(JG51, 77, 1, 3, EJG2 & JV44, 125 in the west) 221 (16 w/a jet) *
	Hermann Graf	(JG51, 52, JGr50, JG11, 1st to reach 200) 212
	* Heinrich Ehrler	(JG77, 5 & 7, KIA 4apr45) 209 * *
	"Theo" Theodor Weissenberger	(JG5 & JG7) 208
	"Fips" * Hans Philipp	(JG76, 54 & 1, KIA 8oct43) 206
	Walter Schuck	(JG5 & JG7) 206
	"Toni" * Anton Hafner	(JG51, KIA 17oct44) 204
	Helmut Lipfert	(JG52 & JG53) 203 *

	"Krupi""Count Punski" Walter Krupinski	(JG52, 5, 11, 26 & JV44) 197
	"Toni" Anton Hackl	(JG77, 11, 26 & 300) 192 *
	Joachim Brendel	(JG51) 189
	"Max" * Maximilian Stotz	(JG54, MIA 19aug43) 189
	* Joachim Kirschner	(JG3 & JG27, KIA 17dec43) 188
	* Kurt Hans Friedrich Brandle	(JG53 & 3, KIA 3nov43) 180
	Gunther Josten	(JG51) 178
	"Macky" Johannes Steinhoff	(JG26, 52, 77, 7 & JV44) 178 *
	Ernst-Wilhelm Reinert	(JG77, 27 & 7) 174
	Gunther Schack	(JG3 & JG51) 174
	"Bully" * Emil Lang	(JG54 & 26, KIA 3sep44) 173 (18 in 1 day) *
	"Johnny" * Heinz Schmidt	(JG52, MIA 5sep43) 173
	* Horst Ademeit	(JG54, MIA 7aug44) 166 *
	* Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke	(JG54 & 3, KIA 23mar44) 162 *
	"Jochen" the "Eagle of Africa" * Hans-Joachim Marseille	(JG52 & 27 KIFA 30sep42) 158 (17 in 1 day) *
	* Heinrich Sturm	(JG52, KiFA 22dec44) 158
	"Gerd" Gerhard Thyben	(JG3 & JG54) 157
	* Hans Beisswenger	(JG54, KIA 6mar43) 152
	"Bonifaz" Peter Duttmann	(JG52) 152
	Gordon Gollob	(ZG76, JG3 & JG77) 150 *

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	Fritz Tegtmeier	(JG54 & JG7) 146
	* Albin Wolf	(JG1 & JG54, KIA 2apr44) 144 (+32 unconfimed)
	Kurt Tanzer	(JG51) 143
	"Tutti" * Friedrich-Karl Muller	(JG53 7 JG3, KIFA 29may44) 140
	* Friedrich Wachowiak	(JG52 & JG3, KIA 16jul44) 140 - 120
	Karl Gratz	(JG52 & JG2) 138
	* Heinrich Setz	(JG77 & JG27, KIA 13mar43) 138
	Rudolf Trenkel	(JG77 & JG52) 138 *
	Walter Wolfrum	(JG52) 137
	* Horst-Gunther von Fassong	(JG51 & JG11, KIA 1jan45) 136
	* Otto Fonnekold	(JG52, KIA 31aug44) 136
	* Karl-Heinz Weber	(JG51 & JG1, KIA 7jun44) 136
	* Joachim Muncheberg	(JG26, 51 & 77, KIA 23mar43) 135
	* Hans Waldmann	(JG52 & JG7, KiFA 18mar45) 134
	"Hannes" Johannes Wiese	(JG52 & JG77) 133 (+75 probs)
	Alfred Grislawski	(JG52, r50, 1 & 53) 133
	* Franz Schall	(JG52, KdoN & JG7, KiFA 10apr45) 133 *
	Adolf Borchers	(JG77, 51 & 52) 132
	* Erwin Clausen	(LG2, JG77 & 11, KIA 4oct43) 132
	Adolf Dickfeld	(JG52, 2 & 11) 132
	* Wilhelm Lemke	(JG3, KIA 4dec43) 131 *
	"Fakken" * Gerhard Hoffmann	(JG52, KiFA 11apr45) 130
	Walter Dahl	(JG3 & JG300, 36 4/E bombers) 129
	Franz Eisenach	(ZG76, JG1 & JG54) 129
	"Bazi" * Heinrich Sterr	(JG54, KIA 26nov44) 129
	Franz Dorr	(JG77 & JG5) 128 *
	"Jupp" * Josef Zwernemann	(JG52, 77 & 11, KIA 8apr44) 126
	"Dieter" Dietrich Hrabak	(JG76, 54 & 52) 125
	* Wolf-Udo Ettel	(JG3 & JG27, KIA 17jul43) 124
	Herbert Ihlefeld	(J88, LG2, JG77, JG52, JGr25, JG11 & JG1) 123 (+ 9 in the SCW)
	* Wolfgang Tonne	(JG53, KIFA 20apr43) 122
	Heinz Marquardt	(JG51) 121 (+ 16 unconf.)
	* Erich Leie	(JG2, 51 & 77, KIA 7mar45) 121

"Top Night Fighter" by Stan Stokes shows Heinz Schnaufer - 121 victories

	Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer	(NJG1 & 4, Top Nightfighter got 9 Lancasters 21feb45) 121 *
	"Bazzi" Robert Weiss	(JG26 & JG54) 121 *
	Friedrich Obleser	(JG52) 120
	"Gulle" * Walter Oesau	(JG51, 3, 2 & 1, KIA 11may44) 118 (+ 8 in the SCW)
	Franz-Josef Beerenbrock	(JG51, POW 9nov42) 117
	* Hans-Joachim Birkner	(JG52, KiFA 14dec44) 117 (in 284 missions)
	* Jakob Norz	(NJG2, JG1 & JG5, KiFA 16sep44) 117
	"Piepl" * Heinz Wernicke	(JG54, KIA 27dec44) 117
	* August Lambert	(SG1, 2 & 77, KIA 17apr45) 116
	Wilhelm Crinius	(JG53, 52 & 27, POW 13jan43) 114
	Werner Schroer	(JG3, 27 & 54) 114 (in 197 missions)
	* Hans Dammers	(JG52, WIA 13mar44 Died 17mar44) 113
	* Berthold Korts	(JG52, MIA 29aug43) 113
	* Helmut Lent	(ZG76, NJG1, 2 & 3) KIA 5oct44) 113 - 110 (102 at night)
	"Bu-Mann" Kurt Buhlingen	(JG2) 112
	"Kuddel" * Kurt Ubben	(JGr186, JG77 & JG2, KIA 27apr44) 110
	Franz Woidich	(JG27, 52 & 400, got 1 with an Me163) 110
	* Emil Bitsch	(JG3, KIA 15mar44) 108
	"Assi" Hans Hahn	(JG2 & JG54, POW 21feb43) 108
	Bernhard Vechtel	(JG51) 108
	Viktor Bauer	(JG51 & JG3, WiFA 10aug42) 106 *
	* Werner Lucas	(JG3, KIA 24oct43) 106
	* Gunther Lutzow	(J88, JG3, 51 & JV44, MIA 24apr45,) 105 (+ 5 in the SCW)
	Eberhard von Boremski	(JG3 & EJG1) 104
	Heinz Sachsenberg	(JG52, 7 & JV44) 104
	"Dolfo" "Mufti" Adolf Joseph Ferdinand Galland	(JG27, 26 & JV44, WIA 26apr45) 103 (7 or 8 w/ Me262) *
	Hartmann Grasser	(JGr152, ZG2, JG51 & 11) 103
	Siegfried Freytag	(JG77 & JG7, career w/FFL after the war) 102 *
	* Friedrich Geisshardt	(LG2, JG77 & 26, WIA 5th - Died 6apr43) 102
	* Egon Mayer	(JG2, KIA 2mar44 by Walt Gresham) 102
	* Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	(JG21 & JG 54, KIA 9aug42) 102
	Herbert Rollwage	(JG53) 102 (44 were 4-eng bombers)
	"Sepp" * Josef Wurmheller	(JG53 & JG2, KIA 22jun44) 102
	"Vati" (Daddy) * Werner Molders	(J88, JG53 & 51, 1st to 100, KIFA 22nov42) 101 (+ 14 in the SCW)
	* Rudolf Miethig	(JG52, KIA 10jun43) 101
	"Pips" Josef Priller	(JG51 & JG26) 101 (all in the West)
	Ulrich Wernitz	(JG54) 101
	Reinhard Seiler	(JG54, WIA 6jul43) 100 (+ 9 in the SCW)
	* Paul-Heinrich Daehne	(JG52, 11 & 1, KiFA 24apr45 in He162) 100 - 99 +

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	* Heinrich Bartels	(JG26, 5 & 27, KIA 23dec44) 99 * *
	* Hans Schleef	(JG3, 5 & 4, KIA 31dec44) 99 *
	Wolfgang Spate	(JG54, 400, 7 & Kdo16) 99
	* Leopold Steinbatz	(JG54, KIA 15jun42) 99
	* Horst Hannig	(J88, JG54 & JG2, KIA 15may43) 98 *
	Gustav-Siegfried Rodel	(JG21 & 27) 98 *
	Rudolf Rademacher	(JG54, Erg.Gr.Nord, JG7) 97
	Hermann Schleinhage	(JG54) 97
	* Heinrich Hofemeier	(JG51, KIA 7aug43) 96 (+12 OTG) *
	Dieter Diethelm von Eichel-Streiber	(JG51, 26, 77, 27 & JV44) 96
	Hermann Schleinhege	(JG54) 96
	* Leopold Munster	(JG3, KIA 8may44) 95
	* Anton Dobele	(JG54, KIA 11nov43) 94 *
	* Heinrich Klopper	(JG77, 51 & 1, KIA 29nov43) 94
	"Rudi" * Rudolf Muller	(JG77 & 5, POW 19apr43 - never seen again) 94
	* Rudolf Resch	(JG77, 52 & 51, KIA 11jul43) 94 - 93
	Helmut Bennemann	(JG52 & JG53) 93
	"Paule" Edmund Rossmann	(JG52, POW 9jul43) 93
	"Wumm" * Siegfried Schnell	(JG2 & JG54, KIA 25feb44) 93 *
	* Gerhard Loos	(JG54, KIA 6mar44) 92
	Oskar Romm	(JG51 & JG3, WIA 24apr45) 92
	Anton Resch	(JG52) 91
	* Georg Schentke	(JG3, MIA 25dec43) 90

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	Heinz Kemethmuller	(JG3 & JG26 89
	Helmut Ruffler	(JG3, 51 & 7 88 (+ 10 unconf.)
	"Seppl" Ulrich Wohnert	(JG54) 86 + *
	* Josef Jennewein	(JG26 & JG51, MIA 27jul43) 86
	* Gerhard Koppen	(JG52, MIA 5may42) 86
	Anton Mader	(JG2, 77, 11 & 54) 86
	* Alexander Preinfalk	(JG51, 77 & 53, KIA 12dec44) 85 +
	* Walter Zellot	(JG53, KIA 10sep42) 85 *
	Heinz Ewald	(JG52) 84 (+ 15 unconf.)
	"Quax" Werner Quast	(JG52, POW 7aug43) 84
	* Franz Beyer	(JG3, KIA 11feb44) 83
	Prince * Heinrich zu Sayn-Wittgenstein	(KG51, NJG2, 5, 1 & 3, KIA 22jan44) 83
	* Otto Wessling	(JG3, KIA 19apr44) 83
	* Hans Gotz	(JG54, KIA 4aug43) 82
	Hans Grunberg	(JG3, JG7 & JV44) 82
	Emil Darjes	(JG54) 82
	Horst Haase	(JG51 & 3) 82
	* Helmut Missner	(JG54, Erg.Gr.Nord. KIFA 12sep44) 82
	Hugo Broch	(JG54) 81
	* Willi Nemitz	(JG52, KIA 11apr43) 81
	Wilhelm Philipp	(JG26 & 54) 81
	* Rudolf Wagner	(JG51, MIA 11dec43) 81
	* Max-Hermann Lucke	(JG54 & 51, WIFA 23oct43 - D 8nov43) 81 - 78
	* Herbert Bachnick	(JG52, KIA 7aug44) 80

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	* Otto Wurfel	(JG51, POW 23feb44 died 22dec44) 79
	Wolfgang Ewald	(JG52 & 3, POW 14jul43) 78 - 77 (+1 in the SCW)
	Georg-Peter Eder	(JG51,2, 1, 26, Kdo.Now, JG7, EJG2) 78 (12 with jets)
	"Gaudi" * Heinrich Krafft	(JG51 & 3, KIA 14dec/42) 78
	Karl-Gottfried Nordmann	(JG77 & 51, WIFA 17jan43) 78
	Hubertus von Bonin	(JG26, 54 & 52, KIA 15dec43) 77 - 73 (+ 4 in the SCW) *
	Josef Haibock	(JG26, 52 & 3) 77
	*Johannes-Hermann Meier	(JG52 & 26 KIFA 15mar44) 77 *
	Walter Ohlrogge	(JG3 , EJG Sud, EJG1, JG7) 77
	Hans-Joachim Kroschinski	(JG54) 76
	Maximilian Mayerl	(JG51, Erg.Gr.Nord, EJG1) 76
	"Fred" * Alfred Teumer	(JG54, Kdo.Nowotny, JG7 KIA 4oct44) 76
	* Edwin Thiel	(JG52 & 51 KIA 14jul44) 76 *
	* Johannes Bunzek	(JG52 KIA 11dec43) 75
	* Helmut Grollmus	(JG54, KIA 19jun44 - shot after parachuting) 75
	* Hans Roehrig	(JG53 KIA 13jul43) 75 *
	"Gnom" * Joachim Wandel	(JG54 KIA 7oct42) 75 *
	Johannes Pichler	(JG77 POW 28aug44) 75 - 52
	Gustav Frielinghaus	(JG3, JGr Sud, EJG1) 74
	*Otto Gaiser	(JG51 MIA 22jan44) 74 *
	* Friedrich Haas	(JG52 KIA 9apr45) 74
	* Karl-Heinz Meltzer	(JG52 MIA 14aug43) 74
	Anton Lindner	(JG51) 73
	Gerhard Michalski	(JG53, z.b.v., 4 & 11) 73 *
	Otto Schultz	(JG51) 73
	* Klaus Mietusch	(JG26 KIA 17sep44) 76 - 72 *
	Wilhelm Mink	72
	Karl-Heinz Schnell	72
	"Addi" Adolf Glunz	72 - 71
	Hans Fuss	71
	Alfred Heckmann	71
	Gunther Scheel	(POW 16 july43, D in captivity highest kills per mission ratio) 71 (in 70 missions !) *
	Hans-Heinrich Doebrich	70
	Heinz Gossow	70
	Karl Hoffmann	70
	* Herbert Huppertz	70 (JG51, 5 & 2, KIA 8jun44)
	* Hermann-Friedrick Joppien	70 (KIA 25aug41)
	Herbert Lange	70
	"Wumm" Siegfried Lemke	(JG2) 70
	Rudolf Linz	70
	Emil Omert	70
	Rudolf Richter	70
	Ernst Suss	70

Focke-Wulf 190 A3 by Jerry Boucher

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	Peter Kalden	69 (POW 11mar45)
	Armin Koehler	69
	Ernst Weissmann	69
	Eugen-Ludwig Zweigart	69
	Kurt Dombacher	68
	Walter Hoeckner	68
	Heinrich Jung	68
	Herbert Kaiser	68
	Richard Lepple	68
	Fritz Losigkeit	68
	Gunther von Maltzahn	68
	Hans Streloew	68
	Otto Tange	68
	Gustav Denk	67
	Fritz Dinger	67
	Herbert Findeisen	67
	* Karl Fuchs	67 (KIA 10oct43)
	Erbo Graf von Kageneck	67
	Franz Scheiss	67
	Franz Schwaiger	67
	Hubert Strassl	67
	Werner Strieb (Streib)	67 - 60
	Erwin Fleig	66
	Reinhold Hoffmann	66
	Franz Czech	65
	Heinrich Fuellgrabe	65
	Berthold Grassmuck	65
	Karl-Heinz Kempf	65
	* Manfred Meurer	65 (KIA 21jan44)
	Waldemar Semelka	65
	Bernd Gallowitsch	64
	Juergen Harder	64
	Rolf Hermichen	64
	Walter Lindner	64
	Viktor Petermann	64
	Franz Ruhl	64
	Walter Borchers	63
	Franz Goetz	63
	Karl Hammerl	63
	Heinrich Hoffmann	63
	Gerhard Homuth	63
	Hermann Staiger	63
	Kurt Welter	(highest scoring JET Ace w/ 26 + 4 prob kills) * 63 (in 93 missions, 56 at night)
	Wilhelm Hubner	62
	Helmut Neumann	(JG5) 62
	Hannes Trautloft	61-57
	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	60-59
	Gerhard Beutin	60
	* Horst Carganico	60 (KIA 27may44)
	* Franz Hrdlicka	(JG77 & JG2, KIA 25mar45) 60
	August Mors	60
	"Fox" Karl Munz	60
	Alfred Rauch	60
	Kurt Tangermann	60
	Walter Wever	60

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	* Herbert Broennle	59 (JG54, JG53, KIA 4jul43)
	* Franz Eckerle	(KIA 14feb42) 59
	Alfred Franke	59 *
	"Fifi" * Hans-Arnold Stahlschmidt	(MIA 7sep42) 59
	Karl Steffen	59
	Martin Becker	58
	Hermann Buchner	58 (+ 48 tanks)
	Lutz-Wilhelm Burckhardt	58
	Siegfried Engfer	58
	Wilhelm Freuworth	58
	Herbert Friebel	58
	Hans-Joachim Langer	58
	Heinz-Wilhelm Ahnert	57
	Walter Brandt	57
	Hugo Dahmer	57
	Heinrich Dittlmann	57
	Kurt Ebener	57
	Adolf Kalkum	57
	Johannes Seifurt	57
	Edmund Wagner	57
	Hermann Wolf	57
	Herbert Bareuter	56
	Helmut-Felix Bolz	56
	Alfred Burk	56
	Manfred Eberwein	56
	Heinrich Hackler	56
	Isken Herrmann	56
	Helmut Holtz	56
	Eduard Isken	56
	Helmut Schoenfelder	56
	Gunther Seeger	56
	* Helmut Wick	(MIA 28nov40) 56
	"Wutz" * Wilhelm-Ferdinand Galland	(Dolfo's brother, KIA 17aug43 by Bud Mahurin) 55 *
	Erich Hohagen	55
	Gabriel Tautscher	55
	"Bulle" Rudi Zwesken	55
	Johann Badum	54
	Wilhelm Balthasar	54
	Karl-Heinz Bendert	54
	Wilhelm Hauswirth	54
	Kurt Knappe	54
	Heinz Leber	54
	Helmut Mertens	(LG2 & JG3, WIA 20feb44) 54
	Herbert Puschmann	54
	* Siegfried Simsch	(JG52 & JG11, KIA 8jun44) 54
	* Hans Reiff	54 - 48 (KIA 2dec44)
	Heinz-Edgar Berres	53
	Albert Brunner	53
	Hans-Joachim Heyer	53
	Julius Meimberg	53
	Friedrich Rupp	53
	Karl Sattig	53
	* Franz K Barten	53 - 52 (KIA 4aug44)
	"Willy" Wilhelm Kientsch	53 - 52
	Heine Cordes	52
	Hans Ehlers	52
	Alfred Gross	52
	Ludwig Hafner	52
	Rudolf Pflanz	52
	Heinrich Wefers	52
	Heinz Knoke	52 - 44
	Georg-Hermann Greiner	51
	* Egmont Prinz zu Lippe-Weissenfeld	(KIA 12mar44) 51
	* Otto Schulz	(JG27, KIA 17june42 by Stocky Edwards) 51
	Walter Duellberg	50
	Hans-Joachim Jabs	50
	Emil Knittel	50
	Frank Lisendahl	50
	Fritz Lueddecke	50
	*Wilhelm Schilling	50 (KIA 20feb44)
	Fritz Schroeter	50
	Karl Willius	50
	Heribert Koller	50 - 49
	Helmut Merkel	50 - 25

"Rauhbautz, Marie, Special Delivery and Bonnie B" by Keith Ferris

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	Rudolf Ehrenberger	49
	Klaus Quaet-Faslem	49

	Fredrich Beckh	48
	Peter Seigler	48
	Heinz-Gerhard Vogt	48
	Oskar Zimmermann	48

	Heinz Golinski	47
	Gunther Hannack	47
	Eckhard Hubner	47
	Fritz Karch	47
	Herbert Kutscha	47
	* Georg Seidel	47 (KIA 6mar43)
	Gunther Ruebell	47
	* Erich Schmidt	47 (JG53, MIA 31aug41)
	Werner Stumpf	47

	* Wolfgang Bowing-Treuding	46 (MIA 11jan43)
	Gunther Fink	46
	Rudiger Kirchmayr	46
	Erwin Laskowski	46
	Hans-Karl Mayer	46
	Karl Rammelt	46
	"Quax" Karl Schnorrer	46 *
	Franz Schulte	46
	Alfred Surau	46

	Ernst Borngen	45
	Ernst Druenkler	45
	Juergen Brocke	45
	Ernst-Erich Hirschfeld	45
	* Alois Lechner	(NJG2 & 100, MIA 23feb44) 45
	* Wilhelm Kuken	45 (K 2apr44)
	* Lothar Mai	45 (KIA 27aug43)
	Karl-Wolfgang Redlich	45
	Gerhard Schopfel	45
	Hans Johann Stollnberger	45

	* Ludwig Becker	(KIA 26feb43) 44
	Hans Frese	44
	Juergen Hoerschelmann	44
	Wilhelm Hofmann	44
	Reinhold Knacke	44
	Walter Matoni	44
	Wilhelm Moritz	44
	Richard Quante	44
	Wilhelm Steinmann	44
	Otto Vinzent	44

	Karl Boris	43
	Ludwig Franzisket	43
	Kurt Goltzsch	43
	Hubert Muetherich	43
	"Josi" Josef Pohs	43
	* Paul-August Stolte	43 (JG54, 1 & 3, KIA 18oct43)
	Dietrich Schmidt	(NJG1) 42
	Rudolf Klemm	42
	Emil Reinhard	42
	* Rudolf Schmidt	(JG77, MIA 6apr42) 42
	* Herbert Schramm	42 (KIA 1dec43)

	Robert Olejnik	41
	Gerhard Schneider	41

	Heinz Arnold	40
	* Rudolf Busch	40 (KIA 17jan43)
	Karl Boehm-Fettelbach	40
	Peter Bremer	40
	Wolf-Dietrich Huy	40
	Wolfgang Neuhoff	40
	Gerhard Schoepfel	40
	Georg Seckel	40
	Gunther Steinhausen	40
	* Hermann Segatz	40 - 31 (KIA 8mar44)

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	Heinz Bretnuetz	39
	Alfons Klein	39
	Kurt Lasse	39
	Bernhard Lausch	39
	Georg Seelmann	39
	Rudolf Sinner	39
	Fritz Stendel	39
	Eckart-Wilhelm von Bonin	(NJG1 & 102) 39 - 37
	* Robert Fuchs	39 - 22 (MIA 22oct41)

	Hans Dortenmann	38
	Pepi Gabl	38
	Walter Loos	38
	Stefan Litjens	38
	Detler Rohwer	38
	Erwin Sawallisch	38
	Wolfgang Schellmann	38
	Kurt Sochatzky	38

	Gerhard Koall	37
	* Karl-Heinz Leesmann	(JG52 & 1, KIA 25/Jul/1943) 37
	Klaus H. Neumann	(JG51, 3 & 7, JV44) 37 - 32
	Waldemar Radener	37 (+14 probs) *
	Wolfgang Traft	37

	Helmut Belser	36
	Helmut Bergmann	36
	Georg Keil	36
	Friedrich Koerner	36
	Elias Kuehlein	36
	Herbert Wehnelt	36
	Hans Weik	36
	Fuelbert Zink	36

	Gunther Bertram	35
	Graf Heinrich von Einsiedel	35
	August Luy	35
	Bruno Stolle	35
	Martin Ulbrich	35+ - 33
	* Joachim Hamer	35 - 30 (MIA 3sep43)

	Paul Brandt	34
	Hans von Hahn	34
	Heinz-Horst Hissbach	34
	Wilhelm Johnen	34
	Karl Kennel	34
	Johannes Naumann	34
	Karl-Heinz Plucker	34
	Herbert Schob	34
	Walter Stengel	34
	Horst Tietzen	34
	Helmut Wettstein	34

	Heinz Beyer	33
	Harro Harder	33
	Erwin Leykauf	33
	Wolfgang Lippert	33
	Waldemar Soffing	33
	Hans Stechmann	33
	Ferdinand Vogel	33
	* Hugo Frey	32 (KIA 6mar44) *
	Rudolf Glockner	32
	Joachim Hacker	32
	Werner Husemann	32
	Werner Machold	32
	Gunther Specht	32
	Gerhard Weigand	32
	* Ralph Furch	32 - 30 (KIA 22jan43)

	Peter Crump	31
	Carl von Lieres	31
	Hermann Seegatz	31
	Gustav Sprick	31
	Alfred Seidl	31 - 10

	Erich Bartz	30
	Max Bucholz	30
	Gerhard Friedrich	30
	Josef Foezoe	30
	Werner Gerth	30
	Friedrich Heimann	30
	* Harry Koch	30 (KIA 22dec43)
	Karl-Heinz Langer	30 (JG3)
	Rudolf Pingel	30
	* Werner Schumacher	(POW on 5aug42; died in captivity) 30

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	Walter Adolph	29
	Otto Bertram	29
	Franz Blazytko	29
	* Hermann Leiste	29 (KIA 8jun42)
	Paul Szameitat	29
	Heinrich Wohlers	29

	* Ernst Andres	(KIA 11feb45) 28
	Anton Benning	(18 were 4-engined bombers) 28
	Hans-Joachim Heinecke	28
	August Luebking	28
	Helmut Pfueller	28
	Franz Stigler	28
	Hermann Wischniewski	28
	Willi Reschke	28 - 26 *

	Gunther Bleckmann	27
	Emil Claude	27
	Kurt Ebersberger	27
	Fritz Gromotka	27
	Anton Hoerwick	27
	Hans Kolbow	27
	Wilhelm Mayer	27
	Horst Petzchler	27
	Otto Russ	27
	Werner Thierfelder	27

	Friedrich Dahn	26
	"Martello" Alfred Hammer	26
	Hans Knauth	26
	* Raimund Koch	26 (KIFA 2nov44)
	Anton-Rudolf Piffer	26
	Hans Remmer	26
	Peter Werfft	26

	* Egon Albrecht	25 (KIA 25aug44, Brazilian born) *
	Otto Bach	25 (KIA 26nov44)
	Ludwig Bellof	25
	Walter Engel	25
	Joseph Flogel	25
	August Kayser	25
	Fritz Liebelt	25
	Arnold Lignitz	25
	Emil Schact	25
	Karl Stadek	25
	Gunther Stedtfeld	25
	Eckehard Tichy	25
	Horst Walter	25
	Karl Wuensch	25
	Franz-Josef Zoufahl	25

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	Emil Babenz	24 (JG26)
	Helmut Dahms	24
	Helmut Hoppe	24
	Karl Hulshoff	24
	Hannes Keller	24
	Hans-Heinrich Koenig	24
	Florian Salwender	24
	Klaus Scheer	24
	Wolfgang Thimmig	24
	Hans-Gerd Wennekers	24
	* Helmut Woltersdorf	24 (KiFA 2jun42)

	Arnold Doering	23
	Herbert Koch	23
	Hans Pragen	23
	August Schneider	23
	Leo Schumacher	23
	Horst Sternberg	23
	Helmut Viedebantt	23
	Gunther Landt	23 - 22

	Artur Beese	22
	Heinz Busse	22
	Rudolf Dassow	22
	Reinhold Eckardt	22
	Ernst Klager	22 (POW 3jul42)
	Herbert Kroh	22
	Otto Mayer	22
	Robert Menge	22
	Erhard Peters	22
	Rolf-Peter Pringle	22
	Hans Richter	22
	Guenter Scholz	22
	* Friedrich Simon	22 (MIA 9mar45)
	Hans-Joachim Steffens	22
	Willi Unger	22
	Hans-Juergen Westphal	22

	* Paul Becker	21 (MIA 29jun44)
	Rolf Kaldrack	21
	Horst Reuter	21
	Johannes Schalk	21
	Robert Spreckles	21
	Heinrich Steis	21
	Gunther Wegmann	21
	* Franz von Werra	(POW '40 esc. from Canada, KIA 25oct41) 21
	Maximilian Winkler	21
	Robert Wolf	21
	David Wollmann	21

	Rudolf Artner	20
	*Hans Berschwinger	20 (KIA 15feb44
	Erich Gerlitz	20
	Werner Haugk	20
	Gunther Heckmann	20
	Harald Jung	20
	Lothar Keller	20
	Johannes Kiel	20
	Georg Munderloh	20
	Willi Roth	20
	Gerhard Schaschke	20
	Paul Schauder	20
	Erich Scheyda	20
	Walter Schneider	20
	Gerhard Schwartz	20
	Gerhard Sommer	20
	Wilhelm Spiess	20
	Hans Tetzner	20
	Hans Udet	20
	Gotthard Handrick	('36 Olympic Pentathlon Gold) 20 -15
	* Gunther Tonne	20 - 15 (KIA 5jul43)
	* Hans Hahn	20 - 13 (KIA 12oct41)
	* Helmut Baudach	20+ - 5 (KIA 22feb45)

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	Georg Christl	19
	Hans Dipple	19
	Karl-Heinz Krahl	19
	Peter Reischer	19
	*Winifried Schmidt	19 (JG77, JG3, WIA 11aug41)
	Hermann Sommer	19
	Fritz Stritzel	19

	* Jens Bahnsen	18 (KIA 19aug43)
	Oscar Boesch	18
	Adolf Breves	18
	Rudi Dueding	18
	Heinz Ebeling	18
	* Hannes Gentzen	(KIA 26may40 1st Luftwaffe Ace of WW2 18 (in 2 weeks) *
	Gunther Gerhard	18
	Hermann Grabmann	18
	Erich Groth	18
	Helmut Haugk	18
	Kurt Holler	18
	Kurt Matzak	18
	Eduard Meyer	18
	Walter Meyer	18
	Hans Peterburs	18
	Wolfgang Schenk	18
	Ernst Scheufele	18
	Heinz Schumann	18
	Friedrich-Wilhelm Stakejahn	18
	Alfred Wehmeyer	18
	Dietrich Weinitschke	18

	Joachim Blechschmidt	17
	* Paul Galland	(KIA 31oct42, Dolfo's other brother) 17
	Franz Hahn	17
	Peter Jenne	17
	Theodore Rossiwall	17
	Horst Ulenberg	17
	* Werner Cohrs	17 - 15 (KIA 11jun44)
	* Erich Simon	17 - 15 (KIA 7oct43)

	Arthur Beth	16
	Erich Demuth	16
	Heinrich Dreisbach	16
	Georg Fengler	16
	* Hans-Joachim Hartwein	16 (MIA 21aug42)
	Rudolf Huebl	16
	Heinz Mahikuch	16
	Conny Meyer	16
	Karl Wenschelmeyer	16

	Ulrich Diesing	15
	Hermann Guhl	15
	Richard Heller	15
	* Hans-Gunther Koch	15 (KIA 3apr45)
	Josef Kunz	15
	Fritz Sengschmidt	15
	* "Theo" Theodor Spanke	15 (KiFA 16mar43)
	Waldemar Wuebke 15	15

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	Sophuu Baagoe	14
	Heinz Birk	14
	Walter Blume	14
	Felix-M Brandis	14
	Wendelin Bruekel	14
	Albert Espenlaub	14
	Wilhelm Gath	14
	"Schorsch" Georg Kraft	14
	Gunther Schwanecke	14
	Karl Strohecker	14
	* Siegfried Wandam	14 (KIA 4jul/43)
	Hans Witzel	14

	Hermann Foerster	13
	Werner Gayko	13
	Werner Gerhard	13
	Heinz Halstrick	13
	* Ludwig-Friedrich Hartmann	13 (MIA 20jun44)
	Emil Kaiser	13
	Gunther Kelch	13
	Willi Kothmann	13
	Joachim Schlichting	13
	* Andreas Hartl	13 - 11 (KIA 8apr44)

	Johann Aistleitner	12
	Jakob Augustin	12
	Xaver Ellenrieder	12
	Gerhard Gleuwitz	12
	Heinz Gomann	12
	Wolfgang Hahne	12
	Kurt Hein	12
	Erich Javer	12
	Gerhard Kepler	12
	Eduard Koslowski	12
	Erich Krainik	12
	Franz Kunz	12
	Johannes Lutter	12
	Ernst Maak	12
	Karl-Heinrich Matern	12
	Erhardt Meek	12
	Heinz Nacke	12
	Wolfgang Neu	12
	Hans Niederhoefer	12
	Heinrich Rosenberg	12
	Wolfgang Rost	12
	Ludwig Scharf	12
	* Johannes Schmidt	12 (JG26, KIA 19aug42)
	Erich Schoefbock	12
	Franz Weinhausen	12

	Peter Ahrens	11
	Herbert Bauer	11 (+ 51 tanks)
	Walter Fieser	11
	Joachim Gunther	11
	Wilhelm Hachfeld	11
	Engelbert Heiner	11
	Freidrich Hoffman	11
	Eberhard Kaross	11
	Georg Kiefner	11
	Wolfgang Kosse	11
	Herbert Krenz	11
	* Erwin Leibold	11 (K 1942)
	Helmut Lennartz	(JG11, EKdo262, KdoNow, JG7) 11
	Siegfried Ney	11
	Gunther Reubell	11
	Heinz Seidel	11
	August Schneider	11
	Erich Schwarz	11
	Hans Vollett	11
	Hans-Ulrich Rudel	11 - 9

	Eduard Neumann	(JG26 & 27) 10 (+ 2 in SCW)
	* Karl Ebbighausen	10 - 7 (MIA 16aug40)
	* Erich Beulich	10 (MIA 14sep43)
	Josef Burschgens	10 (POW 1sep40)
	August Fischer	10
	Heinz de Fries (really)	10
	Hans-Eugen von Gienanth	10
	Viktor Gruber	10
	* Gerhard Guttmann	10 (KIA 27mar44)
	* Alfred Jakobi	10 (MIA 9apr42)
	Karl-Georg Pfeiffer	10
	Franz Stuckler	10
	* Robert Unzeitig	10 (KIA 12apr42)
	* Wilhelm Muller JG26	10 - 9 (MIA 7nov40)
	* Hans Klein	10 - 5 (KIA 25aug42)

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	Karl Becker	9
	Bruno Buzzi	9
	Ernst Christof	9
	Edgar Doerre	9
	Heinz Hanke	9
	Kurt Hermann	9 (POW 10mar41)
	"Hajo" Hans-Joachim Herrmann	9
	Kurt Jenisch	9
	* Gerhard Koch	9 (KIA 25feb45)
	Heinz Krug	9
	* Karl Laub	9 (KIA 14dec44)
	Rudolf Leuschel	9
	Wilhelm Makrocki	9
	Arthur Mendl	9
	Horst Oberlander	9
	* Rudolf Schmidt	9 (JG53, MIA 4aug44)
	Hugo Schneider	9
	Gerhard Schulwitz	9
	Willi Szuggar	9
	"Hadi" Hans-Dieter Weihs	9
	Heinfried Wiegand	9
	Alexander von Winterfelt	9
	Josef Zirngibl	9
	* Alfred Heidel	9 - 8 (MIA 26dec44)

	* Lorenz Andresen	8 (KIA 2jul44)
	* Heinrich Bierwirth	8 (KIA 27nov42)
	Erwin Busch	8
	Wolfgang Falck	8
	Hein Fuhrmann	8 (JG54, JG7)
	* Siegfried Hahn	8 (KiFA 3jan44)
	* Hermann Hoffmann	8 (KIA 17aug43)
	Ernst Jackel	8
	* Friedrich Lange	8 (KIA 2mar44)
	Heinrich Lesch	8
	Theodore Lindemann	8
	* Werner Methfessel	8 (KIA 17may40)
	Ralph von Rettberg	8
	* Martin Rysavy	8 (KIA 2jul41)
	Karl-Friedrich Schlossstein	8
	Gottfried Schmidt	8
	Herbert Buttner	8 - 7 (POW 28aug44)
	Georg Beyer	8 - 7 (POW 28aug40)
	Gerhard Grzymalla	8 - 7 (POW 23sep40)
	* Hans Johannsen	8 - 7 (KIA 28mar42)
	Karl Mentnich	8 - 7
	Otto Stammberger	8 - 7
	* Deiter Gerhard	8 - 6 (KIA 18mar43)
	Hans Schubert	8 - 5

	* Bruno Mischkot	7+ (MIA apr44)
	* Hans-Joachim Bahr	7 (MIA 13jul42)
	Karl-Heinz Becker	7
	Helmut Eberspacher	7
	Gunter Eichhorn	7 (POW 2dec43)
	* Walter Grunlinger	7 (KIA 4sep43)
	Fritz Hahn	7
	Hans Hartigs	7 (JG26, POW 26 dec 44)
	* Horst Henning	7 (KG77, NJG3, KIA 7/8oct44)
	* Eberhard Henrici	7 (MIA 17nov40)
	* Walter Holl	7 (KIA 19jul44)
	Walter Horten	7
	* Werner Hubner	7 (KIA 12apr41)
	Herbert Kaminski	7
	Rudolf Scheffel	7
	* Otto Schmidt	7 (JG1, JG11, KIA 12feb42)
	"Bubi" * Alfred Schreiber	(ZG26, KdoNow, JG7, KIA 26nov44) 7
	Otto Stammberger	7 (JG26)

	Adolph Tabbat	6+ (JG26, JG7)
	Peter Andel	6 (JG26)
	* Sigfried Benz	6 (JG26, KIA 24dec44)
	* Paul Bohn	6 (NJG2, K 26jun41)
	* Hans-Joachim Borreck	6 (KIA 6nov44 - flak)
	Max Clerico	6 (JG54, off-strength Apr41)
	* Karl-Heinz Ehlen	6 (JG26, KIFA 29apr42)
	* Heinrich Eickhoff	6 (JG27, KIA 23ug44)
	Josef Gartner	6 (JG26, POW 25oct40)
	Heinrich Gottlob	6 (WIA 25jun41)
	* Otto Hahn	(JG52, J/LG2, JG77, KiFA3mar42) 6
	* Bodo Helms	6 (JFS5, JG5, MIA 5aug42)
	* Ernst Henning	6 (JG2, KIA 24sep43)
	* Otto-Heinrich Hilleke	6 (JG26, KIA 26jun40)
	Georg Hohn	6 (JG5)
	* Heinrich Jessen	6 (JG26, KiFA 10jan44)
	* Dietrich Kehl	6 (JG26, KIA 25feb44)
	* Robert Koch	6 (JG77, KIA 8aug44)
	* Johann Lechner	6 (JG300, KIA 12sep44)
	Rolf von Lilienhoff	6 (JG5)
	* Friedrich Ludecke	6 (KIA 21jan43 - POW?)
	Rudolf Luder	6 (JG53, JG5)
	* Willi Makenstedt	6 (JG26, KIA 30jul43)
	Bela Preisler	6 (JG5, POW 4apr43)
	* Heinz Schmidt	6 (JG27, KiFA 28jun41)
	Otto Schreiber	6 (JG52)
	* Heinrich Vandeweerd	6 (JG27, JG26, KIA 25feb45)
	Joachim Zeller	6 (JG26, JG7)

	* Heinz-Gunther Adam	5 (KiFA 20dec42)
	* Walter Becker	5 (JG5, JG3, KIA 2nov44)
	* Kurt Bohn	5 (JG26, KIA 25apr42)
	Franz Bozicek	5 (JG5)
	Gottfried Dietze	5 (JG26)
	* Hans Dirksen	5 (JG26, KIA 21sep43)
	* Johann Edmann	5 (JG26, KIA 21mar44)
	* Christain Eickhoff	5 (JG26, JG2, KIA 26jan43)
	Franz Elles	5 (JG27, POW 11dec41)
	* Hans-Joachim Fast	5 (JG26, KiFA 7mar43)
	* Hans-Jurgen Frolich	5 (JG26, KIA 24apr42)
	August Hachtel	5 (EBK16, JG400)
	Hubert Heckman	5 (JG1, JG7)
	* Fritz Heim	5 (JG7, KIA 10apr45)
	Heinrich Heuser	5 (JG26, POW 3aug44)
	Erich Klein	5 (JG5)
	Karl-Heinz Koch	5 (JG5)
	Herbert Kowalski	5 (JG27, WIA 9apr42)
	Gerhard Lange	5 (JG6)
	* Friedrich Lindelaub	5 (JG26, KiFA 4mar44)
	Franz Luders	5 (JG26, POW 32jun41)
	Richard Lutzka	5 (JG5)
	* Kurt Muller	5 (JG26, KIA 19dec42)
	* Gerhard Muller-Duhe	5 (JG26, KIA 18aug40)
	Wolfgang Polster	5 (JG26, WIA 24feb45)
	* Deitrich Puttfarken	5 (KG51, MIA 22/23apr44)
	* Eckhard Roch	5 (JG26, MIA 3sep40)
	Ulrich Steinhilper	5 (JG52, POW 27oct40)

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Honorable Mentions

These men flew in WW1 & WW2

	Erich Mix	13 (+ 3 in WW1)
	Harry von Bulow-Bothkamp	(NJG101, JG2 & JG77) 12 (+ 6 in WW1) *
	Theo Theodore Osterkamp	(JG51) 2 (+ 32 in WW1) *
	* Hasso von Wedel	KIA as an Infantry Officer defending Berlin in 1945) 1 (+ 5 in WW1)
	Eduard Ritter von Schleich	0 (+ 35 in WW1)
	Karl-August von Shoenebeck	0 (+ 8 in WW1)
	Werner Junck	0 (+ 5 in WW1)
	Joachim-Friedrich Huth	(lost a leg in WW1) ? ( ? in WW1)

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