List of World War II aces from Germany: M–P explained

See main article: List of World War II aces from Germany. This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from Germany with their surname starting from M to P. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. Aces are listed alphabetically by last name.

Aces

By surname:A–F G–L Q–S T–Z

M

Name	Rank	Claims	Unit	Notes
Ernst Maak	Hauptmann	6	JG 27, JG 11
Werner Machold		32	JG 2	Knight's Cross
Walter Mackens*	Oberfeldwebel	9	JG 52, JG 53, JG 300	KIA 5 January 1944
Wilhelm Mackenstedt		6	JG 26
Anton Mader	Oberstleutnant	86/78	JG 2, JG 77, JG 54	Knight's Cross
Lothar Mai*	Oberfeldwebel	45/44	JG 51	KIA 27 August 1943
Karl Maisch		17	NJG 5, NJG 100
Wilhelm Makrocki*	Major	9	ZG 76, ZG 26	Knight's Cross KIA 21 May 1941
Günther Freiherr von Maltzahn	Oberst	68	JG 53	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Rudolf Mangelsdorf	Oberfeldwebel	8	NJG 3, NJG 2
Egon Mangold	Hauptmann	5	10.(NJ)/ZG 1, NJG 100, NJG 200
Gerhard Marburg*	Oberfeldwebel	7	JG 3, JG 4	KIFA 3 September 1944
Heinz Marquardt		121	JG 51	Knight's Cross
Hans-Joachim Marseille	Hauptmann	158/152	JG 52, JG 27	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds KIFA 30 September 1942
Karl-Heinrich Matern		12	ZG 1, ZG 76	Knight's Cross
Otto Materne*	Hauptmann	5	NJG 4	KIA 6 September 1944
Walter Matoni	Major	34	JG 27, JG 26, JG 2, JG 11	Knight's Cross
Kurt Matzak	Oberleutnant	16	NJG 1
Willi Maximowitz*	Oberfeldwebel	15+	JG 1, JG 3	MIA 20 April 1945
Marian Mazurek*	Feldwebel	34	JG 53	KIA 9 June 1943
Egon Mayer	Oberstleutnant	102	JG 2	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords KIA 2 March 1944 incl. 26 heavy bombers
Hans-Karl Mayer	Hauptmann	39 (incl. 8 in Spain)	JG 53, JG 26	Knight's Cross KIA 17 October 1940
Wilhelm Mayer	Leutnant	27	JG 26	Knight's Cross
Maximilian Mayerl	Hauptmann	76	JG 51, EJG 1	Knight's Cross
Erhardt Mecke	Feldwebel	10	JG 5
Helmut Meckel	Oberleutnant	25	JG 3	Knight's Cross KIFA 8 May 1943
Ulrich von Meien	Major	8	KG 27, NJG 100, NJG 5
Johann-Hermann Meier	Leutnant	77	JG 26, JG 52	Knight's Cross KIA 15 March 1944
Julius Meimberg	Major	53	JG 2, JG 53	Knight's Cross
Hans Meissner	Leutnant	19	NJG 3
Dieter Meister*		10+	KG 40, ZG 1, JG 2	KIA 21 November 1944
Ludwig Meister	Hauptmann	41/33	NJG 1, NJG 4	Knight's Cross
Karl-Heinz Meltzer	Feldwebel	61	JG 52
Arthur Mendl		8+	JG 5
Karl Mentnich	Oberfeldwebel	6	JG 27
Hans-Jörg Merkle	Feldwebel	30	JG 52
Helmut Mertens	Hauptmann	97	JG 3	Knight's Cross
Werner Methfessel*		8	LG 1	KIA 17 May 1940
Rudolf Metz*	Leutnant	10	JG 5, JG 3, JG 4	KIA 6 October 1944
Manfred Meurer	Hauptmann	65/63	NJG 1, NJG 5	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 21/22 January 1944
Karl-Heinz "Conny" Meyer	Major	11	JG 26
Eduard Meyer	Leutnant	22	ZG 26	Knight's Cross KIA 31 March 1942
Otto Meyer*	Hauptmann	21/14	JG 27	KIA 12 July 1944
Walter Meyer	Leutnant	18	JG 54, JG 26
Georg Michalek	Major	59	JG 3	Knight's Cross
Gerhard Michalski	Oberstleutnant	73	JG 53, JG 4	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Rudolf Miethig	Hauptmann	101/100	JG 52	Knight's Cross KIA 10 June 1943
Klaus Mietusch	Major	72	JG 26	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 17 September 1944
Walter Milius		8	NJG 1, NJG 3, NJG 4, JG 400
Wilhelm Mink	Oberfeldwebel	72	JG 51, EJG 1	Knight's Cross KIA 12 March 1945
Heinz Misch	Feldwebel	8	NJG 2, NJG 3
Bruno Mischkot	Leutnant	7	JG 26, JG 3, JG 2, EJG 2
Helmut Missner*	Oberfeldwebel	82	JG 54	Knight's Cross KIA 12 September 1944
Ernst-Wilhelm Modrow	Hauptmann	33	NJG 1	Knight's Cross
"Vati" Werner Mölders	Oberst	115 (incl. 14 in Spain)/108	JG 51	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds KIFA 22 November 1941
Klaus Möller	Oberfeldwebel	10	NJG 3, NJG 2
Wilhelm Moritz	Major	44/41	JG 51, JG 3	Knight's Cross
Wilhelm Morlock*	Oberfeldwebel	16	NJG 1	KIA 4/5 November 1944
August Mors	Leutnant	60	JG 5	Knight's Cross KIA 8 August 1944
August Müller*	Oberfeldwebel	49	JG 51	KIA 6 April 1945
Friedrich-Karl "Nasen" Müller	Major	30/29	N.J.V.K., JG Herrmann,JG 300, NJGr 10, NJG 11	Knight's Cross
Friedrich-Karl "Tutti" Müller	Oberstleutnant	140/139	JG 53, JG 3	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 29 May 1944 incl. 23 heavy bombers
Fritz Müller	Leutnant	23	JG 7
Hans-Hermann Müller	Hauptmann	16	NJG 2, NJG 3, SG 151, NSGr 20
Kurt Müller*	Oberlfeldwebel	5	ZG 2	KIA 7 April 1940
Rudolf Müller		94	JG 5	Knight's Cross Died in POW camp 21 June 1943
Siegfried Müller	Leutnant	10	JG 51, JG 3, JG 7
Wilhelm Müller	Oberfeldwebel	10	JG 26
Gerhard Müller-Dühne	Leutnant	5	JG 26
Joachim Müncheberg	Major	135	JG 26, JG 51, JG 77	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords KIA 23 March 1943
Georg Munderloh	Oberfeldwebel	18	JG 54
Leopold Münster	Leutnant	95	JG 3	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 8 May 1944
Karl Munz	Leutnant	60	JG 52, JG 7
Hubert Mütherich	Oberleutnant	43/39	JG 51, JG 54

N

Name	Rank	Claims	Unit	Notes
Josef Nabrich*	Oberleutnant	18/17	NJG 101, NJG 1	KIA 27 November 1944
Heinz Nacke	Major	12	ZG 76, NJG 3	Knight's Cross
Johannes Naumann		34	JG 26, JG 6, JG 7	Knight's Cross
Kurt Necessany*	Oberleutnant	6	KG 40, ZG 1	MIA 14 February 1944
Willi Nemitz	Leutnant	81/82	JG 52	Knight's Cross KIA 11 April 1943
Wolfgang Neu	Hauptmann	9	JG 26
Hermann Neuhoff	Leutnant	40	JG 53	Knight's Cross
Eduard Neumann	Oberstleutnant	13 (incl. 2 in Spain)	JG 26, JG 27
Helmut Neumann	Leutnant	62	JG 5	Knight's Cross
Klaus Neumann		37	JG 51, JG 3, JG 7, JV 44	Knight's Cross
Berthold Ney	Major	19/8	NJG 2, NJG 3	WIA 3/4 March 1945
Siegfried Ney*	Oberfeldwebel	12/11	NJG 1, NJG 2	KIA 27/28 March 1942
Hans-Wolfgang von Niebelschütz*	Hauptmann	9	NJG 4, NJG 5	KIA 2/3 January 1944
Karl-Gottfried Nordmann	Oberst	78/75	JG 51	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Jakob Norz	Leutnant	117/104	JG 5	Knight's Cross KIA 16 September 1944
"Nowi" Walter Nowotny	Major	258/256	JG 54, Kdo Nowotny, JG 101	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds KIA 8 November 1944

O

Name	Rank	Claims	Unit	Notes
Heinz Oberheide*	Feldwebel	10/7	NJG 3	KIA 8 February 1945
Anton Oberhofer*	Unteroffizier	12	JG 52	KIA 7 March 1944
Friedrich Obleser	Oberleutnant	120/112+	JG 52	Knight's Cross
Walter Oesau	Oberst	125 (incl. 8 in Spain)/127	JG 1, JG 2, JG 51, J/88	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords KIA 11 May 1944
Walter Ohlrogge	Leutnant	77	JG 3, JG 7	Knight's Cross
Robert Olejnik	Major	42	JG 2, JG 3, JG 1, JG 400	Knight's Cross
Emil Omert	Hauptmann	70/55	JG 3, JG 2, JG 77	Knight's Cross KIA 24 April 1944
Theo Osterkamp	Generalleutnant	38 (incl. 32 in World War I)	JG 51	Knight's Cross
Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	Oberleutnant	102	ZG 1, JG 54	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords KIA 9 August 1942

P

Name	Rank	Claims	Unit	Notes
Karl Paashaus*	Oberleutnant	15	JG 53	German Cross KIA 22 August 1944
Horst Patuschka	Hauptmann	23	NJG 2	Knight's Cross KIA 6 March 1943
Georg Pavenzinger	Oberfeldwebel	5	JG 51
Hans Peterburs		18	ZG 76, ZG 1	Knight's Cross KIA 11 January 1944
Viktor Petermann	Oberleutnant	64	JG 52, JG 7	Knight's Cross
Erhard Peters*	Hauptmann	23	NJG 3, NJG 4	KIA 20 February 1944
Horst Petzschler	Fanhnenjunker-Oberfeldwebel	26	JG 3, JG 51	Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe
Karl-Georg Pfeiffer	Oberfeldwebel	10	NJG 1
Rudolf Pflanz	Hauptmann	52	JG 2	Knight's Cross KIA 31 July 1942
Helmut Pfüller	Oberfeldwebel	27+	JG 51
Hans Philipp	Major	206/195	JG 54, JG 1	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords KIA 8 October 1943
Wilhelm Philipp	Oberfeldwebel	81/79+	JG 54	Knight's Cross
Johann Pichler	Leutnant	75	JG 77	Knight's Cross
Anton-Rudolf Piffer		26	JG 1	Knight's Cross KIA 17 June 1944
Rolf Pingel	Major	28 (incl. 6 in Spain)	JG 26, JG 53	Knight's Cross
Karl-Heinrich Plücker*	Oberleutnant	42	JG 52	KIA 10 May 1944
Josef Pöhs		43	JG 54	Knight's Cross KIA 30 December 1943
Hubert Pölz	Hauptmann	11	StG 3	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Hans Prager	Leutnant	16	JG 26, JG 54
Alexander Preinfalk	Oberfeldwebel	80	JG 77, JG 51, JG 53	Knight's Cross KIA 12 December 1944
Bela Preisler	Unteroffizier	6	JG 5
Rolf Prigge	Oberfänrich	5	JG 27, JG 7
Josef "Pips" Priller	Oberst	101	JG 51, JG 26	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
Herbert Puschmann	Hauptmann	54	JG 51	Knight's Cross

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