List of World War II aces from Germany: Q–S 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 Q to S. 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 M–P T–Z


Q

NameRankClaimsUnitNotes
Wilhelm Quack*Feldwebel17JG 54KIA 8 January 1942
Klaus Quaet-FaslemMajor49JG 53, JG 3Knight's Cross
KIFA 30 January 1944
Richard Quante*Oberfeldwebel49/41JG 51KIA 14 August 1942
Josef Quarde*Fähnrich52JG 54KIA 5 March 1945
Karl-Heinz Quaritsch*Leutnant9JG 53KIA 14 June 1942
Ernst QuasinowskiOberleutnant19J/88, JG 52
Werner QuastFahnenjunker-Oberfeldwebel84JG 52Knight's Cross
Gerhard QuerengasserFeldwebel5+JG 2

R

NameRankClaimsUnitNotes
Walter Rabenstein*Leutnant5JG 27KIA 2 July 1944
Josef RabiegerOberfeldwebel20+JG 52
Rudolf RademacherOberleutnant126/93JG 54, JG 7Knight's Cross
Waldemar Radener37/23JG 26, JG 300Knight's Cross
Günther RaduschOberst64 (+1 in Spain)NJG 1, NJG 2, NJG 3Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Gerhard RahtHauptmann58/59NJG 2Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Alfons RaichOberleutnant10JG 3
Günther RallMajor275/274JG 52, JG 11Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
mission-to-claim ratio of 2.26.
Karl Rammelt41JG 51Knight's Cross
Alfred RauchLeutnant60JG 51Knight's Cross
Paul-Hubert RauhHauptmann31NJG 4Knight's Cross
Karl-Wolfgang RedlichMajor43/41 (incl. 2 in Spain)JG 27Knight's Cross
KIA 29 May 1944
Hans ReiffOberfeldwebel54JG 3
Ernst-Wilhelm ReinertOberleutnant174/168JG 77, JG 27Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
Hans-Günther ReinhardOberfeldwebel42JG 54
Peter ReischerOberleutnant20JG 26
Hans RemmerHauptmann27/21JG 27Knight's Cross
KIA 2 April 1944
Anton ReschOberleutnant91JG 52Knight's Cross
Rudolf ReschMajor94 (incl. 1 in Spain)JG 52, JG 51Knight's Cross
KIA 11 July 1943
Willi ReschkeOberfeldwebel28JG 302, JG 301Knight's Cross
incl. 20 heavy bombers
Ralph von RettbergOberst8ZG 26, ZG 1Knight's Cross
Horst ReuterLeutnant21JG 27
Ernst RichterOberfeldwebel8JG 54
Hans RichterLeutnant22JG 27
Horst ReuterUnteroffizier26JG 27
Eckhard RochOberleutnant5JG 26
Gustav RödelOberst98JG 27Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Hans RöhrigHauptmann75JG 53Knight's Cross
KIA 13 July 1943
Detlev Rohwer38JG 3, JG 1Knight's Cross
Heinz Rökker64NJG 2Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Herbert RollwageOberleutnant102JG 53Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Oskar Romm92JG 51, JG 3Knight's Cross
Heinrich Rosenberg12JG 27
Theodor RossiwallOberstleutnant19 (incl. 2 in Spain)ZG 76, NJG 4Knight's Cross
Edmund RoßmannLeutnant93JG 52Knight's Cross
Willi Roth20JG 26, JG 103, JG 102, JV 44
Günther RübellHauptmann50JG 51, JG 104Knight's Cross
Hans-Ulrich RudelOberst9+SG 2Knight's Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds (sole recipient in the entire Wehrmacht)
Erich RudorfferMajor222/219JG 2, JG 54, JG 7Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
13 in one mission
Helmut RüfflerOberfeldwebel98/88JG 3Knight's Cross
Franz RuhlOberleutnant36JG 3Knight's Cross
KIA 24 December 1944
Friedrich RuppLeutnant52JG 54Knight's Cross
KIA 15 May 1943
Martin RysavyOberleutnant8JG 26

S

NameRankClaimsUnitNotes
Heinz SachsenbergLeutnant104JG 52Knight's Cross
Florian SalwenderFeldwebel25JG 77, JG 5POW Died in Soviet Prison
Carl Sattig*Hauptmann53JG 54Knight's Cross
KIA 10 August 1942
Erwin Sawallisch*Oberfeldwebel35JG 27Suicide
Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-WittgensteinMajor83/79NJG 2, NJG 3Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
KIA 21/22 January 1944
Günther SchackHauptmann174JG 51, JG 3Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Hans SchäferFeldwebel6JG 3
Hans SchäferOberleutnant12NJG 2, NJG 3
Johann SchalkOberst15ZG 26, NJG 3, NJG 4Knight's Cross
Franz SchallHauptmann137/133JG 52, Kdo Nowotny, JG 7Knight's Cross
KIFA 10 April 1945
mission-to-claim ratio of 4.01.
Ludwig ScharfUnteroffizier7+JG 5
Gerhard SchaschkeHauptmann19+ZG 76
Paul Schauder21JG 26
Jakob SchausLeutnant23NJG 4
Günther ScheelLeutnant71JG 54Knight's Cross
MIA 16 July 1943
only 70 combat missions, with a mission-to-claim ratio of 0.99.
Klaus ScheerLeutnant24/23NJG 100
Rudolf ScheffelHauptmann7ZG 1, ZG 26Knight's Cross
Wolfgang SchellmannOberstleutnant26 (incl. 12 in Spain)JG 2, JG 27Knight's Cross
KIA 22 June 1941
Fritz SchellwatOberfeldwebel19NJG 1
Wolfgang SchenckOberstleutnant18SG 2, ZG 1, SKG 210, KG 51Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Georg SchentkeOberleutnant90/87JG 3Knight's Cross
KIA 25 December 1942
Karl-Heinz ScherflingOberfeldwebel33NJG 1Knight's Cross
KIA 21 July 1944
Ernst ScheufeleOberleutnant14JG 5, JG 4
Erich ScheydaOberfeldwebel20JG 26
Franz SchießHauptmann67JG 53Knight's Cross
KIA 2 September 1943
Wilhelm SchillingOberleutnant63JG 54, EJG 1Knight's Cross
Hans Schleef98JG 3, JG 5, JG 4Knight's Cross
KIA 31 December 1944
Hermann SchleinhegeLeutnant97/96JG 3, JG 54Knight's Cross
Joachim SchlichtingMajor8 (incl. 5 in Spain)JG 27Knight's Cross
Karl-Friedrich SchlossteinHauptmann5+JG 77, JG 5
Johann SchmidMajor45JG 2, JG 26Knight's Cross
KIA 6 November 1941
mission-to-claim ratio of 3.34.
Dietrich SchmidtHauptmann39NJG 1Knight's Cross
Erich SchmidtOberleutnant47JG 53Knight's Cross
KIA 31 August 1941
Franz Schmidt*Unteroffizier6JG 77KIA 4 November 1941
Heinz SchmidtHauptmann173JG 52Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
MIA 5 September 1943
mission-to-claim ratio of 4.05.
Johannes SchmidtOberleutnant12JG 26
Rudolf Schmidt*Feldwebel42JG 77Knight's Cross
KIA 6 April 1942
Winfried SchmidtHauptmann19JG 3
Lothar SchmittLeutnant7LG 2, SG 1
Hans Schmoller-HaldyHauptmann12JG 54
Heinz-Wolfgang SchnauferMajor121/119NJG 1, NJG 4Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds
Top Night Fighter Ace of World War II
August SchneiderLeutnant9JG 5
Gerhard Schneider41JG 51, JGr Ost
Hugo SchneiderOberleutnant6JG 27
Walter Schneider20JG 26
Karl-Heinz SchnellMajor72JG 51, JG 53, JV 44Knight's Cross
"Wumm" Siegfried Schnell93JG 54, JG 2Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
KIA 25 February 1944
Karl "Quax" SchnörrerLeutnant46JG 54, JG 7, Kdo NowotnyKnight's Cross
Herbert SchobHauptmann28 (incl. 6 in Spain)LG 1, ZG 76, ZG 26Knight's Cross
Rudolf SchoenertMajor64NJG 1, NJG 2, NJG 3, NJG 100, NJGr 10, NJG 5Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Erich SchöfbockLeutnant8JG 27
Günther ScholzMajor34 (+1 in Spain)JG 54, JG 5
Helmut SchönfelderOberfeldwebel56JG 51Knight's Cross
Gerhard SchöpfelMajor45JG 26, JG 4, JG 6Knight's Cross
Georg Schott*Oberleutnant21LG 2, JG 1KIA 27 September 1943
Herbert SchrammHauptmann40JG 53, JG 27Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
KIA 1 December 1943
Alfred SchreiberLeutnant5ZG 26, EKdo 262, Kdo Nowotny, JG 7KIFA 26 November 1944
Georg SchröderHauptmann12JG 2
Werner SchröerMajor114/106JG 3, JG 27, JG 54Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
incl. 26 heavy bombers
mission-to-claim ratio of 1.73.
Fritz Schröter11JG 2, SKG 10, SG 5, SG 4Knight's Cross
Walter SchuckOberleutnant206/181JG 5, JG 7Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Leo SchuhmacherLeutnant23ZG 76, JG 1, JV 44Knight's Cross
Franz Schulte*Feldwebel46JG 77Knight's Cross
KIA 12 August 1942
Helmuth SchulteHauptmann25NJG 5Knight's Cross
Otto Schultz73JG 51Knight's Cross
Gerhard SchulwitzLeutnant9JG 26
Otto SchulzOberleutnant51JG 27Knight's Cross
KIA 17 June 1942
Werner SchumacherUnteroffizier30JG 5
Heinz Schumann*Major21JG 51, JG 2 SKG 10Knight's Cross
KIFA 8 November 1943
Franz SchwaigerLeutnant67JG 3Knight's Cross
KIA 24 April 1944
Günther SchwaneckeHauptmann14JG 77, JG 5
Gerhard SchwartzFeldwebel20JG 51
Günther SchwarzOberfeldwebel40/38JG 51
Georg SeckelHauptmann34JG 77, JG 200, JG 4
Günther SeegerOberleutnant56JG 53, JG 2Knight's Cross
Georg Seelmann39JG 51, JG 103Knight's Cross
Hermann SegatzHauptmann40/33JG 26, JG 51, JG 5, JG 1
Georg SeidelOberfeldwebel47/45JG 51
Alfred SeidlOberleutnant31JG 53, JG 3, JG 7
Johannes SeifertOberstleutnant57JG 26Knight's Cross
KIA 25 November 1943
Reinhard SeilerMajor109 (incl. 9 in Spain)JG 54, JG 104Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Erich von Selle7JG 26
Waldemar SemelkaLeutnant65JG 52Knight's Cross
mission-to-claim ratio of 3.69.
Paul SemrauMajor46NJG 2Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
KIA 8 February 1945
Fritz Sengschmitt15ZG 76, ZG 26
Heinrich SetzMajor138JG 27, JG 77Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
KIA 13 March 1943
mission-to-claim ratio of 1.99.
Peter Siegler*Feldwebel48JG 54Knight's Cross
MIA 24 September 1942
Rudolf SigmundHauptmann29NJG 1Knight's Cross
KIA 4 October 1943
Friedrich SimonOberfeldwebel22+JG 51
Siegfried SimschHauptmann54JG 52, JG 11Knight's Cross
KIA 8 June 1944
Rudolf SinnerMajor39JG 27
Kurt SochatzyOberleutnant38JG 3Knight's Cross
Waldemar SöffingLeutnant35JG 26
Gerhard SommerHauptmann20JG 11, JG 1Knight's Cross
KIA 12 May 1944
Hermann Sommer*Oberfeldwebel19NJG 2, NJG 102KIA 11 February 1944
Wolfgang SpäteMajor99JG 54, JG 400, JG 7Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Günther SpechtOberstleutnant34ZG 26, JG 11Knight's Cross
MIA 1 January 1945
Wilhelm SpiesMajor20ZG 26Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
KIA 27 January 1942
Robert SprecklesOberfeldwebel6+JG 11, JG 1
Peter SpodenHauptmann24/23NJG 5, NJG 6
Gustav SprickOberleutnant31JG 26Knight's Cross
Karl StadekOberfeldwebel25+JG 51
Hans-Arnold StahlschmidtOberleutnant60JG 27Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
MIA 7 September 1942
Hermann StaigerMajor63JG 51, JG 26, JG 1, JG 7Knight's Cross
incl. 26 heavy bombers
Friedrich-Wilhelm Stakejahn9JG 5, SG 4
Otto StammbergerOberleutnant7JG 26
Karl Steffen*Oberfeldwebel59JG 52Knight's Cross
MIA 8 August 1943
Hans-Joachim Steffens*Leutnant21JG 51KIA 30 July 1941
Friedrich "Fritz" StehleOberleutnant21ZG 2, ZG 26, JG 6, JG 7German Cross
Leopold "Bazi" SteinbatzLeutnant99/98JG 52Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
KIA 23 June 1942
Franz SteinerOberfeldwebel8JG 27, JG 1, JG 11, JV 44
Günter SteinhausenLeutnant40JG 27Knight's Cross
KIA 6 September 1942
Ulrich SteinhilperOberleutnant5JG 52
"Macky" Johannes SteinhoffOberst176/168JG 26, JG 52, JG 77Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
Wilhelm SteinmannMajor44JG 27, JG 4, JV 44Knight's Cross
Heinrich SteisLeutnant20JG 27German Cross
Andreas SterlOberfeldwebel54JG 52German Cross
Heinrich SterrOberleutnant130JG 54Knight's Cross
KIA 26 November 1944
Franz Stigler26JG 27, JV 44German Cross
Bruno StolleHauptmann35LG 1, JG 2, JG 11Knight's Cross
"Max" Maximilian Stotz189/182JG 54Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
MIA 19 August 1943
mission-to-claim ratio of 2.65.
Friedrich-Wilhelm Strakeljahn9JG 5, SG 4Knight's Cross
KIA 6 July 1944
Hubert StrasslOberfeldwebel67JG 51Knight's Cross
KIA 8 July 1943
mission-to-claim ratio of 3.30.
Erwin Straznicky*Oberleutnant30LG 2, JG 77, JG 3MIA 3 October 1942
Werner StreibOberst66NJG 1Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
Hans StrelowLeutnant68JG 51Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
KIA 22 May 1942
mission-to-claim ratio of 2.94.
Fritz StritzelStabsfeldwebel11JG 2
Karl StroheckerOberfeldwebel14NJG 100
Heinz StrüningHauptmann56ZG 26, KG 30, NJG 2, NJG 1Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
KIA 25 December 1944
Werner StumpfOberfeldwebel48JG 53Knight's Cross
KIA 13 October 1942
Gustav SturmLeutnant21JG 27, JG 3, JG 51, EJG 2, JG 7
Heinrich SturmHauptmann158/157JG 52Knight's Cross
KIA 22 December 1944
Alfred SurauLeutnant45JG 3
Ernst SüßOberleutnant68JG 52Knight's Cross
KIA 20 December 1943
Paul SzameitatHauptmann29NJG 3Knight's Cross
KIA 2 January 1944
Wilhelm SzuggarOberfeldwebel10 (incl. 5 in Spain)JG 52, JG 26

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