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

T

Name	Rank	Claims	Unit	Notes
Heinrich Tammen*	Unteroffizier	19	JG 52	KIA 30 November 1944
Otto Tange	Oberleutnant	68/63	JG 51	Knight's Cross KIA 30 July 1943
Hermann Tangerding*		7	NAGr 21, JG 27	KIA 31 August 1942
Kurt Tangermann	Leutnant	45	JG 54, JG 52
Ewald Tankink	Oberfeldwebel	8+	LG 2	German Cross
Kurt Tanzer	Leutnant	143/35+	JG 51	Knight's Cross
Hans-Ulrich Tartsch*		5	JGr West, JG 2	KIA 8 June 1944
Rudolf Täschner*	Oberfeldwebel	20	JG 53, JG 2	KIA 28 August 1943
Hans Taubenberger	Oberleutnant	34/13+	JG 51
Gabriel Tautscher*	Unteroffizier	58/55	JG 51	German Cross KIA 12 January 1944
Fritz Tegtmeier	Oberleutnant	146	JG 54, JG 7	Knight's Cross
Waldemar Teige	Oberleutnant	12	KG 53	Knight's Cross KIA 3 October 1942
Wilhelm Telge*	Hauptmann	14/13	NJG 1	KIA 1 September 1943
Paul Temme	Oberleutnant	5	JG 2, JG 27
Ernst Terry*		10/9 (incl. 2 in Spain)	J/88, JG 51	KIA 29 October 1940
Herbert Ter Steegen*	Feldwebel	10–12	NJG 5	KIA 24 May 1944
Otto Teschner*	Leutnant	6	NJG 1	KIFA 25 December 1944
Gerd Tetteroo		8	JG 51
Helmut Tetzner	Fahnenjunker-Feldwebel	7+	NAGr 5
Alfred Teumer	Oberleutnant	76/74	JG 54, JG 7	Knight's Cross KIFA 4 October 1944 mission-to-claim ratio of 3.95.
Hans Tewes	Unteroffizier	5	JG 53
Bruno Tezzele*		13	JG 54	MIA 14 September 1944
Karl Thaler*	Leutnant	27	JG 54	KIA 23 November 1944
Gustav Tham	Hauptmann	14	NJG 5, NJG 10
Willi Theimann*	Leutnant	45/42	JG 51	German Cross MIA 29 July 1943
Hans Theis	Feldwebel	7	JG 300, JG 7
Ludwig Theopold*	Oberleutnant	10	JG 77	KFIA 26 January 1943
Edwin Thiel	Hauptmann	76/71	JG 52, JG 51	Knight's Cross KIA 14 July 1944
Werner Thielen*	Leutnant	10	JG 54	KIA 12 June 1944
Werner Thierfelder	Hauptmann	27	ZG 26	Knight's Cross KIFA 18 July 1944
Oskar Thimm	Feldwebel	7	JG 5
Wolfgang Thimmig	Oberstleutnant	23	NJG 1, NJG 2, NJG 4	German Cross
Ernst Thoma	Unteroffizier	7	JG 77
Hans Thomann*		8	JG 5	KIA 19 August 1943
Erich Thomas	Oberleutnant	15+/12	JG 52
Helmut Thomas*	Leutnant	8	JG 52	KIA 12 January 1944
Friedrich Thorl*	Oberleutnant	6	NJG 4	KIA 13 September 1944
Franz Thümer*	Unteroffizier	5	JG 3	KIA 27 December 1942
Rudolf Thun	Oberleutnant	7	5+	NJG 5, NJG 6
Heinrich Thüroff	Leutnant	8/5	JG 53
Gerhard Thyben	Oberleutnant	157	JG 3, JG 54	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves mission-to-claim ratio of 2.45.
Ekkehard Tichy	Hauptmann	25	JG 53, JG 3	Knight's Cross KIA 16 August 1944
Helmut Tiedmann		7	JG 3
Horst Tietzen		27 (incl. 7 in Spain)	JG 51	Knight's Cross KIA 18 August 1940
Hans Tilly*	Oberfeldwebel	7	JG 2	KIA 7 July 1941
Horst Timme*	Unteroffizier	13	JG 52	KIA 28 August 1943
Manfred Tischtau*	Oberleutnant	9/5	NJG 5	KIFA 20 August 1944
Werner Tismar*	Hauptmann	5	LG 2, JG 77	KIFA 26 April 1942
Joachim Titze*	Feldwebel	25	JG 54	KIA 29 April 1943
Johann-Jobst Todt	Oberfeldwebel	10	JG 301, JG 7
Günther Toll		47+	JG 2, JG 52	German Cross
Günther Tonne	Major	~20	SKG 210, SKG 10, ZG 1	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 15 July 1943
Wolfgang Tonne	Hauptmann	122/120	JG 53	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 20 April 1943
Hans Torfer*	Leutnant	7	JG 27, JGr Süd	KIA 11 September 1944
Heinz Tornow*		12/8 (incl. 2 in Spain)	J/88, JG 51	KIA 29 October 1940
Willi Trabert		6	JG 27
Rudolf Traphan*	Oberfeldwebel	8	JG 3	KIA 11 April 1944
Eduard Tratt	Major	38/35	ZG 1, ZG 26	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 22 February 1944
Hannes Trautloft	Oberst	58 (incl. 5 in Spain)	JG 51, JG 54	Knight's Cross
Johann Trenke	Feldwebel	9	KG 51	Knight's Cross
Rudolf Trenkel	Hauptmann	138/132	JG 77, JG 52	Knight's Cross mission-to-claim ratio of 3.62.
Günther Treptau*	Oberfeldwebel	5	JG 11	KIA 4 January 1945
Horst Trepte*	Leutnant	7	JG 52	MIA 3 August 1943
Johannes Trestler*	Oberfeldwebel	5+	ZG 1, ZG 26	KIA 31 January 1945
Eberhard Graf von Treuberg*	Oberleutnant	17	JG 3, JG 52	KIA 1 January 1945
Werner Treusch*	Leutnant	5	Kommando Herrmann, JG 300	KIFA 3 January 1944
Willi Tritsch	Oberleunant	20/12	LG 2, SG 1, SG 151, SG 152	Knight's Cross
Franz Trowal*	Leutnant	7	JG 77	KIA 15 July 1944
Hans Trübenbach	Major	8	JG 132, JG 52, LG 2
Martin Tschiersch*	Leutnant	11	NJG 2	KIA 21 February 1945
Kurt Tyralla*	Unteroffizier	7+	LG 2, SG 1, SG 2	KIA 7 September 1942

U

Name	Rank	Claims	Unit	Notes
Kurt "Kuddel" Ubben	Major	111/110/93	JG 77, JG 2	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 27 April 1944
Richard Ubelbacher*	Feldwebel	7	JG 2	KIA 3 March 1943
Hans-Joachim Uhl*	Unteroffizier	5	JG 54	KIA 11 August 1943
Lothar Uhlig*	Oberfeldwebel	8	ZG 1, JG 76	KIA 25 August 1944
Martin Uhlmann	Feldwebel	5	NJG 4
Friedrich Graf von Uiberacker*	Leutnant	7	JG 26	KIA 6 December 1942
Martin Ulbrich	Oberfeldwebel	35+/32+	JG 51
Albert Ullrich	Feldwebel	11	JG 77, JGr Süd
Günter Ulrich*	Fähnrich	5	JG 27, JG 7	KIA 25 March 1945
Horst Ulenberg*	Leutnant	16	JG 26	KIA 12 July 1941
Hans Umbach*	Oberfeldwebel	5	JG 1, JG 27	KIFA 27 June 1941
Johanes Ungar	Unteroffizier	5	JG 52
Willy Unger	Leutnant	21	JG 3, JG 7	Knight's Cross
Oswald Unterlerchner		11+	JG 54
Robert Unzeitig*		10/9	JG 26	KIA 12 April 1942
Werner Ursinus	Hauptmann	5	JG 53
Ludwig Uschmann	Unteroffizier	5	JG 54

V

Name	Rank	Claims	Unit	Notes
Martin von Vacano	Oberleutnant	8	JG 53, JGr Süd
Heinrich Vandeweerd	Oberfähnrich	6	JG 26
Bernhard Vechtel	Oberleutnant	108	JG 51	Knight's Cross
Ulrich Veh*	Oberfeldwebel	5	JG 300	KIFA 8 March 1944
Otto Venjakob*	Unteroffizier	25	JG 54	KIA 23 June 1944
Heinz Venth*	Oberleutnant	17/14	JG 51	MIA 16 July 1944
Erich Viebahn	Hauptmann	5	JG 51, JG 50, JGr Süd
Helmut Viedebantt	Major	23	ZG 1, SG 10	Knight's Cross KIA 1 May 1945
Martin Villing	Oberfeldwebel	19+	JG 77, JG 5
Heinz Vinke		54/51	NJG 1	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 26 February 1944
Otto Vinzent*	Oberleutnant	45	JG 54	KIA 4 January 1944
Hermann Virchow	Oberfeldwebel	5	SKG 10
Gerhard Vivroux*	Feldwebel	10	JG 3	KIA 25 October 1944
Karl Vockelmann*	Leutnant	9/8	JG 53	KIA 19 May 1943
Karl-Heinrich Vögel*		7	JG 5	MIA 16 January 1944
Veit Vögel	Stabs Adjutant	7	JG 51
Wolfgang Vögel*	Unteroffizier	21	JG 3	MIA 1 August 1942
Ferdinand Vögl	Hauptmann	33/29	JG 27	German Cross
Heinz Völker*	Leutnant	9/8	NJG 2	KIA 22 July 1944
Helmut Vogel	Fahnenjunker-Oberfeldwebel	10	JG 53
Heinz-Gerhard Vogt	Oberleutnant	48/47	JG 26	Knight's Cross KIA 14 January 1945 mission-to-claim ratio of 3.63.
Dieter Voigt	Feldwebel	17	SG 2	German Cross
Maximilian Volke	Oberfeldwebel	36	JG 77	German Cross Remains of plane and pilot found in 2007 near Modena, Italy.
Wilhelm-Erich Volkmann*	Oberleutnant	8	JG 51, JG 3	KIA 2 December 1944
Hans Vollet	Leutnant	5	JG 5
Karl-Heinz Völlkopf*		6	NJG 2, NJG 1	KIA 21 June 1943
Hans Vorhauer*	Feldwebel	8	JG 1	KIA 10 October 1943
Kurt Votel*	Leutnant	9	JG 2	DOW 4 May 1941

W

Name	Rank	Claims	Unit	Notes
Friedrich Wachowiak	Leutnant	140/86	JG 52, JG 3	Knight's Cross KIA 16 July 1944
Edmund Wagner	Oberfeldwebel	58/57	JG 51	Knight's Cross KIA 13 November 1941
Erich Wagner*	Leutnant	6	JG 53	KIA 21 October 1943
Gerhard Wagner		13	NJG 5
Rudolf Wagner		81	JG 51	Knight's Cross MIA 11 December 1943
Harry Wald	Feldwebel	10+	JG 3
Hans Waldmann	Oberleutnant	134/131	JG 52, JG 3, JG 7	Knight's Cross KIFA 18 March 1945 mission-to-claim ratio of 3.93.
Ernst Wallner*	Hauptmann	5	NJG 6	KIA 4 December 1944
Otto Wallner*	Feldwebel	12	JG 51	KIFA 28 August 1943
Karl-Heinz Wallrath*	Unteroffizier	5	JG 3	KIA 13 February 1942
Alfred Wallys*		5	JG 51	KIFA 8 October 1943
Adolf Walter*	Oberfeldwebel	5	JG 52	MIA 1 September 1941
Albert Walter*	Oberleutnant	37/35	JG 51	German Cross KIA 13 July 1944
Albert Walter*		10	NJG 4, NJG 6	KIA 24 February 1944
Gustav Walter*	Feldwebel	7	JG 54	KIA 16 April 1942
Clemens Walterscheid*	Leutnant	8	JG 2	KIA 2 July 1943
Horst Walther	Oberleutnant	35/34	JG 51	German Cross
Rudolf Walther	Leutnant	22+	JG 52
Albrecht Walz*	Oberleutnant	26	JG 3	German Cross KIA 11 April 1943
Siegfried Wandam*	Oberleutnant	14	NJG 1, NJG 5	KIA 4 July 1943
Joachim Wandel	Hauptmann	75	JG 54	Knight's Cross KIA 7 October 1942
Rudi Wangner*		5	ZG 1	KIA 27 June 1944
Alfred Warrelmann	Feldwebel	6	ZG 1, NJG 3, NJG 2
Erich Wassermann*		7	JG 27	KIA 22 December 1941
Joachim Weber*	Leutnant	11	ZG 26, JG 7	KIA 21 March 1945
Karl-Heinz Weber	Hauptmann	136/132	JG 51, JG 1	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 7 June 1944 mission-to-claim ratio of 3.68.
Karl-Heinz Weber*	Unteroffizier	31	JG 51	KIFA 22 September 1943
Hermann Weeber	Hauptmann	5	ZG 76
Heinrich Wefers*	Oberfeldwebel	51	JG 54	German Cross KIA 18 May 1943
Günther Wegmann	Oberleutnant	14	ZG 26, EKdo 262, JG 7	German Cross
Alfred Wehmeyer		18	ZG 26	Knight's Cross KIA 1 June 1942
Herbert Wehnelt	Hauptmann	25	JG 20, JG 51, EJGr West	German Cross
Joachim von Wehren	Oberleutnant	9	JG 77
Josef Weichmann	Feldwebel	5	JG 4
Bruno Weidlich		30	JG 77	German Cross
Kurt Weigand*		7	JG 300	KIA 24 August 1944
Hans-Dieter Weihs	Leutnant	8	JG 7
Hans Weik	Hauptmann	36	JG 3, EJGr Ost, EJG 2	Knight's Cross mission-to-claim ratio of 2.78.
Leoplod Weinberger*	Unteroffizier	5	NJG 4	KIA 28 April 1944
Emil Weinmann	Feldwebel	10	NJG 6
Walter Weinzierl*	Gefreiter	5	JG 302	KIA 28 July 1944
Gustav Weippert	Oberfeldwebel	7+	NAG 4	Knight's Cross
Ernst Weismann*	Oberleutnant	69	JG 51	Knight's Cross MIA 13 August 1942 mission-to-claim ratio of 3.74.
Robert "Bazi" Weiss	Hauptmann	121/122	JG 54	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 29 December 1944
Theodor "Theo" Weissenberger	Major	208	JG 5, JG 7	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves mission-to-claim ratio of 2.40.
Paul-Adolf Weitzberg*	Leutnant	5	JG 5, JG 4	KIA 2 November 1944
Hugo Welsch*	Feldwebel	28	JG 54	KIA 29 October 1944
Kurt Welter	Oberleutnant	63	JG 300, NJGr 10, NJG 11	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Rupert Weninger*		11	JG 53	KIA 24 June 1944
Hans-Gerd Wennekers	Oberfeldwebel	11	JG 11
Eberhard Wenninger*	Leutnant	8	JG 51	KIA 16 April 1944
Werner Wenzel	Hauptmann	8	JG 27, JG 3, JG 7
Peter Werfft, Dr.	Major	26	JG 27	Knight's Cross
Adolf Wermter	Gefreiter	11+	JG 54
Horst Wernecke*	Unteroffizier	5	JG 51, JG 302	KIA 29 July 1944
Otto Werner*	Hauptmann	10	JG 2	KIA 17 March 1943
Otto Werner	Unteroffizier	15	NAG 4, JG 77
Heinz Wernicke	Leutnant	117/118	JG 54	Knight's Cross KIFA 27 December 1944
Ulrich Wernitz		101	JG 54	Knight's Cross mission-to-claim ratio of 2.38.
Franz von Werra	Hauptmann	21	JG 3, JG 53	Knight's Cross KIFA 25 October 1941
Johannes Werth	Hauptmann	8	NJG 2
Johann Werthner	Feldwebel	7	NJG 2, NJG 3
Otto Weßling	Oberleutnant	83	JG 3	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 19 April 1944
Helmut Wester*		10	JG 52	KIA 17 August 1944
Josef Westner*	Leutnant	6	JG 51	KIA 10 August 1943
Hans-Jürgen Westphal	Hauptmann	13	JG 26, EJGr West, JG 53, JG 106
Helmut Wettstein		20+	JG 54, JGr Ost
Walther Wever	Oberleutnant	44	JG 51, JG 7	Knight's Cross KIFA 10 April 1945
Hubert-York Weydenhammer*	Hauptmann	6	LG 1, JG 3	KIA 25 December 1944
Gerhard Weyl	Oberleutnant	8+	JG 5, JG 6
Helmut Wichmann	Feldwebel	5	JG 3
Helmut Wick	Major	56	JG 2	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves MIA 28 November 1940
Karl Wick	Oberfeldwebel	7+	JG 54, JG 11
Bruno Wickert	Feldwebel	5	JG 52
Fritz-Dietrich Wickop*	Hauptmann	12	JG 52, JG 2, JG 1	KIA 16 May 1943
Wulf-Dietrich Widowitz*	Oberleutnant	29	ZG 76, JG 77, JG 5	German Cross KIA 28 July 1943
Gerhard Wiegand	Leutnant	25	JG 26	German Cross
Heinrich-Friedrich Wiegand	Feldwebel	9	JG 5
Werner Wiegand*		6	JG 1	KIA 29 March 1944
Edmund Wieland		7	JG 27
Paul Wielebinski*		5	JG 3	DOW 25 June 1944
Franz-Josef Wienhusen*	Hauptmann	6	JG 5, JG 77, EJGr Ost, JG 4	KIA 3 December 1944
Johannes Wiese	Major	133/118	JG 52, JG 77	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves 12 in one mission
Reinhard Wiese*	Unteroffizier	9	JG 3	KIA 29 October 1942
Wilhelm Wiesinger*	Oberleutnant	10	JG 27	KIA 23 June 1941
Gustav Wiesmahr*	Leutnant	20	JG 52	KIFA 5 October 1943
Ernst Wiggers*	Hauptmann	9	JG 51	KIA 11 September 1940
Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke	Oberst	162/155	JG 53, JG 3	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords KIA 23 March 1944
Karl-Heinz Wilke	Oberleutnant	8	NAG 4	Knight's Cross
Gerhard Wille	Feldwebel	13	JG 51	MIA 10 February 1942
Egbert Willenbrink	Unteroffizier	7	JG 53
Dieter Willers		11	JG 51
Karl Willius	Oberleutnant	50	JG 26	Knight's Cross KIA 8 April 1944
Alexander von Winterfelt*	Oberstleutnant	13	JG 2, JG 77	Knight's Cross KIFA 16 May 1942
Eugen Wintergerst*	Oberfeldwebel	8	JG 77, JG 1	KIA 4 September 1943
Hermann Wischnewski	Oberfähnrich	28	JG 300	Knight's Cross
Heinrich Wohlers	Major	29	NJG 4, NJG 6	Knight's Cross KIFA 15 March 1944
Ulrich Wöhnert	Leutnant	86	JG 54	Knight's Cross
Franz Woidich	Oberleutnant	110/81	JG 27, JG 52, JG 400	Knight's Cross
Erich Woitke	Hauptmann	26 (+4 in Spain)	J/88, JG 3, JG 52, JG 77, JG 27, JG 11, JG 300, JG 1	German Cross in Gold
Albin Wolf	Oberleutnant	144/142	JG 54	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 22 April 1944
Hermann Wolf	Leutnant	57/55	JG 52, JG 11, JG 7	Knight's Cross
Robert Wolf		33	NJG 5
Walter Wolfrum	Oberleutnant	137/134	JG 52	Knight's Cross mission-to-claim ratio of 3.09.
Helmut Woltersdorf		23	NJG 1	German Cross KIA 2 June 1942
Waldemar Wübke	Hauptmann	14	JG 54, JG 101	German Cross
Helmut Wunderlich	Obergefreiter	7	JG 77
Horst Wunderlich*	Leutnant	13	JG 51	KIA 30 November 1942
Karl Wünsch*		22/20	JG 27	German Cross MIA 21 November 1944
Karl Wunschelmeyer*	Oberleutnant	16	JG 54, JG 26	KIA 24 February 1944
Otto Würfel*	Leutnant	79/77	JG 51	Knight's Cross MIA 23 February 1944
Heinz Wurm*	Oberleutnant	12	ZG 1	KIA 16 September 1943
Josef "Sepp" Wurmheller	Major	102/103	JG 53, JG 2	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords KIA 22 June 1944
Wilhelm Würtz	Unteroffizier	6	JG 54, JG 26
Heinrich Wurzel	Hauptmann	12	JG 302, JG 301	German Cross

Z

Name	Rank	Claims	Unit	Notes
Hans Zacher*	Feldwebel	6	JG 51	KIA 17 October 1944
Friedrich Zander*	Oberfeldwebel	34	JG 54, JG 1	incl. 1 heavy bomber KIA 26 December 1944
Ernst Zechlin	Hauptmann	10/8	NJG 2, NJG 5
Karl-Ludwig Zeddies*	Feldwebel	7	JG 51	KIA 26 March 1943
Otmar Zehart*	Oberleutnant	6	Sturmstaffel 1, JG 3, JG 4	incl. 6 heavy bombers KIA 26 December 1944
Josef Zeiner*	Fähnrich	5	JG 3	incl. 5 heavy bombers KIA 3 March 1945
Alfred Zeis	Leutnant	53	JG 53
Joachim Zeller	Fahnenjunker-Feldwebel	6	JG 26
Walter Zellot	Leutnant	85/84	JG 53	Knight's Cross KIA 10 September 1942 mission-to-claim ratio of 3.48.
Ulrich Zemper*	Feldwebel	6	JG 53	KIA 28 July 1944
Emil Zibler*		35	JG 3	KIA 5 July 1943
Siegfried Zick	Leutnant	20	JG 1, JG 11
Kurt Ziegenfuss*	Feldwebel	6	JG 51	KIA 22 April 1944
Helmut Ziegenhagen	Oberleutnant	15	JG 76, JG 5, JG 54, JG 11
Helmut Ziehm*		20	JG 51	KIA 9 April 1945
Kurt Ziemann*	Oberfeldwebel	6+	SG 4	KIA 23 January 1945
Heinz Ziemer	Feldwebel	6	JG 11
Helmut Zilken*	Oberleutnant	12	JG 54	KIA 16 March 1942
Horst Ziller	Oberfeldwebel	8	JG 27
Günther Zilling*	Oberfähnrich	6	JG 54	KIA 2 August 1944
Herbert Zimmer*	Feldwebel	20	JG 3	incl. 1 heavy bomber KIA 20 March 1944
Claus Zimmermann*	Leutnant	7	JG 52	KIA 29 July 1942
Hans-Jörg Zimmermann*	Oberleutnant	6	JG 52	KIA 1 September 1941
Oskar Zimmermann	Leutnant	34/28+	JG 51, JG 3	Knight's Cross
Dieter Zink	Leutnant	11	JG 3	incl. 10 heavy bombers
Füllbert Zink*	Hauptmann	36	JG 26	German Cross KIA 14 March 1943
Igor Zirkenbach*	Leutnant	7/6	JG 27	KIA 8 August 1940
Josef Zirngibl*	Oberfeldwebel	9	JG 26	incl. 3 heavy bombers KIA 21 June 1944
Paul Zorner	Major	59/58	NJG 2, NJG 3, NJG 100, NJG 5	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
Franz-Josef Zoufahl*	Oberfeldwebel	26	JG 51	German Cross KIA 24 July 1944
Gerhard Zschäbitz	Feldwebel	12	JG 52
Herwig Zusig*	Oberleutnant	12	JG 77, JG 1	KIA 19 August 1943
Eugen-Ludwig Zweigart		69/66	JG 54	Knight's Cross KIA 12 January 1943
Josef Zwernemann	Hauptmann	126/123	JG 52, JG 11	Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves incl. 5 heavy bombers KIA 8 April 1944
Rudi Zwesken	Oberfeldwebel	45~/23+	JG 52, JG 300	incl. 14+ heavy bombers Knight's Cross
Ludwig Zwittnig*	Oberleutnant	6	JG 3	incl. 2 heavy bombers KIA 18 April 1945

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