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Axis aces of the Battle of Britain



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All the lists present the following data:
Name and (when known) first name are presented with arbitrary choice for the spelling (russian, german, arab names...).
RANK of the pilot: see the rank page for the meaning of the abbreviations and the equivalence.
According to the pages, COUNTRY, NATION for the nationality or ethnic origin, AIR_SERVICE for the air arm, are provided.
The number of victories represents usually the total of kills (individual plus shared). The shared kills are indicated when known under the form [indiv+shared]. The official score is indicated when different from the total (American and British scores of ww2 for example).
Authors of the SOURCES column are given; report to the bibliography page to find the books, articles, web pages in alphabetical order. The OTHER_SOURCES column presents the divergent scores with sometimes the author of the source.
The DETAIL column shows occasionally the type of kill, balloons, V-1s, ground kills, unconfirmed kills...
The NOTE column exposes different commentaries and for lack of space, abbreviations are used: report to the abbreviation page for their meaning.



Updated: 08/11/2007

Rank First Name Name Battle Of_britain Total Ww2 Country Sources Detail Units Death Note
Maj Helmut WICK 42 56 Germany R.Toliver-T.Constable 3./JG2 28/11/1940 First great ace, BoF, BoB. MIA.
Gen Adolf GALLAND 35 103 Germany R.Toliver-T.Constable 1 & 3.J/88; Stab/JG27, III./JG26, JG26, JV44 Bf-109 ace and great leader, 39-45.
Obst Walter 'Gulle' OESAU 34 117 Germany R.Toliver-T.Constable 4 & 3.J/88; 1./JG20,7 & III./JG51,III./JG3,JG2,JG1 11/05/1944 Bf-109, Spain. BoB, Channel, East. KIA.
Obst Werner 'Vati' MOELDERS 28 101 Germany R.Toliver-T.Constable 3.J/88; 1 & III./JG53, JG51 Spain; Bf-109, BoF, BoB, Russia. KIFA.
Hptm Hermann-Friedrich JOPPIEN 26 70 Germany R.Toliver-T.Constable 1 & I./JG51 25/08/1941 KIA.
Obst Herbert IHLEFELD 24 123 Germany P. Watteeuw J/88; I(J)./LG2, I./JG77, JG52, JGr.25, JG11, JG1 08/08/1995 Ace in Spain; BoB ace.
Maj Gerhard SCHOEPFEL 23 45 Germany D. Caldwell 9 & III./JG26, JG26, JG54, JG4, JG6
Oblt Hans-Karl MAYER 22 31 Germany 1.J/88; 1./JG53 17/10/1940 Bf-109 ace, Spain, Westfeldzug.
Maj Siegfried 'Wumm' SCHNELL 18 93 Germany R.Toliver-T.Constable 4 & 9./JG2, III & IV./JG54 25/02/1944 Bf-109, Channel front great ace. KIA.
Hptm Horst 'Jacob' TIETZEN 18 20 Germany P. Watteeuw 3.J/88; 5./JG51 18/08/1940 Bf-109, Spain, West, BoB. KIA.
Maj Hans 'Hassi' 'Gockel' HAHN 17 108 Germany R.Toliver-T.Constable (+ 36 probable) II./JG54, III./JG2 West, Channel, Eastern front. POW 1943.
Oblt Erich SCHMIDT 17 47 Germany R.Toliver-T.Constable 7 & 9./JG53 03/08/1941 MIA.
Hptm Heinz BRETNÜTZ 16 35 Germany R.Toliver-T.Constable 2.J/88; 6 (or 5), II./JG53 27/06/1941 Bf-109Spain, West, BoB. DOW.
Hptm Werner MACHOLD 16 32 Germany R.Toliver-T.Constable 1, 9 & 7./JG2 BoF, BoB, Channel. POW 1941.
Ofw Karl HIER 15 15 Germany B.Philippe 1./JG76, 4./JG54 15/11/1940 KIA.
Hptm Arnold LIGNITZ 15 25 Germany R.Toliver-T.Constable 3./JG20, JG51, III./JG54 30/09/1941 West, BoB, Balkans, East. POW, murdered.
ObstLt Hans PHILIPP 15 206 Germany R.Toliver-T.Constable 1./JG76, JG51, 4 & I./JG54, JG 1 08/10/1943 All fronts, 1939-43. KIA.
Maj Hans-Ekkehard BOB 14 60 Germany G. Rosipal, J. Perry 3./JG21, 8 & 9./JG54, 8./JG3, JV44 Bf-109, West, Russia, def.Reich, 40-45.
Maj Karl-Heinz LEESMANN 14 37 Germany R.Toliver-T.Constable I./JG52, III./JG1 25/07/1943 KIA.
Maj Joachim MÜNCHEBERG 14 135 Germany R.Toliver-T.Constable Stab III, 7 & II./JG26, JG51, JG77 23/03/1943 Bf109, BoB, Balkans, Russia, Libya. KIA.
Obst Josef 'Pips' PRILLER 14 101 Germany R.Toliver-T.Constable 6./JG51, 1 & III./JG26, JG26
Oblt Heinz EBELING 13 18 Germany R.Toliver-T.Constable 8 & 9./JG26 Bf-109E, BoB. POW, 1940.
Maj Erich GROTH 13 18 Germany R.Toliver-T.Constable 2./JGr.102, II./ZG76 12/08/1941 Bf-110, France campaign.
Maj Hans-Joachim JABS 12 50 Germany R.Toliver-T.Constable (32 by night) 6./ZG76, II/JG76, NJG3, 11 & IV./NJG1 Zerstorer ace, France, BoB, N.Sea.
ObstLt Heinz NACKE 12 13 Germany J.Ledwoch 6./ZG76, ZG1, NJG3, NJG101 Bf-110, BoB, N.Sea, Crete.
Maj Rolf PINGEL 12 22 Germany W.Musciano+D.Caldwell 2.J/88; 2 & III./JG53 , I./JG26 Bf-109, Spain 37, West 40-41. POW 1941.
Hptm Hans (Ernst?) WIGGERS 12 13 Germany I./JG51 11/09/1940 KIA.
Obstlt Helmut BENNEMANN 11 93 Germany T.Wood Claims lists 1./JG52, I./JG52, Stab/JG53 West, East, Italy, Reich.
Maj Erich HOHAGEN 11 56 Germany P.Kacha 4./JG51, 7 & I./JG2, I./JG27,III./JG7,JV44
Oblt Gustav 'Micky' SPRICK 11 31 Germany P. Watteeuw (+ many kills not claimed) 8./JG26 28/06/1941 Bf-109E ace, West, BoB. KIA.
ObstLt Heinrich 'Pritzel' BAER 10 221 Germany P.Kacha 1. & 12./JG51,I./JG77,JGrSüd,JG1,JG3,EJG2,JV44 Bf-109, FW-190, Me-262 ace, 39-45.
Maj Kurt BRÄNDLE 10 180 Germany R.Toliver-T.Constable 4. & 5./JG53, II./JG3 03/11/1943 West, BoB, Malta. KIA 1943.
Maj Josef 'Joschko' FÖZÖ 10 24 Austria R.Toliver-T.Constable 3.J/88; 4 & II./JG51, JG108 Bf-109, Spain 38. WIFA 1942.
ObstLt Dietrich HRABAK 10 125 Germany R.Toliver-T.Constable 1./JGr.76, II./JG54, JG52 Poland, France, BoB, Balkans, Russia.
Hptm Rolf KALDRACK 10 18 Germany R.Toliver-T.Constable, J. J/88; 3./JGr.101, 4./ZG1, ZG76, SKG210 03/01/1942 Bf109D and Zerstorer ace, 1939-42.
Hptm Karl-Heinz KRAHL 10 19 Germany R.Toliver-T.Constable 1 & I./JG2, II./JG3 14/04/1942 KIA.
Maj Erich LEIE 10 121 Germany K-H. Augerstein Stab III & Stab/JG2, I./JG51, JG77 07/03/1945 KIA.
Major Erich RUDORFFER 10 224 Germany P.Watteeuw 2, Stab II & 6./JG2, IV & II./JG54, I./JG7 Russia, Desert. Me-262 ace.
Obst Gustav Siegfried RÖDEL 10 98 Germany R.Toliver-T.Constable 2./JG21, 4 & II./JG27, JG27
Uffz Walter SCHERER 10 10 Germany P. Kacha 2./JGr102, 8./ZG26 Zerstoerer ace, POW 1940.
Ltn Heinrich TORNOW 10 10 Germany P. Kacha JG51 29/10/1940 KIA.
Maj Eduard TRATT 10 38 Germany ZG1, SKG210, Epr.Kdo25, II./ZG26, ZG2 22/02/1944 Zerstoerer best ace. KIA.
Ltn Roloff VON ASPERN 10 18 Germany J. Perry 1./JG76 Polish, French campaign, 1939-40.
Obst Wolf-Dietrich 'Fürst' WILCKE 10 162 Germany E.Obermaier 7./JG53, III./JG53, JG3, JG1 23/03/1944 Bf-109 and FW190, killed by P-51s.
Maj Friedrich-Karl 'Tutti' MÜLLER 8 140 Germany R.Toliver-T.Constable 8, 1 & I./JG53, IV./JG3, JG3 29/05/1944 KIFA.
Maj Wilhelm BALTHASAR 5 40 Germany R.Toliver-T.Constable A/88, 1 &2. J/88; 1./JG1, 7/JG27,III/JG3, Stab/JG2 03/07/1941 Bf-109, Spain, France, BoB, Kanal. KIA.
Ltn Josef JENNEWEIN 5 86 Austria R.Toliver-T.Constable I/JG26, III & I./JG51 27/07/1942 MIA.
Ltn Kurt VOTEL 5 8 Germany P. Watteeuw 3 & 1./JG2 04/05/1941 Bf-109, West, BoB, Kanal, 40-41. DOW.
Table: Axis aces of the Battle of Britain


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