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According to Obermaier, 103 Luftwaffe pilots were credited with more than 100 aerial victories. [3] Further more, the US historian David T. Zabecki states that 105 Luftwaffe pilots were credited with more than 100 aerial victories, [4] adding Friedrich Wachowiak with 140 aerial victories, [5] and Paul-Heinrich Dähne with 100 aerial victories, who were not listed by Obermaier.
According to US historian David T. Zabecki, Galland was credited with 104 aerial victories. [2] Mathews and Foreman, authors of Luftwaffe Aces – Biographies and Victory Claims, researched the German Federal Archives and found records for 100 aerial victory claims, plus nine further unconfirmed claims, all of which claimed on the Western Front.
A flying ace, fighter ace or air ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. The exact number of aerial victories required to officially qualify as an ace is varied but is usually considered to be five or more.
Hermann Graf, the first fighter pilot to claim 200 aerial victories, shot down ten Soviet aircraft on 23 September 1942. [20] Max Stotz claimed ten Soviet aircraft shot down on 30 December 1942. [21] Walter Nowotny, the first fighter pilot to claim 250 aerial victories, twice shot down ten in one day. On 24 June 1943 and on 1 September 1943 he ...
The highest figure is given by Aders and Held who list Bär with 222 aerial victory claims. [5] According to Spick, as well as by Morgan and Weal, Bär was credited with 220 aerial victories. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Mathews and Foreman, authors of Luftwaffe Aces – Biographies and Victory Claims , researched the German Federal Archives and found records ...
Spick also lists Hartmann with 352 aerial victories claimed in 1,425 combat missions, all of which on the Eastern Front. [4] Mathews and Foreman, authors of Luftwaffe Aces – Biographies and Victory Claims , researched the German Federal Archives and found records for 352 aerial victory claims, plus two further unconfirmed claims.
According to US historian David T. Zabecki, Müncheberg was credited with 135 aerial victories. [2] His 135 aerial victories were claimed in more than 500 combat missions, 102 on the Western Front [3] [4] - including 19 over Malta, one in Yugoslavia and 24 in North Africa [5] - and 33 on the Eastern Front. [4]
Mathews and Foreman, authors of Luftwaffe Aces – Biographies and Victory Claims, researched the German Federal Archives and found records for 300 aerial victory claims, plus one further unconfirmed claim. All of his aerial victories were claimed on the Eastern Front. [4]