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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.
Fighter aces in World War II had tremendously varying kill scores, affected as they were by many factors: the pilot's skill level, the performance of the airplane the pilot flew and the planes they flew against, how long they served, their opportunity to meet the enemy in the air (Allied to Axis disproportion), whether they were the formation's leader or a wingman, the standards their air ...
Paul-Heinrich Dähne (7 July 1921 – 24 April 1945) was a German Luftwaffe military aviator during World War II, a fighter ace credited with 100 aerial victories—that is, 100 aerial combat encounters resulting in the destruction of the enemy aircraft—claimed in about 600 combat missions.
Pages in category "Lists of World War II aerial victories" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
The spread was caused by the lavish British system of aerial victory confirmation. [48] In World War II, United States Army Air Forces S/Sgt. Michael Arooth, a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress tail gunner serving in the 379th Bombardment Group, was credited with 19 kills [64] [65] and the Consolidated B-24 Liberator gunner Arthur J. Benko (374th ...
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.
Lists of World War II aerial victories (20 P) Pages in category "Lists of aerial victories" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
That day, JG 51 also reported its 1,200th aerial victory of the war, the credit going to Hauptmann Leppla. [69] Three days later, on 15 July 1941, Mölders surpassed the C mark, claiming victories Nos. 100 and 101, and celebrated with a victory roll over the airfield. [70] He was the first fighter pilot to amass 100 aerial victories in World ...