Who are the top 20 German aces?

Answer 1

One was Hans-Ulrich Rudel whose accomplishment was unusual since he was a Stuka dive bomber pilot on the Eastern Front. As a young pilot he was considered to be a poor pilot and was assigned staff duties during the Battle of Britain and finally was given training in dive bombers and sent to the Eastern Front. He flew a total of 2,530 combat missions and was shot down or forced to land 32 times. He was never shot down by another pilot, only by anti aircraft fire. He is credited with destroying a Soviet Battleship, two cruisers and a destroyer, 519 tanks, 150 Self Propelled Artillery weapons, 4 armored trains and nine aircraft including seven fighters. He was known as the Eagle of the Eastern Front.

Answer 2

Erich Hartmann was without doubt the most successful German ace of ww2, with 352 kills to his record between 1942 and 1945.

He was born in 1922 and made his first kill at the age of 21.

He spent his entire career on the eastern front.

At the close of the war, he surrendered to the U.S. military but was handed over to the Russians and given a 50 year, hard labor, sentence in Siberia. He spent 10 years in the hands of the Russians before being released in 1955.

He joined the new geman airforce and survived until 1993.

He was known as the "Blonde knight of the luftwaffe"

Answer 3

Manfred von Richthofen Ernst Udet Erich Loewenhardt Werner Voss Fritz Rumey Rudolph Berthold Paul Baumer Josef Jacobs Bruno Loerzer Oswald Boelcke Franz Buchner Lothar von Richthofen Karl Menckhoff Heinrich Gontermann Max Muller Julius Buckler Gustav Dorr Eduard von Schleich Josef Veltjens Otto Koenneck Kurt Wolfe Godwin Brumowski Julius Arigi Frank Linke-Crawford Benno Fiala von Fernbrugg Jusef Kiss Franz Graser Stfan Fejes Eugen Bonsch Kurt Gruber Ernst Strohscheider Raoul Stojavljevic Franz Rudorfer Adolf Heyrowsky Friedrich Navratil Josef von Meier Francesco Baracca Silvio Scaroni Ruggiero Piccio Flavia Torello Baracchini Fulco Ruffo di Calabria Marziale Cerutti Ferruccio Ranza Luigi Olivari Giovanni Anchillotto Antonio Reali Source: Aeroplanes and Flyers of the First World War

Answer 4

Clifford L. Elliott