Tops and Firsts of the Luftwaffe

Top Ace of World War II - Major Erich Hartmann; 352 victories

Top Night Fighter Ace of World War II - Major Heinz Schnaufer; 121 victories

Top German Ace of the Spanish Civil War (1937-1939) - Lt. Werner Moelders; 14 victories

First German Ace of World War II - Major Hannes Gentzen

First Ace to exceed Baron Manfred von Richthofen score of 80 - Capt. Werner Moelders

First to score 100 victories - Major Werner Moelders; July 15, 1941

First to score 150 victories - Major Gordon Gollob; August 29, 1942

First to score 200 victories - Capt. Hermann Graf; October 2, 1942

First to score 250 victories - Major Walter Notowny; October 14, 1943

First to score 300 victories - Capt. Erich Hartmann; August 24 1944

First to score 350 victories - Major Erich Hartmann; April 4, 1945

Most kills scored in a single day - Major Emil Lang; 18 victories

Most kills in a single mission (sortie) - Major Erich Rudorffer; Nov. 13, 1943, 13 victories

Most kills socred on the Western Front - Capt. Hans-Joachim Marseilles; 158 victories

Most kills scored on the Russian Front - Major Erich Hartmann; 352 victories

Best kill average per sorti flown (day fighters) - Lt. Guenther Scheel, 70 missions/71 victories

Top fighter ace for number of four engine aircraft shot down (day fighters) - Lt. Herbert Rollwage; 102 victories (44 of the four-motor bombers)

Top four-engine killer (night fighters) - Major Heinz Schnaufer; 121 victories (mostly four-engine bombers)

Top Jet Ace of World War II (Me-262) - Major Heinz Baer; 16 victories.


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