World War 2 ace
Messerschmitt Bf 109 the backbone of the Luftwaffe fighter force during World War II.
Here is a list fighter aces in World War II in Germany A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited shot down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat German 1 day and night called for fighter pilots 70 000 aerial victories during World War II, about 25,000 American and 45,000 British and the Russian flew 103 German fighter pilots shot down more than 100 enemy aircraft had a total of about 15,400 additional approximately 360 aerial victories drivers claimed between 40 and 100 aerial victories for around 21,000 won another 500 fighter pilots claimed between 20 and 40 wins for a total of 15,000 won is relatively certain that in 2500 German fighter pilots reached ace status, having obtained at least 5 air victories 2 These achievements were honored for 453 days and the German destroyer ZERSTORER drivers who r eceived the Knight Cross of the Iron Cross 85 night fighter pilots, including 14 crew members, received the Cross of the Iron Cross Knight 3.
German losses on the other hand were very high and approximately 12 000 German day fighter pilots were killed or remain missing in action with another 6,000 injured ZERSTORER destroyer pilots suffered approximately 2,800 casualties, killed or missing, plus another 900 wounded in action the night of the German fighter losses were of the order of 3,800 pilots and crew members killed or missing and 1400 injured 4.
There are a number of reasons why most prolific drivers of Germany shot down more aircraft than the most successful Allied pilots During the first years of the war, the German day fighter pilots tend to take advantage of favorable circumstances tactics; for example, British pilots during the Battle of Britain has generally tried to attack German bombers rather than fighters that protect German combat tactics during this period also tended to be higher than those of the Allies, with leadership training, in particular, often have a greater chance of success 5.
Practice formal and informal Luftwaffe also contributed to the high number of victories pilot Normal practice in the combat units was the highest pilot marking to direct training, whatever their rank, which placed them in the better position to shoot down Allied planes German pilots generally led much combat flying their allies equivalent while Western Allied air forces frequently rested their fighter pilots, the German pilots had to fly up to that they become victims 5.
In the 1990s, the German archives made available reels of microfilm files in wartime, not seen since January 1945 publicly available 6 These have shown that, even if, in theory, the Luftwaffe did not accepted a last witness without death, which was considered only likely in practice some units usually have submitted applications without witnesses and these sometimes done through the verification process, especially if they were made by pilots with Documents already established 6 in theory, the Luftwaffe did not accept the shared claim, but it has happened in theory each separate application must be referred to an aircraft, but in practice some victories were attributed to other drivers who had sought the destruction of the same plane 6 in 1943, the daily communiques OKW Wehrmachtbericht this period usually overstated losses American bombers by a factor of two or more defenders of German fighter pilots have always maintained that they were reduced during the confirmation process, but microfilm prove not to be the case 6 Approximately 80 to 90 percent of requests for reimbursement submitted were confirmed or considered for confirmation until the system broke down in total in 1945 6.
This with the asterisk indicates that the driver was either killed in the KIA share, missing MIA, died of wounds or DOW KIFA killed in a flying accident.
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