Luftwaffe ace Rudi Linz (14 February 1917 – 9 February 1945) was credited with 70 enemy aircraft shot down. He was shot down and killed during the "Black Friday" aerial battle over Norway on 9 February 1945 and was posthulously awarded the The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Luftwaffe ace Rudi Linz (14 February...
Hans Böhning began the war as an aerial observer for the artillery but later became a fighter pilot and had scored 17 aerial victories by the end of the Great War. He was killed in a gliding accident in 1934. Hans Böhning began the war as an...
Paul Strähle (1893-1985) was credited with 15 aerial victories during the Great War and ran a civilian aerial photography venture after the war. Paul Strähle (1893-1985) was credited...
Kurt Adolf Monnington (1891-1939) was credited with 8 aerial victories during World War I. Kurt Adolf Monnington (1891-1939) was...
Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen (1892-1918), often known as the Red Baron, was the top ace of the war, being officially credited with 80 air combat victories. Wanting to be recognized by friends and foes alike on the aerial battlefield, he painted his aircraft overall red. Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von...
Eduard Ritter von Schleich (1888-1947) was a high-scoring Bavarian flying ace of World War I credited with 35 aerial victories at the end of the war. During World War II, he served in the Luftwaffe as a general. Eduard Ritter von Schleich...
Ernst Udet (1896-1941) obtained 62 aerial victories, making the second highest-scoring German ace of World War I. An exceptionnally gifted flyer, he became a stunt pilot before joining the Nazi Luftwaffe in the 1930s. Ernst Udet (1896-1941) obtained 62...