This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from Germany with their surname starting from G to L. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. Aces are listed alphabetically by last name.

Aces

By surname: A–F M–P Q–S T–Z

G NameRankClaimsUnitNotes Josef Gabl Oberfeldwebel 42/28+ JG 51 Kurt Gabler Oberleutnant 16 JG 300 Alfred Gädicke* Feldwebel 5 JG 52, JG 11 KIA 10 February 1944 Andreas Gail* Gefreiter 9 JG 51 KIA 13 July 1943 Otto Gaiser* Leutnant 74 JG 51 Knight's CrossMIA 22 January 1944 "Dolfo" Adolf Galland Generalleutnant 104/101 JG 27, JG 26, JV 44 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds Paul Galland* Leutnant 17 JG 26 Wilhelm-Ferdinand (Wutz) Galland* Major 54/56 JG 26 Knight's Cross Bernd Gallowitsch 64 JG 51, JG 7 Knight's Cross Fritz Gammel* Oberfeldwebel 19 JG 53 MIA 4 September 1942 Josef Gärtner 6 JG 26 Wilhelm Gäth Major 9 JG 26 Werner Gayko Oberleutnant 14 JG 5 August Geiger* Hauptmann 53/50 NJG 1 Knight's Cross with Oak LeavesKIA 29/30 September 1943 Friedrich Geisshardt* 102/93 LG 2, JG 77, JG 26, JG 27 Knight's Cross with Oak LeavesKIA 6 April 1942 Wolfgang Gendelmeyer* Leutnant 8 JG 3 KIA 1 August 1942 Hannes Gentzen Major 18 JG 102 Dieter Gerhard Oberleutnant 5 JG 1 Günther Gerhards Leutnant 8 JG 52 Werner Gerhardt* Oberfeldwebel 13/12 JG 2, JG 1, JG 26 KIA 19 August 1942 Erich Gerlitz* Major 18 JG 51, JG 27, JG 53, JG 5 KIA 16 March 1944 Lorenz Gerstmayr Oberfeldwebel 15 NJG 3 Admitted to Luftwaffe hospital in Amsterdam on 7 July 1944, died 29 May 1945 Werner Gerth* Hauptmann 38/23 JG 3, JG 300, JG 400 Knight's CrossKIA 2 November 1944 Herbert Giesecke Oberfeldwebel 6 NJG 3 Vinzenz Giessübel Oberfeldwebel 6 NJG 1, NJG 2 Paul Gildner* Oberleutnant 48/43 ZG 1, NJG 1, NJG 2 Knight's Cross with Oak LeavesKIFA 24/25 February 1943 Gerhard Gleuwitz 11+ JG 52 Rudolf Glöckner 33 JG 5, JG 7 German Cross Adolf Glunz 71/69 JG 52, JG 26, JG 7 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Heinz Golinski* Feldwebel 47 JG 53 Knight's CrossKIA 16 October 1942 Erich Gollasch* Oberleutnant 7 NJG 2, NJG 1, NJG 5, NJG 100 MIA 25/26 September 1943 Gordon Gollob Oberst 150/146 JG 3, JG 77 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds Kurt Goltzsch* Oberleutnant 43 JG 2 Knight's Cross Heinz Gomann Feldwebel 12 JG 26, JG 7 Heinz Gossow Oberfeldwebel 12/6 KG 3, JG 300, JG 301, JG 7 Knight's Cross Heinz Gottlob Oberleutnant 6 JG 26 Franz Götz Major 63 JG 53, JG 26 Knight's Cross Hans Götz* Hauptmann 82 JG 54 Knight's Cross Walter Grabmann Generalmajor 13 (incl. 7 in Spain) LG 1, ZG 76 Knight's Cross Friedrich (Fritz) Graeff Oberleutnant 6 ZG 26, NJG 1, NJG 4 WIA 8/9 July 1943 Hermann Graf Oberst 212/206 JG 52, JG 11 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds Hartmann Grasser Major 103/96+ JG 51 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Berthold Graßmuck* Oberfeldwebel 65 JG 52 Knight's Cross Karl Gratz Leutnant 138 JG 52, JG 2 Knight's Cross Hans Gref* Oberleutnant 16 ZG 76, NJG 3, NJG 5, NJG 100, NJGr 10 KIA 26 March 1944 Hermann Greiner Hauptmann 51/50 NJG 2, NJG 1, NJSch 1 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Karl-Heinz Greisert* Major 34 JG 2, JG 3 KIA 22 July 1942 Heinrich Griese Major 13 NJG 1, NJG 4, NJG 6 WIA 12/13 September 1944 Heinz Grimm* Leutnant 27/26 NJG 1 Knight's CrossDOW 13 October 1943 Josef Grimm Unteroffizier 5 JG 27 Alfred Grislawski Hauptmann 133/127 JG 52, JG 1 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Helmut Grollmus* Leutnant 75 JG 54 Knight's Cross Fritz Gromotka 29 JG 27 Knight's Cross Alfred Gross 52 JG 54, JG 26 Detlev Grossfuss Oberleutnant 18 JG 2 Erich Groth Major 11 ZG 2, ZG 76 Viktor Gruber Feldwebel 10 JG 27 Hans Grünberg Oberleutnant 82/78 JG 3, JG 52, JG 7 JV 44 Knight's Cross Walter Grünlinger* Leutnant 7 JG 26 KIA 4 September 1943 Gerhard Grzymalla Feldwebel 7/8 JG 26 Hermann Guhl Leutnant 15 LG 2, JG 26 Joachim Günther 11 JG 26 Wolf Gütter Leutnant 6 NJG 3 WIA 14/15 July 1944 Gerhard Guttmann* Felwebel 7 JG 26 KIA 27 March 1944

H NameRankClaimsUnitNotes Gerhard Haak* Feldwebel 10 JG 54 KIA 25 October 1941 Sigurd Haala Oberleutnant 42 JG 54, JG 26 German Cross Friedrich Haas* Leutnant 74 JG 52 Knight's CrossKIA 9 April 1945 Ernst Haase* Oberfeldwebel 8+ JG 302 German CrossKIA 25 February 1945 Horst Haase* Major 82/62/54 JG 51, JG 3 Knight's CrossKIA 26 November 1944 Helmut Haberda* Oberleutnant 59 JG 52 German CrossKIA 8 May 1943 Karl Haberland* Oberleutnant 9 JG 3, JG 2 KIA 27 January 1944 Wilhelm Hachfeld* Hauptmann 11 LG 2, JG 51, ZG 2 Knight's CrossKIFA 2 December 1942 August Hachtel Oberleutnant 5 JG 400 Knight's Cross Joachim Hacker Leutnant 32/21 JG 51 Anton Hackl Major 192/180+ JG 77, JG 11, JG 26, JG 300 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swordsincl. 34 heavy bombers Heinrich "Heinz" Hackler* Leutnant 56 JG 77 Knight's CrossKIA 1 January 1945 Heinz-Martin Hadeball Hauptmann 33/28 NJG 1, NJG 4, NJG 6, NJGr 10 Knight's Cross Alfred Haesler Major 5 V.(Z)/LG 1, ZG 26, NJG 1, NJG 4 WIA 10/11 August 1943 Anton "Toni" Hafner* Oberleutnant 204/203 JG 51 Knight's Cross with Oak LeavesKIA 17 October 1944 Ludwig Häfner* Leutnant 52 JG 3 Knight's CrossKIA 10 November 1942 Walter Hagenah 15 JG 3, JG 7 Johannes Hager Hauptmann 48/41 NJG 1 Knight's Cross Franz Hahn* 17+/14+ JG 77, JG 51, JG 4 KIA 22 January 1944 Hans "Assi" Hahn Major 108/105 JG 2, JG 54 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Hans von Hahn 31 JG 53, JG 1, JG 103 Knight's Cross Hans Hahn* Leutnant 15/11 NJG 1, NJG 2 Knight's CrossKIA 11/12 October 1941 Siegfried Hahn Hauptmann 10 ZG 76, NJG 3 Josef Haiböck Hauptmann 73 JG 26, JG 52, JG 3 Knight's Cross Karl Haisch* Oberfeldwebel 10 NJG 3 KIFA 20 March 1943 Heinz Halstrick Feldwebel 11 JG 5 Joachim Hamer Leutnant 35/29 JG 51 Alfred Hammer Hauptmann 26 JG 53 Karl Hammerl* Leutnant 67/63 JG 52 Knight's CrossMIA 2 March 1943 Gotthard Handrick Oberst 10 (+5 in Spain) JG 26, JG 77 Gold medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics Heinz Hanke 9 JG 1 Günther Hannak Hauptmann 47 LG 2, JG 77, JG 27 Knight's Cross Gottfried Hanneck Oberleutnant 6 NJG 1 WIA 1/2 February 1945 Horst Hannig* Oberleutnant 98 JG 54, JG 2 Knight's Cross with Oak LeavesKIA 15 May 1943 Joachim Hanss* Leutnant 10 NJG 5 KIA 7/8 July 1944 Harro Harder Hauptmann 22 (+11 in Spain) JG 53 Jürgen Harder* Major 64 JG 53, JG 11 Knight's Cross with Oak LeavesKIFA 17 February 1945 Hans Hartigs Oberleutnant 6 JG 26 Andreas Hartl Feldwebel 8 JG 302 Erich Hartmann Major 352 JG 52, JG 53 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds Ludwig Hartmann Oberfeldwebel 13 JG 2 Hans-Dieter Hartwein Oberleutnant 16 JG 5 Helmut Haugk Hauptmann 18 ZG 76, ZG 26 Knight's Cross Werner Haugk* Leutnant 9 StG 77, ZG 76 Knight's CrossKIA 18 October 1944 Hans Hausschild Feldwebel 7 NJG 100, NJG 200 Wilhelm Hauswirth Feldwebel 50 JG 52 Alfred Heckmann Oberleutnant 71/69 JG 3, JG 26, JV 44 Knight's Cross Günther Heckmann Leutnant 20/16 JG 51, JG 1, JG 7 Hubert Heckmann 5 JG 1, JG 7 Ernst Heesen* Leutnant 32/28 JG 2, NJG 1, JG 3, JG 1 KIA 3 May 1943 Alfred Heidel Oberfeldwebel 8 JG 27 Bruno Heilig* Oberleutnant 7 NJG 2, NJG 3 KIFA 6/7 January 1945 Joseph Heim* Gefreiter 5 JG 7 KIA 10 April 1945 Friedrich Heimann Oberfeldwebel 41 JG 51 Kurt Hein Feldwebel 8 JG 26 Hans-Joachim Heinecke Hauptmann 28 JG 27 Engelbert Heiner* Oberleutnant 15 KG 27, NJG 6 Knight's CrossKIA 18/19 March 1945 Gerd Heintze Feldwebel 5 NJG 5, NJG 100 Emil Heinzelmann* Feldwebel 5 NJG 1 KIFA 7 May 1944 Richard Heller* Leutnant 22 ZG 26, ZG 10 Knight's CrossKIA 5 April 1945 Horst Hennig* Hauptmann 7 KG 77, NJG 3 Knight's CrossKIFA 7/8 October 1944 Eberhard Henrici Oberleutnant 6 JG 26 Wilhelm Henseler Oberleutnant 10 NJG 1 Helmut Henz* Hauptmann 6 JG 77 KIA 25 May 1941 Wilhelm Herget Major 72 ZG 76, NJG 3, NJG 1, NJG 4, JV 44 Knight's Cross with Oak LeavesPoW 2 May 1945 Kurt Hermann Oberleutnant 9 NJG 2 Rolf Hermichen Major 64 JG 26, JG 11, JG 104 Knight's Cross with Oak Leavesincl. 26 heavy bombers Hajo Herrmann Oberst 9/4 KG 4, KG 30, JG Herrmann, JG 300 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords Kurt Herrmann Oberleutnant 9 I.(Z)/LG 1, Z./KG 30, NJG 2 PoW 10/11 March 1941 Gerhard Herzog* Stabsfeldwebel 11 ZG 76, NJG 1, NJG 6 KIA 20/21 October 1943 Heinrich Heuser Feldwebel 5 JG 26 Hans-Joachim Heyer* Leutnant 53 JG 54 Knight's CrossKIA 9 November 1942 Otto-Heinrich Hilleke 6 JG 26 Ernst-Erich Hirschfeld* Oberleutnant 24/17 JG 54, JG 300 Knight's CrossKIA 28 July 1944 Heinz-Horst Hissbach* Hauptmann 34/27 KG 28, KG 40, NJG 2 Knight's CrossKIA 14/15 April 1945 Walter Höckner* Major 68 JG 77, JG 26, JG 1, JG 4 Knight's CrossKIFA 25 August 1944 Heinrich Höfemeier* Oberleutnant 96 JG 51 Knight's CrossKIA 7 August 1943 Friedrich Hoffmann* Leutnant 11 JG 27 Gerhard Hoffmann* 125/130 JG 52 Knight's CrossKIFA 17 April 1945 Heinrich Hoffmann* Oberfeldwebel 63 JG 51 Knight's Cross with Oak LeavesKIA 3 October 1941 Hermann Hoffmann 7 JG 26 Reinhold Hoffmann* Oberleutnant 66 JG 54 Knight's CrossKIA 24 May 1944 Reinhold Hoffmann Feldwebel 8 JG 3 Werner Hoffmann Major 52/50 or 51 ZG 52, ZG 2, NJG 3, NJG 5 Knight's Cross Karl-Wilhelm Hofmann* Oberleutnant 44 JG 26 Knight's CrossKIA 26 March 1945 Erich Hohagen Major 56 JG 51, JG 2, JG 27, JG 7, JV 44 Knight's Cross Werner Hohenberg Feldwebel 27 JG 52, JG 2 Walter Holl Feldwebel 7 JG 26 Kurt Holler* Major 19/18/11+ ZG 26, NJG 1, NJG 4 KIA 21/22 June 1943 Otto Holler* Unteroffizier 5 NJG 100 KIA 9/10 March 1944 Helmuth Holtz Feldwebel 56 JG 51 Gerhard Homuth* Major 63 JG 27, JG 54 Knight's CrossMIA 2 August 1943 Werner Hopf Hauptmann 21 NJG 5 Helmuth Hoppe Hauptmann 22 JG 26 German Cross Jürgen Hörschelmann* Leutnant 16 JGr Süd, JG 3 KIA 12 May 1944 Walter Horten Oberleutnant 5 JG 26 Anton Hörwick* Oberfeldwebel 27 NJG 2, NJG 7 Knight's CrossKIA 19 February 1945 Dietrich Hrabak Oberst 125 JG 76, JG 54, JG 52 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Franz Hrdlicka* Hauptmann 96/60 JG 77, JG 2 Knight's CrossKIA 25 March 1945 Ferdinand Hromadnik Leutnant 6 NJG 4 Herbert Hubatsch Feldwebel 5 NJG 1, NJG 2, NJG 5, NJG 6 WIA 6 September 1944 Rudolf Hübl Oberfelwebel 9 JG 1 Eckhard Hübner* Leutnant 47 JG 3 Knight's CrossKIA 28 March 1942 Werner Hübner Oberfeldwebel 7 JG 51 Wilhelm Hübner* Leutnant 62 JG 51 Knight's CrossKIA 7 April 1945 Rolf Huck Hauptmann 6 NJG 3 Karl Hülshoff Oberleutnant 11/10 KG 54, NJG 1, NJG 2, NJG 102 Alfred Humor* 16 JG 3 KIA 10 February 1944 Herbert Huppertz* Major 68 JG 51, JG 5, JG 2 Knight's Cross with Oak LeavesKIA 8 June 1944 Werner Husemann 34/33 NJG 1, NJG 3 Knight's Cross Wolf-Dietrich Huy Hauptmann 40 JG 77 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves

I NameRankClaimsUnitNotes Hans Iffland Leutnant 11 JG 3 Herbert Ihlefeld Oberst 130 (incl. 7 in Spain) I(J)/LG 2, JG 77, JG 52,JGr.25, JG 11, JG 1 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords Iro Ilk* Major 9/8 LG 1, JG 300 Knight's CrossKIA 25 September 1944 Eduard Isken Oberfeldwebel 56/44+ JG 77, JGr 200,I(F)/123, JG 53 Knight's Cross

J NameRankClaimsUnitNotes Egbert Jaacks Oberfeldwebel 44+ JG 76, JG 77, JG 53 Hans-Joachim Jabs Oberstleutnant 50/48 ZG 76, NJG 3, NJG 1 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Ernst Jäckel Feldwebel 8 JG 26 Alfred Jakobi Leutnant 8 JG 77, JG 5 Wolfgang Jank Hauptmann 11 NJG 3, NJG 200 Erich Jauer Feldwebel 12 JG 26 Kurt Jenisch* Leutnant 8 JG 27 Peter Jenne* Hauptmann 17/12+ JG 300 Knight's CrossKIA 2 March 1945 Josef Jennewein* Leutnant 86/83 JG 26, JG 51 Knight's CrossMIA 27 July 1943 Heinrich Jessen Oberleutnant 6 JG 26 Hans Johannsen Leutnant 8 JG 26 Horst John* Feldwebel 13 JG 52, JG Herrmann, JG 300 KIA 18/19 November 1943 Wilhelm Johnen Hauptmann 34/33 NJG 1, NJG 5, NJG 6 Knight's Cross Hermann-Friedrich Joppien* 70/59 JG 51 Knight's Cross with Oak LeavesKIA 28 August 1941 Günther Josten Oberleutnant 178 JG 51 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Erich Jung Oberleutnant 27 NJG 2 Harald Jung Hauptmann 20 JG 51 Heinrich Jung* 68/65 JG 54 Knight's CrossKIA 30 July 1943

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