This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from Germany with their surname starting from M to P. 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 G–L Q–S T–Z

M NameRankClaimsUnitNotes Ernst Maak Hauptmann 6 JG 27, JG 11 Werner Machold 32 JG 2 Knight's Cross Walter Mackens* Oberfeldwebel 9 JG 52, JG 53, JG 300 KIA 5 January 1944 Wilhelm Mackenstedt 6 JG 26 Anton Mader Oberstleutnant 86/78 JG 2, JG 77, JG 54 Knight's Cross Lothar Mai* Oberfeldwebel 45/44 JG 51 KIA 27 August 1943 Karl Maisch 17 NJG 5, NJG 100 Wilhelm Makrocki* Major 9 ZG 76, ZG 26 Knight's CrossKIA 21 May 1941 Günther Freiherr von Maltzahn Oberst 68 JG 53 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Rudolf Mangelsdorf Oberfeldwebel 8 NJG 3, NJG 2 Egon Mangold Hauptmann 5 10.(NJ)/ZG 1, NJG 100, NJG 200 Gerhard Marburg* Oberfeldwebel 7 JG 3, JG 4 KIFA 3 September 1944 Heinz Marquardt 121 JG 51 Knight's Cross Hans-Joachim Marseille* Hauptmann 158/152 JG 52, JG 27 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and DiamondsKIFA 30 September 1942 Karl-Heinrich Matern 12 ZG 1, ZG 76 Knight's Cross Otto Materne* Hauptmann 5 NJG 4 KIA 6 September 1944 Walter Matoni Major 34 JG 27, JG 26, JG 2, JG 11 Knight's Cross Kurt Matzak Oberleutnant 16 NJG 1 Willi Maximowitz* Oberfeldwebel 15+ JG 1, JG 3 MIA 20 April 1945 Marian Mazurek* Feldwebel 34 JG 53 KIA 9 June 1943 Egon Mayer* Oberstleutnant 102 JG 2 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and SwordsKIA 2 March 1944incl. 26 heavy bombers Hans-Karl Mayer Hauptmann 39 (incl. 8 in Spain) JG 53, JG 26 Knight's CrossKIA 17 October 1940 Wilhelm Mayer Leutnant 27 JG 26 Knight's Cross Maximilian Mayerl Hauptmann 76 JG 51, EJG 1 Knight's Cross Erhardt Mecke Feldwebel 10 JG 5 Helmut Meckel Oberleutnant 25 JG 3 Knight's Cross KIFA 8 May 1943 Ulrich von Meien Major 8 KG 27, NJG 100, NJG 5 Johann-Hermann Meier* Leutnant 77 JG 26, JG 52 Knight's CrossKIA 15 March 1944 Julius Meimberg Major 53 JG 2, JG 53 Knight's Cross Hans Meissner Leutnant 19 NJG 3 Dieter Meister* 10+ KG 40, ZG 1, JG 2 KIA 21 November 1944 Ludwig Meister Hauptmann 41/33 NJG 1, NJG 4 Knight's Cross Karl-Heinz Meltzer Feldwebel 61 JG 52 Arthur Mendl 8+ JG 5 Karl Mentnich Oberfeldwebel 6 JG 27 Hans-Jörg Merkle Feldwebel 30 JG 52 Helmut Mertens Hauptmann 97 JG 3 Knight's Cross Werner Methfessel* 8 LG 1 KIA 17 May 1940 Rudolf Metz* Leutnant 10 JG 5, JG 3, JG 4 KIA 6 October 1944 Manfred Meurer* Hauptmann 65/63 NJG 1, NJG 5 Knight's Cross with Oak LeavesKIA 21/22 January 1944 Karl-Heinz "Conny" Meyer Major 11 JG 26 Eduard Meyer* Leutnant 22 ZG 26 Knight's CrossKIA 31 March 1942 Otto Meyer* Hauptmann 21/14 JG 27 KIA 12 July 1944 Walter Meyer Leutnant 18 JG 54, JG 26 Georg Michalek Major 59 JG 3 Knight's Cross Gerhard Michalski Oberstleutnant 73 JG 53, JG 4 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Rudolf Miethig* Hauptmann 101/100 JG 52 Knight's CrossKIA 10 June 1943 Klaus Mietusch* Major 72 JG 26 Knight's Cross with Oak LeavesKIA 17 September 1944 Walter Milius 8 NJG 1, NJG 3, NJG 4, JG 400 Wilhelm Mink* Oberfeldwebel 72 JG 51, EJG 1 Knight's CrossKIA 12 March 1945 Heinz Misch Feldwebel 8 NJG 2, NJG 3 Bruno Mischkot Leutnant 7 JG 26, JG 3, JG 2, EJG 2 Helmut Mißner* Oberfeldwebel 82 JG 54 Knight's CrossKIA 12 September 1944 Ernst-Wilhelm Modrow Hauptmann 33 NJG 1 Knight's Cross "Vati" Werner Mölders* Oberst 115 (incl. 14 in Spain)/108 JG 51 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and DiamondsKIFA 22 November 1941 Klaus Möller Oberfeldwebel 10 NJG 3, NJG 2 Wilhelm Moritz Major 44/41 JG 51, JG 3 Knight's Cross Wilhelm Morlock* Oberfeldwebel 16 NJG 1 KIA 4/5 November 1944 August Mors* Leutnant 60 JG 5 Knight's CrossKIA 8 August 1944 August Müller* Oberfeldwebel 49 JG 51 KIA 6 April 1945 Friedrich-Karl "Nasen" Müller Major 30/29 N.J.V.K., JG Herrmann,JG 300, NJGr 10, NJG 11 Knight's Cross Friedrich-Karl "Tutti" Müller* Oberstleutnant 140/139 JG 53, JG 3 Knight's Cross with Oak LeavesKIA 29 May 1944incl. 23 heavy bombers Fritz Müller Leutnant 23 JG 7 Hans-Hermann Müller Hauptmann 16 NJG 2, NJG 3, SG 151, NSGr 20 Kurt Müller* Oberlfeldwebel 5 ZG 2 KIA 7 April 1940 Rudolf Müller* 94 JG 5 Knight's CrossDied in POW camp 21 June 1943 Siegfried Müller Leutnant 10 JG 51, JG 3, JG 7 Wilhelm Müller Oberfeldwebel 10 JG 26 Gerhard Müller-Dühne Leutnant 5 JG 26 Joachim Müncheberg* Major 135 JG 26, JG 51, JG 77 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and SwordsKIA 23 March 1943 Georg Munderloh Oberfeldwebel 18 JG 54 Leopold Münster* Leutnant 95 JG 3 Knight's Cross with Oak LeavesKIA 8 May 1944 Karl Munz Leutnant 60 JG 52, JG 7 Hubert Mütherich Oberleutnant 43/39 JG 51, JG 54

N NameRankClaimsUnitNotes Josef Nabrich* Oberleutnant 18/17 NJG 101, NJG 1 KIA 27 November 1944 Fritz Felix Nächster 5 JG 51, JGr Drontheim, JG 25, JG 52 Heinz Nacke Major 12 ZG 76, NJG 3 Knight's Cross Franz Nägele* Leutnant 19 JG 77 KIA 9 June 1944 Johannes Naumann Major 34 JG 26, JG 6, JG 7 Knight's Cross Kurt Necessany* Oberleutnant 6 KG 40, ZG 1 MIA 14 February 1944 Willi Nemitz* Leutnant 81/82 JG 52 Knight's CrossKIA 11 April 1943 Wolfgang Neu Hauptmann 9 JG 26 Hermann Neuhoff Leutnant 40 JG 53 Knight's Cross Eduard Neumann Oberstleutnant 13 (incl. 2 in Spain) JG 26, JG 27 Helmut Neumann Leutnant 62 JG 5 Knight's Cross Klaus Neumann 37 JG 51, JG 3, JG 7, JV 44 Knight's Cross Berthold Ney Major 19/8 NJG 2, NJG 3 WIA 3/4 March 1945 Siegfried Ney* Oberfeldwebel 12/11 NJG 1, NJG 2 KIA 27/28 March 1942 Hans-Wolfgang von Niebelschütz* Hauptmann 9 NJG 4, NJG 5 KIA 2/3 January 1944 Karl-Gottfried Nordmann Oberst 78/75 JG 51 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Jakob Norz* Leutnant 117/104 JG 5 Knight's CrossKIA 16 September 1944 "Nowi" Walter Nowotny* Major 258/256 JG 54, Kdo Nowotny,JG 101 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and DiamondsKIA 8 November 1944

O NameRankClaimsUnitNotes Heinz Oberheide* Feldwebel 10/7 NJG 3 KIA 8 February 1945 Anton Oberhofer* Unteroffizier 12 JG 52 KIA 7 March 1944 Friedrich Obleser Oberleutnant 120/112+ JG 52 Knight's Cross Walter Oesau* Oberst 125 (incl. 8 in Spain)/127 JG 1, JG 2, JG 51, J/88 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and SwordsKIA 11 May 1944 Walter Ohlrogge Leutnant 77 JG 3, JG 7 Knight's Cross Robert Olejnik Major 42 JG 2, JG 3, JG 1, JG 400 Knight's Cross Emil Omert* Hauptmann 70/55 JG 3, JG 2, JG 77 Knight's CrossKIA 24 April 1944 Theo Osterkamp Generalleutnant 38 (incl. 32 in World War I) JG 51 Knight's Cross Max-Hellmuth Ostermann* Oberleutnant 102 ZG 1, JG 54 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and SwordsKIA 9 August 1942

P NameRankClaimsUnitNotes Karl Paashaus* Oberleutnant 15 JG 53 German CrossKIA 22 August 1944 Horst Patuschka* Hauptmann 23 NJG 2 Knight's CrossKIA 6 March 1943 Georg Pavenzinger Oberfeldwebel 5 JG 51 Hans Peterburs* 18 ZG 76, ZG 1 Knight's CrossKIA 11 January 1944 Viktor Petermann Oberleutnant 64 JG 52, JG 7 Knight's Cross Erhard Peters* Hauptmann 23 NJG 3, NJG 4 KIA 20 February 1944 Horst Petzschler Fanhnenjunker-Oberfeldwebel 26 JG 3, JG 51 Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe Karl-Georg Pfeiffer Oberfeldwebel 10 NJG 1 Rudolf Pflanz* Hauptmann 52 JG 2 Knight's CrossKIA 31 July 1942 Helmut Pfüller Oberfeldwebel 27+ JG 51 Hans Philipp* Major 206/195 JG 54, JG 1 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and SwordsKIA 8 October 1943 Wilhelm Philipp Oberfeldwebel 81/79+ JG 54 Knight's Cross Johann Pichler Leutnant 75 JG 77 Knight's Cross Anton-Rudolf Piffer* 35/29/26 JG 1 Knight's CrossKIA 17 June 1944 Rolf Pingel Major 28 (incl. 6 in Spain) JG 26, JG 53 Knight's Cross Karl-Heinrich Plücker* Oberleutnant 42 JG 52 KIA 10 May 1944 Josef Pöhs* 43 JG 54 Knight's CrossKIA 30 December 1943 Hubert Pölz Hauptmann 11 StG 3 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Hans Prager Leutnant 16 JG 26, JG 54 Alexander Preinfalk* Oberfeldwebel 80 JG 77, JG 51, JG 53 Knight's CrossKIA 12 December 1944 Bela Preisler Unteroffizier 6 JG 5 Rolf Prigge Oberfänrich 5 JG 27, JG 7 Josef "Pips" Priller Oberst 101 JG 51, JG 26 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords Herbert Puschmann Hauptmann 54 JG 51 Knight's Cross

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