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

T NameRankClaimsUnitNotes Heinrich Tammen* Unteroffizier 19 JG 52 KIA 30 November 1944 Otto Tange* Oberleutnant 68/63 JG 51 Knight's CrossKIA 30 July 1943 Hermann Tangerding* 7 NAGr 21, JG 27 KIA 31 August 1942 Kurt Tangermann Leutnant 45 JG 54, JG 52 Ewald Tankink Oberfeldwebel 8+ LG 2 German Cross Kurt Tanzer Leutnant 143/35+ JG 51 Knight's Cross Hans-Ulrich Tartsch* 5 JGr West, JG 2 KIA 8 June 1944 Rudolf Täschner* Oberfeldwebel 20 JG 53, JG 2 KIA 28 August 1943 Hans Taubenberger Oberleutnant 34/13+ JG 51 Gabriel Tautscher* Unteroffizier 58/55 JG 51 German CrossKIA 12 January 1944 Fritz Tegtmeier Oberleutnant 146 JG 54, JG 7 Knight's Cross Waldemar Teige* Oberleutnant 12 KG 53 Knight's CrossKIA 3 October 1942 Wilhelm Telge* Hauptmann 14/13 NJG 1 KIA 1 September 1943 Paul Temme Oberleutnant 5 JG 2, JG 27 Ernst Terry* 10/9 (incl. 2 in Spain) J/88, JG 51 KIA 29 October 1940 Herbert Ter Steegen* Feldwebel 10–12 NJG 5 KIA 24 May 1944 Otto Teschner* Leutnant 6 NJG 1 KIFA 25 December 1944 Gerd Tetteroo 8 JG 51 Helmut Tetzner Fahnenjunker-Feldwebel 7+ NAGr 5 Alfred Teumer* Oberleutnant 76/74 JG 54, JG 7 Knight's CrossKIFA 4 October 1944mission-to-claim ratio of 3.95. Hans Tewes Unteroffizier 5 JG 53 Bruno Tezzele* 13 JG 54 MIA 14 September 1944 Karl Thaler* Leutnant 27 JG 54 KIA 23 November 1944 Gustav Tham Hauptmann 14 NJG 5, NJG 10 Willi Theimann* Leutnant 45/42 JG 51 German CrossMIA 29 July 1943 Hans Theis Feldwebel 7 JG 300, JG 7 Ludwig Theopold* Oberleutnant 10 JG 77 KFIA 26 January 1943 Edwin Thiel* Hauptmann 76/71 JG 52, JG 51 Knight's CrossKIA 14 July 1944 Werner Thielen* Leutnant 10 JG 54 KIA 12 June 1944 Werner Thierfelder* Hauptmann 27 ZG 26 Knight's CrossKIFA 18 July 1944 Oskar Thimm Feldwebel 7 JG 5 Wolfgang Thimmig Oberstleutnant 23 NJG 1, NJG 2, NJG 4 German Cross Ernst Thoma Unteroffizier 7 JG 77 Hans Thomann* 8 JG 5 KIA 19 August 1943 Erich Thomas Oberleutnant 15+/12 JG 52 Helmut Thomas* Leutnant 8 JG 52 KIA 12 January 1944 Friedrich Thorl* Oberleutnant 6 NJG 4 KIA 13 September 1944 Franz Thümer* Unteroffizier 5 JG 3 KIA 27 December 1942 Rudolf Thun Oberleutnant 7| 5+ NJG 5, NJG 6 Heinrich Thüroff Leutnant 8/5 JG 53 Gerhard Thyben Oberleutnant 157 JG 3, JG 54 Knight's Cross with Oak Leavesmission-to-claim ratio of 2.45. Ekkehard Tichy* Hauptmann 25 JG 53, JG 3 Knight's CrossKIA 16 August 1944 Helmut Tiedmann 7 JG 3 Horst Tietzen* 27 (incl. 7 in Spain) JG 51 Knight's CrossKIA 18 August 1940 Hans Tilly* Oberfeldwebel 7 JG 2 KIA 7 July 1941 Horst Timme* Unteroffizier 13 JG 52 KIA 28 August 1943 Manfred Tischtau* Oberleutnant 9/5 NJG 5 KIFA 20 August 1944 Werner Tismar* Hauptmann 5 LG 2, JG 77 KIFA 26 April 1942 Joachim Titze* Feldwebel 25 JG 54 KIA 29 April 1943 Johann-Jobst Todt Oberfeldwebel 10 JG 301, JG 7 Günther Toll 47+ JG 2, JG 52 German Cross Günther Tonne* Major ~20 SKG 210, SKG 10, ZG 1 Knight's Cross with Oak LeavesKIA 15 July 1943 Wolfgang Tonne* Hauptmann 122/120 JG 53 Knight's Cross with Oak LeavesKIA 20 April 1943 Hans Torfer* Leutnant 7 JG 27, JGr Süd KIA 11 September 1944 Heinz Tornow* 12/8 (incl. 2 in Spain) J/88, JG 51 KIA 29 October 1940 Willi Trabert 6 JG 27 Rudolf Traphan* Oberfeldwebel 8 JG 3 KIA 11 April 1944 Eduard Tratt* Major 38/35 ZG 1, ZG 26 Knight's Cross with Oak LeavesKIA 22 February 1944 Hannes Trautloft Oberst 58 (incl. 5 in Spain) JG 51, JG 54 Knight's Cross Johann Trenke Feldwebel 9 KG 51 Knight's Cross Rudolf Trenkel Hauptmann 138/132 JG 77, JG 52 Knight's Crossmission-to-claim ratio of 3.62. Günther Treptau* Oberfeldwebel 5 JG 11 KIA 4 January 1945 Horst Trepte* Leutnant 7 JG 52 MIA 3 August 1943 Johannes Trestler* Oberfeldwebel 5+ ZG 1, ZG 26 KIA 31 January 1945 Eberhard Graf von Treuberg* Oberleutnant 17 JG 3, JG 52 KIA 1 January 1945 Werner Treusch* Leutnant 5 Kommando Herrmann, JG 300 KIFA 3 January 1944 Willi Tritsch Oberleunant 20/12 LG 2, SG 1, SG 151, SG 152 Knight's Cross Franz Trowal* Leutnant 7 JG 77 KIA 15 July 1944 Hans Trübenbach Major 8 JG 132, JG 52, LG 2 Martin Tschiersch* Leutnant 11 NJG 2 KIA 21 February 1945 Kurt Tyralla* Unteroffizier 7+ LG 2, SG 1, SG 2 KIA 7 September 1942

U NameRankClaimsUnitNotes Kurt "Kuddel" Ubben* Major 111/110/93 JG 77, JG 2 Knight's Cross with Oak LeavesKIA 27 April 1944 Richard Ubelbacher* Feldwebel 7 JG 2 KIA 3 March 1943 Hans-Joachim Uhl* Unteroffizier 5 JG 54 KIA 11 August 1943 Lothar Uhlig* Oberfeldwebel 8 ZG 1, JG 76 KIA 25 August 1944 Martin Uhlmann Feldwebel 5 NJG 4 Friedrich Graf von Uiberacker* Leutnant 7 JG 26 KIA 6 December 1942 Martin Ulbrich Oberfeldwebel 35+/32+ JG 51 Albert Ullrich Feldwebel 11 JG 77, JGr Süd Günter Ulrich* Fähnrich 5 JG 27, JG 7 KIA 25 March 1945 Horst Ulenberg* Leutnant 16 JG 26 KIA 12 July 1941 Hans Umbach* Oberfeldwebel 5 JG 1, JG 27 KIFA 27 June 1941 Johanes Ungar Unteroffizier 5 JG 52 Willy Unger Leutnant 21 JG 3, JG 7 Knight's Cross Oswald Unterlerchner 11+ JG 54 Robert Unzeitig* 10/9 JG 26 KIA 12 April 1942 Werner Ursinus Hauptmann 5 JG 53 Ludwig Uschmann Unteroffizier 5 JG 54

V NameRankClaimsUnitNotes Martin von Vacano Oberleutnant 8 JG 53, JGr Süd Heinrich Vandeweerd Oberfähnrich 6 JG 26 Bernhard Vechtel Oberleutnant 108 JG 51 Knight's Cross Ulrich Veh* Oberfeldwebel 5 JG 300 KIFA 8 March 1944 Otto Venjakob* Unteroffizier 25 JG 54 KIA 23 June 1944 Heinz Venth* Oberleutnant 17/14 JG 51 MIA 16 July 1944 Erich Viebahn Hauptmann 5 JG 51, JG 50, JGr Süd Helmut Viedebantt* Major 23 ZG 1, SG 10 Knight's CrossKIA 1 May 1945 Martin Villing Oberfeldwebel 19+ JG 77, JG 5 Heinz Vinke* 54/51 NJG 1 Knight's Cross with Oak LeavesKIA 26 February 1944 Otto Vinzent* Oberleutnant 45 JG 54 KIA 4 January 1944 Hermann Virchow Oberfeldwebel 5 SKG 10 Gerhard Vivroux* Feldwebel 10 JG 3 KIA 25 October 1944 Karl Vockelmann* Leutnant 9/8 JG 53 KIA 19 May 1943 Karl-Heinrich Vögel* 7 JG 5 MIA 16 January 1944 Veit Vögel Stabs Adjutant 7 JG 51 Wolfgang Vögel* Unteroffizier 21 JG 3 MIA 1 August 1942 Ferdinand Vögl Hauptmann 33/29 JG 27 German Cross Heinz Völker* Leutnant 9/8 NJG 2 KIA 22 July 1944 Helmut Vogel Fahnenjunker-Oberfeldwebel 10 JG 53 Heinz-Gerhard Vogt* Oberleutnant 48/47 JG 26 Knight's CrossKIA 14 January 1945mission-to-claim ratio of 3.63. Dieter Voigt Feldwebel 17 SG 2 German Cross Maximilian Volke* Oberfeldwebel 36 JG 77 German CrossRemains of plane and pilot found in 2007 near Modena, Italy. Wilhelm-Erich Volkmann* Oberleutnant 8 JG 51, JG 3 KIA 2 December 1944 Hans Vollet Leutnant 5 JG 5 Karl-Heinz Völlkopf* 6 NJG 2, NJG 1 KIA 21 June 1943 Hans Vorhauer* Feldwebel 8 JG 1 KIA 10 October 1943 Kurt Votel* Leutnant 9 JG 2 DOW 4 May 1941

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