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This is a list of flying aces in World War II from Austria. For other countries see List of World War II aces by country


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  This and the / (slash) indicates information discrepancies listed by Caldwell, Foreman, Girbig, Mathews, Obermaier, Ring, Spick, and Zabecki.

Name Kills Awards Notes
Franz Achleitner 5
Johann Aistleitner 13/11[1]/12[2] KIA 14 January 1944
Erwin Bacsilla 34
Heinrich Bartels 99[3]/94[4] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross KIA 23 December 1944
Herbert Bauer 11[4] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Oskar Bösch 18[5] POW
Hermann Buchner 58[6][7][8] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Me 262 pilot
Franz Ferdinand Colloredo-Mansfeld 3 flew with RAF[9]
Count Manfred Beckett Czernin 18 DFC, DSO, MC Flew with RAF[9]
Hans-Heinrich Döbrich 65[10][11] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross WIA 1943
Leopold Fellerer 41[12]/36[13] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Emmerich Fluder 9 MIA 31 May 1942
Josef Fözö 27 (3 incl. Spain)[14]/23[15] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross WIFA 1942
Bernd Gallowitsch 64[16] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Gordon Gollob 150[17]/146[18] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds
Hartmann Grasser 103[19]/96+[20] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
Karl Gratz 138[17][20] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Josef Haiböck 73[21] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross WIA 1944
Karl Hammerl 67[22]/63[16] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross MIA 2 March 1943
Josef Jennewein 86[23][24]/83[25] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross MIA 27 July 1942
Josef Kraft 56[26] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld 51[26] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves KIFA 12 March 1944
Alfred Lammer 6 DFC and Bar as air gunner (later Navigator/Radar Operator) in RAF
Maximilian Mayerl 76[27] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Georg Michalek 59[28] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Walter Nowotny 258[29]/256[30] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds KIA 8 November 1944
Anton-Rudolf Piffer 26[31] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross KIA 17 June 1944
Hubert Pölz 11[32] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
Josef Pöhs 43[33] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross KIFA 30 December 1943
Paul-Hubert Rauh 31[34] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Kurt Wilhelm Roehrich 12 KIA 19 July 1944
Theodor Rossiwall 19 (incl. 2 in Spain)[35] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Johann Schalk 15[36] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Franz Schall 137[17]/133[37] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross KIFA 10 April 1945
Franz Schieß 67[10] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross KIA 2 September 1943
Johann Schmid 45[38] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross MIA 6 November 1941
Walter Schneider 20[39] KIFA 22 December 1941
Fritz Sengschmitt 15 KIA 11 January 1944
Rudolf Sinner 39[40]
Kurt Sochatzy 38[41] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Leopold Steinbatz 99[3]/98[42] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords KIA 15 June 1942
Hans Stollnberger 45[43] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Max Stotz 189[44]/182[45] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves MIA 19 August 1943
Hubert Strassl 67[46] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross KIA 8 July 1943
Egon Troha 6 Iron Cross POW 1940
Rüdiger von Kirchmayr 20+[47]
Friedrich Graf von Uiberacker 7 KIA 6 December 1942
Alfred Wehmeyer 18[48] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Killed AA 1 June 1942
Robert Weiß 121[49]/122[50] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 29 December 1944
Ernst Weismann 69[51] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross MIA 13 August 1942
Dr. Peter Werfft-Wessely 26[52] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Walter Zellot 85[23][24]/84[53] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross KIA 10 September 1942

References

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Citations

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  1. ^ Caldwell 1998, p. 492.
  2. ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 1479.
  3. ^ a b Spick 1996, p. 233.
  4. ^ a b Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 1480.
  5. ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 1483.
  6. ^ Obermaier 1989, p. 96.
  7. ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 1484.
  8. ^ Zabecki 2014, p. 1618.
  9. ^ a b Jan J. Safarik: Air Aces Home Page; Austria - World War II - Royal Air Force
  10. ^ a b Spick 1996, p. 239.
  11. ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 1486.
  12. ^ Spick 1996, p. 244.
  13. ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 1489.
  14. ^ Obermaier 1989, p. 111.
  15. ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 1490.
  16. ^ a b Spick 1996, p. 240.
  17. ^ a b c Spick 1996, p. 229.
  18. ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 1492.
  19. ^ Spick 1996, p. 232.
  20. ^ a b Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 1493.
  21. ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 1495.
  22. ^ Zabecki 2014, p. 1616.
  23. ^ a b Spick 1996, p. 235.
  24. ^ a b Zabecki 2014, p. 1614.
  25. ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 1499.
  26. ^ a b Spick 1996, p. 243.
  27. ^ Spick 1996, p. 236.
  28. ^ Obermaier 1989, p. 168.
  29. ^ Spick 1996, p. 227.
  30. ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 1512.
  31. ^ Obermaier 1989, p. 179.
  32. ^ Obermaier 1976, p. 72.
  33. ^ Obermaier 1989, p. 180.
  34. ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 1514.
  35. ^ Obermaier 1989, p. 188.
  36. ^ Obermaier 1989, p. 192.
  37. ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 1517.
  38. ^ Caldwell 1998, pp. 521–522.
  39. ^ Caldwell 1998, p. 522.
  40. ^ Ring & Girbig 1994, p. 330.
  41. ^ Obermaier 1989, p. 207.
  42. ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 1523.
  43. ^ Obermaier 1976, p. 199.
  44. ^ Spick 1996, p. 228.
  45. ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 1525.
  46. ^ Obermaier 1989, p. 211.
  47. ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 1501.
  48. ^ Obermaier 1989, p. 220.
  49. ^ Spick 1996, p. 231.
  50. ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 1528.
  51. ^ Spick 1996, p. 238.
  52. ^ Obermaier 1989, p. 222.
  53. ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 1530.

Bibliography

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  • Caldwell, Donald L. (1998). The JG 26 War Diary: Volume Two 1943–1945. London: Grub Street. ISBN 978-1-898697-86-2.
  • Mathews, Andrew Johannes; Foreman, John (2015). Luftwaffe Aces – Biographies and Victory Claims – Volume 4 S–Z. Walton on Thames: Red Kite. ISBN 978-1-906592-21-9.
  • Obermaier, Ernst (1976). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe 1939–1945 Band II Stuka- und Schlachtflieger [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Luftwaffe 1939–1945 Volume II Dive Bomber and Attack Aircraft] (in German). Mainz, Germany: Verlag Dieter Hoffmann. ISBN 978-3-87341-021-3.
  • Obermaier, Ernst (1989). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe Jagdflieger 1939 – 1945 [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Luftwaffe Fighter Force 1939 – 1945] (in German). Mainz, Germany: Verlag Dieter Hoffmann. ISBN 978-3-87341-065-7.
  • Ring, Hans; Girbig, Werner (1994) [1971]. Jagdgeschwader 27 Die Dokumentation über den Einsatz an allen Fronten 1939–1945 [Jagdgeschwader 27 The Documentation on the Deployment on all Fronts from 1939 to 1945] (in German) (8th ed.). Stuttgart, Germany: Motorbuch Verlag. ISBN 978-3-87943-215-8.
  • Spick, Mike (1996). Luftwaffe Fighter Aces. New York: Ivy Books. ISBN 978-0-8041-1696-1.
  • Zabecki, David T., ed. (2014). Germany at War: 400 Years of Military History. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-Clio. ISBN 978-1-59884-981-3.
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