German Night Fighter Aces
This along with the * (asterisk), indicates that the pilot was either killed in action, missing in action or killed in a flying accident.
| Name | Rank | Night Victories |
Day Victories |
Total Wartime Victories |
Unit | Notes | Picture |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schnaufer, Heinz-WolfgangHeinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer | Major | 121 | 0 | 121 | NJG 1, NJG 4 | — | — |
| Lent, HelmutHelmut Lent* | Oberst | 102 | 8 | 110 | ZG 76, NJG 1, NJG 2, NJG 3 | killed in flying accident 7 October 1944 | |
| Sayn-Wittgenstein, Heinrich-Alexander Prinz zuHeinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein* | Major | 83 | 0 | 83 | NJG 2 | killed in action 21 January 1944 | — |
| Streib, WernerWerner Streib | Oberst | 67 | 1 | 68 | ZG 1, NJG 1 | — | — |
| Meurer, ManfredManfred Meurer* | Hauptmann | 65 | 0 | 65 | NJG 1, NJG 5 | killed in action 21 January 1944 | — |
| Radusch, GüntherGünther Radusch | Oberst | 64 | 1 | 65 | ZG 1, NJG 1, NJG 3, NJG 2 | — | — |
| Schoenert, RudolfRudolf Schoenert | Major | 64 | 0 | 64 | NJG 1, NJG 2, NJG 3, NJG 100, NJGr 10, NJG 5 | — | — |
| Rokker, HeinzHeinz Rökker | Hauptmann | 63 | 1 | 64 | NJG 2 | — | — |
| Zorner, PaulPaul Zorner | Major | 59 | 0 | 59 | NJG 2, NJG 3, NJG 100, NJG 5 | — | — |
| Becker, MartinMartin Becker | Hauptmann | 58 | 0 | 58 | NJG 4, NJG 6 | — | — |
| Raht, GerhardGerhard Raht | Hauptmann | 58 | 0 | 58 | NJG 3, NJG 2 | — | — |
| Herget, WilhelmWilhelm Herget | Major | 57 | 16 | 73 | ZG 76, NJG 3, NJG 1, NJG 4, JV 44 | — | — |
| Welter, KurtKurt Welter | Oberleutnant | 56 | 7 | 63 | JG 301, Kdo Welter, NJG 11 | — | — |
| Francsi, GustavGustav Francsi | Oberleutnant | 56 | 0 | 56 | NJG 100 | — | — |
| Kraft, JosefJosef Kraft | Hauptmann | 56 | 0 | 56 | NJG 4, NJG 5, NJG 6, NJG 1 | — | — |
| Struning, HeinzHeinz Strüning* | Hauptmann | 56 | 0 | 56 | ZG 26, NJG 2, NJG 1 | killed in action 25 December 1944 | |
| Frank, Hans-DieterHans-Dieter Frank* | Hauptmann | 55 | 0 | 55 | ZG 1, NJG 1 | killed in action 27 September 1943 | — |
| Vinke, HeinzHeinz Vinke* | Oberfeldwebel | 54 | 0 | 54 | NJG 1 | killed in action 26 February 1944 | — |
| Geiger, AugustAugust Geiger* | Hauptmann | 53 | 0 | 53 | NJG 1 | killed in action 29 September 1943 | — |
| Lippe-Weißenfeld, Egmont Prinz zurEgmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld* | Major | 51 | 0 | 51 | ZG 76, NJG 1, NJG 2, NJG 5 | Killed in flying accident 22 March 1944 | |
| Hoffmann, WernerWerner Hoffmann | Major | 50 | 1 | 51 | ZG 52, ZG 2, NJG 3, NJG 5 | — | — |
| Kollak, ReinhardReinhard Kollak | Stabsfeldwebel | 49 | 0 | 49 | NJG 1, NJG 4 | — | — |
| Greiner, HermannHermann Greiner | Hauptmann | 47 | 4 | 51 | NJG 1 | — | — |
| Lütje, HerbertHerbert Lütje | Oberstleutnant | 47 | 3 | 50 | NJG 1, NJG 6 | — | |
| Hager, JohannesJohannes Hager | Hauptmann | 47 | 1 | 48 | NJG 1 | — | — |
| Gildner, PaulPaul Gildner* | Oberleutnant | 46 | 2 | 48 | ZG 1, NJG 1 | killed in action 24 February 1943 | — |
| Augenstein, Hans-HeinzHans-Heinz Augenstein* | Hauptmann | 46 | 0 | 46 | NJG 1 | killed in action 7 December 1944 | — |
| Becker, LudwigLudwig Becker* | Hauptmann | 46 | 0 | 46 | NJG 1 | killed in action 26 February 1943 | — |
| Semrau, PaulPaul Semrau* | Major | 46 | 0 | 46 | NJG 2 | killed in action 8 February 1945 | |
| Drünkler, Ernst-GeorgErnst-Georg Drünkler | Hauptmann | 45 | 2 | 47 | ZG 2, NJG 1, NJG 5 | — | — |
| Frank, RudolfRudolf Frank | Leutnant | 45 | 0 | 45 | NJG 3 | — | — |
| Lechner, AloisAlois Lechner* | Major | 45 | 0 | 45 | NJG 2, NJG 100 | missing in action 23 February 1944 | — |
| Knacke, ReinholdReinhold Knacke* | Hauptmann | 44 | 0 | 44 | ZG 1, NJG 1 | killed in action 3 February 1943 | — |
| Borchers, WalterWalter Borchers* | Oberstleutnant | 43 | 16 | 59 | NJG 5 | killed in action 6 March 1945 | |
| Drewes, MartinMartin Drewes | Major | 43 | 6 | 49 | ZG 76, NJG 1 | — | — |
| Schmidt, DietrichDietrich Schmidt | Hauptmann | 43 | 0 | 43 | NJG 1 | — | — |
| Baake, WernerWerner Baake | Hauptmann | 41 | 0 | 41 | NJG 1 | — | — |
| Fellerer, LeopoldLeopold Fellerer | Hauptmann | 39 | 2 | 41 | NJG 1, NJG 5, NJG 6 | — | — |
| Meister, LudwigLudwig Meister | Hauptmann | 38 | 1 | 39 | NJG 1, NJG 4 | — | — |
| Bonin, Eckart-Wilhelm vonEckart-Wilhelm von Bonin | Major | 37 | 2 | 39 | NJG 1, NJG 102 | — | — |
| Ehle, WalterWalter Ehle | Major | 35 | 4 | 39 | ZG 1, NJG 1 | — | — |
| Beier, WilhelmWilhelm Beier | Oberleutnant | 38 | 0 | 38 | NJG 2, NJG 1, NJG 3 | — | — |
| Bergmann, HelmutHelmut Bergmann* | Hauptmann | 36 | 0 | 36 | NJG 4, NJG 1 | — | — |
| Bertram, GüntherGünther Bertram | Oberleutnant | 35 | 0 | 35 | NJG 100 | — | — |
| Bahr, GüntherGünther Bahr | Oberfeldwebel | 34 | 3 | 37 | SKG 210, NJG 4, NJG 6 | — | — |
| Hißbach, Heinz-HorstHeinz-Horst Hißbach* | Hauptmann | 34 | 0 | 34 | NJG 2 | killed in action 14 April 1945 | — |
| Husemann, WernerWerner Husemann | Major | 34 | 0 | 34 | NJG 1, NJG 3 | — | — |
| Johnen, WilhelmWilhelm Johnen | Hauptmann | 34 | 0 | 34 | NJG 1, NJG 5, NJG 6 | — | — |
| Modrow, Ernst-WilhelmErnst-Wilhelm Modrow | Hauptmann | 34 | 0 | 34 | NJG 1 | — | — |
| Friedrich, GerhardGerhard Friedrich* | Major | 33 | 0 | 33 | NJG 4, NJG 6 | killed in action 16 March 1945 | — |
| Hadeball, Heinz-MartinHeinz-Martin Hadeball | Hauptmann | 33 | 0 | 33 | NJG 1, NJG 4, NJG 6, NJGr 10 | — | — |
| Kociok, JosefJosef Kociok | Oberfeldwebel | 33 | 0 | 33 | ZG 76, SKG 210, 10(NJ)/ZG 1 | — | — |
| Scherfling, Karl-HeinzKarl-Heinz Scherfling* | Oberfeldwebel | 33 | 0 | 33 | NJG 1 | killed in action 21 July 1944 | — |
| Rauh, Paul-HubertPaul-Hubert Rauh | Major | 31 | 0 | 31 | NJG 1, NJG 4 | — | — |
| Ferger, HeinzHeinz Ferger | Hauptmann | 30 | 0 | 30 | NJG 2, NJG 3 | — | — |
| Leickhardt, HansHans Leickhardt | Major | 30 | 0 | 30 | NJG 3, NJG 1, NJG 5 | missing in action 5 March 1945 | — |
| Müller, Friedrich-KarlFriedrich-Karl Müller | Major | 30 | 0 | 30 | JG 300, NJGr 10 | — | — |
| Szameitat, PaulPaul Szameitat* | Hauptmann | 28 | 1 | 29 | NJG 1, NJG 5, NJG 3 | killed in action 2 January 1944 | — |
| Jabs, Hans-JoachimHans-Joachim Jabs | Oberstleutnant | 28 | 22 | 50 | ZG 76, NJG 1 | — | |
| Sigmund, RudolfRudolf Sigmund* | Hauptmann | 26 | 2 | 28 | NJG 1 | killed in action 4 October 1943 | — |
| Grimm, HeinzHeinz Grimm* | Leutnant | 26 | 1 | 27 | NJG 1 | Died of wounds 13 October 1943 | — |
| Köster, AlfonsAlfons Köster* | Hauptmann | 25 | 1 | 26 | NJG 1, NJG 2, NJG 3 | killed in action 6 January 1945 | — |
| Linke, LotharLothar Linke* | Oberleutnant | 24 | 3 | 27 | ZG 76, NJG 1, NJG 2 | killed in action 14 May 1943 | — |
| Thimmig, WolfgangWolfgang Thimmig | Oberstleutnant | 24 | 0 | 24 | NJG 1, NJG 2, NJG 4 | — | — |
| Woltersdorf, HelmutHelmut Woltersdorf* | Oberleutnant | 16 | 8 | 24 | ZG 141, ZG 76, NJG 1 | killed in action 2 June 1942 | — |
| Hahn, HansHans Hahn* | Leutnant | 13 | 0 | 13 | NJG 2 | killed in flying accident 11 October 1941 | — |
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