APPENDICES

APPENDIX 1: Decorations (Knight’s Cross and Above) Awarded to Serving Members of Jagdgeschwader 3 ‘Udet’
Date Name/Rank Award Number of Kills
18/9/40 Lützow, Hptm Günther KC 15
6/2/41 Oesau, Hptm Walter OL 40
9/7/41 von Hahn, Hptm Hans KC 21
9/7/41 Keller, Hptm Lothar KC() 20
15/7/41 Oesau, Hptm Walter S 80
20/7/41 Lützow, Maj Günther OL 42
27/7/41 Olejnik, Oblt Robert KC 32
30/7/41 Bauer, Oblt Viktor KC 34
12/8/41 Meckel, Oblt Helmut KC 25
12/8/41 Bucholz, Oblt Max KC 27
12/8/41 Sochatzy, Oblt Kurt KC 38
30/8/41 Beyer, Oblt Franz KC 32
4/9/41 Schentke, Obfw Georg KC 30
4/9/41 Stechmann, Obfw Hans KC 30
18/9/41 Schmidt, Oblt Winfried KC 19
18/9/41 Gollob, Hptm Gordon M KC 42
5/10/41 Rohwer, Ltn Detlev KC 28
11/10/41 Lützow, Maj Günther S 92
26/10/41 Gollob, Hptm Gordon M OL 85
4/11/41 Michalek, Oblt Georg KC 36
4/11/41 Ohlrogge, Fw Walter KC 39
3/5/42 von Boremski, Obfw Eberhard KC 43
3/5/42 Hübner, Ltn Ekhard KC() 47
9/5/42 Schleef, Fw Hans KC 41
1/7/42 Brändle, Hptm Kurt KC 49
26/7/42 Bauer, Oblt Viktor OL 102
23/8/42 Fuss, Ltn Hans KC 60
27/8/42 Brändle, Hptm Kurt OL 100
3/9/42 Wessling, Obfw Otto KC 50
4/9/42 Mertens, Oblt Helmut KC 50
9/9/42 Wilcke, Hptm Wolf-Dietrich OL 100
12/9/42 Lemke, Ltn Wilhelm KC 50
19/9/42 Heckmann, Obfw Alfred KC 50
19/9/42 Lucas, Fw Werner KC 50
2/10/42 Engfer, Fw Siegfried KC 52
2/10/42 Kemethmüller, Fw Heinz KC 59
29/10/42 Schwaiger, Uffz Franz KC 52
9/12/42 Ewald, Maj Wolfgang KC 50
21/12/42 Häfner, Ltn Ludwig KC() 52
21/12/42 Münster, Fw Leopold KC 52
23/12/42 Kirschner, Ltn Joachim KC 51
23/12/42 Rüffler, Fw Helmut KC 50
28/12/42 Wilcke, Maj Wolf-Dietrich S 155
7/4/43 Ebener, Fw Kurt KC 52
1/6/43 Ettel, Ltn Wolf KC 120
2/8/43 Kirschner, Oblt Joachim OL 170
29/8/43 Bitsch, Oblt Emil KC 105
25/11/43 Lemke, Hptm Wilhelm OL 130
5/2/44 Frielinghaus, Oblt Gustav KC 74
11/3/44 Dahl, Maj Walther KC 64
12/5/44 Münster, Ltn Leopold OL() 95
9/6/44 Quaet-Faslem, Maj Klaus KC() 49
8/7/44 Grünberg, Ltn Hans KC 70
18/7/44 Moritz, Hptm Wilhelm KC 41
20/7/44 Wessling, Oblt Otto OL() 83
27/7/44 Ruhl, Ltn Franz KC 34
27/7/44 Weik, Ltn Hans KC 36
23/10/44 Unger, Fhj-Fw Willi KC 19
24/10/44 Haase, Hptm Horst KC 56
29/10/44 Gerth, Oblt Werner KC 26
29/10/44 Zimmermann, Ltn Oskar KC 28
9/12/44 Neumann, Fw Klaus KC 31
27/1/45 Tichy, Hptm Ekkehard KC() 25
16/4/45 Schroer, Maj Werner S 108
20/4/45 Langer, Maj Karl-Heinz KC 29
??/4/45 Bareuther, Ltn Herbert KC (?)

Notes and abbreviations

Number of Kills refers to the pilot’s score at the time the award was first announced, although the recipient may have added to his total by the time of the presentation

KC – Knight’s Cross

OL – Oak Leaves

S – Swords

() - (Posthumous)

APPENDIX 2: Aces of Jagdgeschwader 3 ‘Udet’*
Victories
with JG 3
Name/Rank Gruppe(n) Date of
Fifth Victory
Total Score Other JG(s) Fate
175 Kirschner, Ltn Joachim I/II 29/5/42 188 27 KIA 17/12/43
137 Brändle, Hptm Kurt II 26/5/42 172 53 KIA 3/11/43
131 Lemke, Ltn Wilhelm II/III 29/6/41 131 KIA 4/12/43
124 Wilcke, Hptm Wolf-Dietrich GS 30/6/42 162 53 KIA 23/3/44
120 Ettel, Ltn Wolf II 9/7/42 124 27 KIA 17/7/43
108 Bitsch, Ltn Emil III 5/11/41 108 KIA 15/3/44
106 Bauer, Oblt Viktor III 25/6/41 106 2, EJG 1 S
106 Lucas, Hptm Werner II 26/7/41 106 KIA 24/10/43
102 Lützow, Hptm Günther I/GS 31/5/40 110 JV 44 KIA 24/4/45
98 Schleef, Uffz Hans I/III 2/7/41 98 4, 5 KIA 31/12/44
95 Münster, Uffz Leopold II 26/8/41 95 KIA 8/5/44
90 Schentke, Fw Georg I/III 24/6/41 90 MIA 25/12/42
88 von Boremski, Obfw Eberhard II/III 25/6/41 88 77, EJG 1 S
83 Wessling, Fw Otto I/III/IV 4/7/41 83 KIA 19/4/44
83 Beyer, Oblt Franz II/III/IV 22/6/41 83 KIA 11/2/44
80 Gollob, Hptm Gordon M II 1/7/41 150 ZG 76, 77 S
77 Grünberg, Fw Hans II 30/10/42 82 7, JV 44 S
75 Ohlrogge, Fw Walter II/III 2/7/41 75 S
74 Frielinghaus, Ltn Gustav II/IV 6/10/41 74 EJG 1 S
73 Ewald, Hptm Wolfgang GS/III 12/6/42 74 52 PoW 14/7/43
71 Fuss, Ltn Hans II 25/6/41 71 DoW 10/11/42
71 Dahl, Oblt Walther GS, II/III 24/8/41 129 zbV, 300 S
63 Rüffler, Uffz Helmut I/II/III 23/9/41 88 51 S
60 Kemethmüller, Uffz Heinz III 19/8/41 89 54, 26 S
58 Schwaiger, Uffz Franz I/II 3/9/41 58 KIA 24/4/44
58 Engfer, Fw Siegfried III 29/5/42 58 S
54 Heckmann, Fw Alfred II 23/6/41 71 26 S
54 Reiff, Uffz Hans III 11/7/42 ? ? ?
52 Häfner, Ltn Ludwig I/II 13/6/42 52 MIA 10/11/42
52 Ebener, Uffz Kurt II 24/7/42 57 11 PoW 23/8/44
51 Mertens, Ltn Helmut GS/I/III 1/11/40 54 LG2, EJG 1 S
51 Dilling, Fw August GS/I/II 23/6/41 51 KIA 14/6/44
51 Michalek, Oblt Georg I/II 26/7/41 62 54, 108 S
47 Oesau, Hptm Walter GS/III 24/6/41 127 51, 2, 1 KIA 11/5/44
47 Hübner, Ltn Eckhardt GS/III 12/7/41 47 KIA 28/3/42
46 Daspelgruber, Ltn Franz I/IV 27/6/42 46 MIA 16/7/43
46 Surau, Fw Alfred III 25/3/43 46 DoW 14/10/43
44 Frese, Uffz Hans II 23/7/42 46 S
40 Schütte, Fw Josef II 24/6/42 40 KIA 4/12/43
39 Saborowski, Fw Rudolf III 29/10/40 39 KIA 8/7/42
39 Stolte, Oblt Paul II 14/3/43 39 1 KIA 18/10/43
38 Sochatzy, Oblt Kurt III 30/6/41 39 PoW 3/8/41
37 Miksch, Uffz Alfred III 4/9/42 43 1 KIA 1/12/43
37 Ruhl, Ltn Franz I/II 28/4/43 37 KIA 24/12/44
37 Thyben, Uffz Gerhard II 11/5/43 157 54 S
36 Olejnik, Obfw Robert I 5/2/41 42 2, 1,400, EJG 2 S
36 Rohwer, Ltn Detlev I/II 25/6/41 38 1 DOW 30/3/44
36 Löhr, Ltn Ernst-Heinz I/II 20/8/41 36 KIA 22/2/44
36 Zibler, Fw Emil III 16/9/42 36 MIA 5/7/43
36 Weik, Ltn Hans GS/III/IV 11/4/43 36 S
35 von Einsiedel, Ltn Heinrich Graf III 4/7/42 35 PoW 30/8/42
34 Stechmann, Fw Hans III 15/9/40 ? ? ?
33 Schlüter, Fw Harro I 22/5/42 33 KAS 15/4/44
33 Cech, Uffz Franz II 25/3/43 65 52 ?
32 Schuster, Ltn Hermann II 29/4/43 32 KIA 21/7/43
31 Eyrich, Uffz Waldemar II 17/8/42 31 KIA 11/4/44
31 Bringmann, Uffz Arnold II/IV 23/9/42 ? ? ?
30 Langer, Oblt Karl-Heinz III 24/8/42 30 S
30 Schaüble, Fw Karl III 25/8/42 30 KIA 27/2/43
29 Diergardt, Ltn Rolf III 6/4/42 29 MIA 11/8/42
28 Straznicky, Oblt Erwin I 6/7/42 40 77 MIA 3/10/42
27 Bucholz, Obfw Max I 17/5/40 28 5, 101, 106 S
27 Kortlepel, Obfw Erwin II 30/6/41 ? ? ?
26 Lüth, Fw Detlev I 26/6/41 37 1 KIA 6/3/44
26 Koch, Ltn Raimund III 16/7/43 26 KAS 2/11/44
25 Heinzeller, Uffz Josef II 28/8/40 35 LG 2, 54 ?
25 Meckel, Ltn Helmut I 7/9/40 77 KAS 8/5/43
25 Tichy, Ltn Ekkehard III/IV 5/7/43 25 53 KIA 16/8/44
25 Wald, Fw Harry IV ? 25 S
24 von Hahn, Hptm Hans I 10/1/41 34 1, 53, 103 S
24 Baum, Fw Heinz I 3/9/42 24 MIA 12/12/42
24 Giese, Uffz Willy III 13/9/42 24 MIA 31/12/42
24 Zimmermann, Ltn Oskar II/IV 13/4/44 30 51 S
23 Sannemann, Oblt Heinrich II 23/6/41 23 S
23 Walz, Oblt Albrecht GS/II 3/7/42 27 KIA 11/4/43
23 Dohse, Ltn Hartwig II 7/5/43 23 MIA 31/7/43
23 Müller, Maj Friedrich-Karl GS/IV 8/3/44 140 53 KAS 29/5/44
23 Unger, Uffz Willi IV 19/4/44 23 7 S
23 Maximowitz, Uffz Willi IV 18/7/44 27 SSt1 MIA 20/4/45
22 Buschmann, Uffz Hubert I 8/8/42 22 KIA 16/8/44
21 Bock, Ltn Eberhard I 2/9/40 23 1 S
21 Kijewski, Oblt Herbert II/III 26/6/41 21 1 MIA 16/4/43
21 Vogel, Uffz Wolfgang II 11/6/42 21 MIA 1/8/42
21 Humer, Ltn Alfred I/IV 10/7/42 21 KIA 10/2/44
21 Kaiser, Uffz Theodor I 20/7/42 ? ? ?
21 Lorentzen, Ltn Friedrich I 26/9/42 21 KAS 18/3/43
21 Zimmer, Fw Herbert III 2/10/42 ? ? ?
21 Hofrath, Uffz Kurt I 3/10/42 21 KIA 3/1/43
20 Keller, Oblt Lothar I/II 21/5/40 20 KIA 26/6/41
20 Förg, Fw Rasso II/IV 30/7/42 20 KIA 23/3/44
20 Gosemann, Uffz Heinz III 19/9/42 20 KIA 24/4/44
19 Heesen, Fw Ernst I 25/6/41 32 1 MIA 3/5/43
19 Gruber, Uffz Otto I 8/8/42 19 KAS 3/4/43
19 Myrrhe, Ltn Lothar II 9/8/42 19 MIA 21/4/43
19 Gerth, Ltn Werner IV 7/7/44 27 SSt 1 KIA 2/11/44
18 Schmidt, Oblt Winfried III 26/6/41 19 77 ?
18 May, Uffz Heinrich II 2/7/42 18 MIA 22/2/43
18 Roisch, Ltn Kurt I 6/7/42 ? ? ?
18 Wenzel, Oblt Werner III 5/8/42 18 ? ?
18 Mrotzek, Uffz Fritz I 20/8/42 18 KIA 18/12/44
18 Kloss, Fw Werner II 24/4/43 18 KAS 18/10/43
18 Lüdtke, Uffz Horst II 28/4/43 18 KIA 5/6/43
18 Papendick, Uffz Heinz III 9/7/43 18 KIA 2/3/44
18 Hoerschelmann, Ltn, Jürgen III 14/10/43 18 KIA 12/5/44
18 Schäfer, Fw Hans IV 19/12/43 ? ? ?
18 Iffland, Ltn Hans IV 8/4/44 ? ? S
18 Bösch, Uffz Oskar IV 18/7/44 18 S
18 Drdla, Uffz Hubert IV 23/12/44 18 7 S
17 Berg, Uffz Rudolf III 1/7/41 17 MIA 28/3/42
17 Krais, Uffz Uwe I/IV 9/10/42 17 KAS 23/7/43
17 Kutz, Obfw Walter IV ??/4/45 17 S
16 Suschko, Fw Leo I/II 17/8/41 ? ? ?
16 Steinicke, Fw Karl-Heinz II 8/7/42 ? ? ?
16 Hagenah, Uffz Walther I/IV 14/10/42 17 11, 7 S
16 Gräf, Fw Kurt III 5/7/43 16 KAS 25/2/44
16 Romm, Ltn Oskar I/IV 27/9/44 92 51 S
15 Schiffer, Uffz Johannes I 8/7/41 15 1 KIA 31/5/42
15 Rüping, Ltn Karl-Emil III 3/4/43 ? ? ?
14 Ehlers, Fw Hans I 5/2/41 55 1 KIA 27/12/44
14 Faust, Oblt Karl II 2/7/41 14 KAS 12/7/41
14 Raich, Ltn Alfons I/III 25/7/41 ? 1 ?
14 Pöske, Uffz Ernst II 26/7/41 14 MIA 22/7/42
14 Reich, Uffz Günther III 9/9/42 14 KIA 2/10/42
14 Dehrmann, Uffz Herbert II 25/3/43 14 KIA 6/8/44
14 Erhardt, Uffz Otto IV 18/4/44 14 KIA 14/1/45
13 Jung, Ltn Hans III 16/9/42 13 PoW 10/11/42
13 Mohn, Uffz Günther II 10/3/43 ? ? ?
13 Traphan, Fw Rudolf II 31/3/43 13 KIA 11/4/44
13 Roller, Obfw Robert II 6/7/43 13 KIA 18/7/44
13 Meyer-Arend, Fw Robert III 23/2/44 13 KIA 27/5/44
13 Loos, Uffz Walter II/IV 9/4/44 38 300, 301 S
12 Stange, Oblt Willy I/III 18/8/40 12 KAS 22/6/41
12 Bergmann, Ltn Karl I 2/7/41 12 KAS 6/8/42
12 Küpper, Uffz Heinz I 20/7/41 ? 1 ?
12 Brenner, Obfw Heinrich II 17/8/41 12 KIA 7/9/41
12 Wirth, Fw Otto I 8/12/42 12 KIA 8/10/43
12 Kutscha, Ltn Herbert II/IV 25/8/43 47 77, ZG 1, SKG 210, 27, 11 S
12 Florian, Fw Otto II 8/4/44 12 MIA 20/6/44
12 Fritz, Fhj/Fw Hans I 22/4/44 12 KAS 26/11/44
12 Neumann, Uffz Klaus IV 11/9/44 37 51, 7, JV 44 S
12 Schroer, Maj Werner GS 15/3/45 114 27, 54 S
11 Neuerburg, Oblt Erwin III 30/8/40 ? 77 ?
11 Springer, Fw Herbert III 9/7/41 ? ? ?
11 Rose, Ltn Helmut I 22/7/42 11 PoW 7/10/42
11 Benkendorf, Ltn I 13/11/42 ? ? ?
11 Moritz, Hptm Wilhelm IV 13/5/44 44 1, 51, 4 S
11 Zink, Ltn Dieter GS/III/IV 12/5/44 15 PoW 11/7/44
11 Löschenkohl, Uffz Ferdinand IV 15/3/45 11 S
11 Bareuther, Ltn Herbert IV ??/4/45 55 51 MIA 30/4/45
10 Seifert, Uffz Werner I 8/7/41 ? ? ?
10 Setzepfandt, Ltn Karl-Günther III 6/4/42 ? ? ?
10 Bertram, Hptm Karl-Friedrich I 3/6/42 ? ? ?
10 Greisert, Maj Karl-Heinz III 4/7/42 33 2 KIA 22/7/42
10 Gendelmeyer, Ltn Wolfgang I 8/7/42 10 KIA 1/8/42
10 Willmann, Fw ? I 10/12/42 ? ? ?
10 Fischer, Uffz Alfred II 22/3/43 10 PoW 4/7/43
10 Hanstein, Ltn Helmut III 5/7/43 ? ? ?
10 Stienhans, Uffz Walter II 12/7/43 10 KIA 3/11/43
10 Rentsch, Fw Wolfgang III 19/12/43 10 7 S
10 Rachner, Ltn Hans IV 11/4/44 10 KIA 7/7/44
10 Jung, Fw Hans-Ulrich III/IV 8/5/44 10 KIA 1/1/45
10 Hoffmann, Uffz Reinhold IV 30/7/44 ? ? ?
10 Angres, Fhj/Fw Heinz IV 23/8/44 10 KIA 16/10/44
9 Kohl, Obfhr ? II 13/8/41 ? ? ?
9 Ponec, Ltn Karlheinz II 21/8/41 9 KAS 13/2/42
9 Pissarski, Uffz Georg II 15/1/43 ? ? ?
9 Seewald, Ltn Karl-Ludwig II 15/4/43 9 KIA 10/10/43
9 Fedgenhäuer, Uffz Martin II 23/4/43 9 KIA 18/7/44
9 Frenzel, Uffz Harald III 5/7/43 9 KIA 22/7/43
9 Stahlberg, Ltn Erwin III 12/8/43 9 300, 7 KIA 14/4/45
9 Hener, Obfw Rudolf I 19/2/45 9 S
8 von Werra, Oblt Franz II 28/8/40 21 53 KAS 25/10/41
8 Buddenhagen, Ltn Horst II 23/6/41 8 KIA 25/6/41
8 Beyer, Uffz Horst II/III 28/6/41 8 KIA 11/7/41
8 Winkler, Uffz Ernst I 7/7/41 15 1 MIA 17/6/43
9 Freitag, Fw Hermann II 26/7/41 ? ? ?
8 Graf, Uffz Egon III 5/4/42 ? ? ?
8 Riha, Ltn Alfred I 22/7/42 8 MIA 28/7/42
8 Weise, Uffz Reinhard III 14/10/42 8 MIA 29/10/42
8 Quaet-Faslem, Oblt Klaus I 19/12/42 49 LG 2, 53 KAS 30/1/44
8 Schmidt, Ltn Friedrich-Wilhelm II 17/5/43 8 KIA 18/4/44
8 Schaedle, Oblt Gerd II 2/6/43 ? ? ?
8 Schirra, Uffz Helmuth II 13/7/43 ? ? ?
7 Tiedmann, Ltn Helmut I 7/6/40 7 PoW 18/8/40
7 von Selle, Hptm Erich II 30/8/40 7 S
7 Niedereichholz, Uffz Kurt I 8/7/41 16 1 MIA 1/1/45
7 Moldenhauer, Oblt Harald II 17/8/41 9 1 S
7 Helm, Obfhr Albert II 22/8/41 7 KIA 25/5/42
7 Kuhn, Gfr Adalbert III 20/5/42 7 PoW 29/5/42
7 Opalke, Uffz Horst II 31/5/42 7 KAS 20/7/42
7 Brucki, Ltn Edmund I 28/6/42 ? ? ?
7 Schopper, Fw Erich III 29/7/42 7 KIA 15/8/42
7 Burda, Obgefr Johannes I/IV 7/10/42 7 KAS 3/3/44
7 Bornholt, Ltn Wilhelm I 14/10/42 7 DAS 11/4/44
7 Germeroth, Hptm Rudolf I 28/12/42 7 KIA 14/10/43
7 Notemann, Fw Helmut II 25/1/43 ? ? ?
7 Lüdtke, Uffz Heinz III 6/5/43 7 PoW 5/7/43
7 Geyer, Uffz Norbert III 5/7/43 7 KIA 2/7/44
7 Reiser, Ltn Hans II 5/7/43 7 KIA 10/7/43
7 Birnstill, Uffz Franz III 30/7/43 7 KAS 13/2/44
7 Kap-Herr, Oblt Hermann GS/II/III 4/3/44 7 KIA 24/4/44
7 Reinartz, Ltn Fridolin II 13/4/44 7 KIA 6/8/44
7 Nolting, Obfhr Erhard IV 29/4/44 ? ? ?
7 Schmidt, Uffz Karl-Heinz IV 24/5/44 7 MIA 3/8/44
7 Ströbele, Obfw Georg III 27/5/44 ? ? ?
7 Jeworrek, Uffz Heinz IV 7/7/44 7 KIA 20/7/44
7 Hecker, Ltn Karl-Dieter IV 18/7/44 ? ? ?
7 Bauer, Obfw Johann IV 7/10/44 ? ? ?
7 Clässen, Fw Johann IV 2/11/44 7 MIA 25/12/44
7 Müller, Ltn Siegfried IV 2/12/44 17 SSt 1 S
6 Sprenger, Ltn Gerhard I 17/5/40 6 MIA 16/5/41
6 Keil, Uffz Josef III 26/8/40 ? 302, 301 S
6 Schnabel, Ltn Heinz I 28/8/40 6 PoW 5/9/40
6 Woitke, Oblt Erich I 18/9/40 29 1 KIA 24/12/44
6 Balthasar, Hptm Wilhelm I 24/10/40 40 27, 2 KIA 3/7/41
6 Kniewasser, Obfw Hermann I 12/7/41 6 KIA 17/7/41
6 Ressel, Ltn Heinz I 26/7/41 ? ? ?
6 Schiller, Uffz Georg II 6/7/42 6 MIA 9/7/42
6 Matzdorf, Fw Adelmar III 2/10/42 6 MIA 26/10/42
6 Blaut, Uffz Heinrich I 29/11/42 6 PoW 8/12/42
6 Boll, Uffz Hermann III 11/12/42 6 MIA 12/12/42
6 Fisher, Ltn Max-Bruno II 5/7/43 ? ? ?
6 Bohatsch, Ltn Walter II 7/7/43 16 7 S
6 Schmied, Ltn Hermann IV 17/9/43 6 KIA 10/2/44
6 Dräger, Fw Paul II 4/10/43 ? ? ?
6 Reinwald, Oblt ? III 25/2/44 ? ? ?
6 Ostrowitzki, Uffz Bruno I 11/4/44 ? ? ?
6 Schulz, Uffz Egon IV 13/4/44 ? ? ?
6 Clemens, Uffz Curt III 12/5/44 6 KIA 27/1/45
6 Franz, Ltn Richard IV 12/5/44 ? ? ?
6 Jäger, Uffz ? II 28/5/44 ? ? ?
6 Wielebinski, Fw Paul III 21/6/44 6 KIA 25/6/44
6 Scholz, Uffz Hans-Joachim IV 29/7/44 6 KIA 3/8/44
6 Vivroux, Uffz Gerhard IV 27/9/44 11 SSt 1 DoW 25/10/44
6 Keune, Uffz Helmut IV 23/12/44 6 KIA 14/1/45
6 Claussen, Fw ? III 11/3/45 ? ? ?
6 Raab, Uffz ? IV ??/4/45 6 MIA 1/5/45
5 Landry, Ltn Hans-Herbert I 18/8/40 5 DoW 23/9/40
5 Achleitner, Ltn Franz III 20/8/40 5 PoW 24/8/40
5 Göttmann, Ltn Leonhard III 24/8/40 ? ? ?
5 Westerhoff, Oblt Karl II 26/8/40 ? ? ?
5 Götz, Obfw Horst II 15/9/40 5 KAS 29/10/40
5 Troha, Oblt Erwin III 26/10/40 5 PoW 29/10/40
5 Jaksch, Uffz ? I 29/6/41 ? ? ?
5 Schulz, Uffz Günther I 12/7/41 5 KIA 31/7/41
5 Borchers, Oblt Hans-Jürgen I 16/7/41 ? ? ?
5 Eichler, Ltn Kurt I 17/7/41 ? ? ?
5 Schönfedlt, Oblt Heinz II 8/8/41 ? ? ?
5 Andres, Hptm Werner III 25/8/41 ? S
5 Wallrath, Uffz Karlheinz III 3/10/41 5 KIA 13/2/42
5 Ehmke, Uffz Otto III 26/2/42 5 KAS 23/5/42
5 Kirsten, Uffz Otto III 6/7/42 ? ? ?
5 von Cramon, Hptm Friedrich-Franz GS/I 23/7/42 5 PoW 1/8/42
5 Krug, Fw Willi I 1/10/42 ? ? ?
5 Loos, Uffz Gottfried III 9/10/42 5 MIA 25/10/42
5 Springer, Obfw Herbert I 16/10/42 ? ? ?
5 Teegler, Fw Werner I 23/10/42 5 MIA 4/11/42
5 Rose, Uffz Werner III 14/11/42 5 MIA 14/11/42
5 Obst, Uffz Heinz I 10/12/42 5 MIA 3/1/43
5 Kühnel, Fw Hans II 25/3/43 ? ? ?
5 Löffler, Uffz Oskar III 31/3/43 5 KIA 7/5/43
5 Hinz, Uffz ? III 19/12/43 ? ? ?
5 Pintsch, Uffz Rudolf IV 3/3/44 5 KIA 3/3/44
5 Hinkelmann, Oblt Joachim I 22/4/44 5 24/4/44
5 Pankalla, Uffz Gerhard III 24/4/44 5 KIA 11/7/44
5 Zehart, Oblt Otmar IV 8/5/44 ? ? ?
5 Metz, Ltn Rudolf IV 12/5/44 ? ? ?
5 Hoyer, Ltn Johannes II 30/6/44 ? ? ?
5 Brandt, Fw Josef IV 18/7/44 ? ? ?
5 Heinig, Uffz Günther IV 22/8/44 5 KIA 24/8/44
5 Wichmann, Fw Helmut IV 12/9/44 5 KIA 23/12/44
5 Haase, Oblt Horst IV 28/9/44 56 51 KIA 26/11/44
5 Küttner, Oblt Siegfried IV 2/11/44 5 MIA 1/5/45
5 Kosse, Hptm Wolfgang IV 24/12/44 28 5, 26 MIA 24/12/44
5 Glaubig, Ltn Gotthard IV 27/12/44 12 KIA 27/12/44
5 Brandt, Ltn Walther I 3/3/45 42 51 S
5 Angst, Ltn Paul III 24/4/45 5 S

Notes and Abbreviations

(*) Lists all known aces (five or more victories) but may not be complete due to lack of information relating to closing months of war

Name/Rank: rank shown as at time of fifth victory

Gruppe(n): indicates those with which the ace is known to have served within the Geschwader (not necessarily shown in chronological order). ‘GS’ signifies service with the Geschwaderstab

Other JG(s): refers to units (excluding training schools) that the ace is known to have served with during his operational career. A dash signifies that he served solely with JG 3. A question mark indicates ‘not known’

Abbreviations as follows;

EJG - Ergänzungsjagdgeschwader

JV - Jagdverband

LG - Lehrgeschwader

SKG - Schnellkampfgeschwader

SSt - Sturmstaffel

zbV - ‘Special duties’ Geschwader

ZG - Zerstörergeschwader

Fate: Abbreviations as follows;

KIA - killed in action

MIA - missing in action

KAS - killed on active service

DAS - died on active service

DoW - died of wounds

PoW - prisoner-of-war

S - known to have survived war