# List of World War II aces from Germany: M–P

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

* Hans-Joachim Marseille, the highest scoring German ace over the Western Allies
* Egon Mayer, claimed 26 heavy bombers shot down
* Werner Mölders, the first pilot to claim 100 aerial victories
* Joachim Müncheberg, killed in North Africa
* Walter Nowotny, the first pilot to claim 250 aerial victories
* Walter Oesau, the third pilot to claim 100 aerial victories
By surname: A–F • G–L • Q–S • T–Z
This along with the * (asterisk), indicates that the pilot was either killed in action (KIA), missing in action (MIA), died of wounds (DOW), killed in a flying accident (KIFA), or killed in a car accident (KICA).  This and the / (slash) indicates information discrepancies listed by Aders, Boiten, Caldwell, Girbig, Held, Obermaier, Spick, Ring, Mathews, Foreman and Zabecki.

### M

| Name | Rank | Claims | Unit | Notes |
| Ernst Maak | Hauptmann | 6 | JG 27, JG 11 | |
| Werner Machold | Hauptmann | 32 | JG 2 | Knight's Cross |
| Walter Mackens* | Oberfeldwebel | 9 | JG 52, JG 53, JG 300 | KIA 5 January 1944 |
| Wilhelm Mackenstedt | Oberfeldwebel | 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 | Oberfeldwebel | 17 | NJG 5, NJG 100 | |
| Wilhelm Makrocki* | Major | 9 | ZG 76, ZG 26 | Knight's Cross KIA 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 | Oberfeldwebel | 121 | JG 51 | Knight's Cross |
| Hans-Joachim Marseille* | Hauptmann | 158/152 | JG 52, JG 27 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds KIFA 30 September 1942 |
| Karl-Heinrich Matern | Hauptmann | 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 Swords KIA 2 March 1944 incl. 26 heavy bombers |
| Hans-Karl Mayer | Hauptmann | 39 (incl. 8 in Spain) | JG 53, JG 26 | Knight's Cross KIA 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 Cross KIA 15 March 1944 |
| Julius Meimberg | Major | 53 | JG 2, JG 53 | Knight's Cross |
| Hans Meissner | Leutnant | 19 | NJG 3 | |
| Dieter Meister* | Leutnant | 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 | Feldwebel | 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* | Hauptmann | 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 Leaves KIA 21/22 January 1944 |
| Karl-Heinz "Conny" Meyer | Major | 11 | JG 26 | |
| Eduard Meyer* | Leutnant | 22 | ZG 26 | Knight's Cross KIA 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 Cross KIA 10 June 1943 |
| Klaus Mietusch* | Major | 72 | JG 26 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 17 September 1944 |
| Walter Milius | Major | 8 | NJG 1, NJG 3, NJG 4, JG 400 | |
| Wilhelm Mink* | Oberfeldwebel | 72 | JG 51, EJG 1 | Knight's Cross KIA 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 Cross KIA 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 Diamonds KIFA 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 Cross KIA 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 Leaves KIA 29 May 1944 incl. 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* | Oberlfeldwebel | 94 | JG 5 | Knight's Cross Died 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 Swords KIA 23 March 1943 |
| Georg Munderloh | Oberfeldwebel | 18 | JG 54 | |
| Leopold Münster* | Leutnant | 95 | JG 3 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 8 May 1944 |
| Karl Munz | Leutnant | 60 | JG 52, JG 7 | |
| Hubert Mütherich | Oberleutnant | 43/39 | JG 51, JG 54 | |

### N

| Name | Rank | Claims | Unit | Notes |
| Josef Nabrich* | Oberleutnant | 18/17 | NJG 101, NJG 1 | KIA 27 November 1944 |
| Heinz Nacke | Major | 12 | ZG 76, NJG 3 | Knight's Cross |
| 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 Cross KIA 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 | Leutnant | 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 Cross KIA 16 September 1944 |
| "Nowi" Walter Nowotny* | Major | 258/256 | JG 54, Kdo Nowotny, JG 101 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds KIA 8 November 1944 |

### O

| Name | Rank | Claims | Unit | Notes |
| 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 Swords KIA 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 Cross KIA 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 Swords KIA 9 August 1942 |

### P

| Name | Rank | Claims | Unit | Notes |
| Karl Paashaus* | Oberleutnant | 15 | JG 53 | German Cross KIA 22 August 1944 |
| Horst Patuschka* | Hauptmann | 23 | NJG 2 | Knight's Cross KIA 6 March 1943 |
| Georg Pavenzinger | Oberfeldwebel | 5 | JG 51 | |
| Hans Peterburs* | Oberfeldwebel | 18 | ZG 76, ZG 1 | Knight's Cross KIA 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 Cross KIA 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 Swords KIA 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* | Leutnant | 26 | JG 1 | Knight's Cross KIA 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* | Oberleutnant | 43 | JG 54 | Knight's Cross KIA 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 Cross KIA 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 |