# List of World War II aces from Germany: G–L

This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from Germany with their surname starting from G to L. 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

* Adolf Galland, the last pilot to claim 100 aerial victories
* Gordon Gollob, the first pilot to claim 150 aerial victories
* Helmut Lent, the first night fighter pilot to claim 100 aerial victories
By surname: A–F • M–P • 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.

### G

| Name | Rank | Claims | Unit | Notes |
| Josef Gabl | Oberfeldwebel | 42/28+ | JG 51 | |
| Kurt Gabler | Oberleutnant | 16 | JG 300 | |
| Alfred Gädicke* | Feldwebel | 5 | JG 52, JG 11 | KIA 10 February 1944 |
| Andreas Gail* | Gefreiter | 9 | JG 51 | KIA 13 July 1943 |
| Otto Gaiser* | Leutnant | 74 | JG 51 | Knight's Cross MIA 22 January 1944 |
| "Dolfo" Adolf Galland | Generalleutnant | 104/101 | JG 27, JG 26, JV 44 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds |
| Paul Galland* | Leutnant | 17 | JG 26 | |
| Wilhelm-Ferdinand (Wutz) Galland* | Major | 54/56 | JG 26 | Knight's Cross |
| Bernd Gallowitsch | Major | 64 | JG 51, JG 7 | Knight's Cross |
| Fritz Gammel* | Oberfeldwebel | 19 | JG 53 | MIA 4 September 1942 |
| Josef Gärtner | Oberfeldwebel | 6 | JG 26 | |
| Wilhelm Gäth | Major | 9 | JG 26 | |
| Werner Gayko | Oberleutnant | 14 | JG 5 | |
| August Geiger* | Hauptmann | 53/50 | NJG 1 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 29/30 September 1943 |
| Friedrich Geisshardt* | Hauptmann | 102/93 | LG 2, JG 77, JG 26, JG 27 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 6 April 1942 |
| Wolfgang Gendelmeyer* | Leutnant | 8 | JG 3 | KIA 1 August 1942 |
| Hannes Gentzen | Major | 18 | JG 102 | |
| Dieter Gerhard | Oberleutnant | 5 | JG 1 | |
| Günther Gerhards | Leutnant | 8 | JG 52 | |
| Werner Gerhardt* | Oberfeldwebel | 13/12 | JG 2, JG 1, JG 26 | KIA 19 August 1942 |
| Erich Gerlitz* | Major | 18 | JG 51, JG 27, JG 53, JG 5 | KIA 16 March 1944 |
| Lorenz Gerstmayr | Oberfeldwebel | 15 | NJG 3 | Admitted to Luftwaffe hospital in Amsterdam on 7 July 1944, died 29 May 1945 |
| Werner Gerth* | Hauptmann | 38/23 | JG 3, JG 300, JG 400 | Knight's Cross KIA 2 November 1944 |
| Herbert Giesecke | Oberfeldwebel | 6 | NJG 3 | |
| Vinzenz Giessübel | Oberfeldwebel | 6 | NJG 1, NJG 2 | |
| Paul Gildner* | Oberleutnant | 48/43 | ZG 1, NJG 1, NJG 2 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIFA 24/25 February 1943 |
| Gerhard Gleuwitz | Oberleutnant | 11+ | JG 52 | |
| Rudolf Glöckner | Oberleutnant | 33 | JG 5, JG 7 | German Cross |
| Adolf Glunz | Oberleutnant | 71/69 | JG 52, JG 26, JG 7 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
| Heinz Golinski* | Feldwebel | 47 | JG 53 | Knight's Cross KIA 16 October 1942 |
| Erich Gollasch* | Oberleutnant | 7 | NJG 2, NJG 1, NJG 5, NJG 100 | MIA 25/26 September 1943 |
| Gordon Gollob | Oberst | 150/146 | JG 3, JG 77 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds |
| Kurt Goltzsch* | Oberleutnant | 43 | JG 2 | Knight's Cross |
| Heinz Gomann | Feldwebel | 12 | JG 26, JG 7 | |
| Heinz Gossow | Oberfeldwebel | 12/6 | KG 3, JG 300, JG 301, JG 7 | Knight's Cross |
| Heinz Gottlob | Oberleutnant | 6 | JG 26 | |
| Franz Götz | Major | 63 | JG 53, JG 26 | Knight's Cross |
| Hans Götz* | Hauptmann | 82 | JG 54 | Knight's Cross |
| Walter Grabmann | Generalmajor | 13 (incl. 7 in Spain) | LG 1, ZG 76 | Knight's Cross |
| Friedrich (Fritz) Graeff | Oberleutnant | 6 | ZG 26, NJG 1, NJG 4 | WIA 8/9 July 1943 |
| Hermann Graf | Oberst | 212/206 | JG 52, JG 11 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds |
| Hartmann Grasser | Major | 103/96+ | JG 51 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
| Berthold Graßmuck* | Oberfeldwebel | 65 | JG 52 | Knight's Cross |
| Karl Gratz | Leutnant | 138 | JG 52, JG 2 | Knight's Cross |
| Hans Gref* | Oberleutnant | 16 | ZG 76, NJG 3, NJG 5, NJG 100, NJGr 10 | KIA 26 March 1944 |
| Hermann Greiner | Hauptmann | 51/50 | NJG 2, NJG 1, NJSch 1 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
| Karl-Heinz Greisert* | Major | 34 | JG 2, JG 3 | KIA 22 July 1942 |
| Heinrich Griese | Major | 13 | NJG 1, NJG 4, NJG 6 | WIA 12/13 September 1944 |
| Heinz Grimm* | Leutnant | 27/26 | NJG 1 | Knight's Cross DOW 13 October 1943 |
| Josef Grimm | Unteroffizier | 5 | JG 27 | |
| Alfred Grislawski | Hauptmann | 133/127 | JG 52, JG 1 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
| Helmut Grollmus* | Leutnant | 75 | JG 54 | Knight's Cross |
| Fritz Gromotka | Leutnant | 29 | JG 27 | Knight's Cross |
| Alfred Gross | Leutnant | 52 | JG 54, JG 26 | |
| Detlev Grossfuss | Oberleutnant | 18 | JG 2 | |
| Erich Groth | Major | 11 | ZG 2, ZG 76 | |
| Viktor Gruber | Feldwebel | 10 | JG 27 | |
| Hans Grünberg | Oberleutnant | 82/78 | JG 3, JG 52, JG 7 JV 44 | Knight's Cross |
| Walter Grünlinger* | Leutnant | 7 | JG 26 | KIA 4 September 1943 |
| Gerhard Grzymalla | Feldwebel | 7/8 | JG 26 | |
| Hermann Guhl | Leutnant | 15 | LG 2, JG 26 | |
| Joachim Günther | Leutnant | 11 | JG 26 | |
| Wolf Gütter | Leutnant | 6 | NJG 3 | WIA 14/15 July 1944 |
| Gerhard Guttmann* | Felwebel | 7 | JG 26 | KIA 27 March 1944 |

### H

| Name | Rank | Claims | Unit | Notes |
| Gerhard Haak* | Feldwebel | 10 | JG 54 | KIA 25 October 1941 |
| Sigurd Haala | Oberleutnant | 42 | JG 54, JG 26 | German Cross |
| Friedrich Haas* | Leutnant | 74 | JG 52 | Knight's Cross KIA 9 April 1945 |
| Ernst Haase* | Oberfeldwebel | 8+ | JG 302 | German Cross KIA 25 February 1945 |
| Horst Haase* | Major | 82/62/54 | JG 51, JG 3 | Knight's Cross KIA 26 November 1944 |
| Helmut Haberda* | Oberleutnant | 59 | JG 52 | German Cross KIA 8 May 1943 |
| Karl Haberland* | Oberleutnant | 9 | JG 3, JG 2 | KIA 27 January 1944 |
| Wilhelm Hachfeld* | Hauptmann | 11 | LG 2, JG 51, ZG 2 | Knight's Cross KIFA 2 December 1942 |
| August Hachtel | Oberleutnant | 5 | JG 400 | Knight's Cross |
| Joachim Hacker | Leutnant | 32/21 | JG 51 | |
| Anton Hackl | Major | 192/180+ | JG 77, JG 11, JG 26, JG 300 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords incl. 34 heavy bombers |
| Heinrich "Heinz" Hackler* | Leutnant | 56 | JG 77 | Knight's Cross KIA 1 January 1945 |
| Heinz-Martin Hadeball | Hauptmann | 33/28 | NJG 1, NJG 4, NJG 6, NJGr 10 | Knight's Cross |
| Alfred Haesler | Major | 5 | V.(Z)/LG 1, ZG 26, NJG 1, NJG 4 | WIA 10/11 August 1943 |
| Anton "Toni" Hafner* | Oberleutnant | 204/203 | JG 51 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 17 October 1944 |
| Ludwig Häfner* | Leutnant | 52 | JG 3 | Knight's Cross KIA 10 November 1942 |
| Walter Hagenah | Leutnant | 15 | JG 3, JG 7 | |
| Johannes Hager | Hauptmann | 48/41 | NJG 1 | Knight's Cross |
| Franz Hahn* | Hauptmann | 17+/14+ | JG 77, JG 51, JG 4 | KIA 22 January 1944 |
| Hans "Assi" Hahn | Major | 108/105 | JG 2, JG 54 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
| Hans von Hahn | Major | 31 | JG 53, JG 1, JG 103 | Knight's Cross |
| Hans Hahn* | Leutnant | 15/11 | NJG 1, NJG 2 | Knight's Cross KIA 11/12 October 1941 |
| Siegfried Hahn | Hauptmann | 10 | ZG 76, NJG 3 | |
| Josef Haiböck | Hauptmann | 73 | JG 26, JG 52, JG 3 | Knight's Cross |
| Karl Haisch* | Oberfeldwebel | 10 | NJG 3 | KIFA 20 March 1943 |
| Heinz Halstrick | Feldwebel | 11 | JG 5 | |
| Joachim Hamer | Leutnant | 35/29 | JG 51 | |
| Alfred Hammer | Hauptmann | 26 | JG 53 |
| Karl Hammerl* | Leutnant | 67/63 | JG 52 | Knight's Cross MIA 2 March 1943 |
| Gotthard Handrick | Oberst | 10 (+5 in Spain) | JG 26, JG 77 | Gold medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics |
| Heinz Hanke | | 9 | JG 1 | |
| Günther Hannak | Hauptmann | 47 | LG 2, JG 77, JG 27 | Knight's Cross |
| Gottfried Hanneck | Oberleutnant | 6 | NJG 1 | WIA 1/2 February 1945 |
| Horst Hannig* | Oberleutnant | 98 | JG 54, JG 2 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 15 May 1943 |
| Joachim Hanss* | Leutnant | 10 | NJG 5 | KIA 7/8 July 1944 |
| Harro Harder | Hauptmann | 22 (+11 in Spain) | JG 53 | |
| Jürgen Harder* | Major | 64 | JG 53, JG 11 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIFA 17 February 1945 |
| Hans Hartigs | Oberleutnant | 6 | JG 26 | |
| Andreas Hartl | Feldwebel | 8 | JG 302 | |
| Erich Hartmann | Major | 352 | JG 52, JG 53 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds |
| Ludwig Hartmann | Oberfeldwebel | 13 | JG 2 | |
| Hans-Dieter Hartwein | Oberleutnant | 16 | JG 5 | |
| Helmut Haugk | Hauptmann | 18 | ZG 76, ZG 26 | Knight's Cross |
| Werner Haugk* | Leutnant | 9 | StG 77, ZG 76 | Knight's Cross KIA 18 October 1944 |
| Hans Hausschild | Feldwebel | 7 | NJG 100, NJG 200 | |
| Wilhelm Hauswirth | Feldwebel | 50 | JG 52 | |
| Alfred Heckmann | Oberleutnant | 71/69 | JG 3, JG 26, JV 44 | Knight's Cross |
| Günther Heckmann | Leutnant | 20/16 | JG 51, JG 1, JG 7 | |
| Hubert Heckmann | Leutnant | 5 | JG 1, JG 7 | |
| Ernst Heesen* | Leutnant | 32/28 | JG 2, NJG 1, JG 3, JG 1 | KIA 3 May 1943 |
| Alfred Heidel | Oberfeldwebel | 8 | JG 27 | |
| Bruno Heilig* | Oberleutnant | 7 | NJG 2, NJG 3 | KIFA 6/7 January 1945 |
| Joseph Heim* | Gefreiter | 5 | JG 7 | KIA 10 April 1945 |
| Friedrich Heimann | Oberfeldwebel | 41 | JG 51 | |
| Kurt Hein | Feldwebel | 8 | JG 26 | |
| Hans-Joachim Heinecke | Hauptmann | 28 | JG 27 | |
| Engelbert Heiner* | Oberleutnant | 15 | KG 27, NJG 6 | Knight's Cross KIA 18/19 March 1945 |
| Gerd Heintze | Feldwebel | 5 | NJG 5, NJG 100 | |
| Emil Heinzelmann* | Feldwebel | 5 | NJG 1 | KIFA 7 May 1944 |
| Richard Heller* | Leutnant | 22 | ZG 26, ZG 10 | Knight's Cross KIA 5 April 1945 |
| Horst Hennig* | Hauptmann | 7 | KG 77, NJG 3 | Knight's Cross KIFA 7/8 October 1944 |
| Eberhard Henrici | Oberleutnant | 6 | JG 26 | |
| Wilhelm Henseler | Oberleutnant | 10 | NJG 1 | |
| Helmut Henz* | Hauptmann | 6 | JG 77 | KIA 25 May 1941 |
| Wilhelm Herget | Major | 72 | ZG 76, NJG 3, NJG 1, NJG 4, JV 44 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves PoW 2 May 1945 |
| Kurt Hermann | Oberleutnant | 9 | NJG 2 | |
| Rolf Hermichen | Major | 64 | JG 26, JG 11, JG 104 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves incl. 26 heavy bombers |
| Hajo Herrmann | Oberst | 9/4 | KG 4, KG 30, JG Herrmann, JG 300 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords |
| Kurt Herrmann | Oberleutnant | 9 | I.(Z)/LG 1, Z./KG 30, NJG 2 | PoW 10/11 March 1941 |
| Gerhard Herzog* | Stabsfeldwebel | 11 | ZG 76, NJG 1, NJG 6 | KIA 20/21 October 1943 |
| Heinrich Heuser | Feldwebel | 5 | JG 26 | |
| Hans-Joachim Heyer* | Leutnant | 53 | JG 54 | Knight's Cross KIA 9 November 1942 |
| Otto-Heinrich Hilleke | Leutnant | 6 | JG 26 | |
| Ernst-Erich Hirschfeld* | Oberleutnant | 24/17 | JG 54, JG 300 | Knight's Cross KIA 28 July 1944 |
| Heinz-Horst Hissbach* | Hauptmann | 34/27 | KG 28, KG 40, NJG 2 | Knight's Cross KIA 14/15 April 1945 |
| Walter Höckner* | Major | 68 | JG 77, JG 26, JG 1, JG 4 | Knight's Cross KIFA 25 August 1944 |
| Heinrich Höfemeier* | Oberleutnant | 96 | JG 51 | Knight's Cross KIA 7 August 1943 |
| Friedrich Hoffmann* | Leutnant | 11 | JG 27 | |
| Gerhard Hoffmann* | Leutnant | 125/130 | JG 52 | Knight's Cross KIFA 17 April 1945 |
| Heinrich Hoffmann* | Oberfeldwebel | 63 | JG 51 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 3 October 1941 |
| Hermann Hoffmann | Oberfeldwebel | 7 | JG 26 | |
| Reinhold Hoffmann* | Oberleutnant | 66 | JG 54 | Knight's Cross KIA 24 May 1944 |
| Reinhold Hoffmann | Feldwebel | 8 | JG 3 | |
| Werner Hoffmann | Major | 52 / 51/50 | ZG 52, ZG 2, NJG 3, NJG 5 | Knight's Cross |
| Karl-Wilhelm Hofmann* | Oberleutnant | 44 | JG 26 | Knight's Cross KIA 26 March 1945 |
| Erich Hohagen | Major | 56 | JG 51, JG 2, JG 27, JG 7, JV 44 | Knight's Cross |
| Werner Hohenberg | Feldwebel | 27 | JG 52, JG 2 | |
| Walter Holl | Feldwebel | 7 | JG 26 | |
| Kurt Holler* | Major | 19/18/11+ | ZG 26, NJG 1, NJG 4 | KIA 21/22 June 1943 |
| Otto Holler* | Unteroffizier | 5 | NJG 100 | KIA 9/10 March 1944 |
| Helmuth Holtz | Feldwebel | 56 | JG 51 | |
| Gerhard Homuth* | Major | 63 | JG 27, JG 54 | Knight's Cross MIA 2 August 1943 |
| Werner Hopf | Hauptmann | 21 | NJG 5 | |
| Helmuth Hoppe | Hauptmann | 22 | JG 26 | German Cross |
| Jürgen Hörschelmann* | Leutnant | 16 | JGr Süd, JG 3 | KIA 12 May 1944 |
| Walter Horten | Oberleutnant | 5 | JG 26 | |
| Anton Hörwick* | Oberfeldwebel | 27 | NJG 2, NJG 7 | Knight's Cross KIA 19 February 1945 |
| Dietrich Hrabak | Oberst | 125 | JG 76, JG 54, JG 52 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
| Franz Hrdlicka* | Hauptmann | 96/60 | JG 77, JG 2 | Knight's Cross KIA 25 March 1945 |
| Ferdinand Hromadnik | Leutnant | 6 | NJG 4 | |
| Herbert Hubatsch | Feldwebel | 5 | NJG 1, NJG 2, NJG 5, NJG 6 | WIA 6 September 1944 |
| Rudolf Hübl | Oberfelwebel | 9 | JG 1 | |
| Eckhard Hübner* | Leutnant | 47 | JG 3 | Knight's Cross KIA 28 March 1942 |
| Werner Hübner | Oberfeldwebel | 7 | JG 51 | |
| Wilhelm Hübner* | Leutnant | 62 | JG 51 | Knight's Cross KIA 7 April 1945 |
| Rolf Huck | Hauptmann | 6 | NJG 3 | |
| Karl Hülshoff | Oberleutnant | 11/10 | KG 54, NJG 1, NJG 2, NJG 102 | |
| Alfred Humor* | Oberleutnant | 16 | JG 3 | KIA 10 February 1944 |
| Herbert Huppertz* | Major | 68 | JG 51, JG 5, JG 2 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 8 June 1944 |
| Werner Husemann | Major | 34/33 | NJG 1, NJG 3 | Knight's Cross |
| Wolf-Dietrich Huy | Hauptmann | 40 | JG 77 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |

### I

| Name | Rank | Claims | Unit | Notes |
| Hans Iffland | Leutnant | 11 | JG 3 | |
| Herbert Ihlefeld | Oberst | 130 (incl. 7 in Spain) | I(J)/LG 2, JG 77, JG 52, JGr.25, JG 11, JG 1 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords |
| Iro Ilk* | Major | 9/8 | LG 1, JG 300 | Knight's Cross KIA 25 September 1944 |
| Eduard Isken | Oberfeldwebel | 56/44+ | JG 77, JGr 200, I(F)/123, JG 53 | Knight's Cross |

### J

| Name | Rank | Claims | Unit | Notes |
| Egbert Jaacks | Oberfeldwebel | 44+ | JG 76, JG 77, JG 53 | |
| Hans-Joachim Jabs | Oberstleutnant | 50/48 | ZG 76, NJG 3, NJG 1 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
| Ernst Jäckel | Feldwebel | 8 | JG 26 | |
| Alfred Jakobi | Leutnant | 8 | JG 77, JG 5 | |
| Wolfgang Jank | Hauptmann | 11 | NJG 3, NJG 200 | |
| Erich Jauer | Feldwebel | 12 | JG 26 | |
| Kurt Jenisch* | Leutnant | 8 | JG 27 | |
| Peter Jenne* | Hauptmann | 17/12+ | JG 300 | Knight's Cross KIA 2 March 1945 |
| Josef Jennewein* | Leutnant | 86/83 | JG 26, JG 51 | Knight's Cross MIA 27 July 1943 |
| Heinrich Jessen | Oberleutnant | 6 | JG 26 | |
| Hans Johannsen | Leutnant | 8 | JG 26 | |
| Horst John* | Feldwebel | 13 | JG 52, JG Herrmann, JG 300 | KIA 18/19 November 1943 |
| Wilhelm Johnen | Hauptmann | 34/33 | NJG 1, NJG 5, NJG 6 | Knight's Cross |
| Hermann-Friedrich Joppien* | Hauptmann | 70/59 | JG 51 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 28 August 1941 |
| Günther Josten | Oberleutnant | 178 | JG 51 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
| Erich Jung | Oberleutnant | 27 | NJG 2 | |
| Harald Jung | Hauptmann | 20 | JG 51 | |
| Heinrich Jung* | Hauptmann | 68/65 | JG 54 | Knight's Cross KIA 30 July 1943 |

### K

| Name | Rank | Claims | Unit | Notes |
| Kurt Kadlcick | Oberleutnant | 6 | NJG 4 | |
| Erbo Graf von Kageneck* | Hauptmann | 67 | JG 27 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves DOW 12 January 1942 |
| Adolf Kaiser | Oberleutnant | 16 | NJG 2, NJG 5, NJG 100 | |
| Emil Kaiser | Oberleutnant | 13 | JG 27 | |
| Herbert Kaiser | Leutnant | 68 | JG 77, JG 1, JV 44 | Knight's Cross |
| Peter Kalden | Oberleutnant | 84 | JG 51 | Knight's Cross |
| Rolf Kaldrack* | Hauptmann | 21 (+3 in Spain) | ZG 76 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 3 February 1942 |
| Ernst Kalinowski | Oberfeldwebel | 5 | ZG 76, NJG 1, NJG 3 | |
| Adolf Kalkum | Oberfeldwebel | 19 | JG 53 | |
| Herbert Kaminski | Major | 7 | ZG 76, JG 53 | Knight's Cross |
| Hans-Karl Kamp* | Major | 24 | ZG 76, NJG 1, NJG 4, JG 300 | KIA 31 December 1944 |
| Fritz Karch | Hauptmann | 47 | JG 2 | Knight's Cross |
| Hans Karlewski | Major | 6 | KG 53, NJG 101, NJG 1, NJG 2 | |
| Eberhard Kaross | Leutnant | 11/10 | NJG 5, NJG 100 | |
| Kurt Karsten | Oberfeldwebel | 6 | NJG 4, Luftbeobachterstaffel 7, NJG 6 | |
| Erich Kayser | Leutnant | 5+/6 | NJG 5, NJG 100 | PoW 25 January 1945, east of Labiau (present-day Polessk, Kaliningrad oblast) |
| Dietrich Kehl | Oberleutnant | 6 | JG 26 | |
| Georg Keil | Leutnant | 20+ | JG 2 | |
| Josef Keil | Unteroffizier | 16 | JG 3, JG 301 | |
| Günther Kelch | Hauptmann | 13 | JG 26 | |
| Johannes Keller | Unteroffizier | 23 | JG 51 | |
| Lothar Keller | Hauptmann | 23 (incl. 3 in Spain) | JG 3 | Knight's Cross |
| Otto Keller | Leutnant | 13 | NJG 5 | |
| Kurt Kelter | Leutnant | 60 | JG 54 | |
| Heinz Kemethmüller | Oberleutnant | 89 | JG 3, JG 26 | Knight's Cross |
| Karl-Heinz Kempf* | Leutnant | 65 | JG 54, JG 26 | Knight's Cross KIA 3 September 1944 |
| Karl Kennel | Major | 34 | ZG 26, ZG 2, SG 1, SG 2 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
| Gerhard Keppler | Leutnant | 7 | JG 27 | |
| Georg Kiefner | Leutnant | 12 | JG 26, JV 44 | |
| Johannes Kiel* | Hauptmann | 25 | ZG 26, ZG 76 | Knight's Cross KIA 29 January 1944 |
| Willy Kientsch* | Oberleutnant | 53 | JG 27 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 29 January 1944 |
| Rüdiger von Kirchmayr | Hauptmann | 20+ | JG 1, JG 11, JV 44 | |
| Joachim Kirschner* | Hauptmann | 188/181 | JG 3, JG 27 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves 17 December 1943 |
| Otto Kittel* | Oberleutnant | 267/265+ | JG 54 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords 16 February 1945 |
| Ernst Klager | Oberleutnant | 22 | JG 53 | |
| Alfons Klein | Oberleutnant | 39/38 | JG 52, JG 11 | Knight's Cross |
| Johann Klein | Stabsfeldwebel | 10 | JG 52 | |
| Hans Klein* | Stabsfeldwebel | 5 | JG 2 | KIA 14 March 1941 |
| Rudolf Klemm | Major | 42/43 | JG 54, JG 26 | Knight's Cross |
| Heinrich Klöpper* | Oberleutnant | 94/89 | JG 51, JG 1 | Knight's Cross KIA 29 November 1943 |
| Reinhold Knacke* | Hauptmann | 45/44 | ZG 1, NJG 1 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 3/4 February 1943 |
| Kurt Knappe* | Oberfeldwebel | 56 | JG 51, JG 2 | Knight's Cross KIA 3 September 1943 |
| Hans Knauth | Hauptmann | 26 | JG 51 | |
| Wolfgang Knieling* | Oberleutnant | 8 | NJG 1, NJG 3, NJG 5, NJG 6 | KIA 6/7 July 1944 |
| Heinz Knoke | Hauptmann | 33 | JG 1, JG 11 | Knight's Cross 1/2 victory {Not awarded}+12 unconfirmed |
| Gerhard Koall | Hauptmann | 38 | JG 3, JG 54 | Knight's Cross |
| Günther Köberich* | Hauptmann | 14 | NJG 3, NJG 2 | KIA 8 April 1944 at Quakenbrück airfield |
| Hans-Günther Koch | Oberfeldwebel | 9+ | JG 51 | |
| Harry Koch | Hauptmann | 21+ | JG 26, JG 2 | |
| Herbert Koch | Oberleutnant | 17 | NJG 3 | |
| Robert Koch | Feldwebel | 5 | NJG 1 | PoW 6/7 October 1944 |
| Josef Kociok* | Leutnant | 33 | ZG 76, SKG 210, 10.(NJ)/ZG 1, NJG 200 | Knight's Cross KIA 26/27 September 1943 |
| Hans-Heinrich Koenig* | Hauptmann | 28/25 | ZG 76, NJG 3, Jagdstaffel Helgoland, JG 11 | Knight's Cross KIA 24 May 1944 |
| Armin Köhler | Major | 69 | JG 27, JG 77 | Knight's Cross |
| Walter Köhne | Leutnant | 20+ | JG 52, JG 1, JG 11, EJG 2 | |
| Hans Kolbow | Oberleutnant | 27 | JG 20, JG 51 | Knight's Cross |
| Reinhard Kollak | Stabsfeldwebel | 49 | ZG 1, NJG 1, NJG 4 | Knight's Cross |
| Helmut Konter* | Leutnant | 15–20/15 | NJG 5, NJG 100 | MIA in April 1945 |
| Gerhard Köppen* | Leutnant | 85 | JG 52 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves MIA May 5, 1942 |
| Hans-Günter von Kornatzki* | Oberstleutnant | 6 | JG 132, JG 52, JG 4 | KIA 12 September 1944 |
| Friedrich Körner | Oberleutnant | 36 | JG 27 | Knight's Cross |
| Berthold Korts* | Leutnant | 113/108 | JG 52 | Knight's Cross KIA 29 August 1943 |
| Eduard Koslowski | Oberfeldwebel | 12 | JG 53, JG 26 | |
| Wolfgang Kosse | Hauptmann | 18+ | JG 26, JG 5, JG 1, JG 3 | |
| Alfons Köster | Hauptmann | 25/20 | NJG 1, NJG 2, NJG 3 | Knight's Cross KIA 6/7 January 1945 |
| Franz Köster | Unteroffizier | 6 | JG 7, EJG 2, JV 44 | |
| Oskar Köstler* | Leutnant | 6 | NJG 1 | KIA 9/10 April 1943 |
| Willi Kothmann | Leutnant | 13 | JG 27 | |
| Herbert Kowalski | Oberfeldwebel | 5 | JG 27 | |
| Heinrich Krafft* | Hauptmann | 78 | JG 51, JG 3 | Knight's Cross KIA 14 December 1942 |
| Josef Kraft | Hauptmann | 56/51 | NJG 4, NJG 5, NJG 6, NJG 1 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
| Josef Krahforst* | Hauptmann | 11 | NJG 4 | KIA 27/28 September 1944 |
| Karl-Heinz Krahl | Hauptmann | 24 | JG 2, JG 3 | Knight's Cross |
| Erich Krainik | Unteroffizier | 12 | JG 27 | |
| Benno Kratz | Oberfeldwebel | 6 | NJG 6 | WIA 25/26 March 1945 |
| Hans Krause | Hauptmann | 29/28 | NJG 3, NJG 101, NJG 4 | Knight's Cross |
| Herbert Krenz | Oberfeldwebel | 12 | JG 27 | |
| Hans-Joachim Kroschinski | Leutnant | 76 | JG 54 | Knight's Cross |
| Heinz Krug | Leutnant | 9 | JG 26 | |
| "the Count" Walter Krupinski | Hauptmann | 197 | JG 52, JG 11, JG 26, JV 44 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
| Fritz Kruse* | Oberfeldwebel | 6 | NJG 1 | KIFA 17/18 May 1943 |
| Elias Kühlein | Leutnant | 20+ | JG 51 | |
| Wilhelm Küken | Oberfeldwebel | 45 | JG 51, JGr Ost | |
| Franz Kunz | Oberleutnant | 12 | JG 53, JG 26 | |
| Josef Kunz | Leutnant | 17 | JG 5 | |
| Wolfgang Kuthe* | Oberleutnant | 8 | NJG 3, NJG 2, NJG 1 | KIFA 14 April 1943 |
| Herbert Kutscha | Hauptmann | 47 | JG 3, JG 27, JG 11 | Knight's Cross |
| Otto Kutzner | Feldwebel | 10 | NJG 3 | WIA 7/8 March 1945 |

### L

| Name | Rank | Claims | Unit | Notes |
| August Lambert* | Oberleutnant | 116/103 | SG 2, SG 77 | Knight's Cross KIA 17 April 1945 |
| Robert Landau* | Oberleutnant | 5 | NJG 5 | KIA 19/20 July 1943 |
| Günther Landt | Leutnant | 22 | JG 53 | |
| Emil Lang* | Hauptmann | 173/103 | JG 54, JG 26 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves 18 in one day |
| Friedrich Lange | Leutnant | 7 | JG 26 | |
| Heinz Lange | Major | 70/73 | JG 21, JG 54, JG 51 | Knight's Cross |
| Hans-Joachim Langer | Feldwebel | 9+ | JG 51, JG 7 | |
| Karl-Heinz Langer | Major | 30 | JG 3 | Knight's Cross |
| Erwin Laskowski | Oberfeldwebel | 46 | JG 51, JG 11 | Knight's Cross |
| Kurt Lasse* | Oberleutnant | 39 | JG 77 | Knight's Cross KIA 8 October 1941 |
| Fritz Lau | Hauptmann | 28/23/22 | NJG 1 | Knight's Cross |
| Karl Laub | Oberfeldwebel | 7 | JG 26 | |
| Richard Launer | Oberfeldwebel | 8 | NJG 1, NJG 4, NJG 6 | |
| Bernhard Lausch | Oberfeldwebel | 36 | JG 51 | |
| Heinz Leber* | Leutnant | 54 | JG 51 | Knight's Cross KIA 1 June 1943 |
| Alois Lechner* | Major | 45 | NJG 2, NJG 5, NJG 100 | Knight's Cross MIA 23 February 1944 |
| Karl-Heinz Leesmann* | Major | 37 | JG 52, JG 1 | Knight's Cross KIA 25 July 1943 |
| Erwin Leibold | Oberfeldwebel | 11 | JG 26 | |
| Hans-Robert (Hans) Leickhardt* | Major | 13 | 14.(Z)/LG 1, NJG 1, NJG 3, NJG 5 | KIA 5/6 March 1945 |
| Erich Leie* | Major | 118/121 | JG 2, JG 51, JG 77 | Knight's Cross KIA 7 March 1945 |
| Hermann Leiste | Leutnant | 30 | JG 54 | |
| Siegfried Lemke | Hauptmann | 96 | JG 2 | Knight's Cross |
| Wilhelm Lemke* | Hauptmann | 131 | JG 3 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIA 4 December 1943 |
| Helmut Lennartz | Feldwebel | 8+ | JG 11, JG 7, EKdo 262, Kdo Nowotny | |
| Helmut Lent* | Oberst | 110/112 | ZG 76, NJG 1, NJG 2, NJG 3 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds DoW 7 October 1944 following crash on 5 October, on approach to Paderborn airfield |
| Richard Leppla | Major | 68 | JG 51, JG 105, JG 6 | Knight's Cross |
| Heinrich Lesch | Oberleutnant | 7 | JG 5 | |
| Heinrich Leschert* | Oberfeldwebel | 23 | JG 53 | KIA 10 August 1942 |
| Hermann Leube* | Hauptmann | 20 | NJG 3 | KIA 27/28 December 1944 |
| Rolf Leuchs | Major | 8 | NJG 1, NJG 6, NJGr 10 | |
| Rudolf Leuschel* | Hauptmann | 9 | JG 26 | KIA 25 February 1944 |
| Erwin Leykauf | Oberleutnant | 33 | JG 54 | |
| Fritz Liebelt | Leutnant | 15 | JG 51 | |
| Kurt Liedke | Hauptmann | 11 | JG 53, NJG 2, NJG 1, NJG 5 | |
| Karl von Lieres und Wilkau | Oberleutnant | 32 | JG 27 | |
| Frank Liesendahl* | Hauptmann | ~5 | JG 53, JG 2 | Knight's Cross KIA 17 July 1942 |
| Arnold Lignitz* | Major | 25 | JG 51, JG 54 | Knight's Cross MIA 30 September 1941 |
| Friedrich Lindelaub | Oberfeldwebel | 5 | JG 26 | |
| Anton Lindner | Oberleutnant | 73 | JG 51 | Knight's Cross |
| Lothar Linke* | Oberleutnant | 28/27 | ZG 76, NJG 1, NJG 2 | Knight's Cross KIFA 13/14 May 1943 |
| Rudi Linz* | Leutnant | 70 | JG 5 | Knight's Cross KIA 9 February 1945 |
| Helmut Lipfert | Hauptmann | 203/200 | JG 52, JG 53 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
| Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld* | Major | 51/49 | ZG 76, NJG 1, NJG 2, NJG 3, NJG 5 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves KIFA 12 March 1944 |
| Wolfgang Lippert* | Hauptmann | 29 (+4 in Spain) | JG 53, JG 27 | Knight's Cross KIA 3 December 1941 |
| Stefan Litjens | Oberfeldwebel | 38 | JG 53 | Knight's Cross |
| Gerhard Loos* | Oberleutnant | 92 | JG 54 | Knight's Cross KIA 6 March 1944 |
| Kurt Loos* | Hauptmann | 11 | ZG 2, NJG 1, NJG 5, JG 300 | KIA 24 March 1945 |
| Walter Loos | Oberfeldwebel | 38 | JG 301, JG 3 | Knight's Cross |
| Ferdinand Löschenkohl | Leutnant | 11 | JG 3, JG 7 | |
| Fritz Losigkeit | Major | 68 | JG 26, JG 1, JG 51, JG 77 | Knight's Cross |
| August Lübking | Oberfeldwebel | 38 | JG 5, JG 7 | |
| Werner Lucas* | Hauptmann | 106/105 | JG 3 | Knight's Cross KIA 24 October 1943 |
| Max-Hermann Lücke* | Oberleutnant | 81 | JG 51 | Knight's Cross KIA 8 November 1943 |
| Fritz Lüddecke* | Oberfeldwebel | 51 | JG 51 | Knight's Cross KIA 10 August 1944 |
| Robert Lüddeke | Oberfeldwebel | 11 | 2./KG 2, Nachtjagdkette 1, NJG 1, NJG 2 | |
| Franz Lüders | Feldwebel | 5 | JG 26 | |
| Herbert Ludwig* | Leutnant | 13–14 | NJG 1, NJG 2, NJSch 1, NJG 101, NJG 6 | KIA 23/24 April 1945 |
| Herbert Lütje | Oberstleutnant | 53/48 | 12.(N)/JG 2, NJG 1, NJG 6 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
| Johannes Lutter | Hauptmann | 12 | ZG 1, ZG 76, ZG 2, SKG 210, SKG 10, SG 4 | Knight's Cross |
| Günther Lützow* | Oberst | 108 (incl. 5 in Spain)/105/200 | JG 3, JV 44 | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords MIA 24 April 1945 |
| August Luy | Oberfeldwebel | 5+ | JG 5 | |