List of German World War II jet aces
- List of German World War II jet aces
The following is a complete list of German World War II jet aces. Jet aircraft made their first appearance in World War II when on 26 July 1944 "Leutnant" Alfred Schreiber attacked a No. 540 Squadron Royal Air Force Mosquito PR XVI, a reconnaissance aircraft, over the Alps while flying Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1a "W.Nr. 130 017" (German language: "Werknummer" - factory number). It is often referred to as the first aerial victory by a jet fighter in aviation history. [Radinger & Schick 1993, p. 51.] Although damaged, the Mosquito, did in fact, manage to return to an Allied held airfield in Italy. It may therefore be that the first jet victory was actually the confirmed destruction of a different No. 540 Squadron Mosquito PR XVI, also a reconnaissance aircraft, shot down by "Leutnant" Joachim Weber over Ohlstadt on 8 August 1944. [Morgan & Weal 1998, p. 16–17.]
By 1944 the German Luftwaffe committed three new types of jet or rocket fighter to combat operations. Besides the Me 262, the rocket fighter Me 163 "Komet" and the He 162 "Volksjäger" became operational. Although a few claims were made on the Me 163 and He 162 no pilot achieved ace status on these two types. [Spick 1996, p. 204.]
A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. During World War II hundreds of German Luftwaffe fighter pilots achieved this feat flying contemporary piston engine fighter aircraft. [Spick 1996, p. 2–3.] However only the following 28 pilots are credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft while flying a jet powered aircraft. The list is initially sorted by the number of jet victories claimed.[Morgan & Weal 1998, p. 88.] __NOTOC__ ]German jet aces
Footnotes
*note label|Note1|a|aKurt Welter is credited in excess of 20 aerial victories while flying the Me 262. However controversy about the exact number remains. [Hinchliffe 1998, p. 210, 294.]
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