Top 10 - The Best German Aces Pilots of WW2

This is an educational and apolitical clip.

TOP 10 BEST PILOTS:

10. Theodor Weissenberger
Heinrich Ehrler
9. Hermann Graf
8. Oskar-Heinz (Heinrich) Bär
7. Erich Rudorffer
6. Wilhelm Batz
5. Walter Nowotny
4. Otto Kittel
3. Günther Rall
2. Gerhard Barkhorn
1. Erich Hartmann

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[chawboy]

Hans Joachim marseille was the most skilled of alll of them!

[miker]

My uncle (Heinz Ewald) flew with Bubi Hartmann, he was his wing man.

[marseille]

Anyone else blown away by the fact that the very best British ace had 40 victories, the best American 32 and the best Russian ace with 62. Meanwhile the Germans had over 100 individual aces all with over 100 victories, with the highest of being 352. The Germans were truly in a league of their own, blows me away just thinking about it.

[Purrytat]

Germans are amazing people, it’s also that inherent discipline that makes them so successful, never mind there skills.

[cornelkittell]

Yes, Otto Kittel was shot down by a Sturmovik, but it should be noted that he took on, by himself, fourteen Sturmoviks at one time on his last mission.

[fw]

I can’t believe Hans Joachim Marseille isn’t on this list. 158 victories, killed by his own plane at 22 years old. The master of the deflection shot.

[viktoriaironpride]

As impressive as Hartmann's victory record is, I find even more impressive his qualities as a man and a survivor. To have gotten through almost 11 years in the gulag, suffering the loss of his baby son, whom he never saw, and his faithful, lifelong love story with his beloved wife, "Usch, " who waited for him, moves me profoundly There will never be men like him again!

[xzqzq]

As impressive as the number of victories of the top German aces are, I am impressed by the sheer number of missions flown....To survive 1000+ missions astonishing....

[takeru]

I am proud that Germany and Japan were allies.
In Japan, there are few people who say that Hitler and Nazi Germany is bad.Japan is a friend of Germany.
 I and Japan protect Germany. In Japan, we do not broadcast television which calls Germany bad. Also, it is nice to see many German people coming to Japan-Tag. We Japanese people want to aim for the exchange progress between Germany and Japan by Japan-Tag.We Japanese love Germany and Germans very much!We Japanese sent 9, 000 cherry blossom trees to Germany in 1990. It is said that the money of this cherry blossom trees is gathered by the donation of the Japanese and bought a cherry blossom trees . Almost all Japanese people participated in donations. The Japanese always cooperate with Germany.This cherry blossom tree is still in Berlin.We Japanese love Germany and Germans very much. Germany and Germans are great.

[barfuss]

The best german ace was Hans-Joachim Marseille. And Erich Hartmann helped to build up the new democratic German Luftwaffe after WW2

[weisthor]

how could you forget Hans-Ulrich Rudel, the best stuka-pilot?

[HolisticHealthEducation]

Nice. But you are only looking at air to air aces. The most decorated and most successful fighter pilot however was Hans-Ulrich Rudel. He scored 50 x air to air victories, 519 x tanks, 150 x artillery guns, 1 x battle ship, 1 x cruiser sunk, 70 x landing craft, 800 x vehicles of different types.

[fockewolf]

Hans Joachim Marseille and Adolf galland are in the top 5 with HJM as number 1

[cjthebeesknees]

Mr Hartmann barley looks 21. Never shot down by enemy action if true is something else, many crash landings and mechanical difficulties to be expected flying and putting in that much work from the air lol, this dude lived a life few could imagine.

[wolf]

Sehr schöner Beitrag👍
aber wo ist Hans Joachim Marseille und Hans-Ulrich Rudel?
Diese Ausnahnepiloten sollten auf keinen Fall fehlen

[dirkvonkleiga]

This will never be repeated. Amazing history. Von Kleiga

[davidsmith]

The most successful fighter pilot of all time...that is a figure that will never be matched till the end of the world.

[OldEastGermany]

The supposedly big winners Americans and English were a joke compared to Germany.

[jeffbrooks]

Interesting, obviously just on numbers. A real alternative list on ability could be done…like no Rudel, Rodel, Steinhoff, Galland, Marseille, Schnauffer (known to this day as the spook of St Trond, greatest night fighter pilot on any side in World War Two. The tail fin of his ME110 went at auction in 2015 for 90000 dollars after it was bought from a local who was using it to fix a hole in the roof of his farm house…lol, but I digress)