Les as de la Luftwaffe

[Richard T Eger]

This French language webpage is part of the website AVIONS DE COMBAT ( http://perso.club-internet.fr/pguiller/index.htm ) and gives details on Germany's top-scoring aces. The webpage address is:

http://perso.club-internet.fr/pguiller/as/indexasluftpres.htm

Information on the top aces are broken down into groupings based on number of victories. Each entry contains most of the following:

Photos of a model of the aircraft the ace flew, plus possible photos of his aircraft

Photos of the ace

Books about the ace

Number of victories

Number of missions flown

Units flown with and command status

Victory milestones, by number of victory and date achieved

Brief commentary on victories

Brief postwar history and date and age at death, if deceased

The sections are broken down as follows:

Les as de 203 à 352 Victoires

Les as de 197 à 150 Victoires

Les as de 120 à 146 victoires

Les as de 101 à 118 victoires


Brief histories and a photo of the ace are also given for a number of aces in the section Les textes et récits des as. The aces covered are:

Heinz BÄR
Gerhard BARKHORN
Adolf GALLAND
Herman GRAF
Hans HAHN
Erich HARTMANN
Dietrich HRABAK
Otto KITTEL
Hans Joachim MARSEILLE
Werner MÖLDERS
Joachim MÜNCHENBERG
Walter NOWOTNY
Josef PRILLER
Gunther RALL
Erich RUDORFFER
Heinz SACHSENBERG
Gunther SCHACK
Werner SCHRÖER
Johannes STEINHOFF
Erich STURM
Rudolf TRENKEL
Hans-Peter WALDMANN
Robert WEISS

The progression of victories for the top aces are presented in graphical form in the section Les progressions des As.

A fairly large bibliography is presented in the Sources section.


Regards,
Richard



[This message has been edited by Richard T Eger (edited 31 March 2002).]