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Archive Report: Axis Forces
1914-1918   1935-1945
Compiled from official National Archive and Service sources, contemporary press reports, personal logbooks, diaries and correspondence, reference books, other sources, and interviews.

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Me 262 Jet Aces of the Luftwaffe

Name Rank Victories flying jets Jet fighter unit(s) Total wartime victories Notes
Kurt Welter Oberleutnant 20+ Kdo Welter, 10./NJG 11 63 Possible all-time leading jet ace, but he did overclaim up to 10.
Heinrich Bär Oberstleutnant 16 EJG 2, JV 44 220 started jet combat in 1945, flew the only Me262 A-1a/U5 with 6 30mm MK108's
Franz Schall Hauptmann 14 Kdo Nowotny, JG 7 137 Killed in flying accident 10 April 1945
Hermann Buchner Oberfeldwebel 12 Kdo Nowotny
JG 7 		58
Georg-Peter Eder Major 12 Kdo Nowotny
JG 7 		78 Wounded 16 February 1945
Erich Rudorffer Major 12 JG 7 222
Karl Schnörrer Leutnant 11 EKdo 262
Kdo Nowotny
JG 7 		46 Wounded 30 March 1945
Erich Büttner Oberfeldwebel 8 EKdo 262
Kdo Nowotny
JG 7 		8 Killed in action 20 March 1945
Helmut Lennartz Feldwebel 8 EKdo 262
Kdo Nowotny
JG 7 		13 First aerial victory over a B-17 Flying Fortress by a jet fighter on 15 August 1944.
Rudolf Rademacher Leutnant 8 JG 7 126
Walter Schuck Oberleutnant 8 JG 7 206
Günther Wegmann Oberleutnant 8 EKdo 262
JG 7 		14 Wounded 18 March 1945
Hans-Dieter Weihs Leutnant 8 JG 7 8 Midair collision with Hans Waldmann on 18 March 1945, killing Waldmann.
Theodor Weissenberger Major 8 JG 7 208
Alfred Ambs Leutnant 7 JG 7 7
Heinz Arnold Oberfeldwebel 7 JG 7 49 Killed in action 17 April 1945
Arnold's Me 262 A-1a W.Nr.500491 "Yellow 7" of II./JG 7 bearing his personal victory marks is now on display at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., USA.
Karl-Heinz Becker Feldwebel 7 10./NJG 11 7 Suspect, as this unit overclaimed
Adolf Galland Generalleutnant 7 JV 44 104 Assigned to create JV44 in March 1945. Wounded 26 April 1945
Franz Köster Unteroffizier 7 EJG 2
JG 7
JV 44 		7
Fritz Müller Leutnant 6 JG 7 22
Johannes Steinhoff Oberst 6 JG 7
JV 44 		176 Wounded 18 April 1945
Helmut Baudach Oberfeldwebel 5 Kdo Nowotny
JG 7 		20 Killed in action 22 February 1945
Heinrich Ehrler* Major 5 JG 7 206 Killed in action 4 April 1945
Hans Grünberg Oberleutnant 5 JG 7
JV 44 		82
Joseph Heim Gefreiter 5 JG 7 5 Killed in action 10 April 1945
Klaus Neumann Leutnant 5 JG 7
JV 44 		37
Alfred Schreiber Leutnant 5 Kdo Nowotny
JG 7 		5 First jet ace in aviation history
Killed in flying accident 26 November 1944
Wolfgang Späte Major 5 (JG 400)
JV 44 		99

Source: Wikipedia

Acknowledgements: Sources used by us in compiling Archive Reports include: Bill Chorley - 'Bomber Command Losses Vols. 1-9, plus ongoing revisions', Dr. Theo E.W. Boiten and Mr. Roderick J. Mackenzie - 'Nightfighter War Diaries Vols. 1 and 2', Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt - 'Bomber Command War Diaries', Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Tom Kracker - Kracker Luftwaffe Archives, Michel Beckers, Major Fred Paradie (RCAF) and Captain François Dutil (RCAF) - Paradie Archive (on this site), Jean Schadskaje, Major Jack O'Connor USAF (Retd.), Robert Gretzyngier, Wojtek Matusiak, Waldemar Wójcik and Józef Zieliński - 'Ku Czci Połeglyçh Lotnikow 1939-1945', Andrew Mielnik: Archiwum - Polish Air Force Archive (on this site), Anna Krzystek, Tadeusz Krzystek - 'Polskie Siły Powietrzne w Wielkiej Brytanii', Franek Grabowski, Polish graves: https://niebieskaeskadra.pl/, PoW Museum Żagań, Norman L.R. Franks 'Fighter Command Losses', Stan D. Bishop, John A. Hey MBE, Gerrie Franken and Maco Cillessen - Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces, Vols 1-6, Dr. Theo E.W. Boiton - Nachtjagd Combat Archives, Vols 1-13. Aircrew Remembered Databases and our own archives. We are grateful for the support and encouragement of CWGC, UK Imperial War Museum, Australian War Memorial, Australian National Archives, New Zealand National Archives, UK National Archives and Fold3 and countless dedicated friends and researchers across the world.
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