List of World War II aces from Germany: Q–S

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

By surname: A–F G–L M–P T–Z

Q NameRankClaimsUnitNotes Wilhelm Quack* Feldwebel 17 JG 54 KIA 8 January 1942 Klaus Quaet-Faslem* Major 49 JG 53, JG 3 Knight's CrossKIFA 30 January 1944 Richard Quante* Oberfeldwebel 49/41 JG 51 KIA 14 August 1942 Josef Quarde* Fähnrich 52 JG 54 KIA 5 March 1945Karl-Heinz Quaritsch* Leutnant 9 JG 53 KIA 14 June 1942 Ernst Quasinowski Oberleutnant 19 J/88, JG 52 Werner Quast Fahnenjunker-Oberfeldwebel 84 JG 52 Knight's Cross Gerhard Querengasser Feldwebel 5+ JG 2

R NameRankClaimsUnitNotes Walter Rabenstein* Leutnant 5 JG 27 KIA 2 July 1944 Josef Rabieger Oberfeldwebel 20+ JG 52 Hans Rachner* Oberleutnant 9 JG 3 KIA 7 July 1944 Rudolf Rademacher Leutnant 126/93 JG 54, JG 7 Knight's Cross Waldemar Radener Oberleutnant 37/23 JG 26, JG 300 Knight's Cross Heinz Radlauer Feldwebel 15 JG 107, JG 108, JG 51 Günther Radusch Oberst 64 (+1 in Spain) NJG 1, NJG 2, NJG 3 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Gerhard Raht Hauptmann 59/58/56 NJG 2 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Alfons Raich Oberleutnant 10 JG 3 Gerhard Raimann* Feldwebel 15 JG 54 KIA 20 February 1944 Günther Rall Major 275/274 JG 52, JG 11 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swordsmission-to-claim ratio of 2.26. Karl Rammelt 41 JG 51 Knight's Cross Helmut Rampfel Feldwebel 9 JG 52 Hans Ransmayer* Leutnant 36 JG 54 KIA 20 September 1944 Werner Rapp Hauptmann 18/16 NJG 1, NJG 5 Franz Rappl* Oberfeldwebel 9 JG 51 KIA 12 March 1945 Hans Rasper Leutnant 8 NJG 1, NJG 2, NJG 101 Waldemar Rathke* Oberleutnant 15 NJG 5, NJG 100 MIA March 1945 Fritz Rathofer* Unteroffizier 9 JG 1 KIA 30 June 1944 Kurt Ratzlaff Oberfeldwebel 45 JG 52 Alfred Rauch Leutnant 60 JG 51 Knight's Cross Herbert Rauchfuß* Unteroffizier 11 JG 54 KIA 22 July 1943 Alfred Rauer Feldwebel 6 NJG 1 Paul-Hubert Rauh Hauptmann 31 NJG 4 Knight's Cross Rudolf Rauhaus* Feldwebel 5 JG 1 KIA 31 July 1944 Hans Raum Oberleutnant 17/12 NJG 3 Richard Raupach Oberfähnrich 16 JG 54, EJGr Ost Karl Rechberger Leutnant 5 NJG 3 Friedrich Reckendorfer* Feldwebel 9 JG 52 KIA 27 May 1944 Walter Recker Oberfeldwebel 11 JG 53, EJG 2 Karl-Wolfgang Redlich* Major 43/41 (incl. 2 in Spain)/37 JG 27 Knight's CrossKIA 29 May 1944 Hermann Reese Oberleutnant 5 NJG 1, NJG 6 Ludwig Reibel* Oberfeldwebel 29 JG 53 KIA 20 December 1942 Günther Reich* Unteroffizier 11 JG 3 KIA 2 October 1942 Hubert Reichelt* Oberleutnant 5 ZG 1, NJG 200 KIA 3 November 1943 Fritz Reichenbach Feldwebel 11 NJG 11 Hans Reiff* Fahnenjunker-Feldwebel 54 JG 3 KIA 2 December 1944 Gerhard Reiher Oberfeldwebel 5 JG 52, JG 3, JG 7 Ernst-Wilhelm Reinert Oberleutnant 174/168 JG 77, JG 27 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords Hans-Günther Reinhard Feldwebel 42 JG 54 Otto Reinhard Oberfeldwebel 8 JG 52 Peter Reischer Oberleutnant 20 JG 26 Ernst Reitmeyer Oberfeldwebel 23 NJG 5 Hans Remmer* Hauptmann 27/21 JG 27 Knight's CrossKIA 2 April 1944 Anton Resch Oberleutnant 91 JG 52 Knight's Cross Rudolf Resch* Major 94 (incl. 1 in Spain) JG 52, JG 51 Knight's CrossKIA 11 July 1943 Willi Reschke Oberfeldwebel 28 JG 302, JG 301 Knight's Crossincl. 20 heavy bombers Ralph von Rettberg Oberst 8 ZG 26, ZG 1 Knight's Cross Horst Reuter* Leutnant 21 JG 27 KIA 27 May 1942 Ernst Richter Oberfeldwebel 8 JG 54 Hans Richter Leutnant 22 JG 27 Adolf Riedmeir Oberfeldwebel 16 JG 52 Erwin Riehl* 14 TrGr 186, JG 77 KIA 27 July 1941 Horst Riemann* Hauptmann 5 JG 51 KIA 10 December 1942 Walter Riemer* Feldwebel 5+ JG 5 KIA 19 July 1944 Ernst Riepe* 6 JG 27 KIA 19 September 1941 Alfred Riha* Leutnant 8 JG 3 KIA 28 July 1942 Bodo Ring* 8 JG 27 KIA 26 April 1945 Horst Rippert Unteroffizier 18 JG 27, JG 200, JGr Süd Georg Rischbieter Feldwebel 6 SKG 10, SG 4 Franz Ritschel 6 JG 1, JG 11 Eckhard Roch Oberleutnant 5 JG 26 Gustav Rödel Oberst 98 JG 27 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Hans Roehrig* Hauptmann 75 JG 53 Knight's CrossKIA 13 July 1943 Detlev Rohwer 38 JG 3, JG 1 Knight's Cross Heinz Rökker 64 NJG 2 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Herbert Rollwage Oberleutnant 102 JG 53 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Oskar Romm 92 JG 51, JG 3 Knight's Cross Heinrich Rosenberg 12 JG 27 Theodor Rossiwall Oberstleutnant 19 (incl. 2 in Spain) ZG 76, NJG 4 Knight's Cross Edmund Roßmann Leutnant 93 JG 52 Knight's Cross Willi Roth 20 JG 26, JG 103, JG 102, JV 44 Günther Rübell Hauptmann 50 JG 51, JG 104 Knight's Cross Hans-Ulrich Rudel Oberst 9+ SG 2 Knight's Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds (sole recipient in the entire Wehrmacht) Erich Rudorffer Major 222/219 JG 2, JG 54, JG 7 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords13 in one mission Helmut Rüffler Oberfeldwebel 98/88 JG 3 Knight's Cross Franz Ruhl* Oberleutnant 36 JG 3 Knight's CrossKIA 24 December 1944 Bruno Rupp Feldwebel 15 NJG 101, NJG 3 Friedrich Rupp* Oberleutnant 52 JG 54 Knight's CrossKIA 15 May 1943 Kurt Ruppert* Hauptmann 20 JG 26 KIA 13 June 1943 Dieter Rusche Oberfeldwebel 7 JG 302, JG 301 Otto Russ* Leutnant 27 JG 53 KIA 2 July 1944 Heinrich Russel* Oberfähnrich 5 JG 6, JG 7 KIA 9 March 1945 Karl Rüttger Oberleutnant 39 JG 52 Hartmut Ryll* Leutnant 6 JG 77, JG 400 KIA 16 August 1944 Martin Rysavy Oberleutnant 8 JG 26

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