Luftwaffe: Tops & Firsts

Top Ace of WWII - Major Erich Hartmann - 352 Victories

Top Night Fighter Ace of WWII - Major Heinz Schnaufer - 121 Victories

Top German Ace of the Spanish Civil War - Lt. Werner Moelders - 14 Victories

First German Ace of WWII - Major Hannes Gentzen

First Ace to exceed Baron Manfred von Richtofens WWI total of 80 Victories - Capt. Werner Moelders

First to Score 100 Victories - Major Werner Moelders

First to Score 150 Victories - Major Gordon Gollob

First to Score 200 Victories - Capt. Hermann Graf

First to Score 250 Victories - Major Walter Nowotny

First to Score 300 Victories - Capt. Erich Hartmann

First to Score 350 Victories - Major Erich Hartmann

Most Victories in a Single Day - Major Emil Lang - 18 Victories

Most Victories in a Single Mission (Sortie) - Major Erich Rudorffer - 13 Victories

Most Victories on the Western Front - Capt. Hans Joachim Marseille - 158 Victories

Most Victories on the Eastern Front - Major Erich Hartmann - 352 Victories

Best victory average per sortie flown - Lt. Guenther Scheel - 70 sorties, 71 victories(Russian Front)

Top Fighter Ace for the number of four engined aircraft shot down - Lt. Herbert Rollwage - 102 Victories

Top Night Fighter Ace for the number of four engined aircraft shot down - Major Heinz Schnaufer - 121 Victories

Top Jet Fighter Ace of WWII - Major Heinz Bar - 16 Victories