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Old 26th October 2015, 17:51
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Top Bf 109 aces

Dear gentlemen

this list compiles all aces with 150 or more Bf 109 kills. Enjoy.
I would be very intrested in the exact Bf 109 score of Stotz.
Michael

1. Hartmann 352
2. Barkhorn 301
3. Rall 275
4. Batz 237
5. Graf 212
6. Lipfert 203
7. Ehrler 200
8. Schuck 198
9. Krupinski 195
10.Kirschner 188
11.Brändle 180
12.Bär 179
13.Weissenberger 177
14.Reinert 174
15.Schmidt 173
16.Steinhoff 169
17.Stotz ~163
18.Wilcke 162
19.Sturm 158
20.Marseille 158
21.Düttmann 152
22.Beisswenger 152
23.Hafner 151
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Old 27th October 2015, 15:23
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Re: Top Bf 109 aces

Michael

have you done any (recent) reading around the subject ?
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Old 27th October 2015, 15:38
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What do you mean ?

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Re: Top Bf 109 aces

Hi Michael

Only Hartmann, Weissenberger, Krupinski and Schmidt are listed correctly with Bf109 confirmations. Schuck had only a total of 181 plus 25 unconfirmed, the others slightly less in each case, in my opinion! Düttmann had some 1945 panzers counted as aircraft!!!

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Old 27th October 2015, 20:31
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Re: Top Bf 109 aces

Good evening Johannes,

very intresting.
What is your source ?

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Re: Top Bf 109 aces

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Good evening, Johannes. What is your source ?
Michael, you're obviously very new here so I will explain. You never ask Johannes what his source is, because Johannes IS THE SOURCE. Think of it like this: You wouldn't question Zeus on where Mount Olympus was would you? It's kind of the same thing. First, there was the Luftwaffe. Now, there is Johannes.

Trust me on this: he is correct. Also, don't bug him too much. He doesn't post often, and we don't want to waste his time with posts about very basic information.

Thank you,

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Old 27th October 2015, 23:59
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Re: Top Bf 109 aces

If I may... I remember upsetting a TOCH member greatly because I dared to try and discuss an issue further with a member under nickname Seaplanes, who posted reply to my initial query on the He 51 designation. Part of the problem was that I just did not know who I was conversing with. And I still don't know it to this date. And... that is perfectly fine. It is a privacy issue, I do not need to know.

However, in order to try and avoid misunderstandings like these, can the individuals who made (far) greater contribution in the field than the rest of us, be given some elevated status (irrespective of the number of their posts) on the TOCH, so they can be approached with a healthy respect thereby avoiding (petty) queries on their sources, or the like?

This is just a proposal for consideration. There might be certain limitations in the software that runs the TOCH that I am not aware of, or the proposal itself cannot be given the green light, or ...

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Re: Top Bf 109 aces

There are dozens, maybe 100, serious, respected, (renown) world-class researchers, resources and authors on TOCH. Many of them don't post all that often, and it's best not to waste their time with posts about very basic information.

The archives contain vast stores of knowledge, and they should be consulted.

It's an honor and a privilege to be here. This should never be forgotten.

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Re: Top Bf 109 aces

Thanks for the complement Bronc

Michael

You base your totals on the old accepted totals, these are sometimes including unconfirmed claims, sometimes like Kurt Tanzer I just cannot see how their totals are given. My source is the micro films listing Staffel/daily Luftwaffe claims, these have few mistakes, have areas missing, but are consistant. They run-out in late 1944.

Regarding Stotz, we all previously all led to believe a total of 189. In the Oetersen air museum a total of 183 is given. On the micro films 182 + 1 unconfirmed. Last 173 in the East. Personally I do not have access to the Russian losses, however other specialist enthusiasts have perused his claims and concluded that Stotz was a honest claimer until he crossed-paths with Hans"Assi" Hahn, then his claims like his Gruppenkommandeur are spectacular and rather dis-honest, then upon Hahn's capture they return to a normal
claim pattern and honesty.

My friend Bernd Barbas knew Heinrich Sturm's wingman. We quizzed this wingman when we couldn't find the 150+ claims for Sturm, his wingman told us that a total of around 130 was more realistic.

If you or anybody else would like "my" list of all claimers i.e any Luftwaffe pilot claiming at least one confirmed kill, then drop me a personal e.mail . I have found so far 7600 claimers, of which 2600 were 5+ aces.

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Re: Top Bf 109 aces

Dear Johannes,

thanks for the information.
Do you think there is a common reason or tendency for the widely printed wrong totals or do we have to consider each case differently ?

Have a nice week,

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