#1 American Killer, ETO???

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

LOL No its like a Chia Pet!

 

[cheddar cheese]

Oh.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

So lets get this one back on topic any suggestions?

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

well this isn't so much an opinion thing is it........

 

[Erich]

watch it or I'll kick your butts.............Joe Peterburs from the 20th fg

 

[cheddar cheese]

well this isn't so much an opinion thing is it........

It can be...

By American killer, do we mean someone who takes out Yanks or a Yank who takes other people out?

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

I think it is the guy who shot down the most Americans. Now at the same time we can break it down to who shot down the most bombers or fighters.

You also have to take into account the Japanese fighter pilots. I however know nothing about the way Japanese confirmed or accounted for kills.

Either way here are the top 5 Luftwaffe American killers by type of fighters. First is the number of the type of fighter and in parenthasis is the total number of aircraft killed of all types.

P-47
Oblt. Wilhelm Hofmann 13(44)
Maj. Theodor Weissenberger 13(208)
Obstlt. Egon Mayer 12(102)
Maj. Julius "Jule" Meimberg 12(53)
Obstlt. Heinz-Edgar "Pritzel" Bär 10(221)

P-51
Maj. Wilhelm Steinmann 12(44)
Ofw. Heinrich Bartels 11(99)
Obstlt. Heinz Bär 10(221)
Hptm. Franz Schall 10(133)
Oblt. Wilhelm Hofmann 10(44)

P-38
Ofw. Heinrich Bartels 14(99)
Obstlt. Kurt "Bu-mann" Bühligen 13+(112)
Hptm. Herbert Puschmann 9(57)
Oblt. Wilhelm "Willy" Kientsch 9(53)
Oblt. Herbert Rollwage 8+(85)

And here are the top 5 aces with the number of kills of USAAF aircraft:

Maj. Georg-Peter Eder 56
Obstlt. Kurt Bühligen 51
Obstlt. Heinz "Pritzel" Bär 49+
Maj. Anton "Toni" Hackl 47
Obst Walther Dahl 41+

From what I have been able to research Eder was the top US killer of the WW2. Of his 56 kills against US aircraft he shot down 36 Bombers, 10 P-47, 7 P-51, and 3 P-38.

 

[Udet]

Der Adler:


Right. Taking Georg Peter Eder´s bomber kills into account only, makes hims resposible for 360 USAAF men which did not return to their bases for dinner.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

May they forever rest in peace.

 

[evangilder]

I would hope that some of them survived to become POWs.

 

[cheddar cheese]

Some interesting stats up there DerAdler...

Interesting that less P-38's were shot down by Eder than the P-47's and P-51's

 

[mosquitoman]

They were not used in the ETO as much as the P-47 and P-51, that's probably why

 

[cheddar cheese]

Yeah definatley

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

That is most likely the reason and possibly because of the great maneauverability of the P-38.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

oh god not annother one.........

 

[Nonskimmer]

 

[cheddar cheese]

oh god not annother one.........

Another what? You cant deny the fact that the P-38 was very manouverable.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

In Lancs world you can. In his world a Lancaster would fly circles around a P-38

 

[Erich]

side note to one of the above aces. Walter Dahl's score is a bit pumped up probably at leat 11-15 of the kills are not confirmed.....

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

In his world a Lancaster would fly circles around a P-38

damn right it would.......