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Werner Mölders

1913 - 1941

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Werner Mölders (18 March 1913 – 22 November 1941) was a World War II German Luftwaffe pilot, wing commander, and the leading German fighter ace in the Spanish Civil War. He became the first pilot in aviation history to shoot down 100 enemy aircraft and was highly decorated for his achievements. Mölders developed fighter tactics that led to the finger-four formation. He died in a plane crash as a passenger. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Werner Mölders is the 306th most popular military personnel (down from 279th in 2019), the 767th most popular biography from Germany (down from 653rd in 2019) and the 63rd most popular German Military Personnel.

Mölders is most famous for being the first pilot in history to shoot down 100 enemy aircraft.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Werner Mölders ranks 306 out of 2,058. Before him are Tōgō Heihachirō, Ivan Bagramyan, Andranik, Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno, Baji Rao I, and Andrey Yeryomenko. After him are Usama ibn Zayd, Zhao Yun, Paul Tibbets, Orda Khan, Roman Shukhevych, and Nicolas Oudinot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Werner Mölders ranks 39. Before him are William Tolbert, Wolfgang Paul, Trevor Howard, Jacobo Árbenz, Jimmy Hoffa, and Frances Farmer. After him are Witold Lutosławski, René Clément, Artur Axmann, Roger Wolcott Sperry, Leônidas, and Yasuo Suzuki. Among people deceased in 1941, Werner Mölders ranks 30. Before him are Alexej von Jawlensky, Frederick Banting, Prajadhipok, Edwin S. Porter, Ernst Udet, and Werner Sombart. After him are Kurt Koffka, Henri Lebesgue, Ludwig Quidde, Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli, Pál Teleki, and Sherwood Anderson.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Werner Mölders ranks 767 out of 7,253. Before him are Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1879), Pavlo Skoropadskyi (1873), Berti Vogts (1946), Christoph Martin Wieland (1733), George V of Hanover (1819), and Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752). After him are Ernst Heinrich Weber (1795), Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia (1883), Albert of Brandenburg (1490), Anna Seghers (1900), Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover (1914), and Johann Ambrosius Bach (1645).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Werner Mölders ranks 63. Before him are Karl Wolff (1900), Oskar Dirlewanger (1895), Otto Carius (1922), Otto Günsche (1917), Hasso von Manteuffel (1897), and Reinhard Gehlen (1902). After him are Hugo Sperrle (1885), Eduard Dietl (1890), Arthur Nebe (1894), Wilhelm Bittrich (1894), Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim (1905), and Georg von Frundsberg (1473).

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