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MILITARY PERSONNEL

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Werner Mölders has received more than 599,982 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Werner Mölders is the 247th most popular military personnel (down from 235th in 2019), the 570th most popular biography from Germany (down from 548th in 2019) and the 60th 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 247 out of 1,468. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Kléber, Erich Hoepner, Hans von Seeckt, Muhammad bin Qasim, Tokugawa Yoshinobu, and Maurice Gamelin. After him are Pedro de Alvarado, Marcus Claudius Marcellus, Jan Henryk Dąbrowski, Zhang Liao, Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, and Khalifa Haftar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Werner Mölders ranks 29. Before him are Albert Ellis, Bảo Đại, Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona, Kenzō Tange, Roger Garaudy, and Jimmy Hoffa. After him are Erich Priebke, Frances Farmer, Silvio Piola, Witold Lutosławski, Leônidas, and Carmen Amaya. Among people deceased in 1941, Werner Mölders ranks 22. Before him are Ioannis Metaxas, Paul Sabatier, El Lissitzky, Marina Tsvetaeva, Hans Spemann, and Ernst Udet. After him are Werner Sombart, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Edward Rydz-Śmigły, Sherwood Anderson, Henri Lebesgue, and Prajadhipok.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Werner Mölders ranks 570 out of 6,142. Before him are John of Saxony (1801), Maria Anna of Bavaria (1551), Hans Jonas (1903), August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767), Elizabeth Alexeievna (1779), and Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen (1738). After him are Werner Forssmann (1904), Eleanor of Austria, Queen of Poland (1653), Prince Leopold of Bavaria (1846), Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia (1907), Rudolf von Jhering (1818), and George Grosz (1893).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Werner Mölders ranks 60. Before him are Otto Günsche (1917), Henning von Tresckow (1901), Hasso von Manteuffel (1897), Kurt Meyer (1910), Erich Hoepner (1886), and Hans von Seeckt (1866). After him are Maurice de Saxe (1696), Erich Priebke (1913), Reinhard Gehlen (1902), Karl Wolff (1900), Wilhelm Bittrich (1894), and Hans-Joachim Marseille (1919).

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