# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/erich-rudorffer
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:54:59.065Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/erich-rudorffer"
name: "Erich Rudorffer"
slug: "erich-rudorffer"
description: "Erich Rudorffer was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace who was one of a handful who served with the Luftwaffe through the whole of World War II. He was one of the most successful fighter pilots in the history of air warfare, with 222 victories claimed. Rudorffer fought in all the major German theaters of war, including the European and Mediterranean Theater of Operations and the Eastern Front. During the war he flew more than 1000 combat missions, engaging in aerial combat over 300 times. Rudorffer was shot down by flak and enemy fighters 16 times and had to take to his parachute nine times."
tagline: "German World War II fighter pilot (1917–2016)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-2007-1218-501%2C_Erich_Rudorffer.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
profileType:
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  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1917-11-01"
deathDate: "2016-04-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           17.140868
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump