# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ernst-hess
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:57:13.376Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ernst-hess"
name: "Ernst Hess"
slug: "ernst-hess"
description: "Leutnant Ernst Hess HOH IC was a World War I flying ace credited with 17 confirmed and four unconfirmed aerial victories. Hess was one of a few World War I pilots involved in aviation prewar, as he gained his civil pilot's license on 26 September 1913. He was already enrolled in Die Fliegertruppen of the Imperial German Army when World War I began. He qualified for his military pilot's license on 21 November 1914, and was launched on his flying career as one of Germany's first fighter pilots. He would score his first aerial victory in tandem with Oswald Boelcke on 5 January 1916. He would rotate through four assignments before scoring a dozen victories within July–September 1917 while flying an Albatros D.Va for Jagdstaffel 28. On 19 September 1917, he was promoted to command of Jagdstaffel 19. He had just been appointed to command of a Jagdgruppe being formed by Germany's First Army when he was killed in combat on 23 December 1917."
tagline: "German flying ace (1893-1917)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lieutenant_Pilot_Ernst_Hess_(c._1917).png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
birthDate: "1893-01-08"
deathDate: "1917-12-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.74
  momentum:             18.33333333333333
  historical:           5.471274666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Hess"
    title: "Ernst Hess"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA_%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "ايرنسانت هيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Hess"
    title: "Ernst Hess"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D1%80%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82_%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81"
    title: "Ернст Гесс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Hess_(pilot)"
    title: "Ernst Hess (pilot)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Hess"
    title: "Ernst Hess"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9254740"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump