# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/franz-eckerle
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:39:05.166Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/franz-eckerle"
name: "Franz Eckerle"
slug: "franz-eckerle"
description: "Franz Eckerle was a German Luftwaffe military aviator and aerobatics pilot. As a fighter ace during World War II, he was credited with 59 aerial victories, four over the Western Allies and 55 on the Eastern Front. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat."
tagline: "German flying ace"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Der_Adler%2C_Heft_07_(1942)%2C_Hauptmann_Franz_Eckerle.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1912-04-24"
deathDate: "1942-02-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.04
  momentum:             11.36363636363637
  historical:           5.877826666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Eckerle"
    title: "Franz Eckerle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Eckerle"
    title: "Franz Eckerle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Eckerle"
    title: "Franz Eckerle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86_%D0%95%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B5"
    title: "Франц Екерле"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Eckerle"
    title: "Franz Eckerle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B5%2C_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86"
    title: "Экерле, Франц"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5492747"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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