# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gunther-josten
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:38:06.198Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gunther-josten"
name: "Günther Josten"
slug: "gunther-josten"
description: "Günther Josten was a German Luftwaffe military aviator during World War II, a fighter ace credited with 178 enemy aircraft shot down in 420 combat missions, all of which claimed over the Eastern Front. Following World War II, he served in the newly established West Germany's Air Force in the Bundeswehr."
tagline: "German World War II fighter pilot and Bundeswehr officer (1921–2004)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/85/G%C3%BCnther_Josten.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1921-11-07"
deathDate: "2004-07-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.22
  momentum:             6.705882352941177
  historical:           6.548273333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%8E%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%99%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Гюнтер Йостен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "جونتر جوستين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCnther_Josten"
    title: "Günther Josten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCnther_Josten"
    title: "Günther Josten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCnther_Josten"
    title: "Günther Josten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AE%E3%83%A5%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A8%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ギュンター・ヨステン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCnther_Josten"
    title: "Günther Josten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110153"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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