# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hans-bei-wenger
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:42:03.533Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hans-bei-wenger"
name: "Hans Beißwenger"
slug: "hans-bei-wenger"
description: "Hans Beißwenger was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves during World War II. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. In 500 combat missions, Beißwenger was credited with 152 victories, making him the 34th highest-scoring Luftwaffe fighter pilot of World War II. He was \"ace-in-a-day\" twice, shooting down five aircraft on a single day. All but one of his victories were claimed over the Eastern Front. He was reported missing in action in March 1943."
tagline: "German World War II fighter pilot (1916–1943)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a0/Beisswenger-Hans.jpg"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1916-11-08"
deathDate: "1943-03-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.15
  momentum:             1.118210862619808
  historical:           5.879194666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8F%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AC%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ハンス・バイスヴェンガー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Bei%C3%9Fwenger"
    title: "Hans Beißwenger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Beisswenger"
    title: "Hans Beisswenger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81_%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Ганс Байссвенгер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Bei%C3%9Fwenger"
    title: "Hans Beißwenger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81"
    title: "Бейссвенгер, Ганс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5649809"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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