# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karl-gottfried-nordmann
# Generated: 2026-08-15T07:25:50.341Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karl-gottfried-nordmann"
name: "Karl-Gottfried Nordmann"
slug: "karl-gottfried-nordmann"
description: "Karl-Gottfried \"Karlfried\" Nordmann was a German Luftwaffe pilot during World War II and, after the war, a president of Mercedes-Benz in North America. As a fighter ace he was credited with 78 enemy aircraft shot down in over 800 combat missions. He claimed the majority of his victories over the Eastern Front, with one during the Invasion of Poland and eight during the Battle of France and Britain."
tagline: "German World War II military aviator (1915–1982)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-2008-0704-500%2C_Smolensk%2C_Karl_Gottfried_Nordmann.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
birthDate: "1915-11-22"
deathDate: "1982-07-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.428571428571429
  historical:           10.48225466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump