# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kurt-welter
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:07:08.740Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kurt-welter"
name: "Kurt Welter"
slug: "kurt-welter"
description: "Kurt Welter was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace and the most successful Jet Expert of 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. He claimed a total of 63 aerial victories—that is, 63 aerial combat encounters resulting in the destruction of the enemy aircraft—achieved in 93 combat missions. He recorded 56 victories at night, including 33 Mosquitos, and scored more aerial victories from a jet fighter aircraft than anyone else in World War II and possibly in aviation history. However this score is a matter of controversy; research of Royal Air Force losses suggests Welter overclaimed Mosquito victories considerably. Against this, Luftwaffe claims were very strict, requiring confirmation and proof by witnesses: The remains of aircraft shot down and crashed would be verifiable and recorded on the ground in the sector claimed."
tagline: "German World War II fighter pilot"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/40/Kurt_welter.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1916-02-25"
deathDate: "1949-03-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.14
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.59352533333333
  currentAttention:     0.4400000000000001
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "庫特·維爾特"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "كورت ويلتير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Welter"
    title: "Kurt Welter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Welter"
    title: "Kurt Welter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Welter"
    title: "Kurt Welter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Welter"
    title: "Kurt Welter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AB%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC"
    title: "クルト・ヴェルター"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%BF%A0%EB%A5%B4%ED%8A%B8_%EB%B2%A8%ED%84%B0"
    title: "쿠르트 벨터"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Welter"
    title: "Kurt Welter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Welter"
    title: "Kurt Welter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Welter"
    title: "Kurt Welter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Welter"
    title: "Kurt Welter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D1%82_%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Курт Вельтер"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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