# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/otto-wei
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:52:40.472Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/otto-wei"
name: "Otto Weiß"
slug: "otto-wei"
description: "Otto Albert Bernhard Weiß was a World War II Luftwaffe attack aircraft pilot and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. He was the first attack aircraft pilot so honored. Weiß flew more than 500 combat missions with the Henschel Hs 123 and the Messerschmitt Bf 109."
tagline: "Recipient of the Knight's Cross (1907–1955)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1984-072-22%2C_Otto_Wei%C3%9F.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1907-09-25"
deathDate: "1955-08-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.3
  momentum:             0.07299270072992702
  historical:           4.809936
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "اوتو ويس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Albert_Bernhard_Wei%C3%9F"
    title: "Otto Albert Bernhard Weiß"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Wei%C3%9F_(pilot)"
    title: "Otto Weiß (pilot)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Wei%C3%9F"
    title: "Otto Weiß"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%82%D1%82%D0%BE_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%81%D1%81"
    title: "Отто Вайсс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q820389"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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