# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-krupinski
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:54:22.199Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-krupinski"
name: "Walter Krupinski"
slug: "walter-krupinski"
description: "Walter Krupinski was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace in World War II and a senior West German Air Force officer during the Cold War. He was one of the highest-scoring pilots in the war, credited with 197 victories in 1,100 sorties. He was called by his fellow pilots  Graf Punski  due to his Prussian origins. Krupinski was one of the first to fly the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter in combat as a member of Jagdverband 44 led by Adolf Galland."
tagline: "German general and fighter pilot during World War II (1920-2000)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-2004-0010%2C_Ukraine%2C_G%C3%BCnther_Rall_mit_Kameraden.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1920-11-11"
deathDate: "2000-10-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.79475466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Walter Krupinski"
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    title: "Walter Krupinski"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump