# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-wolfrum
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:37:05.092Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-wolfrum"
name: "Walter Wolfrum"
slug: "walter-wolfrum"
description: "Walter Wolfrum was a German military aviator who served in the Luftwaffe during World War II. As a fighter ace, he flew 424 combat missions and claimed 137 aerial victories—that is, 137 aerial combat encounters resulting in the destruction of the enemy aircraft. This ties him for 43rd place among highest scoring fighter aces. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, the highest award in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II."
tagline: "German military and aerobatics pilot (1923–2010)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f7/Walter_Wolfrum.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
birthDate: "1923-05-23"
deathDate: "2010-08-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.66
  momentum:             1.012658227848101
  historical:           7.421924000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%84%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BC"
    title: "Вальтер Вольфрум"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D9%88%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85"
    title: "والتر ولفرام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Wolfrum"
    title: "Walter Wolfrum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Wolfrum"
    title: "Walter Wolfrum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Wolfrum"
    title: "Walter Wolfrum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A9%E3%83%AB%E3%83%95%E3%83%AB%E3%83%A0"
    title: "ヴァルター・ヴォルフルム"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Wolfrum"
    title: "Walter Wolfrum"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%84%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BC%2C_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Вольфрум, Вальтер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q97777"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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