# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wilhelm-batz
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:41:37.052Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wilhelm-batz"
name: "Wilhelm Batz"
slug: "wilhelm-batz"
description: "Wilhelm Batz was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace during World War II. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more aircraft during aerial combat. Batz flew 445 combat missions and claimed 237 aircraft shot down; 234 victories were achieved over the Eastern Front, including at least 46 Ilyushin Il-2 ground-attack aircraft. Batz claimed three victories, including one four-engine bomber against the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) over the Ploieşti oil fields. Following the war, he served in the German Air Force of the Federal Republic of Germany."
tagline: "German World War II fighter pilot (1916-1988)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wilhelm_Batz.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1916-05-21"
deathDate: "1988-09-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.31839866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Вільгельм Батц"
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    title: "فيلهلم باتز"
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    title: "Wilhelm Batz"
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    title: "Wilhelm Batz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Batz"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump