# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wilhelm-crinius
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:48:48.006Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wilhelm-crinius"
name: "Wilhelm Crinius"
slug: "wilhelm-crinius"
description: "Wilhelm Crinius was a Luftwaffe fighter ace during 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. Crinius is credited with 114 aerial victories claimed in approximately 400 combat missions. He recorded 100 victories over the Eastern Front. Of his 14 victories claimed over the Western Front, one was a four-engined bomber. On 23 September 1942, Crinius became the only German fighter pilot to be awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves simultaneously."
tagline: "German Luftwaffe fighter ace during World War II"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e7/Wilhelm_Crinius.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1920-12-02"
deathDate: "1997-04-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.24
  momentum:             11.0351966873706
  historical:           4.606192
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%85_%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "ويلهيلم كرينيوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Crinius"
    title: "Wilhelm Crinius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Crinius"
    title: "Wilhelm Crinius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Crinius"
    title: "Wilhelm Crinius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC_%D0%9A%D1%80%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%83%D1%81"
    title: "Вільгельм Крініус"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6961459"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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