Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Wilhelm Steinmann (12 January 1912 1 August 1966) was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II.Wilhelm Steinmann joined the Luftwaffe as a bomber pilot and flew a Heinkel He 111 in the 1939-1941 campaigns before transferring to the Jagdwaffe and becoming a fighter pilot.In October 1942 Steinmann was posted to the Gruppenstab of I./Jagdgeschwader 27 (JG 27) based on the Channel Front. He recorded his first victory on 18 May 1943, an RAF Hawker Typhoon. On 1 June Steinmann shot down a Bf 109 G-6 in error, flown by the Gruppenkommandeur of I./JG 27, Hauptmann Erich Hohagen.