High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Major Theodor Weissenberger (born 21 December 1914 in Mühlheim am Main, killed in a car racing accident 10 June 1950 on the Nürburgring) was a German World War II fighter ace who served in the Luftwaffe from 1936 until the end of World War II in 1945. He flew more than 500 combat missions claiming 208 enemy aircraft shot down. 33 claims were made on the Western Front, including some 7 heavy bombers.