Walther Wever was born on 16 January 1923 at München. He was the son of General der Flieger Walther Wever, the first Staff General of the new Luftwaffe who had been killed in an aircraft accident on 3 June 1936. Wever was posted to 3./JG 51 based on the Eastern front in summer 1943. He gained his first victory on 19 June, when he shot down a Russian Boston twin-engine bomber. On 1 September, Wever claimed a Russian Il-2 Sturmovik over Yel’nya to record his 10th victory. He shot down three Il-2 Sturmoviks in five minutes on 5 September to record his 11th through 13th victories. By the end of 1943, Wever had increased his victory total to 22, including 16 Il-2 Sturmoviks! On 29 March 1944, he claimed five enemy aircraft shot down (30-34). On 9 May 1944, Wever was appointed Staffelkapitän of 3./JG 51. He shot down a USAAF B-17 four-engined bomber over Poland on 21 June 1944. Wever recorded his 40th victory on 24 June, when he shot down yet another Il-2 Sturmovik. He was shot down by Russian ground fire in Bf 109 G-6 (W.Nr. 410 413) “Brown 4” on 10 July. He was badly wounded in the incident resulting in the amputation of a foot. Leutnant Wever was awarded the Ritterkreuz on 28 January 1945 for 44 victories. In February 1945, Wever was transferred as Staffelkapitän of 7./JG 7 following conversion training on to the Me 262 jet fighter. On 10 April 1945, Wever was shot down and killed in aerial combat with Allied fighters near Neuruppin.
    Walther Wever was credited with 44 victories in 250 missions. He recorded all his success over the Eastern front, including 24 Il-2 Sturmoviks and one four-engine bomber in his victory total.
 

No	Date	Time	A/c Type	Unit	Location
1	19.6.1943	7:30	Boston	3./JG 51	43 231
2	1.8.1943	17:10	Il-2	3./JG 51	54 732
3	2.8.1943	8:08	Il-2	3./JG 51	53 472
4	2.8.1943	18:32	Il-2	3./JG 51	54 751
5	3.8.1943	12:32	Boston	3./JG 51	53 292
6	14.8.1943	17:57	Il-2	3./JG 51	51 852
7	20.8.1943	14:20	LaGG-3	3./JG 51	51 524
8	30.8.1943	17:43	Il-2	3./JG 51	W Yel'nya
9	30.8.1943	18:05	Il-2	3./JG 51	N Yel'nya
10	1.9.1943	18:08	Il-2	3./JG 51	Yel'nya
11	5.9.1943	17:54	Il-2	3./JG 51	25 465
12	5.9.1943	17:55	Il-2	3./JG 51	25 462
13	5.9.1943	17:59	Il-2	3./JG 51	25 466
14	14.9.1943	12:20	Il-2	3./JG 51	NE Dukhovshchina
15	14.9.1943	15:09	MiG-3	3./JG 51	26 398
16	30.9.1943	9:55	Il-2	3./JG 51	Poltava Sector
17	30.9.1943	9:57	Il-2	3./JG 51	Poltava Sector
18	30.10.1943	7:15	Il-2	3./JG 51	Orscha
19	30.11.1943	12:40	Yak-9	3./JG 51	NE Shlobin
20	15.12.1943	12:45	Il-2	3./JG 51	93 438
21	15.12.1943	13:05	Yak-9	3./JG 51	3 311
22	23.12.1943	13:55	Il-2	3./JG 51	3 127
23	4.1.1944	12:40	Yak-9	3./JG 51	96 693
24	6.1.1944	10:39	Il-2	3./JG 51	6 783
25	6.1.1944	10:40	Il-2	3./JG 51	6 786
26	12.1.1944	11:54	La-5FN	3./JG 51	96 692
27	14.1.1944	9:11	Il-2	3./JG 51	5 132
28	14.1.1944	9:12	Il-2	3./JG 51	51 211
29	14.1.1944	13:57	Il-2	3./JG 51	5 133
30	29.3.1944	12:10	LaGG-5	3./JG 51	4 481
31	29.3.1944	12:24	Il-2	3./JG 51	4 451
32	29.3.1944	16:22	Pe-2	3./JG 51	4 289
33	29.3.1944	16:30	Pe-2	3./JG 51	4 442
34	29.3.1944	16:39	Yak-7	3./JG 51	4 462
35	9.5.1944	-	B-17	3./JG 51	Poland
36	28.5.1944	7:08	Yak-7	3./JG 51	96 366
37	21.6.1944	12:53	P-51	3./JG 51	23 881
38	22.6.1944	7:35	Yak-9	3./JG 51	96 599
39	23.6.1944	14:00	Yak-7	3./JG 51	5 896
40	24.6.1944	18:00	Il-2	3./JG 51	96 585
41	25.6.1944	11:55	Yak-7	3./JG 51	5 375
42	25.6.1944	12:04	Il-2	3./JG 51	5 382
43	29.6.1944	16:25	La-5	3./JG 51	94 134
44	30.6.1944	13:24	La-5	3./JG 51	94 117

Victories : 44
Awards : Ehrenpokal (20 March 1944)
                Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (20 March 1944)
                Ritterkreuz (28 January 1945)
Units : JG 51, JG 7