Leutnant Rudolf Wendelmuth was a World War I German flying ace credited with 14 aerial victories.

He transferred to aviation on 1 March 1915, reporting to FEA 3 in his home town of Gotha for training.

While with this unit, he scored his first victory, downing a Royal Naval Air Service Farman off the Turkish coast on 5 November 1916.

Between 29 July and 14 October 1917, he accumulated another ten victories;[2] during this span, on 25 September, his plane was shot down but he escaped unharmed.

On 30 November, Wendelmuth died in a midair collision that also killed Wilhelm Schulz of Jagdstaffel 4.