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SORT (↓)		PhotoUnitsAircraftAwards*************Notes*************LinksAuthorComments
1 Heintzer, Hermann Friedrich GeorgFw7/26/1918Hamburg3/KG-27 (7/41)He 111H-5 Werk # 3922 "1G + HL" (lost 7/18/41)Bomber Operational ClaspKIC with his entire crew, 18 July, 1941, when their ac made involuntary ground contact in the vicinity of Baia, Romania. The remaining crew, (desig unk): Oblt.z.s. Georg Mossgraber, Obs; Gefr Hans Siewert and Ogefr Otto Singer. There was also a passenger, Lt Ernst Rutschke (KIC), a Zugführer in Ln.Kdo.(mot)/KG-27.Fw Heintzer buried in the German War Cem. at Lasi, Romania, Blk 3, Plot D, Row 13, Gr 547; all others among the unknowns (D.Drury). This may be the Hermann, WIA 10 May, 1940, of 9/KG-1.
2 Abel, Friedrich Wilhelm August 'Fritz'Hptm.11/28/1919Wintenberg, Westfallen



Erg/JGr-2(7/40), 9/KG-3 (1/41), redesig 4/KG-3(11/43), Stfkpt 5/KG(J)-51 (2/45, 3/45 Essen-Mühlheim)Do 17 "5K + MT" in KG-3, Ju 88 in KG-3, Me 262A-2a Werk # 110553 "9K + EN" (lost 3/2/45)
Deutsches Kreuz - Gold (9/9/42)
EP (9/14/41)

EK 1 & 2
Wound Badge
Bomber Operational Clasp w/Pendant (8/25/41)		WIA by flak over England 18 January, 1941 along with his Observer, Uffz Karl Zunk in his Do 17. Wounded a second time by Russian flak on 16 November, 1941 along with his Observer, Fw August Benkle in "5K + MT". MIA 2 March, 1945; shot down in his Me 262 at Venlo Holland (Hagerhofweg). (LuftArchiv.de & Co DeSwart). His Luftwaffe career began as an FhjGefr in 1939 at LKS Fürstenfeldbrück. His EK 2 was awarded 9/3/1940 and the EK 1 awarded 11/15/1940. Source: Peter Kassak. Added: Probably buried as an unknown at Ysselsteyn (SGLO).
3 Abel, GeorgOfw7/KG-40Fw 200C-4 Werk # 0145 "F8 + DR" (lost 6/24/43)Bomber Operational ClaspAC reported lost 24 June, 1943, six crew killed, no further detail (Fw 200 Losses, 1988 Book, H. Breuer).
4 Abt, PeterOfhr9/JG-3 (S.U.)Bf 109G-6 Werk # 19651 "Yellow 11 + I" (lost 7/30/43)Fighter Operational ClaspMIA 30 July, 1943; Aerial combat over Dmitrijewka, Map Quadrant 89/2/5. Mombeek MIA List.abtx
5 Abt, PeterLt10/2/1922Hamburg9/JG-3 (6/43)Bf 109G-4 most likely (lost 7/?/43)Fighter Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) in July 1943 in the Mius River vicinity, no further detail (LOCS & C.König).abtx
6 Ach, OttoUffz16/JG-5 (12/44 Sola, Stavanger Norway)Bf 109G-14/AS Werk # Unk "Blue ??" (4/11/45)
EK 2
Fighter Operational Clasp		One known victory, a P-51 of RAF No.65 Sq., piloted by Lt Friedrich Hiley Bradford (KilledInAction (KIA)). The P-51 crashed into the Frier fjord at Flakvarp (F.Braun). Group picture, Stormbirds.com, Andreas Brekken. Alternate spelling: Achx.


JG 5 L-R, Uffz. Max Ede, Otto Ach, Uffz. Max Eder, Fw. Hans Steiner, Uffz. Albert Schmiletzky, Lt. Heinz Schüler, Uffz. Walter Smejkal, Uffz. Karl-Heinz Erler Sola, December 1944.

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7 Biesemeier, MartinUffz1914/11/12


Courtesy CK

6./KG 40 (09/42 Soesterberg)Do 217 E-4 "F8 + GP" Werknr 5420 (lost 24/09/42)His Do 217 crashed near Leersum Holland on 21 September, 1942, cause and pilot/crew disposition unknown (DeSwart). Added: KilledInAction (KIA) per Obit Card/M.deWolf). Added: The entire crew were killed in the crash caused by operator error, all buried Ysselsteyn. Uffz Biesemeier buried CX-5-106. Remaining crew: Obsv OGefr Georg Rentsch, (born 12/11/18 CK, bur CW-3-75); Radop Gefr Hermann Schmidt (born 14/06/21 CK, bur CW-/3-73) and Mech/Gnr OGefr Johann Hennermann (geb 10/07/21 in Ostermiething (Hollersbach) near Braunau) (bur CW-3-74) (SGLO).


Johann Hennermann
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8 Ackermann, GeorgLt3/12/1918Koblenz


FFS C-8 (1/40 Wiener-Neustadt), 9/KG-53 (3/40), 13/KG-53 (9/42), TO II/KG-53 (12/43), 9/LG-1 (1/45), Stfkpt & TO 5/KG-53 (2/45)He 111H
RK(2/28/45)

Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(8/21/42)

EK 1 & 2
Bomber Operational Clasp in Gold		DK-G Awards List. Deceased 16 December, 2007, Klotten. Added: Lt Ackermann flew 336 combat missions, including 286 in the East. He was an occasional Observer for RK-OL Holder, Major Herbert Wittmann and R/O, Ofw Steudel, RK Holder (C.König).
9 Hagn, OttoFw 1920/02/06Obergkirchen, Mühldorf
Hagn
5./NJG 3Bf-110 C-4 "D5+CN" Werknr 2158 (lost)
Night fighter Operational Clasp in Bronze
MIA on 18 February 1943 at Planquadrat 8555, W of St. Peter, SW of Husum (North Sea) on a night fighter patrol. This aircraft was shot down in combat with enemy aircraft. According to the obituary Hagn received no other medal than the Op clasp. Crew (MIA): Radop Uffz Walter Frinzel (born 26/06/1920 in Hof a.d.Saale). CKönig
10 Adam, GüntherLt1917/01/29Kiel2.(H)/Aufkl.Gr. 14 (05-06-/40), NAGr. 13 (03/43)Hs-126 "5F+EK" (16/05/40 CK), Fw 190 A-4 Werknr 704 (lost 23/03/43)
EK 1 + EK 2

probably Recce Operational Clasp in Gold






KilledInAction (KIA) 23 March, 1943, colliding with another A-4, Wk# 651, piloted by Hptm Gerhard Sembritzki, at Map Quadrant P{l.Qu.1019 (Kanal). Added: He is commemorated in the Kiel-Laboe Naval Memorial (D.Drury). Added: Flew a recce mission on 16/05/40 with Obsv Oblt Heinrich-Peter Gehrken (see own entry) (CK).
11 Blinne, ReinholdUffz4/26/1921Grünenplan2/TG-30He 111 Werk # 700232 "S3 + AL" (lost)Transport Operational ClaspKIC 7 August, 1944 at Les Champs Geraux France, cause not given. He is buried at Marigny (Mort de ses blessures a St Polen) France, Block 4, Row 43, Grave 1674. Remaining crew/passengers (dispositions unknown); Uffz Erhard Terborg, Ogefr Willi Moeller, Gefr Werner Woreschk and Gefr Georg Krakowiak. Source: D.Dahiot
12 Blechschmid, Oskar GeorgOGefr1922/07/27Burglengenfeld FFS B21He-111 (lost)Pilot KIC on 12 November 1943 at Wargienen 1,5 km N Waldau, reason unknown.

Courtesy CK

CKönig
13 Adrian, PeterUffz7/KG-55 (3/43 S.U.)He 111H-16 Werk # 8336 (lost 3/5/43)
Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(2/26/43)

EK 1 & 2
Bomber Operational Clasp		MIA with his entire crew 5 March, 1943; sd by fighters in the Merewa vicinity. Remaining crew: Ogefr Viktor König, Obs; Ogefr Werner Schubert, R/O; Uffz Werner Deiters, Mech and Ofw Fritz Ramsberger, Gnr (Qu.Meister File & DK-G Awards List).
14 Ahrendholz, HelmutOFw1915/05/31Drewitz7./KG 2 (Deelen)Do 217 E-4 "U5 + KR" Werknr 4262 (lost)KilledInAction (KIA) 19 September, 1942 on a mission to Sunderland during aerial combat with a Beaufighter of RAF No. 219 Sq, piloted by Sq Ldr John Topham, crashing near the mouth of the Tyne. The black smoke and the red sparks were soon transformed into a ball of fire. The Do 217 dove straight into the sea from an altitude of 8000 feet. The body of Ahrendholz was recovered from the sea 4 miles off the river Tyne, re-buried in the German War Cemetery at Cannock Chase, Staffordshire, Block 3, Gr 285. Remaining crew: Obsv Uffz Edgar Moll (MIA), Radop Uffz Peter (born 07/09/1916 in Jugenheim an der Bergstrasse, washed ashore on 27/11/42 on Norderney), Mech Uffz Hans Woelke (MIA).
15 Blume, FranzOfw2/TG-20 (Nautsi Finland)Ju 52 Werk # 6844 "7U + GK" (lost 10/23/44) Wound Badge
Transport Operational Clasp 		WIA 23 October, 1944; attacked by four Russian P-39 fighters over Lake Inari, they crashed at Väylä Finland. Remaining crew (WIA): Fw Georg Zeissler and Fw Helmut Born (Flyvrak Norway).
16 Ahrens, RudolfLt9/7/19192/KG-1He 111H-3 Werk # unk "V4 + GK" (lost 8/18/40)Bomber Operational ClaspPOW 18 August, 1940 after his ac was damagedby fighters of Nos. 32 & 65 Sqs., and made a wheels up landing at Snargate, near Dymchurch, Kent. The crew destroyed the ac using an incendiary device. Remaining crew (POW): Ofw Ernst Katzmarski, Obs; Uffz Georg Schneider, R/O; Flg Kurt Natzke, Gnr and Uffz Helmut Gericke, Flt Engr (WIA & DOW 8/18/40). Gericke buried in the Hawkinge Cem., Plot O, Row 1, Gr 20 (D.Drury). Added: The pilot of No.65 Sq, was P/O Ernest Glaser (S.Youngs).
17 Aichner, PeterUffz8/28/1924Sarnthein10/JG-51 (Reich Def Ost)Bf 109G-14 Werk # 512130 (lost 2/8/45)Fighter Operational ClaspKilled 8 February, 1945 after "FSA" (chute failure) east of Fischhausen due to engine trouble (Bf 109 Loss List). Added: He is buried in the German War Cem at Fischhausen/Priomorsk, Russia (D.Drury).
18 Aigen, Reinhard GeorgOfw5/20/1913Heidenheim

Courtesy Christian König

3/KG-4 (5/40), 10/KG-4 (6/43), 7/KG-4 (9/43 Orsha, S.U.)He 111H-16 Werk # 161384 "5J + ER" (lost 9/19/43)
RK-EL(6/9/44 Post)

EP(6/20/41), DK-G(3/6/42), EK 1(9/12/40) & 2(10/24/39)
Wound Badge, Bomber Operational Clasp in Gold		KilledInAction (KIA) 19 September, 1943. Over 300 combat missions. Added: Flying with the crew of Hptm Paul Strobel, they were killed when they collided with the crew of Lt Hans Auer, as they passed thru a layer of clouds, killing both crews. Remaining Strobel crew: Uffz Walter Fock; Ogefr Georg Arnold and Uffz Ewald Oetken. 447 combat missions, 313on eastern front, and 68 last over four hours, thus counted as doubles, total 515 missions. He was the first Flt Engr to receive the RK (C.König).

Courtesy Christian König
19 Alander, RolfObltStfkpt Stab/KG-26 (Aalborg West)He 111H-5 Werk # 3655 "1H + AA" (lost)Bomber Operational ClaspMIA 11 March, 1941 during an operation, crashing at sea off the east coast of Scotland. Remaining crew: Uffz Peter Wähner, Observer (KilledInAction (KIA)); Fw Werner Meyer, R/O (MIA) and Fw August Dether, Mech (MIA). Source: SIG Norway. Per Stankey & DeZeng, one unnamed crew KilledInAction (KIA) the other three POW. Added: The VDK database shows the location of Uffz Wähner as "missing at sea", and is remembered on the Laboe Naval Memorial. The three survivors were rescued by a trawler (D.Drury).
20 Albert, Georg JohannGefr04/04/22Püttlingen



FFS A 9KIFA on 08/04/44 in Voigtsdorf (now Poland)CKönig
21 Alt, VitusUffz1915/01/28Kissing, Augsburg


First from the left
Courtesy CK

4./NJG 2 (06/41 Gilze-Rijen)Ju 88 C-2 "R4 + IM" Werknr 0785 (lost 14/06/41)MIA after his Ju 88 crashed into the North Sea NW of Schouwen Holland the night of 13/14 June, 1941 (DeSwart). On the return flight from an Intruder Mission over England, Alt spotted a dinghy in the water below and circled while the R/O sent out a distress signal to Air Sea Rescue. To the horror of the He 111 H-5 "5J + KS" Werknr 3883 , 8/KG-4 (A.Rosseels) crew in the dingy, the wingtip of the Ju 88 hit the water, sinking immediately, and taking the crew with it. The entire crew perished. Remaining crew (KIC): Uffz Hans Georg Suckow (geb 09/07/1920, Gumbinnen), R/O and Uffz Erwin Willi Korn (geb 11/10/1920, Bitigheim), Gunner. Suckow & Korn are remembered on the Laboe Naval Memorial (D.Drury). Added: The He 111 crew were rescued except for Uffz Karl Brückner, Flt Engr (D.Drury).


Courtesy CK

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22 Altmann, GeorgOfw6/Schl.G-1 (S.U.)Fw 190A-5 Werk # 1764 "Yellow G" (lost 8/12/43)Assault Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 12 August, 1943 at Map Quadrant Pl.Qu. 5184, cause unknown.
23 Altmann, PeterFw3/21/1915Eichendorf



3(F)/121Ju 88D-1 Werk # 1063 (lost 5/31/42)Observer Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) with his entire crew, 31 May, 1942, in the area of Alexzndrovka (Ukraine?), circumstances unknown. One known crewman, Flt Engr Josef Brücker, and Fw Altmann, are scheduled to be transferred to the Kirovograd - Sammelfriedhof, Ukraine. If not, they will be commemorated in the memorial book within the cemetery. Two other crewmen remain unknown (D.Drury).
24 Altmeyer, Peter WilhelmLt1921/08/21Dürboslar2./JG 302Bf-109 G-6 "Red 1" (lost)KIA on 26 June 1944 near Zistersdorf, 35 km NE of Vienna due to ground contact during combat. Buried in Köln-Mülheim.CKönig
25 Bluhm, Hans GeorgLt27/09/20


FFS A/B 12 Königsburg/Neumark (11/42), FFS AB/12 Prenzlau (05/43)Various TrainersPilot BadgeA Flight Instructor. Source: Das Kleeblatt via Klaus Klee, son of Uffz Ferdinand Klee.
26 Biedermann, GottfriedUffz1/KG-6Ju 188A-2 Werk # 180441 "3E + DH" (lost)Bomber Operational ClaspMIA the night of 14/15 May, 1944, failing to return from a bombing raid on Bristol England. Probably lost at sea. Remaining crew (all MIA): Uffz Georg Malek, Observer; Uffz Walter Zeiner, R/O; Fw Karl Hartmaier, Gunner and Gefr Franz Hense, Gunner. Source: Bristol Past, John Penny.
27 Biesel, PeterUffz6/StG-2Ju 87B (lost 8/15/40)Dive Bomber Operational ClaspMIA 15 August, 1940; sd by fighters and crashed into the sea off Portland, Dorset. His R/O-Gnr, Gefr JosefBlümel also MIA (D.Drury).
28 Anderwald, GeorgFhjUffz5/22/1924Hindenburg9/JG-51 (Reich Def Ost)Bf 109G-14 Werk # 512441 (lost 1/29/45)Fighter Operational ClaspKIC 29 January, 1945 northwest of Pillau, cause not reported. Added: "Northwest of Pillau (now Baltiysk, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia) would place him in the sea at the time of the crash. The VDK shows his place of death as "Seegebeit (sea area) NW Pillau". He is commemorated in the German War Cem at Baltiysk, Russia (D.Drury).
29 Birnbach, PeterFhr8/JG-53 (2/45 Reich Def)Bf 109G-14/AS Werk # 785775 (75% dam 2/23/45)Wound Badge
Fighter Operational Clasp		Injured 23 February, 1945; overturned on landing at Malmsheim.
30 Apirtz, Hans GeorgUffz1/JGr-SüdBf 109E-7 Werk # 6406 (or 6409) "White 18" (lost 2/23/43)Fighter Operational ClaspKIC in his "White 18" on 23 February, 1943, in a mid-air collision with another 109, by Salon de Provence, near the Marignane airfield. Jager Blatt 3 & 4/2004.
31 Arber, HansLt1921
Cannock Chase		3/KG-28He 111H-4 Werk # 3237 "1T + DL" (lost 6/14/41)Bomber Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) with his entire crew, 14 June, 1941; their ac was attacked by a Douglas A-20 "Havoc" of No.85 Sq., piloted by F/Lt Gordon L.Raphael & ACq William N.Addison. The ac exploded over Lower Halstow, Isle of Grain, scattering debris over a wide area. Remaining crew: Gefr Friedrich Straub, Obs; Fw Georg Hochwald, Flt Engr and Ofw Eugen Geyer, R/O, the only one whose body was recovered, buried CC, Blk 1, Row 9, Gr 341. Gefr Straub is commemorated on the Kiel-Laboe Naval memorial as "being in a sea grave" (D.Drury).
32 Armbrecht, Heinz Georg "Hans"Lt2/26/1921Flight Instr FFS A/B 52 & A-101 (2/43-1/45), 9 (Erg)/JG-1 (1/45), 10 (Erg)/JG-1 (4/45 Eastern Front)Bf 109G-14 Werk # Unk "Black 7" (lost 4/16/45)Wound Badge, Fighter Operational ClaspInjured 16 April, 1945 when he struck tree tops vicinity Duba, near Ceska Lipa during aerial combat (LOCS & C.König).
33 Arnold, OttoFw1/Ku.Fl.Gr-106He 115B Werk # 1868 "M2 + BH" (lost 4/18/40)Observer Operational ClaspKIC 18 April, 1940 when he crashed into mountain Storsalen after a mission to Narvik, believed due to icing. Remaining crew: Oblt z.See Heinz Witt (KIC) and Gefr Karl Georg (turned up later in Trondheim) (Flyvrak Norway).
34 Arras, GeorgFw9/KG-77 (Med)Ju 88A-4 Werk # 142391 "??" (lost 2/21/43)Bomber Operational ClaspKIC with unnamed crew during an emergency landing at Piacenza 21 February, 1943; burned on landing after a non-combat flight (Ju 88 Loss List).
35 Assmann, GeorgUffzII/KG-51 (S.U.)Ju 88D-1 Werk # 430389 (lost 1/9/43)Bomber Operational ClaspKIC with unnamed crew 9 January, 1943 at Iljaschewka, by Uman, probably struck the ground (Ju 88 Loss List).
36 Assmann, WilhelmOfwInstructor, Erg.Kü.Flg. Staffel (F) See (Kobenhavn See)Bv 138B Werk # 2009 "6H + KH" (lost)Air Sea Rescue Operational ClaspKIC 12 May, 1944 when he suffered from engine trouble and attempted an emergency landing in the Sortedamssoo Lake near Kobenhavn. The right hand wing clipped a number of trees just before touchdown and the AC overturned and crashed into the lake, killing the crew of three. Remaining crew (KIC): Student pilot, Ofhr Hans Joachim Petter and Student gunner, Fw Hans Peter Wilken. All were buried in the Kobenhavn Vestre Cemetery on 16 May, 1944. Source: Air War over Denmark.
37 Auer, RobertUffz26/08/20Alsace, France


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Schul-Staffel/NJG-1 (8/44 Twente)He 219A-0 Werk # 190108 "G9 + ??" (lost 8/20/44)Pilot BadgeKIC the night of 19/20 August, 1944. His 219 crashed on Voortsweg in Enschede Holland, cause unknown (DeSwart). Remaining crew (KIC, buried Yssel): Uffz Georg Frey (bur R/9/212) and Ogefr Paul Klatt (bur R/9/213). Pilot buried R/9/211.
38 Auerochs, PaulOfwFFS B 17 (Blindschule)Bv 138B-1 Werk # 2016 (85% damaged)Wound BadgeInjured in a crash during foul weather at Bug/Rügen after a Blind School exam flight on 27 October, 1943. Remaining crew: Uffz Alfred Kuhn(KIC), R/O and Ogefr Waller(Injured), Mechanic. Also onboard, two pilot trainees, Ogefr Gert Wiemann(KIC) and Lt Georg M.Ott(Injured). Jager Blatt 4/2004
39 Bittner, OskarUffz10/JG-5 (Altagaard 11/44)Bf 109G-6 Werk # 166120 "Yellow 8" (lost 11/15/44)Fighter Operational ClaspCrashed his "Yellow 8" at Sagelvvatnet, Balsfjord, Tromso Norway during a transfer flight to Bardufoss on 15 November, 1944, becoming lost due to bad weather . Pilot bailed safely, landing in the Sagelvvatnet Lake and was rescued by two Norwegians . Two others were forced to bail at this time; Ogefr Hans Günther Heep and Ogefr Georg Ecke, both landing in Swedish Lapland. Source: SIG Norway and F. Braun & R. Kull.
40 Binder, GeorgUffz3/JG-27Bf 109G-14 Werk # 781101 "Yellow 5" (lost 12/24/44)Fighter Operational ClaspMIA 24 December, 1944 east of Niersabach, reason unknown. Mombeek.
41 Baasch, Heinrich J.Fw3/Kü.Fl.Gr. 806 (Holtenau 4/40), 1/Kü.Fl.Gr. 806 (Channel 9/40)He 111J-1 "M7 + CH" (lost 4/3/40), Ju 88 Werk # 3079 "M7 + CH" (lost 9/21/40)Observer Operational ClaspInterned 3 April, 1940 by the Danish authorities after his AC experienced engine problems which resulted in a fire. The AC was ditched at sea, 2 miles south of the "Hatter rev" between the islands of Samso and Sejro. The crew were unharmed and entered the aircrafts dinghy. Several Danish craft offered assistance, but was refused. Many hours later, their dinghy drifted ashore at Lilleballe, on the eastside of the Island Samso. The crew were held in the Flinchs Hotel until the German occupation on 9 April, 1940. Remaining crew: Oblt z.S. Adam Werner Beck (MIA 5/2/41 w/Fw Heinrich Baasch crew), Fw Georg F. Juchelko and an unnamed Uffz. Source: Air War over Denmark. Added: Baasch and crew were rescued after being sd on 21 Sepember, 1940 by AA fire on a sortie to Midlands, crash location not reported (Ju 88 Loss List). Remaining crew (9/2/40) incident: Lt.z.S. Günther Grunwald, Obs; Fw Strube (Pos Unk) and Fw Kruger (Pos Unk) (D.Drury).
42 Bachmann, HeinzOfw4/NJG-4Ju 88G-1 Werk # 710891 "3C + HM" (lost 12/23/44)Night Fighter Operational ClaspMIA the night of 23/24 December, 1944, Bachmann and crew failing to return from a mission over the western front. (Ardennes) Jager Blatt 3/2003. Remaining crew (MIA): R/O Uffz Wilhelm Schröder and Engr Ofw Georg Ertl (Lost Aircraft Report).
43 Bachmann, WernerOblt


7./KG 30 (Channel)Ju 88C "4D + DR" (lost 15/08/40)POW 15 August, 1940 during the attack on the Driffield airfield by a Spitfire of RAF No. 616 Sq., piloted by Sgt James Hopewell. The AC crashed alongside the Bridlington waterworks reservoir on Scarborough Road. Remaining crew: Uffz Werner Evers, Observer (POW), Fw Georg Henneske, wireless operator (KilledInAction (KIA)) and Flg Robert Wakther, gunner (POW). The body of Georg Henneske (born 10/04/15 in Raisdorf, CK) was buried in Bridlington Cemetery on 19 August, 1940; it has since been re-interned in the German Military Cemetery at Cannock Chase.

Courtesy Christian König
44 Baer, PeterOfhr11/10/1924Marburg, Lahn

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Stab III/JG-53 (9/44 Mörtitz)Bf 109G-6 Werk # 442001 "< 4 + 1" (lost 9/11/44)Fighter Operational Clasp in bronzeKilledInAction (KIA) 11 September, 1944 when he collided with a P-51 of 358FS, 355FG, piloted by Capt Walter L. Morgan. Baers 109 crashed near Hattenhausen, while Capt Morgan was also killed when his P-51 crashed nearby. This was Baers first combat mission. He was buried at Höchen-Schwand.

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45 Bamberger, AlbinFwII/KG-26 (3/43)He 111H-11 Werk # 8107 "1H + HP" (lost 3/15/43)Bomber Operational ClaspMIA with his entire crew, 15 March, 1943 at Tripolis, cause unknown, Remaining crew: Ogefr Georg Arnold, Obs; Uffz Erich Bodolsky, R/O and Uffz Eberhard Alsleben, Gnr (Qu.Meister File).
46 Band, Friedrich Georg HansFw21/02/15LeipzigFAR 53Flight instructor, KIC on 22 April 1940 in Kraussen near Königsberg. Buried at Naunhof – Alter Friedhof. Abt III, row 1, grave 7CKönig
47 Banke, ChristianOblt05/11/18 (CKönig)Magdeburg (CKönig)9/StG-2 (1938- 04/41 Greece). Added: Stuka Schule Marienbad (07-09/39) (CKönig)Ju 87B-2 Werk # 5981 "T6 + KT" (lost 4/14/41)Wound badge
Dive Bomber Operational Clasp		KilledInAction (KIA) 14 April, 1941 in the Mt Olympus area by Hurricanes. Gunner not mentioned. Added: Severely WIA on 07/06/40 when damaged by ground fire near Grécourt, SE of Ham, needed to crash land near Hombleaux and was hospitalized at St. Quentin. Another crash land on 04/04/41 at Münster-Loddenheide airfield but unhurt. Gunr Fw Georg Hoser KIA on 14/04/41. Banke is buried at war cemetery Dionyssos-Rapendoza. (CKönig)
48 Bannert, HelmutOblt9/7/1911Breslau


Werder


Bannert

4/KG-53He 111H-2 Werk # 3144 "A1 + KM" (lost 11/5/40)Bomber Operational ClaspMIA 5 November, 1940; his ac crashed into the Humber Estuary near Grimsby, Lincolnshire, possibly due to AA fire. The pilot and flight engineer (Uffz Willi Göhring) bodies were not recovered, and they are both remembered at the Laboe Naval Memorial. The remaining three crew were washed up along the south shore, and are buried at the Grimsby Scartho Road Cem., Block 116. Remaining crew: Gefr Georg Werder, Obs (born 1917, EK2, bur Row J, Gr 3); Uffz Eduard Zahn, R/O (bur Row L, Gr 3) and Gefr August Schmitz, Gnr (bur Row K, Gr 3) (D.Drury).
49 Bode, HeinrichFw1./Kü.Fl.Gr-506MIA on 20/06/40 near Drontheim. Crew MIA: Obs Lt d. Res. Bickebach, Hans, RO Fw Hildebrand, GeorgCKönig
50 Barett, GüntherLt3/22/19196/KG-100 (1/43)He 111H-14 Werk # 7949 "6N + DP" (lost 1/9/43)EP(10/19/42), EK 1& 2, Bomber Operational ClaspMIA with his entire crew, 9 January, 1943, when they were sd during a raid on Benghazi, Libya. The ac exploded, and came down in flames. Remaining crew: Uffz Peter Wörner, Obs; Uffz Franz Joba, R/O and Ofw Rudolf Mayer, Gnr (D.Drury).
51 Blaser, GeorgOfw2/StG-2 (S.U.)Ju 87D-3 Werk # 2389 "T6 + KK" (lost 6/30/42)
Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(5/1/42)

EK 1 & 2
Dive Bomber Operational Clasp		DK-G Awards List. KilledInAction (KIA) with unnamed crew at Chernowka, cause not reported (Ju 87 Loss List).
52 Barsch, GeorgLt9/25/19208/KG-30 (Med)Ju 88A-4 Werk # 550221 "4D + FS" (lost 8/1/43)Bomber Operational ClaspMIA with unnamed crew at Palermo 1 August, 1943, cause unknown (Ju 88 Loss List).
53 Bartel, Klaus GüntherOblt9/7/1919Rheinsberg7/KG-27He 111H-16 Werk # 160705 "1G + AR' (dam 7/5/43), He 111H-16 Werk # 161228 (Same ac # as 160705) "1G + AR" (lost 9/14/43)
Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(8/21/42)

EK 1 & 2
Bomber Operational Clasp		KIA 14 September, 1943 in the vicinity of Ivanovka, Russia (Pl.Qu.69844). His ac exploded due to being attacked by fighters at the time of his bomb release (D.Drury). On 5 July, 1943, his ac crashed and exploded on landing at Kharkhiv-Voichenko airfield, Ukraine, after being attacked by fighters. Accompanying him on this flight, a second pilot, Lt Horst Wendt (DK-G Awards List & D.Drury). Alternate spelling: Bartels. See Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries for further detail. Added: Remaining crew (all KIA): Uffz Gottfried Kaiser, Obs; Fw Heinrich Schmidt, R/O; Uffz Walter Pantel, Flt Engr and Uffz Peter Nilkens, Gnr (D.Drury).
54 Böcktoff, PeterUffz2/KG-3 (S.U.)Ju 88A-4 Werk # 800604 "5K + FK" (lost 11/11/43)Bomber Operational ClaspThis ac reported lost 11 November, 1943 in Map Quadrant Pl.Qu. 017/91885, shot down by flak, unnamed crew returned (Ju 88 Loss List).
55 Bihr, RudolfFw10/2/1914Böckingen
Cannock Chase		4/KG-30Ju 88 "4D + ?M" (lost)Bomber Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 15 August, 1940 after being shot down, during the Driffield airfield raid, by a Hurricane of RAF No. 73 Sq., piloted by P/O Donald S.Scott. The AC crashed in a cornfield at Fraisthorpe, 4 miles south of Bridlington, Yorkshire. Remaining crew (KilledInAction (KIA)): Fw Robert Pohl, Observer, Uffz Severin Kürsch, wireless operator and Uffz Arnulf Georg Neumeyer, gunner. Kürsch and Pohl were buried in Bridlington Cemetery alongside two "unknowns", thought to be Bihr and Neumeyer. Added: All are buried at CC, Plot 3, Row 12: Bihr Gr 366, Pohl Gr 367, Kürsch Gr 368, Neumeyer Gr 365 (D.Drury).
56 Bätcher, Hans GeorgObst1/13/1914Finsterwalde

Bätcher 2nd left celebrates 500th mission

Stfkpt 1/KG-100, Kdr I/KG-27(41), Kdr I/KGr 100(7/43), Kdr I/KG-4(3/44), Kdr III/KG-76(9/44), Kdr KG(J)-54 (repl Volprecht 2/45 to end)He 111H Werk # Unk "6N + AB" in KG-100, He 111 in KG-4, Ar 234 in KG-76, Me 262 in KG(J)-54 2/45 to wars end
RK(12/21/42)
EL(3/24/44)

Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(6/29/42)
EP(11/14/41)

EK 1 & 2
Wound Badge

Bomber Oper.Clasp w/Pend		This famous bomber ace survived a higher number of combat missions (658) than any other bomber airman in WWII, serving over France, England and Russia. Shot down at least once, into the Channel in September, 1940, and rescued by ASR. During the French Campaign, his He 111 was shot down by a Morane fighter, and he was a brief POW in France until his release upon their surrender. During the Siege at Sevastopol, he flew 15 missions between June 12 & 15, 1942 and 116 total! He was Kdr III/KG-76 in December, 1944, the worlds 1st Jet Bomber Unit. Kdr KG-54 in April, 1945. He also briefly commanded KG(J)-54 and III/KG-76 in May, 1945. His Observer was an Oblt Scholz. Living in Hannover in 2001. Deceased 23 April, 2003 in Uelzen. Alternative spelling: Bätscher Baetscher


57 Blaseberg, KurtLt


Bauer.



Courtesy Christian König

4(F)/14 (S.U.)Ju 88D-5 Werk # 430226 "5F + NM" (lost 7/3/42)Observer Operational ClaspMIA with unnamed crew in the Rzhev-Velikiye-Luki area 3 July, 1942, cause not reported (Ju 88 Loss List). Added: The reconnaissance mission took place in the Smolensk area, Rzhev being to the NE and Velikiye being to the NW of Smolensk. Remaining crew: Lt.d.R. Georg Bauer (geb 11/17/11916), Obs (KilledInAction (KIA), commemorated in the memorial book at Dukhovschina Cem, Russia); Gefr M.Buschmann, R/O (MIA) and Gefr M.Wirsing, Gnr (MIA) (D.Drury).
58 Battis, PeterOgefrStab/JG-300Fw 190A-6 & Bf 109G-6Fighter Operational ClaspBattis appears on an AC Lost List; AC lost 4/8/44 at Rheine, pilot disposition unknown.
59 Bauer, GeorgOblt25/04/16Munich2.(H)/Aufkl.Gr. 13 (07/41), I./NAG 102 (04/43 Offz. z.b.V./ instructor), 6./NAG 102 (08/44 Offz. z.b.V.), 3./JG 117 (10/44, Stfkpt), NAGr. 4 (01/45), 2./NAGr. 8 (03/45)EP (09/03/42),
EK 1 & 2
CKonig
60 Bauer, PeterLt3/11/1923DresdenStffüh 3/JG-6Fw 190A-8 Werk # 737398 "Yellow 8" (lost 1/19/45)Fighter Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 19 January, 1945, killed in take-off by an La-7 in the area of Litzmannstadt (Kalisz-Lödz). Mombeek MIA List.
61 Bauer, PeterUffzBlindflugschule BFS-4 (Kastrup)Ju 88CPilot BadgeKIC 11 September, 1943 while undergoing Instrument Training, and the Instructors Ju 88 hit a Ju 86 and crashed into the sea off Kobenhavns southern harbor, 200 meters from shore. He was buried in the Kobenhavn Vestre Cemetery. See Instructor Pilot Uffz Manfred Eppel for further details.
62 Bauer, PeterUffz18/10/18Schloßprunn


6./SG 1Fw-190KIA on 9 October 1943 near Schtschutschinka/ Ukraine shot down by Flak.CKönig
63 Bauer, PeterUffz30/05/18SchloßprunnBFS 4Ju-88KIC on 11 September 1943 near Amager/ Denmark, probably during a training flight. Buried at Vestre war cemetery Block A Row I Grave 9CKönig
64 Bäuerle, PeterOblt4/24/1922HeidelbergStab/NSGr-4Si 204E-0 Werk # Unk "1K + EL" (lost 12/23/44)Transport Operational ClaspKIC 24 December, 1944; crashed on takeoff from the Krakow-Balice airfield, Poland, due to an engine malfunction. Crew member and passengers, if any, unknown. The VDK indicates that Oblt Bäuerle is buried in the War Cem at Krakow, and he is commemorated in the memorial book there (D.Drury).
65 Baumann, Peter Viktor RobertMaj02/11/13BerlinKG 51, Erg. JGr WestBf-109 G-6 "White 27"KIA on 20 September 1944 8km SE of Stargard. Buried in Berlin-Zehlendorf-Dahlem Waldfriedhof.CKönig
66 Baumeister, PeterFw8./KG 53 (02/37 to 07/40)He 111 H-2 (lost 12/07/40)Wound BadgeFlugbuch. Added: POW 12 July, 1940; shot down with wounds by Hurricanes of No.17 Sq., piloted by P/O Geoffrey Edw.Pittman & Sgt Desmond Fopp. The Heinkel crashed into the sea off Orfordness, Suffolk (when on combat mission against convoy 'Booty' off Orfordness, CK) Remaining crew: Oblt Helmut von Brocke, Obsv (born on 28/08/16 in Weißenburg/Elsaß (CK), WIA/DOW, bur at sea); Uffz Werner Weber & Fw B.Wlazlak (or Wloylak), designations and fate unknown; and Gefr Alfred Mehringer (WIA/DOW, bur at sea) (D.Drury).
67 Baumgartner, PeterLt1/15/1915V.Fl.Korps ('41), 7/KG-55 (1/42 Dnjepropetrowsk, Ukaine), 10/KG-55 (7/42), Stfkpt 1/KG-55 (2/44), 1/KG(J)-55 (2/45)He 111H-6 Werk # 7207 "G1 + KR" (lost 5/24/42), Me 262 in KG(J)-55
Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(7/1/42)
EP (9/23/41),
EK 1 & 2
Bomber Operational Clasp		MIA (briefly) when he was involved in an ac loss 24 May, 1942, cause & location unknown. Remaining crew (all return safely): Fw Siegfried Zantke, Obs; Fw Hans Köhler, R/O; Fw Karl Haselbeck, Flt Engr and Uffz Hans Krebel, Gnr. DK-G Awards List, LOCS & D.Drury.
68 Bäumker, GertUffz


Courtesy Olaf Timmermanns, CK

BFS 7 RadomHe-111 H-10 "RI + NI" Werknr. 5312 (lost 20/01/43), He-111 P-5 "CF + XU" Werknr. 3355 (30% dam)Wound badgeSupporting flying instr. WIFA on 20/01/43 probably due to operational error (by a flight student?) 5 km E of Radom airfield. Crew: Radop instr Uffz Paul Hauf (born 14/10/1921, WIFA; Uffz Hauf was later KIA/KIFA on 11 April, 1945 near Vechta in a crash and was buried in Lutten near Vechta, Courtesy Olaf Timmermanns), Mech Uffz Georg Nather (WIFA), student Uffz Wilhelm Schicke (WIFA), student Uffz Herbert Finger (WIFA), student Uffz Werner Lechner (WIFA), student Gefr Herbert Hanke (WIFA). On 28/01/43 Bäumker had another crash landing, again due to operational error by the students, but uninjured like the rest of the crew/students: Radop instr Uffz Herbert Stärmann, Mech Uffz Georg Nather (again!), student Uffz Fritz Lehner, student Uffz Herbert Finger (again!), student Uffz Ernst Magerhans, student Gefr Herbert Hanke (again!).CKönig
69 Bäumler, HansOfw4/5/19151(F)/124 (Bardufoss)Ju 88A-5 Werk # 088 0696 "G2 + CH" (lost 7/7/41)
EK 1 & 2
Observer Operational Clasp		KIC 7 July, 1941 when he crashed at Stormauken, by Rundhaug, 18km W of Bardufoss, on a non-operational transfer flight due to heavy fog. Remaining crew (all KIC): Oblt Karl Hönsbröch, Observer; Uffz Kurt Sandvoss, R/O and Uffz Georg Erbar, Mech. Source: SIG Norway. Added: Ofw Baumler buried at Narvik Norway, Blk 8. Row C, Gr 12. Oblt Hönsbröch (aka Karl Graf von und zu Hoensbroech) believed buried in an unknown grave in Narvik. Also in Narvik, Blk 8, Row C, Uffz Sandvoss in Gr 10, and Uffz Erbar in Gr 9 (D.Drury).
70 Baur-Bargehr, Hans-GeorgOfhr9/25/1923Vienna, Austria11/JG-54 & 14/JG-54 (9/44 Plantlünne)Fw 190A-5, Fw 190A-8 Werk # Unk (lost 9/21/44), Fw 190A-8 Werk# 731040 "Black 4" (lost) Wound Badge, Fighter Operational Clasp MIA 27 December, 1944 near Schnee-Eifel Belgium while flying Werk# 731040, after aerial combat with P-47s. His grave was later found in Franken, but his Father had him interned in Innsbruck in 1946. He lost an earlier A-8 at Vriezenveen Holland on 21 September, 1944, bailed safely with wounds (DeSwart).
71 Bierling, Georg AlfredUffzHamburg
Cannock Chase		7/ZG-76Bf 110C-4 Werk # 2137 "2N + FM" (lost 9/9/40)Destroyer Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 9 September, 1940; hit by flak at Munns Gore, Borden, near Sittingbourne, Kent. His unnamed gunner also KilledInAction (KIA) (Bf 110 Loss List). Uffz Bierling buried CC, Blk 4, Gr 54. Added: His unnamed gunner, Uffz Friedrich Kurella (geb 4/21/1915), buried at CC, Blk 4, Gr 55 (Luftwaffe Graves UK).
72 Baur, PeterUffz6/Schl.G-1 (S.U.)Fw 190F-3 Werk # 670417 "S + -" (lost 10/9/43)Assault Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 9 October, 1943 by flak at Map Quadrant Pl.Qu. 10114.
73 Bautzitz, GeorgGefrErg/JG-2 (Channel)Bf 109E-4/B Werk # 1341 (lost 3/9/41)Wound Badge
Fighter Operational Clasp		Injured 9 March, 1941 when there was an explosion on the aircraft which crashed and burned at Le Harve. The pilot bailed safely. Source: Bf 109 Loss List
74 Bechthold, PeterUffz1922Kerspenhausen, Hersfeld
FFS - Baltringen, 9/JG-3 (10/43), 3/JG-3 (3/44), JFS Instr wars end (Jäger Blatt 1997: 8./JG 3 (10/43-05/44) (CK)Bf 109G-6 Werk # 440137 "Black 9" (3/44 Leipheim)
EK 2
Wound Badge in Silver
presumably F
Fighter Operational Clasp in Bronze
Comrade and good friend of Herwig Befeldt. Opposed a Schweinfurt mission on 14 October, 1943 (Jager Blatt, 2/1997). Added: He survived the war despite being shot down six times, sometimes bailing; once severely wounded leaving "Black 9", and landing in the St Die area. Peter was the brother of Valentin. Deceased in 2007 and buried in Kerspenhausen (Jan Bechthold 2/2023). Added: WIA on 27/05/44 at Gerbépal, 15 km S of St. Die, bailed out. (CK)
75 Bechthold, ValentinOfw3/6/1917Kerspenhausen, Hersfeld

Courtesy Jan Bechthold

CourtesyChristian König

FFS - See (Stettin), 3/Küstenfliegerstaffel - 506 (10/41), 7/KG-26 (Rennes Fr.)He 115 & Ju 88A in 3/506, Ju 88A-4 Werk # 142086 "1T + CR" or "HR" (lost 7/30/42)EK 1 & 2 (10/11/41), KVK w/Schw., Bomber Operational Clasp in SilverKilledInAction (KIA) with unnamed crew 30 July, 1942 at Thorney, Huntingdon, 6 miles ENE of Peterborough, after being hit by flak (Ju 88 Loss List). Added: A recipient of the Combined Pilot/Observer Badge, he and his crew were killed after an attack on Birmingham, 30 July, 1942. Initially buried at Ramsey/Hunts, he is now buried at Cannock Chase, Blk 5, Row 8, Gr 191. Remaining crew (KilledInAction (KIA)): Fw Ludwig Drees, Obs (geb 5/30/1914, Steinebröck, bur CC, 5/8/190); Ogefr Karl Neberling, R/O (geb 5/13/1920, Rauental, bur CC 5/8/188) and Gefr Heinrich Bredemeier, Gnr (geb 1/5/1920, Hannover, bur CC 5/8/189). Valentin was the older brother of Peter Bechthold. Source: Jan Bechthold, Great Grandson, 2/2023.
76 Becker, GüntherLt1/KG-55 (Melun-Villaroche)He 111H-4 Werk # 1724 "G1 + GH" (lost 5/8/41)Bomber Operational ClaspMIA with his entire crew the night of 7/8 May, 1941; failed to return from a mission to Liverpool. Remaining crew: Uffz Emil Vierner (or Vilser), Obs; Uffz Rdgar Faulhaber, R/O and Ofw Georg Lunz, Flt Engr (D.Drury).
77 Becker, Hans GeorgUffzI/JG-26 (joins 7/43), 1/JG-26 (8/43 Woensdrecht)Fw 190A-4 Werk # 140620 "White 3" (20% dam 8/17/43), Fw 190A-8 Werk # 730456 "White 5" (lost) Wound Badge
Fighter Operational Clasp 		KilledInAction (KIA) 7 June, 1944 in "White 5" in aerial combat with Allied fighters 40 km SW of Rouen. WIA 17 August, 1943 in "White 3" from B-17 return fire at Liege. Despite his wounds, he made a force landing at Venlo. Returned to 1st Staffel 27 April, 1944.
78 Becker, Karl AdolfOFw13.(Z)/JG 5Bf 110 F-2 "LN + DR" Werknr 5096 (lost 23/06/43), Bf 110 F-2 (Trop) "1B + CX" Werknr 5073 (lost 12/11/43)Wound Badge
WIA 12 November, 1943; fire after an emergency landing at Svartnes Norway airfield after an operational flight. His Observer, Lt Georg Lisbe, was also wounded. Source: SIG Norway. Added: Wk# 5096 was shot down by a Russian P-39, piloted by Lt Borisov at Batsfjordnaringen Norway. Becker managed to make a belly landing offshore. The cockpit section was destroyed by the Germans. His R/O-Gnr, Uffz Ottmar Werz bailed and was picked up at sea by a German subchaser (added: commandeered by a former schoolmate of Werz named Kptlt Bebermeyer. The wreck was recovered by Norwegians and is currently not on public display though several sections are restored (CK).
79 Becker, PeterGefr1920/08/13Kitz bei Dramburg


Courtesy CK

8./JG 53 (Channel)Bf 109 E-1 "Black 1 + I" Werknr 6139 (lost (09/09/40)KilledInAction (KIA) 9 September, 1940 during aerial combat south of Brighton, crashing at Sundown Farm, Ditcham, Hampshire. Source: Jochen Prien. Buried Cannock Chase, Block 6, Gr 157 (M.Croft).
80 Blankenburg, RudolfFw2/11/1920Barntrup6/KG-2Do 217E-2 Werk # 5365 "U5 + BP" (lost 6/29/42), Do 217E-4 Werk # 5453 "U5 + EP" (lost 8/19/42)Bomber Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 19 August, 1942 when he failed to return from a mission to Dieppe in his E-4. Remaining crew (KilledInAction (KIA)): Uffz Horst Schwandt, Obs; Uffz Heinz Depping, R/O and Uffz Max Paul Feige, Mech.. Fw Blankenburg buried at Bourdon 32/13/500; Uffz Schwandt bur in Sankt Peter-Ording D/VII/1 (his hometown); Uffz Depping buried Bourdon 19/1/27 and Uffz Fiege buried Ev-Luth Friedhof, Wittmuns, Gr 9 (D.Drury). He an his E-2 crew were uninjured the night of 28/29 June 1942 from damage on the Weston-s-Mare raid. His AC crashed at Creil Fr. at 03:05 hours, the victim of a Mosquito, DD638, of RAF No.264 Sq., piloted by F/O Hodgkinson and Sgt Roe Bristol Past, J.Penny).
81 Behnisch, RudolfLt4/KG-26 (9/39), Stab II/KG-26 (4/40)He 111H-3 "1H + AC" (lost)Bomber Operational ClaspPOW 3 April, 1940 after being shot down off Redcar on an armed reconnaissance mission against British shipping. He was shot down by a Spitfire of RAF No. 41 Sq., piloted by F/Lt Norman Ryder. Benischs AC had been damaged earlier by naval fire and was unable to evade Ryders attacks, and was forced to ditch in the North Sea, being picked up by a Scarborough fishing boat, Silver Line. Remaining crew (all POW): Lt Georg Kempe (WIA), Observer, Uffz Albert Weber, wireless operator, Uffz Alfred Bächle, mechanic and Obstlt Hans Hefele, Grp Kdr II/KG-26, who wanted to see for himself how the recon mission operated! As a result of a well-placed hit from Bächle, Ryder too, was forced to ditch and was rescued by the Hartlepool trawler, Alaskan. Alternate spelling: Benisch.


82 Beisiegel, GeorgOblt12/11/19133(F)/123 (Langendiebach)Do 17P-1 "4U + IL" (lost 4/8/40)Observer Operational ClaspKilled during an observation mission near Niederrodenbach on 8 April, 1940. He either accidentally struck the ground or an obstacle. His Obs, Ogefr Johann Schadl was also killed.
83 Belser, LouisOFw31/07/11TübingenII./ KG 54, 3./KGr.z.b.V. 9 (-03/42 Stfkpt)Ju-52 "4V + HL" (lost on 21/03/42)Bomber or Transport Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) with entire crew on 21/03/42, shot down by enemy fighters near Cholm, crashed 5 km south of Kamenka. Crew: Obsv and (co-?)pilot Hptm Plogstys, Ernst Erich Kurt (01/02/081 in Gelsenkirchen), Radop Uffz Ernst Knetsch (02/05/18 in Schönau/ Silesia), Engr Uffz Josef Schick (20/07/15 in Karlsruhe), Gunr OGefr Peter Ceglaraki (Geglaraki) (13/05/21 in Essen-Kray)CKönig
84 Bock, WolfgangUffz2/FAGr-5Ju 290A-7 Werk # 0188 "9V + FK" (lost 5/26/44)Observer Operational ClaspMIA while serving as Co-pilot for Oblt Hans Georg Bretnütz on 26 May, 1944; sd into the Atlantic by a Sea Hurricane of FAA 835 Sq., piloted by Lt Allen Burgham, off HMS Nairana. See Oblt Hans Georg Bretnütz for further detail (D.Drury).
85 Benkard, GeorgUffz19/02/22Burghausen


3./Erg.ZS Deblin-Irena (Poland)KIFA on 15 July 1942. Buried on cemetery Ulez/ Deblin-CKönig
86 Benscheidt, EdgarOblt
Ysselstein, Holland		6/KG-40 (2/42 Soesterberg), II/KG-40 (7/42)Do 217E-4 Werk # 1142 "F8 + GP" (lost 2/26/42), Do 217E-4 Werk # 1198 "F8 + GP" (lost 7/24/42)Wound Badge, Bomber Operational ClaspMIA during an operation on 24 July, 1942, crashing into the North Sea, cause not given. Remaining crew): Fw Ernst Klaus, Obs (MIA); Uffz Georg Senft, Mech (MIA) and Ofw Rudolf Gruner, R/O, (KilledInAction (KIA), the only crewman to be recovered, washing ashore on 14 October, 1942 between the villages of Lokker and Blokhus Denmark. He was buried in the Frederikshavn Cemetery on 16 October, 1942. Source: Air War over Denmark. Added: Benscheidt was injured 26 February, 1942 when his ac made an emergency landing at Veenendaal due to engine failure. Remaining crew: Lt H.Edinger, Obs (Surv); Uffz H.Prond, R/O (Surv) and Ofw Fritz Weinig (geb 7/30/1914), Mech (KIC, bur 1st in Amsterdam, then in 1948, Ysselsteyn CX-6-127) (Finf-A Grave by Fred).
87 Blanke, ElmarHptm1/15/19142/Kü.Fl.Gr.-606 (9/39) redesignated 2/Kü.Fl.Gr.-906 (10/39), Grosse Kampfschule-3 (6/42), Fliegerwaffenschule (See) (6/9/43), 1(F)/125 ('43), 1(F)/SAGr.-130 (7/43), 2(F)/SAGr.-130 (12/43-7/44) [Source LOCS]. Added: 1/JG-114 (10/44) redesig 5/JG-102 (11/44) [1/45 Sonderausweiss; see Note]Do 18G Werk # 862 "8L + GK" (3/28/40, lost), BV 138C-1 Werk # Unk, "BD + EJ" (dam 6/9/42) Wound Badge, Air Sea Rescue & Observer Operational Clasp Rescued with his entire crew, 28 March, 1940, after they made an emergency landing at sea, Map Quadrant Pl.Qu.3441 due to an engine malfunction. Added: Unable to take it in tow a U-boat scuttled the flying boat with gunfire. (CKönig). Remaining crew: Lt.z.S. Hans Harald Ipach, Obs; Ogefr Herbert Rusch, R/O and Fw Hans Biegel, Flt Engr. The four crew members were picked up by the submarine U-30 (Kptlt Fritz-Julius Lemp) at a point NW of Hörnum (D.Drury). Added: Hptm Blanke is believed to be the 5/JG-102 Staffelführer who signed a Sonderausweiss (Special Pass) named to Uffz Hans, Georg Röder, identifying Röder as a German airman.
88 Berg, Herbert vom (von?)Hptm6/13/19115/KG-40He 177A-3 Werk # 535433 (or 535443) "F8 + BN" (lost 11/21/43)Bomber Operational ClaspMIA 21 November, 1943 when his ac was damaged by AA fire from an escort vessel, HMS Calder. The ac put down in the sea, north of Cape Ortegal, Corunna, Spain. The escort vessel was providing cover for convey's SL139 & MKS30. Remaining crew, four buried in Cuacos de Yuste, Row 3: Fw Alfred Büthe, Gr 46; Uffz Alfred Hartmann, Gr 44; Uffz Georg Hippe, Gr 45; Fw Willi Stegner, Gr 42 and Uffz Josef Pelters (MIA) (D.Drury).
89 Böck, WernerOfw7/KG-40Fw 200C-4 Werk # 0192 "F8 + ER" (lost 3/24/43)Bomber Operational ClaspAC reported lost with five crew over the Atlantic on 24 March, 1943. Source: Fw 200 Losses, 1988 Book, H. Breuer): Added: Remaining crew (those buried are at Cuacos de Yuste, Row 3): Fw Georg Markert, Co-pilot (KilledInAction (KIA), bur Gr 34); Uffz Hans Moeller (or Möller), R/O 1 (KilledInAction (KIA), bur Gr 31); Uffz Harald Santler, R/O 2 (KilledInAction (KIA), bur Gr 33); Ofw Hans Müller, Flt Engr (KilledInAction (KIA), bur Gr 29) and Ogefr Walter Rettke, Gnr (MIA). Ofw Werner Böck listed as MIA (D.Drury).
90 Berghofer, JohannUffz19/08/21Franzheim


5./KG 27He-111MIA on 1 September 1941 near Balta / Kajetanowka / Lipetzkoje / Zardekowo (Ukraine). Another source listed them as MIA in Eupatoria/ Jewpatorija (Krim,Ukraine) He might not be the pilot of the crew (MIA): Uffz Alfred Kainz (born 16/09/19), Uffz Erich Kammradt (born 24/03/21), OGefr Georg Brauer (born 12/07/17), Gefr Heinz Lührs (born 19/08/21).CKönig
91 Bergmann, ErnstOblt6/2/1915Lübeck4(F)/Ob.d.L. (Sola)Ju 88D-6 Werk # 430067 "T5 + LM" (lost 2/17/43)Observer Operational ClaspKIC with his Observer Oblt August Schaal and two other unnamed crew over Northern Scotland 17 February, 1943, cause unknown (Ju 88 Loss List). Added: The two unnamed crew were: Ofw Georg Besold and Fw Johannes Kaiser. All four KIC and buried in the Havstein Cem., Trondheim (Flyvrak Norway). Added: The ac crashed into a hill at Fanafjell, E of Espedal, SE of Stavanger (Observer Loss List).
92 Bischoff, GüntherOblt6/KG-4 (1/42 Riga-Spilve, Latvia, 9/42 Seschtschinskaja, S.U.)He 111H-6 Werk # 4419 "5J + HP" (lost 4 or 9/12/42)Bomber Operational ClaspThe crew all returned from a mission on either 12 April or 12 September, 1942 (sources differ), location reported as Pl.Qu.35 Ost/0876 in Russia. Remaining crew: Fw Herbert Flemmig (EP 1/19/42 & DK-G 10/15/42), Obs; Ofw Edwin Eisermann (EP 1/15/42 & DK-G 10/15/42), R/O and Ofw Peter Müller, Flt Engr (WIA). Source: D.Drury. History: On 23 August, 1942, the German 6th Army, and elements of the 4th Panzer Army, launched their Battle of Stalingrad offensive, with support from intensive bombing raids by the Luftwaffe, lasting three months, which reduced most of the city of Stalingrad to rubble (Wiki).
93 Bergmann, GeorgFw1(F)/120 (vaernes)He 111H-2 Werk # 2707 "A6 + ZH" (lost 5/24/40) Observer Operational Clasp KIC 24 May, 1940; crashed into a bog at Tensäsen Länke, 10 km NE of the Vaernes airfield due to engine failure. No mention of crew disposition. Wekusta Loss List. Added: The ac crashed shortly after takeoff, it's port engine on fire, killing the entire crew. Remaining crew: Reg Rat Dr Helmut Heinze, Uffz Herbert Deichert, Fw Fritz Hoch and Lt Hans Weichert, all buried at Havstein Cem., Trondheim (Flyvrak Norway).
94 Bernhardt, Karl GeorgUffz24/09/16LeipzigStabsstaffel/ KG-4KIFA on 28/12/39 at airfield QuakenbrückCKönig
95 Besenbruch, Peter Uffz4/15/19216/JG-53 (Kirrlach- Wiesenthal)Bf 109G-14 Werk # 461316 "Yellow 4 + -" (lost 10/29/44)Fighter Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 29 October, 1944 during aerial combat on an intercept mission with a P-51 of 354FG near Langenbrücken, crashing at Kislau/Mingolsheim. Source: Klaus Deschner. Buried Bruchsal.
96 Besinski, HelmutLtII/KG-30 (3/43)Ju 88A-4 Werk # 140424 (lost 3/27/43)Wound Badge, Bomber Operational ClaspWIA 27 March, 1943; sd with woundss near Sfax. Remaining crew: Ogefr Adolf Schelling, Obs; Uffz Gerd Ulonsko, R/O and Ogefr Peter Weirich, Gnr (Qu.Meister File).
97 Bier, Peter ErnstFhr/ Lt17/12/21Saarbrücken14./EKG 1KIA on 9 January 1945 near Feldkirchen near Munich. No crew losses listed. Buried at Munich, Waldfriedhof-Ehrenmal Row 73 Grave 43CKönig
98 Beyer, JosefUffz1/Transport Gr.-30 (8/44)He 111 Werk # 700556 "S3 + IH" (lost 8/21/44)Transport Operational ClaspUffz Beyer, and crew, were uninjured in a crash near Paris, 21 August, 1944. Remaining crew: Ofw Walter Sievers, Obs; Uffz Herbert Weller, R/O; Uffz Helmut Schubert, Flt Engr and Gefr Georg Scholz, Gnr (D.Drury).
99 Beyerle, AlfredLt10/16/1921Zossen
Cannock Chase		7 & 8/KG-6 (Channel)Ju 88A-14 Werk # 144372 "3E + HS" (lost 4/25/43)Bomber Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) with two other unnamed crew 25 April, 1943, crashed at Bromley, Kent, after being shot down by a Mosquito of No. 85 Sq, piloted by P/O Lintott (Ju 88 Loss List). Added: Remaining crew: Fw Josef Schlund (KilledInAction (KIA), bur CC/1/7/261), Fw Georg Schuster (KilledInAction (KIA), bur CC/1/7/260) and Uffz E.Behmer (POW, bailed safely). Lt Beyerle buried CC/1/7/262. Source: D.Drury. This person seems to be different than the Alfred Beyerle in a Nightfighter unit.
100 Bialas, GeorgUffz7/KG-3 (Germany)Ju 88A-4 Werk # 6865 (lost 11/17/43)Bomber Operational ClaspKIC with unnamed crew at Münster-Handorf 17 November, 1943, cause not reported (Ju 88 Loss List).

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