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SORT (↑)		PhotoUnitsAircraftAwards*************Notes*************LinksAuthorComments
1 Werber, Friedrich WilhelmLt3/26/1915Helmonsödt3(F)/22Ju 88A-5 Werk # 0591 "4N + KL" (lost 7/28/41)Observer Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) with his entire crew, 28 July, 1941, when the ac was lost at Velikiye-Luki, Pskov Oblast, Russia, cause unknown. Remaining crew (believed buried Velikiye-Luki): HauptFw Herbert Wilhelm Bruno Schaefer, Obs; Uffz Richard Kuhn, R/O and Uffz Karl Reuls, Gnr (D.Drury).
2 Schnabel, JoachimUffz6/5/1919Lauta
7/KG-2 (Cambrai, Fr.)Do 217E-4 Werk # 5591 "U5 + MR" (lost)Bomber Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 18 January, 1943 during an attack on London, when he was shot down by an RAF Beaufighter piloted by Wing Cmdr C.M. Wight-Boycott and Nav F/O E.A. Saunders. The AC crashed at Pilgrims House, Westerham, Kent, killing the entire crew. Remaining crew (KilledInAction (KIA)): Gefr Willi Schafer (alt spelling Schaefer), Obs; Gefr Erich Raab, R/O and Uffz Richard Hartenberger, Gunner.

L-R: Hartenburger Schnabel Raab Schafer
3 Schennach, ElmarUffzJG-104 (7/44)Bf 109G-6 Werk # Unk (lost 7/20/44)Pilot BadgeUffz Schennach reported killed 20 July, 1944, cause unknown (C.König).
4 Scharrchusch, HeinrichFw3/KG-27 (Tours)He 111H-5 Werk # 3911 "1G + AL" (lost 3/3/41)Bomber Operational ClaspPOW 3 March, 1941 after suffering some sort of engine failure and force landing on Lundy Island, believed due to enemy action. The ac was destroyed by fire. Remaining crew (POW): Obs Uffz Elmar Böttcher; R/O Fw Hans Bongers; Engr Fw Helmut Ludwig and Gnr Gefr Philipp Timmerman. Alternate spelling: Scharrschuch.
5 Schäfer, WolfgangGefrErg/JG-26Bf 109E-7 Werk # 913 (lost)Fighter Operational ClaspOn 5 September, 1941, Schaefer collided with another E Gruppe trainee, Georg Pistor, and bailed out, hitting the ground with injuries. Not carried as WIA.
6 Schäfer, WilhelmOblt



Courtesy Vasco + Estanislaus/ Christian König

II./ JG 142, Adj Stab II./ ZG 26 (early 1940 CK), Adj Stab/ZG-2 (8/40 Channel)Bf-109 D (CK), Bf 110 B "3U + BC" (early 1940 CK), Bf-110 C-2 Werk # Unk (lost 11/08/40), Bf-110 C-4 Werk # 2116 "3M + AA" (lost 04/09/40)Wound BadgePOW 4 September, 1940 after being attacked by fighters of RAF Nos. 43, 601 and 602 Squadrons. With both engines shot up, he turned them off to prevent fires and force landed his AC at Mill Hill, Shoreham Downs, West Sussex, where he and R/O-Gunner Uffz Heinz Bendjus (WIA) were taken prisoner. This AC was the normal mount of Obst Friedrich Vollbracht. Prior to his capture, he had been a Bf 109 pilot. Added: Earlier, on 11 August, 1940, he was sd w/injuries, into the sea off Portland, 25km N of Cherbourg, and rescued by Seenotdienst (LOCS). Alternate spelling: Schaefer.


7 Schäfer, Erwin or Edwin3/7/1922SG-10Fw 190FDive Bomber & Assault Operational ClaspsDeceased 27 December, 1995 in Saarbrücken-St Arnual. Jager Blatt Obit. Alternate spelling: Schaefer.
8 Schäfer, EgonLt1922/01/28 (CK)
Courtesy CK		5./JG 51 (03/43)Bf 109 G-4 Werknr 10885 (90% dam 23/03/43)KIC 23 March, 1943; crashed at La Smalla-Swasi, believed due to engine failure (Qu.Meister File). Added: Buried Bordj-Cedria German War Cemetery, Tunisia. Plot Hof SFA Ossario 2 Tafel 13. Might be spelled Schaefer (CK)
9 Schäfer, EberhardOblt1924/08/23Magdeburg3FAR 33 (CK), FFS C6 Kolberg, BFS Kopenhagen (CK), IV./KG 51 (06/43 S.U.), 5./KG 51 (CK), Stfkpt Royal Hungarian Bomber St/ III./KG 4 (04/44), 8./KG 3 and Ia of III./KG 3(02/44)He 111H, Ju 88A-4 Werk # 301458 "RH + PP" (lost 3/30/44), Ju 88A-4 Werk # 300379 "9K + JP" (lost 4/6/44) RK (08/04/44 CK)

Deutsches Kreuz - Gold (01/10/43)
EP (20/03/44)

EK 1 (26/09/43 CK) & EK 2 (31/08/43 CK)
Class "C" Glider Badge
Wound Badge (04/44 CK)

Bomber Operational Clasp in Gold (21/10/43 CK)		Died of wounds 9 April, 1944 in a military hospital at Zamosc after his Wk# 300379 had been hit by small arms fire which pierced his kidneys and stomach. He was buried in the Hiddesen Cemetery near Detmold. His Wk# 301458 was sd 30 March, 1944 by flak 17km SW of Brody; crew (unnamed) retd safely. 156 combat missions. Alternate spelling Schaefer. Added: He received the Knights Cross already in the hospital where he died 1 day later. On the 06/04/44 he took-off in bad weather in the area of Brody when his Ju-88 was hit by infantry fire. One shot hit his pistol, igniting the ammunition there. He was injured in the kidney and belly. He managed to climb and ordered his crew to bail out but they disobeyed - not wanting to be Soviet POWS. So Schäfer flew back 35min in severe pain and landed smoothly, rescueing his crew. On the 08/04/44 Generalleutnant Seidemann awarded the knights cross to him in the hospital with his crew attending.He made 110 combat flights until 30/11/43 - within 3 months! In 03/44 he destroyed a train an ammunition in severerly bad weather and shot down a Sovjet courier plane at the same day. On 28/03/44 he alone destroyed a brigde across the Dnjestr and delaying the Russian advance considerately. He managed to shoot down 2 more Sovjet aircraft with full bombload and destroyed during nine attack runs diverse Sovjet a/c on the ground. WIA during an emergency landing due to Flak 17km SW of Brody behind enemy lines on 30/03/44 but managed to get back with his crew to the own lines. Pilot badge received on 26/01/42. (CK)
10 Schaefer, HerbertUffz12/JG-5Fw 190A-8 Werk # 350177 "Blue 1" (lost 2/9/45)Wound Badge
Fighter Operational Clasp		WIA 9 February, 1945; he was sd by his own AA fire from a coastal battery while chasing a Beaufighter near Nesje. He bailed but made a hard landing into the mountainside at Island Mjomna (Flyvrak Norway)
11 Schaefer, HeinzUffzI/SG-2Bf 109FAssault Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 26 October, 1942 during aerial combat with British fighters in the Benghazi area.
12 Schaefer, ElmarMaj5/28/1913Bonn Rhein1/StG-1 (Norwegian Campaign), I/StG-1 (N.Africa), Stfkpt in a KG Sqdn.Ju 87, Ju 88, Bf 109 RK(5/8/40)

EK 1 & 2
Dive Bomber & Bomber Operational Clasps		As a Training Leader back home, he crashed in a Bf 109 and remained in a hospital until wars end. Became a U.S. POW until 1946. Exact number of missions as an assault and bomber pilot, unknown. One of the first four Stuka pilots to be awarded the RK. Deceased 16 April, 1983 Bonn (P. Bastin).
13 Rintelen, ElmarLtIII/LG-1 (Channel)Ju 88A-1 Werk # 2076 "??" (lost 9/24/40)Bomber Operational ClaspKIC with unnamed crew 24 September, 1940; crashed on takeoff at Caen (Ju 88 Loss List).
14 Resch, ElmarOblt11/19/191743/JG-2 (8/41), 4(Eins)/JFS-5 (9/41), 4/JG-2 (1/43), 9/JG-1, Stfkpt 11/JG-1 (8/44 France)Bf 109F, Fw 190A, Bf 109G-6/U2 Werk # 163856 "Black 15" (lost 8/23/44)
EK 1 & 2
Wound Badge
Fighter Operational Clasp		POW 23 August, 1944 after being shot down by a P-47 near Thorigny France. Severely wounded 8 November, 1942. His first victory, a Spitfire at Cape de la Hague on 18 September, 1941. One known Desert victory, a P-40 10 km southwest of Tabarka on 6 January, 1942. A 2nd, a Boston on 4 May, 1942. A 3rd, a Spitfire on 19 August, 1942.
15 Pistor, GeorgUffz11/14/1918LindauEJG-26, 7/JG-26 (9/41 Channel)Bf 109E-7, Fw 190A-1 Werk #10080 "White 9 + I" (lost 4/24/42)Fighter Operational Clasp in BronzeKIFA 24 April, 1942 when he crashed at Marke, near Courtrai, while testing his new A-1. As a JG-26 trainee, he collided with Wolfgang Schaefer over Moorsele, but nursed his E-7 back to Wevelghem, Schaefer bailed and hit the ground with injuries. 14 combat missions as Oblt Mietuschs wingman. Flugbuch (9/40 to 4/42).
16 Nielinger, KarlFw2/26/1918KamenKGr.z.b.V.-900 (Pleskau-West)Ju 52/3m Werk # 5375 (lost 4/8/42)Transport Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 8 April, 1942 when his ac was attacked by fighters at Arkadowo, west of Demyansk, Leningrad Oblast, Russia, while supplying the Demyansk Pocket. Remaining crew: Uffz Elmar Werner (KilledInAction (KIA)); Flg Schwener (or Schwerner), R/O (KilledInAction (KIA)); Fw Josef Schraudner, Flt Engr (KilledInAction (KIA)) and Flg Walter Schreiber, Gnr (WIA). All but the R/O are listed in the VDK as believed buried among the unknowns at Korpowo, Russia (D.Drury). Alternate spelling: Niedinger.
17 Mueller, HeinzOfw
Cannock Chase


Schaefer Hans

2/KG-27He 111H-5 Werk # 4018 "1G + FK" (lost 4/9/41)
Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(8/21/42)

EK 1 & 2
Bomber Operational Clasp		POW 9 April, 1941; Shot down during the night over Coventry by a Hurricane of No.151 Sq., piloted by P/O Richard P. Stevens (DFC). The engine and mid section were on fire and the AC crashed and exploded on the Little Hill Farm,Wellesbourne, Warwickshire. Remaining crew: Oblt Hans Friedrich Müller, Observer (KilledInAction (KIA)); Uffz Georg Schaefer, R/O (POW); Fw Helmuth Müller, Gunner (POW) and Sonderführer Wulf Dieter Georg Müller, War Reporter (KilledInAction (KIA)). Alternate spelling: Müller (on DK-G Award List). Added: The two deceased are buried at CC, Blk 3, Row 3; Obs, Oblt Hans Müller, Gr 70 and War Reporter, Wulf Müller, Gr 69 (D.Drury).

Courtesy
18 Lilienthal, GerhardOfw3(F)/11 (S,U.)Bf 110C-5 Werk # 2182 "6M + EL" (lost 3/21/42)Destroyer Operational ClaspMIA 21 March, 1942 after taking intense ground fire while attacking a Soviet Rifle detachment near the Kerch Peninsula. Remaining Crew: Stfkpt Hptm Elmar Hornung, Observer (MIA) and Uffz Hans Stopf, R/O (POW). Seems they all survived for interrogation, howevr Lilienthal and Hornung were never seen again. Stopf reportedly died in captivity, 14 September, 1942.
19 Kamen, Elmar vonOgefr2/JG-53 (Tunisia)Bf 109G-2 Werk # 13643 "Black 9" (lost 1/31/43)Fighter Operational ClaspMIA 31 January, 1943 after aerial combat with a Spitfire at Ostrand des Sees, near La Calle (Bf 109 Loss List).
20 Göcke, ElmarOblt11/6/1919GoslarErg/JG-26, III/JG-26 (12/41), 4/JG-26 (10/42)Fw 190A-1 (damaged 4/42), Fw 190A-3 Werk # 5411 "White 5" (lost 10/2/42)Wound Badge
Fighter Operational Clasp		KilledInAction (KIA) 2 October, 1942 by B-17 return fire near Amiens. He made a force landing but died in the hospital. Buried Bourdon Fr., 32/9/356 (Rosseels). WIA 2 April, 1942 in aerial combat in the A-1 with Spitfires 20 km S of Cape Griz Nez. Alternate spelling: Goecke (Stankey).
21 Eckert, ElmarLt16/JG-4Bf 109G-14 Werk # 461533 "Blue 12" (lost 1/1/45)Fighter Operational ClaspPilot reported killed 1 January, 1945 at Ulmen, no further detail.
22 Chlupka,Ofw14/SAGr-126 (Crete 6/44)Ar 196 EK 2
Observer Operational Clasp		On 1 June, 1944, while escorting a convoy in the Egean Sea, he and his Observer, Oblt Schaefer, shot down a Beaufighter attacking the convoy.
23 Börsch, ElmarLt6/15/1923BFS-5 (6/43), Unspecified KG-4 (10/44)He 111P & H
Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(10/1/44)

EK 1 & 2
EP (4/24/44), Bomber Operational Clasp in Gold		312 missions. Of his first 200 missions, only about 8% lasted longer than ten minutes over enemy territory. Osprey Publ & LOCS. Alternate spelling: Boersch.
24 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.
25 Beckmann, ElmarLt7/JG-53 (Italy)Bf 109G-6 Werk # 162182 "Yellow 13 + I" (lost 2/16/44)Fighter Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 16 February, 1944 during aerial combat south of Rome.
26 Arensmeyer, ElmarFw161/JG-101 (8/44), 3/EJG-Ost, 13/JG-51 (10/44 S.U.)Bf 109GEP


EK 1 & 2
Fighter Operational Clasp		His first known victory, a Soviet Il-2 (m.H.) on 13 October, 1944. An Il-2 (m.H.) on 24 October, 1944. A 3rd, a Yak-9 on 25 October, 1944. Magnus Report. Flugbuch. Added: Arensmeyer was shot down in aerial combat and had to bail out on 16/01/45.On the picture to the right is Heinz Radlauer. (CKönig)


Courtesy Christian König
27 Ahrensmeyer, ElmarFw1613/JG-51 (4/45 Eggersdorf)Bf 109G, Fw 190A-8 "White 5"EP


EK 1 & 2
Fighter Operational Clasp

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