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1 Zückert, WalterOfwWekusta 1.Ob.d.L.Ju 88D-1 & D-5
Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(11/27/42)

EK 1 & 2
Meteorological Operational Clasp		DK-G Awards List
2 Zucker, WalterFw1/LG-1 (Crete)JU 88A-5 Werk # 3129 "L1 + KH" (lost 4/24/41)Bomber Operational ClaspShot down 24 April, 1941 by Blenheims of No. 30 Sq., all crew (unnamed) returned.
3 Zornsch, Karl TheodorFwUnkUnkEP (8/20/42)
EK 1 & 2
Unknown Operational Clasp		Identified as pilot in the Vermeer EP Awards List. The following is from a UK contributor: A Fw Karl Zörnsch, serving in 2(F)/11, believed returned after his Do 17Z Wk# 3409 "6M + HK", made a belly landing in Russia, cause unknown. He was on a reconnaissance mission covering Voronezh to Usman. Remaining crew (disposition uncertain): Oblt Walter Sapeth, Obs; Ogefr U.Damboldt, R/O and Gefr W.Maier, Gnr. (D.Drury). These two may be one in the same person.
4 Zorn, HeinrichOfw2(F)/22 (1/42 S.U.)Ju 88D-1 Werk # 1438 (65% dam 1/6/42), Ju 88D-1 Werk # 430630 "4N + ZK" (lost 2/28/43)
Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(1/15/43)

EK 1 & 2
Observer Operational Clasp		MIA with unnamed crew in the Kupiansk-Rossosh-Izyum area, Ukranian-Russian border, 28 February, 1943, cause unknown (Ju 88 Loss List & DK-G Awards List). Added: The unnamed crew were: Ofw K.Conradt, R/O 1; Uffz P.Vonnemann, R/O 2 and Fw R.Hilkemeyer, Gnr. Ofw Zorn and crew crashed Wk# 1438 at Poltava, Ukraine on 6 January, 1942, cause not reported. Remaining crew (dispo unk): Hptm Walter Plotke, Obs; Fw M.Stophanidas, R/O and Fw H.Look, Gnr (D.Drury).
5 Zoche, HansObltStfkpt 9/KG-1 (S.U.)Ju 88A-4 Werk # 3241 "V4 + BT" (lost 12/19/41)Bomber Operational ClaspMIA 19 December, 1941 with remaining unnamed crew and the pilot, Uffz Walter Lautze. Zoche was acting as Observer this date (Ju 88 Loss List).
6 Zitzmann,GefrII/JG-103 (10/44 Rückkehr), III/JG-1Bf 109G-2 in JG-103Fighter Operational ClaspMIA 7 March, 1945; Escorting Ju 87s and strafing southeast of Stettin, Map Quadrant 4465. Mombeek MIA List. While in JG-103, he struck the tail of a G-2 flown by Gefr Walter Erker, causing him to crash with severe injuries.
7 Zittier, HelmutFw27/ZG-26 (Reich Def)Bf 110G-2 Werk # 6374 "3U + KS" (lost 10/9/43), Me 210Ca-1 "ZO+66" (Hungarian Air Force 04/04/44) (CK), Bf-110 "3U + AR" (23+24/03/43, 23+24/08/43), "3U + FR" (25/03/43, 24/05/43, 27/05/43, 31/05/43, 27/06/43), "3U + DR" (06-08/04/43, 01/05/43, 26/05/43 Me-323 escort, 25/06/43, 03/07/43), "3U + NR" (09/04/43, 18/04/43), "3U + VR" (10/04/43, 13/04/43), "3U + YR" (11/04/43), "3U + JR" (12/04/43), "3U + ER" (15/04/43, 07-08/05/43, 18/05/43, 21/06/43), "3U + XR" (19/04/43, 23/04/43, 01/06/43, 17/06/43), "3U + MR" (20/04/43, 25/04/43, 29/05/43 (Me-323 escort), 04/06/43, 06/06/43, 25/06/43, 01-02/07/43), "3U + DR" (25-26/04/43, 01/05/43, 26/05/43 (Me-323 escort), 06/06/43, 03/07/43), "3U + AD" (30/04/43, 01/05/43), "3U + PR" (04/05/43), "3U + SR" (09/05/43, 11/06/43, 03/07/43, 05/07/43), "3U + GR" (11/06/43, 13/06/43, 20/06/43, 22/06/43, 24/06/43), "3U + BR" (26/06/43), "3U + CD" (05/06/43),"3U + CR" (28/06/43)(CK)EP(3/20/44),
EK 1 & 2
Wound Badge
Destroyer Operational Clasp		Shot down with wounds in Werk # 6374, 9 October, 1943, near Kiel, opposing U.S. bombers during the Münster raids. One known victory, a B-17 NE of Vechta on 8 October, 1943. A 2nd, a B-17 on 9 October, 1943. Added: EP date per Vermeer EP Awards List. Added: As a test pilot he crashed the first Me 210Ca-1 off the Hungarian production line on 04/04/44 at Budapest-Ferihegy. The authorities thought it was sabotage and considered shooting him for it. As soon as he began to lift off, the landing gear retracted, causing him to crash heavily in a nearby field. He was unhurt. It was a malfunction of the control for the hydraulic system and the landing gear. The "Ship Aground" switch was installed upside down in the instrument panel, leading to it sending a signal to raise the landing gear as soon as it neared takeoff speed. Survived the war. (CK) Added: Flew with Radop Walter Stolz from 23-25/03/43 on diverse Ju-52 escorts and again from 06-15/04/43 and 18/04-09/10/43 on further escorts (among them a Me-323 escort on 08/04/43). So Stolz was in that year the main Radop of Zittier (CK)




Walter Stolz
Courtesy CK
8 Zirpel, SiegfriedLt7/10/19214/KG-100 (N.Africa)He 111H-14 Werk # 7925 "6N + AN" (lost 12/30/42)
Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(2/19/43)

EK 1 & 2
Bomber Operational Clasp		MIA 30 December, 1942 near the Arco airfield, cause unknown. Remaining crew (all MIA): Lt Theodor Lanfheim, Observer, Ogefr Otthmar Gentsch, wireless operator and Uffz Walter Gernhardt, gunner.
9 Zinner, WalterLt6/KG-76 (S.U.)Ju 88A-5 Werk # 3441 "F1 + OP" (lost 7/26/41)Bomber Operational ClaspMIA with unnamed crew at Bologoje 26 July, 1941, cause unknown (Ju 88 Loss List).
10 Zimmermann, PaulOblt10/13/1913RösselStfkpt 4/NJG-2 (10/40 Gilze-Rijen)Bf 110D Werk # 3385 "3M + AH" (lost 10/17/40) Night Fighter Operational Clasp KIFA 17 October, 1940 when his 110 crashed and burned on landing at Capelle Holland (DeSwart). Zimmermann buried at Ysselstein, Block AZ-1-1. His R/O, Gefr Walter Makowsky was also killed, buried AZ-1-2 (Rosseels).
Ysselstein, Holland
11 Zimmermann, BrunoUffz7/15/19153/KG-55He 111P-4 Werk # 3107 "G1 + PL" (lost 12/22/40)Bomber Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 22 December, 1940 after his ac was attacked by a Defiant of No.141 Sq., piloted by P/O James G.Benson, and crashed at Etchingham, Sussex. Remaining crew: Fw Walter Richter, Obs (POW); Gefr Adolf Waibel, R/O (KilledInAction (KIA), bur CC/1/5/157) and Gefr August Wroblewski, Flt Engr (KilledInAction (KIA), bur CC/1/5/158). Uffz Zimmermann (KilledInAction (KIA), bur CC/1/5/156). (D.Drury)
Cannock Chase
12 Zimmer, WalterFw6/10/1918Wieselsheim7/JG-1 (Reich Def)Bf 109G-6/AS Werk # 440953 "White 13 + I" (lost 5/29/44)Fighter Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 29 May, 1944 during aerial combat at Burg. Buried Bad Nauheim, Grave 28.
13 Ziegler, WalterUffz12/JG-4Bf 109G-14 Werk# 462921 "Blue 14" (lost 12/17/44)Fighter Operational ClaspMIA 17 December, 1944 after aerial combat with P-47s in the Bastogne area. Mombeek MIA List. The JG-4 List suggests he was wounded and died of his wounds.
14 Ziegler, RobertOblt2/16/19224(F)/122 (8/42 Kertsch, S.U.), 3(F)/121 (7/43 Toussus-le-Buc)Ju 88D-1 Werk # 1119 "F6 + MM" (lost 8/23/42), Ju 88D-1 Werk # 430669 "7A + BH" (lost 7/27/43)Observer Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) the night of 26/27 July, 1943; shot down by a Mosquito of RAF No. 85 Sq., piloted by S/L (later W/Cdr) Wilfrith Peter Green. His Ju 88 crashed in the Het Kanal (aka English Channel), Holland. All remaining crew washed ashore between 13 and 16 August, 1943, and were buried at Nieuwe Ooster Begraafplaats in Amsterdam. Remaining crew (KilledInAction (KIA)): Oblt Walter Salecker [or Saaleger per Ju 88 Loss List/LW Loss Report] (DK-G 7/2/42), Ofw Heinrich Gärtner and Uffz Albert Rippel. Wiki Luft data. Interned briefly on 23 August, 1942 when they made a force landing at Trabzon Turkey after running out of fuel (Özkan Türker). Added: Their final resting place is the War Cem, Ysselsteyn. Oblt Ziegler, CT-12-297; Oblt Salecker, CT-12-296; Ofw Gärtner, CT-12-298 and Uffz Rippel, CT-12-299 (D.Drury). Alternate spelling: Zeigler.
15 Zeuner, WalterUffz10/23/1921Wilkau-Hasslau7/JG-300Fw 190A-8/R2 Werk # 681525 "White 11" (lost 9/11/44)Fighter Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 11 September, 1944 during aerial combat at Renda; bailed but died of his injuries.
16 Zeuner, WaldowUffz3/JG-4 (4/44 Italy), 9(Z)/JG-5 (Herdla 1/45)Bf 109G-6 Werk # 18507 "Black 3" (dam 4/30/44), Fw 190A-8 Werk # 737410 "White 4" (lost 1/15/45)Wound Badge
Fighter & Assault Operational Clasps		Collided with another aircraft 15 January, 1945 during aerial combat near Herdla Norway, pilot disposition unknown. He may have collided with Uffz Ludvig Kirchner or Uffz Richard Lehnert. These two were known to have been involved in collisions on this date. Injured in a crash at Ferrara on 30 April, 1944 after aerial combat (JG-4 List).

Courtesy Christian Konig
17 Zenner, WalterUffz8/KG-54He 111P "B3 + ?S" (lost)Bomber Operational ClaspPOW 10 May, 1940; shot down by P/O Frank Carey. He managed to bail and was immediately taken prisoner by Belgian troops. His AC crashed near Hulste. Remaining crew (KilledInAction (KIA)- buried Lommel, loc unk): Gefr Gerhard Mühlenbrink, Obs; Gefr Heinz Karina, R/O and Gefr Paul Gross, Gunner (A. Rosseels & Wings to Victory)
Lommel, Belgium
18 Zenger, WalterFw d.R.7/5/1920Regensburg9/KG-30 (Comiso)Ju 88A-4
EK 1 & 2
Bomber Operational Clasp		Killed 30 December, 1942. Alternate spelling: Zenker.
19 Zemper, UlrichFw1/22/1923Luckenwalde5AB Schule 119, Jagdschule 4 (11/42), JGr Süd (3/43), 3/JG-53 (6/43), 1/JG-53 (6/44 Romania)Bf 109G-6 Werk # 20008 "White 3" (or "White 5") (lost 7/28/44)EP

EK 1 (10/3/43) & 2 (9/1/43)
Fighter Operational Clasp-Bronze (8/18/43) & Silver (10/13/43)		KilledInAction (KIA) 28 July, 1944 after aerial combat with P-51s at Gojacoru, S of Carpenis Rumania, while defending the oil refineries at Ploesti against American bombers. His AC was hit in the engine and sustained structural damage. He was able to bail, but was allegedly killed by P-51s strafing him in his chute. (Prien states that his chute failed to open). He is buried in the military Cemetary Pro Patria in Bucharest, Block D, Row 5, Grave 113. His 1st victory, a B-24 70 km northwest of Stromboli, 19 August, 1943. His 2nd, a B-17 over Italy on 18 March, 1944. His 3rd, a P-47 over Italy on 28 March, 1944. His 4th, a B-24 E of Costesti Romania on 6 June, 1944. His 5th, a B-24 at Ploesti on 24 June, 1944. Zemper served as wingman for Oblt Walter Seiz in Italy, while they were both in 3/JG-53. His Bronze Fighter Clasp was awarded on 18 August, 1943, one day before his first victory. His Service Record on file.
20 Zemanek, WalterOFw25/05/18Mainz1./KG 100 (08/42), 12./KG 100 (02/44), 1./KG 100 (11/44)He-111, Do-217, He-177
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (17/10/43)
EP (16/09/42)

EK 1 (14/09/41) & EK 2 (22/08/41)

Bomber Operational Clasp in Gold (14/06/42) with star pendant (09/07/43) and number "300" (23/11/44)
Medaille "Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42" (27/08/42)
Krimschild (15/03/43)
Medalia "Cruciada Impotriua Comunismului" (21/07/42))		Radop, pilot unknown. Deceased 22/06/21.


CKönig
21 Zellot, WalterLt1920/06/10Spittal a.d. Drau Österreich851./JG 53 (11/40), Stfkpt 2./JG 53 (08/42)Bf 109 E-1 & F, Bf 109 G-2 "Black 12" (08/42), Bf 109 G-2 "Black 1" Werknr. 14189 (or "Black 2" DK-G List) (70% dam, force land-flak, 19/08/42), Bf 109 G-2 "Black 10" or "Black 1 & White 0 Werknr. 13487(lost 10/09/42) RK (03/09/42)

Deutsches Kreuz - Gold (02/11/42 Post.)
EP (24/08/42)

EK 1 & 2 (09/11/40)

Fighter Operational Clasp in Gold
KilledInAction (KIA) 10 September, 1942 when his Wk# 13487 was hit by Russian AA fire, blowing off his tail assembly, during a low level attack near Stalingrad. He was killed when his chute failed to deploy fully at too low an altitude. Shot down by Soviet flakat Map Quad Pl.Qu. 39139 on 19 August, 1942, pilot OK. 296 missions, at least 15 victories in the Mediterranean, the rest in the East. 17 Il-2s. His first known Soviet victory, an I-16 on opening day of Operation Barbarossa, 22 June, 1941. His 16th overall, an I-61 on 4 June, 1942. His 17th, a MiG-1 on 2 July, 1942. His 18th, a LaGG-3 on 3 July, 1942. His 20th, an Il-2 on 9 July, 1942. His 23rd & 24th, both Il-2s on 25 July, 1942. His 25th, a MiG-1 on 26 July, 1942. Three LaGG-3s N of Kalatsch on 1 August, 1942. An Il-2 and two MiG-1s on 2 August, 1942. A Pe-2 and two Il-2s W of Zarsa on 7 August, 1942. A quad on 9 August, 1942; a LaGG-3 and three Il-2s, two of which were downed SW of Kalatsch. An Il-2 and two La-5s on 8 September, 1942. Numerous multiple victories, including five Soviet AC on 13 August, 1942. Three MiG-3a and a LaGG-3 on 23 August, 1942. Bowers/Lednicer, 85 victories.
22 Zellmann, KarlOStabsingTransport unit (Italy)Ju 52/3m Werk # 500135 (lost)Transport Operational ClaspKnown to have been co-pilot (or pilot) of the Ju 52 which crashed into the Cervellino mountain on 6 October, 1943. Either he or Hptm Günther Schuster were thought to have parachuted to safety. See further detail under the record of Hptm Schuster. Jager Blatt 5/2004.
23 Zeitsen, HermannUffz2/Kü.Fl.Gr.-906 (North Sea)Ju 88A-4 Werk # 1247 "8L + HK" (lost 9/5/41)Observer Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) with his Observer Lt zur See Walter Both and two unnamed crew 5 September, 1941 after flying into the side of a hill at Craiginour, west of Stonehaven, Kincardineshire, cause unknown (Ju 88 Loss List).
24 Zeitsch, HermannUffz6/17/19202/Ku.Fl.Gr. 906Ju 88D-1 Werk # 1247 "8L + HK" (lost 9/5/1941)Observer Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) with his entire crew on 5 September, 1941, lost to unknown cause off the SE coast of the UK. Remaining crew: Oblt.z.See Walter Bothe, Obs, geb 9/19/1921; Uffz Karl Löffler, R/O, geb 12/23/1917 and Uffz Werner Drexhage (or Drexhagen), geb 1/30/1917. All four deceased buried in the Dyce Churchyard, Aberdeen Scotland (LOCS & D.Masson). Added: The crash occurred at Craiginour Hill, at Fetteresso, just W of Stonehaven, Kincardinshire (Ju 88 Loss List). Alternate spelling: Zeitsen. NOTE: Walter Both's grave marker spelled correctly... to search for BOTH use BOTHE!

Photos Dave Masson
25 Zeiss, ArthurLt11/27/1915Wunsiedel1/KG-4He 111H-4 Werk # Unk "5J + SH" (lost 8/9/40)Bomber Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 9 August, 1940 while on a minelaying operaion to Belfast. The ac flew into the mountain Cairnsmore of Fleet, east of Newton Stewart, Kirkcudbrightshire, killing the entire crew.Remaining crew: Uffz Gernot Freiherr von Türckheim, Uffz Walter Hajesch and Uffz Wilhelm Mechsner. The deceased are buried at CC, Blk 4, Row 3: Zeiss Gr 36, von Türckheim Gr 33; Hajesch Gr 34 and Mechsner Gr 35 (D.Drury).
Cannock Chase
26 Zeigmann, WalterOfwFFS-1Ju 88T Werk # 430327 (30 % dam 2/15/44)Lost Aircraft Report; pilot and unnamed crew uninjured when their Ju 88 crashed on takeoff from München - Riem. Source: Fritz Braun.
27 Zehres, WalterFw11/JG-300Bf 109G-14 Werk # 780724 "Blue 9" (lost 11/27/44 at Wachstedt by Dingelstadt)Fighter Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 27 November, 1944 during aerial combat with fighters at Wachstedt. Source: JG-300 Loss List
28 Zangerle, WalterUffz6/JG-300Fw 190A-8 Werk # 960529 "Yellow 11" (lost 12/24/44 at Ziegenhain)Fighter Operational ClaspWIA 24 December, 1944 during aerial combat with a P-51 of 357FG at Ziegenhain/Schwarzenborn, bailed safely with injuries.
29 Zähres, WalterFw192011/JG-300 (11/44)Bf 109G-14 Werk # 780725 (lost 11/27/44)Fighter Operational ClaspPilot reported KilledInAction (KIA), 27 November, 1944, no further detail (denkmalprojekt.org). Added: Killed near Küllstedt/Thuringa (C.König).
30 Zahn, WalterLt29/JG-77 (3/42 S.U.), 2/JG-77 (5/42)Bf 109F-4 Werk # 10248 "Black 9" (lost 6/2/42) EK 2
Fighter Operational Clasp		MIA 2 June, 1942 after being hit by flak at Anapa. His first known Soviet victory, an I-153 on 12 March, 1942. A 2nd, a DB-3 on 16 May, 1942.
31 Wunderlich, HorstHptm14/05/14BerlinKdo. des Flughafenbereichs 5/III, Ob.d.L. pool (Sch.Etat) (02/43), FFS C 16, 6./KG 40 (04/44)He-177 A-5KIFA on 29/04/44 near Blankenberg-Arlas, S of Bad Lobenstein (other source near Pottiga) when attempting to force land due to engine failure during a transfer flight Bordeaux Mérignac to Garz/ Usedom. Crew (all KIFA) 2nd pilot on board Oblt Willi Manner (born 03/05/11 in WBK Deutsch Krone), Radop OFw Rudolf Schmidt, Mech Fw Herbert Kunze, Mech OGefr Albert Aigner (born 12/07/22 in Schachen/ Bavaria see pic), motor Mech Gefr Karl Raff, Gnr OFw Karl Doß, Gunr Uffz Walter GarbeCKönig
32 Wülknitz, WalterOblt9/KG-30 (5/40 Marx)Ju 88A-2 Werk # unk "4D + FT" (Lost 5/10/40)Bomber Opaerational ClaspHis Ju 88 Crashed east of Soesterberg Holland on 10 May, 1940, cause and pilot/crew Disposition unknown (DeSwart). Added: The crew of four crashed near Zevenhuizen, and were promptly captured by British troops, the cause still unknown. Remaining crew (pos unk): Ogefr Harry Willi Abt, Gefr Heinz Borchers and Gefr Gerhard Manthey (Inj) (DVL Loss List).
33 Wrobel, WalterOFw3.(H)/Aufkl. Gr. 21Hs-126 B-1
Deutsches Kreuz - Gold (12/07/43)
EP (04/01/43 CK)

EK 1 & 2

Recce Operational Clasp in Gold
34 Wrede, WalterFw6/KG-30 (Med)Ju 88A-4 Werk # 140172 "4D + FP" (20% dam 1/13/43)Bomber Operational ClaspCrash landed at Telopte 13 January, 1943, crew returned, no further detail (Ju 88 Loss List).
35 Wraage, HeinrichFw2/Ku.Fl.Gr.-906Do 18D-3 Werk # 819 "8L + HK" (lost 6/11/40)Observer Operational ClaspKIFA 11 June, 1940. The ac crashed into the sea off Bomlo Island (SW Norway). The reported cause was flying being undertaken by an unqualified crewman. Remaining crew: Lt.z.S. Max Altenkrüger, Obs (KIFA) ; Uffz Gerhard Krause, R/O (KIFA) and Uffz Walter Ernst, Flt Engr (rescued unhurt). Altenkrüger is remembered on the LaboeNaval Memorial; Krause buried at Trondheim-Havstein Cem. Row 18, Gr 45A (D.Drury). Added: unintentional water contact due to sun glare off the smooth water during low flight, sunk after recovery by towing in near Gardvik, Hiskjoe, 40 km N of Haugesund (CKönig)
36 Woltersdorf, Helmut Wilhelm KarlOblt11/6/1915Friedberg222/ZG-76 (9/39), 4/ NJG-1 (5/41, 7/41 Bergen), 7/NJG-1 (9/41), 1/NJG-1 (3/42), 7/NJG-1 (6/42 Twente)Bf 109D & E(39), Do 17Z, Do 215B-5 Wk # 0046 "G9 + OM" (ditched-lost 7/7/41 DeSwart), Bf 110F-4 (or E-2) Werk # 2643 "G9 + CR" (lost 6/2/42)
Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(5/18/42)
EP(8/4/41)

EK 1 & 2
Wound Badge, Destroyer & Night Fighter Operational Clasp in Gold		KilledInAction (KIA) the night of 1/2 June, 1942 returning to Twente with a damaged AC after aerial combat with a Halifax of RAF No. 10 Sq. and a Hurricane of RAF No. 3 Sq.. His Bf 110 Wk#2643 crashed into a row of parked aircraft (#3192, 75% dam) at Twente airfield, Holland, Buried Ysselsteyn, Q/11/255 (Rosseels). His R/O-Gnr, Ofw Heino Pape is buried in Q/11/256. Nine victories as Destroyer pilot. One known victory, a Polish PZL P-24 southeast of Kielce on 9 September, 1939 (Perry Claims). Two Wellingtons SW of Stavanger, /Sola, 12 April, 1940. Another, a Hampden of 144 Sq. at Hoogkarspel, North Holland on 11-12 May, 1941. A Wellington the night of 24-25 June, 1941, no location. Another, a Wellington on 7 July, 1941, no location. On this day, after downing the Wellington, he crashed the Do215 in the Waddenzee, 15 km east of Texel Holland (DeSwart), most likely the result of return fire. Remaining crew this event (WIA): Uffz Walter Held, R/O and Ogefr Erich Kloss, Flt Engr (D.Drury). Another Wellington near Terschelling the night of 6-7 September, 1941, no location. A Wellington the night of 7-8 September, 1941, no location. Another Wellington (X9609) on 20 September, 1941, at Ambt Delden flown by S/L John Anthony Ingram and F/O Thomas Wardhaugh. A Hampden on 28-29 December, 1941, no location. A Manchester I of RAF No. 61 Sq. at Weretherbruch, 6 km WSW of Bocholt the night of 25-26 March, 1942. Magnus, 24 victories.



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37 Wolpers, Heinrich HeinzOfw1/KG-2Do 217E-4 Werk # 4260 "U5 + IH" (lost)
Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(1/19/42)

EK 1 & 2
Bomber Operational Clasp		MIA 21 July, 1942 off the east coast of England while on a reconnaissance mission and is believed to have been shot down by a night fighter of RAF No. 151 Sq. some 50 miles off Spurn Head. Remaining crew (all MIA): Hptm Walter Frank, Observer, Fw Karl Schmidt, wireless operator and Ofw Armin Eyrich, mechanic.
38 Wollenweber, WolfgangOblt113(Zerst)/JG-5 (3/43 to 1/44), Kdr He 162 Ferry Unit (3/45), 3/JG-1 (4/45)Bf 110D "IB + AX" in 13(Z), Bf 109F & G, He 162A-2 "White 3" EK 2
Fighter Operational Clasp		One known victory, a Soviet Pe-2 into the sea in the Murmansk area on 25 April, 1943. Only assigned to 13 Staffel four weeks earlier, this was his first aerial combat. His Radio/Gunner was Uffz Walter Bengard. Took delivery of his He 162 on 11 April, 1945 at Ludwigslust. It is not certain he joined JG-1 after ferrying the He 162, but it is implied. Flugbuch.




39 Wolfrum, WalterOblt5/23/1923Schmölz, Oberfranken1375./JG 52 (02/43 S.U.), Stfkpt 1./JG 52, Kdr I./JG 52 (05/44)Bf 109 G-2 Werknr 14847 (25% dam 10/05/43; WIA aerial combat Map Quad. Pl.Qu. 75161), Bf 109 G-6 "Black 15" Werknr 411777 (lost 15/04/44) in 5./JG 52, Bf 109 G-6 "White 6" Werknr 163631 (lost 16/07/44; WIA,combat w/P-39), Bf 109 G-14 b/AS "Yellow 6 + ~" (dam 26/04/45, inj non-com flight) RK (27/07/44)

Deutsches Kreuz - Gold (18/05/44)
EP (20/04/44)

EK 1 & 2
Wound Badge

Fighter Operational Clasp in Gold (22/07/43 CK)
Plus 40 Unconfirmed. 423 missions. Shot down three times and wounded twice before his first victory. All victories in the East. His first victory, a Yak-1 at Anapa on 25 May, 1943. A Yak-1 on 28 May, 1943. A MiG-1 on 21 July, 1943. A Soviet P-39 on 24 August, 1943. An Il-2 (m.H.) and a LaGG-5 on 21 October, 1943. Two LaGG-5s and a Yak-7 on 22 October, 1943. Two LaGG-3s, a Boston III, and three Il-2s on 19 March, 1944. Two Yak-7s on 12 April, 1944. Two Yak-1s, two Yak-9s and a LaGG-5 on 20 May, 1944. One of the most successful younger pilots. Several 10 & 11 victories on a given day. One such day, 30 May, 1944 downing nine P-39s a LaGG-5 and a Yak-9. Six P-39s on 31 May, 1944. Four Yak-9s on 7 July, 1944. WIA 15 April, 1944 during aerial combat with Il-2s belly landing at Khersonyes S.U.; the AC burned. Seroiusly wounded a fourth time on 16 July 1944, and did not return to the front until February, 1945. His last two victories, 136 & 137, both Yak-9s on 16 April, 1945. Despite 12 crash landings, he survived the war, briefly a Russian POW, but released in July 1945, due to wounds. Deceased 26 August, 2010.
40 Wolfmüller, WernerLt19/04/1421III./ ZG 26 (03/43)?, I./KG 100 (09/43)Bf-110 "3U + XR" (31/03/43)KIA on unknown date. Found the name in a Flugbuch flying with Radop Walter Stolz on 31/03/43 a Ju-52 escort mission.


Walter Stolz
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CKönig
41 Wolfinger, ErwinStbsFw1/18/19113/NJG-4 (Langendiebach)Bf 110F-4 Werk # 4698 (dam 12/21/43), Ju 88G-1 (lost 9/28/44)Wound Badge
Night Fighter Operational Clasp		KilledInAction (KIA) 28 September, 1944; sd by a Mosquito at Mittelgründau. Remaining crew (KilledInAction (KIA)): R/O Fw Walter Tornow (6/19/1916) and Gnr Ogefr Werner Krausse (10/8/1924) All three buried in the Hauptfriedhof, Hanau. Source: Lost Aircraft Report. Injured in a crash near Ami-Fontaine on 21 December, 1943, no cause reported, nor crew injuries. Bf 110 Loss List
42 Wolf, WalterGefr10/10/1917UnkUnkUnkQualified Pilot status uncertain. Burial in the German War Cem. at Bourdon, France, Plot 24, Gr 246 (M.Krebbers).
43 Wolf, Karl-HeinzUffz4./ ZG 1Bf-110KilledInAction (KIA) on 03/10/42 in Stalingrad with his Radop Uffz Walter Kuhlmann, shot down by FlakCKönig
44 Wolf, AdolfOblt8/4/19135/KG-40 (Soesterberg)Do 217E-4 Werk # 5370 "F8 + BN" (lost)Bomber Operational ClaspPOW 19 August, 1942 when he was shot down during a recon mission over the English coastline. Two British fighters attacked him approximately 50 miles off Happisburgh, causing him to crash in the North Sea. Remaining crew (KilledInAction (KIA)): StabsFw Erich Rösner (geb 9/28/12), Obs., washed ashore near Vederso and buried 12 October, 1942 at Lemvig Cemetery, Grave 68. Uffz Walter Hamann (geb 10/28/19), R/O, washed ashore along the Danish west coast on 13 October, 1942 and was buried that same day at Fovrfelt Cemetery, Blk A3, Row 4, Gr 8, on 16 October, 1942, in Esbjerg. Fw Kurt Glatzel (geb 11/21/17), Mech., washed ashore 14 October, 1942 and was buried at Fovrfelt Cemetery, Blk A3, Row 4, Gr 9, on 16 October, 1942. Source: Air War over Denmark.
45 Woidich, Franz WalterOblt1/2/1921Znaim/ Bohemia1105/JG-27 (7/41), 3/JG-52 (4/42 S.U.), Ergänzung Me 163 (8/44 Gutenfeld), Stfkpt 6/JG-400 (4/45)Bf 109F, Bf 109G-2 "Yellow 1", Bf 109G-6 "Yellow <<" in JG-52, Me 163 RK(6/11/44)

Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(12/6/43)
EP(9/13/43)

EK 1 & 2

Fighter Operational Clasp in Gold with pendant "1000"
1 Bomber. Over 1000 combat missions. His first known Soviet victory, a LaGG-3 on 23 August, 1942. A Pe-2 and a LaGG-3 on 2 September, 1942. A Pe-2 and an Il-2 on 3 September, 1942. An Il-2 on 5 September, 1942. A Yak-1 on 28 October, 1942. An Il-2 on 29 January, 1943. A LaGG-5 on 29 March, 1943. His first two victories, in North Africa, one, a P-40 northwest of Bir Hacheim on 22 November, 1941, the other, a a P-40 20 km southeast of Gazala on 15 March, 1942. An Il-2 on 18 April, 1943. A Yak-1 on 27 April, 1943. A LaGG-5 on 6 May, 1943. A LaGG-5 and an Il-2 on 5 July, 1943. An Il-2, an Il-4 and a Yak-1 on 7 July, 1943. Three Il-7s on 13 July, 1943. Two Il-2s on 1 August, 1943. A P-39 and three Yak-9s on 11 January, 1944. An Il-2 and four R-5s on 17 January, 1944. Two R-5s on 14 April, 1944. A B-25, a P-39 and two Il-2s on 16 April, 1944. One Me 163 victory. This, his 110th, a Lancaster on 22 April, 1945. Thought to have also served in I/JG-53 under Erich Hartmann. Deceased 5 July, 2004 in Mainz.

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46 Witzke, HansLt (Ing.)1923/09/01Papenhagen/Franzburg (CK)24./NJG 1Do 217 N-1 "G9 + EM" Werknr 1464 (lost)
EK 1 & 2
KIC/KIFA on 30/31 August, 1943 at Veulen, 15 km SE of the St Trond airfield, cause unknown (Bolten). Added: it was apparently an accident during take-off. (CK) Buried Lommel German Military Cemetery, Block 21/217 (Rosseels). One known victory, a B-17 near Montzen, SW of Aachen, on 17 August, 1943. A 2nd, a Halifax 5 km W of Tongeren on 23 August, 1943. Added: Crew (KIA): Mech Fw Franz Wutz (born 10/09/1913 in Bavaria, buried Block 21 Grab 234), Uffz Walter Heise.


Fw Wutzke
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47 Wittmer, WalterLt1911/02/10 (CK)Metz (CK)2./JG 2 (05/43)Fw 190 A-4 Werknr 2475 (lost 14/05/43)KIC 14 May, 1943 near the Triqueville airfield, cause not reported. Added: Buried St-Desir-de-Lisieux German War Cemetery, Block 3 Reihe 12 Grab 343 (CK)


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48 Witte, ErichFw3(F)/121Ju 88A-1 Werk # Unk "7A + ?L" (lost 7/14/40)Wound Badge, Observer Operational ClaspInjured in a crash at Paimpol on 14 July, 1940, cause unknown. Remaining crew: Oblt Gerhard Specht (geb 5/11/1917 Criewen Angermünde, KIC, bur Ploudaniel Blk 9, Row 50, Gr 1231), Obs; Uffz Wilhelm Behr, R/O (Inj) and Flg Walter Wild, Gnr (Inj) absa3945).
Plousdaniel-Lesneven, France
49 Wissmann, HeinrichFw12/JG-301 (1/45 Stendal)Fw 190A-8 Werk # 682031 "Black 12" (dam 1/1/45)Wound Badge, Fighter Operational ClaspWIA 1 January, 1945; disposition unknown, however, he did not return to Stendal (C.König).

JG301 Shown L-R: Straub, Egon - Schrack Franz - Michaelis Rudolf - Fw Dörr, Heinrich - Dürr, Hermann - Scheller, Walter - Greiner, Willi - Prawitz- Wissmann,
Front: Warnecke, Heinz - Dederichs, Gerhard - Bäcker, Walter

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50 Wischüf, HermannLt6/KG-30 (Med?)Ju 88A-4 Werk # 144305 "??" (lost 4/3/43)Bomber Operational ClaspMIA with unnamed crew 3 April, 1943, cause unknown, location not reported (Ju 88 Loss List). Added: The unnamed crew (MIA): Uffz Hans Scheffler, Obs; Uffz Hans Fürdank, R/O and Uffz Walter Manitz, Gnr (Qu.Meister File).
51 Winterhoff, Walter1NJG-1Bf 110 EK 2
Night Fighter Operational Clasp		One known victory 30 January, 1944, a P-47.
52 Winter, RudolfUffz7/30/1920Kamenz17/L.L.G.-1 (3/43)He 111H-6 Werk # 4414 (lost 3/14/43)Bomber Operational ClaspKIC with his entire crew, 14 March, 1943; crashed near Bagerowo, cause unknown. Remaining crew: Uffz Wilhelm Preischaft, Obs 1; Uffz Walter Driesen, R/O; Ofw Alfons Geier, Mech; Lt Walter Weingarth, Obs 2 and Lt Ferdinand Spenner, a Pilot (Qu.Meister File). In total, 8 were killed, four were military passengers. Lt Weingarth & Lt Spenner were from III/KG-4. None of their remains could be recovered for VDK burial. They are commemorated in the memorial book of the Collective War Cem. at Sevastopol-Goncharnoye, Ukraine (D.Drury).
53 Winter, FritzUffz4/8/1917Breslau3/KG-26He 111H-3 Werk # 5609 "1H + EL" (lost 10/4/40)Bomber Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 4 October, 1940, with his entire crew, when he crashed into the North Sea, cause unknown. The bodies of the crew washed ashore at Hollesley Bay, Suffolk on 30 October, 1940, the date shown on three of the four grave markers. Remaining crew (all buried CC/1/6): Lt Hans Hugo Zingel, Obs (bur Gr 205); Uffz Kurt Blasius, Pos Unk (bur Gr 206) and Uffz Walter Reinelt, Pos Unk (bur Gr 208). Uffz Winter buried Gr 207 (D.Drury).
Cannock Chase
54 Winkelmann, KarlFw3/KG-2Do 17Z Werk # unk "U5 + FL" (lost 7/10/40)Bomber Operational ClaspMIA 10 July, 1940 after colliding with a Hurricane of No. 111 Sq., piloted by F/O Thomas Higgs. Both ac lost a wing and crashed into the sea off Dungeness, Kent. At the time of the collision, the Hurricane was under attack by Oblt Walter Oesau of 7/JG-51. Remaining crew: Hptm Walter Krieger, Obs & Stfkpt 3/KG-2 (POW); Ofw Walter Thalmann, R/O (POW) and Fw Horst Orsinsky, Flt Engr (MIA at sea). F/O Higgs was killed and buried at Noordwijk General Cem. (Netherlands), Plot 1, Joint Gr 8 (D.Drury).
55 Windisch, WalterOfhr102/JG-52 (10/44 S.U.), 9/JG-7 (3/45)Bf 109G, Me 262EP


EK 1 & 2
Fighter Operational Clasp		6 victories in the Me 262. His first known Soviet victory, an Il-2 (m.H.) on 15 October, 1944. One known western victory, a B-17 on 15 March, 1945. A 2nd & 3rd, both B-17s near Rathenow on 18 March, 1945. A B-17 in the Cottbus area on 22 March, 1945. A B-24 on 25 March, 1945. A B-17 on 31 March, 1945.
56 Willrett, WalterHptm1/31/1910 8/KG-55 (8/42), Stfkpt 7/KG-55 (12/42) He 111H-16 Werk # Unk (lost 1/28/43) [possble id Wk# 8195 "G1 + GR"0.]
Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(8/21/42)

EK 1 & 2
Bomber Operational Clasp 		MIA 28 January, 1943 in the Bagayevskaya area during a mission near Stalingrad (DK-G awards List & LOCS). Added: The MIA date may have been 8 January, 1943. Remaining crew (all MIA, desig unk): Ogefr Alfred Friebe, Uffz Othmar Janisch, Uffz Heinz Münster and Ogefr Eberhardt Wanke. Hptm Willrett is commemorated in the memorial book at Krasnodar-Apsheronsk, Russia (D.Drury). Alternate spelling: Willert.
57 Will, AlfredFwinstr FFSFw-58 "NG + XE" Werknr 2041 (lost)KIFA on 21 May 1944 on a practice flight over the airfield Kirchenleibach due to collision with another Fw-58 "SD + MD" which landed savely. Crew (KIFA): flying student Gefr Bruno Krug and flying student Gefr Walter KrügerCKönig
58 Wilkening, HeinzOfw10. SeenotstaffelDo 24T-2 Werk # 0047 "CM + IM" (lost)Air-Sea Rescue Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 14 december, 1943; shot down by two Raf fighters from No.144 Squadron. Remaining crew (all KilledInAction (KIA)): Ofw Gerhard Anders, Observer; Fw Fritz Juchelka, R/O; Ofw Rudolf Tölle, Mech; Ogefr Kurt May, 2nd Mech and Uffz Walter Schürhoff, Gunner. Source: SIG Norway.
59 Wilhelm, HansUffzFFS B 13Si 204D-1 Werk # 321248 "BH + FP" (lost)Transport Operational ClaspKIC in December, 1943 by Waffenrod, Thüringen, no further detail. Remaining crew(KIC): Uffz Walter Albin, R/O and Ofw Hans Escherich, Mechanic. In addition, there were three students, all KIC also. Jager Blatt 1/2005.
60 Wildenauer, WalterLt11/JG-77 (Reich Def Ost)Bf 109K-4 Werk # 330144 "Yellow 13" (dam 12/23/44), Bf 109K-4 Werk # 332331 "Yellow 16" (lost 1/30/45)Wound Badge
Fighter Operational Clasp		KilledInAction (KIA) 30 January, 1945 after being hit by flak during a strafing mission, location not reported (Bf 109 Loss List). Shot down 23 December, 1944 in aerial combat with P-47s of the 373rd FG. Bailed out and was machine gunned in his chute. In spite of his wounds, he survived and returned to his unit.
61 Wiesemann, ArthurOblt7/20/1912Condor Legion, acting Stfkpt 8/KG-27 ('40)He 111P-2 Werk # 2624 "1G + FS" (lost 8/14/40)Spanish Cross in Gold, EK 1 & 2, Bomber Operational Clasp in BronzePOW 14 August, 1940 after his ac was sd by fighters and made a belly landing near Border House Farm, Bumper's Lane, Chester, Cheshire. The crew set the ac on fire to destroy it. Remaining crew (POW): Fw Heinrich Rödder, Obs; Uffz Heinz Köchy, R/O; Uffz Walter Schaum, Flt Engr and Uffz Gustav Ullmann, Gnr.(D.Drury).

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62 Wiese, HerbertMaj1911/06/19Stafü 2.(H)/Aufkl. Gr. 14 (06/41), Stfkpt 2. (H)/Aufkl.Gr. 14 (09/41-12/42), Stfkpt 5./SKG 10 (06-08/43), Kdr II./NAG 102 (08/43-05/44)Bf-110 "5F + PK" (11/12/41 Africa), Bf-110 "5F + WK" (14/12/41 Africa), Fw 190 A-5/U8EP (01/06/42)

EK 1 & 2

at least Recce Operational Clasp in Bronze

probably at least Assault Operational Clasp in Bronze
Afrika arm cuff		Flew Bf-110 with Radop Walter Stolz (05/05/20-10/07/96) on 11/12/41, 14/12/41 (CK)


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Walter Stolz
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CKönig
63 Widowitz, Wulf DietrichOblt1918/06/22Graz, Austria36II./ZG 76 (11/40), 3./JG 77 (9/41), 14./JG 77 (12/41), 5./JG 5 (1/42), 13.(Z)/JG 5 (04/42), 9./JG 5 (01/43), Stfkpt 9./JG 5 (04/43)Bf 109E-4 Werk # 1623 "White 1" (9/41), Bf 109E-3 "Red 19" (1/42 Petsamo), Bf 109E-7 Werk # 3523 "CS + AJ" (lost 4/3/42), Bf 110 in 13 Staffel (4/42), Bf 109F-4 "Inge" (8/42 Nautsi), Go 145 Werk # 2839 "D8 + DF" (crash 7/28/43)
Deutsches Kreuz - Gold (31/08/43 Postm)
EP (12/04/43)


EK 1 & 2
Wound Badge

probably Fighter Operational Clasp in Gold
KIC 28 July, 1943 during a Courier flight in a Do 145 Werk # 2838 (or 2839 per SIG Norway) "DB + DF" in the Luojärvi area, northwest of Petsamo, cause not reported. Buried Puschehga-Parkinna Russia (Rosseels). His observer, Ogefr Max Pichote, was also killed. On 3 April, 1942, after his E-7 engine was damaged by a Hurricane, Widowitz was injured making a force landing on a frozen lake at Notia, near Petsamo. The E-7 was recovered for restoration in 2003.

Original on YouTube Courtesy Mark Felton
His first western victory, a Beaufort over western Norway on 10 September, 1941. His 2nd, a Hudson SW of Bergen on 19 October, 1941. His first Soviet victory, a DB-3F on 31 December, 1942. Two P-40s on 26 February, 1943. Another P-40 on 28 February, 1943. A P-39 and a P-40 on 14 March, 1943. A Kittyhawk on 22 May, 1943. Two MiG-3s a Pe-2 and a Hurricane on 5 June, 1943. Four P-39s and two Bostons on 19 June, 1943. A P-40 on 28 June, 1943. An Il-2 and a P-40 on 12 July, 1943. Added: His R/O, while serving in 13 Staffel, was Uffz Wilhelm Pfeiffer. He was deemed as a difficult man and had sometimes severe problems with his comrades - with Fw Walter Schuck in JG 5 there were even shots fire through the wall. Günther Scholz also mentioned his excessive behaviour. In 02/43 Scholz carried out a field marriage of Widowitz. (CK).

64 Wichborn, WalterFw10/KG-30 (Aalborg West)Ju 88A-4 Werk # 5868 "4D +FU" (lost)Bomber Operational ClaspKIC 27 February, 1944 when the AC was reported to have crashed into the sea off Kattegat, 22 km east of Hals Denmark, killing the entire crew. The crew were on a training exercise, and no cause for the crash was given. Remaining crew (KIC): Ogefr Karl Feichte and Gefr Willi Schmidt. All were buried in the Frederikshavn Cemetery on 6 March, 1944. Source: Air War over Denmark.
65 Wetzer, WalterUffz1/JG-300 (4/45)Bf 109G-14 most likely (lost 4/29/45)Fighter Operational ClaspPilot reported Deceased, 29 April, 1945, no further detail (denkmalprojekt.org).
66 Wette, K.ObltStab II/KG-54 (Channel)Ju 88A-1 Werk # unk "B3 + DC" (lost 8/11/40)Bomber Operational ClaspPOW/WIA 11 August, 1940; made an emergency landing at Blacknor Fort, Portland Head, Dorset after being shot down by F/O James Strickland of No. 213 Sq. (Ju 88 Loss List). Remaining crew (POW): Ofw Karl Meier, Obs; Gefr Walter Gehre, R/O and Flg Gottfried Kagenbauer, Mech (D.Drury).
67 Weth, HermannOFhr2.(F)/Aufkl.Gr. Ob.d.L.Ju-88MIA on 29/03/44 in the area of Kiev. Could be the observer. Crew MIA: Uffz. Kober, Hermann, Uffz. Siegl, Franz, Gefr. Ruthe, WalterCKonig
68 Westermann, ErichOblt11/16/1911Osnabrück3/KG-40Fw 200C-3 Werk # 0061 "F8 + KL" (lost 6/15/41)Bomber Operational ClaspAC lost in Portugal 15 June, 1941; crew of six MIA (Fw 200 Losses, 1988 Book per H. Breuer). Added: The ac is reported to have exploded in flight, and came down in Amareleja Portugal without survivors. The deceased are indicated as buried in Moura Portugal. Remaining crew: Gefr Günter Kunert, Co-pilot; Ofw Gerhard Singer, R/O 1; Gefr Erwin Hildenbrand, R/O 2; Ofw Walter Reiser, Flt Engr and Uffz Fritz Grotstollen, Gnr. (D.Drury).
(Added by Pietrzak Youngs)
The aircraft was involved in air fighting and was probably hit. There are news cuttings of the time referring to a combat between a RAF Catalina and four German airplanes. The pilot was probably searching for a place to land and Amareleja had a landing strip at the time, but the Condor exploded in the air killing the entire crew. The bodies were collected by the Beja Fire Brigade and transported to Moura where they received proper military honors before being buried in the local cemetery, where they still are. (Source: portugal1939-1945.org)
69 Werkmeister, WalterLt13/03/42 (CKönig)4Erg. SG Deblin-Irena (-05/43) (added: CKönig), Sch.G. 2 (06/43 Med), 5./ SG 10 (05-10/44 S.U.)Fw-190 F-8
EK 1 & 2
Assault Operational Clasp		Added: MIA/POW on 01/10/44, lost to unknown cause near Supljaja, where he bailed out and was captured (CKönig). His first known victory, a Soviet LaGG-5 on 4 May, 1944. A Yak-9 E of Horochov on 14 July, 1944. A 3rd, an La-5 on 28 August, 1944. A 4th, an Il-2 on 5 September, 1944.
70 Wennekers, Hans-GerdFw242./JGr 1 (aka Kdo Losigkeit, 06/41-05/43), 5./JG 11 (05/43 Reich Def), I./JG 11 (04/45)Bf 109 E-3 Werknr 3520 "White 2"(06/41), Bf 109 F "Black 7"(01/42), Bf 109 E-7 "Balck 16" (dam 06/03/42; crashed on frozen Lake Hallingdalselva, near Nesbyen Norway due to fuel shortage), Bf 109 G-1 Werknr 14082 (eng dam 02/10/42, pilot OK), Bf 109 G-6 "Black 10" Werknr 18216 (flown 06/43-07/43), Bf 109 G-6 "Black 10" Werknr 410133 (20% dam 01/12/43; belly land, fuel shortage), Bf 109 G-6 "Black 5" Werknr 410222 (lost 06/03/44)
EK 1 & 2
Wound Badge

Fighter Operational Clasp in Gold
Opposed the 6 March, 1944 Raid on Berlin, the raid R. Kracker was shot down during. Very experienced pilot with 100+ missions. 10 bombers. On 5 March, 1942, he is reported to have downed a PRU Spitfire "AA-810. His 3rd victory, a B-17 on 21 May, 1943 over Wilhelmshaven. His 2nd victim, a B-17, came on 17 April, 1943, and another, unconfirmed on 14 May, 1943. A double victory, his 5th & 6th, both B-24s NW of Helgoland on 4 October, 1943. His 10th, a P-47 on 22 December, 1943. His 15th, a P-47 in the Qackenbrück area on 6 March, 1944. Shortly after he saved the life of H. Knoke, on 6 March, 1944, he was shot down near Quakenbrück by a P-47 of 78FG, piloted by Lt Walter Tonkin. Badly wounded in the left forearm, he bailed successfully, and later returned to action. His 16th victory, an La-5 in the Küstrin area on 15 February, 1945. His 17th, a Yak-9 in the Küstrin area on 21 March, 1945. His 20th, a Pe-2 on 16 April, 1945. His 21st, a Yak-9 on 18 April, 1945. His 22nd, a Yak-9 on 20 April, 1945. His 23rd, a Yak-9 on 24 April, 1945. His 24th, and last victory, a Yak-9 on 25 April, 1945. Flugbuch (8/40 to 4/45). See note re: Wk # 3520 on "Johnen" record. On 3/6/42 he made an Emer landing on frozen Lake Nesbyen, low fuel. OKL spelling = Wennekers; alternates: Wenneker and Wenneckers.

L-R: Erich Dobrick : Gerd Steiger : Helmut Maul : Hans-Gerd Wenneckers. May/June 1942 Husum


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71 Wenkel, RudolfFw11/03/15 (CKg)Nordhausen (CK)5./KG 2 (12/42 Eindhoven, 03/43)Do-217 E-4 Werk # 5487 "U5 + KP" (50% dam 12/20/42), Do-217 E-4 Werk # 1144 "U5 + IN" (lost 3/23/43)MIA 23 March, 1943 after encountering British night fighters thought to be of RAF No. 219 Sq., crashing into the sea off Hartlepool. Remaining crew (all MIA): Ogefr Erich Hitziger, Observer (born 20/06/22 in Breslau, CK), Uffz Walter Bück, wireless operator (born 02/03/21 in Kirn/Nahe, CK) and Ogefr Otto Wilke, gunner (born 10/07/22 in Berlin, CK). Added: they took off from Deelen (CK). Added: Earlier, on 20 December, 1942, somersaulted on takeoff from Eindhoven airfield due to engine trouble, no mention of crew members (S GLO).
72 Wendorff, KurtMajStab/KGr.z.b.V. 105 ('41), Kdr KGr.z.b.V. 300 ('43), Kdr Erg TGr. (Berlin-Schönwalde 5/43)Ju 52, Ar 232A-03 Werk # 0100005 "VD + YC" (lost 8/15/43)Transport Operational ClaspKIC 15 August, 1943 at Schönwalde on an introductory flight piloted by Hptm Walter Maltzer (LOCS). See Hptm Meltzer profile for further detail
73 Wendland, HelmutOblt4/24/19171/KG-3 (Griwotschki FP, Dno)Ju 88A-4 Werk # 8640 (70% dam 4/8/42)DK-G (10/3/42), EP (6/18/42), EK 1 & 2, Bomber Operational ClaspLOCS & EP found online. Added: His Ju 88 damaged in a takeoff accident from the Dno airfield. His disposition is unknown. Remaining crew: Fw Gerhard Haugk (or Haugh), Obs (Disp Unk); Uffz Walter Staib, R/O (Disp Unk) and Ogefr Rudi Müller, Gnr (died of injuries). Source: D.Drury.
74 Wemhöner, HansUffz45/JG-26Bf 109E-1 (lost)
EK 1 & 2
Fighter Operational Clasp		POW 13 August, 1940 after being shot down by a Spitfire of RAF No. 65 Sq. over Maidstone, the ac crashing near Denton, Kent (D.Drury). This one victory, a "shared" victory, a Fokker XXI over Amsterdam, 10 May, 1940. (Shared with: Hubertus v. Holtey, Walter Schneider & Walter Meyer). His first complete victory, a Spitfire I over Dordrecht, 13 May, 1940. His 2nd, a Hawk-75A at Roubaix, 19 May, 1940. His 3rd & 4th, both Hurricanes north of Dunkirk, 1 June, 1940.
75 Wellstein, WalterHptm4/KG-53 (5/40), Stfkpt 3/KG-26 (10/43)He 111H Werk # Unk (lost 5/11/40), He 111H-11 Werk # Unk "1H + AL" (lost 1/24/44)Bomber Operational ClaspMIA 24 January, 1944 while attacking ships in he vicinity of Anzio, no mention of the crew. POW (briefly) 11 May, 1940; sd by three French H-75A fighters of GC I/5, and crashed at Buxieres-sous-les-Cotes (Dept Meuse, Fr.). The ac was destroyed by fire. Remaining crew (designations unk): Uffz Ernst Hermann (WIA/DOW 5/11/40), Uffz E.Landgraf (WIA/POW) and Uffz K.Kramer (POW) (D.Drury).
76 Weller, WalterOblt7/KG-30 (Med)Ju 88A-5 Werk # 6226 "4D + GR" (lost 3/26/41)Bomber Operational ClaspMIA with unnamed crew 26 March, 1941, cause unknown.
77 Weiss, WalterOblt6/JG-26 (7/42)Fw 190A-2Fighter Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 20 December, 1944.
78 Weiss, WalterOblt49./ZG 26 (07/42), 6./JG 26 (07/44)Bf-110 E, Fw-190 A-2
Deutsches Kreuz - Gold (23/01/43)
EP (02/11/42 CK)

EK 1 & 2

probably Destroyer Operational Clasp in Gold		KilledInAction (KIA) 20 December, 1944. His Radop was named Stieber in 06/42 (CK)


Weiss with his Radop in Sicily
Courtesy CK


Fw Werner Stieber
Courtesy CK
79 Weinzierl, WalterOgefr53/JG-302Fw 190A, Bf 109GEP


EK 1 & 2
Fighter Operational Clasp		KilledInAction (KIA) 28 July, 1944 (Magnus). One known victory, his 1st & 2nd, both B-24s; one W of Budapest, the other SW of Budapest, on 2 July, 1944. His 3rd, a B-17 at Starnberger See on 19 July, 1944. His 4th, a P-38 at Totes Gebirge on 21 July, 1944. His 5th, a B-17 ESE of Aspern on 26 July, 1944. Added: Pilot surname spelling correction from Weinzierl to Wienzierl (Robt.Haig, NZ).
80 Weinzierl, WalterGefr23/JG-302Bf 109G
EK 1 & 2
Fighter Operational Clasp		One known victory, a B-24 W of Budapest on 2 July, 1944. A 2nd B-24, same day, SW of Budapest.
81 Weihe, Hermann (Waldemar?)Lt2/24/192271/NJG-100 (7/44 S.U.; 3/45 Reich Def)Ju 88G-6 Werk # Unk (lost 4/19/45)
EK 1 & 2
Night Fighter Operational Clasp		KilledInAction (KIA) 19 April, 1945 near the Wittstock Austria airfield after an attack by an enemy Night Fighter. Remaining crew (KilledInAction (KIA)): Uffz Walter Arndt, R/O; Uffz Artur Wende, Mechanic and R/O & Mechanic Fw Reinhard Pfeifer. All the crew are buried at the War Cemetery at Wittstock (LOCS). His first known victory, a Soviet Il-2 on 1 July, 1944 (OKL Claims List). Another source suggests the loss occurred on 17 April, 1945.
82 Weichert, WalterFw8/27/19192/Ob. d. L. (S.U.)Ju 88D-1/Trop Werk # 430301 "T5 + FK" (lost 12/30/42)Observer Operational ClaspMIA with unnamed crew at Podgorenskaja 30 December, 1942, cause unknown (Ju 88 Loss List). Added : Remaining crew: Uffz Erich Sachse, R/O; Fw Lothar Sommerfeld (or Sommerfeldt), Gnr. and Fw Karl Ernst Staatz (or Staats), Obs.. Three are confirmed MIA in the VDK, and commemorated in the War Cem at Rossoschka, Russia, as follows: Fw Weichert Cube 99, Plate 10; Uffz Sachse Cube 75, Plate 10 and Fw Staatz Cube 89, Plate 1. There is a Lothar Sommerfeld (the only one with this name in the VDK) buried in the same cemetery, but appears to be the wrong date, 7 August, 1942 (D.Drury).
83 Weiberg, WalterUffzJG-300Bf 109G-14 most likely (lost 4/45)Fighter Operational ClaspWeiberg appears on an AC Lost List; AC lost in April 1945 at Neustrelitz. Added: Pilot reported KilledInAction (KIA) in April, 1945, no further detail (denkmalprojekt.org.).
84 Wehking, WalterFw4/KG-51 (Hopsten)Me 262A-2a Werk # 110624 "NQ + MV" (lost 12/27/44)Wound Badge
Bomber Operational Clasp		Pilot bailed with injuries at Spradow 27 December, 1944 due to undisclosed technical failure.
85 Wedekind, Walter WernerObltII/JG-26 (joins 7/44), Stab II/JG-26Fw 190A-8 Werk # 171786 "Green 2" (lost)Fighter Operational Clasp in BronzeKilledInAction (KIA) 15 August, 1944 during aerial combat in "Green 2" with a P-47 of 373FG E of Guyancourt. Les Butler identifies this man as Werner.
86 Wawoczny, WalterUffz12/JG-77 (Reich Def Ost)Bf 109K-4 Werk# 332257 "Blue 3" (lost 1/31/45)Fighter Operational ClaspMIA 31 January, 1945; Reason and place unknown. Mombeek MIA List.
87 Warthol, WalterLt27/JG-53 (8/41), 5(F)/123Bf 109G-6 WRrk # Unk "Black 17" (lost 8/16/44)
Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(10/1/44 in absentia)

EK 1 & 2
EP (1/17/44), Observer Operational Clasp		POW 16 August, 1944; shot down by flak, 10km S of Dreux (DK-G Awards List & LOCS).

Courtesy Christian König
88 Warnke, WilhelmOfwNAGr-6 (S.U.)Bf 110G-3 Werk # 5406 (dam 7/9/43)Wound Badge
Night Observer Operational Clasp		WIA with his R/o, Oblt Walter Jacob, 9 July, 1943 at Belgorod, hit by flak. Bf 110 Loss List
89 Warnecke, HeinzUffz112/JG-301 (10/44), 11/JG-301 (4/45)Fw 190A-8 Werk # Unk (lost 4/2/45)
EK 1 & 2
Fighter Operational Clasp		MIA 2 April, 1945 in aerial combat in the Thüringen area. Mombeek. One known victory, a B-24 S of Hannover on 26 November, 1944.

Heinz Warnecke (alternate spelling Warnicke), Heinrich Dorr and Walter Backer

JG301 Shown L-R: Straub, Egon - Schrack Franz - Michaelis Rudolf - Fw Dörr, Heinrich - Dürr, Hermann - Scheller, Walter - Greiner, Willi - Prawitz- Wissmann,
Front: Warnecke, Heinz - Dederichs, Gerhard - Bäcker, Walter



Courtesy Christian König
90 Wandschneider, Hans WalterUffz10(Jabo)/JG-2 (Channel)Bf 109F-4/R1, Fw 190A-2 Werk# 20215 (lost 9/17/42)Fighter Operational ClaspMIA 17 September, 1942; Combat with a Spitfire, crashed into the Channel, Map Quadrant 1180/15. Mombeek MIA List. Added: He is believed to have been sd by RCAF pilot Barry Needham, on the return from an attack on the Worthing Gas Works (Carolyn Yeager/Willi Wenger online article).
91 Wanderer, WernerOblt6/29/19144/KG-26 (10/39), 5/KG-26 (9/40 Gilze-Rijen)He 111H Werk # Unk "1H + LM" (lost 10/9/39), He 111H-3 Werk # 3164 "1H + ?N" (lost 9/3/40)Bomber Operational ClaspHis ac reported lost 3 September, 1940 at Maasbree, cause and pilot and crew disposition unknown. Netherland Loss Registry. Added: Although acting as observer this date, he was killed when his ac collided with another 5/KG-26 ac piloted by Oblt Georg Zobernig. Both ac came down between Maasbree and Blerick Netherlands. Remaining known crew (KIC): Ogefr Willi Herberger, R/O and Ogefr Walter Steitz, Gnr. These three deceased buried at Ysselsteyn, Blk L; Wanderer Row 10, Gr 226; Herberger Row 10, Gr 229 and Steitz Row 9, Gr 221 (D.Drury). Added: He made an emergency landing on the Isle of Fano, Denmark, following combat with English naval forces and nearly out of fuel (LOCS).
Ysselstein, Holland
92 Waltz, WalterUffzII/Schl.G-4Fw 190G-3 Werk # 160386 (lost 11/3/43)Assault Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 3 November, 1943 during aerial combat at Trigno Mündung.
93 Walther, WilliOfwI/NJG-4Ju 88G-1 Werk # 711140 "3C + LM" (lost 11/30/44)Night Fighter Operational ClaspThis ac reported lost 30 November, 1944 due to technical problems while on a delivery flight, crashed at Nösberts. Pilot and Flt Engr Ofw Walter Wissmann bailed w/o injuries, the R/O Fw Paul Schöbach bailed with injuries.
94 Walther, HelmutFw15/JG-26 (10/41), I/JG-26 (4/45)Kl 35B-1 Werk # 1636 (lost), Fw 190F in 45Wound Badge
Fighter Operational Clasp		KilledInAction (KIA) 29 April, 1945 in aerial combat with Spitfire XIVs. Walter was the last of 763 JG-26 pilots to be killed in WWII. WIFA 2 October, 1941 when he crashed the JG-26 utility AC, the Kl 35. One known victory, as a Gefr., a P-51 at Eindhoven-Geldrop on 6 October, 1944.
95 Walther, GerhardMaj (postmortem)6/17/1920Cottbus1II./ZG 76 (12/40 CK), Stfkpt 5./ ZG 1 (01-06/42 CK), Stfkpt II/ ZG 76 (06/42 CK), Stfkpt 5./ ZG 1 (10/42 CK), II./ SKG 10 (01/43 CK), II./ ZG 1(06/43 CK), Adj II./SKG 10 (06/43 CK), II./SG 4 (10/43-05/44 CK)Bf 110 E-1 (01/42), Bf 110 E-1 coded "S9 + JN", Fw 190 A-7 in SKG 10, Fw 190 A-6 Werk # 470409 (lost 18/05/44) RK (24/10/44)

Deutsches Kreuz - Gold (14. or 28. or 30/11/42)
EP (05/03/42)

EK 1 (09/08/41 CK) & EK 2 (26/09/40 CK)
Wound badge in Black (08/02/42 CK) and in Silver

Destroyer Operational Clasp in Gold

possibly Assault Operational Clasp in Gold
Medaille "Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42" (Ostmedaille)		KilledInAction (KIA) 18 May, 1944 at Scandriglia, near Rieti Italy, in a dogfight with Spitfires. After downing one of them, he was shot down, but during the bail out, struck the tailfin , thus his chute did not open. Channel pilot. Number of missions unknown. Added: buried in German War Cemetery Pomezia Plot: C. Grave: 956. He received the knights cross for the successes of his Gruppe during attacks against Allied invasion forces at Augusta, Nettuno and Cossino, as well as his own personal completion of 300 sorties. (TOW/ CK). Emergency landing on 25/01/42 near Brjansk airfield due to damage from enemy fire, uninjured. WIA on 08/10/42 S of Fronarberg during a test flight (CK)

Shown on left


Courtesy Christian König
96 Walther, GerhardUffz10/JG-4Bf 109K-4 Werk # 330347 "Black 2" (dam 12/17/44)Wound Badge
Fighter Operational Clasp		WIA 17 December, 1944, no further detail (JG-4 List). Added: In the Danny Parker book, he is said to have been killed; sd by P-47's over the Eifel. Added: If this is Uffz Gerhard Walter (no "h") of JG-4, he survived the war.

Courtesy Christian König
97 Walter, WilhelmOfwFl.ü.G.-1Bf 109G-6 Werk # 20292 (90% dam 10/19/43)Pilot BadgeKIC 19 October, 1943; crashed at Györ due to pilot error, during a delivery flight.
98 Walter, WernerUffz2/7/1920JGr-Ost (1/43 France), 8/JG-54 (Reich Def)Bf 109F-2 Werk # 9727 (85% dam 1/2/43), Bf 109G-4 Werk# 14964 "Black ?" (lost), Bf 109G-4 Werk # 19230 (lost 7/25/43) Wound Badge
Fighter Operational Clasp 		KilledInAction (KIA) 25 July, 1943 during aerial combat in his Wk# 19230, crashing at Assendelft Holland, 10 km west of Velzen (DeSwart). Shot down 15 May, 1943 over Helgoland-Cuxhaven Germany, pilot disposition unknown. Injured 2 January, 1943 in an emergency landing at Plagne, near Bordeaux, due to engine trouble. Alternate spelling: Walther (SGLO).
99 Walter, W.Fw3/KG-51 (Channel)Ju 88A-1 Werk # 7058 "9K + DL" (lost 9/19/40)Bomber Operational ClaspMIA with one other unnamed crew 19 September, 1940, cause unknown and location not reported, two others KilledInAction (KIA) (Ju 88 Loss List). Added: The Ju 88 was sd by a Spitfire of No.152 Sq., piloted by Sgt Kenneth Holland. The ac crashed into the Channel, off the Sussex coast. Remaining crew: Uffz Waldemar Henker, R/O (KilledInAction (KIA)); Fw Heinrich Christian Luckhardt, Obs (KilledInAction (KIA)) and Gefr R. Röder (MIA). Luckhardt, whose body was recovered 14 October, 1940, buried CC, 4/10/133; Henker buried at Brighton City (Bear Road) Cem., War Graves Plot, Sec ZGP, Gr 1. The two MIA's believed to have been KilledInAction (KIA) also (D.Drury).
Cannock Chase
100 Walter, RudolfUffz9/22/1924115/JG-54 (8/44 S.U., 1/45 Reich Def)Fw 190A-8s; 2 unidentified & # 738240 "Yellow 7", Fw 190A-8 unident. (lost 1/1/45) EK 2
Wound Badge
Fighter Operational Clasp		His first known victory, a Soviet La-5 on 25 August, 1944. Shot down w/o wounds 23 September, 1944 in an A-8 by a P-47, 8 km south of Emmerich. Shot down with wounds 27 November, 1944 in his A-8 "Yellow 7" (66% damaged) 3 km west of Ibbenbüren. Shot down w/o wounds 24 December, 1944 in his A-9 by a P-47 over Euskirchen/Köln. On 1 January, 1945, in an unidentified A-8, he struck a tree and crash landed on the Kirchhellen airfield, pilot OK (Manrho/Putz publ.).

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