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The Kracker Luftwaffe Archive: Axis Powers Pilots and Crew
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In some cases you can see a pilot's extended record of victories in date order from our Luftwaffe Victories database
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There is a rogue group of copyright infringers who have stolen a much earlier version of my data - from at least 10 years ago - and have the affrontery to publish that, along with using my name, on their poorly researched website. They claim this is the 'original' Kracker Archive, a ridiculous claim since my Archive has been in a state of continuous development for over 30 years and nobody - NOBODY - has the original. They have no right to use my name or my data and readers who come across this nonsense should do nothing to encourage theft of this nature. I am outraged by this blatant theft and misrepresentation of my lifetime's work. The ONLY person I have ever authorized to publish my data and use my name is Kelvin Youngs, who earned my trust and respect many years ago and is authorized by me to publish my work on whichever website he organizes, currently this being its present home at the highly respected Aircrew Remembered.
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35,000+ Entries in Database (as of October 2025): largest in the world
The only authorised publication of the Kracker Luftwaffe Archive: anything else has been stolen and infringes my copyright.
Please email us any photos you have. We will acknowledge you in the database unless requested otherwise.
This is a non-political research resource. The authors of this material do not condone hatred in any form,
neither do they support oppressive and despotic regimes or political systems. See our Statement
In some cases you can see a pilot's extended record of victories in date order from our Luftwaffe Victories database
To see a list of German WW2 Aces consult German WW2 Aces Database
Click an image to expand. Click Luftwaffe Awards for explanations. Scroll to the right to see all the data.
Major enhancements and additions are being made to the Archive by Christian König and Dave Drury.
See a sample search
There is a rogue group of copyright infringers who have stolen a much earlier version of my data - from at least 10 years ago - and have the affrontery to publish that, along with using my name, on their poorly researched website. They claim this is the 'original' Kracker Archive, a ridiculous claim since my Archive has been in a state of continuous development for over 30 years and nobody - NOBODY - has the original. They have no right to use my name or my data and readers who come across this nonsense should do nothing to encourage theft of this nature. I am outraged by this blatant theft and misrepresentation of my lifetime's work. The ONLY person I have ever authorized to publish my data and use my name is Kelvin Youngs, who earned my trust and respect many years ago and is authorized by me to publish my work on whichever website he organizes, currently this being its present home at the highly respected Aircrew Remembered.
3-character Searches are now supported
If you need help, EMAIL us with name and database to search and we will perform the search manually for you.
MAJOR SEARCH AND SORT ENHANCEMENTS: You can now search on Unit such as 3/SG-1, 5./JG 51. Note that some sources used to develop this Archive date back 3 decades and may not have been consistent: you should try various options. For example 5./JG 51 may have been encoded as 5/JG 51 or 5./JG-51. You can also search on aircraft types such as Me 109, P-47.
YOU CAN SORT ON COLUMNS WHERE YOU SEE THE UP OR DOWN ARROW ↑ ↓
These are the results of your search:
You searched for: “drewes”
| # | Pilot/Crew SORT (↑) | Rank | Born | Place | Score SORT (↑) | Photo | Units | Aircraft | Awards | *************Notes************* | Links | AuthorComments |
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| 1 | Handke, Erich | Ofw | 11/2/1920 | Darmstadt | 59 | IV/NJG-1, III/NJG-1 | Bf 110 Radio Operator |  RK(7/27/44)  Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(10/1/44) EP(1/17/44)  EK 1 & 2 Wound Badge Night Fighter Operational Clasp | Although not a pilot, Handke flew 129 Night missions and therefore participated in the 59 victories. First 14 victories with Fw Schorsch Fraft (who was later killed), 8 with Heinz Schnaufer, until he found Martin Drewes, his definate driver, with whom he changed over to III Gruppe. Deceased 11 November, 1987. | |||
| 2 | Drewes, Martin | Maj | 10/20/1918 | Lobmachtersen (Salzgitter), Braunschweig | 52 |
| Transports, 4/ZG-76( 6/41), 6/ZG-76(8/41), 7 & 9/NJG-3, Stfkpt 11/NJG-1, Kdr III/NJG-1(3/44 to end) | Ju 52 (4/40 Norway), Bf 110C-4 Werk # 3013 in 4/76, Bf 110G-4 "G9 + WD", Bf 110G-4 Werk # 720410 "G9 + MD" (lost 7/21/44; WIA, parachuted NE of Tubbergen, Dutch border), Ju 88G in III Gruppe |  RK(7/27/44) EL(4/17/45) Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(2/24/44) EP(5/1/44) EK 1 & 2 Wound Badge  Night Fighter Operational Clasp in Gold (8/31/42) with pendant | Paratrooper drop over Norway. His 1st RO & Gunner, for three years, were Ofw Georg Petz & Fw Handke (Both wounded 21 July, 1944), as was Drewes, all bailing safely from "G9 + MD" (see below note). Seven of the known victories were bombers by Day. One known victory, A Spitfire at Map Quadrant 33.2 on 29 August, 1941. His 10th, a B-24 100 km N of Nordeney on 5 January, 1944. Another was a B-17 of the 306BG, 369BS on 11 January, 1944. His R/O this date was Uffz. Handke. 43 Night victories. 235 combat missions. His Bf 110G-4 Werk # 720410 "G9 + MD" crashed on Loomsweg in Reutum Holland (gem. Tubbergen) on 20/21 July, 1944, as a result of Lancaster return fire. His AC sported the Sharks Teeth. He was the last Kdr of III/NJG-1, from March, 1944 to the end. Survived the war. He assed away on the 13th of October 2013. In February 1947, Drewes was released from captivity. He then left Germany, travelling to Italy. In Genua, he took the ship, North King, to Brazil, arriving in Rio de Janeiro on the 20th of August 1949. From 1950 to 1951, he worked as a pilot and aerial photographer. There he built a career as an entrepreneur and married Dulce Hurpia, a Brazilian woman, who gave him a son, Klaus Drewes, a lawyer in Brazil. The long marriage ended only in 2010 by the death of his wife. He returned at least once each year on visits to Germany. He died on the 13th of October 2013 in Blumenau, southern Brazil, of natural causes. (KTY added)
| Operational Record Archive Report Archive Report Lancaster ND641 Allied Losses Database Lancaster ND390
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| 3 | Drewes, Albrecht | Oblt | TO III/JG-54 (Channel) | Bf 109E-4 "White < - +" (lost 8/12/40) | Fighter Operational Clasp | POW 12 August, 1940 after being shot down at Hengrove, near Margate. Alternate spelling: Dresz. | ||||||
| 4 | Drewes, Ernst | Lt | 6/JG-53 (Tunisia) | Bf 109G-4 Trop Werk # 16041 (lost 12/21/42) | Fighter Operational Clasp | KilledInAction (KIA) 21 December, 1942 when he flew into the ground near Qued-Zarga during a low level ground attack. | ||||||
| 5 | Drewes, Werner | Oblt | I/KGr.z.b.V.-323 (2/43) | Me 323D-6 (Gigant) Werk # 1126 "RD + QZ" (lost 4/22/43) | Transport Operational Clasp | MIA with his Co-Pilot, Fw Gerhard Mayer, and seven Flt Pers, 22 April, 1943 when they were sd by P-40's at Cape Bone (Qu.Meister File). | ||||||
| 6 | Drews, Werner | Oblt | 8/23/1913 | Stab/KG-2 (11/40), 3/KG-4 (4/41) | Do 17Z-3 Werk # Unk "U5 + GA" (lost 11/3/40), He 111H-5 Werk # 3985 "5J + EL" (lost 4/20/41) | Bomber Operational Clasp | MIA with his entire crew the night of 19/20 April, 1941 during an operation to London, circumstances unknown. Remaining crew: Uffz Günther Stein, Obs; Gefr Günther Borries, R/O and Gefr Herbert Klikow (or Klickow), Gnr. Another earlier incident, believed to be the same pilot, on the night of 2/3 November, 1940, an Oblt Werner Drews was reported missing in unknown circumstances. Remaining crew (MIA, crew designations unknown): Ofhr Kurt Schwenk, Fw Oswald Müller and Uffz Hermann Drewes (D.Drury).): was | |||||
| 7 | Froehling, Heinrich "Heiner" | Lt | 4/ZG-76 (Jever 4/41) | Bf 110D Werk # 3641 (80% damaged) | Destroyer Operational Clasp | Known to have flown with Martin Drewes in the Denmark/Norway areas in March & April, 1941. On a flight from Jever to Rom Denmark, he landed at Rom and hit a soggy landing ground, severely damaging the AC, while he nor his R/O were injured. Source: Air War over Denmark. Alternate spelling: Fröhling. | ||||||
| 8 | Mayer, Gerhard | Fw | I/KGr.z.b.V.-323 (4/43) | Me 323D-6 (Gigant) Werk # 1126 "RD + QZ" (lost 4/22/43) | Transport Operational Clasp | MIA 22 April, 1943, when flying as Co-Pilot for Oblt Werner Drewes, they were sd by P-40's at Cape Bone (Qu.Meister File). | ||||||
| 9 | Pröhl, Werner | Lt | Stab/KG-55 | He 111P-2 Werk # 1698 "G1 + HA" (lost 4/14/41) | Bomber Operational Clasp | MIA 14 April, 1941 after his ac crashed into the Channel north of Caen while on an operational flight, circumstances unknown. Remaining crew: Uffz Fritz Drewes (MIA); Fw Bernhard Zeidler (KilledInAction (KIA), bur Versailles Row H, Gr 14); Fw August Stenull (MIA) and Gefr Erich Weidauer (KilledInAction (KIA), bur Versailles Row H, Gr 15) (D.Drury). | ||||||
| 10 | Rotter, | Maj | III/NJG-1 | Bf 110G-4 | Wound Badge Night Fighter Operational Clasp | Served with Martin Drewes. | ||||||
| 11 | Scheel, Walter | Oblt | 08/07/19 | Höhscheid/ Solingen |
| III/NJG-1 (Adjutant 5/44) | Bf 110, Ju 88, He 219 | EK 1 & 2 Night fighter Operational Clasp | Added: He was member of the Luftwaffe since 1939. He served on airfield during the French Campaign, became a air gunner, went to LKS and later to a Luftwaffen-Felddivision. After a longer illness (he caught typhus in Russia) he became Offizier zBV in NJG 1. He was the Adjudant of ace and Kdr II./ NJG 1 Martin Drewes and flew as radar operator with Major Horst Höfele. From 1974 - 1979 Dr. Walter Scheel was the fourth president (Bundespräsident) of the Federal Republic of Germany. Deceased 24/08/16 in Bad Krozingen (CKönig)
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