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#	Pilot/Crew SORT (↑)	Rank	Born	Place	Photo	Units	Aircraft	Awards	***********Notes***********	Links	AuthorComments
1	Reineck, Max	Uffz				Lehr & ErprobungsKdo 17 (6/42)	He 111H-6 Werk # 4545 "6N + BR" (lost 6/27/42)	Bomber Operational Clasp	MIA with his entire crew, 27 June, 1942, when their ac was probably shot down by a Beaufighter during an operation to Norwich, Norfolk. The ac went into the North Sea, NE of Foreness, Kent. Remaining crew: Fw Heinz Fischer, Obs; Uffz Hans Kliche, R/O; Gefr Alfred Lass, Flt Engr and Gefr Willy Fischer, Gnr. No VDK match for the pilot (D.Drury).
2	Börgerding, ?	OFw				instr FFS C 9 Pretzsch (08/42)	Ju-52 g/5e "UB + ZD " Werknr 7001 (dam 30%)		Unharmed flight instructor in a flying accident on 03/11/42 at Speichersdorf after a blind night flight practise. On board were Uffz Jens Lorenzen (see entry) and Uffz Einberger as trainee pilots. Also unharmed Radop Uffz Mardeck, Mech OGefr Hilbrich		CKönig
3	Schmieding, Wilhelm-Theodor	Oblt	1913/07/09	W.B.K. Berlin X		instr FFS C 9 Pretzsch (08/42)	Ju-86 E-8 "VH or SH + HH " Werknr 0865029 (dam 10%)		Unharmed flight instructor in a flying accident on 13/08/42 at WindischenLaibach airfield on an practice airfield circuit. On board was Fw Schiller (possibly later OFw Heinrich Schiller) as trainee pilot. Unharmed too was Mech Gefr Burtscher.		CKönig
4	Zinnert, Ernst Otto	Hptm				KG-40 (10/39), ErprobungsKdo 25 (12/43), Stfkpt 3/JGr-10 (7/44)	Fw 190A-8 Werk # 174129 "Black 9" (lost 9/11/44)	Wound Badge Fighter Operational Clasp	WIA 11 September, 1944 during aerial combat near the Eschwege airfield. Jager Blatt 2/2004. He was able to jump from his burning aircraft.
5	Karbe, Hans Adolf	Obstlt i.G. (postm)	1905/02/01	Celle	Courtesy CK	Grosse KFS Lechfeld (Obsv training 03/34), Adj KG 152 (03/36), Stfkpt III./KG 153 (04/38), Höh.Lw.-Schule Generalstab training Berlin-Gatow (-07/38-08/39), Generalstab d.Lw. FFS C 9 Altenburg (02/-03/41), Ib in Stab/Luftflotte 1 (04-12/41), Verbindungs-Offz. Heeresgruppe Nord (-05/42), FFS C 9 Pretzsch	He 111 B-3 "RF + NG" Werknr 1340 (dam 95%)		KIFA on 05 July 1942 when crashed at Wirbenz (5 km W of Kemnath) during an airfield night flight practice. Crew (KIFA): Mech Uffz Meier. Buried in Altenburg (Thüringen).		CKönig
6	Pullach, Karl Heinz	Lt				6/KG-4 (2/42)	He 111H-6 Werk # 4303 "5J + LP" (lost 2/11/42)	Bomber Operational Clasp	MIA 11 February, 1942 when his ac was reported lost due to an unknown cause. There is no mention of the remaining crew, nor is there a mention of a KG-4 loss or missing on this date (D.Drury).
7	Englmeier, Johann	Fw				1/KG-27 (3/42)	He 111H-6 Werk # 281 "1G + LH" (lost 3/30/42)	Bomber Operational Clasp	MIA 30 March, 1942, when his ac was sd at Kamysh-Burun harbor, in the area of Kerch, Crimea, Ukraine. The Remaining crew on the subject ac were listed as three being MIA and two as KIA. A second ac, piloted by Lt Erich Hillebrand, was reported lost this date at the same location (D.Drury). Alternate spelling: Engelmann. NOTE: Although these ten crew members (pilots incl) cannot be attributed to a specific ac [Fw Englmeier or Lt Hillebrand], they are as follows: Uffz Heinz Böheim (MIA), Fw Heinz Düring, Fw Johann Englmeier (MIA), Lt Erich Hillebrand (MIA), Oblt Paul Hollinde, Uffz Karl Heinz Piepenstock, Ofw Fritz Romeis, Gefr Alfred Stock (MIA), Uffz Herbert Thelen (MIA) and Uffz Hermann Wilbers. These names also apply to the Lt Erich Hillebrand Archive profile.
8	Belsen, Karl	Fhr				10./JG 2 (03/45)	Fw-190 D		Emergency landing on 23/03/45 on fighter bomber mission after combat with P-47s of 368th FG 5 km N of Oppenheim. He failed to jettison the bomb. But the bomb had been torn off its rack and lay some 200-300m away, then it exploded without harm!		CKönig
9	Selk, Alfred	Uffz	1914/05/16	Neundorf/ Oberpfalz		K./88 Legion Condor	He-51, Ju-87		KIA on 17 November 1938 in Zaragoza (Spain) by bomb splinters. Buried in Regensburg. Courtesy CK		CKönig
10	Kastner, Karl	Lt				6./SKG 210	Bf 110 E-2 "S9 + BP" (lost)		KIA on 24 February 1942 when shot down 10 km W of Ustj.		CKönig
11	Obert, Kilian	Lt				2./St.G. 3		Wound Badge	WIA on 14/05/40		CKönig
12	Kliemke, Wolfgang	Lt	1921/04/17	W.B.K. Berlin II		FFS C 9 Altenburg	Ju 88 A-5 "R? + B?" Werknr 6119 (23% dam 24/06/42)		On 24/06/42 unhurt in roll accident at airfield Altenburg. Crew (unhurt): OFw Günther Wasse (flight instructor, see own entry), Radop Uffz Luchy, 2. Radop OGefr Landvoß		CKönig
13	Möllney, ?	Uffz				FFS C 9 Altenburg	He-111 B-3 "KJ + AV" Werknr 2192 (10% dam 24/06/42)		Unhurt im a roll accident after a cross country training flight on 02/06/42. Crew (unhurt): Mech Gefr Leven		CKönig
14	Döring, Gustav Otto Felix	Lt	1918/11/20	Bitterfeld		5.(F)/Aufkl.Gr. 123	Bf 109 G-4 "Red 3" Werknr 14762 (CK, lost)		MIA on 07 March 1943, failed to return from recce mission, lost due to unknown reasons Courtesy CK		CKönig
15	Oellert, ?	Fw				5.(F)/Aufkl.Gr. 123			KIA on 19 December 1942. Courtesy CK		CKönig
16	Kinne, Edmund	Maj d.R.	1901/10/15	Posen	Courtesy CK	instr BFS 3 Radom (1940)		EK 1 & 2	Died on 6 January 1945 at POW camp - either POW camp Forrest in Tullahoma TN, or POW camp Crossville TN. He was initally buried in Crossville and later on reburied in Chattanooga National Cemetery, Tennessee, Plot Post C #16-2. He was the chief blind flying instructor of BFS 3 at Radom airfield (at least in October-November 1941 (Lt Kuhnt failed his blind flying test under him). His Fliegerbluse jacket stamped 02/02/1941 was auctioned displaying a sewn EK 1.		CKönig
17	Schober, Gerhard	Fw	1919/10/19	Bochum	Courtesy CK	BFS Wien-Aspern, GKFS 3 Barth (07/41), 10./KG 51, 3./KG 51(09/41-)		Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (12/07/43) EP (20/08/42) EK 1 (01/06/42) & EK 2 (10/05/42) Bomber Operational Clasp in Gold	Radop and Gunr Badge in 07/41. Bomber Operational Clasp in Bronze (05/42) and Silver (05/42), Fate and crew unknown Courtesy CK		CKönig
18	Geider, Hellmut	Lt				FFS C 2 Neuruppin (-08/40), 10./KG 2 (08/40-03/41)	Do-17 Z (lost)		KIC on 15 March 1941 when crashed at Rodach 16 km NW of Coburg/Franken. Crew (KIC): Uffz Hans Nötzel, OGefr Wolfgang Haas, Gefr Otto Krietsch. Instructor of Lt. Ulrich Planck on FFS C 2.		CKönig
19	Weirich, Hans-Armin	Oblt				instr FFS C 2 Neuruppin (-08/40), Stfkpt 3./Zerstörerschule 2 (01-02/43), Leiter Ausbildungskdo. für Zerstörer (05/43-06/44)			Group instructor of Lt. Ulrich Planck in 08/40.		CKönig
20	Schlagregen, Walter	Fw	1918/02/15	Duisburg		Stab./KG 1	He-111 H-3 Werknr. 3251		KIA on 11 March 1941 near Glisy. Buried at Bourdon German War Cemetery Block 31 Reihe 10 Grab 365. Crew (KIA): Obsv OFw Wendt, Henry (born 25/02/1912 in Hamburg, buried Block 31 Reihe 10 Grab 366), Radop Uffz Pawlowski, Johann "Hans" (born 29 Nov 1916 in Fahrenholz, buried Block 31 Reihe 10 Grab 364), Mech Uffz Klotz, Kurt (born 09/11/1919 in Lauenburg und Bütow, Pommern., buried Block 31 Reihe 10 Grab 363)		CKönig
21	Kehr, Johann	Maj				instr FFS C 2 Neuruppin (-12-/40)			As Oblt instr at FFS C 2, 06/41 Hptm, 1944 Maj.		CKönig
22	Puls, Hans-Wolf	Stabsingenieur	1909/12/14	Berlin		Stab Erpr.Gr. 210	Bf-110 E-1		Technical inspector with Erprobungsgruppe 210 KIC on 4 April 1941 as a passenger in a Bf 110 that forcelanded crashed at Luppy,10 km SW of Abbeville due to fuel starvation. Buried at Bourdon German War Cemetery Block 31 Reihe 10 Grab 374		CKönig
23	Meiswinkel, Ernst	Lt	8/3/1920			5/KG-4 (2/42)	He 111H-6 Werk # 4679 "5J + JN" (lost 2/10/42)	Bomber Operational Clasp	MA 10 February, 1942 when his ac was lost to an unknown cause in the area of Sobowo (Sologubowka in German?), Russia, 70km SE of St Petersburg, where he is commemorated. No remaining crew details available; the VDK confirms his MIA status (D.Drury).
24	Vorbach, Hans "Bubi"	Lt	1920/11/01			8./KG-40 (10/41 Bordeaux-Merignac)	He-111 H-6 "F8 + DS" (lost 10/20/41)	Bomber Operational Clasp	MIA on 20 October 1941 due to unknown cause in the area of the west coast of the UK. Lt Ulrich Planck mentioned his death in his memoirs, so probably he was part of FFS C 2 Neuruppin or he met him in the A/B. Added: No VDK detail for the pilot, and no dead or missing lists for the KG-40 crew (D.Drury).		CKönig
25	Ullrich, Walter	Fw				9/KG-40 (12/41 Bordeaux-Merignac)	He 111-6 Werk # 4186 "F8 + ET" (lost 12/29/41)	Bomber Operational Clasp	MIA 29 December, 1941 with his entire unnamed crew, when their ac was lost in unknown circumstances. No certain VDK or III/KG-40 loss listing for Ulrich or Ullrich (D.Drury).
26	Lutz, Josef	Uffz	1916/11/03	Eichstätt		4./KG 40	He-111	EK 1 & 2	KIA on 21 May 1941 during a combat mission against England when plane hit the moumtain side of Valahjalli in Iceland during bad weather. Probably not the pilot, crew unknown. Buried Fossvogskirkjugarður in Reykjavík Block G Parzelle 1 Grab 1-36		CKönig
27	Carius, Friedrich	Lt				instr BFS 3 Wien-Aspern ? (-02/41), KGr.z.b.V. 800	Ju 52 "NG + VR" (D-2725) (D-AKOK, formerly of Lufthansa) (lost)		KIA on 31 January 1942 when shot down by Flak in Pl.Qu. 35 Ost 3738. Could be the Lt Carius who is mention in Ulrich Plancks memoirs as instructor in BFS 3 Wien-Aspern.		CKönig
28	Carius, Reinhold	Lt		Could be the Lt Carius who is mention in Ulrich Plancks memoirs as instructor in BFS 3 Wien-Aspern.		FFS A/B 62 (06/42)	Avia B 51	Wound Badge	WIA on 04/06/42 when crashed near Vöslau airfield.		CKönig
29	Heinmann, ?	Uffz				2./Schulstaffel Aibling (Schleissheim)	He-51 (70% dam)		WIFA on 05/12/39 during landing. Might be Lt Victor Heinmann....		CKönig
30	Mandel, Wilhelm Gerhard	Hptm (postm)		Hindenburg, Oberschlesien		FFS C 9 Pretzsch	Ju-88 A-5 "TE+EU" Werknr 3338 (90% dam)		KIFA on 5 April 1942 when crashed near Altenburg airfield during a cross-country practice flight. Buried in Breslau-Oswitz. Crew (KIFA): Radop Uffz Scheer, Mech Uffz Locher.		CKönig
31	Streicher, ?	Gefr				Jagdstaffel Holland (I./NJG 1) (10/40)	Bf 109		Pilot shown with Fw Gerhardt over the remains of a Lockheed Hudson which was shot down by Heinbockel. Might be the Uffz Streicher in the Archive. Streicher left and Fw Werner Gebhardt 10/40 Courtesy CK		CKönig
32	Dix, Helmut Dr.	Lt	1911/10/08	Bielefeld	Courtesy CK	instr BFS 6 (Radom -09/40-), 10. Seenotstaffel (06/43)	Ju-52 "4V+DB" (09/40), Do-24 T-3 "DJ + ZT" (lost)	at least Recce Operational Clasp in Bronze	MIA on 5 June 1943 in the Gulf of Mokotovo (Morowski?) Pl.Qu. 37 Ost 2049 in the Eismeer when crashed on landing/ditching?, possibly rescued by Russian patrol vessels. On his memorial grave cross on the Senne cemetery is written "Gefallen als Flieger im Eismeer" ("Fallen as a flyer in the Ice Ocean"). He was most probably the blind flying instructor Lt Eberhard Kuhnt	dixx	CKönig
33	Hölzl, Peter		1920	Bischofswiesen				EK 1 & EK 2 Bomber Operational Clasp in Bronze	Radop. KIA on 7 July 1941 in the Stfkpt aircraft - shot down in an air combat in Winica-Ukraine Courtesy CK		CKönig
34	Seifert, Friedrich	Lt	8/3/1921			8/KG-40 (12/41)	He 111H-6 Werk # 4428 "F8 + GS" (lost 12/2/1941)	Bomber Operational Clasp	MIA 2 December, 1941, with his entire crew, during an operation over the North Sea, circumstances unknown. No VDK listing for this pilot named Seifert or Siefert (D.Drury).
35	Lehmann, Kurt	Lt	10/19/1919			1/KG-27 (11/41 Mariupol)	He 111H-6 Werk # 4485 "1G + KH" (lost 11/28/41)	Bomber Operational Clasp	MIA 28 November, 1941, with his entire crew, somewhere over Russia, circumstances unknown. Remaining crew: Oblt Werner Eckert, of 2/KG-27, Obs; three remaining, desig unk; Gefr Peter Hofschen, Uffz Richard Kaul and Uffz Johannes Schelus. No VDK match for Lt Lehmann (D.Drury).
36	Meinke, Hans-Joachim	Uffz	1920/05/12	Berlin		6./KG 40	Do-217 E-4 "F8 + MP" Werknr. 4345 (lost)		MIA on 28 March 1943 during an attack on Norwich, believed to have been shot down by a Mosquito of No. 157 Squadron and probably lost in the North Sea Crew (MIA): Obsv Uffz Kurt Kersten (born 29/04/1916 in Göttingen), Radop Uffz Heinz Hornig (born 12/06/1921 in Gmünden), Gunr OGefr Hermann Kühn (born 20/12/1921 in Bad Salzuflen. Kühn Courtesy CK		CKönig
37	Ingler, ?	Gefr d.R.				JFS Schleissheim (01/40)	He-51 (70% dam)		Slightly WIFA during flight training on 12/01/40		CKönig
38	Weishaupt, ?	Uffz				JFS Schleissheim (01/40)	Bf-109 (10% dam 19/01/40)		Unharmed in a crash landing to due techical gear problem on 19/01/40		CKönig
39	Langsdorf von, ?	Oblt			Turned over due to a snow drift on 03/01/40	JFS Schleissheim (01/40)	He-51 (20% dam 03/01/40)				CKönig
40	Brandhuber, Ludwig	Lt	1916/03/03			I./JG 53 (07-12/39), JFS Schleissheim (12/39-01/40)	He-51 (75% dam)		KIFA on 5 January 1940 after a weather/meteology flight when landing - pilot error concerning height and crashed - probably due to the blinding effect of the fallen snow. Buried in Korneuburg/Austria		CKönig
41	Rösing, Ernst	Fw	7/21/1914			8/KG-27 (11/41 Kherson)	He 111H-6 Werk # Unk (lost 11/28/41)	Bomber Operational Clasp	MIA 28 November, 1941, with his entire crew, when their ac was lost east of Rostov-on-Don, Russia, circumstances unknown, no indication as to the plots name. Remaining crew (desig unk): Uffz Rudi Graf, Ogefr Gottfried Grosskopf, Gefr Fritz Keller and Uffz Karl Lorenz. The VDK confirms the MIA status. Fw Rösing commemorated in he German War Cem at Rossoschka, Russia (D.Drury).
42	Kropp, Kurt	Hptm	1914/07/31			1.(F)/Aufkl.Gr. 12 (03-09/43)		Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (17/05/43) EP (20/10/41) EK 1 & EK 2 most probably Recce Operational Clasp in Gold	Info found in LOCS and an article about Max Lagoda Courtesy CK		CKönig
43	Arens, Heinrich	Gefr	1923/11/15	Arnsberg/ Soest	Courtesy CK	7./NJG 5	Bf 110 G-5 "C9 + ER" Werknr. 5657		Radop KIA on 3 January 1944 The unknown pilot made an emergency landing after air combat at Gramzow N of Eberswalde, SW to Stettin. Unclear whether Arens was killed beforehand or during the crash. Courtesy CK		CKönig
44	Eilers, Gerhard	Fw	1917/11/17	Oldenburg i. O.		9./NJG 5	Bf-110 "G9 + GD" (lost)		KIA on 3 January 1944 in the Neumark area. Crew (KIA): Radop Uffz Rudolf Piltz (born 02/01/1922 in Leipzig), Gunr Uffz Johannes Dilsner (born 09/07/1923 in Leipzig)		CKönig
45	Preller, Gerhard Walter	Uffz	1920/01/30	Klengel/ Stadtroda	Eis	4./NJG 5	Bf-110 G-4 "C9 + EM" Werknr 5521 (lost)		KIFA on 20 March 1944 during night flight practise in the Plauer See area. Crew (KIFA) Radop Uffz Friedrich "Fritz" Eis (born 11/10/1922 in Einöd/Saarbrücken, buried in Parchim cemetery on 05/08/44) Eis Courtesy CK		CKönig
46	Körner, Karl	Uffz	1922/04/23	Bochum	Brucker Courtesy CK	8./NJG 5	Bf-110 G-4 "C9 + DS" Werknr 5375		WIA on 11 May 1944/ DOW on 12 May 1944 in Kriegslazarett II 614A Brussels, probably after air combat. Crew (KIA): Radop Uffz Paul Stahl (born 06/04/1922 in Pfreimd/Oberpfalz), Gunr Uffz Rudi Arthur Brucker (born 19/08/1922 in Langenbach, Sachsen).		CKönig
47	Krewitz, ?	Lt				Erg. Zerstörerstaffel 2 (01/40)	Bf 110 (dam 10-15%)		Crashlanding on 24/01/40 at Schleissheim airfield.		CKönig
48	Seuferth, ?	Fw				instr? JFS Schleissheim (01/40)	Bf 109 (dam 40%)		Crash landing and overturn in high snow during take-off due to bad weather.		CKönig
49	Seufert, Alfred	Lt	1919/05/17	Bad Kissingen		1./Erg.JGr. Nord, 1. (Erg)./JG 1 (1944), Erg.St Me 262 (10/44), III./Erg. JG 2 (1945)	Fw-190, Bf-109, Me-262				CKönig
50	Pschibul, Hans	Uffz			Wirket Klotz Courtesy CK	5./KG 30	Ju-88 A-4 "4D + FN" (St.Kz. "TO + YH") Werknr 550424 (lost)		KIA on 1 November 1943 crashed on return from a combat mission against the Neapel harbour at Monte Amiento near Adicoso for unknown reasons. Crew (KIA, all buried Pomezia German War Cemetery, Block U): Obsv Uffz Alfons Wirket (born 13/02/1921 in Perlesreut, buried Block U Grab 1564), Gunr Uffz Martin Klotz (born 01/06/1920 in Ingolstadt, buried Block U Grab 1561), Radop Gefr Michael Lindner		CKönig
51	Schindler, Albert	Fw				4/KG-26 (10/41)	He 111H-6 Werk # 4203 "1H + GM" (lost 10/8/41)	Bomber Operational Clasp	POW 8 October, 1941, along with his Observer, Oblt Werner Kaupisch, when their ac was sd during an operation to the Suex Canal. Remaining crew (POW/desig unk): Fw Willi Schulz and Fw Friedrich Kracht. Oblt Kaupisch, aka Kaupisch-Jücter, repatriated in 1947, retired Bundes Luft as Obstlt (D.Drury).
52	Wollank, Alfred Fritz Otto	Fw	7/11/1920	Berlin	Courtesy John Shand	Unk Fighter Unit in East & West, trans to Erprobungskdo 335 "Arrow" (8/44 Oberpfaffenhofen)	Ar 96B, Bf 109F & G, Do335v4 Werk # 23004	EK 1 & 2, Fighter Operaional Clasp in Gold	KIA 24 December, 1944, when he is believed to have been sd by a fighter during a transfer flight from Oberpfaffenhofen to Rechlin. As a Fighter Pilot, he served in Russia and in the West (Reich Defense, Orly ?). At Rechlin, he joined Test Pilots Gerhard Vohl and Fridrich Schnier in the Ta154 development efforts. He is buried in Friedhof Rengsdorf, Gr 22 (John Shand, Family Relative 4/2026).
53	Bach, Theo	Lt	1924/01/25	Ludwigshafen	Courtesy CK	9./KG 2	Do 217 M-1 "U5 + ET" Werknr 722852 (lost)	Obs; Uffz Helmuth Carl R/O	KIA on 15/16 August1943 apparently blinded by searchlights and due to Flak ? crashed near Horndean Broadway Farm, 8 km N of Portsmouth/Hampshire. Bach might have been the Obsv. Crew (KIA): Radop OGefr Güenther Jahn (born 22/07/1922 in Berlin), Obsv Uffz Helmuth Carl (born 29/08/1923 in Berlin), OGefr Werner Neubert (born 17/02/1923 in Chemnitz, buried St Nicholas Churchyard, West Thorney, Chichester District, West Sussex Plot 3. C. 16), Gefr Günther Jahn		CKönig
54	Ambacher, ?	Uffz				Nachtjagdlehrgang 13 (10/43, start of 44?)		EK 2 ? Bomber Operational Clasp in Bronze ?	Found on a picture of pilots of Nachtjagdlehrgang 13 propably taken in 1943. On the picture it seems he had the EK2 and an Operational Flying Clasp Courtesy CK		CKönig
55	Hofmann, Walter	Ogefr				3/KG-4 (6/42)	He 111H-6 Werk # 4245 "5J + AL" (lost 6/25/42)	Bomber Operational Clasp	MIA 25 June, 1942 when his ac was lost enroute to Szerpuchow, Moscow Oblast, Russia, cause and remaining crew unknown. Alternate spelling: Hoffmann (D.Drury).
56	Bayer, ?	Uffz				Nachtjagdlehrgang 13			Found on a picture of pilots of Nachtjagdlehrgang 13 probably taken end of 1943, start of 1944. Courtesy CK		CKönig
57	Beer, ?	Uffz				Nachtjagdlehrgang 13			Found on a picture of pilots of Nachtjagdlehrgang 13 probably taken end of 1943, start of 1944. Courtesy CK		CKönig
58	Bräutigam, ?	Uffz				Nachtjagdlehrgang 13			Found on a picture of pilots of Nachtjagdlehrgang 13 probably taken end of 1943, start of 1944. Courtesy CK		CKönig
59	Beckmann, ?	Uffz				Nachtjagdlehrgang 13			Found on a picture of pilots of Nachtjagdlehrgang 13 probably taken end of 1943, start of 1944. Due to the cross at this picture he seems to have been KIA/ KIFA. Courtesy CK		CKönig
60	Bögelsack, ?	Uffz				Nachtjagdlehrgang 13			Found on a picture of pilots of Nachtjagdlehrgang 13 probably taken 1943, start of 1944. Courtesy CK		CKönig
61	Block, Helmut	NCO				Überführungsstelle d. Lw. Jüterbog	Ju 52/3mge "BB + MA" (95% dam. lost)		KIFA on 23 December 1941 due to involuntary ground contact at Klimbach/Weißenburg-Elsass. Crew Radop Uffz Ludwig Piendel, Mech Paul Kurt + 2 civilians		CKönig
62	Kalder, ?	Uffz				FFS B 12 (-04-/39)	Ju 52/3mge "WL-ADUO" (90% dam, lost)		WIFA on 17/04/39 during a test flight (Staaken/R-Kontrolle) due to operational error near Ohlau (90% zerstört), 2 other crew WIFA		CKönig
63	Kenk, Theodor	Lt d.Res.	1907/08/16	W.B.K. Baden		16./KG z.b.V. 2 (09/39)	Ju 52/3mge "G6 + NQ"		Crew on 15/09/39: FF Uffz d. Res. Kenk, Obsv Stfkpt Oblt Fritz Kröning (I./KG 1 (08/39, KG Kolberg (09/39), Fliegerschule d.Lw. (02/42), KIFA on 07/02/42 in a Junkers W 34 crash near Freiburg due to involuntary ground contact), Radop Uffz Gatter, Mech Uffz Rebhan		CKönig
64	Dlaß, ?	Uffz				Nachtjagdlehrgang 13			Found on a picture of pilots of Nachtjagdlehrgang 13 probably taken 1943, start of 1944. Courtesy CK		CKönig
65	Kohlendorfer, Kurt	Lt	1917/05/06	Trofaiach, Styria		ZS 2 (01/41), 2./ZS 2 (05/41)	Bf-110 C-1 (lost), Bf-110 D-0 "KE+VZ" (31/01/41)		KIFA on 13 May 1941 due to unknown reasons near Rummeltshausen, Allgäu. He was among others the instructor of Lt Eberhard Kuhnt (31/01/41)		CKönig
66	Mühlhaus, Günther	Lt				5./St.G. 77 (-07/43)	Ju-87 D-3 "S2 + CN" (lost)		KIA on 6 July 1943 when shot down by fighters 2 km E of Jakolewo, 30 km NNW of Byelgorod in Pl.Qu. 6116. Crew (KIA): Uffz Beckmann.		CKönig
67	Röh, Alfred	OGefr				3./StG 77	Ju 87 D-3 Werknr 100318 (lost)		Radop, WIA on 08/07/43 due to enemy fighters in Pl.Qu. 6131. Pilot unknown and probably unharmed		CKönig
68	Baumgartl, Karl	Uffz				3./StG 77	Ju 87 D-3 Werknr 1236 (30% dam 08/07/43)		Radop, KIA on 8 July 1943 due to enemy fighters in Pl.Qu. 61131.		CKönig
69	Amelin, Bernhard	OFw				4./StG 77	Ju 87 D-3 Werknr 110318 (lost)		KIA on 8 July 1943 with his Radop Uffz Wilhelm Schwarz, when a/c exploded in flight in Pl.Qu. 6121.		CKönig
70	Dieck, ?	OGefr				Nachtjagdlehrgang 13			Found on a picture of pilots of Nachtjagdlehrgang 13 probably taken end of 1943, start of 1944. Courtesy CK		CKönig
71	Donk, ?	Gefr				Nachtjagdlehrgang 13			Found on a picture of pilots of Nachtjagdlehrgang 13 probably taken end of 1943, start of 1944. Courtesy CK		CKönig
72	Dreyer, ?	Oblt				2./JGr. 10 (08/44)	Fw 190 A-8		WIA on 08/08/44 when crashed near Parchim during a training flight.		CKönig
73	Dreyer, ?	Lt				FFS A/B 113	Caudron C-445		KIFA on12 May 1943 when crashed near Göttingen airfield due to involuntary ground contact.		CKönig
74	Dreyer, ?	Uffz				Nachtjagdlehrgang 13			Found on a picture of pilots of Nachtjagdlehrgang 13 probably taken end of 1943, start of 1944. Courtesy CK		CKönig
75	Pfuhlmann, Günther	Lt				4/KG-55 (5/42)	He 111H-6 Werk # 4882 "G1 + BM" (lost 5/15/42)	Bomber Operational Clasp	MIA, with his entire crew, 15 May, 1942; lost between Alexandrowka and Seremejewka, Russia, cause unknown. Remaining crew (desig unk): Gefr Ernst Buck, Uffz Heinz Meyer, Gefr Fritz Windschuh and Ogefr Reinhard Wujawz. No VDK match for Lt Pfuhlmann (D.Drury).
76	Dusch, ?	OFw				Nachtjagdlehrgang 13			Found on a picture of pilots of Nachtjagdlehrgang 13 probably taken end of 1943, start of 1944. Courtesy CK		CKönig
77	Belz, Richard	OFw					Ju-52 "?? + JU" Werknr 1366 (70% dam)		WIA on 10/06/42 in an emergency landing near Gr.Beckereck on a mission for Deutsche Lw.-Mission Rumänien. Crew (WIA): Radop Fw Ernst Berweski, Mech OFw Gerhard Brenk		CKönig
78	Sommer, Heinz Christian	Uffz	01/05/1922	Honnef am Rhein		FAR 53, 2./NJG 3			KIFA 21 December, 1943 when he crashed at Idstedt during a non-operational flight, reason unknown, as a passenger, with pilot Erich Rösner at the helm (see own entry). Buried at Ehrenfriedhof, Honnef am Rhein.		CKönig
79	Tretter, Hans	Hptm	1911/03/14	Swinemünde		6. Seenotstaffel (07/41), Seenotdienststelle Tripolis (09/41), Stfkpt 7. Seenotstaffel (02/42-05/43), Stfkpt 1. Seetransportstaffel Sewastopol (02/42-04/43), Stfkpt 2. Seenotstaffel (04-06/43), Stfkpt 6. Seenotstaffel (06-08/43), Abt. Ic in Stab/Luftflotte Reich (10/44-)	Do-24 "DJ + CM" Werknr 087 (01/43), Do-24 'VH + SK' Werknr 071 (01/43)	EK 1 & EK 2 Probably Flying Operational Clasp in Gold	Tretter was in constant action operating in support of the Panzerarmee Afrika. In 02-03/44 he commanded the Do-24 elements of the Kuban airlift. Do-24 "DJ + ZM'" 7. Seenotstaffel 01/43
80	Justen, Franz	Fw				14(Eis)/KG-55 (5/44 Jakobstadt, today Jekabpils, Latvia)	He 111H-16 Werk # 160906 (or 162381 per 2nd Russian source) "G1 + BY" (lost 5/13/44)	Bomber Operational Clasp	Fw Justen and his unnamed crew, less his Obs Uffz Willi Schweinzer (KIA), managed to evade capture, 13 May, 1944, when, during an operation against the Volot railway station, their ac took a direct hit from AA fire, killing the Observer. They crashlanded behind enemy lines, and were rescued 25 May, 1944, by another 14 Staffel ac, "G1 + IY", piloted by an Ofhr Jordan (given name unknown). Justen Remaining crew: Fw Martin Junglehner, Flt Engr; Uffz Alfred Hankel, R/O and Uffz Rudolf Färber, Gnr. Uffz Schweinzer's remains could not be recovered by the VDK for transfer to the collective war cem at Korpovo, Russia, and he is commemorated in the memorial book there (D.Drury).
81	Jordan,	Ofhr				14(Eis)/KG-55 (5/44 Jakobstadt)	He 111H "G1 + IY" (5/25/44)	Bomber Operational Clasp	An Ofhr Jordan, given name unknown, rescued another 14 Staffel ac, crashed in the vicinity of the Volot Railway Station, piloted by Fw Franz Justen, after his ac was damaged by AA fire on 13 May, 1944 (D.Drury).
82	Brook, Otto zum	OFw	1914/02/05	Varel		3./Kü.Fl.Gr. 906			KIFA on 11 May 1940 when crashed into barracks on landing at Norderney, Germany. Buried Friedhof Norderney, Kriegsgräber - Block C Grab 17		CKönig
83	Mertz, Günther	Uffz	1922						KIFA on 15 August 1942 on a flight training school.		CKönig
84	Löffler, Ernst	Uffz	5/15/1921	Herbrechtingen		Stab/KG-55 (3/44)	He 111H-16 Werk # 161529 "G1 + DA" (lost 3/31/44)	Bomber Operational Clasp	KIC 31 March, 1944 when his ac was involved in a mid-air collision with another ac (161562) from the same unit during a training flight. The collision took place NE of Garbatke, NW of Bakowice, both in Poland. The crews on both ac were all killed. Remaining crew: Uffz Günther Källner, Obs; Uffz Walter Benz, R/O; Uffz Karl Imhof, Flt Engr and Uffz Erich Hehmke, Gnr. Uffz Löffler's remains have not yet been transferred to a VDK military cemetery, but a grave s believed to exist at Deblin Stawy , Poland. He is commemorated in the German War Cem at Pulawy, Poland, NW of Lublin (D.Drury).
85	Jordan, Heinz	Fw	8/25/1918	Kassel		Stab/KG-55 (3/44)	He 111H-16 Werk # 161562 "G1 + CA" (lost 3/31/44)	Bomber Operational Clasp	KIC 31 March, 1944 when hs ac was involved in a mid-air collision with another ac (161529) from the same unit during a training flight. The collision took place NE of Garbatke, NW of Bakowice, both in Poland. The crews on both ac were all killed. Remaining crew: Uffz Sigmud Kitzinger, Obs; Uffz Fritz Weber, R/O; Uffz Werner Bähr, Flt Engr and Uffz Theodor Grün. Fw Jordan's remains have not yet been transferred to a VDK military cemetery, but a grave is believed to exist at Deblin Stawy, Poland. He is commemorated in the German War Cem at Pulawy, Poland, NW of Lublin (D.Drury).b
86	Ludwig, Gerhard	Fw				8/KG-27 (3/43)	He 111H Werk # 8189 "1G + DS" (lost 3/4/43)	Bomber Operational Clasp	MIA with his entire crew, 4 March, 1943, when their ac was lost between Kupiansk, KharkivOblast, Ukraine and Valuyki, Belgorod Oblast, Russia, cause unknown. Remaining crew (desig unk): Ogefr Walter Linz, Ogefr Johann Peter Loose, Uffz Rudolf Wagesreiter and Uffz Erich Wisch. No VDK match for the ilot (D.Drury).
87	Kaden, ?	Uffz				Nachtjagdlehrgang 13 (1943?)			Found on a picture of pilots of Nachtjagdlehrgang 13 probably taken end of 1943, start of 1944. Could be the other Uffz Kaden in the entry.		CKönig
88	Keller, ?	Uffz				Nachtjagdlehrgang 13			Found on a picture of pilots of Nachtjagdlehrgang 13 probably taken 1943, start of 1944. Could this be Lt Otto Keller		CKönig
89	Kemmlein, ?	OGefr				Nachtjagdlehrgang 13			Found on a picture of pilots of Nachtjagdlehrgang 13 probably taken 1943, start of 1944.		CKönig
90	Knirsch, ?	Uffz				Nachtjagdlehrgang 13			Found on a picture of pilots of Nachtjagdlehrgang 13 probably taken end of 1943, start of 1944.		CKönig
91	Meyer, Hermann	Hptm	8/30/1912	Lüneberg		1/KG-100 (9/43)	He 111H-11 Werk # 110296 "1H + AH" (lost 9/8/43)	EP (3/9/42), EK 1 & 2, Bomber Operational Clasp	KIA with his entire crew, 8 September, 1943, when their ac was attacked by a Nightfighter near Grosseto airfield, Italy. Remaining crew (desig unk): Fw Johann Bluhm, Uffz Hans Flocken and Uffz Herbert Rohde. Hptm is buried in the German War Cem at Pomezia, Italy, Blk U, Gr 1534 (D.Drury).
92	Flaig, ?	Uffz				14./KG z.b.V. 2	Ju-52 "G6+MY" (09/39)		One known mission on 15/09/39. Crew: Radop Fw Vilsmeier, Mech Uffz Weiland		CKönig
93	Schubert, Rudolf	Fw				Stab/KGr z.b.V. 102	Ju-52 (lost)		KIC on 19 January 1943 at Salsk due to engine problems. Crew: Mech OFw Richard Kolad (KIC), Obsv OGefr Johann Daxner (WIFA), Radop OFw Max Kallnischke (WIFA), 2nd Obsv OFw Alwin Scheffler (WIFA), 1.Wart Ernst Scholz (WIFA). Ground personnel passenges: HFw Erich Schotte (WIFA), Schreiber Fw Helmut Goldberg (WIFA), Nav-Trupp Uffz. Franz Fels (WIFA), Schreiber Josef Kalliwoda (WIFA)		CKönig
94	Laufer, Hans	Fw				11./KG z.b.V. 1	Ju-52 (lost)		KIA on 11 December 1941 between Derna and Maleme with whole unknown crew.		CKönig
95	Rössler, Josef	Fw				6./TG 3	Ju-52 "4V + FN" Werknr 1365 (lost)		WIA on 01/02/44 near Korsun Pl.Qu 10529. Unknown crew (WIA)
96	Klimsch, ?	OGefr				Nachtjagdlehrgang 13			Found on a picture of pilots of Nachtjagdlehrgang 13 probably taken end of 1943, start of 1944.		CKönig
97	Kilimann, ?	Uffz				Nachtjagdlehrgang 13			Found on a picture of pilots of Nachtjagdlehrgang 13 probably taken end of 1943, start of 1944.		CKönig
98	Koch, ?	Uffz				Nachtjagdlehrgang 13			Found on a picture of pilots of Nachtjagdlehrgang 13 probably taken end of 1943, start of 1944. Might be one of the other Koch in the archive.		CKönig
99	Weiland, Max	Uffz				4/KG-100 (12/42)	He 111H-14 Werk # 7953 "6N + AG" (lost 12/4/42)	Bomber Operational Clasp	MIA with his entire crew, the night of 4/5 December, 1942, when their ac was lost in the area of Bone Algeria. This was one of four ac of II/KG-100 affecting Bone on this evening, possibly downed by nightfighters. Remaining crew (desig unk): Uffz Emil Halay, Uffz Martin Stenz and Ogefr Robert Zapf (D.Drury).
100	Goldmann, Oskar	Fw				5/KG-100 (3/43)	He 111H-14 Werk # 7923 "6N + JN" (lost 3/11/43)	Bomber Operational Clasp	POW 11 March, 1943, when he failed to return from a raid on Tripoli, Libya, presumed shot down. Remaining crew (all MIA, dessig unk): Ogefr Otto Reutter (2 t's), Uffz Werner Schramm and Ogefr Ernst Wisotzki (D.Drury).

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