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1 Achgelis, Gerd16/07/08GolzwardenTest pilot and pioneer in the development of helicopters. Achgelis turned down the offer of Göring to take the position of Generalluftzeugmeister after the death of Ernst Udet in November 1941. He worked as a test pilot at an aircraft factory in Graudenz until the end of World War II. In 1975, he received the légion d'honneur from France for his achievements in aviation. Deceased 18/05/91 in Hude.



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2 Adam, HansLt1/4/19222/JGr Süd (France)Bf 109E-7 Werk # 6344 "Red 11" (95% dam 3/20/43)Fighter Operational ClaspKIC 20 March, 1943 near Salon de Provence airfield, cause unknown. Buried at Dagneux France. Jager Blatt 4/2004.
3 Blersch, OttoLt5/22/1923Munich7/KG-54Ju 88A-4 Werk # Unk "B3 + ER" (lost 6/8/44)Bomber Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 8 June, 1944 when his ac was sd while attacking shipping, and crashed into the Seine Estuary. Lt Blersch is buried in the German War Cem. at La Cambe, France, Blk 22, Row 3, Gr 62. Remaining crew (presumed KilledInAction (KIA)): Uffz Herbert Hahnefeld and Uffz Paul Ronge. A third crewman, Ogefr Antonius Wenzeslaus Fockers, is shown in the VDK database as "missing at sea" in Seine Bay, English Channel (D.Drury).
4 Bohe, E.Lt5/KG-2 (France)Ju 188E-1 Werk # 260339 "U5 + LN" (lost 2/20/44)Bomber Operational ClaspPOW with unnamed crew 20 February, 1944 after being shot down by a Mosquito of No. 25 Sq., piloted by P/O Brockbank.
5 Albers, Karl10/20/1920Dorsten1/SAGr.-128 (Brest Süd)Fw 190G-3 Werk # Unk (lost 12/31/43)Fighter Operational ClaspKIC 31 December, 1943 near the Brest/Guipavas airfield during takeoff. Buried Ploudaniel-Lesneven, Block 9/16/387. Source: A. Rosseels.
Plousdaniel-Lesneven, France
6 Alberti, GustavFw10/27/1914Hamborn-Duisburg1/NAGr-13Fw 190A Werk # Unk (lost 3/15/43)Night Observer Operational ClaspKIC at Saint Brieuc on 15 March, 1943, no further deail. Burial at Ploudaniel-Lesneven, Blk 11, Row 2, Gr 33 (absa3945).
Plousdaniel-Lesneven, France
7 Albinus, HeinzOgefr2/11/1922Berlin10/NJG-5Bf 110F-4 (lost 5/16/43)Night Fighter Operational ClaspKIC 16 May, 1943; crashed at the Morlaix airfield, cause unknown. Burial Ploudaniel-Lesneven, Blk 9, Row 55, Gr 1370 (absa3945).
Plousdaniel-Lesneven, France
8 Börner, RainerUffz3/NAGr-13 (France)Bf 109G-8 Werk # 710046 (lost 8/7/44) Night Observer Operational Clasp KilledInAction (KIA) 7 August, 1944 east of Chartres, no further detail. Added: Uffz Börner was sd by a P-51 of 361FG while on a reconnaissance mission, and crashed 12km SE of Chartres (C.König).
9 Albrecht, DietrichLt12/29/1918Königsmark2(F)/Aufkl.Gr. Ob.d.L.Do 215B Werk # Unk (dam 3/2/41), Ju 88A-5 Werk # Unk (lost 6/29/41) Wound Badge, Observer Operational Clasp KilledInAction (KIA) 29 June, 1941 following combat, and making a force landing at the airfield at Insterburg Germany (now Chernyakhovsk Russia). Remaining crew (KilledInAction (KIA)): Lt Johannes Brunners, Obs; Uffz Gustav Ott, R/O and Uffz Paul Reime, Gnr.. The four deceased are buried in a single grave in the Ger War Cem. at Chernyakhovsk Russia. Earlier, on 2 March, 1941, he was injured when making a crash landing at Evreux, Eure, France due to engine damage or failure. Remaining crew: Lt Herbert Zoch, Obs (Inj); Uffz Hans Klausnitzer, R/O and Gefr Ernst Schneider, Gnr, dispositions on the latter two unknown (D.Drury).
10 Bittorf, Karl HeinzUffz13/JG-27 (France)Bf 109G-6 Werk # 165271 "Blue 5" (lost 6/28/44)Fighter Operational ClaspMIA 28 June, 1944 10-15km south of Caen, cause unknown.
11 Böesch, EmilFw1918/05/24 (CK)Ellinghausen, Bremen (CK)1./JFS 2 (01-06/41 CK), Erg.Gruppe JG 26 (08/41 CK), 3./JG 26 (09/41 CK), 10./JG 26 (04/42 CK), 10. (Jabo)/JG 54 (09/42-02/43)Fw 190 A-5 "BH + CS" "Black 12" Werknr. 150829 (lost 12/03/43)
Deutsches Kreuz - Gold (29/04/43 Post.)
EP (01 43 CK)

EK 1 (30/07/42 CK) & EK 2 (15/06/42 CK)

Fighter Operational Clasp in Silver (15/01/43 CK)
MIA 12 March, 1943, after aerial combat with a British Typhoon of RAF No. 609Sq. 10 km east of Dünkirk France. Alternate spelling: Bösch.


Courtesy Oleg Marin


Courtesy Oleg Marin
12 Alisch, GerhardFw11/6/1919Landsberg8/KG-3 (7/44 Venlo)He 111H-16 Werk # 161306 "5K + BS" (lost 7/9/44)Bomber Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) with his entire crew, 9 July, 1944, returning from a V-1 missle launch over England. The ac crashed at Doudeville, Seine-Maritime, France. All are buried in the German War Cem. at Champigny-St. Andre, France. Remaining crew: Uffz Karl Heinz Witzel, Obs (bur Blk 16. Row 9, Gr 469); Fw Engelbert Haaren, R/O (Blk 10, Row 8, Gr 561); Uffz Josef Bohlschied, Flt Engr (Blk 16, Row 9, Gr 470) and Uffz Werner Heimann, Gnr (Blk 16, Row 9, Gr 467). Fw Alisch buried Blk 16, Row 9, Gr 468 (D.Drury).
13 Allwang, Wilhelm "Willi"Fhr1921/08/21MitterfelsErg./JG 3 (Channel)Bf 109 E-4 Werknr 1354 (lost 05/02/41)KIC 5 February, 1941 when he crashed into the sea at Insel Ile de Re'. Source: Bf 109 Loss List. Added: Ile de Re' is an island off the Atlantic coast in Charente-Maritme, France. Fhr Allwang is buried in the German War Cem at Berneuil, France, Blk 5, Row 24, Gr 879 (D.Drury).


Courtesy CK
14 Alpers, Friedrich Ludwig Herbert Maj3/25/1901Sonnenberg3(F)/121 (9/39), Kdr (H)/Aufkl.Gr. 4 (4/42), released from service 9/42, recalled 2/44 to FJR 9Fw 189A-3
RK(10/14/42)

Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(4/9/42)

EK 1 & 2
Observer Operational Clasp		Committed suicide 3 September, 1944 near Bougnies-Mons-Maubeuge France.

Friedrich Alpers (25 March 1901 – 3 September 1944) was a German Nazi politician and SS-Obergruppenführer. He was also a Minister of the Free State of Brunswick,[2] and Generalforstmeister (General forest supervisor). Alpers was responsible for numerous political crimes in Brunswick. Alpers committed suicide in 1944, while in US custody. NSDAP and SS career Born in 1901, Alpers studied law and political science at the Heidelberg University, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and University of Greifswald. He became a lawyer in 1929. In June 1929, Alpers joined the Nazi Party (NSDAP membership number 132,812). In May 1930 he joined the Sturmabteilung (SA). On 1 March 1931 he joined the SS (membership number 6,427). He was an active member in the SS, rising to the rank of Obergruppenführer. Since October 1930, he was Minister of the Brunswick State Parliament. Alpers was twice temporarily suspended from the SS in 1933 following complaints of excessive violence made against him during the Nazi takeover of Brunswick. Minister of the Free State of Brunswick After the Nazi seizure of power, Alpers became Finance and Justice Minister of Brunswick on 8 May 1933 (a position in which he served until 1934) under the Ministerpräsident Dietrich Klagges. Along with Klagges and Friedrich Jeckeln, Alpers was one of the main persons responsible for the Gleichschaltung and persecution of political opponents in the Free State of Brunswick. Rieseberg-murder Subordinated to Alpers was Klagges "Hilfspolizei" ("Auxiliary Police"). This force was directly answerable to Klagges and consisted of SA, SS and Stahlhelm men. On 4 July 1933, Alpers was directly involved in the Rieseberg-murder of eleven communists and labor organizers in Rieseberg, about 15 miles (24 km) east of Braunschweig.
15 Altenähr, FritzFw12/12/1913Allagen bei ArnsbergUnkHe 111 (lost 4/16/45)Bomber Operational ClaspKIC with his entire crew 16 April, 1945 while on a return from La Rochelle France; crash location and cause not reported. Remaining crew (all buried Augsburg-Westfriedhof): Uffz Alfred Bockermann, Co-pilot (geb 8/27/21 Hamburg); Ofw Karl Kossmann, R/O (geb 5/15/12 Ankum/Bersenbrück); Ofw Helmut Henker, Gnr (geb 6/22/13 Zeitz) and Fw Fritz Tscharnke, Flt Engr? (geb 4/4/14 Weissing). Source: F.Braun.
16 Blohm, GünterLt8/2/1923BFS-1 (6/43), 8/KG-26 (1/44 France)Ju 88A-4 Werk # 822603 "1H + ET" (lost 1/23/44)Bomber Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 23 January, 1944; on the way to target the Anzio invasion fleet, he was sd by a 52FG 12th USAAF Spitfire. He belly landed on he beach near Marina di Pisa, W of Pisa, Toskana, Italy. Remaining crew (all slightly Inj): Uffz Kurt Stein, Ogefr Philipp Sander and Ogefr Heinz Böhland (C.König).
17 Bormann, KurtHptm4/29/1913Braunschweig8/KG-27(5/40), 5/KG-27(8/43), 12/NJG-3(3/44)He 111P (lost 5/19/40), He 111H-16 "1G + KN" (lost 8/6/43), Bf 110G-4 "D5 + CX" (lost 5/25/44)DK-G(11/14/43)
EP(9/13/43)

EK 1 & 2
Bomber & Night Fighter Operational Clasp		KIC 24/25 May, 1944; crashed on landing at Varel. Source: M. Balss. Added: His He 111P made a force landing W of Chateau Thierry on 5/19/40, cause not reported. He evaded capture until 5/24, and released after France fell. He was uninjured in a crash on 6 August, 1943 at Smolensk North when his landing gear failed on landing. He is reported buried in Braunschweig (LOCS). (Vermeer list)
18 Ammerkampl, HeinzUffzJGr Süd (France)Bf 109F-2 Werk # 12963 (80% dam 1/4/43)Wound Badge
Fighter Operational Clasp		Injured 4 January, 1943 in an emergency landing at the Avignon-Ost airfield due to engine trouble.
19 Anders, HelmutLt3/Kü.Fl.Gr.-606Do 17Z Werk # 3618 "7T + KL" (lost)Bomber Operational ClaspMIA 2/3 December, 1940; crashed near Brest soon after takeoff. Probably came down in the sea. Remaining crew (all KIC): Lt.z.See Karl Ganske (10/20/1918 Kiel), Observer; Ogefr Willi Dembeck (4/7/1917 Lötzn), R/O and Uffz Paul Tüselmann (3/29/1917 Bochum), Mech. Source: Bristol Past, John Penny. Added: Dembeck buried in the War Cem., Ploudaniel-Lesneven, 14/6/353. Ganske bur same cem., 9/2/37. Added: Tüselmann found, also buried as "unknown" in the Ploudaniel-Lesneven Cem., (D.Drury).
Plousdaniel-Lesneven, France
20 Annen, JuliusUffzI/JG-27 (France)Bf 109G-6 Werk # 16170 (lost 7/15/43)Fighter Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 15 July, 1943; overturned making an emergency landing at Tours Envimeu due to enemy fire damage.
21 Bleich, HansFw4/11/19144/KG-27He 111P Werk # Unk (lost 11/18/39)Pilot BadgeMIA with his entire crew, 18 November, 1939, lost during a snowstorm near Fusch Austria, following a flight to Dijon France. Remaining crew: Oblt Hermann Rosenthal (Obs?), Ofw Alfons Wolff and Uffz Johannes Räusch (D.Drury).
22 Arlt, FranzUffzStab IV/JG-27 (France)Bf 109G-6 Werk # 27142 (lost 4/12/44)Fighter Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 12 April, 1944 during aerial combat at Apetlon/Neusiedlersee.
23 Arndt, WilhelmFw8/19/1917Landshut/Isar5/JG-54Go 145A-1 "Black ?" (lost 8/22/40)Fighter Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 22 August, 1940. No further detail known. Added: He is believed to have been sd over the English Channel. His body washed ashore three weeks later in France. He is now buried in the German War Cem at La Cambe, Blk 96, Gr 32. His R/O, Uffz Arno Holle, was also KilledInAction (KIA). A listing for Uffz Holle indicates he died 16 September, 1940. This date most certainly when his body was recovered. He is buried at Champigny-St Andre, Blk 17, Row 2, Gr 78 (D.Drury).
24 Arnold, GüntherGefr12/JG-27 (France)Bf 109G-6 Werk # 413717 "Blue 13 + I" (lost 8/19/44)Fighter Operational ClaspMIA 19 August, 1944 West of Paris, reason unknown. Mombeek.
25 Bornschein, WilliHptm1914/04/07Obergreisslau4./KG 2, Stfkpt II./KG 2, Führer Kurierstaffel (05/43)Do 17 Z "U5 + GM" (lost 11/07/40), Do 217 E & K, Do 217 N-1 (lost 27/04/44)
RK (24/09/42)

Deutsches Kreuz - Gold (07/02/42)

EK 1 (31/05/40 CK) & EK 2 (28/09/39 CK)
Wound Badge

Bomber Operational Clasp in Gold with pendant		KilledInAction (KIA) 27 April, 1944 over Schweinfurt, probably shot down by return fire from a RAF No. 106 Sq. Lancaster (Boiten). Remaining crew 7/11/40 incident: Ofw Johannes Bredtmeyer, Observer (KilledInAction (KIA) 8 July, 1942), Fw Heinrich Suschake, wireless operator and OFw Friedrich Lohrer, mechanic. 225 combat missions.


L-R: Bornschein, Bredtmeyer, Lohrer and Suschake

(Added by Pietrzak Youngs)
Initially trained as a bomber observer and assigned to I./KG 153 at Merseburg. Observer with 4./KG 2 in 1939. Flew in Poland campaign, destroying three trains. In France campaign his crew shot down two Morane 406 fighters and took part in low-level strikes. On an early mission over England, 1940-07-11 his Dornier 17 was shot up by Hurricanes near Harwich. Bornschein, radio operator Ofw. Werner Borner and flight engineer Fw. Friedrich Lohrer were all wounded. The bomber’s pilot, Joachim Genzow, who later won the Knight’s Cross, escaped injury. After recovering from his wounds, Bornschein was sent to Flight Training School A/B 3 at Guben, where he trained as a pilot. Promoted to Oberleutnant in November 1940. Late 1941 he returned to 4./KG 2 on Dornier 217 E. Bornschein attacked industrial targets, port facilities and shipping, sinking two merchant ships totaling 9,000 tons. Led 4./KG 2 as Staffelkapitän from June 1942 to February1943. Promoted to Hauptmann. In early 1943 Bornschein assigned to Flight Training School A/B 3 as a company commander. May 1943 he was transferred to the Führer-Kurierstaffel as Staffelkapitän. In April 1944 the unit was based in southern Germany, as nighfighters. On the night of 26-27 April 1944 Bornschein intercepted British bombers attacking Schweinfurt. he shot down a Lancaster III of 106 Sq., ND853 "ZN-J", 15km WSW of Schweinfurt, but was then shot down himself. Bornschein was killed, along with his radio operator Stbfw. Wilhelm Steurer (who had been a member of Bornschein’s crew in KG 2) and flight engineer Fw. Josef Schmitz, hit by return fire from the Lancaster. He shot down at least 3 enemy aircraft.

Courtesy CK



Courtesy CK
26 Artzfeld, JeanOfhr7/JG-54Fw 190A-8 Werk # 171068 "White 5" (lost)Fighter Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 12 July, 1944 southwest of Evreux France.
27 Bode, HelmuthMaj10/15/1907Metz, LothringenRecon pilot 2/506, 1(St)/TrGr-186, Kdr II/JG-54(former I/JG-76), Kdr III/StG-77(8/40 Caen)Ju 87B-2 "S2+AD" & "S2 + AC"
RK(10/10/41)

EK 1 & 2
Dive Bomber Operational Clasp w/"300" hanger		300+ support and anti-shipping missions. Destroyed 46000 tons and damaged 86000 Tons of shipping including the sinking of one destroyer off Balaklava. Was the leader of the "Trial Command" of the carrier "Graf Zepplin". Channel pilot. In 1945, he was the liason officer with the Hungarian Army, and subsequently with German Heeresgruppe E.
(Added by Pietrzak Youngs)
Bode's flying career began when he joined the German Air Transport School, a covert military-training organization, operating as a flying school in Germany. Bode rapidly rose to become a flight instructor there. Bode joined the Luftwaffe in 1936 as reservist, and became First Lieutenant (Oberleutnant) on June 1938. He showed a strong natural ability as a pilot. Bode was appointed Gruppenkommandeur of III./StG 77 on May 1940. After various assignments in France, Britain, Balkans and on the Eastern front. Bode was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on October 10, 1941, and in 1942 was given command of the Stuka group training to be used on the (never completed) German aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin. From here he moved to training and liaison with the Bulgarian Army. He survived the war, joined the Bundeswehr in 1955, and became a colonel in the West German Air Force, dying in 1985.

Bode's Ju87B-2 'Berta' Sevastapol Eastern Front June 1942
28 Auer, RobertUffz26/08/20Alsace, FranceSchul-Staffel/NJG-1 (8/44 Twente)He 219A-0 Werk # 190108 "G9 + ??" (lost 8/20/44)Pilot BadgeKIC the night of 19/20 August, 1944. His 219 crashed on Voortsweg in Enschede Holland, cause unknown (DeSwart). Remaining crew (KIC, buried Yssel): Uffz Georg Frey (bur R/9/212) and Ogefr Paul Klatt (bur R/9/213). Pilot buried R/9/211.


Courtesy Christian König
29 Bock, Arnulf Fw5/21/19205/JG-26Fw 190A-5 Werk # 7299 "Brown 2" (lost 7/1/43)Fighter Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 1 July, 1943 in "Brown 2" during aerial combat with a Spitfire of RAF No. 331 Sq. at Caestre, near Hazebrouck. After hits in the cockpit, he was last seen falling away in a vertical dive. Added: He is buried in the German Military Cem at Bourdon, France, Blk 32, Row 10, Gr 395 (Matthias Krebbers 2/2022).
30 Baasner, HansHptm11/1/1916Gross Orsichau3(F)/121 (3/43), Kdr III/KG(J)-6 (11/44), Kdr I/KG(J)-54 (3/45 to end)Do 17P & F, He 111H in Aufkl Gr.; Bf 109G & K, Fw 190A-8, Me 262A/1a
RK(3/14/43)

Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(4/14/42)
EP(12/20/41)

EK 1 & 2

Recce Operational Clasp in Gold with pendant		POW May, 1945, released 24 August, 1945. More than 300 reconnaissance and bomber missions. Jager Blatt article.
(Added by Pietrzak Youngs)
Hans Baasner joined Flak Regt 2 at Szczecin, 01.10.1936. In 1938/1939, he went on to become a reserve officer in the anti-aircraft artillery regiment in Greifswald. In August 1939, he was appointed to the Department of the flak-teaching regiment in Hamburg. At the beginning of the war, he was transferred to East Frisia as adjutant to the Headlamp (Searchlamp?) Regiment 1. In May 1940, he began his training as an observer at Großenhain. In June 1941, he was deployed to the eastern front. After being promoted to first lieutenant, he was awarded the Knight's Cross on 14.03.1943, after operations in France, England, the Balkans and Russia. From Mid-1943 he received a training at the pilots school A/B 41 in Frankfurt / Oder and at the pilots school (C) 6 in Kolberg. In 1944 he attended the blind flying school in Copenhagen. After being retrained in IV/KG 6 on the Ju 88 and Ju188, he joined Stab/KG-6. On 02.06.1944 to be assigned as an ia (?) officer. On 12.08.1944, he was given command of the III./ KG 6, which was at that time to be a booster in Ahlhorn and flew against the invasion front. On 19.10.1944, the order for the reclassification of KG-6 was ordered and Baasner sent to Breslau-Rosen to train as a fighter pilot. The III/KG-6 was then in Prague-Rusin and was refitted sparingly on the Fw 190. On 31.01.1945, the III group was named " Schwanen Gruppe", the first Me 262 element of the squadron. But the new deliveries of the Me 262 did not come until March 1945. In March / April Baasner left the III. Group, which is now III/KG(J)-6, and took over the leadership of I/KG (J) 54, which was also in Prague-Rusin. At the end of the war, he was captured with the remains of his group in Graz, from which he was released. Baasner flew over 300 reconnaissance missions. Deceased 21.3.1983, Lüdenscheid (Source, Facebook)
31 Bachmann, GerhardUffz9/JG-1 (France)Bf 109G-6 Werk # 163796 "Yellow 15 + I" (lost 6/4/44)Fighter Operational ClaspKIC 4 June, 1944; crashed from a high altitude at Hameln without enemy contact, cause unknown. No known grave.
32 Backeberg, HeinzUffz9/21/19205/JG-26 (5/43)Fw 190A-4 Werk # 0677 "Black 30" (lost 5/14/43)Fighter Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 14 May, 1943 in his "Black 30" by B-17 return fire E of Ghent. His A-4 crahed at the Scheldemonding, Holland. Buried Bourdon, France (J. Geensen). Persuaded the II Group Tech. Offz. to try mounting a 250 lb. bomb to the underside of his AC to drop on enemy bombers. He was still tinkering with his idea when he was KilledInAction (KIA). His death ended the experiment.
33 Bäder, Alfred Albrecht?Uffz9/JG-26 (France)Bf 109G-6 Werk # 140019 "Yellow 12" (lost 9/27/43)Fighter Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 27 September, 1943 during aerial combat with a Spitfire at the Beauvais airfield. Alternate spelling: Baeder (109 Loss List).
34 Baindner, KarlFw11/27/1916Kaufbeuren11(StG)/LG-1Ju 87B-1 (lost 8/4/40)
EK 1 & 2
KIC 4 August, 1940 when his ac flew into the ground near Tramecourt airfield, east of Le Touquet, France, cause unknown. His R/O-Gnr, Ogefr Hans Hochegger also KIC. They are both buried in the War Cemetery at Bourdon France, Baindner in Blk 30, Row 12, Gr 464. Hochegger Blk 30, Row 10, Gr 385 (D.Drury).
35 Ballewski, HelmutLt6/6/1924Sensburg E.PrussiaStab/JG-53 (8/44 France), 14/JG-53 (2/45 Reich Def)Bf 109G-14/AS Werk # 166293 "Black <1 - + -" (lost 8/28/44), Bf 109G-14 Werk # 460633 (lost 2/28/45)Wound Badge
Fighter Operational Clasp		WIA 28 February, 1945 during aerial combat east of Karlsruhe. WIA 28 August, 1944 during aerial combat with a P-47 and a P-51 near Epernay, bailed safely. Occasional wingman for Helmut Bennemann (M.Sergent). Survived the war. Alternate spelling: Balewski
36 Blinne, ReinholdUffz4/26/1921Grünenplan2/TG-30He 111 Werk # 700232 "S3 + AL" (lost)Transport Operational ClaspKIC 7 August, 1944 at Les Champs Geraux France, cause not given. He is buried at Marigny (Mort de ses blessures a St Polen) France, Block 4, Row 43, Grave 1674. Remaining crew/passengers (dispositions unknown); Uffz Erhard Terborg, Ogefr Willi Moeller, Gefr Werner Woreschk and Gefr Georg Krakowiak. Source: D.Dahiot
37 Boreunick, ErichOfw10/JG-26Fw 190A-5 Werk # 7223 (lost 8/23/43)Fighter Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 23 August, 1943 by enemy fire Canettement France. Claimed by famed pilot Johnnie Johnson leading 127 Wing RCAF , his 19th victory

Boreunick's Fw190 receiving fire from Johnson
38 Barkhorn, DietrichOfhr2/28/1923Königsberg, Ostpreussen4/JG-2 (6/43 France)Bf 109G-6 Werk # 19911 (lost 6/4/43), Bf 109G-6 Werk # 15374 (lost 8/4/43)Wound Badge
Fighter Operational Clasp		KilledInAction (KIA) 4 August 1943 during aerial combat near Abbeville. Younger brother of Gerhard. Added: Burial in the German War Cem. at Bourdon, France, Plot 32, Gr 287 (M.Krebbers). WIA 4 June, 1943 during aerial combat near Abbeville, bailed safely (Bf 109 Loss List).


Courtesy Christian König
39 Bartels, ErnstUffz4/25/1915Wuppertal11(St)/LG-1 (37 Barth), 5J/88 (1/38 Vitorio Spain), 11/LG-1 (9/39)Ju 87A-0 Werk # 29-2 (in Spain), Ju 87B (lost 9/39)
Spanish Cross in Gold		Source: Weal-Osprey. Additional by Brian Hilderman: He and Gnr Uffz Chutsch were KilledInAction (KIA) 25 September, 1939; sd by flak over Warsaw. In Spain, he had another Gnr, Uffz Alfred Fleisch who was killed in France on 17 May, 1940.
40 Barth, Siegfried 'Balbo'Obstlt1/23/1916AugsburgStfkpt 4/KG-51 (10/42), Kdr IV(Erg)/KG-51 (4/44 to 3/45), Kdr KG-51 (3/45 Rheine)He 111H Werk # 2648 "9K + DD" (lost 5/14/40), Ju 88A-5 Werk # 5254 (dam 6/25/41 flak), Me 410A & Me 262A-1a
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Bomber Operational Clasp in Gold with Pendant
Krimschild		WIA 25 June, 1941 when he and his unnamed crew were brought down by AA fire in the vicinity of Darachow USSR. POW (briefly) 14 May, 1940 after his He 111 was sd by four Morane-Saulnier MS 406 fighters of GC III/6, and came down at Fougerolles. Remaining crew: Uffz Gerhard Schildt (KilledInAction (KIA)); Uffz H.Kazmierowski (POW/WIA); Ofw H.Matt (POW) and Gefr F.Backhaus (POW). The surviving crew were released from captivity following the fall of France. Uffz Schildt is buried at Andilly, Blk 11, Row 8, Gr 594 (D.Drury). Barth replaced Obstlt von Hallensleben as Kdr KG-51. Post-war Luftwaffe service. Deceased 19 December, 1997, Bad Wörishhofen.



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41 Basel, JohannGefrIV/KG-76 (7/43)Ju 88A-4 Werk # 8615 (lost 7/9/43)Bomber Operational ClaspKIC with his entire crew, 9 July, 1943; crashed at Pont de Paloumiers, France. The cause; disorientation, thus fuel shortage. Remaining crew: Gefr Willibald Buch, Bomb Aimer; Gefr Rudolf Hippmeier, R/O and Gefr Günther Heienbroch, Gnr (C.König).
42 Bätcher, Hans GeorgObst1/13/1914FinsterwaldeStfkpt 1/KG-100, Kdr I/KG-27(41), Kdr I/KGr 100(7/43), Kdr I/KG-4(3/44), Kdr III/KG-76(9/44), Kdr KG(J)-54 (repl Volprecht 2/45 to end)He 111H Werk # Unk "6N + AB" in KG-100, He 111 in KG-4, Ar 234 in KG-76, Me 262 in KG(J)-54 2/45 to wars end
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Bomber Oper.Clasp w/Pend		This famous bomber ace survived a higher number of combat missions (658) than any other bomber airman in WWII, serving over France, England and Russia. Shot down at least once, into the Channel in September, 1940, and rescued by ASR. During the French Campaign, his He 111 was shot down by a Morane fighter, and he was a brief POW in France until his release upon their surrender. During the Siege at Sevastopol, he flew 15 missions between June 12 & 15, 1942 and 116 total! He was Kdr III/KG-76 in December, 1944, the worlds 1st Jet Bomber Unit. Kdr KG-54 in April, 1945. He also briefly commanded KG(J)-54 and III/KG-76 in May, 1945. His Observer was an Oblt Scholz. Living in Hannover in 2001. Deceased 23 April, 2003 in Uelzen. Alternative spelling: Bätscher Baetscher




Bätcher 2nd left celebrates 500th mission
43 Bauer, KurtUffzErg/SKG-10Fw 190A-3 Werk # 2155 (lost 7/29/43)Assault Operational ClaspKIC 29 July, 1943 at the Cognac airfield in France, no cause reported.


44 Bohn, P.Oblt4/NJG-2 (6/41)Ju 88C-2 Werk # 794 "R4 + GM" (lost 6/27/41) Night Fighter Operational Clasp His Ju 88 crashed on the Dutch mainland the night of 26/27 June, 1941, cause and pilot/crew disposition unknown (DeSwart). Added: Oblt Bohn was KilledInAction (KIA) when his ac was hit over Britain, and the two remaining crew bailed over France, and were safe. The ac continued on auto-pilot and crashed at Mailen, Italy. Oblt Bohn buried AZ-5-109. Remaining crew: Fw H.Engmann, R/O and Uffz W.Lindner, Mech/Gnr. No mention of an Obs (SGLO).
45 Bauer, LudwigOGefrAufklärungsgruppe ObdlKIA on 17/12/39 in a recce flight over France. Might not be the pilot-


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46 Blab, RudolfOfw8/KG-100Do 217M-11 Werk # Unk "6N + AS" (lost 8/15/44)Bomber Operational ClaspMIA 15 August, 1944 after failing to return from a raid on shipping off St Raphael France. Remaining crew (MIA): Uffz Werner Lasarzyk, Obs; Uffz Ludwig Funken, R/O and Ogefr Albert Alsleben, Flt Engr.. An Uffz Ludwig Funken listed in the VDK as MIA at Toulouse on 16 August, 1944; an Uffz Werner Lasarzyk MIA at Nice in August 1944 and an Ofw Rudolf Blab MIA in Nice, no date. Source: D.Drury.
47 Bauhuber, JohannUffz30/03/22Moos/ Lower BavariaIII./ JG 52Fw-58 B-2 Werknr 2184
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Bord mechanic. KIA on 31 December 1941 3 km SE of Merkutschewa. Participated in the campaigns against Poland, France, England and Russia. Buried probably among the unknown in Duchowschtschina.CKönig
48 Bötker, Nikolas "Claus"Lt12/11/1913SonderburgRLM Pool (4/37), K/88 (Barcelona Spain 1/39)He 111 Werk # 2234 (lost 1/25/39)Spanish CrossKilledInAction (KIA) the night of 25 January, 1939; chased by fighters, he crossed into France, jettisoned his bombs, and flew into a mountain in the Arrens vicinity. Remaining crew (KilledInAction (KIA)): Uffz Fritz Seiler, Uffz Armin Möller and Uffz Otto Adler (Gilles Collaveri & LOCS).
49 Baumbach, WernerObstlt12/27/1916Cloppenburg5/KG-30 (5/40 10/40 Gilze-Rijen), Kdr I/KG-30 (7/41), Kdr III/KG-30 (12/42), Kdr KG-200 (12/44)Ju 88A-5 Werk # 0265 "4D + ?N" (lost 10/24/40; crash landing at Gilze-Rijen, motor dam, crew injured) in KG-30, Fw 200 & Ju 188 in KG-200
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Bomber Operational Clasp in Gold with pendant		POW until 1948. Bomber attacks on France. Holland and Belgium. Transferred to Norway, attacking Allied convoys on their way to Sevastopol in June, 1942. End of 1942, transferred to the Mediterranean. He was the most highly decorated and most successful German bomber pilot of the war, with over 300,000 tons of shipping sunk. He was the 16th recipient of the RK-EL-S. Operated the "Mistel" aircraft in KG-200. He left Germany in 1948 and worked in Argentina. KIFA over the La Plata Mouth near Buenos Aires during a test flight with a Lancaster bomber on 20 October 1953. Added: >650 combat missions (CK)









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50 Baumbauer, DieterLt5/ZG-1 (France)Bf 110G-2 Werk # 6390 "S9 + EN" (lost 9/11/43)Destroyer Operational ClaspThis ac reported lost 11 September, 1943, cause unknown, location not reported, crew apparently returned. LW Loss Report & Bf 110 Loss List
51 Baumgart, HorstUffz8/1/1923Breslau8/KG-54Ju 88A-4 Werk # Unk "B3 + ES" (lost 7/31/44)Bomber Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 31 July, 1944 when his ac was sd by flak south of Saint Lo, Manche, France. Another source suggests the location was either Gavre (Gavray?) or Les Mesnil-Herman. Remaining crew: Ogefr Bruno Richard Sitek, Obs (KilledInAction (KIA)); Ogefr Ernst Specht, R/O (POW) and Uffz Ernst Kaupa, Gnr (KilledInAction (KIA)). The deceased are buried in the German War Cem. at La Cambe, France, among the unknowns (D.Drury). Added: A new source, Combat Report RAF 219 Sq, BS/219/18, reveals the strong possibility that Uffz Baumgart and crew were sd by a Bradwell Bay Mosquito NF XXX, piloted by F/Lt E.W.Campbell & Nav-R/O WO G.H.Lawrence, N.E of Avrances at 0005 Hours, 1 August, 1944 (A.Barnwell, Grandson, 3/2021).


L-R: L-R: Ernst Specht, Bruno Sitek, Horst Baumgart and Ernst Kaupa
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52 Blockberger, HerbertUffz4(F)/123Bf 109G-5 Werk # 27107 (lost)Observer Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) June, 1944 at the invasion front (Ecretteville-les-Baons France). Recovery begun, 2003. Luft. Pilot Discussion Board.
53 Bock, Otto vonUffz3/Kü.Fl.Gr-606Do 17Z Werk # 3471 "7T + CL" (lost 9/21/40)Observer Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 21 September, 1940, a result of fighter attacks over the English Channel. They were able to return to the France mainland, but crashed in flames near Landerneau, Brittany, killing the entire crew. Remaining crew: Oblt z.S. Eberhard von Krosigk (geb 6/6/1915 Kiel), Obs and Uffz Bruno Simon (geb 1/16/1915 Vlotho), R/O. Uffz von Bock bur 1/2/31; the other two buried in the War Cem, Ploudaniel-Lesneven; von Krosigk 1/2/32; Simon 9/16/399 (D.Drury).
Plousdaniel-Lesneven, France
54 Baussert, ArnimOfwI/KG-51Ju 88A-1 Werk # 5048 (lost)Bomber Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 6/7 December, 1940 when he crashed near Melun France following engine failure on the return flight from the bombing raid on Bristol. Cause of the failure not given. Remaining crew: Ofw Hugo Helms, Observer (KilledInAction (KIA)); Fw August Konrad, R/O (WIA) and Gefr John Henry, Gunner (WIA). Konrad and Henry bailed safely with injuries. Source: Bristol Past, John Penny.
55 Bay, WalterLt5/22/1922Reutlingen3/KG-54Ju 88A-4 Werk # 144119 "B3 + BL" (lost 7/7/44)Bomber Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 7 July, 1944 when he failed to return from a minelaying operation over Seine Bay, France, cause unknown. Remaining crew: FhjFw Franz Pielot, Obs (KilledInAction (KIA)); Fw Franz Aderbauer, R/O (MIA) and Uffz Hans Henne, Gnr (KilledInAction (KIA)). The deceased are buried in the Ger War Cem. at Champigny-St Andre, France, Blk 17, Row 4: Lt Bay, Gr 170; FhjFw Pielot, Gr 171 and Uffz Henne, Gr 169 (D.Drury).bayx
56 Beck, HansOfw16/06/17ZirndorfFFS AB 33, 1./ZG 101AC Type unknown Kenn # "13", added: North American NA-64 "(DG + CZ)" (CKönig) (lost 4/30/43)Student Pilot ?KIC with his Instructor (? identified as an observer), Lt Wilhelm Kretzmann, 30 April, 1943, while on a training flight. Added: Operational error with a North American NA-64 captured from France, where it was made under license. The NA-64 was often used as an preliminary trainer by the Luftwaffe. (CKönig). They crashed at Ermelo, Gelderland, Netherlands. Both are buried at Ysselsteyn; Lt Wilhelm Kretzmann (15/10/18 in Amberg (CKönig), BM-3-69 and Ofw Beck, BM-3-70 (Find-A-Grave by Fred).
Ysselstein, Holland
57 Beck, KarlUffzIV/KG-6 (France)Ju 88A-14 Werk # 144651 "??" (lost 11/30/43)Bomber Operational ClaspKIC with unnamed crew near Champcueil 30 November, 1943, cause not reported (JU 88 Loss List).
58 Becker-Ross, Helmut GottfriedOblt06/09/1914Bartschin (now Barcin, Poland)5/KG3 (Antwerp-Deume)Do 17 Z-3 Werk# 3458, “5K+GN” (lost 09/15/40)Bomber Operational ClaspKIA 15 September 1940 after his aircraft collided with a Hurricane of RAF 607 Squadron (probably F/O Thomas P M Cooper-Slipper) prior to reaching the target and crashed at Wilden Wood, near Marden Thorn, Kent. On this flight Oblt Becker-Ross was the observer and flight commander. The identity of the pilot is not established. The remaining crew comprised Ofw G Brückner, Fw Wilhelm Brinkmann, and Fw Alfred Hansen and one of these was the pilot. After the crash the aircraft exploded following which the remains of the crew could not be properly identified. They were initially buried as three unknowns but currently no known graves. Interestingly the VDK lists Oblt Becker-Ross as buried in the German war cemetery at Bourdon, France in Block 7, Row 16, Grave 324.davedrury
59 Bossecker, ErnstFw5/JG-2 (France)Bf 109G-6 Werk # 15934 (lost 9/27/43)Fighter Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 23 September, 1943 during aerial combat at Conty by Poix.
60 Blasig, Arnulf 'Blasmich'Maj12/30/1913BerlinStG-165, I/StG-77, Stfkpt 10/LG-1 & StG-5 (10/42), StG-51, Kdr III/SG-10Ju 87B, R & G in StG-5
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Dive Bomber Operational Clasp		180 missions. His Luftwaffe career began in 1936. A veteran of Poland, France and the English Channel before Russia. Commanded IV (St)/LG-1 in Russia. Survived the war. Added: Retired as a Bundeswehr Oberst 31 March, 1972; deceased 13 November, 1998 in Herborn - Schönbach (D.Drury).

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61 Becker, HorstLt4/24/1922Bluesenbach, Cologne4/KG-2 (8/43 Soesterberg, 3/44 France)Do 217K-1 Werk# 4432 "U5 + GM" (lost 8/3/43), Ju 188E-1 Werk # 260238 "U5 + BM" (lost)KilledInAction (KIA) 14/15 March, 1944 during a night attack on London, when he was shot down by a Mosquito of RAF No. 488 Sq., piloted by S/L S.L. Bunting (DFC). The AC was struck on the starboard engine, which caught fire and the AC veered sharply to starboard and dove into the ground on White House Farm, near Chelmsford, Essex, killing the entire crew. Remaining crew (KilledInAction (KIA)): Uffz Gerhard Bartolain, Observer; Uffz Albert Lange, R/O; Uffz Gunter Goecking, Gunner 1 and Ofw Heinrich Litschke, Gunner 2. Added: Belly landed 3 August, 1943 in Wk# 4432 at Oude Geinsche Polder, Vreeswijk Holland, due to engine trouble, pilot Lt Becker wounded. A Tech Rep, Prüfmeister Kurt Berthold (18/011/08 in Hilbersdorf, CK) was the only other onboard, and he died in the crash, buried Yssel CT-11-260 (SGLO).




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62 Bock, JosefUffz10/12/19218/JG-1 (France)Bf 109G Werk # 166278 "White 16" (lost 8/28/44)Fighter Operational ClaspKIC 28 August, 1944 when he collided with Uffz Roth Ewald over Belgium. Ewalds disposition unknown. Bock buried at Lommel, Block 5/58. Source: A. Rosseels.
Lommel, Belgium
63 Bojko, LudwigFwIV/KG-6 (France)Ju 88A-14 Werk # 144520 (lost 11/30/43)Bomber Operational ClaspKIC with two other unnamed crew 30 November, 1943; crashed near Clermont-Ferrand due to engine trouble, one other crew injured (Ju 88 Loss List).
64 Beckmann, OswaldHptm6/KG-30 (France)Ju 88A-4 Werk # 141114 "4D + HN" (lost 4/4/43)Bomber Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) with unnamed crew 4 April, 1943, cause unknown, location not reported (Ju 88 Loss List). Added: The unnamed crew (KilledInAction (KIA)): Gefr Heinz Spöth, Obs; Uffz Florian Schüller, R/O and Gefr Gottfried Schädlich, Gnr (Qu.Meister File).
65 Beeger, HorstMaj6/8/1913BautzenStfkpt 3/LG-1 (4/41 Med), Kdr III/KG-101 (8/43)He 111H in LG-1, JU 88A-5 Werk # 4255 "L1 + HL" (lost 4/16/41), Ju 88A in both
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Bomber Operational Clasp		MIA (briefly) with crew 16 April, 1941 off Chalkis, cause not reported, crew returned (Ju 88 Loss List). He is credited with sinking the British Cruiser "York" in May 1941. He flew his first missions over Poland on the He 111 (Iron Cross, Second Class on 31/10/1939). Converted to Ju 88. Early1940 Beeger in action in the Norway and Western Campaigns. From July 1940 to March 1941 he flew against targets in the south of England and enemy shipping in the Channel. On 1/10/1940, Oberleutnant Beeger named Staffelkapitän of 3./LG 1. 1941-04-16, in Balkans Campaign, Beeger’s Ju 88 A-5, WerkNr. 4255, L1 + HL shot down by anti-aircraft fire north of Chalkis. After a forced landing behind enemy lines, Beeger and his crew made their way to the German lines. In May 1941 he and his Staffel played a major role in the Geschwader’s successful operations against British warships in the waters around Crete. Staffel had sunk 17 merchant vessels in the Mediterranean. In addition to these anti-shipping operations, Beeger and his Staffel also mined the Suez Canal and bombed targets in North Africa. On 1943-02-01 took over III./KG 101, a training unit based at Cognac in the south of France, and served as Kommandeur until 14/8/1943. Attached to HQ of KG 101 until the beginning of March 1944, then assigned to the staff of the General der Kampfflieger. In October 1944 he was named supply officer in the Geschwaderstab of KG 53 and was responsible for the delivery of V1 flying bombs to the unit. From December 1944 until the end of the war, Beeger was attached to Stab KG 200. He was promoted to Major March 1945. Deceased 6 November, 2005, Almunecar, Spain.

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66 Bockermann, AlfredUffz8/27/1921HamburgUnkHe 111 (lost 4/16/45)Bomber Operational ClaspKIC 16 April, 1945 while flying as Co-pilot with Fw Fritz Altenähr on a return flight from La Rochelle France, location and cause not reported. See Fw Altenähr for additional crew detail (F.Braun).
67 Blüthgen, WilliOfw.4/KG-200Ju 188 (lost 12/9/44)Bomber Operational ClaspMIA 9 December, 1944 over France, no further detail. Remaining crew (MIA): FhjOfw Konrad Ellmer, Obs & RK Holder; Ofw Helmut Klimek, R/O & RK Holder; Ofw Kurt Stegmann, Flt Engr and Uffz Stefan Gessner, Parachute Observer. Ellmer & Klimek won their RKs while serving on the crew of Eduard Skrzipek in KG-27.
68 Behrens, FranzUffz4/3/1917Wiedelah7/KG-26He 111H Werk # Unk (lost 4/30/41)Bomber Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) the night of 29/30 April, 1941. His ac crashed in the area of Evreux-Lisieux France, circumstance unknown. However, earlier in the flight, the ac experienced an engine malfunction which may have contributed to this crash. Remaining crew: Uffz Gerhard Dauwwitz, Obs (KilledInAction (KIA)); Gefr Friedrich Koch, R/O (rescued by ASR) and Ogefr Rudolf Lehnig, Flt Engr. The deceased are buried in the Geman War Cem., La Cambe France, Blk 36, as follows: Uffz Behrens Gr 145, Uffz Dauwitz Gr 25 and Ogefr Lehnig Gr 24 (D.Drury)
69 Beinkofer, MaxFwII/JG-2 (France)Bf 109G-6 Werk # 20405 (lost 8/11/43)Fighter Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 11 August, 1943 by enemy fire at Quent.
70 Beiter, OttoFw12/13/1913Waldsee4/ZG-1Bf 110C Werk # unk (lost 6/8/40)Destroyer Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 8 June, 1940; sd by Swiss Bf 109's of Fl.Kp. of 6, 15 & 21, following an incursion into Swiss airspace. He was attacked close to the Swiss-French border and crashed at Friesen France. His R/O-Gnr, Ogefr Robert Hink, was taken prisoner. Beiter buried in the German War Cem. at Cernay (Fr), Blk 9, Row 4, Gr 69. Battle of France, 1940. Source: Wings Palette-Pilots & D.Drury).
71 Bosse, GerhardLt8/JG-1 (France)Bf 109G-6/AS Werk # 163771 "Black 12 + I" (lost 6/4/44)Fighter Operational ClaspKIC 4 June, 1944 when he collided with Lt Wolfgang Kiefer at Paderborn. No known grave.
72 Bohnert, RolfLt11/29/19198/KG-6, 9/KG-6 (1/43/France)Ju 88A-14 Werk # 144438 "3E + KT" (lost 1/11/43)
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Bomber Operational Clasp		DK-G Awards List. MIA with unnaned crew 11 January, 1943, cause unknown, location not reported (Ju 88 Loss List).
73 Benninghoven, Hans JörgUffz7/8/1922Hanau12/JG-2Fw 190A-5 Werk # 157331 (lost 11/7/43)Fighter Operational ClaspKIC 7 November, 1943 at Tramain (La Corenais) France, cause not given. He is buried in the Marigny Cemetery, Block 2, Row 51, Grave 1960. Source: D.Dahiot
74 Bentheim, Alex Prinz zuUffzJGr-Süd (France)Bf 109F-4 Werk # 8085 "Red 12" (lost 12/2/43)Fighter Operational ClaspMIA 2 December, 1943, cause and location not reported.
75 Berens, Ernst GüntherObltII/KG-76 (6/43 Germany), Stfkpt 5/KG-76 (4/44-6/44 Brussels)Ju 88A-4 Werk # 141249 "??" (70% dam 6/1/43), Ju 88A-4 Werk # Unk "F1 + AN" (lost 6/17/44), Ju 88A-4 Werk # Unk (lost /28/44)DK-G (1/1/45), EP (5/15/44), EK 1 & 2, Wound Badge
Bomber Operational Clasp		WIA 28 June, 1944; sd with severe wounds by AA fire over Vire France, and hospitalized in Paris. WIA 17 June, 1944; his ac reported lost in the Cherbourg vicinity, cause unknown (LOCS). Pilot and one other unnamed crew injured when he overturned on landing at the Ansbach airfield on 1 June, 1943 due to a servicing fault (Ju 88 Loss List)
76 Berg, Heinrich von "Fritz"Uffz4/13/1920Schauben10(Jabo)/JG-26 (Channel)Fw 190A-3/U3 Werk # 2240 (lost 8/19/42)Fighter Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 19 August, 1942 after aerial combat with a Spitfire, after he had bombed a ship off Dieppe. He landed on Drucat, examined his damaged AC, # 2240, and took off again, and crashed 4 km N of Hesdin, before reaching Wizernes. Added: He is buried in the Ger War cem Bourdon France, Blk 32, Row 9, Gr 338 (D.Drury).
77 Berger, HansUffz07/09/21Grainet/ Lower Bavaria
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KIFA? on 20 or 21 February 1941 600 m from the airfield Avord/ France. Buried in Dagneux cemetery Block 24 Row 16 Grave 572CKönig
78 Bindzus, ErichOfw12/6/1912RendsburgI/ZG-1 (France)Ju 88C-6 Werk # 750707 "2N + ??" (90% dam 11/23/43) Destroyer Operational ClaspKIFA with unnamed crew 23 November, 1943; collided with another C-6, Werk # 360404, piloted by Lt Otto Lusser (KIC w/crew), near Lorient (Ju 88 Loss List). Added: Remaining crew (all bur Pornichet Cem, Blk 9, Row 36): Fw Karl Weegmann (geb 4/14/1919 Sulzfeld, Gr 1172) and Ogefr Walter Bierkardt (geb 3/4/1912 Büssum, Gr 1176). Pilot Ofw Bindzus buried Blk 9, Row 36, Gr 1171 (absa3945).
79 Berger, OttoOgefr4/JG-2 (France)Bf 109G-6 Werk # 27019 (lost 9/23/43)Fighter Operational ClaspKIC 23 September, 1943 near Merville due to a fuel shortage.
80 Blochberger, HerbertUffz5/7/1915Radefeld2(H)/31, 4(F)/123 (St Andre)Bf 109G-5 Werk # 27107 "Blue 1" (lost)
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Observer Operational Clasp in Gold		KilledInAction (KIA) 24 June, 1944; failed to return from a reconnaissance mission over the Seine Bay France. Presumed shot down by a P-38 at very high altitude. Eyewitnesses said the victorios AC apperaed to be twin-boomed tail. He was flying wingman for Oblt Werner Kohla. Over 170 combat missions. He was carried as MIA until his discovery 23 November, 1996 at Ecretteville-les-Baons, France. Buried in the German Soldier Cemetery, Champigny, St Andre, Block 13, Row 5, Grave 285. The Luftwaffe Loss Report states the AC # as 27106.



Herbert to the left with fellow pilots of 4th Staffel.
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81 Berndt, Karl MartinUffz2/8/1914Griessenbach3(F)/31Do 17 Werk # Unk (lost 8/13/40)Observer Operational ClaspKIC 13 August, 1940 at Plancoet Fr., cause unknown. Also killed, Flg Hans Richter (geb 7/18/1920 Berlin). Flg Richter died of injuries on 27 August, 1940 at Saint Brieuc. No other crew named. Both are buried at Ploudaniel-Lesneven Cem, Blk 11, Row 1, Flg Richter Gr 6; Uffz Berndt Gr 4 (absa3945).
Plousdaniel-Lesneven, France
82 Bonsack, Friedrich Robert Wilhelm Fw12/27/1905Bindheim2/Kü.Fl.Gr.-106He 111H-2 Werk # 5599 "CA + MN" (lost 12/13/41)Observer Operational ClaspKIC with his entire crew; crashing 4.5km NE of the Morlaix airfield on 13 December, 1941, cause unknown. Remaining crew (KIC, all bur Ploudaniel-Lesneven, Blk 9): Uffz Gerhard Gawlik (geb 5/29/1915 Schomberg, bur Row 53, Gr 1320), Obs; Ogefr Otto Wittig (geb 12/19/1919 Kannawurf, bur Row 52, Gr 1297), R/O and Gefr Heinz Schröter (geb 5/6/1919 Halle, bur Row 53, Gr 1321), Gnr. Pilot, Fw Bonsack buried Blk 9, Row 52, Gr 1298 (absa3945).
Plousdaniel-Lesneven, France
83 Bogdanski, AlfredFwI./KG 53He-111MIA/ KIA on 20 May 1940 crashed in France. Crew: since 2 pilots (Fw Bogdanski and Fw Herbert Querl) were shot down on that day (Src KG 53 chronicle by Kiehl) the following crew members were part of one of the pilots: Radop Uffz Rudolf Bruckner (MIA/ KIA) or Radop Uffz Alfons Truskowski (MIA/ KIA) or Radop Uffz Albert Schweighardt (KIA), Mech Uffz Georg Wild (MIA/ KIA) or Mech Uffz Georg Wissmeier (MIA/ KIA), Gunr Gefr Helmut Berner (MIA/ KIA) or Flg Eduard Damböck (MIA/ KIA) or Flg Oskar Dorer (MIA/ KIA). Interestingly no Obs were mentioned in the MIA/ KIA list.CKönig
84 Berstecher,LtII/KG-6 (Med 9/43), 5/KG-6 (France 1/44)Ju 88A-14 Werk # 144684 (lost 9/29/43; pilot & one other inj, crash at Larissa airfield due to eng trouble), Ju 88A-4 Werk # 550426 "3E + ON" (dam 1/29/44)Wound Badge
Bomber Operational Clasp		His Ju 88 was damaged 29 January, 1944 after being attacked by a Mosquito of No. 96 Sq., piloted by P/O Hibbert. Two of the crew bailed out over England and became POW. Berstecher and one other returned across the Channel. Pilot bailed OK, Uffz Kitlaus KilledInAction (KIA) when his chute failed. (Ju 88 Loss List)
85 Bertel, FriedrichUffzJGr-West (France)Bf 109E-7 Werk # 4905 (lost 3/25/43)Fighter Operational ClaspKIC 25 March, 1943 at the Mont de Marsanairfield, cause not reported.
86 Besenbeck, KarlFw1916/10/22NürnbergKG 255, 6./KG 51He-111, Ju-88KIA/KIFA on 9 November 1940 in a combat mission to England at Orly/France. Crew (KIA): Radop Fw Erich Wilhelm Laube (born 09/06/15 in Kunzendorf, N.L.). Besenbeck is buried on Fort de Malmaison German Cementry Block 5 Row 32 Grave 1447 , Laube in Grave 1446CKönig
87 Besser, H.Lt4/KG-6 (France)Ju 88A-14 Werk # 550559 "3E + AM" (lost 3/25/44)Bomber Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 25 March, 1944 due to flak, three others POA, all unnamed.
88 Beumer, RichardOFwI./KG 40Fw 200 C-1 "F8 + KH" Werknr 0015 (lost 20/08/40)Interned 20 August, 1940 after his ac crashed on Faha Ridge, Mount Brandon, County Kerry due to foul weather. Added: He took off from Bordeaux-Merignac, France. Aircraft crashed i above the Grotto on the pilgrims path on Mount Brandon (CK). The crew all survived and became prisoners. Remaining crew (all interned at Camp Curragh, County Cork): Reg.Rat.Dr Erich Kreuger, Meteorologist; Obsv Oblt Kurt Heinrich "Heinz" Mollenhauer (Ek 1+2, born 1915, deceased 1991, buried Friedhof Brockeswalde Cuxhaven, CK); Radop OFw Ludwig Wochner (Ek1+2); Mech Uffz Hans Bell and Gunr Gefr Kurt Kyck. Source: D.Drury.


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89 Beushausen, HeinzOfw3/29/1913Leinefeld3/JG-27Bf 109E-4 (lost 7/20/40)Fighter Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 20 July, 1940; sd by Hurricanes of No. 238 Sq., piloted by F/Lt Stuart Walch and P/O Charles Davis. He crashed into the Channel 15 miles south of Swanage, Dorset. He is buried in the War cemetery at Champigny St Andre, France, Blk 10, Row 17, Gr 1188 (D.Drury).


90 Beyer, RudolfFwIV/JG-1 (2/42 France)Bf 109E Werk # 777 "Black 5" (50% dam 2/12/42)Wound Badge
Fighter Operational Clasp		Following engine trouble on 12 February, 1942, Beyer was injured when he crashed "Black 5" shortly after takeoff from Octeville.
91 Beyer, WilliUffz13/07/212/NJG-1 (6/44 Venlo)He 219A -0 Werk # 190213 "G9 + ?K" (lost 6/6/44), He 219A-0 Werk # 190180 "G9 + RK" (lost 6/16/44)Night Fighter Operational ClaspHis 219 crashed at Leersum Holland the night of 15/16 June, 1944, cause and pilot/crew disposition unknown (DeSwart). Added: Ten days after his earlier encounter, on the night of 15/16 June, 1944, he crashed 1km N of Leersum, cause not reported, he was buried at Ysselsteyn M-4-88. His R/O, Ogefr H.Walter was also killed; initially buried at Arnhem and transferred to France from Ysselsteyn, plot unknown. Earlier, the night of 5/6 June, 1944, He and his R/O, Gefr H.Walter, bailed safely after aerial combat (SGLO).
92 Bibra, Ernst Freiherr vonMaj9/23/1910AachenII(K)/LG-1 (6/39), Stfkpt 7/KG-51 ('40), Kdr III/KG-51 (11/41 - 2/43 S.U.)Ju 88A-4 Werk # 885502 "9K + AA" (15% dam 8/23/42), Ju 88A-4 Werk # 3777 "??" (lost 2/15/43)
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probably Bomber Operational Clasp in Gold		KIFA 15 February, 1943; crashed near Slawjansk, in the Donez River area, Russia, no further detail. Crash landed his Wk# 885502 on 23 August, 1942, after being hit by flak in Map Quadrant 3135. Two of his crew were injured. Oblt Werner Poppenburg landed behind enemy line and picked up Bibra and crew. Added: Remaining crew (injured 8/23/42): Ogefr Günther Heyde, Obs & Ogefr Walter Repinski, R/O. Remaining crew (KilledInAction (KIA) 2/15/43): Lt Karl Mayrhofer, Obs; Fw Robert Meyer, R/O and Uffz Phillip Alleborn, Gnr (Luft & Allied Air Forces Discussion Forum). Added: After participation in the France and the Balkans campaign and also over Crete, he assumed command of III./ KG 51 on 25/11/41. (CK)
93 Bichler, HeinzLt 1/SAGr.-128, 10/ZG-1 (2/44 Lyon-Bron)Fw 190G-3 Werk # Unk (lost 2/14/44)Fighter Operational ClaspKIC 14 February, 1944 when he crashed at sea 2km S of Morgat France while on a non-combat mission. Source: A. Rosseels.
94 Bieber, HeinzUffz3(H)/14 (5/40)Hs 126B-1 Werk # Unk (lost 5/10/40)Observer Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) with his Observer, Lt Paul Koll, on a reconnaissance mission at Kengert, near Medernach, Luxembourg. The ac is believed sd by Sgt Newell of No.87 Sq ("Battle of France", P.Cornwell/C.König)./
95 Bier, ErnstUffz1/16/19212/JGr-Süd (France)Bf 109F-4 Werk # 13152 (lost 5/20/43). Added: "Red 19"Fighter Operational ClaspKIC in his Bf 109F-4 after striking an object and crashing in flames by Salon de Provence on 20 May, 1943. Buried at Dagneux. Jager Blatt 3 & 4/2004.
96 Bier, JosefOfw9/18/1913Strümpfelbroon3/KG-51 (Melun)Ju 88A-1 Werk # 7036 "9K + HL" (lost)Bomber Operational ClaspPOW 28 July, 1940; during a bombing mission to Crewe England, due to a navigational malfunction and running low on fuel, Bier scuttled his bombs in the Channel and made a force landing back in England, near Bexhill, Sussex. His ac eventually bore the British RAF colors, as AX919. Bier joined the Luftwaffe in 1935 and flew 1490 flights, 19 over France and 6 over England, before becoming a POW for 6 1/2 years, returning to Germany in 1947. Remaining crew(POW): Lt Willi Ruckdreschel, Observer; Uffz Heinz Ohls, R/O and Uffz Martin Multhammer, Gunner. None of the crew were injured in the landing.
97 Biesenbach, HeinzUffz2/6/1921Radevormwald9/JG-1 (France)Bf 109G-6 Werk # 20520 "Yellow 10" (lost 9/4/43)Fighter Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 4 September, 1943 during aerial combat near St Omer France. Buried Bourdon France, Block 9/20/751. Source: J. Geensen

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98 Biesser, HansOgefrII/JG-77Bf 109E (lost 2/26/41)Fighter Operational ClaspKIC 26 February, 1941 in Brittany France, no further detail. Source: A.Rosseels. absa3945 states "crim Kerfautras Brest" (a convoy?).
99 Boettger, HeinzUffz1/16/19235/JG-2 (4/44 Reich Defense)Bf 109G-6 Werk # 440527 (lost 4/25/44)Fighter Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 25 April, 1944; sd during aerial combat with fighters, 8km SW of Vitry le Francois, France. Buried in the German War Cem., Andilly, France, Blk 2, Row 16, Gr 1168 (C.König). Alternate spelling: Böttger.

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100 Binder, MaxUffz1921/08/04Wolnzach (CK)12./JG 27 (France)Bf 109 G-6 Werknr 760257 (lost 04/07/44)KilledInAction (KIA) 4 July, 1944 in the Caen area (Saint Sylvan - Calvados, CK), cause unknown. Added: Buried at La Cambe cemetery Block 16 Row 7 Grave 235 (CK).


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