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1 Heintzer, Hermann Friedrich Georg Fw7/26/1918Hamburg3/KG-27 (7/41)He 111H-5 Werk # 3922 "1G + HL" (lost 7/18/41)Bomber Operational ClaspKIC with his entire crew, 18 July, 1941, when their ac made involuntary ground contact in the vicinity of Baia, Romania. Remaining crew, (desig unk): Oblt.z.s. Georg Mossgraber, Obs; Gefr Hans Siewert and Ogefr Otto Singer. There was also a passenger, Lt Ernst Rutschke (KIC), a Zugführer in Ln.Kdo.(mot)/KG-27.Fw Heintzer buried in the German War Cem. at Lasi, Romania, Blk 3, Plot D, Row 13, Gr 547; all others among the unknowns (D.Drury). This may be the Hermann, WIA 10 May, 1940, of 9/KG-1.
2 Abel, GeorgOfw7/KG-40Fw 200C-4 Werk # 0145 "F8 + DR" (lost 6/24/43)Bomber Operational ClaspAC reported lost 24 June, 1943, six crew killed, no further detail (Fw 200 Losses, 1988 Book, H. Breuer).
3 Ackermann, GeorgLt3/12/1918Koblenz


FFS C-8 (1/40 Wiener-Neustadt), 9/KG-53 (3/40), 13/KG-53 (9/42), TO II/KG-53 (12/43), 9/LG-1 (1/45), Stfkpt & TO 5/KG-53 (2/45)He 111H
RK(2/28/45)

Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(8/21/42)

EK 1 & 2
Bomber Operational Clasp in Gold		DK-G Awards List. Deceased 16 December, 2007, Klotten. Added: Lt Ackermann flew 336 combat missions, including 286 in the East. He was an occasional Observer for RK-OL Holder, Major Herbert Wittmann and R/O, Ofw Steudel, RK Holder (C.König).
4 Beckmann, GeorgUffz7./ZG 26Bf-110 ERadop (Africa 42-43)


Courtesy CK

CKönig
5 Chodura, GeorgOfhrStab II/JG-77 (Italy)Bf 109G-6 Werk # 18746 "CN + VW" (lost 8/7/43)Fighter Operational ClaspKIC 7 August, 1943 at the Camigliatello airfield (Feldflugplatz 170), during an Alarmstart, due to a servicing fault.
6 Campe, Hagen vonLt3/13/1922Bückeburg2/NJG-1 (7/41 Venlo)Bf 110C-4 Werk # 3506 (lost 7/16/41) Night Fighter Operational Clasp His Bf 110 crashed NW of Bergen Holland, NNW of Boxmeer, on 16 July, 1941, cause and pilot/crew disposition unknown. (DeSwart). Added: He was reported KilledInAction (KIA), location in a swampy area known as the "Vilt", 1km N of Beuge, Holland, Prov North Brabant. Lt Campe buried at Alt Südfriedhof, Weisbaden, Section C1, Gr 63. His R/O, Gefr Georg Otto "Willi" Schumann, born 2 October, 1917 in Berlin-Lichterfelde, also KilledInAction (KIA), bur Templehof-Lichtenrade, Berlin, Blk S, Row E, Gr 4 (Leo Janssen, NL)
7 Ahrens, RudolfLt9/7/19192/KG-1He 111H-3 Werk # unk "V4 + GK" (lost 8/18/40)Bomber Operational ClaspPOW 18 August, 1940 after his ac was damagedby fighters of Nos. 32 & 65 Sqs., and made a wheels up landing at Snargate, near Dymchurch, Kent. The crew destroyed the ac using an incendiary device. Remaining crew (POW): Ofw Ernst Katzmarski, Obs; Uffz Georg Schneider, R/O; Flg Kurt Natzke, Gnr and Uffz Helmut Gericke, Flt Engr (WIA & DOW 8/18/40). Gericke buried in the Hawkinge Cem., Plot O, Row 1, Gr 20 (D.Drury). Added: The pilot of No.65 Sq, was P/O Ernest Glaser (S.Youngs).
8 Aigen, Reinhard GeorgOfw5/20/1913Heidenheim

Courtesy Christian König

3/KG-4 (5/40), 10/KG-4 (6/43), 7/KG-4 (9/43 Orsha, S.U.)He 111H-16 Werk # 161384 "5J + ER" (lost 9/19/43)
RK-EL(6/9/44 Post)

EP(6/20/41), DK-G(3/6/42), EK 1(9/12/40) & 2(10/24/39)
Wound Badge, Bomber Operational Clasp in Gold		KilledInAction (KIA) 19 September, 1943. Over 300 combat missions. Added: Flying with the crew of Hptm Paul Strobel, they were killed when they collided with the crew of Lt Hans Auer, as they passed thru a layer of clouds, killing both crews. Remaining Strobel crew: Uffz Walter Fock; Ogefr Georg Arnold and Uffz Ewald Oetken. 447 combat missions, 313on eastern front, and 68 last over four hours, thus counted as doubles, total 515 missions. He was the first Flt Engr to receive the RK (C.König).

Courtesy Christian König
9 Albert, Georg JohannGefr04/04/22Püttlingen



FFS A 9KIFA on 08/04/44 in Voigtsdorf (now Poland)CKönig
10 Alt, VitusUffz1915/01/28Kissing, Augsburg


First from the left
Courtesy CK

4./NJG 2 (06/41 Gilze-Rijen)Ju 88 C-2 "R4 + IM" Werknr 0785 (lost 14/06/41)MIA after his Ju 88 crashed into the North Sea NW of Schouwen Holland the night of 13/14 June, 1941 (DeSwart). On the return flight from an Intruder Mission over England, Alt spotted a dinghy in the water below and circled while the R/O sent out a distress signal to Air Sea Rescue. To the horror of the He 111 H-5 "5J + KS" Werknr 3883 , 8/KG-4 (A.Rosseels) crew in the dingy, the wingtip of the Ju 88 hit the water, sinking immediately, and taking the crew with it. The entire crew perished. Remaining crew (KIC): Uffz Hans Georg Suckow (geb 09/07/1920, Gumbinnen), R/O and Uffz Erwin Willi Korn (geb 11/10/1920, Bitigheim), Gunner. Suckow & Korn are remembered on the Laboe Naval Memorial (D.Drury). Added: The He 111 crew were rescued except for Uffz Karl Brückner, Flt Engr (D.Drury).


Courtesy CK

altx
11 Altmann, GeorgOfw6/Schl.G-1 (S.U.)Fw 190A-5 Werk # 1764 "Yellow G" (lost 8/12/43)Assault Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 12 August, 1943 at Map Quadrant Pl.Qu. 5184, cause unknown.
12 Chzilarsch, KarlUffz10/18/19106/KG-27He 111H-6 Werk # 7848 "1G + NP" (lost)Bomber Operational ClaspMIA 13 November, 1942 as a result of flak damage and crashing 20 km NW of Klitzkaja, near Stalingrad. Remaining crew(MIA): Maj Georg Friedrich Altvater, Observer; FW Alfred Mayer, R/O; Uffz Johann Janksch, mechanic and Ogefr Erich Engwicht, gunner. Jager Blatt 2/2001 & 1/2002.
13 Breitschädel, GeorgUffz6/KG-26 (Blankensee)Ju 88A-4 Werk # 6535 "1H + DP (lost 11/12/43)Bomber Operational ClaspKIC 12 November, 1943 when the AC crashed into the Baltic Sea approximately 25 km east of Gedser Denmark, with the loss of the entire crew. The cause of the crash was not given. The pilot and Observer, Ogefr Wolfgang Beyerlein have no known graves. Remaining crew: Ogefr Helmut Meissner, R/O, was retrieved from the sea and buried at the Bispebjerg Cemetery on 30 November, 1943, then transferred to the Kobenhavn Vestre Cemetery on 22 March, 1944. Ogefr Alfred Deutschler, Gunner, was buried in the Kaliningrad Standortfriedhof. Source: Air War over Denmark.
14 Anderwald, GeorgFhjUffz5/22/1924Hindenburg9/JG-51 (Reich Def Ost)Bf 109G-14 Werk # 512441 (lost 1/29/45)Fighter Operational ClaspKIC 29 January, 1945 northwest of Pillau, cause not reported. Added: "Northwest of Pillau (now Baltiysk, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia) would place him in the sea at the time of the crash. The VDK shows his place of death as "Seegebeit (sea area) NW Pillau". He is commemorated in the German War Cem at Baltiysk, Russia (D.Drury).
15 Brukhard, HansFw9/KG-76 (4/43)Ju 88A-4 Werk # 2469 "F1 + GR" (lost 4/15/43)Bomber Operational ClaspMIA with his entire crew, 15 April, 1943, when they crashed in the Port of Bone, cause unknown. Remaining crew: Uffz Jakob Staab, Obs; Uffz Georg Appel, R/O and Ufz Alois Koppitz, Gnr (Qu.Meister File).
16 Antoni, HeinzUffz2(H)/10Fw 189A "VX + NB" (lost 2/13/43)Observer Operational ClaspMIA 13 February, 1943 in Russia, Map Quadrant Pl.Qu. 9955. His Observer, Oblt Hans Kraft, and a remaining unnamed crewmember, also MIA. Obs Loss List
17 Apirtz, Hans GeorgUffz1/JGr-SüdBf 109E-7 Werk # 6406 (or 6409) "White 18" (lost 2/23/43)Fighter Operational ClaspKIC in his "White 18" on 23 February, 1943, in a mid-air collision with another 109, by Salon de Provence, near the Marignane airfield. Jager Blatt 3 & 4/2004.
18 Arber, HansLt1921
Cannock Chase		3/KG-28He 111H-4 Werk # 3237 "1T + DL" (lost 6/14/41)Bomber Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) with his entire crew, 14 June, 1941; their ac was attacked by a Douglas A-20 "Havoc" of No.85 Sq., piloted by F/Lt Gordon L.Raphael & ACq William N.Addison. The ac exploded over Lower Halstow, Isle of Grain, scattering debris over a wide area. Remaining crew: Gefr Friedrich Straub, Obs; Fw Georg Hochwald, Flt Engr and Ofw Eugen Geyer, R/O, the only one whose body was recovered, buried CC, Blk 1, Row 9, Gr 341. Gefr Straub is commemorated on the Kiel-Laboe Naval memorial as "being in a sea grave" (D.Drury).
19 Armbrecht, Heinz Georg "Hans"Lt2/26/1921Flight Instr FFS A/B 52 & A-101 (2/43-1/45), 9 (Erg)/JG-1 (1/45), 10 (Erg)/JG-1 (4/45 Eastern Front)Bf 109G-14 Werk # Unk "Black 7" (lost 4/16/45)Wound Badge, Fighter Operational ClaspInjured 16 April, 1945 when he struck tree tops vicinity Duba, near Ceska Lipa during aerial combat (LOCS & C.König).
20 Arnold, OttoFw1/Ku.Fl.Gr-106He 115B Werk # 1868 "M2 + BH" (lost 4/18/40)Observer Operational ClaspKIC 18 April, 1940 when he crashed into mountain Storsalen after a mission to Narvik, believed due to icing. Remaining crew: Oblt z.See Heinz Witt (KIC) and Gefr Karl Georg (turned up later in Trondheim) (Flyvrak Norway).
21 Arras, GeorgFw9/KG-77 (Med)Ju 88A-4 Werk # 142391 "??" (lost 2/21/43)Bomber Operational ClaspKIC with unnamed crew during an emergency landing at Piacenza 21 February, 1943; burned on landing after a non-combat flight (Ju 88 Loss List).
22 Assmann, GeorgUffzII/KG-51 (S.U.)Ju 88D-1 Werk # 430389 (lost 1/9/43)Bomber Operational ClaspKIC with unnamed crew 9 January, 1943 at Iljaschewka, by Uman, probably struck the ground (Ju 88 Loss List).
23 Auer, RobertUffz26/08/20Alsace, France


Courtesy Christian König

Schul-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.
24 Auerochs, PaulOfwFFS B 17 (Blindschule)Bv 138B-1 Werk # 2016 (85% damaged)Wound BadgeInjured in a crash during foul weather at Bug/Rügen after a Blind School exam flight on 27 October, 1943. Remaining crew: Uffz Alfred Kuhn(KIC), R/O and Ogefr Waller(Injured), Mechanic. Also onboard, two pilot trainees, Ogefr Gert Wiemann(KIC) and Lt Georg M.Ott(Injured). Jager Blatt 4/2004
25 Bugislaus, Georg AndreasHptm6/24/1911Burg10/KG-2 (8/43), 3/KG-2 (12/43), Stfkpt 2/KG-66 (4/44)Ju 188E-1 Werk # 269360 "Z6 + CK" (lost 6/17/44)DK-G (1/1/45), EK 1 & 2, Bomber Operational Clasp in SilverMIA 17 June, 1944; crashed at Vire-Mündung while on a mission, cause unknown. Remaining crew (MIA): Ogefr Egon Erben, geb 2/12/1925, Obs; Gefr Kurt Wollermann, geb 2/25/1925, T.Obs; Fw Alois Bretscher, geb 9/28/1916, R/O and Uffz Hermann Stein, geb 5/7/1920, Mechanic. Source: B.Bines. Added: Prior to becoming a pilot, he was a navigator/observer in September, 1941 (LOCS).
26 Bruchstadt, GeorgOfwFl.ü.G.-1Bf 109G-2 Werk # 10519 (60% dam 6/1/43)Wound Badge
Pilot Badge		Injured 1 June, 1943; crash landed at Jüterbog on a delivery flight.
27 Baasch, Heinrich J.Fw3/Kü.Fl.Gr. 806 (Holtenau 4/40), 1/Kü.Fl.Gr. 806 (Channel 9/40)He 111J-1 "M7 + CH" (lost 4/3/40), Ju 88 Werk # 3079 "M7 + CH" (lost 9/21/40)Observer Operational ClaspInterned 3 April, 1940 by the Danish authorities after his AC experienced engine problems which resulted in a fire. The AC was ditched at sea, 2 miles south of the "Hatter rev" between the islands of Samso and Sejro. The crew were unharmed and entered the aircrafts dinghy. Several Danish craft offered assistance, but was refused. Many hours later, their dinghy drifted ashore at Lilleballe, on the eastside of the Island Samso. The crew were held in the Flinchs Hotel until the German occupation on 9 April, 1940. Remaining crew: Oblt z.S. Adam Werner Beck (MIA 5/2/41 w/Fw Heinrich Baasch crew), Fw Georg F. Juchelko and an unnamed Uffz. Source: Air War over Denmark. Added: Baasch and crew were rescued after being sd on 21 Sepember, 1940 by AA fire on a sortie to Midlands, crash location not reported (Ju 88 Loss List). Remaining crew (9/2/40) incident: Lt.z.S. Günther Grunwald, Obs; Fw Strube (Pos Unk) and Fw Kruger (Pos Unk) (D.Drury).
28 Bachmann, HeinzOfw4/NJG-4Ju 88G-1 Werk # 710891 "3C + HM" (lost 12/23/44)Night Fighter Operational ClaspMIA the night of 23/24 December, 1944, Bachmann and crew failing to return from a mission over the western front. (Ardennes) Jager Blatt 3/2003. Remaining crew (MIA): R/O Uffz Wilhelm Schröder and Engr Ofw Georg Ertl (Lost Aircraft Report).
29 Bachmann, WernerOblt


7./KG 30 (Channel)Ju 88C "4D + DR" (lost 15/08/40)POW 15 August, 1940 during the attack on the Driffield airfield by a Spitfire of RAF No. 616 Sq., piloted by Sgt James Hopewell. The AC crashed alongside the Bridlington waterworks reservoir on Scarborough Road. Remaining crew: Uffz Werner Evers, Observer (POW), Fw Georg Henneske, wireless operator (KilledInAction (KIA)) and Flg Robert Wakther, gunner (POW). The body of Georg Henneske (born 10/04/15 in Raisdorf, CK) was buried in Bridlington Cemetery on 19 August, 1940; it has since been re-interned in the German Military Cemetery at Cannock Chase.

Courtesy Christian König
30 Bamberger, AlbinFwII/KG-26 (3/43)He 111H-11 Werk # 8107 "1H + HP" (lost 3/15/43)Bomber Operational ClaspMIA with his entire crew, 15 March, 1943 at Tripolis, cause unknown, Remaining crew: Ogefr Georg Arnold, Obs; Uffz Erich Bodolsky, R/O and Uffz Eberhard Alsleben, Gnr (Qu.Meister File).
31 Band, Friedrich Georg HansFw21/02/15LeipzigFAR 53Flight instructor, KIC on 22 April 1940 in Kraussen near Königsberg. Buried at Naunhof – Alter Friedhof. Abt III, row 1, grave 7CKönig
32 Banke, ChristianOblt05/11/18 (CKönig)Magdeburg (CKönig)9/StG-2 (1938- 04/41 Greece). Added: Stuka Schule Marienbad (07-09/39) (CKönig)Ju 87B-2 Werk # 5981 "T6 + KT" (lost 4/14/41)Wound badge
Dive Bomber Operational Clasp		KilledInAction (KIA) 14 April, 1941 in the Mt Olympus area by Hurricanes. Gunner not mentioned. Added: Severely WIA on 07/06/40 when damaged by ground fire near Grécourt, SE of Ham, needed to crash land near Hombleaux and was hospitalized at St. Quentin. Another crash land on 04/04/41 at Münster-Loddenheide airfield but unhurt. Gunr Fw Georg Hoser KIA on 14/04/41. Banke is buried at war cemetery Dionyssos-Rapendoza. (CKönig)
33 Bannert, HelmutOblt9/7/1911Breslau


Werder


Bannert

4/KG-53He 111H-2 Werk # 3144 "A1 + KM" (lost 11/5/40)Bomber Operational ClaspMIA 5 November, 1940; his ac crashed into the Humber Estuary near Grimsby, Lincolnshire, possibly due to AA fire. The pilot and flight engineer (Uffz Willi Göhring) bodies were not recovered, and they are both remembered at the Laboe Naval Memorial. The remaining three crew were washed up along the south shore, and are buried at the Grimsby Scartho Road Cem., Block 116. Remaining crew: Gefr Georg Werder, Obs (born 1917, EK2, bur Row J, Gr 3); Uffz Eduard Zahn, R/O (bur Row L, Gr 3) and Gefr August Schmitz, Gnr (bur Row K, Gr 3) (D.Drury).
34 Caesar, EdgarHptm1912/06/10Stfkpt 3.(F)/122 (04-05/40 Sola-Stavanger)Do 17 P, He 111 H-3 "F6 + DH" Werknr 5640 (lost 12/05/40)KIC 12 May, 1940; flew into a mountain during a dawn reconnaissance mission, killing the entire crew, remaining crew unnamed. Wiki Luft data. Added: the cause was heavy fog and the crash happened on Vanna Island. Remaining crew (KIC): Uffz Otto Karnapp, Uffz Hans Joachim Müller and Uffz Georg Ableitner (Flyvrak Norway). Added: The four crew are buried in the German War Cem. at Narvik, Norway, Blk 13, Row L1 as follows: Caesar Gr 9, Karnapp Gr 10, Müller Gr 11 and Ableitner Gr 8 (D.Drury). Alternate spelling: Cäsar (VDK).
35 Barsch, GeorgLt9/25/19208/KG-30 (Med)Ju 88A-4 Werk # 550221 "4D + FS" (lost 8/1/43)Bomber Operational ClaspMIA with unnamed crew at Palermo 1 August, 1943, cause unknown (Ju 88 Loss List).
36 Daxenberger, AlbertOfw5/KG-2Ju 188E-1 Werk # 260359 "U5 + GN" (lost 2/25/44)Bomber Operational ClaspMIA with his entire crew, the night of 24/25 February, 1944, when they failed to return from a mission to London, circumstances unknown. Added: Shot down by a Mosquito of No. 96 Sq., piloted by F/Lt Ward. The ac crashed into the North Sea off Beachy Head, E.Sussex (C.König). Remaining crew: Uffz Rudolf Schmidt, Obs; Uffz Kurt Scheffler, R/O; Uffz Ernst Kwapis, Gnr 1 and Ogefr Georg Preissner, Gnr 2. One source indicates this crew was lost at Beachy Head, Sussex, Beachy Head being a coastal location (D.Drury).
37 Conrad, JuliusFw8/KG-26 (Norway)Ju 188A-3 Werk # 190346 "1H + ES" (lost 2/16/45)Bomber Operational ClaspKIC with unnamed crew 16 February, 1945, no further detail (Ju 88 Loss List & SIG Norway). Added: The ac was on a transfer flight from Hamburg to Vaernes when it crashed at Onsberget Jevnaker due to heavy fog, killing the entire crew. Remaining crew: Uffz Heinz Reusonett, Nav; Uffz Georg Römer, R/O; Uffz Hans Budenbach, Flt Engr and (no rank) Wilhelm Utendorffer, Mech. The crew are buried at the crash site at Onsberget. (Flyvrak Norway).
38 Bätcher, Hans GeorgObst1/13/1914Finsterwalde

Bätcher 2nd left celebrates 500th mission

Stfkpt 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
RK(12/21/42)
EL(3/24/44)

Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(6/29/42)
EP(11/14/41)

EK 1 & 2
Wound Badge

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


39 Bauer, GeorgOblt25/04/16Munich2.(H)/Aufkl.Gr. 13 (07/41), I./NAG 102 (04/43 Offz. z.b.V./ instructor), 6./NAG 102 (08/44 Offz. z.b.V.), 3./JG 117 (10/44, Stfkpt), NAGr. 4 (01/45), 2./NAGr. 8 (03/45)EP (09/03/42),
EK 1 & 2
CKonig
40 Bäumker, GertUffz


Courtesy Olaf Timmermanns, CK

BFS 7 RadomHe-111 H-10 "RI + NI" Werknr. 5312 (lost 20/01/43), He-111 P-5 "CF + XU" Werknr. 3355 (30% dam)Wound badgeSupporting flying instr. WIFA on 20/01/43 probably due to operational error (by a flight student?) 5 km E of Radom airfield. Crew: Radop instr Uffz Paul Hauf (born 14/10/1921, WIFA; Uffz Hauf was later KIA/KIFA on 11 April, 1945 near Vechta in a crash and was buried in Lutten near Vechta, Courtesy Olaf Timmermanns), Mech Uffz Georg Nather (WIFA), student Uffz Wilhelm Schicke (WIFA), student Uffz Herbert Finger (WIFA), student Uffz Werner Lechner (WIFA), student Gefr Herbert Hanke (WIFA). On 28/01/43 Bäumker had another crash landing, again due to operational error by the students, but uninjured like the rest of the crew/students: Radop instr Uffz Herbert Stärmann, Mech Uffz Georg Nather (again!), student Uffz Fritz Lehner, student Uffz Herbert Finger (again!), student Uffz Ernst Magerhans, student Gefr Herbert Hanke (again!).CKönig
41 Bäumler, HansOfw4/5/19151(F)/124 (Bardufoss)Ju 88A-5 Werk # 088 0696 "G2 + CH" (lost 7/7/41)
EK 1 & 2
Observer Operational Clasp		KIC 7 July, 1941 when he crashed at Stormauken, by Rundhaug, 18km W of Bardufoss, on a non-operational transfer flight due to heavy fog. Remaining crew (all KIC): Oblt Karl Hönsbröch, Observer; Uffz Kurt Sandvoss, R/O and Uffz Georg Erbar, Mech. Source: SIG Norway. Added: Ofw Baumler buried at Narvik Norway, Blk 8. Row C, Gr 12. Oblt Hönsbröch (aka Karl Graf von und zu Hoensbroech) believed buried in an unknown grave in Narvik. Also in Narvik, Blk 8, Row C, Uffz Sandvoss in Gr 10, and Uffz Erbar in Gr 9 (D.Drury).
42 Baur-Bargehr, Hans-GeorgOfhr9/25/1923Vienna, Austria11/JG-54 & 14/JG-54 (9/44 Plantlünne)Fw 190A-5, Fw 190A-8 Werk # Unk (lost 9/21/44), Fw 190A-8 Werk# 731040 "Black 4" (lost) Wound Badge, Fighter Operational Clasp MIA 27 December, 1944 near Schnee-Eifel Belgium while flying Werk# 731040, after aerial combat with P-47s. His grave was later found in Franken, but his Father had him interned in Innsbruck in 1946. He lost an earlier A-8 at Vriezenveen Holland on 21 September, 1944, bailed safely with wounds (DeSwart).
43 Bautzitz, GeorgGefrErg/JG-2 (Channel)Bf 109E-4/B Werk # 1341 (lost 3/9/41)Wound Badge
Fighter Operational Clasp		Injured 9 March, 1941 when there was an explosion on the aircraft which crashed and burned at Le Harve. The pilot bailed safely. Source: Bf 109 Loss List
44 Becker, GüntherLt1/KG-55 (Melun-Villaroche)He 111H-4 Werk # 1724 "G1 + GH" (lost 5/8/41)Bomber Operational ClaspMIA with his entire crew the night of 7/8 May, 1941; failed to return from a mission to Liverpool. Remaining crew: Uffz Emil Vierner (or Vilser), Obs; Uffz Rdgar Faulhaber, R/O and Ofw Georg Lunz, Flt Engr (D.Drury).
45 Becker, Hans GeorgUffzI/JG-26 (joins 7/43), 1/JG-26 (8/43 Woensdrecht)Fw 190A-4 Werk # 140620 "White 3" (20% dam 8/17/43), Fw 190A-8 Werk # 730456 "White 5" (lost) Wound Badge
Fighter Operational Clasp 		KilledInAction (KIA) 7 June, 1944 in "White 5" in aerial combat with Allied fighters 40 km SW of Rouen. WIA 17 August, 1943 in "White 3" from B-17 return fire at Liege. Despite his wounds, he made a force landing at Venlo. Returned to 1st Staffel 27 April, 1944.
46 Becker, Karl AdolfOFw13.(Z)/JG 5Bf 110 F-2 "LN + DR" Werknr 5096 (lost 23/06/43), Bf 110 F-2 (Trop) "1B + CX" Werknr 5073 (lost 12/11/43)Wound Badge
WIA 12 November, 1943; fire after an emergency landing at Svartnes Norway airfield after an operational flight. His Observer, Lt Georg Lisbe, was also wounded. Source: SIG Norway. Added: Wk# 5096 was shot down by a Russian P-39, piloted by Lt Borisov at Batsfjordnaringen Norway. Becker managed to make a belly landing offshore. The cockpit section was destroyed by the Germans. His R/O-Gnr, Uffz Ottmar Werz bailed and was picked up at sea by a German subchaser (added: commandeered by a former schoolmate of Werz named Kptlt Bebermeyer. The wreck was recovered by Norwegians and is currently not on public display though several sections are restored (CK).
47 Claussen, Hans HeinrichUffz4/3/1919Hamburg-Altona2/JG-4 (1/44)Bf 109G-6 Werk # Unk (lost 1/11/44)Fighter Operational ClaspKIFA 11 January, 1944 in a mid-air collision with a comrade, Lt Georg Maatz (or Matz) (KIC) over the Sezze- Littoria, Italy airfield, an Italian Glider Training Field. The remains of Uffz Claussen could not be recovered by the VDK for transfer to the military cemetery at Pomezia, Italy. He is commemorated in the Memorial Book there (D.Drury).
48 Behnisch, RudolfLt4/KG-26 (9/39), Stab II/KG-26 (4/40)He 111H-3 "1H + AC" (lost)Bomber Operational ClaspPOW 3 April, 1940 after being shot down off Redcar on an armed reconnaissance mission against British shipping. He was shot down by a Spitfire of RAF No. 41 Sq., piloted by F/Lt Norman Ryder. Benischs AC had been damaged earlier by naval fire and was unable to evade Ryders attacks, and was forced to ditch in the North Sea, being picked up by a Scarborough fishing boat, Silver Line. Remaining crew (all POW): Lt Georg Kempe (WIA), Observer, Uffz Albert Weber, wireless operator, Uffz Alfred Bächle, mechanic and Obstlt Hans Hefele, Grp Kdr II/KG-26, who wanted to see for himself how the recon mission operated! As a result of a well-placed hit from Bächle, Ryder too, was forced to ditch and was rescued by the Hartlepool trawler, Alaskan. Alternate spelling: Benisch.


49 Beisiegel, GeorgOblt12/11/19133(F)/123 (Langendiebach)Do 17P-1 "4U + IL" (lost 4/8/40)Observer Operational ClaspKilled during an observation mission near Niederrodenbach on 8 April, 1940. He either accidentally struck the ground or an obstacle. His Obs, Ogefr Johann Schadl was also killed.
50 Benkard, GeorgUffz19/02/22Burghausen


3./Erg.ZS Deblin-Irena (Poland)KIFA on 15 July 1942. Buried on cemetery Ulez/ Deblin-CKönig
51 Benscheidt, EdgarOblt
Ysselstein, Holland		6/KG-40 (2/42 Soesterberg), II/KG-40 (7/42)Do 217E-4 Werk # 1142 "F8 + GP" (lost 2/26/42), Do 217E-4 Werk # 1198 "F8 + GP" (lost 7/24/42)Wound Badge, Bomber Operational ClaspMIA during an operation on 24 July, 1942, crashing into the North Sea, cause not given. Remaining crew): Fw Ernst Klaus, Obs (MIA); Uffz Georg Senft, Mech (MIA) and Ofw Rudolf Gruner, R/O, (KilledInAction (KIA), the only crewman to be recovered, washing ashore on 14 October, 1942 between the villages of Lokker and Blokhus Denmark. He was buried in the Frederikshavn Cemetery on 16 October, 1942. Source: Air War over Denmark. Added: Benscheidt was injured 26 February, 1942 when his ac made an emergency landing at Veenendaal due to engine failure. Remaining crew: Lt H.Edinger, Obs (Surv); Uffz H.Prond, R/O (Surv) and Ofw Fritz Weinig (geb 7/30/1914), Mech (KIC, bur 1st in Amsterdam, then in 1948, Ysselsteyn CX-6-127) (Finf-A Grave by Fred).
52 Burkardt, FriedrichOblt11/7/1916RostockIII/JG-26 (joins 1/45), 5/JG-26Fw 190D-9 (lost)Fighter Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 31 March, 1945 during aerial combat with a Spitfire of RCAF No.402 Sq. 5 km E of Bissel. His mission was to stafe and bomb Allied traffic on the Lüdinghausen-Olfen Road, and as he was searching through the haze, he and his unit were jumped by the Spitfires. Fw Georg Raith was also killed on this mission.
53 Berg, Herbert vom (von?)Hptm6/13/19115/KG-40He 177A-3 Werk # 535433 (or 535443) "F8 + BN" (lost 11/21/43)Bomber Operational ClaspMIA 21 November, 1943 when his ac was damaged by AA fire from an escort vessel, HMS Calder. The ac put down in the sea, north of Cape Ortegal, Corunna, Spain. The escort vessel was providing cover for convey's SL139 & MKS30. Remaining crew, four buried in Cuacos de Yuste, Row 3: Fw Alfred Büthe, Gr 46; Uffz Alfred Hartmann, Gr 44; Uffz Georg Hippe, Gr 45; Fw Willi Stegner, Gr 42 and Uffz Josef Pelters (MIA) (D.Drury).
54 Dargel, HelmutHptmKdr V/KG-40 (Atlantic)Ju 88C-6 Werk # 360075 "F8 + BG" (lost 12/30/42)Bomber Operational ClaspMIA 30 December, 1942, cause and location unknown. Remaining crew (all MIA): Uffz Wolfgang Zunke wireless operator and Uffz Georg Richter, gunner. Added: The crew went missing after attacking a flight of 17 P 39 and a B 25 during a transfer from the UK to Africa (R.Randall). Added: Another internet source shows the location as south of Lorient and the crew all KilledInAction (KIA).
55 Berghofer, JohannUffz19/08/21Franzheim


5./KG 27He-111MIA on 1 September 1941 near Balta / Kajetanowka / Lipetzkoje / Zardekowo (Ukraine). Another source listed them as MIA in Eupatoria/ Jewpatorija (Krim,Ukraine) He might not be the pilot of the crew (MIA): Uffz Alfred Kainz (born 16/09/19), Uffz Erich Kammradt (born 24/03/21), OGefr Georg Brauer (born 12/07/17), Gefr Heinz Lührs (born 19/08/21).CKönig
56 Bergmann, ErnstOblt6/2/1915Lübeck4(F)/Ob.d.L. (Sola)Ju 88D-6 Werk # 430067 "T5 + LM" (lost 2/17/43)Observer Operational ClaspKIC with his Observer Oblt August Schaal and two other unnamed crew over Northern Scotland 17 February, 1943, cause unknown (Ju 88 Loss List). Added: The two unnamed crew were: Ofw Georg Besold and Fw Johannes Kaiser. All four KIC and buried in the Havstein Cem., Trondheim (Flyvrak Norway). Added: The ac crashed into a hill at Fanafjell, E of Espedal, SE of Stavanger (Observer Loss List).
57 Buechner, ClausUffz5/JG-1Fw 190A-7 Werk # 340048 "Black 6" (lost)Fighter Operational ClaspKIC 4 May, 1944; crashed at Stoermede, cause unknown. No known grave. This AC was flown earlier by Georg Blech.
58 Bergmann, GeorgFw1(F)/120 (vaernes)He 111H-2 Werk # 2707 "A6 + ZH" (lost 5/24/40) Observer Operational Clasp KIC 24 May, 1940; crashed into a bog at Tensäsen Länke, 10 km NE of the Vaernes airfield due to engine failure. No mention of crew disposition. Wekusta Loss List. Added: The ac crashed shortly after takeoff, it's port engine on fire, killing the entire crew. Remaining crew: Reg Rat Dr Helmut Heinze, Uffz Herbert Deichert, Fw Fritz Hoch and Lt Hans Weichert, all buried at Havstein Cem., Trondheim (Flyvrak Norway).
59 Bernhardt, Karl GeorgUffz24/09/16LeipzigStabsstaffel/ KG-4KIFA on 28/12/39 at airfield QuakenbrückCKönig
60 Brendebach, GeorgOfw



5/KG-2 (3/42 Soesterberg, 8/42)Do 217E-2 Werk # 5322 (or 5532) "U5 + FN" (lost 3/4/42)
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Bomber Operational Clasp		DK-G Awards List & www.aircrashsites.co.uk. Added: Pilot and two crew reported safe when their ac crashed at an undisclosed location, but most likely in Holland since the Gunner, Uffz Herbert Weber (30/06/16, CKönig), was killed in the engagement. He was hit 1km E of Great Yarmouth in the spinal cord by ship defense fire, and died in a Luftwaffe hospital; initially buried Amsterdam, final burial Yssel CX-6-128. Remaining crew: Lt A.Hein Obs and Uffz W.Lotz, R/O (SGLO).
61 Beyer, JosefUffz1/Transport Gr.-30 (8/44)He 111 Werk # 700556 "S3 + IH" (lost 8/21/44)Transport Operational ClaspUffz Beyer, and crew, were uninjured in a crash near Paris, 21 August, 1944. Remaining crew: Ofw Walter Sievers, Obs; Uffz Herbert Weller, R/O; Uffz Helmut Schubert, Flt Engr and Gefr Georg Scholz, Gnr (D.Drury).
62 Beyerle, AlfredLt10/16/1921Zossen
Cannock Chase		7 & 8/KG-6 (Channel)Ju 88A-14 Werk # 144372 "3E + HS" (lost 4/25/43)Bomber Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) with two other unnamed crew 25 April, 1943, crashed at Bromley, Kent, after being shot down by a Mosquito of No. 85 Sq, piloted by P/O Lintott (Ju 88 Loss List). Added: Remaining crew: Fw Josef Schlund (KilledInAction (KIA), bur CC/1/7/261), Fw Georg Schuster (KilledInAction (KIA), bur CC/1/7/260) and Uffz E.Behmer (POW, bailed safely). Lt Beyerle buried CC/1/7/262. Source: D.Drury. This person seems to be different than the Alfred Beyerle in a Nightfighter unit.
63 Bialas, GeorgUffz7/KG-3 (Germany)Ju 88A-4 Werk # 6865 (lost 11/17/43)Bomber Operational ClaspKIC with unnamed crew at Münster-Handorf 17 November, 1943, cause not reported (Ju 88 Loss List).
64 Biedermann, GottfriedUffz1/KG-6Ju 188A-2 Werk # 180441 "3E + DH" (lost)Bomber Operational ClaspMIA the night of 14/15 May, 1944, failing to return from a bombing raid on Bristol England. Probably lost at sea. Remaining crew (all MIA): Uffz Georg Malek, Observer; Uffz Walter Zeiner, R/O; Fw Karl Hartmaier, Gunner and Gefr Franz Hense, Gunner. Source: Bristol Past, John Penny.
65 Bierling, Georg AlfredUffzHamburg
Cannock Chase		7/ZG-76Bf 110C-4 Werk # 2137 "2N + FM" (lost 9/9/40)Destroyer Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 9 September, 1940; hit by flak at Munns Gore, Borden, near Sittingbourne, Kent. His unnamed gunner also KilledInAction (KIA) (Bf 110 Loss List). Uffz Bierling buried CC, Blk 4, Gr 54. Added: His unnamed gunner, Uffz Friedrich Kurella (geb 4/21/1915), buried at CC, Blk 4, Gr 55 (Luftwaffe Graves UK).
66 Biesemeier, MartinUffz1914/11/12


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6./KG 40 (09/42 Soesterberg)Do 217 E-4 "F8 + GP" Werknr 5420 (lost 24/09/42)His Do 217 crashed near Leersum Holland on 21 September, 1942, cause and pilot/crew disposition unknown (DeSwart). Added: KilledInAction (KIA) per Obit Card/M.deWolf). Added: The entire crew were killed in the crash caused by operator error, all buried Ysselsteyn. Uffz Biesemeier buried CX-5-106. Remaining crew: Obsv OGefr Georg Rentsch, (born 12/11/18 CK, bur CW-3-75); Radop Gefr Hermann Schmidt (born 14/06/21 CK, bur CW-/3-73) and Mech/Gnr OGefr Johann Hennermann (geb 10/07/21 in Ostermiething (Hollersbach) near Braunau) (bur CW-3-74) (SGLO).


Johann Hennermann
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67 Bihr, RudolfFw10/2/1914Böckingen
Cannock Chase		4/KG-30Ju 88 "4D + ?M" (lost)Bomber Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 15 August, 1940 after being shot down, during the Driffield airfield raid, by a Hurricane of RAF No. 73 Sq., piloted by P/O Donald S.Scott. The AC crashed in a cornfield at Fraisthorpe, 4 miles south of Bridlington, Yorkshire. Remaining crew (KilledInAction (KIA)): Fw Robert Pohl, Observer, Uffz Severin Kürsch, wireless operator and Uffz Arnulf Georg Neumeyer, gunner. Kürsch and Pohl were buried in Bridlington Cemetery alongside two "unknowns", thought to be Bihr and Neumeyer. Added: All are buried at CC, Plot 3, Row 12: Bihr Gr 366, Pohl Gr 367, Kürsch Gr 368, Neumeyer Gr 365 (D.Drury).
68 Binder, GeorgUffz3/JG-27Bf 109G-14 Werk # 781101 "Yellow 5" (lost 12/24/44)Fighter Operational ClaspMIA 24 December, 1944 east of Niersabach, reason unknown. Mombeek.
69 Bittner, OskarUffz10/JG-5 (Altagaard 11/44)Bf 109G-6 Werk # 166120 "Yellow 8" (lost 11/15/44)Fighter Operational ClaspCrashed his "Yellow 8" at Sagelvvatnet, Balsfjord, Tromso Norway during a transfer flight to Bardufoss on 15 November, 1944, becoming lost due to bad weather . Pilot bailed safely, landing in the Sagelvvatnet Lake and was rescued by two Norwegians . Two others were forced to bail at this time; Ogefr Hans Günther Heep and Ogefr Georg Ecke, both landing in Swedish Lapland. Source: SIG Norway and F. Braun & R. Kull.
70 Blanke, ElmarHptm1/15/19142/Kü.Fl.Gr.-606 (9/39) redesignated 2/Kü.Fl.Gr.-906 (10/39), Grosse Kampfschule-3 (6/42), Fliegerwaffenschule (See) (6/9/43), 1(F)/125 ('43), 1(F)/SAGr.-130 (7/43), 2(F)/SAGr.-130 (12/43-7/44) [Source LOCS]. Added: 1/JG-114 (10/44) redesig 5/JG-102 (11/44) [1/45 Sonderausweiss; see Note]Do 18G Werk # 862 "8L + GK" (3/28/40, lost), BV 138C-1 Werk # Unk, "BD + EJ" (dam 6/9/42) Wound Badge, Air Sea Rescue & Observer Operational Clasp Rescued with his entire crew, 28 March, 1940, after they made an emergency landing at sea, Map Quadrant Pl.Qu.3441 due to an engine malfunction. Added: Unable to take it in tow a U-boat scuttled the flying boat with gunfire. (CKönig). Remaining crew: Lt.z.S. Hans Harald Ipach, Obs; Ogefr Herbert Rusch, R/O and Fw Hans Biegel, Flt Engr. The four crew members were picked up by the submarine U-30 (Kptlt Fritz-Julius Lemp) at a point NW of Hörnum (D.Drury). Added: Hptm Blanke is believed to be the 5/JG-102 Staffelführer who signed a Sonderausweiss (Special Pass) named to Uffz Hans, Georg Röder, identifying Röder as a German airman.
71 Blaseberg, KurtLt


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4(F)/14 (S.U.)Ju 88D-5 Werk # 430226 "5F + NM" (lost 7/3/42)Observer Operational ClaspMIA with unnamed crew in the Rzhev-Velikiye-Luki area 3 July, 1942, cause not reported (Ju 88 Loss List). Added: The reconnaissance mission took place in the Smolensk area, Rzhev being to the NE and Velikiye being to the NW of Smolensk. Remaining crew: Lt.d.R. Georg Bauer (geb 11/17/11916), Obs (KilledInAction (KIA), commemorated in the memorial book at Dukhovschina Cem, Russia); Gefr M.Buschmann, R/O (MIA) and Gefr M.Wirsing, Gnr (MIA) (D.Drury).
72 Blaser, GeorgOfw2/StG-2 (S.U.)Ju 87D-3 Werk # 2389 "T6 + KK" (lost 6/30/42)
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Dive Bomber Operational Clasp		DK-G Awards List. KilledInAction (KIA) with unnamed crew at Chernowka, cause not reported (Ju 87 Loss List).
73 Bretnütz, Hans GeorgOblt2/FAGr-5Ju 290A-7 Werk # 0188 "9V + FK" (lost 5/26/44)Observer Operational ClaspMIA with his entire crew, 26 May, 1944; sd into the Atlantic by a Sea Hurricane of FAA 835 Sq., piloted by Lt Allen Burgham, off HMS Nairana. Remaining crew: Uffz Wolfgang Bock, Co-pilot; Lt Hans Mahs, Obs; Fw Fritz Wiens, R/O 1; Ogefr friedrich Bauer, R/O 2; Gefr Eduard Mrowczynski, Flt Engr; Uffz Wilhelm Bruckhaus, Gnr 1; Uffz Herbert Möller, Gnr 2; Ogefr Karl Horn, Gnr 3 and Gefr Karl Unger, Gnr 4 (D.Drury).
74 Blechschmid, Oskar GeorgOGefr1922/07/27BurglengenfeldFFS B21He-111 (lost)Pilot KIC on 12 November 1943 at Wargienen 1,5 km N Waldau, reason unknown.

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CKönig
75 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
76 Bluhm, Hans GeorgLt27/09/20


FFS A/B 12 Königsburg/Neumark (11/42), FFS AB/12 Prenzlau (05/43)Various TrainersPilot BadgeA Flight Instructor. Source: Das Kleeblatt via Klaus Klee, son of Uffz Ferdinand Klee.
77 Blume, FranzOfw2/TG-20 (Nautsi Finland)Ju 52 Werk # 6844 "7U + GK" (lost 10/23/44) Wound Badge
Transport Operational Clasp 		WIA 23 October, 1944; attacked by four Russian P-39 fighters over Lake Inari, they crashed at Väylä Finland. Remaining crew (WIA): Fw Georg Zeissler and Fw Helmut Born (Flyvrak Norway).
78 Buhl, GeorgUffz8/JG-11 (Reich Def Ost)Bf 109G-14/AS Werk # 784037 "Blue 29 + -" (lost 2/8/45)Fighter Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 8 February, 1945 during aerial combat west of Küstrin.
79 Böck, WernerOfw7/KG-40Fw 200C-4 Werk # 0192 "F8 + ER" (lost 3/24/43)Bomber Operational ClaspAC reported lost with five crew over the Atlantic on 24 March, 1943. Source: Fw 200 Losses, 1988 Book, H. Breuer): Added: Remaining crew (those buried are at Cuacos de Yuste, Row 3): Fw Georg Markert, Co-pilot (KilledInAction (KIA), bur Gr 34); Uffz Hans Moeller (or Möller), R/O 1 (KilledInAction (KIA), bur Gr 31); Uffz Harald Santler, R/O 2 (KilledInAction (KIA), bur Gr 33); Ofw Hans Müller, Flt Engr (KilledInAction (KIA), bur Gr 29) and Ogefr Walter Rettke, Gnr (MIA). Ofw Werner Böck listed as MIA (D.Drury).
80 Bock, WolfgangUffz2/FAGr-5Ju 290A-7 Werk # 0188 "9V + FK" (lost 5/26/44)Observer Operational ClaspMIA while serving as Co-pilot for Oblt Hans Georg Bretnütz on 26 May, 1944; sd into the Atlantic by a Sea Hurricane of FAA 835 Sq., piloted by Lt Allen Burgham, off HMS Nairana. See Oblt Hans Georg Bretnütz for further detail (D.Drury).
81 Bode, HeinrichFw1./Kü.Fl.Gr-506MIA on 20/06/40 near Drontheim. Crew MIA: Obs Lt d. Res. Bickebach, Hans, RO Fw Hildebrand, GeorgCKönig
82 Bodenstein, GeorgUffz11/JG-11 (S.U. 6/44), III/JG-11 (9/44 Achmer), 1/JG-1 (3/45)Fw 190A-8 Werk # 171065 (40% dam 6/27/44), Fw 190A-8 Werk # Unk (lost 9/21/44), Fw 190A-8 Werk # 960466 (lost 3/11/45) Wound Badge
Fighter Operational Clasp 		KilledInAction (KIA) 11 March, 1945 during aerial combat in the Briesen area. Injured on 27 June, 1944 in a collision with a Ju 52 on Takeoof from Minsk. Added: He was uninjured in a crash, 21 September, 1944 in the Arnhem area, cause not reported (SGLO).
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 Bohn, GeorgOgefr4/23/1923Unterfranken5/JG-2 (Nidda)Bf 109G-6/R6 Werk # 461968 (85% dam 11/19/44), Fw 190D-9 (lost 4/4/45) Wound Badge
Fighter Operational Clasp 		MIA 4 April, 1945 during aerial combat in the Mühlhausen area. Injured in a belly landing at the Nidda airfield on 19 November, 1944, no cause reported.
85 Bohnen, FritzFw4(F)/14Do 17M Werk # 780 "5F + OM" (lost)Wound Badge
Observer Operational Clasp		POW 21 July, 1940 after being shot down with wounds by Hurricanes of RAF No.238 Sq., piloted by Sq/Ldr Harold Fenton, Flt/Lt Donald Turner, F/O C.T.Davies, P/O J.S. Wigglesworth and Flt/Sgt L.G.Batt, while on a reconnaissance mission over airfields in Bournemouth, Bristo, Oxford and Portsmouth. The AC was shot down and crash-landed at Nutford Farm, 1 mile north of Blandford, Dorset at 15:00 hours. The AC of C.T.Davies was damaged by the Dorniers return fire. Remaining crew: Oblt Georg Thiel, Observer (WIA) and Uffz Alfred Werner, R/O-Gunner (WIA). All were POWs. Source: Bristol Past, John Penny.


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86 Böhter, Hans GeorgUffz6/JG-26 (joins 10/44)Fw 190D-9 Werk # 400242 "Black 1" (lostFighter Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 14 January, 1945 in "Black 1" during aerial combat with a P-51 of 78FG at St. Vith-Bastogne.A of 1998, his remains have not been found.
87 Boldt, Hans-GeorgOFwIII./KGzbV 1 (11/42), LTS Lufttransportstaffel 290 (-09/43 CK), 2/KG 200 (11/44 Mühldorf)Ju-52, Ju-90 "J4 + JH" Werknr. 007, Ar-232 B-09 "G6 + UY" Werknr. 0110031 (11/44), captured B-17 (04/45)
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Transporter Operational Clasp in Gold		Added: In November, 1944, Ofw Boldt was engaged in landing behind Russian lines, supplying front line troops and returning with wounded troops (H.D.Zemke). Added: Boldt was attacked by American raiders (B-26s?) on 23/07/43. He managed to land on the sea near Bastia (Corsica) but the Ju-90 was lost (CK)
88 Bolte, GeorgUffz11/19/1921Rheine3/NJG-2 (11/44 Reich Def)Ju 88G-6 Werk # 620576 "4R + ??" (lost 11/10/44) Night Fighter Operational Clasp AC lost 10 November, 1944, no further detail. Added: After a night mission, while landing at Kassel-Rothwesten, near Kassel-Wahnhausen, the ac crashed, killing all onboard. Uffz Bolte was taken home to Rheine, where he is buried in a private grave. Remaining crew: Uffz Lothar Firlus (geb 5/29/22, Etzdorf), R/O (KIC) and Uffz Ernst Manigel (geb 4/20/22, Lubitze), Gnr (KIC) (A. Rosseels). Added: The two crew were buried at Kassel Hauptfriedhof, graves 57-601 and 57-568 (C.König).

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89 Czech,Ofw4/KG-26 (6/44-11/44)He 111H-11 "1H + BK" (6/8/44); H-3 "1H + XD" (6/25/44); H-11 "1H + UD" (7/3/44); "1H +BK" (8/5/44), Ju 88A-17 "1H + AA", Ju 188 "H + AA" (10/44)Bomber Operational ClaspHe flew 57 missions, his last on 10 November, 1944. This was also the last recorded for his R/O Fw Georg Betzner. Remaining crew: ocassionally Obstlt Klümper, Obs and a Gnr named Petrich. Source: Betzners Flugbuchs 1 & 2 per Fritz Braun.
90 Buchholz, HeinrichOFw26/01/13Stargard


ergmann


Geltinger


Gross

1./KG 53He-111 H-6 "A1 + AL" (lost)MIA on 28 December 1942 at Pleskau (Kiehl chronicle). Crew (all MIA): possibly Obsv + Stfkpt Hptm Ernst Gehrke (20/11/13), Mech OFw Georg Geltinger (05/11/16 in Mittelfranken), Obsv Fw Arno Gross (22/09/18 in Berlin), Gunr OGefr Alfred Bergmann (27/11/17 in Neu-Ulm). LOCS gives crash site in area of Velikiye Luki for Gehrke and VDH for Geltinger and Gross too. VDH lists Bergmann MIA at Orel. All those listed here were MIA on 28/12/42 but with different places. One of these is certainly the Radop, probably Gross though stated otherwise.CKönig
91 Brütting, GeorgObltKG-27 (May have been an Observer)He 111P & H
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Bomber Operational Clasp		Author of the book, "Das waren die deutschen Kampflieger-Asse, 1939-1945", (Publ 1975) from which most of the bomber pilot data was recorded. He is listed as a crew member with Hptm Peters on a 12 April , 1941 mission over the Vandeville airfield, near Lille.
92 Böttger, Hans GeorgHptmII/SKG-10 (5/43 Channel)Fw 190A-5/U8Assault Operational ClaspII/SKG-10 Personnel list. Source: Colin Fuller.
93 Crull, Karl AugustOblt2/JG-26, 1/JG-26 (4/42 Channel)Fw 190A-1 Werk # 023 "Black 8" (Apr.42), Fw 190A-2 Werk # 2063 "White ?" (lost 4/15/42))Fighter Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 15 April, 1942 in aerial combat in his A-2 with a Spitfire of RAF No. 121 Sq. at Morninghem/St. Omer. Note: His A-1 was inherited by Lt. Georg Greffenius, and Georg died in Wk# 023 on 29 June, 1942.
94 Brandel, GeorgUffzII/Schl.G.-2 (3/43)Fw 190A-3 Werk # 1278 (lost 3/30/43)Student Pilot ?, Wound BadgeInjured 30 March, 1943 when his ac crashed mid-air with another 190, piloted by Uffz Herbert Rademacher (KIFA), near Trudering (Qu.Meister File).
95 Brandes, RichardUffz
Cannock Chase		8/KG-77Do 17Z Werk # 2642 "3Z + GS" (lost 7/3/40)Wound Badge
Bomber Operational Clasp		POW 3 July, 1940; sd with wounds when he was attacked by Hurricanes of No. 32 Sq., piloted by P/O Peter Gardner, Sgt William Higgins and Sgt Edward Bayley. The ac crashed at Paddock Wood, Kent. Remaining crew: Oblt Hans Georg Gallion, Obs (POW/WIA); Ogefr Erich Hofmann, R/O (KilledInAction (KIA)) and Uffz Waldemar Theilig, Flt Engr (KilledInAction (KIA)). Hofmann & Theilig buried at CC, Plot 7, Row 1; Hofmann in Gr 248; Theilig in Gr 249 (D.Drury).


96 Bräuer, RolfOfw1/KG-4He 111H-20 Werk # 700014 (lost 1/19/45)Bomber Operational ClaspMIA 19 January, 1945 when his ac crashed in Budapest Hungary, cause unknown. Remaining crew (MIA): Uffz Raymund Müller, Obs; Uffz Bernhard Rose, R/O; Uffz Heinz Siebeneichler, Flt Engr and Ogefr Georg Hartig, Gnr. No known graves (D.Dury).
97 Braun, Brunno GeorgOfhr2/NAGr-13Bf 109G-8 Werk # 200628 (lost)Assault Operational ClaspHit by flak in 1944 (exact date unknown) over St Florent, the engine in his G-8 began to overheat causing him to bail out between Corsica and Cote d Azur. He was picked up by an English ASR boat and became POW. Jager Blatt 4/2003.
98 Braunmüller, JosefUffz2/11/1921Stockheim7/ZG-26Bf 110G-2 Werk # 150134 "3U + DR" (lost 6/16/44) Wound Badge, Destroyer Operational Clasp WIA 16 June, 1944 during aerial combat, crashed at Guta Hungary. He was taken to Kriegslazarett 4/605 in nearby Komaron, but DOW the same day. His R/O, Uffz Georg Grüner, was also wounded. Uffz Braunmüller is buried in the War Cemetery at Budaörs Hungary, Blk 12, among the Unknown (D.Drury).
99 Chrapkowski, WolfgangObltI/KG-3Do 17Z Werk # Unk "5K + GL" "Yellow G" outside the cross (lost 7/3/40)Bomber Operational ClaspMIA 3 July, 1940 off the coast of Withernsea during aerial combat with Spitfires of RAF No. 616 Sq.. Added: No VDK urial detail found. RAF Victory Claims lists three pilots sharing the victory, namely F/O G.E.Moberley, F/O H.S.L.Dundas and Sgt F.P.Burnard (D.Drury). Alternate spellings: Scharpkowski & Schurpkowski. Added: Remaining crew MIA): Fw Otto Kretschmar (or Kretzschmar), Obs; Fw Rudolf Pohl, R/O and Fw Georg Heberle, Flt Engr. No VDK burial matches (D.Drury).davedrury
100 Brendelbach, GeorgOfw5/KG-2, V/NJG-2Do 217Z & E in KG-2, Ju 88G6c in NJG-2Bomber & Night Fighter Operational ClaspsFlew many bombing missions against England, many times returning with flak damage or only one engine, causing emergency landings. Later joined the Night Fighters. Jager Blatt 5/2003.

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