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| 1 | Höhm, Walter | Gefr | 1918/10/12 | Warschau (Wrocław) | Erg. KGr. 3 | He-111 H "BA+NG" Werknr 2430 (lost) | KIFA on a training flight when crashed in poor weather near Frankstadt, Czechia. Crew (KIFA): Obsv Gefr Hermann Kastner (born 1918/02/15 in Frenštat pod Radhoštěm, Cz), Gunr Gefr Rudolf Pyka (born 14/12/18 in Frenštat pod Radhoštěm, Cz), Mech Gefr Kurt Engel. All 4 buried at Valasske, Czechia. | CKönig | ||||
| 2 | Engel, Otto Hans | Lt. | 1923 | Ludwigshafen | 4 | 1/JG-27, 11/JG-27 (4/44 Graz-Thalerhof) | Bf 109F, Bf 109G-6 "Black 11" (lost) | EK 1 & 2 Wound Badge Fighter Operational Clasp | Shot down by bomber return fire in his G-6, with a shoulder injury on 24 April, 1944, after his 4th victory. He bailed safely, but was shot at in his chute by US bomber return fire. He managed to hold his failing chute together to land safely in a farmers meadow. One known victory, his 1st, a B-24 S of Bad Ischl on 23 February, 1944. His 2nd, a B-17 SE of Bad Ischl on 25 February, 1944. His 3rd, a B-24 (HSS) 60 km E of Zagreb on 12 April, 1944. His 4th, a P-51 on 24 April, 1944 over Hohenlinden (Jager Blatt 5/2004. pg.6). This may be the same Otto appearing in a bomber unit later in the war. | |||
| 3 | Engel, Walter | Hptm | 5/1/1919 | Dresden | 9 | 4(F)/14(5/40), IV/KG-3(41), III/KG-3(12/42), Stfkpt 6/KG-3 (11/43), Stab/KG-4(5/44), Stfkpt 3/NJG-5(9/44), Kdr III/NJG-5 (2//45) | Ju 88G-6 Werk # 622907 "C9 + AD" (lost 3/7/45), Ju 88G (lost 4/9/45) | K(2/28/45) ![]() Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(6/13/44) EP(12/8/41) EK 1 & 2 Bomber Operational Clasp in Gold | Shot down twice in the last weeks of the war, he bailed successfully both times. His R/O on 7 March, 1945 was Fw Paul Schlecher. 266 missions. All victories were Night Fighter victories, nine on the Eastern Front. Originally a Long Range Recon pilot with 159 missions, he distinguished himself as a pathfinder in IV/KG-3 in Russia. 80 bomber missions, 27 Night Fighter missions. One known victory, a "4 mot" Flzg" N of Gotenhafen the night of 18-19 December, 1944. A DB-3F on 20 December, 1944. Three DB-3Fs E of Memel the night of 20-21 December, 1944. Nos. 6, 7, 8 & 9, A PS-84, two DB-3Fs and a B-25 the night of 22-23 December, 1944. | ![]() | ||
| 4 | Engel, Walter | Maj | Stfkpt 6/KG-27 (11/40-9/41), Stfkpt 12/KG-27 (6/42), Kdr IV/KG-27 (12/42-11/44) | He 111H (lost 11/23/44) | Bomber Operational Clasp | Reported KilledInAction (KIA) 23 November, 1944, no further detail (LOCS). | ||||||
| 5 | Engel, Wilhelm | Oblt | 21 | 7/NJG-1 (11/41), 8 & 10/NJG-4 (3/43), 1/NJG-6 (10/43), 3/NJG-6 (2/44), Stab I/NJG-6 (2/45) | Bf 110, Ju 88G-6 Werk # 621807 "2Z + IL" (10% dam 2/24/45) | ![]() Deutsches Kreuz - Gold EP EK 1 & 2 Wound Badge Night Fighter Operational Clasp | WIA 23/24 February, 1945 during aerial combat at Grossachenheim, in the Pforzheim area (Boiten). WIA 19/20 October, 1944 when he crashed north of Vaihingen-Marksdorf. One known victory, a Wellington on 8 November, 1941, no location. Another victory, a Stirling at Philippsburg, north of Karlsrühe on 8 March, 1943. Another, a Halifax 10 km northeast of Heidelburg on 11 March, 1943. A Halifax 2 km WSW of St. Vith on 3 October, 1943. A Lancaster SE of Brandenburg on 20 February, 1944. Same day, a B-17 W of Leipzig. A Lancaster 8 km NE of Kastellaun on 31 March, 1944. Another Lancaster E of Objective Frankfurt on 12 September, 1944. His last four victories were Lancasters on 23 February, 1945, all in the Pforzheim area, within minutes of each other. His Bordfunker, Ofw Friedrich Meyer (5 victories). Magnus Report. | | ||||
| 6 | Engel, Wilhelm | Fw | 3/KG-77 (S.U.) | Ju 88A-4 Werk # 5700 "3Z + TL" (lost 6/28/42) | Bomber Operational Clasp | MIA with unnamed crew at Jastrebowka on 28 June, 1942 after being attacked by a fighter (Ju 88 Loss List). | ||||||
| 7 | Engel, Wolfgang | Uffz | 4 | 11/JG-3 | Bf 109F & G | EP EK 1 & 2 Fighter Operational Clasp | One known victory, a B-24 in the Oschersleben area on 7 July, 1944. A double victory on 18 July, 1944, both B-17s SE of Kempten. His 4th, a B-17 at Daun-Kyllberg area on 15 August, 1944. | |||||
| 8 | Grachornig, Konrad | Lt | 1/KG..z.b.V.-323, I/TG-5 (7/43), Stfkpt 1/TG-5, 9/ZG-26 (4/44) | Bf 110G-2 Werk # Unk "3U + AT" (lost 4/24/44) | Transport Operational Clasp | Made an force landing by Kronacker, near Hohinlinden, 17 km SE of Erding, on 24 April, 1944 after his 110 was heavily damaged in the fuselage from US bomber return fire. His R/O-Gunner was Fw Schafforz. Seems as though they were coming to the aid of Lt Otto Hans Engel when they were also shot down. Jager Blatt 5/2004, pg.6. | ||||||
| 9 | Hammer, Thomas | Uffz | 2/KG-28 | He 111H-5 Werk # 3573 "1T + EK" (lost 4/17/41) | Bomber Operational Clasp | POW 17 April, 1941 when his ac was sd by a Beaufighter of No.219 Sq., piloted by W/C Thomas G.Pike, and crashed at Wormley, Surrey. Remaining crew: Ofw Albert Engel (POW); Gefr Wolfgang Schüler, R/O (KilledInAction (KIA)) and Gefr Richard Mattern, Flt Engr (KilledInAction (KIA)). The deceased are buried at CC/1/7: Gefr Schüler Gr 232, Gefr Mattern Gr 230 (D.Drury). Alternate spelling: Hammerl. | ![]() Cannock Chase | |||||
| 10 | Höhm, Walter | Gefr | 10/12/1918 | Breslau | 3(Erg)/KGr-3 | He 111H-2 Werk # 2430 "BA + NG" (lost 9/1/40) | Bomber Operational Clasp | KIC 1 September, 1940 when his ac crashed into Radhost Mt. Cz. while on a training flight. Remaining crew (KIC): Gefr Hermann Kastner (geb 2/15/18), Obs; Gefr Rudolf Pyka (geb 12/14/18), R/O and Gefr Kurt Engel (4/5/21), Flt Engr. The VDK explains thet the crew are remembered in a collective war cemetery at Valasske Mezirici, Czech. A local source says the remains were buried in a cemetery at Frenstat pod Radhostem (D.Drury). | ||||
| 11 | Engel, Otto | Ofw. | 7/LG-1 (Med) | Ju 88A-5 Trop Werk # 2296 "L1 + IR" (lost 5/11/41) | Bomber Operational Clasp | MIA 11 May, 1941; shot down by a fighter of No. 806 Sq., piloted by P/O Sparke (also lost); two others MIA, one KilledInAction (KIA), all unnamed. | ||||||
| 12 | Höhne, Erich | Oblt | 5/23/1913 | Potsdam | Stffüh 5/KG-2 (2/44 Coulommiers), Stfkpt 8/KG-77 (6/44), KG-40 (11/44), I/KG-66 (12/44) | Ju 188E-1 Werk # 260315 "U5 + GM" (lost 2/23/44) | ![]() Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(10/1/44) EK 1 & 2 EP (10/5/42), Wound Badge, Bomber Operational Clasp | His Ju 188 crashed near Eindhoven Holland on 23 February, 1944, cause and pilot/crew disposition unknown (DeSwart). Added: Lt (at the time) and two of the crew were injured in the crash, 23 February, 1942, due to engine failure. Remaining crew: Maj Heinz Engel (geb 4/3/1914; DK-G (10/17/43), Obs (Inj); Uffz Werner Beck (geb 11/10/1920, Kaltenwestheim), R/O (KIC) and Uffz H.Wolf, Gnr (Inj). Uffz Beck was initially buried at Eindhoven Woensel, later at Ysselsteyn AA-3-67 (Find-A-Grave by Fred). Additional units and Court Marshall statement re Oblt Höhne for unspecified offense, by LOCS. | ![]() Ysselstein, Holland | |||
| 13 | Klöbel, Erich | Lt | 7./ KG 53 | He-111 | KIA on 13 November 1943 near Prittching, 20 km S of Augsburg, when Klöbel and his crew was part of a Kette of 3 He-111 acting as targets for 11./ JG 3 who had to attack them head-on. Fw Adalbert Engel crashed into Klöbel, and both aircraft went down, killing Engel, Klöbel and his entire crew: Radop Uffz Hans Reiling, Obsv Uffz Walter Moje, Gunr OGefr August Hupe, Gunr OGefr Anton Ihrlich (denkmalprojekt.org) | CKönig | ||||||
| 14 | Mayer, Wilhelm | Uffz | 1918/05/01 | Ganacker | 6./KG 30, Transportstaffel Fliegerführer-Nord (06/41) | Ju 52/3m "P4 + ??" Werknr 6462 (lost 27/06/41) | KIC 27 June, 1941 when this 6/KG-30 bomber crew, flying an AC from Transport Staffel Fl.Führer, flew into a mountainside near Trondheim, killing three of the crew and three KG-30 passengers. Remaining crew: Uffz Josef Metz, R/O; Ogefr Hans Ruf, Mech and Ogefr Eugen Ruoff, Gunner (survived the crash). Passengers: Fw Friedrich Knolle, a KG-30 pilot; Uffz Horst Müller, Observer (of 2/KG-30); StFw Max Hengst, a R/O and Gefr Kurt Berger, a Gunner (DOW 6/30/41). Source: SIG Norway. Added: Five additional passengers were KIC, (all deceased buried in the War Cem., Trondheim-Havstein): Lt Kurt (aka Helmuth) Neumann, bur Row 26 Gr 36; Uffz Wilhelm Volkmer, bur Row 19, Gr 31; Reg Insp Erich Fritz Heinrich Engel, bur Row 30, Gr 30; Reg Insp Walter Hundt, bur Row 14. Gr 35 and a Karl Heinke, no known grave. KG-30 Crew & Passenger burials as follows: Uffz Mayer, Row 24, Gr 39; Uffz Metz, Row 29, Gr 35; Ogefr Ruf, Row 19, Gr 30; StbFw Hengst, Row 15, Gr 31; Fw Knolle, Row 15, Gr 31 and Gefr Berger, Row 21, Gr 31 (D.Drury).
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| 15 | Richter, Walther | Ofw | 5/30/1919 | Radaun Sudetenland | 5/KG-53 (5/40), I/KG-53 (6/41 S.U.), 3/KG-53 (42), 5/KG-53 (11/44) | He 111H | RK(2/28/45)![]() Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(10/27/42) EP(2/16/42) EK 1 & 2 Bomber Operational Clasp with Pendant | A Flight Engineer, he served in the west, S.U. and over England. Late in the war, his He 111s carried the V1. The pilot at this time was Lt Otto Engel, who later won the RK. Approximately 500 combat missions. Source: Kaiser RK book. | ||||
| 16 | Schmidt-Reich, Werner | Fw | 9/KG-3 (10/44) | He 111H-16 Werk # 8339 "5K + LT" (lost 10/14/44) | MIA with his entire crew, 14 October, 1944; failed to return from an operation to launch a V1 missile against a target in England. Remaining crew: Oblt Konrad Engel, Obs; Uffz Richard Tietze, R/O; Uffz Günther Beyer, Flt Engr and Uffz Max Ordnung, Gnr (D.Drury). | |||||||
| 17 | Schweida, | Uffz | KGr.z.b.V. (See) (4/43) | Ju 52 Werk # 5903 "8T + FH" (lost 4/18/43) | Wound Badge, Transport Operational Clasp | WIA 18 April, 1943; probably sd by fighters near Cape Bone. Remaining crew: Uffz Hacker, R/O (KilledInAction (KIA)); Ogefr Miller, Mech (MIA) and Gefr Engel, Gnr (KilledInAction (KIA) (Qu.Meister File). | ||||||
| 18 | Thiede, Alfred | Ofw | 2/28/1915 | 3/KG-27 (6/41) | He 111H-5 Werk # 4027 "1G + FL" (lost 6/6/41) | Bomber Operational Clasp | KilledInAction (KIA) with unnamed crew the night of 5/6 June, 1941; sd over West Runton by a Beaufighter of No. 25 Sq., piloted by Sgt K.B. Hollowell. Source: J.Schadskaje. Added: While Sgt Hollowell did down an He 111 this night, it was not Ofw Thiede. The Thiede ac was sd by a Beaufighter of No. 604 Sq., piloted by F/O Keith I.Geddes. The ac crashed into the sea off Ventnor, Isle of Wight. Thiede buried at Ysselsteyn, BK/4/89. Remaining crew (MIA): Oblt Albrecht Wallenstein, Obs; Ofw Rudolf Engel, R/O and Ogefr Erwin Fehlau, Flt Engr (D.Drury). |
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| 19 | Weigel, Gottfried | Oblt | 5/KG-55 (5/40) | He 111P Werk # Unk "G1 + FN" (lost 5/13/40), He 111P Werk # 2126 "G1 + DN" (lost 9/25/40) | Bomber Operational Clasp | POW 25 September, 1940, shot down by AA fire from Portbury Gunsite, Battery 239, 76th HAA Regt. during a bombing raid on Filton. The abandoned AC crashed at Racecourse Farm, Failand, near Bristol at 11:50 hours. Remaining crew (all POW): Ofw Alfred Narres, Observer; Uffz Karl Gerdsmeier, Mech; Gefr Karl Geib, Gunner and Fw Georg Engel, R/O (WIA). Source: Bristol Past, John Penny. Added: He was a French POW briefly, when his G1 + FN was damaged by French fighters and AA fire, causing him to belly land at Attert, north of Arlon Belgium. He was promoted to Hptm in captivity (LOCS). | ||||||
| 20 | Engel, Gerhard | Gefr | 7/30/1924 | 8/JG-53 (Malmsheim) | Bf 109G-14/AS Werk # 785818 "Blue 7 + -" (lost 1/2/45) | Fighter Operational Clasp | KilledInAction (KIA) 2 January, 1945 in aerial combat with British Spitfires over Heimsheim as he was preparing to land at Malmsheim, near Heimsheim. Buried Heimsheim. | |||||
| 21 | Diesel, Willi | Lt | 5/13/1901 | Leipzig | 5/KG-4 (9/40 Eindhoven) | He 111P-4 Werk # 2868 "5J + EN" (lost 9/21/40) | Bomber Operational Clasp | KIC the night of 20/21 September, 1940 on takeoff due to engine failure. His He 111 crashed and burned at Veldhoven Holland (Achtehoek). Remaining crew (Survived/injured): Fw W.Lehmann, R/O and Uffz A.Engel, Flt Engr. Diesel has a grave marker at Ysselsteyn, AA-1-23 sharing the plot with his Observer, Fw Wilhelm Jäger, however Diesel may have been re-interned in Germany. (DeSwart, D.Drury & Find-a-Grave by Fred) | ![]() Ysselstein, Holland | |||
| 22 | Duglas, Harro | Lt | 3/12/1920 | Rottach | 3/ZG-1 | Bf 110C Werk # 4221 "S9 + GL" (lost 12/7/42) | Destroyer Operational Clasp | KilledInAction (KIA) 7 December, 1942 in Russia at Map Quadrant Pl.Qu. 29414, cause unknown. His unnamed gunner also KilledInAction (KIA). (Bf 110 Loss List per LW Loss Report). Added: He was sd by Russian flak at Ssurowikino Russia. His R/O-Gnr, Fw Herbert Engel, was also KilledInAction (KIA). Alternate spelling: Douglas per VDK (D.Drury). | ||||
| 23 | Engel, | Ofw | 1 | 2/NAGr-4 (9/44 S.U.) | Bf 109G, Fw 189A-3, Hs 126 | EK 2Observer Operational Clasp | His first known victory, a Soviet R-5 on 24 September, 1944. | |||||
| 24 | Engel, ? | Lt. | 16.03.?? | 13./JG-51 (Stafü from 03/45) | Bf 109G | To 13./ JG-51 in Feb 1945. On his birthday on 16/03/45 he crashed in Prenzlau at the airfields landing cross. He survived the crash - no more info from 29/04/45 onwards | CKönig | |||||
| 25 | Engel, Adalbert | Fw | 11/JG-3 (11/43 Reich Def) | Bf 109G-6 Werk # 160760 (lost 11/17/43) | Fighter Operational Clasp | KIFA 17 November, 1943 near Augsburg, collided with an He 111 of KG-53. Added: The He 111's were practice targets; the crash took place near Prittching, 20km south of Augsburg. The fateful collision happened to Lt Erich Klöbel and his crew (C.König). | ||||||
| 26 | Engel, August | Oblt | 1913/04/02 | Darmstadt (CK) | 8./JG 11 (01/45 Zellhausen) | Bf 109 G-14/AS "Blue 14" Werknr 784958 (lost 01/01/45) | KilledInAction (KIA) 1 January, 1945 by Allied fighters of 366FG as he was strafing the airfield at Asch Belgium. He crashed his G-14 at Niel-bij-As Holland (DeSwart). Buried Ysselsteyn, Block I-2-41 (Rosseels).
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| 27 | Engel, Erwin | Fw | 1 | 2/JG-3 (Reich Def) | Bf 109G-6 Werk # 20047 (lost 10/24/43) | EK 2Fighter Operational Clasp | KilledInAction (KIA) 24 October, 1943; crashed near Abbeville after aerial combat. One known victory, his 1st, a P-38 off Ouddorp on 17 July, 1943. | |||||
| 28 | Engel, Friedrich | Ofw | 2/Fl.ü.G.-1 Südost | MBf 109F-2 Werk # 12633 "TI + EW" (lost 9/9/43) | Pilot Badge | KIC at Juvincourt airfield 9 September, 1943 due to a technical fault. | ||||||
| 29 | Becker, Ernst | Fw | IV/KG-77 (4/43) | ju 88A-4 Werk # 2661 (lost 4/6/43) | Bomber Operational Clasp | KIC with his entire crew, 6 April, 1943, when they crashed near Nimes, cause not reported. Remaining crew: Fw Willi Reuter, Obs; Gefr Horst Engel, R/O and Gefr Johannes Haugk, Gnr (Qu,Meister File). | ||||||
| 30 | Engel, Heinz | Maj | 4/3/1914 | Stfkpt 5/KG-2 (10/41), Prov. Kdr II/KG-2 (2/43-10/43), 6/KG-2 (1/44), 5/KG-2 (2/44) | Ju 188E-1 Werk # Unk "U5 + MP" (dam 1/22/44), Ju 188E-1 Werk # 260315 "U5 + GM" (lost 2/23/44) | EK 1 & 2 DK-G (10/17/43), Wound Badge, Bomber Operational Clasp | Injured in a crash 23 February, 1944; crashed near Eindhoven during a transfer flight, cause unknown. He was uninjured the night of 21/22 January, 1944 when he overshot the runway at Handorf. The crash February crash was caused by engine failure. Their Ju 188 was piloted by Lt Erich Höhne, also injured (LOCS). | |||||
| 31 | Engel, Helmut | Uffz | 2/SKG-210 (Channel) | Bf 110E-1/N Werk # 3459 "S9 + CK" (lost 5/12/41) | Destroyer Operational Clasp | MIA with unnamed crew 12 May, 1941 at Martlesham, Suffolk, cause not reported (Bf 110 Loss List). Added: A more precise location was a few miles SE of Martlesham. The ac was hit by AA fire during an attack on RAF Martlesham, after which it crashed into the North Sea, just east of Bawdsey. Remaining crew (MIA): Gefr Adolf Knöchel, R/O and Uffz Rolf Schilling, Gnr (D.Drury). Alternate spelling: Engels. | ||||||
| 32 | Engel, Johann Gottlieb | Lt | 9/24/1921 | Berlin-Friedenau | 1 | 9/JG-51 (8/42 S.U.) | Bf 109F-2 Werk # 8229 (lost 8/3/42) | EK 2Fighter Operational Clasp | KilledInAction (KIA) 3 August, 1942; overturned while attempting a force landing at Map Quadrant Pl.Qu. 47822 after being hit by enemy fire. Added: Buried in a Family Grave, Berlin-Schmargendorf (J.Mückler 1/2023). One known victory, a Soviet Pe-2 on 3 August, 1942. | |||
| 33 | Engel, Johannes | Ofw | 2 | 8/NJG-4 (12/42), 1/NJG-6 (10/43) | Bf 110, Ju 88 | EK 1 & 2 Night Fighter Operational Clasp | One known victory, a Wellington 15 km north of Worms on 6 December, 1942. A 2nd, a B-17 20 km SE of Schweinfurt on 14 October, 1943. | |||||
| 34 | Engel, Klaus | Lt | 1/JG-2 (5/44) | Fw 190A-8 Werk # Unk (lost 5/10/44) | Fighter Operational Clasp | KilledInAction (KIA) 10 May, 1944; sd by a Spitfire 50km W of Epernay, 20km SSW of Reims (LOCS). | ||||||
| 35 | Engel, Kurt | Oblt | 12/14/1910 | 4/KG-77 (S.U.) | Ju 88A-5 Werk # 7131 "3Z + GM" (lost 6/27/41) | Bomber Operational Clasp | KilledInAction (KIA) with unnamed crew 27 June, 1941 at an undisclosed location in Russia during a mission to Rezekne; sd by a MiG-3 piloted by F/Ldr Alex Pokryshkin (Ju 88 Loss List & S. Pietrzak). | |||||
| 36 | Engel, Otto | Lt. | 4/14/1919 | Ronnenberg | 1/KG-53, 3/KG-53 (42-43), 12/KG-53 (9/43), IV/KG-53 (6/44), 3/KG-53 (8/44), 5/KG-53 (11/44) | He 111H | ![]() RK(2/28/45) ![]() Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(8/21/42) EP(2/15/42) EK 1 & 2 Wound Badge Bomber Operational Clasp w/numbered (400?) pendant | WIA 5 February, 1944; serious wounds received during a British air raid on the Orleans airfield. After recovering, he served as Technical Officer in IV/KG-53 before returning to flight status. His combat missions totaled 356, with 46 having a duration of more than four hours, and were counted double.His theoretical total of 402. Deceased 26 April, 2011, Wiesbaden. Source: Kaiser RK book. | ![]() | |||
| 37 | Engel, Otto | Hptm. | 1/19/1914 | Ettlingen/Karlsruhe | 3/NJG-5 (7/42), Stfkpt 3/NJG-5 (7/43) | Bf 110G-4 Werk # 5642 "C9 + DL" (lost 10/20/43) | Night Fighter Operational Clasp | KIC with unnamed crew 20/21 October, 1943; crashed near Schöningen, near Helmstedt due to icing. Source: M. Balss & Bf 110 Loss List. |
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