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1 Tonne, WolfgangHptm1918/02/28Moosbach Thüringen122
Courtesy CK

Gela Sicily Spring 1942 L-R: Werkmeister Ofw. Krüger, Staffelkapitän Oblt. Wolfgang Tonne, Oblt. Karl Leonhard, Lt. Walter Seiz		3./JG 53 (joined 12/39-5/42 S.U.), Adj I./JG 53 (07/41), Stfkpt 3./JG 53 (Bizerta Tunisia)Bf 109 E-3 (lost; bailed 14/05/40), Bf 109 F-2 Werknr 6728 (dam; WIA 11/07/41), Bf 109 G-2 Werknr 14156 (crash land 29/08/42), Bf 109 F-4 (Trop) "Yellow 7" (02/43), Bf 109 G-2/Trop "Yellow 7" Werknr 10795 (Bizerta), Bf 109 G-6 "Yellow 1" Werknr 16523 (lost 04/43)
RK (No. 562 06/09/42 CK)
EL (No. 128 24/09/42 CK)

Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (Award 24/87 21/08/42 CK)
EP (06/08/41)

EK 1 (23/05/40 CK) & EK 2 (18/04/40 CK)
Wound Badge (11/07/41)

Fighter Operational Clasp in Gold with pendant
KIFA 20 April, 1943 in his G-6 during a landing at Protville, north of Tunis, in Tunisia. He went into a steep turn with his undercarriage extended causing his fatal crash (See below). MIA 14 May, 1940 during aerial combat in his E-3 with a Hurricane south of Bouillon, crashed behind the line but returned uninjured (Prien). 641 missions, 96 victories in the Stalingrad front. His first victory, a Blenheim northwest of Sedan, 14 May, 1940. His 2nd, a Hawk-75 at St Dizier on 9 June, 1940. His 3rd, a Spitfire 10 km S of London on 15 September, 1940. His 4th, a Spitfire SE of London on 17 October, 1940. His 5th, a Spitfire S of Boulogne on 26 April, 1941. He scored Soviet victories 14 thru 19 on 31 May, 1942; four I-61s and two Il-2s. His 30th, a LaGG-3 on 6 July, 1942. His 40th, one of four this day, an Il-2 on 31 July, 1942. A quad on 5 August, 1942; all Mig-3s. An La-5 and two LaGG-3s on 13 September, 1942. Three Yak-1s on 20 September, 1942. Note: It is said that all of his achievements and the propaganda about his exploits went to his head. As a result, he became reckless, and crashes over his own airfield, celebrating his 122nd victory, over another Spitfire IX. Added: Buried Bordj-Cedria German War Cemetery Ben Arous, Tunisia Hof BIZ Ossario 3A Tafel 9 (CK)

Courtesy CK
2 Seiz, WalterOblt192114LKS-4, 3/JG-53 (Etaples, 1940; Soviet Union, Mar.1942; Italy, 1944), Stfkpt 8/JG-53 (4/44)Bf 109E-3, Bf 109E-4/B (9/40), Bf 109F-2 "Yellow 9" (5/41), Bf 109F-4 Wk# 7301 (lost 3/14/42), Bf 109F-4 Werk # 10033 "Yellow 9" (lost 4/20/42), Bf 109G-6 "Yellow 7 (8/43 Italy), Bf 109G-6 Werk # 162292 "Yellow 7" (lost 4/2/44)EP


EK 1 & 2(11/9/40)
Wound Badge(4/20/42)
Fighter Operational Clasp		Shot down by a P-38 2 April, 1944 in Wk# 162292 over Crikvenica Yugoslavia, bailed safely and returned to his unit, Map Quadrant Pl.Qu. QK. Bailed safely and uninjured in an aerial collision on 14 March, 1942 over Gozo with another Bf 109F-4 Wk# 7392, piloted by Uffz Heinrich Blum (KIC) (Prien). WIA 20 April, 1942 in "Yellow 9" during aerial combat, making a force landing at St Croce due to engine damage (Prien). One known victory, A Soviet I-180 on 21 August, 1942. A LaGG-3 on 5 September, 1942. A LaGG-3 on 12 September, 1942. A Yak-1 on 19 September, 1942. His 9th, a western victory, a "2 mot" on 16 January, 1944. His 10th, a "Jager" in Italy on 17 January, 1944. His 11th, another "Jager" over Italy on 18 January, 1944. His 12th, a "2 mot" on 21 January, 1944. His 13th, a B-24 35 km SW of Laibach on 25 February, 1944. His 14th, a B-17 over Italy on 18 March, 1944. Russian POW, returned home in 1949. Survived the war.

Gela Sicily Spring 1942 L-R: Werkmeister Ofw. Krüger, Staffelkapitän Oblt. Wolfgang Tonne, Oblt. Karl Leonhard, Lt. Walter Seiz
3 Leonhard, KarlHptm7/3/1913Kaiserslautern23
2/JG-53(9/39), 3/JG-53 (9/40; 10/41 Channel), Stfkpt 8 & 3/JG-53 (7/42), Kdr II/JG-11 (8/44), Kdr I/JG-11 (445)Bf 109E-1 "Red 7" & Bf 109E-3 "Red 7" in 2/JG-53, Bf 109E-4 "Yellow 5" in 3/JG-53 in 40, Bf 109F-4/Z Werk # 7299 "Yellow 8" (10/41 in 3/JG-53), Bf 109F-4/Trop in 8/JG-53, Bf 109G-14 & K-4 in II/JG-11, Fw 190A in I/JG-11
Deutsches Kreuz - Gold



EK 1 & 2
Fighter Operational Clasp		One known victory, his 1st, a Potez 63 at Soissons, 26 May, 1940. In July 1940, he received his Bf 109E-4 "Yellow 5" (Prien). In March 1941, he received his Bf 109F-2 "Yellow 5" (Prien). Flew Bf 109F-4 "Yellow 8" in October, 1941, Russia (Prien). His 2nd, a Hurricane in the London/Brighton area on 29 September, 1940. His 9th & 10th victories, both BB-22s on 31 May, 1942; one 10 km SE of Kursk, the other S of Poltava. His 11th, a P-39 30 km E of Kashornoye on 3 July, 1942. His 12th, a Spitfire over Marsa Scirocco on 18 December, 1942. His 13th, a P-38 28 km west southwest of Genova Italy, 1 December, 1943. His 14th, an "Abschuss" on 18 December, 1943, no location given (Perry Claims). His 15th, a B-24 10 km southwest of Padua Italy, 28 December, 1943. A B-26 at Adenau-Eifel on 23 December, 1944. A P-47 in the Worms area on 30 December, 1944. Victories 21 to 23 were two Pe-2s and a Boston on 16 April, 1945. Deceased 30 November, 1995. He resided in San Diego, CA. Served on all fronts; France, England and Russia. Jager Blatt Obit. Alternate spelling: Leonhardt.

Gela Sicily Spring 1942 L-R: Werkmeister Ofw. Krüger, Staffelkapitän Oblt. Wolfgang Tonne, Oblt. Karl Leonhard, Lt. Walter Seiz
4 Abernetty, WolfgangOblt14/10/23Königsberg3. (F)/Aufkl.Gr. 121Ju-188 F-1 "7A+KL" (lost on 11/10/44)MIA on 11/10/44 for reasons unknownCKönig
5 Adler, WolfgangLt1/1/1923Homberg2/FAGr.-5Ju 290A-3 Werk # 168 (lost 11/24/43)Observer Operational ClaspKIC 24 November, 1943 at the Mont de Marsan airfield killing the crew of nine. No further detail. Obs Loss List
6 Albrecht, WolfgangUffz2/JG-1Fw 190A-8 Werk # 175011 "Black 14" (lost 11/26/44)Wound Badge
Fighter Operational Clasp		WIA 26 November, 1944; enemy action in the Perleberg area. DOW 1 December, 1944. Buried Perleberg Waldfriedhof, Block 6/3/5. Source: J. Geensen.
7 Andratschke, WolfgangLt4/KG-2Ju 188E-1 Werk # 260344 "U5 + IM" (lost 2/25/44)Bomber Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 25 February, 1944 during aerial combat with American fighters at Monchy-Humieres (F-60113), crashing at the Monchy Wood Firm. Remaining crew (KilledInAction (KIA)): Hptm Walter Pult, Uffz Ludwig Russ and Ogefr Emil Jehna. Source: A. Rosseels. Note, I selected Andratschke as the pilot, based on the fact that the usual practice is to list the pilot as the first name when the crew is identified.
8 Angerer, WolfgangFw31/03/11Scheffau-Berchtesgaden2./KGr. z.b.V. 102
EK 2
Narvikschild		Mech. KIFA on 14 May 1942 at Harbke near Helmstedt on a transport flight. Pilot and crew unknown.CKönig
9 Appels, Heinrich "Hänschen"Lt07/06/23FFS C Zeltweg (07-10/43), BFS Wesendorf (10/43-01/44), III./KG 6Ju-86, He-111, Si-204, Ju-52, Ju-88, He-177 (02/44)Mentioned in Wolfgang Zebrowskis memoirsCKönig
10 Arndt, WolfgangFwIII/ZG-26 (Med)Ju 88C-6 Werk # 750243 (lost 7/27/43)Destroyer Operational ClaspKIC with his Observer Oblt Werner Warken and two other unnamed crew 27 July, 1943; crashed at Capodichino due to a servicing fault (Ju 88 Loss List).
11 Augner, Konrad KonniUffz10/25/1922Wolfswinkel bei EberswaldeInstr JG-106 (1/45 Garz), Stffüh 8/JG-1 (2/45)Fw 190A-8 & A-9, He 162"C" Class Glider Badge
Fighter Operational Clasp		British POW, May 1945. Released shortly thereafter. Flew fighter-bomber missions while an instructor in JG-106. His first mission was over the Ostsee the last months of 1944. A good friend of Stfkpt Wolfgang Ludewig.
12 Baack, WolfgangHptm30/06/08W.B.K. Rostock



Courtesy Christian König

BFS 5 (10/40-01/41, instructor), 4./KGr z.b.V. 102 (-10/41), BFS 5 (11/41-07/42 Chef Techn.Kp.), 2. KGr z.b.V. 500 (07/42-05/43, Stfkpt), 5./TG 4 (05/43-06/43), 6./TG 4 (06/43-10/43), III./TG 3 (01/44-03/44 provisional Kmdr), Erg.TFl.G (03/44 instructor), FFS A 10 Warnemünde (08/44 Ausb.Gr. Leiter), FFS A 123 Graz (- 02/45 temp. Ausb.Gr. Leiter and provisional Kdr), FFS A 9 (02/45- Ausb.Gr. Leiter)
EK 2
CKönig
13 Baetz, WolfgangOblt8/31/19195/KG-51, Stfkpt 6/KG-51 (2/45)Me 262
Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(2/5/44)

EK 1 & 2
Bomber Operational Clasp		LuftArchiv.de. See Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries for further detail.
14 Baltzer, WolfgangUffz4/12/1922Hirschberg/Riesengebirge6/NJG-6Bf 110G-4 (most likely) (lost 5/25/44)Night Fighter Operational ClaspShot down 25 May, 1944, no further detail (NJG-6 Loss List).
15 Batz, HeribertOFhr2./SKG 10 (Nacht) (06/44-04/45)FW-190 FGood friend of Lt Wolfgang Zebrowski. Survived the war. Came to unit in 06/44.CKönig
16 Baum, WolfgangFhjUffz9/13/19207/JG-2Fw 190D-9 Werk # 600421 (80% dam 2/14/45), Fw 190D-9 Werk# 600159 (lost 3/13/45)Wound Badge
Fighter Operational Clasp		KilledInAction (KIA) 13 March, 1945; AA fire, Burglahr - Willingen, near Malmedy, buried Horhausen. Mombeek MIA List. Injured in a crash at Babenhausen airfield on 14 February due to a servicing error.
17 Baumeister, WolfgangUffz13/JG-3Bf 109G EK 2
Fighter Operational Clasp		One known victory, his 1st, a P-38 "ED-57" at Seehausen, S of Wittenberge, on 18 April, 1944.
18 Baumung, WolfgangOblt3(F)/123 (Atlantic)Ju 88D-5 Werk # 1748 "4U + DL" (lost 6/7/42)Observer Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) with one unnamed crew 7 June, 1942; sd by a Beaufighter of No. 600 Sq. (Harvey & Wickstead), crashed into the sea off Lands End, two other crew MIA (Ju 88 Loss List).
19 Bechtle, Otto WolfgangHptm3/12/19189/KG-2, Kdr IV/KG-2 (9/40)Do 17Z, Do 217Bomber Operational ClaspSurvived the war (M.Sergent)
20 Beck, WolfgangLt2/KG-30Ju 88A-5 Werk # 8166 "4D + HK" (lost)Bomber Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 9 March 1942 during an operational flight and crashed at Trifona due to engine failure. Remaining crew (all KilledInAction (KIA)): Uffz Otto Stark, Observer; Ogefr Erich Günther, R/O and Ogefr Johannes Eikmanns, Gunner. Source: SIG Norway.
21 Beer, WolfgangUffz4/JG-3Bf 109G-14 Werk# 780676 "Green 2"Fighter Operational ClaspMIA 31 January, 1945; Aerial combat, area of Soldin/Berlinchen. Mombeek MIA List. The Bf 109 Loss List carries his name as Wolfgang Bär!! I believe Beer to be correct.
22 Berlin, WolfgangHptmStfkpt 6/KG-55 (3/41 Avord Fr.)He 111P-4A Werk # 2989 "G1 + CP" (lost 3/12/41)Bomber Operational ClaspPOW 12 March, 1941; sd by a Hurricane of No. 96 Sq, piloted by Sgt Robin McNair during a raid on Liverpool. He was acting as observer on the ac piloted by Ofw Karl Single. See Single, Karl for further detail.
23 Bethge, WolfgangHptm8/30/1912StuttgartStfkpt 3/KGr-100 (6/41), Stfkpt 1/LG-1 ('43), Stfkpt 6/LG-1 (10/43), 10/NJG-3 (10/44)Ju 88G-6 Werk # 620391 "D5 + DF" (lost 10/26/44)
Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(2/14/42)

EP (11/3/41), EK 1 & 2
Night Fighter Operational Clasp		KIC the night of 25/26 October, 1944; crashed at Flughafen Marx due to motor problems during a ferrying flight. Remaining crew (disp unk): Ofw Lotalla, Uffz Gennart and Ofw Benk. Source: M. Balss & LOCS.
24 Betz, WolfgangLt1923/10/06JG 102 (06/43), 1./Erg.JGr. Süd (10/43), 1./Erg.JGr. Süd, 2./JG 77 (10/43 Italy), Gruppe Nord/FlÜG. 1 (03/44), 4.(Nord)/Fl.Üb.G. 1 (03-4/44), 10./Erg.JG 1 (12/44)Bf 109 G-6 "Red 15"Werknr 160404 (70% dam 11/12/43)Wound Badge
Injured in a crash landing at Lago Bracciano due to engine damage on 12 November, 1943. He was transferred into the Ferry unit, unfit for further frontline service. Subsequently, on 10 July, 1944, he crashed another 109 near Frankfurt am Oder. The AC was destroyed, and he was injured for a second time, and would not fly again before the end of the war.
25 Bieneck, WolfgangUffz9/JG-11Fw 190A-8 Werk # 960288 "White 12 + I" (lost 2/14/45)Fighter Operational ClaspMIA 14 February, 1945, reason unknown, in the area of Lebus. Mombeek MIA List.
26 Bierstedt, WolfgangUffz5/JG-27 (Africa)Bf 109G-2 Trop Werk # 14257 or 10578 "Black 13" (10/42 Egypt), Bf 109F-4 Trop Werk # 7644 "Black 13" (lost 11/26/42)Fighter Operational ClaspKIC 26 November, 1942 when he crashed after taking off at Merduma due to a servicing fault. His G-2 was blown up at Quotaifiya Egypt as Unserviceable, before the British took over. (C.Sundin Profiles/F.Braun).
27 Bietmann, LudwigHptm2/20/1914Bork7


Reini

6/NJG-1 (4/42), 5/NJG-1 (7/42), added: KG 2 (1939, CKönig)Bf 110D & E, Bf 110F-4 Werk # 2638 (or 2683 per Bf 110 Loss List) (lost 9/11/42)EP


EK 1 & 2
Night Fighter Operational Clasp		KilledInAction (KIA) with unnamed crew 10/11 September, 1942 during aerial combat, crashing Werk # 2638, 1.5 km WSW of Marbais (Boiten). One known victory, a Wellington on 2 April, 1942. A 2nd, a Wellington III of RAF No. 419 Sq. at Porcheresse (Namur), 11 km NE of Ciney Belgium, the night of 29-30 July, 1942. A 3rd, a Halifax 2 km NNE of Namur on 12 August, 1942. Downed three Wellingtons the night of 28-29 August, 1942; one known, of RAF No. 115 Sq. at Grand Hallet (Liege), 24 km NW of Huy. His 7th, a Halifax at Map Quadrant 51/5/1A2 on 8 September, 1942 (Magnus). Added:The unnamed R/O; Uffz Wolfgang Reinicke. Both are buried in the German War Cem. at Lommel, Belgium, Blk 21; Hptm Bietmann in Gr 285, Uffz Reinicke in Gr 123 (D.Drury). Added: another one of the 3 Wellingtons in the night of 28-29 August 1942 was the Wellington GR-Z Z1491 of the 30th Polish ‘Pomerian’ squadron taken of from Hamswell, 3 Polish crew were POW, 3 managed to escape captivity. (CKönig)
28 Bliesener, FritzOblt1/24/1920Stettin5/KG-55 (1/40), II/KG-51 (11/41), Grp Adj KG-55 (11/42)He 111H-8 Werk # 3930 "G1 + BN" (lost 6/18/41), Bf 108D-1 Werk # 3081 "G1 + YA" (lost 11/25/42)
RK(12/20/41)

EK 1 & 2
Bomber Operational Clasp		KIFA 25 November, 1942; inadvertently struck the ground near Morozovskaya airfield, killing Lt Albert Betz and Fw Erich Hasselberg. He and Obs Uffz Wolfgang Specht bailed safely from their He 111 on 18 June, 1941 after being sd by enemy fighters near Lvov. Remaing crew (KilledInAction (KIA)): Fw Herbert Rudolph, R/O; Gefr Hubert Becke, Flt Engr and Sonderführer Karl Elend, Acting Gnr, were killed in the crash
29 Blümlein, WolfgangLt4/StG-2 (S.U.)Ju 87D-5 Werk # 130890 (lost 10/3/43)
Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(10/17/43)

EK 1 & 2
EP (9/13/43), Dive Bomber Operational Clasp		DK-G Awards List. KilledInAction (KIA) with unnamed crew 3 October, 1943 in Map Quad Pl.Qu. 5861 due to enemy fighter attack. Ju 87 Loss List
30 Bochmann, WolfgangOblt11/5/1920Erg/KG-66Ju 88S-1 Werk # 140573 "Z^ + CN" (lost)Bomber Operational ClaspKIC 16 April, 1944 while on a test flight and believed to accidentally strick the ground. Remaining crew (KIC): Ofw Franz Förg, geb 8/6/1921, Obs and Ofw Erich Herzberg, geb 1/19/1920, R/O. Source: B. Bines.
31 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).
32 Böhm, Joachim WolfgangLt1924IV/JG-102, 4/JG-102, Rammkommando "Elbe" (3/45 Gardelegen)Bf 109G, Bf 109K-2 (lost 4/7/45) in RK "Elbe"Wound Badge
Fighter Operational Clasp		Crashed with serious wounds 7 April, 1945 during the ramming incident. Shot down by US fighters. Hit trees during the emergency landing, and overturned. It took witnesses three hours to free him from the wreckage.
33 Böhmer, WolfgangFwKGr.z.b.V.-800 (4/43)Ju 52 Werk # 5560 "8T + E M" (lost 4/5/43)Transport Operational ClaspMIA with his entire crew, 5 April, 1943; sd by fighters at Cape Bone. Remaining crew: Fw Eduard (?) Pfrenger, R/O; Fw Friedrich Pinkos, Mech and Uffz Josef Stucpesky, Gnr (Qu.Meister File).
34 Bohnsack, FranzLtSonderkommando BlaichHe-111 H-6He flew the attack against the Free French–controlled Fort Lamy (now N'Djamena) in the Chad region of French Equatorial Africa on 21/01/42. The raid against a target 2,010 km from Axis bases in North Africa was a success but on its return flight the Heinkel ran out of fuel and had to make an emergency landing of the undamaged He-111 on a high plateau 260 km short of Campo Uno, Bohnsack made an emergency landing. On the 5th day a Caproni Ca.309 landed and delivered water and melons to the Heinkel crew. On the next day a Junkers Ju-52 from Wüstennotstaffel 1 , arrived with more water and fuel. The crew took off for the short journey to Campo Uno, where the Heinkel was refuelled and then the crew flew on. The crew and aircraft were rescued a week later. The crew consisted of The members of the expedition Hptm Theodor Blaich, pilot of the Bf 108B Taifun and raid commander, Lt Bohnsack, pilot of the He 111, Obsv Fw Heinrich Geissler, Radop Uffz Wolfgang Wichmann, Lt Fritz Dettmann, war correspondent and Maggiore Roberto Count Vimercati-San Severino, desert expert and pilot of the Marsupiale.CKönig
35 Bornefeld, WernerOfw6/21/1913Aue (Ore mountains)I/KG-40Fw 200C-3/U4 Werk # 0093 "F8 + MH" (lost 1/31/42)Bomber Operational ClaspAC reported lost west of Ireland on 31 January, 1942 after being hit by the corvette "Genistra". Pilot found washed ashore 6 March, 1942, remaining 5 unnamed crew MIA. Source: Fw 200 Losses, 1988 Book, thanks to H. Breuer. Added: Ofw Bornefeld is buried in the German War Cem at Glencree, Gr 52. Remaining crew (MIA); Uffz Rolf Wenkhaus, Obs; Fw Walter Gasser, R/O; Uffz Willi Rosier, Flt Engr; Ofw Walter Schlösser, Gnr 1 and Gefr Wolfgang Glocke, Gnr 2 (D.Drury).
36 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.
37 Böttger, WolfgangOblt6/KG-100 (10/42 Med)Do 217E-5 Werk # Unk "6N + GM" (lost 10/5/43)
Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(11/25/43 Post)

EK 1 & 2
EP (10/12/42), Bomber Operational Clasp		MIA the night of 4/5 October, 1943; sd by fighters west of Cap Tenes, during an attack on shipping in the Mediterranian Sea (DK-G Awards List & LOCS).
38 Botzing, WolfgangLtII/SG-3Fw 190F-8 Werk # 426049 (lost 2/12/45)Assault Operational ClaspMIA 12 February, 1945 near Grossneuendorf after being shot down by flak.
39 Böwing-Treuding, Wolfgang Adolf AlbertOblt1922/01/28Hamburg46



Courtesy Christian König

12./JG 51 (10/41 S.U.), 11./JG 51 (09/42), Stfkpt 10./JG 51 (10/43 Russia)Bf 109 E & F, Fw 190 A-4 Werknr 5777 (lost 11/02/43)
RK (24/03/43 Post)

Deutsches Kreuz - Gold (10/15/42)
EP (13/09/42)

EK 1 & 2

Fighter Operational Clasp in Gold
KilledInAction (KIA) 11 February, 1943 when his A-4 was hit by ground fire during an attack on Russian motorized vehicles at Velikiye Luki. All victories in the East, including 20 bombers and 15 close-support aircraft. His first known Soviet victory, an I-61 on 15 October, 1941. Another I-61 on 23 October, 1941. An I-18 on 24 October, 1941. A DB-3 on 4 November, 1941. A LaGG-3 on 4 December, 1941. An I-61 on 17 December, 1941. A Pe-2 on 30 December, 1941. A Pe-2 on 21 March, 1942. A Pe-2 on 5 April, 1942. An Il-2 on 1 August, 1942. Two Pe-2s on 2 August, 1942. A Pe-2 W of Rzhev on 7 September, 1942. Two Pe-2s on 10 September, 1942. Three Il-2s on 30 October, 1942; one at Puschjanik, one at Kurino and one at Delogusovo. A MiG-3 and an Il-2 near Velikiye Luki on 17 December, 1942. An Il-2 and three Pe-2s on 6 January, 1943. His last known victory, his 46th, a Pe-2 on 3 February, 1943. Added: His remains have not been transferred to a military cemetery, but a grave is believed to exist at Velikiye Luki. He is commemorated in the German War Cem. at Sebesh, Russia (D.Drury). Added: Knights cross awarded for achieving 46 aerial victories in the East including 20 bombers and 15 close support aircraft and 6 Il-2 Sturmoviks
40 Boy, WolfgangOgefr8/JG-1Fw 190A-8 Werk # 175193 "Blue 9" (lost 12/5/44)Fighter Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 5 December, 1944; enemy action at Waren, near Gross-Flotow; no known grave. Source: J. Geensen.boyx
41 Boye, WolfgangUffz7/JG-51Fw 190A-8 Werk# 690133 "White 5" (lost 7/30/44)Fighter Operational ClaspMIA 30 July, 1944; Combat with P-47s, crashed in Granville, 24 km northwest of Avranches. Mombeek MIA List.
42 Brachs, WolfgangFw11/ZG-2Bf 110 EK 2
Destroyer Operational Clasp		One known victory, his 1st, a P-23 south of Brody, 14 September, 1939.
43 Braun, WolfgangOfhr5/19/19245/NJG-4Ju 88G-1 Werk # 714079 (lost 9/26/44)Night Fighter Operational ClaspPilot listed as killed in a crash at the Rhein Main airfield after an intercept mission on 26 September, 1944, no cause reported. No mention of crew.
44 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.
45 Brendel, WolfgangFw23/NJG-3, 9/NJG-5Bf 110
EK 1 & 2
Night Fighter Operational Clasp		One known victory, a B-17 NE of Gedser on 9 October, 1943. His 2nd, a B-24 north of Grove on 5 January, 1944 (Perry Claims). Boiten, 4 victories.
46 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).
47 Bretschneider, WolfgangLt5/4/192326/NJG-4 (Bad Lippspringe)Ju 88G-6 Werk # 620969 "3C + EP" (lost 2/2/45) EK 2
Night Fighter Operational Clasp		KilledInAction (KIA) 2 February, 1945 when he was shot down by return fire from RAF No. 460 Sq. Lancaster PB807 at Riedelbach, near Bad Homburg. Source: T. Boiten. Another source says the two ac collided. Remaining crew (KilledInAction (KIA)): Uffz Walter Stolz, R/O (geb 8/18/1922) and Uffz Siegfried Burghardt, Flt Engr (geb 8/2/1924). The deceased are buried at Usingen. This Lancaster may be the one identified in the OKL Claims as his 2nd victory.
48 Breu, Peter PaulMaj6/13/1915Schwabhausen bei Gotha3


Stfkpt 6/KG-3 (1/41), Kdr II/KG-3 (6/42), Kdr II/KG-76 (45)Ju 88C-6 (destroyer), Ju 88A-4 Werk # 1264 "5K + AP" (lost 2/3/42), Ar 234 in KG-76
RK(10/2/42)

Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(11/24/41)
EP(9/8/41)

EK 1 & 2
Wound Badge

Bomber Operational Clasp in Gold with pendant "300"
Werk # 1264 was lost in a landing accident which killed Uffz Gerhard Richter, his R/O and injured Breu, Fw August Fredericksen, Obs and Uffz Gerhard Walz, Gnr.. Deceased 2 August, 2001, Weingarten.
(Added by Pietrzak Youngs)
Signed cover Luftwaffe signed cover - Peter Paul Breu / Wilhelm Antrup / Peter Broich / Wolfgang Bechtle - No. 42 from the Hans Rossbach series of 80

Major Peter Paul Breu (1915-2001) from Schwabhausen / Thuringia from Kampfgeschwader 3 "Lützow" Peter Paul Breu was born on June 13, 1915 in Schwabhausen near Gotha. Already in 1939 he flew in Poland, over France and England as captain of the 6th Squadron of the combat squadron 3 "Lützow". During the Eastern campaign he took command of the II/KG-3. As such, he destroyed 34 transport trains, bombed recognized enemy positions and recognized an enemy tank breakthrough during a reconnaissance flight in the Kirov area. Breu went on the attack and destroyed no less than 26 tanks. On 02.10.1942 Breu received the Knight's Cross for the three aircraft, which were still shot down by his crew. After the war, Breu established a successful petroleum wholesale business. Peter Paul Breu died on 02.08.2001 in Weingarten near Biberach.
49 Brückner, WolfgangHptm5/26/1920Dresden6/KG-1(4/40), 2/KG-1 (4/42), Stfkpt 3/KG-1 (3/43 Med)Ju 88A-4 Werk # 300016 "V4 + EL" (lost 7/14/43)
RK(12/5/43)

Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(5/4/42)
EP(12/13/41)

EK 1 & 2
Bomber Operational Clasp in Gold		KilledInAction (KIA) the night of 13/14 July, 1943; shot down by a British night fighter at Avola, near Contrada Testa d Acqua. Remaining crew (KilledInAction (KIA)): Fw Friedrich Schwarz, Obs; Ofw Walter Rabold, R/O and Uffz Heinz Steglitz, Gnr.. (Ju 88 Loss List & KG RK book). About 400 missions.
50 Brunner, WolfgangFw26/JG-1Fw 190A-6 Werk # 550757 "Yellow 1" (50% dam 10/14/43)
EK 1 & 2
Fighter Operational Clasp		One known victory, his 1st, a B-17 (HSS) at Koblenz on 14 October, 1943. WIA during the B-17 incident and overturned on landing at Mainz-Finthen. His 2nd, a B-24 SW of Salzwedel on 8 April, 1944.
51 Bruns, HeinrichUffz16/08/22HammI./NJG 101, 6./NJG 4 (11-12/44)Bf-110, Ju-88 G-1 Werknr. 714530 (lost)KIA on 12 December 1944 when shot down by a enemy long range night fighter and crashed in the area of the airfield Gütersloh. Crew (KIA): Radop Uffz Emil Hoffarth (25/06/18 in Ettlingen), Mech Uffz Wolfgang Rautert (born 08/01/23 in Dortmund). Flugbuch (03/42 to 11/44).CKönig
52 Bubenzer, WolfgangUffz1/JG-53 (Channel)Bf 109F-1 Werk # 5685 (lost 5/22/41)Fighter Operational ClaspKIC 22 May, 1941 at Boulogne, no further detail. Source: Jochen Prien
53 Büchsenmann, WolfgangOfhr4/15/1924Neu Ulm
Courtesy Christian König		16(Sturm)/JG-3Fw 190A-8/R2 Werk# 682937 "Black <1 +"Fighter Operational ClaspMIA 27 December, 1944 in aerial combat with Allied fighters over St. Vith. "MIA" status found in the Mombeek MIA List. Also found a Jager Blatt article asking for info on Wolf, a Wilhelm Goller in Blaubeuren, 1/1996 issue.
54 Bühring, WolfgangMaj8/30/1908Berlin-SchönebergKdr III/KG-4 (11/41)He 111HBomber Operational ClaspSee Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries for further detail.
55 Burger, WolfgangOblt5/JG-27 (Africa)Bf 109F-4 (Trop) Werk # 8718 "Red 2 + -" (lost 9/5/42)Fighter Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 5 September, 1942 when his engine siezed during aerial combat over Crete. He bailed successfully, 12 km NW of Abudweis, however, his chute failed to open.
56 Burkart, HeinzOFw1915/02/06Berlin


Haselsteiner
Courtesy CK

Courtesy Oleg Marin

Legion Condor, 1./KG 76Ju 88 A-5 "F1 + GH" Werknr 5151 (lost)Al Merito en CampañaKilledInAction (KIA) 19 April, 1941 during a raid on London, when he was shot down by Brooklands AA guns, crashing with all onboard at Slaughter Bridge, Slinfold, Sussex. Remaining crew (KilledInAction (KIA)): Ogefr Rudi Scheithauer, Observer (born 24/10/1918 CK) ; Ogefr Bruno Kalmus, R/O (born 03/01/1914 CK) and Ofw Wolfgang Haselsteiner, Gunner (born 25/11/1912 CK) . Added: All four crew are buried in a joint grave at CC/9/10/63 (D.Drury).

57 Bussack, WolfgangOfwFlugbereitschaft Luftflotte-5Ju 52/3mg4e Werk # 6395 (lost)Transport Operational ClaspKIC 11 November, 1042; hit a mountain near Oslo during a non-operational flight. Remaining crew: Uffz Alfred Nährig, R/O (WIC) and Fw Erwin Lechle, Mech (KIC). In addition, 4 passengers were also killed. Source: SIG Norway.
58 Buth, WolfgangLt2/JG-5 (Finland)Bf 109G-6 "Yellow 7" (lost 7/3/44)Fighter Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 3 July, 1944, no further detail.
59 Büttner, ErichFw
Cannock Chase		1/KG-26He 111H-4 Werk # 6962 "1H + AH" (lost 9/11/40)Bomber Operational ClaspPOW 11 September, 1940 after his ac was sd by Hurricanes and crashed at Cripps Corner, Sussex. Remaining crew: Hptm Wolfgang Künstler, Stfkpt 1/KG-26 (POW): Uffz Walter Schang, Obs (KilledInAction (KIA), bur CC/4/14/192); Uffz Johann Schäfer, R/O (KilledInAction (KIA), bur CC/4/14/195) and Uffz Erich Schmidt, Flt Engr (POW). It is unclear what position Hptm Kunstler may have held (D.Drury).
60 Büttstadt, WolfgangUffz4/JG-3 (S.U.)Bf 109G-2 Werk # 13698 "White 10 + -" (10% dam 12/17/42)Wound Badge
Fighter Operational Clasp		WIA 17 December, 1942 after being hit by flak at Pitomnik. This was referred to as Ebeners usual ac.
61 Camphausen, Horst WolfgangOblt3/29/1913Kassel7/KG-4Ju 88 Werk # 3051 "5J + IR" (lost)Bomber Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 20 May, 1940 when he crashed in Belgium during the French Campaign. Buried Kassel Hauptfriedhof, Grave 57/11. Source: A. Rosseels.
62 Casimir, Athur vonObst1907Kdr KGr-100 (Norway 2/40)He 111H-2 Werk # 2320 "6N + NH" (lost 4/20/40), He 111H "6N + BA" (lost 5/29/40)Bomber Operational ClaspPOW after being shot down on 29 May, 1940 near Hamaroy Norway. The ac was piloted by Oblt Wolfgang Metzke (POW). Spent the remainder of the war as POW in Great Britain and Canada. Led the air raids on Namsos in April, 1940. Deceased 15 December, 2005. Added: Casimir piloted Wk# 2320 which was sd during an attack on gun emplacements at Namos. The ac force landed on the frozen ice on Lake Jonsvatvet, Trondheim, and eventually sank. Casimir was present to see its raising in 2004. Now at a museum in Berlin (Flyvrak Norway).
63 Castell-Rüdenhausen, Friedrich-Wolfgang Graf von und zuLt1906/06/27BerlinFlugkapitän for Lufthansa, 7./ZG 76Bf-110 C (lost)MIA/ KIA on 11 July 1940 when shot down by fighters into the Channel near Portland Bill. Husband of Karoline-Mathilde, princess of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. Crew (MIA/KIA): Radop Gefr Heinz Reder.


CKönig
64 Castell, Friedrich Wolfgang, Graf von Lt7/ZG-76Bf 110C Werk # Unk (lost 7/11/40)Destroyer Operational ClaspMIA 11 July, 1940 when his ac was attacked by fighters and crashed into the sea off Portland, Dorset. His R/O, Gefr Heinz Reder, was also described as MIA (D.Drury). His surname may have been Castell-Castell.
65 Chamier-Glisczinski, Wolgang von Obstlt4/16/1894Hagen
Kdr Stab/KG-3 (8/40 Le Culot), Kdr KG-3 "Blitz" (9/41), Kdr Central Bomber School (8/43)Do 17Z in Stab, Ju 88 as Kdr., Ju 52 Werk # 7543 "G6 + KS" of 8/TG-4 (lost 8/12/43)
RK(10/6/40)

EK 1 & 2
Bomber Operational Clasp		KIC 12 August, 1943 during an inspection flight, when his Ju 52 flew into a thunderstorm and crashed near Sisak southeast of Agram. Channel pilot. Promoted to GenLt posthumously. Gen.Maj. Chamier-Glisczinski was Fliegerführer Kroatien at the time of his death. He was aboard a Ju 52 en-route from Sarajevo-Butmir airfield to Zagreb-Borongaj airfield when the plane crashed near Sisak during a severe thunderstorm. It was not due to enemy action and no Partisan activity was involved. His successor was Gen.Maj. Wolfgang Erdmann.
66 Chiari, Wolfgang Baron vonUffz3/9/1913


Leonhardt


Menzel.
Courtesy hristian König

4(F)/14 (Smolensk-Nord)Ju 88 Werk # 0386 "5F + LM" (lost 1/9/42)Observer Operational ClaspMIA with his entire crew, 9 January, 1942, when they failed to return from a reconnaissance mission to Rzhev, Russia, cause unknown. Remaining crew: Lt Herbert Menzel, Obs; Ogefr M.Egger, R/O and Uffz R.Leonhardt, Gnr. Only Uffz Chiari and Lt Menzel are found on the VDK, and commemorated in the War Cem at Rzhev, Russia (D.Drury).
67 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
68 Christoff, WolfgangLt4/3/1922


Courtesy Christian König

1/KG-2 (Channel)Ju 188E-2 Werk # 180414 "U5 + GH" (lost 4/24/44)Bomber Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) the night of 23/24 April, 1944 during a bombing raid on Bristol, when he was shot down by 3.7 inch AA guns from 17,000 feet and crashed at Salterns Wood, Arne, near Wareham, Dorset at 02:15 hours. Christoff bur Gr 35. Remaining crew (all KilledInAction (KIA), buried Wareham Cem, Sec B, Row O): Uffz Heinrich Schnuer, Observer (Gr 34); Ogefr Wolfgang Biegerl, R/O (Gr unk); Fw Horst Huffzky, Gunner (Gr 27) and Ogefr Theophil Joretzki, Gunner (Gr 30A). Source: Bristol Past, John Penny & D.Drury.
69 Cichorius, WolfgangLt44/JG-3 (7/43 S.U.)Bf 109G-4 Werk# 19606 "White 2 + -"
EK 1 & 2
Fighter Operational Clasp		MIA 7 July, 1943; Aerial combat, area of southwest Prochorowka. Mombeek MIA List. His first known victory, three Soviet Il-2s on 5 July, 1943. A 4th, an Il-2(m.H.) on 6 July, 1943.
70 Cubillus, ErichUffz5/JG-26 (4/42 Channel) 1/JG-26Fw 190A-1Werk # 10100 "Black 10" (dam 4/4/42), Fw 190A-2 Werk # 5229 (lost 4/13/42)Wound Badge
Fighter Operational Clasp		WIFA 4 April, 1942 when, due to engine failure in his A-1, he crashed at St. Omer and was injured. This Wk# believed to be the usual mount of Wolfgang Kosse. KilledInAction (KIA) 13 April, 1942 when he was shot down in his A-2 by the famous Irish pilot, Paddy Finucane in a Spitfire of RAF No. 602 Sq.. Cubillus died trying to crash land at Marquise. Alternate spelling: Cubillius.
71 Daniel, Johann WolfgangFhr12/27/192411/JG-2Fw 190D-9 Werk # 600410 (lost 2/28/45)Wound Badge
Fighter Operational Clasp		WIA 28 February, 1945 during aerial combat at Neuberg, west of Eisenach, bailed safely.
72 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).
73 Deisböck, WolfgangOfw3/KG-100He 111H-6
Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(1/2/42)

EK 1 & 2
Bomber Operational Clasp		DK-G Awards List
74 Derks, ErnstOfwGrosse Kampfflieger Schule 5 (Parow)Do 18 Werk # 839 (lost)Wound Badge
Air Sea Rescue Operational Clasp		Injured 18 July, 1941 during a training mission, when flying low over the water, his wing touched the water, causing the AC to crash 3 km east of Store Klint, near Stege. The AC sank after remaining afloat for 10 minutes. Two seaplanes picked up the injured Derks and injured Student Gunner Ofhr Wolfgang Lenze. Remaining crew (KIC): Uffz Oskar Schäffer, Mech. and Student Observer Ofhr Armin Kohler were later retrieved, but their grave locations are unknown. Source: Air War over Denmark.
75 Dieckmann, WolfgangLt8/JG-2 (4/41), 7/JG-2 (6/41)Bf 109FFighter Operational Clasp
76 Diekmann, WolfgangLt7/JG-2Bf 109F-2 Werk # 6755(lost)Fighter Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 23 June, 1941 in aerial combat, crashed in Bourthes, near Ergny.
77 Dierich, WolfgangKG-51Do 17, He 111, Ju 88, Me 410 & Me 262Bomber Operational ClaspBarbarossa pilot? No rank given and his name is associated with the KG-51 "chronocles". He may have been a historian.
78 Dietrich, WolfgangUffz

Courtesy Christian König

15/JG-5 (Norway), 12/JG-5 (2/45 Herdla, Norway)Fw 190A-8 Werk # Unk "Blue 8" "Erika" (2/45)Fighter Operational ClaspAC marked "Erika" at Herdla. No further detail on this little known pilot.

Courtesy Christian König
79 Dietrich, WolfgangGefr11/JG-6Bf 109G-14 Werk # 784929 "Yellow 5" (lost 11/26/44)Wound Badge
Fighter Operational Clasp		WIA 26 November, 1944 at Salzwedel, no further detail (JG-6 List).
80 Dietz, Ludwig Franz Rudolf HeinzLt11/09/21Lüneburg


Baur

IV./KG 6 (-05/43), Erg.TGr. (-12/43), 4./KG 53 (-01/44)He-111 H-16 "A1 + IM" (lost)at least Bomber Operational Clasp in BronzeKIC on 25 January 1944 when crashed 5 km N of Rauchowka, 70 km NE of Odessa/Ukraine. Crew: Obsv OGefr Matthias Baur (23/11/21, KIC), Radop Lt Karl Hess (unclear: 25/07/21 WBK Frankfurt/Main), Mech OGefr Wilhelm Domscheid, Gunr Gefr Wolfgang Behm.CKönig
81 Dirk, HansFw6/8/19156/KG-5 (?)He 111 (lost 11/30/44)Bomber Operational ClaspKIC 30 November, 1944 at Rudlos due to technical problems. Remaining crew (KIC): R/O Uffz Heinz Meyer (3/27/1922) and Engr Uffz Wolfgang Kampmann (11/5/1918). All three buried in Lauterbach.
82 Domann, ErnstOfwKGr.z.b.V.-600 (4/43)Ju 52 Werk # 6658 "C6 + LL" (lost 4/10/43)Transport Operational ClaspMIA with his entire crew, 10 April, 1943; sd by fighters in the Trapani-Tunis area. Remaining crew: Uffz Wolfgang Hindenburg, R/O; Uffz Gerhard Grüntges, Mech and Gefr Fritz Dillram, Gnr (Qu.Meister File).
83 Döring, WolfgangFw18/JG-27Bf 109G EK 2
Fighter Operational Clasp		One known victory, his 1st, a B-24 (HSS) SE of Marburg on 2 April, 1944.
84 Dreier, WolfgangOblt12/19/1921Stab II/JG53 (3/43); 11/JG-301 (1/45)Bf 109 G-4 trop Werk# 16211 (lost 03/23/43); Fw 190A-8 Werk # 682055 "Yellow 12" (lost 01/26/45)Fighter Operational ClaspMIA 26 January, 1945 in aerial combat near Steinau. Mombeek. Unhurt 23 March 1943 after being shot down by a P-38 over the Mediterranean Sea; bailed out.davedrury
85 Dreifke, WolfgangLt3/28/1921Wetzlar (CKönig)3Stab II/JG-53 (10/42-1/43 Med), 3/JG-53 (3/43 Sicily), 1/JG-27Bf 109F-4 (Trop), Bf 109G-2 Werk # 14249 "Black <2 - + -" (lost 10/12/42), Bf 109G-4 Trop Werk # 16211 (lost 3/23/43), Bf 109G-6 Werk # 410039 (lost 5/12/44; WIA cmbt Wiesbaden area)
EK 1 & 2
Wound Badge
Fighter Operational Clasp		His Wk# 16211 lost over the sea after combat with a P-38. He bailed safely and was uninjured. Injured 12 October, 1942 when he was forced to bail from Wk# 14249 near Noto-Modica due to a fuel shortage (Bf 109 Loss List). One known victory, his 1st, a Desert P-40 2 km NW of Protville, north of Tunis, on 4 January, 1943. His 2nd, a P-38 on 22 March, 1943. His 3rd, a B-24 (HSS) W of Raab on 23 April, 1944. Alternate spelling: Dreitke.
86 Duhne, WolfgangFw7/JG-300 (8/44)Fw 190A-8 Werk # Unk (lost 8/6/44)Fighter Operational ClaspPilot reported KilledInAction (KIA), 6 August, 1944, no further detail (denkmalprojekt.org).
87 Dürr, HansLt11/9/1914St Blasien3(F)/33 (6/41 S.U.,10/42 Channel)Ju 88D-1 Werk # 1342 "8H + KL" (lost 10/19/42) EK 2
Observer Operational Clasp		Added: A pilot in his own right, he was flying as Observer with Lt Wolfgang Lauth when they were sd on 19 October, 1942 by a Beaufighter of No.68 Sq., and crashed at Sea north of Norfolk. Hptm Dürr & Lt Lauth, and two unnamed crew were killed ( Winward & Wood (authors) & D.Drury).
88 Eberspächer, HelmutHptm11/18/1915Tübingen7



Recon pilot w 7(F)/LG-2, Stfkpt 3./SKG 10 (06/44, later re-desgn III/KG-51 & NSGr-20), 14/SG-151Ju 88A, Fw 190 G (in SKG-10), Me 410 in KG-51
RK(1/26/45)

Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(7/23/44)
EP(3/20/44)

EK 1 (05/08/41) & 2 (05/05/41)

Bomber Operational Clasp in Gold
Channel pilot. In March, 1945, he served as Stfkpt in 14(Pz)/SG-151, flying the Ju 87G, Fw 190F-8 and the Hs 129. Flew difficult Day and Night sorties. About 170 combat missions. 3 Lancaster victories were Night victories In the night of 6 June, 1944 while in KG-51 (added: at that time he was Stfkpt of 3./SKG 10 (CK)), one at Isigny and two at Carentan. Deceased in Esslingen, 19 June, 2011. Added: served as Obsv in LG 2, starting his pilot qualification in 1942. According Wolfgang Zebrowski he shot down 4 bombers during a recce flight on D-Day (CK).
89 Ehlers, WolfgangMaj1913/12/13

Pic courtesy Ommert via CK


1.(H)/Aufkl.Gr. 21 as Obsv (03/40), Stfkpt 3.(H)/Aufkl.Gr. 32 (08/40-03/41-), Stab /Aufkl.Fl.Fü (01/42), Stfkpt 2.(H)/Aufkl.Gr. 14 (06-12/42), Luftflottenkdo. 5 (03/43), SG 77 (10/44)Hs-126
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (27/07/42)
EP (16/02/42)

EK 1 & EK 2

Recce Operational Clasp in Gold		WIA on 28/11/42 or 18/12/42 in Tunesia, depending on different sources.CKönig
90 Ehrlich, WolfgangUffz8/JG-301Fw 190A-9 Werk # 206164 "Blue 9" (lost 3/2/45)Fighter Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 2 March, 1945 during aerial combat near Klotzsche with P-51s of 486FS, 352FG. Source: Martin Bowman.
91 Eichhöfer, AlfonsUffz1(H)/21Fw 189A-2 Werk # 125183 (25% dam 3/19/43) Wound Badge
Observer Operational Clasp 		WIA 19 March, 1943 during aerial combat at Krassnoarmejskaja. His Observer, Oblt Wolfgang Lach, was also WIA. One other unnamed crewman was KilledInAction (KIA) (Obs Loss List). Added: The unnamed KilledInAction (KIA) is Uffz Bruno Hartkopp (Qu.Meister File).
92 Engel, WolfgangUffz411/JG-3Bf 109F & GEP


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.
93 Engst, HubertOfw11/10/1921Krauschwitz15
Engst (L) Graziadei (R)



JG-110, Stabstaffel II/JG Hermann (7/43), 6/JG-300 (7/43), 5/JG-300 (6/44), 6/JG-300 (8/44 Seyring)Fw 190A-8 Wk# 681361 "Yellow 7" (lost 8/44), Fw 190A-8/R2 Wk# 682181 "Yellow 2" (lost 12/24/44)
Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(45)
EP


EK 1 & 2
Wound Badge(8/24/44)
Fighter Operational Clasp		10+ bombers. On 24 August, 1944, after downing a B-24 at Neuhaus (Jindrichuv Hradec Bohemia), he was shot down with wounds by return fire, in his A-8 "Yellow 7". Lost a 2nd A-8, Werk # 681181 "Yellow 2", at Hersfeld on 24 December, 1944. Pilot severely wounded a 2nd time. One known victory, his 1st, a Stirling SE of Wüppertal on 31 July, 1943, only hours after being assigned to Stabsstaffel/JG Hermann. Another, a Lancaster S of Nürnburg on 28 August, 1943. A B-17 S of Schönewalde and a B-24 at Luckenwalde on 21 June, 1944. A B-24 SW of Tulln on 26 June, 1944. A B-24 S of Magdeburg on 7 July, 1944. A B-24 (im Zus. - with flak) at Neuhaus/Böhmen on 24 August, 1944. A B-24 SE of Eschwege on 27 September, 1944. A 2nd B-24, same day, in the Treffurt area. A 9th, a B-24 at Prossnitz (Olomouc) on 17 December, 1944. Shot down four times. Survived the war. His victories may be as high as 21; 20 bombers and one Mosquito, per his son Wolfgang Engst.


Engst in his Fw 190A-8/R2 of 6./JG 300



94 Ensle, WolfgangOfw7/29/1920Metlangen, Krs. Schwäb. GmundI/StG-2, 3/SG-2Ju 87D, Fw 190F-8
RK(8/8/44)

Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(10/17/43)

EK 1 & 2
Wound Badge
Dive Bomber Operational Clasp w/Pendant		Last mission 26 November, 1944 when he was shot down but was able to bail. Subsequent hospital stay and recuperative leave until the end of the war. 760 missions. Destroyed 34 tanks among other things.
95 Erdmann, WolfgangObstlt11/13/1898KönigsbergKdr II/KG-253 (5/39), Kdr II/KG-4 (9/39)He 111P in both unitsBomber Operational ClaspSee Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries for further detail.
96 Ernst, HeinzLt8/9/1922Gumbinnen2/FAGr-5Ju 290A-7 Werk # 0187 "9V + LK" (lost 5/31/44)Observer Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 31 May, 1944, with his entire crew, when their damaged ac crashed into a mountain in the vicinity of Posada de Llanes, Asturias, Spain. The crew were all buried in the War Cemetery at Cuacos de Yuste. Remaining crew: Uffz Martin Steinbock, Co-Pilot, bur Row 6, Gr 107; Lt Hans Haberer, Obs, bur Row 6, Gr 103; Fw Walter Borntrink, R/O 1, bur Row 6, Gr 110; Uffz Wolfgang Hertz, R/O 2, bur Row 6, Gr 111; Fw Kurt Bartoschewski, Gnr 1, bur Row 6, Gr 104; Fw Otto Borkowski, Gnr 2, bur Row 6, Gr 108; Uffz Alfred Janke, Gnr 3, bur Row 7, Gr 121; Ogefr Paul Neumann, Gnr 4, bur Row 6, Gr 105; Ofw Willi Schmahlfeldt, Gnr 5, bur Row 7, Gr 122 and Uffz Friedrich Strobel, Gnr 8, bur Row 6, Gr 109 (D.Drury).
97 Ernst, WolfgangHptm5/1/1922Paderborn368 & 9/JG-77 (9/42 S.U.), Stab III/JG-77 (8/43 Tunisia), Stfkpt 9/JG-77 (4/44 Romania), I/JG-1 (5/44), Acting Kdr I/JG-53 (1/45)Bf 109F-4/R1 Werk # 13250 (force-land @ Petroskaja 5/22/42, 20% dam; radiator hit), Bf 109G-2 Werk # 10712 30% dam 2/26/43 WIA Matmata Tunisia), Bf 109G-6 Werk # 160826 "Yellow 1" (10% dam WIA 4/5/44: combat, emergency land Ploiesti area), Fw 190A-8 Werk # 350151 "White 231" (lost 7/6/44) in JG-77, Fw 190A-8 in JG-1
Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(10/17/43)
EP


EK 1 & 2
Wound Badge
Fighter Operational Clasp		His first known Soviet victory, two LaGG-3s on 10 September, 1942. A LaGG-3 and an Il-2 on 12 September, 1942. One known Desert victory, a Kittyhawk on 25 February, 1943. His 23rd victory, in Sicily, was a B-25 on 18 June, 1943. His 25th, a P 40E over Sardinia on 30 July, 1943. Another, a P-40 29 km east of Iolesias, 28 August, 1943. A 27th & 28th, both B-24s in the Balkan Campaign, on 4 April, 1944. Wounded in aerial combat over Romania. Shot down and bailed successfully (with a broken arm) by a P-38J-10 of 429FS, flown by Lt Robert C. Milliken, over the Mamers area. His 29th, a P-38 in the Argentan area on 6 July, 1944. Shot down, and bailed with wounds, in "White 231" shortly after this encounter. He was the last commander (briefly) of III/JG-53, from 4/45 to 2 May, 1945. Deceased January, 1993.
98 Ewald, Wolfgang Pequeno 'Tiny'Maj3/26/1911Hamburg78

2,J/88 Legion Condor, Stfkpt 2/JG-52, Acting Kdr I/JG-52 (11/39), Kdr III/JG-3 (5/42 Russia)Bf 109E-4 "<<" (9/40 Coquelles) & F, Bf 109G-4 Werk # 14859 "Black<<-" (1/43), Bf 109G-4 Werk # 14946 "Black << + I" , Bf 109G-6 Wk# 20220 "Black << + I" (lost 7/14/43)
RK(12/9/42)

Spanish Cross-G

Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(10/3/42)
EP(9/10/42)

EK 1 & 2
Fighter Operational Clasp		Channel pilot. One victory in Spain. His first victory, during the BOB, a Hurricane on 27 September, 1940. His first known Soviet victory, his 2nd & 3rd overall, both R-Zs on 20 May, 1942. A Soviet triple, his 5th, 6th & 7th, on 12 June, 1942; two MiG-1s and a Pe-2. A Soviet double on 28 June, 1942, a Lagg-3 and a Pe-2. A MiG-3 on 17 July, 1942. A MiG-1 on 24 July, 1942. Two Pe-2s N of Aksaj on 6 August, 1942. Two LaGG-3s on 23 August, 1942; one N of Popowiskaja, the other SW of Leninsk. A Soviet Hurricane NNW of Stalingrad on 30 August, 1942. A Yak-3 SW of Stalingrad on 4 September, 1942. An Il-2 at Prudkj on 9 September, 1942. Three P-40s and a Boston III on 8 December, 1942. A LaGG-3 and an Il-2 on 5 July, 1943. An Il-2 and a MiG-3 on 7 July, 1943. An Il-2 and a MiG-3 on 8 July, 1943. A LaGG-5 on 11 July, 1943. 2 victories in the West. Russian POW. Shot down 14 July, 1943 by Russian AA gunners (or friendly flak) in his G-6 and was held prisoner for long years. His imprisonment, along with that of his Adj, Einsiedel, deepened the animosity between the two. Deceased 24 February, 1995.

Wolfgang Ewald left (with Wilcke


99 Faber, WolfgangOblt6/KG-6 (Med)Ju 88A-4 Werk # 550094 "3E + NP" (lost 10/22/43)Bomber Operational ClaspMIA with unnamed crew 22 October, 1943 after making an emergency landing at sea near Naxos Island (Ju 88 Loss List).
100 Fabian, Wolfgang RudolfOblt6/10/1915Aabenraa, Germany (until 1921)JFS-4 (11/41 Furth), 9/JG-51 (8/42 S.U.)Bf 109F-2 Werk # 12601 "Yellow 6 + I" (lost 8/21/42)Fighter Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 21 August, 1942; shot down by anti-aircraft fire, 5 km NE of Rzhev, S.U.. Prior to his JG-51 service, the former Danish Naval aviator volunteered for service in the Finnish Air Force. Neulen

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