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#Pilot (↑)RankBornPlaceScore (↑)UnitsAircraftAwards*************Notes*************Photo
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601 Liebmann, HelmutUffz54/JG-3 (6/43 S.U.), 6/JG-52 (10/44 Hungary)Bf 109G-4 Werk # 19447 (lost 6/3/43; injured in a crash, engine fire, Map Quad. Pl.Qu. 60216), Bf 109G-4 Werk # 1996x (40% dam 7/5/43), Bf 109G-14 Werk # 511644 "Yellow 6 + -" (lost 10/14/44)
EK 1 & 2
Wound Badge
Fighter Operational Clasp		KIFA 14 October, 1944; crashed after takeoff (Magnus). WIA 5 July, 1943 when he was hit by enemy fighters during takeoff from the Rogan airfield. His first known victory, a Soviet LaGG-3 on 28 April, 1943. A 2nd, a Yak-1 on 16 June, 1943. A 3rd, a LaGG-5 on 19 June, 1943. A 4th, a Yak-1 on 23 June, 1943. A 5th, a Yak-1 on 4 July, 1943.
602 Liebsch, HelmutGefr12/JG-11 (9/44 Achmer) Fw 190A-8 Werk # 731015 "Blue 7 + I" (lost 9/21/44), Fw 190A-8 Werk # 731009 "Blue 17 + I" (lost 12/24/44) Wound Badge
Fighter Operational Clasp 		WIA 24 December, 1944 during aerial combat in the Alzey area; bailed safely. His A-8 crashed at Nijmegen Holland on 21 September, 1944 due to combat with No.414 Sq. fighters; pilot bailed safely with injuries.
603 Liefländer, HelmutOfw1/11/1915Hanover JGr. Drontheim (JFS-3) (Grove De.) Ar 96 Werk # 4332 (lost)Student Pilot Killed 14 April, 1942 when his AC collided with Ar 96 Wk# 4334 over Skophus, near the Grove airfield, losing his tail assembly. He and his instructor (in the rear seat) managed to bail, however, Liefländer may have bailed to low, for his chute did not deploy in time. He was found near the wreckage. The instructor bailed safely. Liefländer was buried in the Esbjerg Fovrfelt Cemetery on 18 April, 1942. Werk # 4334 managed to return to Grove and landed safely with 15% damage (Air War over Denmark). Added: Ofw Lieflander buried Esbjerg, Blk A3, Row 2, Gr 12 (D.Drury).
604 Liman, HelmutMajIII/KG-40 (7/43)Fw 200 (lost 9/27/44)EP (2/28/44)

DK-G (1/1/45 post)

EK 1 & 2
KIA 27 September, 1944 on a passenger service flight from Germany to France. SD by a Beaufighter of USAAF 415th Night Fighter Sq., piloted by Capt Harold F.Augsburger. The ac crashed at St Nicolas-les-Citeaux, Cote d'Or, killing all on board. No known graves or remaining crew information. On 11 July 1943, Maj Liman took part in the action against convoy Faith which resulted in the sinking of the SS Duchess of York & SS California (D.Drury).
605 Limbrecht, MaxOfwII/Erg.TG (12/43 Berlin-Schönwalde), 1/KG-200 (4/45 Tutow Süd)Ju 52, Ar 232B-07 Werk # 0110029 "G6 + YY" (12/44), Ar 232B-09 Werk # 0110031 "A3 + SB" (dam 4/25/45)
Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(8/1/43)

EK 1 & 2
Wound Badge
Transport Operational Clasp		WIA 25 April, 1945; sd by a Mosquito of No 409 Sq. at Diemitz during a transport mission. Remaining crew: Engr Helmut Kruger (WIA-DOW) and Gnr Friedrich Augull (WIA). DK-G Awards List & Lost Aircraft Report. Added: Participated in Ar 232 cargo drops behind Russian lines in December 1944 (H.D.Zemke).
606 Linck, Hans HelmutLt10/JG-4 Bf 109G-14 Werk # 781308 "Black 4" (lost 9/11/44) Wound Badge
Fighter Operational Clasp 		WIA 11 September, 1944 at Eger Cz., bailed safely (JG-4 List). Added: "Black 4" was lost during the Air Battle over the Ore Mountains, taking place over Kovarska, Cz.. Today, some remains of Lt Linck's ac may be seen in the Museum of Air Battle over the Ore Mountains, Kovarska, Czech Republic (D.Drury).
607 Lipfert, HelmutHptm8/6/1916Lippelsdorf Thüringen203 6/JG-52 (1/43 Russia), Stfkpt 6/JG-52 (5/44 Manzar Romania), Kdr I/JG-53 (2/45) Bf 109G-2/R6 Werk # 14154 "Yellow 2 + -" (dam 12/42 force land), Bf 109G-6 "Yellow 1" in 6 Staffel, Bf 109G-14 Werk # 510915 "Yellow 1 + -" (10/44 Hungary) RK(4/5/44)-EL(4/17/45)
Rom.Ord

Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(1/28/44)
EP(11/14/43)

EK 1 & 2
Fighter Oper.Clasp w/Pend 		2 Bombers. Former Labor Corps leader. Shot down 13 times by Russian AA and twice by Russian fighters, but never injured! 700 combat missions.His first known Soviet victory, a LaGG-5 on 30 January, 1943. A 2nd, an Il-5 on 25 February, 1943. A LaGG-3 on 28 February, 1943. Two R-5, on 7 March, 1943. An Il-2 on 14 March, 1943. Two LaGG-3s on 30 March, 1943. Two LaGG-5s and a Yak-9 on 7 October, 1943. A "shared" victory with H. Sachsenberg, a B-17G near Giurgiu Romania on 11 June, 1944. Two B-24s over Romania on 24 June, 1944. Nos. 167 & 168, a LaGG-5 at Bodner and a Yak-9 at Vereb on 2 January, 1945. Nos. 169 to 172, two Il-2s, a Yak-9 and a LaGG-5 on 4 January, 1945. His 185th, a Yak-3 at Siofok on 11 March, 1945. Nos. 190 & 191, both Il-2s in the Vapalota area on 20 March, 1945. He scored his 200th victory, an La-7 at Hamburg on 8 April, 1945. His 201st, an La-7 at Lundenburg on 9 April, 1945. His 202nd, a Yak-9 at Stokerau on 14 April, 1945. His 203rd and last victory, a Yak-9 at Göding on 16 April, 1945. Germanys 14th ranked fighter Ace. Post-war school teacher. Deceased 10 August, 1990, Einbeck.
608 Lips, HorstLt1/1/19216/KG-27 He 111H-6 Werk # 4902 "1G + NP" (lost 4/6/42) Bomber Operational Clasp MIA with his entire crew, 6 April, 1942, when they failed to return from the area of Kholm, Kalinin Oblast, Russia. The VDK confirms Lt Lips as missing, and commemorated in the German War Cem. at Sologubowka, Russia. Remaining crew: Uffz Willi Schulz, Obs; Ogefr Helmut Ertel, R/O; Ofw Johann Stürmer (or Stürner), Flt Engr and Ogefr Willi Nack (or Mack), Gnr. No burial detail on the remaining crew (D.Drury).
609 Livonius, Walther vonFw1/KGr.-126 He 111H-4 Werk # 6951 "1T + FH" (lost 11/9/40) Bomber Operational Clasp His ac was reported lost north of the Isle of Quessant on 9 November, 1940, cause unknown. Remaining crew: Oblt Helmut Lorenz, Obs (disp unk); Fw Peter Hermsen, R/O (disp unk) and Uffz Otto Skusa (geb 4/8/1912 Narzym), Mech (KIC). Uffz Skusa buried Ploudaniel-Lesneven Cem, Blk 9, Row 53, Gr 1301 (absa3945).
Plousdaniel-Lesneven, France
610 Lobner, HelmutFhr114(Sturm)/JG-3Bf 109G, Fw 190A-8/R2 Werk # 681397 (lost 9/11/44)
EK 1 & 2
Fighter Operational Clasp		KIA 11 September, 1944 during aerial combat at Biesenrode. One known victory, his 1st, a B-17 at Hettstedt-Querfurt on 11 September, 1944.
611 Lochbrunner, OswaldLt1/18/19131/KG-100 (4/40 Vaernes; 8/41 S.U)He 111H-1 "6N + EH" (lost 5/6/40), He 111H-3 Werk # 5252 "6N + CA" (dam 8/14/40), He 111H Werk # Unk (lost 8/11/41)Bomber Operational ClaspShot down by a British cruiser at Skanland Narvik on 6 May, 1940; the uninjured crew showed up days later at Elvegardsmoen. Remaining crew: Uffz Helmut Pflugmacher, Uffz Werner Schmalfuss and Fedor Roos (Flyvrak Norway). Added: While acting as observer on 14 August, 1940, the crew were uninjured in a force landing on the beach at Hourtin France, following a raid near Birmingham. MIA 10/11 August, 1941 in the Moscow area during a raid, cause, ac data and crew information unknown. He is listed in the memorial book at Rshew (Rzhev?) (D.Drury).
612 Loerke, HelmutFhjFwJG-6Most likely an Fw 190D-9Fighter Operational ClaspMIA 8 May, 1945, shot down near Regensburg during a Ferry Flight (on the last day of the war). Mombeek MIA List.
613 Lohoff, HelmutOblt10/31/1915173/JG-77 (5/40), redesignated 12/JG-51, Stffüh 7/JG-51 (10/41 S.U.)Bf 109E in JG-77, Bf 109F-2 Werk # 5531 "White 3 + I" (lost 2/11/42) in JG-51EP


EK 1 & 2
Fighter Operational Clasp		Soviet POW 11 February, 1942 after making a forced landing at Sytschewka, near Rzhev, due to engine trouble. One known victory, his 3rd, a Lysander south of Lille, 21 May, 1940. His 4th, a Lysander S of Lille on 22 May, 1940. His first known Soviet victory, an I-16 on 19 September, 1941. A Pe-2 on 6 October, 1941. Another Pe-2 on 15 October, 1941. A DB-3 on 17 October, 1941. An I-61 on 24 October, 1941. A DB-3 on 25 October, 1941. Deceased 8 September, 1999. Jager Blatt article.
614 Lohrberg, HelmutObfhr12/JG-26Bf 109K-4 (lost)Fighter Operational ClaspMIA 27 November, 1944 in the Rheine vicinity, probably as a result of canopy icing during aerial combat with P-51s, as Genth experienced the same day. Faithful friend of Georg Genth.
615 Lölhöffel von Löwensprung, HelmutOblt5/SKG-210 (S.U.)Bf 110E-1 Werk # 3447 "S9 + LN" (lost 12/9/41), Bf 110E-2 Werk # 4415 "S9 + HN" (lost 2/11/42)Destroyer Operational ClaspMIA 9 December, 1941 at Nikolskoje-wolowo, cause unknown. His unnamed R/O returned. An original entry stated he was KIA 12/9/41, however, a subsequent entry lists him MIA 11 February, 1942! Both entries per Bf 110 Loss List
616 Lorberg, HelmutOfhr112/JG-26 (joins 2/44)Bf 109G-6, Bf 109K-4 Werk # 330152 "Blue 26" (lost) EK 2
Fighter Operational Clasp		KIA 27 November, 1944 during aerial combat in "Blue 26" with P-51s at Wettringen, near Rheine. His AC buried so deep, that his remains were not discovered until, 1992. His one victory, a B-17 (e.V.) N of Innsbrück, SE of Kochel-am-See, on 24 April, 1944. Very close friend of Georg Genth. Carried as MIA by Eric Mombeek.
617 Lorentzen, WaldemarOfw2/KGr-100He 111H-3 Werk # 3181 "6N + 3K" (lost 4/9/41)Bomber Operational ClaspPOW 9 April, 1941 after his ac was sd by a Beaufighter of No.604 Sq., crashing at Boveridge, near Cranborne, Dorset. The pilot bailed successfully, however, gunner Gefr Kohl, bailed too low for his chute to deploy. Remaining crew (KIA, buried CC/7/7): Oblt Helmut Vander, Obs (Gr 170); Fw Bruno Lenz, R/O (Gr 181); Uffz Rudolf Kramer, Flt Engr (Gr 182) and Gefr Oskar Kohl, Gnr (Gr 180) (D.Drury). Alternate spelling: Lorenzen
Cannock Chase
618 Lorenz,Hptm4/KG-26 (7/42-8/42)He 111Bomber Operational ClaspHe flew 52 missions in July and August, 1942. He then flew 103 missions as Observer with Oblt Ludescher from 8/42 to 10/42. Fw Georg Betzner served as R/O on these missions. Source: Betzners Flugbuchs 1 & 2 per Fritz Braun. No first name given. This may be Helmut Lorenz.
619 Lorenz, HorstOblt9/26/19204(H)/33, NAGr-8 (7/43 S.U.) Bf 110G-3 Werk # 5416 (lost 7/25/43)
Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(11/2/43 Post?)

EK 1 & 2
EP (4/30/43), Observer Operational Clasp 		DK-G Awards List. KIA 25 July, 1943, crashing east of Pustynka after a fighter attack. His Obs, Oblt Helmut Haupt was KIA, and a 3rd unnamed crewman was Wia. Bf 110 Loss List
620 Lössnitz, HelmutOblt8/JG-52Bf 109F-4 Werk # 7020 "Black 1" (lost 7/1/41)Fighter Operational ClaspKIC 1 July, 1941; accidental ground contact near Constanza. Source: D. Stankey.
621 Lotterer, Helmut.Fw1/1/19202/JG-1 (11/43 Deelen) Fw 190A-4 Werk # 0589 "Black 4" (lost 11/30/43) Fighter Operational Clasp KIA 30 November, 1943 during aerial combat with American fighters east of Deelen. His Fw 190 reported lost on the Dutch mainland or into the North Sea off the Dutch coast. Buried Ysselsteyn BL/4/83. (DeSwart & Geensen) Added: Shot down by a Typhoon of 198 Sq. during landing approach just east of Deelen (SGLO).
Ysselstein, Holland
622 Lüdecke, HelmutLt1921Zerbst12/JG-2Fw 190AFighter Operational ClaspKIC 25 March, 1945 by Nidda, cause unknown. Jager Blatt 5/1998.
623 Lüders, HelmutUffzNSGr-1Ju 87D-5 Werk # 140820 "D3 + FK" (lost)Dive Bomber (Night) Operational ClaspShot down 1 March, 1945 by Nörvenich-Niederbohlheim by a P-61 night fighter, crew disposition unknown. R/O-Gunner, Gefr Rudi Schmidt. Jager Blatt 4/2003.
624 Lüdicke, Helmut PaulLt8/6/1921Zerbst12/JG-2 (11/44 Altenstadt), 10/JG-2 (3/45 Nidda)Fw 190A-8 Werk # 734004 (lost 11/18/44), Fw 190D-9 (lost 3/25/45) Wound Badge
Fighter Operational Clasp 		MIA 25 March, 1945 after aerial combat, location not reported. WIA 18 November, 1944 during aerial combat at Haitz with a P-47 of 56FG. He bailed safely with injuries. Jager Blatt article.
625 Luski, HelmutFw3/ZG-1 (S.U.)Bf 110E Werk # 4096 "S9 + KL" (lost 7/1/42)Destroyer Operational ClaspCrew returned after having been reported lost at Babenkoff. Bf 110 Loss List
626 Luther,Ofw114/KG-40Ju 88C-6
EK 1 & 2
Bomber Operational Clasp 		One known victory, a Halifax at the Bay of Biscay on 13 May, 1943. This may be Helmut Luther, later in 6/KG-76.
627 Luther, HelmutOfw6/KG-76 (4/45 Kaltenkirchen)Ar 234B Werk # Unk "F1 + DP" (lost 4/15/45) Wound Badge
Bomber Operational Clasp 		Shot down with wounds 15 April, 1945, by a Tempest, as he was approaching his airfield. He was forced to make a crash landing and suffered severe injuries. This may be the Luther earlier in KG-40. Added: By his own account, as related to his son, he wa taking off from Kaltenkirchen airfield, and within five minutes, he was sd by two fighters. These were from No 56 Sq., piloted by F/Lt N.D.Cox and F/Lt J.A. McCairns, sharing the victory. Helmut Luther deceased 13 February, 2000 (D.Drury).
628 Lützow, HelmutOblt5/23/1921Stab I/KG-30 (S.U.)Ju 88A-4 Werk # 2298 "4D + IB" (lost 3/14/43)Bomber Operational ClaspMIA 14 March, 1943; shot down by flak at Murmansk. Remaining crew: Ofw Ludwig Kohl, R/O (KIA) and Uffz Edmund Miehstein, Gunner (MIA). The un-named Observer was rescued by an Fi 156. Sorce: SIG Norway.
629 Macher, HelmutLt232/JG-53 (6/42 S.U.)Bf 109G-2 Werk # 13431 "Black 11" (lost 8/10/42)EP


EK 1 & 2
Fighter Operational Clasp		POW 10 August, 1942 after being hit by ground fire SW of Stalingrad. His first known victory, his 15th, a Soviet Lagg-3 on 24 June, 1942. An Il-2 on 26 June, 1942. His 8th victory, a MiG-1 on 28 June, 1942. His 9th, a MiG-1 5 km SSW of the Malowkoye Train Station on 5 July, 1942. His 10th, a Pe-2 on 9 July, 1942. His 11th, a LaGG-3 on 26 July, 1942. His 12th, an I-153 8 km NE of Kalatsch on 31 July, 1942. A MiG-1 and an Il-2 on 4 August, 1942. An R-Zet and a MiG-1 on 5 August, 1942. A MiG-1 on 6 August, 1942. A triple on 7 August, 1942; a LaGG-3, an I-160 and a MiG-1. His 21st, a LaGG-3 on 8 August, 1942. His last two victories before being taken prisoner, an Il-2 and a LaGG-3 on 10 August, 1942.
630 Mahlke, HelmutObstlt8/27/1913Berlin Lankwitz1/Bo.Fl.Gr.-196, 2(Stuka)/TrGr-186T, Kdr III/StG-1 (8/40 Angers, 6/41 Russia), Staff Luftflotte 3Ju 87B-2 Werk # 5926 "J9 + AH" (lost 6/24/41, on fire, Minsk) in III/StG-1, Ju 87R-2 Werk # 6172 "J9 + CH" (lost 7/1/41; landed onfire at Borisow) & Ju 87R-2 Werk # 5772 "J9 + DK" (lost 7/8/41; parachuted after combat with Soviet ftr near Owsicht) in III/StG-1 RK(7/16/41)

Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(3/31/44), EP(6/13/41),

EK 1 & 2
Wound Badge(7/8/41)
Dive Bomber Operational Clasp		Channel pilot. France. Operation Barbarossa pilot. In 159 missions, he succeeded in destroying two destroyers, one submarine and 29 supply ships, while damaging a cruiser and other shipping. Shot down three times in Russia in two and a half weeks. His R/O, Fw Karl Heinz Wüstner. The third time he bailed out, he received serious injuries, and held various staff positions. Authored "Memoirs of a Stuka Pilot". Retired Bundeswehr General living in Heikendorf in 1998. Deceased 26 December, 1998 Heikendorf/Kiel (P. Bastin).



Courtesy Christian König

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631 Mahnke, HelmutFw5(H)/41Fw 189A-2
Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(8/31/43)

EK 1 & 2
Observer Operational Clasp		DK-G Awards List
632 Maihöfer, JohannesUffz2/23/1914Mutlangen8/KG-27He 111H-2 Werk # 2657 (or 1522) "1G + IS" (lost 5/11/41)Bomber Operational ClaspKIA 11 May, 1941 when his ac was sd by a Beaufighter of No.219 Sq., piloted by w/Cdr Thomas G.Pike, and crashed at Great Withybush, Cranleigh, Surrey, where it exploded. Remaining crew: Uffz Josef Hermann, Obs (KIA); Uffz Helmut Schäfer, R/O (POW, bailed safely) and Uffz Bruno Bärwald, Flt Engr (KIA). The three deceased are buried in a singular grave, CC/9/3/12. W/Cdr Pike went on to become Marshall of the RAF, Sir Thomas G. Pike (D.Drury).
Cannock Chase
633 Mais, HelmutFw3/JG-54 S.U.)Fw 190A-5 Werk# (150)1506 "Yellow 2" (lost 8/4/43)Fighter Operational ClaspKIA 4 August, 1943; aerial combat with Il-2s NE of Karachev.
634 Mangelsdorff, HelmutOfw11/5/1918Katowice, PolandLuftdienstkdo 1/3 (Test Facility 9/43)Do 17 & OthersPilot Badge, War Service Cross w/Swords, Sports Proficiency BadgeKIFA 6 September, 1943 when his ac went down at Burg, by Magdeburg, during a nighttime service flight, cause unknown. The aircraft was a prototype aircraft (never produced; Horten?). Ofw Mangelsdorff attended Luftwaffe Technical School, Berlin in March, 1943, and served as a Test/Delivery Pilot. Source: Frau Hella Mangelsdorff Benner (Australia, Nov 2019).
635 Manikowski, HelmutUffzRhade1/JG-1 (2/44 Hopsten), Sonderstaffel/JG-1 (4/44)Fw 190A-7 Werk # 643941 "White 16" (lost 4/11/44)Fighter Operational ClaspKIA 11 April, 1944 during aerial combat with American bombers over Braunschweig. No known grave.
636 Märgner, Kurt "Puntk"ObltStG-1Ju 87, Hs 129B-2
Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(1/1/45)

EK 1 & 2
Assault Operational Clasp 		DK-G Awards List. His nickname in English means "Dot", because he was so small. He is referenced in a book "Memoirs of a Stuka Pilot" by his flying mate Helmut Mahlke. Margner flew 600+ missions and was most likely recommended for the RK (Edward Hsiao)
637 Markert, KarlLt8/KG-40Fw 200C-5 Werk # 0218 "F8 + CD" (lost 8/14/44)Bomber Operational ClaspKIFA 14 August, 1944; all six unnamed crew killed in a crash, no further detail (Stankey & DeZeng). Added: It has been reported that the ac was making a low level pass near the airfield when a wingtip hit he ground causing the crash at Malvik, killing all but two of the crew, Ogefr's Horst Thelemann and Walter Küster. Remaining crew (KIFA): Oblt Rudolf Biberger, 1st Pilot; Uffz Helmut Meyer; Uffz Erich Pfeifer; Uffz Frido Max Sander; Uffz Heinz Neubauer and Prufm Gustav Walther. All buried in the Havstein Cem., Trondheim (Flyvrak Norway).
638 Marock, HelmutUffzTG-5 (3/44 Eger,Cz) (formerly KG.z.b.V 5)Ar 232A-02 "L5 + AR" (lost 3/29/44)Transport Operational ClaspMissing 29 March, 1944 while flying Co-Pilot with Uffz Leo Weiss on a transfer flight from Odessa to Lemberg. See Uffz Weiss for further detail.
639 Marx, HelmutFw1(F)/121He 111 "7A + HH" (lost)Observer Operational ClaspKIA 21 May, 1940; shot down by French fighters over Warendin, 10 km north of Douai France during a reconnaissance mission. Remaining crew (KIA): Lt Georg Henke (also a pilot) as Observer, Uffz Arthur Neubert, R/O and Uffz Georg Gawron, Gunner.
640 Matte, HelmutLt1Stab/JG-4Bf 109G-6 Werk # 412882 "<" (dam 9/25/44)
EK 1 & 2
Wound Badge
Fighter Operational Clasp		WIA 25 September, 1944 at Klevel, no further detail (JG-4 List). One known victory, a Lancaster W of Arnhem on 21 September, 1944.
641 Matthaei, HelmutLt2/12/1908Thorn5/Sch.G.-1 Hs 129B-2 Werk # 0212 "D + ^" (lost 7/22/42) Ground Assault Operational Clasp KIA 22 July, 1942, circumstances unknown. He was most likely lost in the Novocherkassk, Rostov Oblast, Russia area. The VDK shows his remains were probably transferred to the War Cem. at Krasnodar-Apscheronsk, probably buried among the unknowns (D.Drury).
642 Maul, HelmutOfw1/JG-51 (Battle of Britain), 2/JG-1 (3/41), 3/SG-1 (late war)Bf 109E & F, Bf 109G-1 (7/42), Me 262 qualified 4/45
Deutsches Kreuz - Gold (?)

EK 1 & 2
Fighter/Assault Operational Clasp		Flugbuch (7/40 to 6/41). Pictured and labeled in a Gerhard Bergmann photo album. Ofw Maul survived the war. Known as a friend of Oblt Oskar Ziesig while in 2/JG-1.

L-R: Erich Dobrick : Gerd Steiger : Helmut Maul : Hans-Gerd Wenneckers. May/June 1942 Husum

Courtesy Christian König
643 Maurer, FranzUffz10/1/1922Sittich1/NJG-6 (Sachsenheim) Bf 110G-4 Werk # 180357 "2Z + TH" (lost 10/3/44), Bf 110G-4 Werk # 730041 "2Z + PH" (lost 12/23/44) Wound Badge
Night Fighter Operational Clasp 		Pilot reported killed 23 December, 1944 during an emergency landing 5km south of Nördlingen due to a fuel shortage. His R/O Ogefr Johann Kra?er was uninjured. WIA 3 October, 1944 during aerial combat with a P-47 shortly after takeoff. Downed at Pfaffebhofen. Remaining crew (WIA): R/O Gefr Helmut Benkenstein (8/14/23) and Gnr Ogefr Karl Elsenheimer (5/24/22). NOTE: NJG-6 reports the December '44 loss as 5km east of Öttingen, south of Nördlingen on 24 December, 1944.
644 Maurer, WalterFw2(F)/123Ju 88D-1 Werk # 430330 "4U + EK" (impounded 5/27/43)Observer Operational ClaspPilot and crew were interned briefly on 27 May, 1943 when their ac developed mechanical problems and they put down in Manises, Valencia, Spain. They were repatriated 4 June, 1943. Remaining crew: Uffz Rudolf Schwarz, Obs; Gefr Rudolf Kronhuber, R/O and Uffz Helmut Erbsen, Flt Engr (D.Drury).
645 Maus, GerhardUffz9/17/19224/NJG-3Ju 88G-6 Werk # 621964 "D5 + MM" (lost)Night Fighter Operational ClaspKIA 1 January, 1945; shot down at Bocholt, near Limburg, Be., during Operation Bodenplatte. Buried Lommel, Block 47/205. Remaining crew: Uffz Heinz Wörheide (geb 7/18/22)(KIA), R/O. He was killed while being arrested and buried in Lommel, Block 47/204. Uffz Johannes Gabriel (POW), R/O and Ogefr Helmut Mersmann (POW), Gunner. Source: A. Rosseels.
Lommel, Belgium
646 Mayer, Helmut Uffz4/12/1915Herford/Westf.5/KG-26He 111H-3 Werk # 6853 "1H + EN" (lost 2/9/40)Bomber Operational ClaspPOW with unnamed crew 9 February, 1940; sd by Spitfires of No. 602 Sq. and force landed in North Berwick (Stankey & DeZeng). Added: With one crewman dying and an engine damaged, Mayer made a fore landing at North Berwick, East Lothian. The Spitfire pilots were S/Ldr Andrew Farquhar and F/O Alistair Grant. Remaining crew: Uffz Josef Sangl, Obs (POW); Uffz Franz Wieners, R/O (KIA, bur CC, Blk 3, Row 15, Gr 473) and Ogefr Heinz Hegemann, Flt Engr (POW). The ac was successfully repaired and used by the RAF as AW177 (D.Drury). Alternate spelling: Meyer.

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Cannock Chase
647 Meckel, HelmutOblt8/23/1917München251/JG-3 (5/40), Stfkpt 2/JG-3 (9/40), I/JG-53, Instr at Berlin-Gatow, Stab/JG-77 (2/43)Bf 109E-3 Wk# 1649 (lost 8/24/40 by Do 18, crash land at Calais, pilot OK ), Bf 109F-2 Wk# 5472 "Black 7" (dam 7/2/41), Bf 108B-1 Werk # 3073 (lost) RK(8/12/41)
Italian Pilot Wing
EP(12/40)

EK 1 & 2
Wound Badge
Fighter Operational Clasp		KIFA 8 May, 1943 at Korbous-Ost during a takeoff, evacuating Tunis airfield in his Bf 108. Removed from combat on 15 July, 1942 due to illness, he was assigned to instructor duties and later to the Staff of JG-77. On 24 August, 1940, his E-3 was fired on by a Do 18, hitting his radiator, causing him to force land at Calais. On 2 July, 1941, his F-2 suffered undercarriage damage during aerial combat with Russian fighters, causing him to make a one-wheel landing back at his home base. Victories possibly as high as 50. One known victory, his 1st, a Hurricane at Abbeville, 7 June, 1940. His 2nd, a Spitfire over England on 16 August, 1940. His 3rd, a Hurricane on 18 August, 1940, no location. His 4th, a Spitfire SE of Cambridge on 28 August, 1940. Nos.5 & 6, both Spitfires near Rochester on 7 September, 1940. His 7th, a Hurricane S of London on 18 September, 1940. His 8th, a Hurricane at Canterbury on 5 October, 1940. His 9th, a Spitfire over the Thames on 7 October, 1940. His 10th & 11th, two Spitfires 1 km southwest of St. Omer, 5 Feb., 1941. His 12th victory, an I-16 at Grodek (S.U.) on 22 June, 1941.
648 Meinecke, Friedrich "Fritz"Lt5/16/1913Cronenberg Wekusta 1/Ob.d.L (10/40 Oldenburg), Wekusta 5/Ob.d.L. Do 17Z (dam 10/3/40), Ju 88D-1 Werk # 1387 "1B + MH" (lost 11/2/41) Bomber Operational Clasp KIC 2 November, 1941; a non-operational crash at Banak Norway airfield, cause, weather. Remaining crew (all KIC): Helmut Rau, Observer; Helmut Gräbner, R/O and Karl Heinz Kasimir, Mech. No ranks given. Source: SIG Norway. Pilot safe 3 October, 1940; believed damaged by British fighter and made an emergency landing at the Oldenburg airfield (Wekusta Loss List). Added: Lt Meinecke buried in the Ger War Cem Botn-Rognan, Norway, Blk B, Gr 55. Helmut Rau and Fw Gräbner buried in the same cemetery; Rau in Blk B, Gr 142; Fw Gräbner in Blk A, Gr 1074. No known grave for Kasimir (D.Drury). Alternate spelling: Meinicke.
649 Meinersberger, HelmutUffzIII/JG-302 (or III/JG-11) Reich Def.Bf 109G-6 Werk # 15858 (lost 12/24/43)Fighter Operational ClaspKIC 24 December, 1943 south of Jüterbog, during a training flight, no cause reported.
650 Meis, HelmutFw23/JG-54 (7/43 S.U.)Fw 190A EK 2
Fighter Operational Clasp		Reported KIA 4 August, 1943, no further detail. His first known victory, a Soviet La-5 on 7 July, 1943. A 2nd, a LaGG-3 on 2 August, 1943.
651 Meissner, HelmutUffz110/JG-3Bf 109G EK 2
Fighter Operational Clasp		One known victory, his 1st, a B-17 (HSS) SW of Hoya on 8 May, 1944.
652 Meissner, HelmutUffz7/KG-51 (Channel)Ju 88A-1 Werk # 7082 "9K + GR" (lost 11/18/40)Bomber Operational ClaspKIFA with unnamed crew 18 November, 1940 when this ac exploded during a domestic flight near Orly/Villeneuvel (Ju 88 Loss List).
653 Meltzer, WalterHptm10/15/1915III/KG.z.b.V. 1 (1/42), Stfkpt 7/KG.z.b.V. 1 (12/42), Stfkpt in III/KGr.z.b.V. 300 (5/43), Stfkpt 7/TG-1 (6/43 Berlin-Schönwalde)Ju 52, Ar 232A-03 Werk # 0100005 "VD + YC" (lost 8/15/43)RK (12/23/42),
Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(1/31/42)

EK 1 & 2
Transport Operational Clasp		KIC at Schönwalde 15 August, 1943, killing the entire crew, while testing the new Ar 232, cause not reported. Remaining crew: Maj Kurt Wendorff, (Kdr Erg. TGr.), Oblt Helmut Jardon, Uffz Heinrich Graf, R/O and Ofw Albert Klenk (Mech) (DK-G Awards List, LOCS & bhla-bibliothek.brandenburg.de via H.D.Zemke).

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654 Menge, HelmutLt13I/JG-26 (joins 11/43), 4/JG-26Fw 190A-8 Werk# 730414 "Blue 10" (lost 6/10/44)EP


EK 1 & 2
Fighter Operational Clasp		KIA 10 June, 1944 during aerial combat in "Blue 10" with Allied fighters over the beachhead naer the Orne Estuary. While in JG-26, two known victories, his 12th & 13th; a Spitfire of RAF No. 91 Sq. on 4 April, 1941 and a 2nd Spitfire of RAF No. 74 Sq. E of Dover on 9 June, 1941.
655 Merkel, Helmut25Fighter UnitBf 109, Fw 190Most likely
Deutsches Kreuz - Gold
EP


EK 1 & 2
Fighter Operational Clasp		Source: Bowers/Lednicer Ace Pilot List.
656 Merten, HelmutOgefr KG-4, SKG-10, 3/JG-26 (joins 5/44) Bombers in KG-4, Night Fighters in SKG-10, Fw 190A-6 & 7, Fw 190A-8 Wk# 170319 "Blue 7" Fighter Operational Clasp in Bronze KIA 13 July, 1944 during aerial combat in "Blue 7" with a P-47 of 362FG, piloted by Col Morton Magoffin, WSW of Bernay-Eure.
657 Mertens, Helmut 'Pitt'Hptm11/11/1917Essen541(J)/LG-2 (5/40), Stab III/JG-3 (6/42 S.U.), 1/JG-3 (7/42), Stfkpt 7/JG-3 (2/44), Kdr I/JG-3, Kdr III/EJG-1Bf 109E-4 Werk # 703 "Black 12"(lost 5/40; fuel), Bf 109F-4 "White 111" (8/42), Bf 109G-6 Werk # 161358 "White1 + I" (lost 2/20/44) RK(9/4/42)

Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(6/8/42)

EK 1 & 2
Wound Badge
Fighter Operational Clasp w/Pendant		WIA 20 February, 1944 after ramming a B-24; bailed safely. 750 Missions. 20 four motor bombers. 60 victories in the East. His first victory, a Hurricane on 12 May, 1940, no location. His 2nd, a Hurricane NW of Lille, 19 May, 1940. His 3rd, a Hawk-75 at Paris on 3 June, 1940. His first known Soviet victory, his 30th overall, an Il-2 SE of Jellisewo on 6 April, 1942. His 31st, a LaGG-3 on 3 June, 1942. An I-153 on 14 June, 1942. Another I-153 on 16 June, 1942. A Pe-2 on 28 June, 1942. His 40th, a LaGG-3 on 20 July, 1942. His 45th, 46th & 47th, all LaGG-3s on 27 July, 1942. Nos. 49 & 50, a Lagg-3 and a Yak-1 on 1 August, 1942. 16 to 20 bombers and one Soviet Gunboat sunk. His 52nd victory, a B-17 6 km NNE of Fritzlar on 30 July, 1943. Bowers/Lednicer, 97 victories. Deceased 17 January, 1984. Alternate spelling: Merten.

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658 Metz, HelmutOfw7/20/1915II/KG-40 (Soesterberg)Do 217E-4 Werk # 5478 "F8 + EC" (lost)Bomber Operational ClaspKIA 10 August, 1942, crashing into the North Sea during the return from an operation, most likely an attack on Birmingham, cause not given. His body washed ashore on the Danish west coast on 10 August, 1942, and he was buried in the Fovrfelt Cemetery, Grave 7, in Esbjerg on 13 August, 1942. Remaining crew: Ofw Paul Olbrich (geb 6/23/15), Obs, washed ashore near Bjerghuse on 9 October, 1942, and was buried on 10 October, 1942 at Lemvig Cemetery, Grave 69. Uffz Heinz Schmidt (geb 5/28/21), R/O, washed ashore on the Danish west coast on 11 October, 1942, and was buried that same day in the Fovrfelt Cemetery, Grave 10, in Esbjerg. Uffz Willi Schmiedla, Mech., has no known grave. Source: Air War over Denmark.
659 Metzener, HelmutLt3/12/19221/KG-6 (11/42), 5/KG-6 (1/43-8/44)Ju 88A-14 Werk # Unk "3E + DN" (lost 8/16/44)
Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(1/9/43)

EK 1 & 2
EP (8/24/42), Bomber Operational Clasp 		KIA 16 August, 1944; sd by AA fire in the vicinity of Courselles-sur-Mer (DK-G Awards List & LOCS).
660 Metzke, WolfgangObltStab/Kgr-100 Tech OffzHe 111H "6N + BA" (lost 5/29/40)Bomber Operational ClaspPOW 29 May, 1940 with his GrpKdr Hptm A. von Casimir; sd by Hurricanes of No.46 Sq., piloted by P/O Lydall (KIA 5/29/40), over Narvik. They crash landed at Ulvsvag on Hamaroy, S of Narvik, in Efjorden. Unnamed crew; one KIA and two rescued by German troops. Added: Remaining crew: Uffz Walter Schwarz (KIA), Fl.Obernautiker Helmut Grubbe Uffz Ewald Korth. Grubbe & Korth were captured and released, Metzke and von Casimir ended up in a Canadian POW Camp (Flyvrak Norway).
661 Mewes, HelmutUffz16/JG-27 (4/45)Bf 109G EK 2
Fighter Operational Clasp		His first victory, a B-26 10 km S of Göttingen on 7 April, 1945.
662 Mewes, HelmutOfhr10/KG-100 (7/44)He 111H-6 Werk # 7845 (lost 7/6/44)Bomber Operational ClaspWIA 6 July, 1944, when, due to a coolant loss, the ac caught fire upon making an emergency landing in a woods near Münchenreuth. Remaining crew: Gefr Heinz Schmidt (WIA), Gefr Werner Falkenstein (WIA) and Gefr Dietrich Michel (KIC) (C.König).
663 Meyer-Arend, Robert Helmut Erich Lt11/28/1919Herford13 1(Erg)/JGr.-Süd (11/42), 8/JG-3 (2/43 S.U. - 8/43 Reich Def to 5/44) Bf 109E-7 Werk # 1410 (dam 11/18/42), Bf 109G-6 Werk # 441129 (lost 5/27/44)
Deutsches Kreuz - Gold (3/13/45 Post)


EK 1 (2/27/44) & 2 (10/12/43)
Wound Badge (3/1/44)
Fighter Operational Clasp in Gold w/"200" Pend. (7/27/43) 		WIA 27 May, 1944 in France (Magnus). Added: He was wounded over the Vosges mountains; sd by a P-51 in his G-6, DOW 7 June, 1944 in a Hagenau hospital. Added: Burial: German Soldier Cem., Niederbronn-les-Bains, France, Blk 20, Row 16, Gr 437, in 1961 (C.König). His first known victory, a Soviet LaGG-3 on 16 March, 1943. A LaGG-5 W of Nishnaja-Duwenka on 14 June, 1943. One known western victory, a B-17F "Rangy Lil" in the Wiener Neustadt area, north of Chur, 1 October, 1943. Another B-17 was credited on 19 December, 1943, downed in the area of Dolomit di Sesto Austria(?). His 5th, a B-24 NW of Steyr Austria on 23 February, 1944. His 7th, a B-24 S of Potsdam on 6 March, 1944. His 8th, a B-17 N of Steyr on 2 April, 1944. His 9th, a B-24H #41-28635 of 456BG, 744BS, "Miss Fit", pilot 2/Lt Roger E.Walker, 15 km SW of Wiener Neustadt on 12 April, 1944. His 10th, a B-17 at Dachau on 24 April, 1944. His 11th, a B-17G #42-106988, 348BS, 99BG, pilot 1/Lt Waltermire, 30 km S of Wiener Neustadt on 10 May, 1944. His 12th, a B-17 # 42-107072 of 710BS, 447BG, pilot Capt Kenneth A.Johnson, 5 km S of Giesen on 12 May, 1944. His 13th, a B-24 on 19 May, 1944, at Bunswick. Birth & Award information provided by Douglas Dashwood-Howard. Alternate spelling: M-Arendt (Luft Careers) & M-Ahrend (OKL Claims List). M-Ahrend derived from his Flugbuch & Award Docs.

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664 Meyer, ErichUffz5/KG-26He 111H-6 Werk # 4197 "1H + LN" (lost 8/4/41)Bomber Operational ClaspMIA 4 August, 1941; sd during an attack on the Suez Canal. Remaining crew (MIA): Gefr Helmut Pache, Gefr Theo Ruf and Ogefr Oskar Kaschke.
665 Meyer, HelmutLt4/KGr.z.b.V-12 (5/40 Störmede) Ju 52/3m Werk # unk "G6 + IM" (lost 5/10/40) Transport Operational Clasp His ac reported lost 10 May, 1940 at Ockenburg, cause and pilot and crew disposition unknown (Netherland Loss Registry). Added: The target this date was the Ypenburg airfield. The Ju 52 was hit by AA fire, and crashed at the Ypenburg airfield. Pilot, Lt Meyer, was taken prisoner, and interned in the UK. Remaining crew: Fw Ernst Welscher (geb 2/15/1906 Erlangen/Bav, KIA, bur Ysselsteyn BH-3-63), Obs; Fw W.Heidenrich, R/O (WIA/POW/UK) and Uffz A.Mertins, Mech (WIA/POW/UK) (Find-A-Grave by Fred).
Ysselstein, Holland
666 Meyer, HelmutUffz10/27/1921Kassel8/KG-40Fw 200C Werk # 0218 "F8 + CD" (95% dam 8/14/44)Bomber Operational ClaspKIC 14 August, 1944 at Malvik/Drontheim. The Crash Report states something about a violation while hunting for a crashed AC?. He was buried at Heldenfriedhof, Drontheim, Feld A XI Nr.19. On this date, he was serving as Co-pilot with Oblt Rudolf Biberger. Source: B.Bines.
667 Meyer, HelmutHptm6/KG-54 (Med)Ju 88A-4 Werk # 140473 "B3 + RP" (lost 4/27/43)Bomber Operational ClaspMIA with unnamed crew 27 April, 1943, cause unknown, location not reported (Ju 88 Loss List).
668 Meyer, HelmutHptmKG-26 ('40 Channel)He 111 Werk # Unk (lost '40)Bomber Operational ClaspAircraft reported lost in 1940, force landing at Berwick Scotland, pilot & crew disposition unknown, no futher detail. (Leipheim Aviation Museum materials via F.Braun).
669 Meyer, KarlUffz2(F)/130BV 138C-1 Werk # 130190 "HT + QU" (lost)Wound Badge
Observer Operational Clasp		WIA (injured) 31 December, 1943; operational landing accident in heavy seas, Vestfjorden, Map Quadrant 17 East/3982. Remaining crew: Lt Karl Dapper, Observer (KIA); Uffz Herbert Bohners, R/O (KIA); Uffz Helmut Gerders, Mech (KIA) and Uffz Johann Schiffers, Gunner (WIA). Source: SIG Norway.
670 Meyer, WilhelmUffz3(H)/11 (S.U.)Bf 110F-3 Werk # 5113 "6M + CL" (lost 3/31/43)Observer Operational ClaspMIA 31 March, 1943 at Nowotscherkassk-Schlachty, cause unknown. His Obs, Oblt Helmut Mettler, was also MIA. Bf 110 Loss List
671 Mihatsch, Werner HelmutLt4/3/1918Berlin-Neukölln3Pz Stf/ZG-1 (7/43 S..U.), 6/ZG-76 (10/43), 4/ZG-76Bf 110G-2 Werk # 6252 (dam 7/13/43), Me 410 Werk # Unk (lost 6/14/44)
EK 1 & 2
Wound Badge
Destroyer Operational Clasp		KIA 16 June, 1944; sd by B-24 return fire, after which he collided with a B-24 of the 376BG, 515BS, piloted by 2/Lt Frank P.Marcus (KIA). His Me 410 crashed at Komarom Hungary, where he is buried in the ger War Cem. at Budaörs, among the "unknowns" (D.Drury). WIA 13 July, 1943 by flak west of Gorodok, his unnamed R/O MIA (Bf 110 Loss List). His first known victory, a B-17 at Spessart on 14 October, 1943. Two B-24s at Raab on 16 June, 1944. Alternate spelling: Mihasch (OKL victory # 1). Added: The unnamed R/O relative to the 7/13/43 incident was Uffz Harry Weiss (MIA) (D.Drury).
672 Mirtl, HelmutUffz8/JG-4Fw 190A-8 most likelyFighter Operational ClaspKIA 14 December, 1944 during aerial combat at Babenhausen, no further detail (JG-4 List).
673 Mischke, HelmutOfw17 6/Schl.G-1 (5/43 S.U.), 6/SG-2 (12/43), III/SG-4 JU 87D, Fw 190F-8 Nominated for the RK

Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(1/1/45)
EP


EK 1 & 2
Assault Operational Clasp 		His first known victory, a Soviet Il-2 NE of Krimskaya on 26 May, 1943. A 2nd, an Il-5 on 18 July, 1943. Nos. 3 & 4, both LaGG-5s on 31 July, 1943. A 5th, a LaGG-3 on 30 November, 1943. A P-39 on 15 December, 1943. A P-39 on 17 December, 1943. A LaGG-5 and a Yak-9 on 11 March, 1944. A Yak-9 on 21 March, 1944. A Yak on 25 March, 1944. Two LaGG-3s on 27 March, 1944. Two Yak-9s on 8 April, 1944. 17 known western victories were between 20 February and 11 March, 1945...with his bomb attached! Eight of these victories were scored on 20 February, 1945. Nine victories scored on 11 March, 1945. Total number of victories unknown, somewhere between 17 and 58 according to different sources.
674 Mischke, JohannFw1(F)/120 (Sola)Ju 88 Werk # 0683 "A6 + CH" (or LH) (lost 3/4/41)Observer Operational ClaspMIA 4 March, 1941 on the Scapa Flow mission after being shot down by three Hurricanes of RAF No.253 Sq. Remaining crew (all MIA): Fw Helmut Schmidt, Observer; Uffz Christian Ingwersen, R/O and Gefr Richard Priebsch, Gunner. Source: SIG Norway. Added: Location 1.5km east of Westray Sound (Observer Loss List).
675 Missner, HelmutOfw5/19/1921Stuttgart Zuffenhausen822/JG-54 (9/42 S.U.), 3/JG-54 (2/44), 1/Erg-Ost/JG-54, Erg/JGr-Nord (7/44)Bf 109F & G in 42, Fw 190A-8 Werk # 170713 "White 43" (lost 9/12/44) RK(10/10/44 Post.)

Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(1/10/44)
EP(9/13/43)

EK 1 & 2
Fighter Operational Clasp		KIFA 12 September, 1944 in "White 43" over Sagan Germany, crashing from an altitude of 21,000, from lack of oxygen. Scored the 5000th abschuss of JG-54, 17 July, 1943. Missner was the most successful fighter pilot in E Gruppe with 82 victories, all in the East. His first known Soviet victory, a Pe-2 on 15 September, 1942. An I-16 and a MiG-3 on 14 February, 1943. Three Il-2s and a LaGG-5 on 15 February, 1943. A LaGG-3 on 23 February, 1943. A LaGG-3 on 9 March, 1943. An Il-2 on 23 March, 1943. A P-39 on 24 March, 1943. A LaGG-3 on 26 May, 1943. A LaGG-3 on 5 June, 1943. A LaGG-3 on 18 June, 1943. A LaGG-3 on 5 July, 1943. A Yak-7 and a La-5 on 7 July, 1943. An Il-2 on 12 February, 1944. A LaGG-3 on 16 February, 1944. Two Il-2s on 25 February, 1944. Three La-5s on 6 March, 1944. Two Il-2s on 26 March, 1944. An Il-2 and two Pe-2s on 2 April, 1944. Two Pe-2s and an Il-2 on 3 April, 1944. Two Yak-9s on 24 April, 1944. Bowers/Lednicer, 82 victories.
676 Mitschke, HelmutUffz67/JG-27 (7/41 S.U.), 9/JG-5 (6/43 S.U.)Bf 109E, F & G, Fw 190A
EK 1 & 2
Fighter Operational Clasp		His first known Soviet victory, an I-153 on 14 July, 1941. A 2nd, a SB-2 on 28 July, 1941. His 3rd, a Pe-2 W of Tjanjegotschkoye on 20 September, 1941. A 4th, a P-40 on 12 June, 1943. A 5th, now in JG-5, a P-40 25 km SE of the Petsamo airfield on 25 November, 1943. A 6th, a LaGG-3 on 29 November, 1943.
677 Mittendorfer,ObltStfkpt 4/NJG-11 (2/45)Bf 109G-6 Werk # 413760 "Yellow 1" (lost)Night Fighter Operational ClaspHis "Yellow 1" was being flown By Uffz Helmut Happel on 20 February, 1945, when it developed engine trouble and Happel was forced to bail S of Brandenburg.
678 Mitterdorfer, KarlLt1/28/1920Bozen2Flt Instr, 10/JG-300 (8/44), Stffüh 6/NJG-11Bf 109G-10 in JG-300 NJG-10 EK 2
Night Fighter Operational Clasp		Jager Blatt mention. One known victory, a Mosquito at Braunschweig on 13 September, 1944. A 2nd, another Mosquito on 5 October, 1944, over Berlin. His last flight, a Bf 109G-10 while in NJG-10, from Rechlin to Lübeck-Blankensee, landing at 0645. He and Fw Helmut Happel made the flight together to surrender to the British..

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679 Mödinger, HelmutOfw13/NJG-101Bf 110
EK 1 & 2
Night Fighter Operational Clasp		One known victory, a B-17 SE of Würzburg on 14 October, 1943.
680 Mohr, KlausHptmKdr II/KG-1 (Med) Ju 88A-4 Werk # 550213 "V4 + EP" (lost 8/12/43) DK-G (9/9/42), EP (5/18/42), EK 1 & 2, Bomber Operational Clasp MIA after crashing near Scorcia, 12 August, 1943, cause unknown. Remaining crew(MIA): Ofw Fritz Weber, Observer; Ofw Ferdinand Loose, R/O and Fw Helmut Boos, Gunner. Jager Blatt 6/2004, Ju 88 Loss List & LOCS.
681 Moll, HelmutOfhr3/6/1924Prague6/JG-3 (11/44), 11/JG-3 (Reich Def Ost)Bf 109G-14 Werk # 460418 "Black 3" (dam 11/2/44), Bf 109K-4 Werk# 332546 "Yellow 4 + I" (lost 3/9/45) Wound Badge, Fighter Operational Clasp MIA 9 March, 1945; Combat with a LaGG-5, 15 km southeast of Stettin. Mombeek MIA List. Added: He has no known grave location. The March 9th crashsite is known, but excavation is prohibited in "protected ground". He was sd with wounds in Blk 3 during combat with fighters near Pretzsch on the Elbe (C.König).
682 Möller, HansUffz14/JG-77Bf 109G EK 2
Fighter Operational Clasp		One known victory, his 1st, a B-25 on 19 February, 1944. This may be Helmut, also 4/JG-77, killed this same day in combat.
683 Möller, HelmutUffz4/JG-77 (Italy)Bf 109G-6 Werk # 162246 "White 5 + -" (lost 2/19/44)Fighter Operational ClaspKIA 19 February, 1944 during aerial combat with Spitfires in the Anzio area (Bf 109 Loss List).
684 Moog, Jakob HeinrichHptmStfkpt 3/KGr.z.b.V. -106 (Schiphol Holland) Ju 88A-5 Werk # 4386 "M2 + AL" (lost 7/10/41) DK-G (2/25/42), EK 1 & 2, Bomber Operational Clasp POW 10 July, 1941 after colliding with another squadron AC, Werk # 3245, piloted by Lt Helmut Sinz, in a mist over Speeton, near Filey. This AC was one of three from the same unit, all lost this night due to poor visibility. The AC made a shallow angle force landing in a field without injury to the crew. Remaining crew (all POW): Lt Werner Blome, Observer, Ofw Alfons Wiese, wireless operator and Fw Heinz Riehme, gunner.
685 Morgner, HelmutOblt8/SG-2 (Reich Def Ost)Ju 87D-5 Werk # 131617 "T6 + NS" (lost 2/9/45)Dive Bomber Operational ClaspKIA 9 February, 1945 with R/O Uffz Johann Schmitz 7km SW of Rückenwaldau due to flak. Ju 87 Loss List
686 Much, HelmutFw2/KG-26 (Aalborg West)He 111H-5 Werk # 3737 "1H + KL" (lost)Bomber Operational ClaspMIA 21 February, 1941 ditching into the sea off Faroe Islands after serious damage from enemy gunfire. Remaining crew (all MIA): Oblt Heinz Rönnau, Observer; Fw Johann Thaler, R/O and Fw Konrad Roick, Mech. Source: SIG Norway. Added: The enemy fire was from that of a British anti-submarine trawler, HMT Lincoln City. The trawler was sunk, but not before bringing down the He 111. No known graves (D.Drury).
687 Muche, HelmutOfwLuftverkehrs Stf- TempelhofBf 109G-4
Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(11/2/43)

EK 1 & 2
Fighter Operational Clasp		DK-G Awards List
688 Mücke, PaulUffz1/31/19206/KG-54 (8/43 Germany), 1/Fl.ü.G.-1 (12/44)Ju 88A-4 Werk # 300047 "B3 + GP" (40% dam 8/3/43), Ju 88G-6 Werk # 620896 "BX + HW" (lost 12/2/44)Wound Badge
Bomber Operational Clasp		KIA 2 December, 1944; sd by enemy fighters at Ützhausen hile making a delivery flight. Pilot buried in the War Graves Cemetery at Bad Salzschlirf. Remaining crew (KIA): R/O Fw Alfred Stier and Engr Fw Helmut Kressner, neither gravesite known. Injured with one other unnamed crew while making an emergency landing at Rückersdorf on 3 August, 1943 (Ju 88 Loss List).
689 Mühlen, Patrik von zuOblt1/17/19144/KG-4 (5/40 Fassberg) He 111P Werk # unk "5J + ?M" (lost 5/10/40) Bomber Operational Clasp His He 111 crashed at the Soesterberg airfield (Noordgrens) Holland on 10 May, 1940, cause and pilot/crew disposition unknown. (DeSwart). Added: KIA with his crew on 10 May when he collided with another He 111 piloted by Uffz Helmut Heimsath, after one had been hit by AA fire (Dutch or friendly?). Remaining crew: No Observer named; Uffz Paul Kirsch, R/O; Ogefr Werner Dreyer, Flt Engr and Gefr Eugen King, Gnr.. All buried at Ysselsteyn, CC/4: Bohnenkamp Gr Mühlen Gr 79, Kirsch Gr 80, Dreyer Gr 82 and King Gr 86 (D.Drury).
Ysselstein, Holland
690 Mühlhäuser, HelmutUffz1/18/19249/JG-2Fw 190A-8 Werk # 173830 lost 10/21/44)Fighter Operational ClaspKIA 21 October, 1944 during aerial combat at Freirachdorf, buried Montabaur.
691 Müller, HelmutOblt12/16/1922MeissenStfkpt 9/JG-1 (6/43 Reich Def; 9/44 Anklam)Bf 109G-6 Werk # 19613 "Yellow 29" (85% dam 6/25/43), Bf 109G-6 Werk # 784154 "White 1 (lost 12/5/44) Wound Badge
Fighter Operational Clasp 		KIA 5 December, 1944 during aerial combat with P-47 & P-51 escorts at Buberow, opposing a Berlin Raid. Source: J. Geensen. WIA 25 June, 1943 during aerial combat at Neuschanz. Added: Buried War Graves Cem, Neuruppin Evangelical Friedhof, Abteilung 14, Blk 2, Row 17 (M.deWolf).
692 Müller, HelmutLt6/27/1921 4/JG-1 (4/43 Woensdrecht), III/JG-1 (2/44 Volkel) Fw 190A-5 Wk# 7202 "White 10" in 4 Stf, Bf 109G-6 Wk# 19613 (lost 6/25/43), Bf 109G-6 Werk # 410569 "White 22 + I" (lost 2/21/44) Fighter Operational Clasp KIA 21 February, 1944 during aerial combat in "White 22", crashing near Apeldoorn Holland. Buried Ysselsteyn BM/4/93 (DeSwart & Geensen). Belli-landed his "White 10", 45% damaged, near Woensdrecht in April 1943. His G-6, Wk# 19613, crashed at Oude Schans Holland, east of Winschoten, on 25 June, 1943, cause and pilot disposition unknown (DeSwart).
Ysselstein, Holland
693 Müller, HelmutOblt12/16/1922MeiszenStfkpt 9/JG-1 (9/44 Anklam)Bf 109G-6 Werk # 734154 "White 1" (lost)Fighter Operational ClaspKIA 5 December, 1944 during aerial combat with a P-51, crashing at Buberow. Buried Neuruppin Evangel Friedhof, Abt 14/2/17. Alternate spelling: Mueller. Source: J. Geensen.
694 Müller, HelmutOblt8/28/19139I/LG-1 (39), 13(Z)/LG-1 (40) Bf 109E, Bf 110C-3 Werk # 3802 "L1 + IH" (lost 9/15/40)
EK 1 & 2
Destroyer Operational Clasp 		KIA 15 September, 1940 (Magnus). Shot down by fighters and crashing SW of Hothfield, Kent. His R/O-Gnr Fw Andreas Hoffmann (geb 3/13/1915 Rodach) was also KIA (he died shortly after interrogation). Both buried CC, Blk 1, Row 5; Müller in Gr 162, Hoffmann in Gr 182 (D.Drury). One known victory, his 1st, a PZL P-24 at Zezrze on 1 September, 1939. A Morane 406 at St.Mihiel 11 May, 1940. A 2nd Morane at Vouziers 12 May, 1940. A 3rd Morane 20 km south of Amiens, 25 May, 1940. Two Spitfires southwest of Dunkirk, 27 May, 1940. Tthree Spitfires in the Needles area on 8 August, 1940. A Spitfire at Blandford Forum on 13 August, 1940. Magnus, 10 victories.
Cannock Chase
695 Müller, K.Uffz1(F)/22 (S.U.)Ju 88D-2 Werk # 0799 "4N + FH" (lost 7/12/41)Observer Operational ClaspPOW 12 July, 1941; sd by a Soviet fighter between Nevel and Pskov, Pskov Oblast, Russia. The crew all bailed, three being captured and an unnamed R/O evading and returned to his unit. Remaining crew (POW): Lt Helmut Fanke, Obs and Gefr G.Schultz, Gnr (D.Drury).
696 Müller, RudolfUffz4/KG-27He 111P-2 Werk # 1555 "1G + KM" (lost 4/10/41)Wound Badge, Bomber Operational ClaspPOW 10 April, 1941; sd with wounds by a Defiant of No.151 Sq., piloted by Sgt Harry Bodien. The He 111 collided with a balloon cable and crashed into houses at Hales Lane, Smethwick, Staffordshire. Remaining crew: Fw Werner Strecke (POW/WIA), Fw Egon Grolig (KIA) and Fw Helmut Häcke (KIA). Müller & Strecke bailed successfully. The two deceased are buried at CC/Blk 3, Row 3: Grolig Gr 74; Häcke Gr 75 (D.Drury).
Cannock Chase
697 Munedorf, HelmutUffzII/JG-5 (Finland)Bf 109G-6 Werk # 20119 (90% dam 8/17/43)Wound Badge
Fighter Operational Clasp		WIC (injured) 17 August, 1943; non-operational landing accident, colliding with Fw Horst Rolly in Wk# 20120, at Rovaniemi Norway airfield. Source: SIG Norway.
698 Nagel, Christof Helmut ?Fw5I/ZG-26 (9/39), 3/NJG-3 (12/42), 8/NJG-101, 10/NJG-101 (8/43), 1/NJG-102, Stab II/NJG-102Bf 109D & E, Bf 110EP


EK 1 & 2
Night Fighter Operational Clasp		One known victory, a Polish PZL P-24 at Lodz on 2 September, 1939 (Perry Claims). A Halifax southwest of Grafeld, northwest of Bramsche, on 17 December, 1942. A 3rd, a Stirling into the North Sea on 1 January, 1943. A 4th and 5th, both B-17s, one 15 km NW of Bad Kissingen, the other at Elfershausen/Saale on 17 August, 1943. Boiten 3 victories. The name Helmet was given by Boiten.
699 Nagel, WilhelmGefr8/29/1910HanoverFFS C (10/39 Prag-Ruzyne)Ju W 34hau Werk # 3432 "WL-OCBQ" (70% dam 10/30/39) Student PilotKIC 30 October, 1939 when he crashed in fog near Humpolec, Cz. while on a trainging mission. The Observer, Flg Helmut Luthardt (geb 9/22/1905 Steinach), was severly injured and died later that evening in the Humpolec hospital (F.Braun).
700 Namtsch, HerbertFw4/ZG-1 (France) Bf 110G-2 Werk # 6393 "S9 + SP" (lost 10/8/43) Destroyer Operational Clasp MIA with unnamed crew 8 October, 1943 during aerial combat, location not reported. LW Loss Report & Bf 110 Loss List. Added: The ac was reportedly a 6/ZG-1 ac. They were lost in action while engaging bombers attacking the airfield at Brest Süd. They were sd by Spitires over the sea, and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean. His R/O, Uffz Helmut Glass was also MIA (D.Drury). Alternate spelling: Nimtsh.

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