Wilhelm Lemke
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Wilhelm Lemke (27 September 1920 – 4 December 1943) was a Luftwaffe flying ace of World War II. Lemke was credited with 131 aerial victories—that is, 131 aerial combat encounters resulting in the destruction of the enemy aircraft. All but six of his victories were claimed over the Soviet Air Forces in 617 combat missions.Template:Sfn
Born in Arnswalde, Lemke joined the military service in the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany in 1939. Following flight training, he was posted to 8. Staffel (squadron) of Jagdgeschwader 3 (JG 3—3rd Fighter Wing). He flew his first combat missions in Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union, and claimed his first aerial victory on 26 June 1941. There, after 59 aerial victories, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 12 September 1942. He was given command as Staffelkapitän (squadron leader) of 9. Staffel in November 1942. On 16 March 1943, he was credited with his 100th aerial victory. Four months later, on 28 July 1943, he claimed his 125th and last victory on the Eastern Front.
Lemke was subsequently relocated to the Western Front, where he flew in the Defense of the Reich and claimed six further victories. In mid-November 1943, he was appointed Gruppenkommandeur (group commander) of the II. Gruppe (2nd group) of JG 3 "Udet"; he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves on 25 November. Lemke was killed in action on 4 December 1943 northwest of Nijmegen in combat with United States Army Air Forces fighters.
Early life and career
Lemke, the son of a civil servant, was born on 27 September 1920 in Gundelsdorf near Arnswalde, in what was then the Free State of Prussia of the Weimar Republic (today Choszczno in Poland). He joined the military service of the Luftwaffe as a Fahnenjunker (cadet) on 15 November 1939.Template:Sfn Following fighter pilot training, he was promoted to Leutnant (second lieutenant) on 1 April 1941.Template:SfnTemplate:Refn
World War II
Eastern Front
Lemke was posted to a front-line unit in 1941, almost two years after the start of World War II. His unit was 8. Staffel (squadron) of Jagdgeschwader 3 (JG 3—3rd Fighter Wing).[Note 1] In preparation for Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union, JG 3 under the command of Major (major) Günther Lützow was relocated east. Lemke claimed two Soviet Tupolev SB-2 bombers shot down on 26 June 1941—his first aerial victories.Template:Sfn He was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd Class (Script error: No such module "Lang".) on 4 July 1941 and Iron Cross 1st Class (Script error: No such module "Lang".) on 20 July.Template:Sfn On 11 July, his wingman and Staffelkapitän (squadron leader), Oberleutnant Winfried Schmidt was severely wounded in combat near Fastiv. Schmidt was hit in the lung by the defensive fire of a Tupolev SB tail gunner. By talking to Schmidt over the radio, Lemke managed to guide him back to the airfield at Polonne. The next day, Schmidt was replaced by Oberleutnant Franz Beyer as commander of 8. Staffel.Template:Sfn
By 26 August 1941, Lemke had accumulated 15 aerial victories. On this day, flying Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-2 (Werknummner 8245—factory number), he was hit and wounded in the abdomen during combat with Soviet bombers but managed to make an emergency landing.Template:Sfn On 3 November 1941, while convalescing, he was awarded the Honour Goblet of the Luftwaffe (Script error: No such module "Lang".). He returned to active service on 17 February 1942 and was posted to 8. Staffel of JG 3 "Udet".Template:Refn On 31 March 1942, Lemke claimed his 20th aerial victory.Template:Sfn He claimed three Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov LaGG-3 fighters shot down in combat with 6 UAG (6th Soviet strike aviation group—Udarnaya Aviatsionnaya Gruppa) on 4 April.Template:Sfn He was credited with his 30th victory on 24 June 1942, and aerial victories 39 to 42 on 29 July. Subsequently, he was nominated for the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (Script error: No such module "Lang".) by his 8. Staffel.Template:Sfn He was given command as Staffelkapitän of 9. Staffel in November 1942. He replaced Oberleutnant Karl-Heinz Langer who was one of the temporary leaders of the Staffel after its former commander Oberleutnant Viktor Bauer had been wounded on 10 August.Template:Sfn
Lemke claimed his 57th victory on 7 September 1942, his 58th one day later, and his 59th victory on 11 September. The next day, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. On 27 December, he involuntarily rammed a LaGG-3 in combat. By 31 December 1942 his score had increased to 90 victories. As well as his aerial victories, he was credited with the destruction of aircraft on the ground, as well as three tanks, three fuel trucks, eleven other trucks, three Katyusha rocket launchers, one anti-tank gun, and two mortars.Template:Sfn On 16 March 1943, he claimed his 100th aerial victory, a Lavochkin La-5 fighter.Template:Sfn Lemke was the 35th Luftwaffe pilot to achieve the century mark.Template:Sfn Following these events, Lemke was sent on home-leave, returning to his unit on 11 May which was then based at Kramatorsk before relocating to an airfield named "Script error: No such module "Lang"." (owl) at Chasiv Yar, located approximately Script error: No such module "convert". southeast of Kramatorsk, on 19 May.Template:Sfn He was promoted to Oberleutnant (first lieutenant) on 1 April 1943 and to Hauptmann (captain) on 1 June. He was credited with his last victory on the Eastern Front on 28 July 1943, taking his total to 125.Template:Sfn
Western Front and death
On 2 August 1943, JG 3 "Udet" began transferring to Western Front and flew in Defense of the Reich. The Gruppe arrived at Münster-Handorf Airfield the following day where they were placed under its new commander Hauptmann Walther Dahl.Template:Sfn On 7 August, the unit for the first time practiced the Y-Control for fighters, a system used to control groups of fighters intercepting United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) bomber formations.Template:Sfn Lemke claimed two USAAF Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighters shot down on 17 August during the Schweinfurt–Regensburg mission, his first on the Western Front.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn By 14 October 1943, he was credited with one victory and two Herausschüsse (separation shots)—a severely damaged heavy bomber forced to separate from his combat box, which was counted as an aerial victory—over Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bombers.Template:Sfn On that day, he claimed his 129th and 130th victory, one of which was a Herausschuss, over B-17s on their second Raid on Schweinfurt.Template:Sfn
In mid-November 1943, Lemke was appointed Gruppenkommandeur (group commander) of the II. Gruppe (2nd group) of JG 3 "Udet". He succeeded Major Kurt Brändle, who had been killed in action on 3 November. Lemke surrendered command of 9. Staffel to Leutnant Ekkehard Tichy and took command of the Gruppe a few days later at the Schiphol airfield, near Amsterdam in the Netherlands.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves (Script error: No such module "Lang".) on 25 November, the 338th officer or soldier of the Wehrmacht so honored.Template:Sfn On 30 November 1943 at 11:25, he achieved his 131st and final aerial victory over a P-47.Template:Sfn
Lemke was killed in action in his Bf 109 G-6 (Werknummner 410558) on 4 December 1943 near Dodewaard, Script error: No such module "convert". northwest Nijmegen.Template:Sfn His mission was to lead an attack of 55 aircraft on a fighter intercept mission against USAAF fighters escorting Eighth Air Force bombers.Template:Sfn He was shot down by P-47 Thunderbolts of the 352nd Fighter Group.Template:Sfn His victors may have been Major John C. Meyer or Lieutenant Virgil Kersh Meroney.Template:Sfn Lemke was buried at the German war cemetery Ysselsteyn in the Netherlands (Block CW—Row 1—Grave 24).Template:Sfn
Summary of career
Aerial victory claims
According to US historian David T. Zabecki, Lemke was credited with 131 aerial victories.Template:Sfn Obermaier and Stockert also list Lemke with 131 aerial victories claimed in 617 combat missions, 125 of which were on the Eastern Front and included 28 Ilyushin Il-2 ground-attack aircraft.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn Mathews and Foreman, authors of Luftwaffe Aces — Biographies and Victory Claims, researched the German Federal Archives and found documentation for 131 aerial victory claims, plus five further unconfirmed claims. This number includes six on the Western Front, including four four-engined bombers, and 125 on the Eastern Front.Template:Sfn
Victory claims were logged to a map-reference (PQ = Planquadrat), for example "PQ 40873". The Luftwaffe grid map (Script error: No such module "Lang".) covered all of Europe, western Russia and North Africa and was composed of rectangles measuring 15 minutes of latitude by 30 minutes of longitude, an area of about Script error: No such module "convert".. These sectors were then subdivided into 36 smaller units to give a location area Script error: No such module "convert". in size.Template:Sfn
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| – 8. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 3 –Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn Operation Barbarossa — 22 June – 5 December 1941 | |||||||||
| 1 | 26 June 1941 | 06:30 | SB-3 | northeast of BerestechkoTemplate:Sfn | 9 | 15 July 1941 | 15:07 | I-153Template:Sfn | |
| 2 | 26 June 1941 | 06:40 | SB-3 | northeast of BerestechkoTemplate:Sfn | 10 | 16 July 1941 | 17:35 | R-Z | Bila TserkvaTemplate:Sfn |
| 3 | 27 June 1941 | 15:20 | DB-3 | LvivTemplate:Sfn | 11 | 17 July 1941 | 16:12 | DB-3 | RokytneTemplate:Sfn |
| 4 | 29 June 1941 | 16:15 | ZKB-19?Template:Refn | OstrohTemplate:Sfn | 12 | 25 July 1941 | 18:20 | I-153Template:Sfn | |
| 5 | 29 June 1941 | 19:05 | Il-2 | OstrohTemplate:Sfn | 13 | 25 July 1941 | 18:40 | SB-3Template:Sfn | |
| 6 | 12 July 1941 | 11:50 | DB-3Template:Sfn | — Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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| 7 | 12 July 1941 | 12:00 | DB-3Template:Sfn | 14 | 19 August 1941 | 09:15 | DB-3 | ZaporizhiaTemplate:Sfn | |
| 8 | 13 July 1941 | 06:10 | ZKB-19?[Note 2] | KievTemplate:Sfn | 15 | 22 August 1941 | 16:15 | I-17Template:Sfn | Ostroh |
| – 8. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet" –Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn Eastern Front — 6 December 1941 – 30 April 1942 | |||||||||
| 16 | 3 March 1942 | 11:17 | R-5 | southeast of Staraya RussaTemplate:Sfn | 21 | 4 April 1942 | 18:05 | I-61 (MiG-3) | Script error: No such module "convert". northwest of BjakowoTemplate:Sfn |
| 17 | 13 March 1942 | 16:17 | I-61 (MiG-3) | Script error: No such module "convert". north-northwest of SolowjewoTemplate:Sfn | 22 | 4 April 1942 | 18:10 | I-61 (MiG-3) | Script error: No such module "convert". north of JennakowoTemplate:Sfn |
| 18 | 16 March 1942 | 17:15 | R-5 | Konjuchowo, southeast of Staraya RussaTemplate:Sfn | 23 | 4 April 1942 | 18:15 | I-61 (MiG-3)Template:Sfn | |
| 19 | 28 March 1942 | 16:10 | I-61 | Script error: No such module "convert". west of RamushevoTemplate:Sfn | 24 | 5 April 1942 | 13:10 | I-61 (MiG-3) | Script error: No such module "convert". south of MeshinkiTemplate:Sfn |
| 20 | 31 March 1942 | 15:10 | I-301 (LaGG-3) | TschertowschischinaTemplate:Sfn | 25 | 6 April 1942 | 10:10 | I-61 (MiG-3) | Script error: No such module "convert". south of KomorowoTemplate:Sfn |
| – 8. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet" –Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn Eastern Front — 19 May 1942 – 3 February 1943 | |||||||||
| 26 | 19 May 1942 | 16:45 | MiG-1 | north of KosewedemjanTemplate:Sfn Script error: No such module "convert". south of Vovchansk |
50 | 25 August 1942 | 11:15 | Il-2 | PQ 40873Template:Sfn |
| 27 | 27 May 1942 | 04:15 | MiG-1 | Script error: No such module "convert". south of ChuhuivTemplate:Sfn | 51 | 28 August 1942 | 06:30 | I-180 (Yak-7) | east of StalingradTemplate:Sfn |
| 28 | 28 May 1942 | 08:21 | I-153 | northeast of IziumTemplate:Sfn | 52 | 30 August 1942 | 09:22 | Il-2 | northeast of RadkowoTemplate:Sfn |
| 29 | 24 June 1942 | 18:13 | Yak-4 | northeast of ShchigryTemplate:Sfn | 53 | 30 August 1942 | 09:28 | Il-2 | southwest of SamydowoTemplate:Sfn |
| 30 | 24 June 1942 | 18:17 | MiG-3 | southeast of Stary TschenoissinowoTemplate:Sfn | 54 | 30 August 1942 | 17:00 | MiG-3 | southwest of TundutowTemplate:Sfn |
| 31 | 24 June 1942 | 18:19?Template:Refn | MiG-3 | east-southeast of Stary TschenoissinowoTemplate:Sfn | 55 | 30 August 1942 | 17:05 | MiG-3 | north of TundutowTemplate:Sfn |
| 32 | 26 June 1942 | 08:52 | Il-2Template:Sfn | 56 | 6 September 1942 | 16:55 | MiG-3 | Script error: No such module "convert". west-southwest of StalingradTemplate:Sfn | |
| 33 | 26 June 1942 | 08:55 | Il-2 | Template:Sfn | 57 | 7 September 1942 | 17:15 | I-153 | Script error: No such module "convert". north of StalingradTemplate:Sfn |
| 34 | 2 July 1942 | 06:50 | MiG-3 | GorstschetnojeTemplate:Sfn | 58 | 8 September 1942 | 05:55 | MiG-3 | Script error: No such module "convert". west of AkhtubaTemplate:Sfn |
| 35 | 8 July 1942 | 13:27 | MiG-1 | LipetskTemplate:Sfn | 59 | 11 September 1942 | 10:45 | Il-2 | Script error: No such module "convert". north of StalingradTemplate:Sfn |
| 36 | 27 July 1942 | 18:15 | LaGG-3 | northeast of KalachTemplate:Sfn | 60 | 13 September 1942 | 12:35 | MiG-3 | Script error: No such module "convert". northeast of StalingradTemplate:Sfn |
| 37 | 28 July 1942 | 09:07 | LaGG-3 | northeast of KalachTemplate:Sfn | 61 | 16 September 1942 | 09:30 | MiG-3 | Script error: No such module "convert". east of StalingradTemplate:Sfn |
| 38 | 28 July 1942 | 09:20 | LaGG-3 | east of KalachTemplate:Sfn | 62 | 18 September 1942 | 05:40 | Il-2 | Script error: No such module "convert". northwest of Kotluban train stationTemplate:Sfn Script error: No such module "convert". east of Kotluban |
| 39 | 29 July 1942 | 04:02 | LaGG-3 | southwest of KalachTemplate:Sfn | 63 | 22 September 1942 | 11:30 | MiG-3 | south of KolobowkaTemplate:Sfn |
| 40 | 29 July 1942 | 17:45 | Il-2 | TschirskajaTemplate:Sfn | 64 | 28 September 1942 | 05:35 | MiG-3 | Script error: No such module "convert". north-northwest of StalingradTemplate:Sfn |
| 41 | 29 July 1942 | 17:50 | Il-2 | southwest of LoschkijTemplate:Sfn | 65 | 28 September 1942 | 05:40 | Il-2 | Script error: No such module "convert". east of StalingradTemplate:Sfn |
| 42 | 29 July 1942 | 18:10 | LaGG-3 | east of TschirTemplate:Sfn | 66 | 2 October 1942 | 07:28 | MiG-3 | Script error: No such module "convert". northeast of SsolodetscheTemplate:Sfn |
| 43 | 31 July 1942 | 15:55 | LaGG-3 | north of KaibowkaTemplate:Sfn | 67 | 6 October 1942 | 15:20 | La-5 | PQ 58753Template:Sfn vicinity of Stalingrad |
| 44 | 13 August 1942 | 17:45 | Il-2 | west of MarionowskijTemplate:Sfn | 68 | 9 October 1942 | 13:10 | MiG-3 | Script error: No such module "convert". southwest of SerafimovichskyTemplate:Sfn |
| 45 | 13 August 1942 | 18:05 | Il-2 | south of WastjaschtTemplate:Sfn | 69 | 17 October 1942 | 15:50 | MiG-3 | Script error: No such module "convert". northeast of LeninskTemplate:Sfn |
| 46 | 21 August 1942 | 17:38 | LaGG-3 | north of ZazaTemplate:Sfn | 70 | 21 October 1942 | 08:45 | LaGG-3 | Script error: No such module "convert". south of GrjasnajaTemplate:Sfn |
| 47 | 21 August 1942 | 17:43 | Il-2 | east of ZazaTemplate:Sfn | 71 | 27 October 1942 | 15:05 | MiG-3 | Script error: No such module "convert". north-northeast of LeninskTemplate:Sfn |
| 48 | 21 August 1942 | 17:55 | LaGG-3 | north of ZazaTemplate:Sfn | 72 | 1 November 1942 | 14:35 | MiG-3 | southeastern area of the Leninsk airfieldTemplate:Sfn |
| 49 | 23 August 1942 | 15:10 | MiG-1 | SrednyayaTemplate:Sfn | |||||
| – 9. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet" –Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn Eastern Front — 19 May 1942 – 3 February 1943 | |||||||||
| 73? Template:Refn |
8 November 1942 | 07:10 | LaGG-3 | Script error: No such module "convert". north of AkhtubaTemplate:Sfn | 83 | 17 December 1942 | 11:42 | Il-2 | Script error: No such module "convert". south of KapminskiTemplate:Sfn |
| 74? [Note 3] |
10 November 1942 | 10:20 | Pe-2 | Script error: No such module "convert". southeast of KatschalinskajaTemplate:Sfn | 84 | 17 December 1942 | 11:45 | Il-2 | Script error: No such module "convert". southeast of AbganerowoTemplate:Sfn |
| 75 | 13 November 1942 | 11:43 | MiG-3 | PQ 49261, LeninskTemplate:Sfn Script error: No such module "convert". east of Stalingrad |
85 | 26 December 1942 | 07:15 | LaGG-3 | Urjupin, Script error: No such module "convert". southwest of MiljatorskajaTemplate:Sfn |
| 76 | 30 November 1942 | 10:40 | MiG-3 | Script error: No such module "convert". south of BokowskajaTemplate:Sfn | 86 | 27 December 1942 | 10:00 | LaGG-3 | Script error: No such module "convert". northeast of MiljatorskajaTemplate:Sfn |
| 77 | 11 December 1942 | 13:20 | Boston | Script error: No such module "convert". northwest of KalachTemplate:Sfn | 87 | 27 December 1942 | 13:32 | LaGG-3 | Script error: No such module "convert". north of ZymlaTemplate:Sfn |
| 78 | 12 December 1942 | 10:30 | LaGG-3 | Script error: No such module "convert". east-northeast of SsurowikinoTemplate:Sfn | 88 | 28 December 1942 | 11:55 | Il-2 | Script error: No such module "convert". north of ObliwskajaTemplate:Sfn |
| 79 | 12 December 1942 | 10:40 | LaGG-3 | Script error: No such module "convert". west-northwest of KalachTemplate:Sfn | 89 | 31 December 1942 | 07:12 | Il-2 | north of MorozovskTemplate:Sfn |
| 80 | 13 December 1942 | 07:15 | LaGG-3 | Script error: No such module "convert". northwest of TschernigowTemplate:Sfn | 90 | 31 December 1942 | 07:40 | Il-2 | Script error: No such module "convert". west of UrjatinTemplate:Sfn |
| 81 | 13 December 1942 | 11:35 | R-5 | Script error: No such module "convert". east of SetyTemplate:Sfn | 91 | 10 January 1943 | 09:35 | Yak-4 | Script error: No such module "convert". northwest of PorchowTemplate:Sfn |
| 82 | 17 December 1942 | 11:40 | Il-2 | Script error: No such module "convert". northwest of KapminskiTemplate:Sfn | 92 | 17 January 1943 | 13:40 | LaGG-3 | Script error: No such module "convert". northeast of KamenskTemplate:Sfn |
| – 9. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet" –Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn Eastern Front — 4 February – 1 August 1943 | |||||||||
| 93 | 10 February 1943 | 14:20 | Boston | Script error: No such module "convert". north of ArtyomovskTemplate:Sfn | 111 | 20 June 1943 | 03:48 | Il-2 | southeast of YeyskTemplate:Sfn |
| 94 | 11 February 1943 | 10:35 | Boston | Script error: No such module "convert". east of KramatorskTemplate:Sfn | 112 | 20 June 1943 | 03:50 | Il-2 | west of YeyskTemplate:Sfn |
| 95 | 27 February 1943 | 07:40 | La-5 | Script error: No such module "convert". west of Losowaja BuchewkaTemplate:Sfn Script error: No such module "convert". west of Juchevka |
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| 96 | 28 February 1943 | 13:43 | La-5 | Script error: No such module "convert". south of IziumTemplate:Sfn | — Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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| 97 | 28 February 1943 | 13:47 | La-5 | Script error: No such module "convert". south of IziumTemplate:Sfn | 113 | 5 July 1943 | 13:55 | La-5 | south of OboyanTemplate:Sfn |
| 98 | 13 March 1943 | 11:15 | Il-2 | Script error: No such module "convert". southeast of ChuhuivTemplate:Sfn | 114 | 5 July 1943 | 18:12 | Il-2 | southwest of KorotschaTemplate:Sfn |
| 99 | 13 March 1943 | 11:17 | R-5 | Script error: No such module "convert". southeast of ChuhuivTemplate:Sfn | 115 | 5 July 1943 | 18:30 | Il-2 | south of BelgorodTemplate:Sfn |
| 100 | 16 March 1943 | 12:25 | La-5 | Script error: No such module "convert". south of OlchowatkaTemplate:Sfn | — Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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| 101 | 31 May 1943 | 18:12 | Il-2 | PQ 34 Ost 79431, east of KramatorskTemplate:Sfn Script error: No such module "convert". north-northwest of Artomovsk |
116 | 6 July 1943 | 09:35 | La-5 | northwest of BelgorodTemplate:Sfn |
| 102 | 31 May 1943 | 18:14 | LaGG-3 | PQ 34 Ost 79274, southwest of SslawjanskTemplate:Sfn Script error: No such module "convert". south-southeast of Liman |
117 | 7 July 1943 | 12:07 | La-5 | southwest of OboyanTemplate:Sfn |
| 103 | 31 May 1943 | 18:19 | LaGG-3 | PQ 34 Ost 79174, south of BarwenkowoTemplate:Sfn Script error: No such module "convert". north of Artomovsk |
118 | 7 July 1943 | 12:15 | La-5 | southwest of ProchorowkaTemplate:Sfn |
| 104 | 2 June 1943 | 13:50 | La-5 | west of KurskTemplate:Sfn north of Kursk |
119 | 8 July 1943 | 12:03 | LaGG-3 | north of BelgorodTemplate:Sfn |
| 105 | 10 June 1943 | 08:20 | LaGG-3 | PQ 35 Ost 90713, southeast of StarobilskTemplate:Sfn Script error: No such module "convert". southeast of Starobilsk |
120 | 9 July 1943 | 05:10 | Il-2 | east of WarwarowkaTemplate:Sfn |
| 106 | 14 June 1943 | 14:40 | La-5 | east of KupianskTemplate:Sfn | 121 | 9 July 1943 | 11:05 | La-5 | southwest of OboyanTemplate:Sfn |
| 107 | 14 June 1943 | 14:45 | La-5 | southwest of SswatowoTemplate:Sfn | 122 | 14 July 1943 | 15:35 | La-5 | north of ProchorowkaTemplate:Sfn |
| 108 | 15 June 1943 | 17:32 | LaGG-3 | west of StarobilskTemplate:Sfn north of Starobilsk |
123 | 17 July 1943 | 14:00?Template:Refn | La-5 | PQ 35 70811, northwest of IziumTemplate:Sfn Script error: No such module "convert". east of Izium |
| 109 | 15 June 1943 | 17:43 | LaGG-3 | north-northeast of StarobilskTemplate:Sfn | 124 | 28 July 1943 | 18:25 | Boston | PQ 35 70871, southeast of IziumTemplate:Sfn Script error: No such module "convert". west-northwest of Krasnyi Lyman |
| 110 | 16 June 1943 | 18:12 | La-5 | north of StarobilskTemplate:Sfn | 125 | 28 July 1943 | 18:26 | LaGG-3 | PQ 35 70873, southeast of IziumTemplate:Sfn Script error: No such module "convert". west-northwest of Krasnyi Lyman |
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| – 9. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet" –Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn Defense of the Reich — 8 August – 31 December 1943 | |||||||||
| 126 | 17 August 1943 | 17:15?Template:Refn | P-47?[Note 4] | north-northeast of LiègeTemplate:Sfn | 129 | 14 October 1943 | 14:39 | B-17 | Script error: No such module "convert". west of SchweinfurtTemplate:Sfn |
| 127 | 17 August 1943 | 17:26 | P-47 | Script error: No such module "convert". northeast of LiègeTemplate:Sfn | 130* | 14 October 1943 | 14:45 | B-17 | SchweinfurtTemplate:Sfn |
| 128* | 6 September 1943 | 11:05 | B-17 | west of StuttgartTemplate:Sfn | |||||
| – II. Gruppe of Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet" –Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn Defense of the Reich — 8 August – 31 December 1943 | |||||||||
| 131 | 30 November 1943 | 11:25 | P-47 | Tilburg | |||||
Awards
- Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class (4 July 1941)Template:Sfn
- 1st Class (20 July 1941)Template:Sfn
- Honor Goblet of the Luftwaffe on 3 November 1941 as Leutnant and pilotTemplate:Sfn
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Knight's Cross on 12 September 1942 as Leutnant and Staffelführer of the 9./Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet"Template:SfnTemplate:SfnTemplate:Refn
- 338th Oak Leaves on 25 November 1943 as Hauptmann and Gruppenkommandeur of the II./Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet"Template:SfnTemplate:SfnTemplate:Refn
Notes
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- ↑ For an explanation of Luftwaffe unit designations see Organization of the Luftwaffe during World War II.
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- 1920 births
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- People from Choszczno County
- Military personnel from the Province of Pomerania
- Luftwaffe pilots
- German World War II flying aces
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- Aviators killed by being shot down
- Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Burials at Ysselsteyn German war cemetery
- Pilots who performed an aerial ramming