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German Frank Liesendahl + 17-07-1942 Friday - Jagdgeschwader 2 , JG2

Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section L - R
LIESENDAHL, Frank (Franz). (DOB: 23.02.15 in Wuppertal-Barmen). (R, DKG). 01.04.37 Ofhr.,
RLM pool (Schul.Etat), promo to Lt.(RDA 01.04.36). 01.07.39 Lt., II./JG 53 trf to II./ZG 1.
29.11.39 Oblt., RLM pool (Sch.Etat), with JGr. 101 , trf to II./JG 2. 01.12.39 Lt., trf from JGr. 101 to
II./JG 2. 26.05.40 Oblt. in II./JG 2, WIA/POW - Bf 109 E shot down over Dunkirk and captured.
09.09.40 Oblt., appt Staka 6./JG 2. 01.41 Oblt., Staka 6./JG 2 (to 20.02.41). 10.07.41 Oblt., 6./JG 2
WIA - Bf 109 F in combat, force-landed at Abbeville - hospitalized for about two months. 10.11.41
appt Staka 10.(Jabo)/JG 2. 29.01.42 awarded the Ehrenpokal. 05.06.42 Oblt., 10./JG 2 awarded
DKG, 10./JG 2. 07.42 Hptm., Staka 10.(Jabo)/JG 2 (to 17.07.42). 17.07.42 Hptm., Staka 10./JG 2
KIA - Fw 190 A-3 (Blue 14) failed to return from an attack on a freighter 2 km SE off
Brixham/England and reported missing; believed shot down by AA fire (body washed up 10 km E of
Berry Head on 06.09.42, then buried at sea). 04.09.42 Hptm., awarded Ritterkreuz, Staka 10./JG 2.
Credited with 142 combat missions

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German Franz Gapp bomber pilot flew also Me262 5 kills (4 Liberators, 1 Lightning). 426 missions

GAPP, Franz. (DOB: 08.07.19 in Erbach/Württemberg). (R, DKG). 04.04.37 entered the Wehrmacht.
30.09.37 assigned to Inf.-Rgt. 56. 10.37 trf to the Luftwaffe. 14.10.37 trf to I./St.G. 165 as a gunner
(to 15.11.38). 16.11.38 underwent pilot training at FFS A/B at Straubing (to 03.11.39). 22.04.40 to
Grosse KFS Thorn. 01.06.40 trf to III./LG 1. 02.41 with 8./LG 1. 08.06.42 Fw., awarded the
Ehrenpokal. 21.08.42 Fw., awarded DKG, 2./LG 1. 11.42 trf to 8./KG 6. 01.06.43 trf to IV./KG 6
as an instructor. 18.09.43 Ofw., awarded Ritterkreuz, 8./KG 6. 01.11.43 appt Gruppenfluglehrer in
IV./KG 6. 10.06.44 trf to 8./KG 6. 11.44 retrained as a fighter pilot. 08.05.45 POW at Podersam
(Saaz). 01.03.56 joined the Bundeswehr as an Ofw. – Annahmestelle Bw für Luftwaffenpersonal.
1956/61 with Lufttransportgeschwader 61 as pilot. 1961/62 Eprobungsstelle 61, Oberpfaffenhofen.
1962/63 Lehrgang Testpilotenschule Istre/France. 1963/68 placed on indefinite leave from the
Bundeswehr; employed by Weserflug Brementestbesatzung as a test pilot for the C 160 Transall.
1968/71 test pilot LTG 61, Neubiberg. 30.09.71 retired as an Hauptfeldwebel. 1984 retirement rank
changed to Stabsfeldwebel. Credited with at least 2 victories in 426 combat missions during the war.

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German Nachtjagd Pilot/Bordfunker Obergefreiter (später Unteroffizier) Wohlgemuth der II./NJG1

Might be: Wohlgemuth, Klaus Fw 8/10/1919 Danzig (Gdansk) NJG Unit (possibly 100 or 6) (4/44 Romania) Bf 110G-4 Werk # Unk (lost 4/4/44) Night Fighter Operational Clasp KilledInAction (KIA) 4 April, 1944; aerial combat, location and circumstances unknown. Burial; German War Cem. Bucharest, E/5/73 (M.Krebbers).

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American P-38 1943 USAAF 1st FG 94th F SQ Sardinia Italy

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1940-05-26, 3.(F)/10, Do 17 P, Linselle
Flugzeugführer Ofw Hofmann, Walter, gefangen
Beobachter Lt Wrba, Hubert, +
Bordfunker Uffz Oelkers, Heinrich, gefangen
Notlandung infolge Jägerbeschuß. Bruch 100 %.

Matti Hubert Wrba 26.05.1940 - Luftwaffe and Allied Air Forces Discussion Forum

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3.(F)/10 Dornier Do17P-1 (1091). Believed shot down by F/L Adye, P/O Whittaker, and P/O Manger of No.17 Squadron and crashed near Linselles during reconnaissance sortie over Menin, Lille, and Ypres, 5.00 a.m. Possibly also that attacked by F/L Toyne. BO Lt Hubert Wrba killed, FF Oberfw Walter Hofmann captured badly wounded - died same day, BF Uffz Heinrich Oelkers captured wounded – later released. Aircraft T1+EL 100% write-off.
 
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German 1944-12-11, 15./Erg.JG 1, Fw 190 A-8, 733707, 33 gelbe, Fl.Pl. Märkisch-Friedland, Absturz um 15.25 Uhr durch Überziehen. Bruch 99 %.
Flugzeugführer Fhr Hochreiter, Georg, + Information concerning Georg Hochreiter, lost 11.12.1944 - Luftwaffe and Allied Air Forces Discussion Forum

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