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English FLT LT HARRY REEVES D.F.C ST EVAL No. 542 Squadron RAF survived.

1. ORIGINAL WW2 PHOTO FLT LT HARRY REEVES D.F.C ST EVAL ON STAND BY SPITFIRE #2792 | eBay
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3. ORIGINAL WW2 PHOTO FLT LT H HARRY REEVES D.F.C ST EVAL CORNWALL SPITFIRE #2791 | eBay
4. Lot 226 - Aviation Photographs. Flt Lt H Reeves, D.F.C.
5. Spitfire pilots and aircraft database - F/O Harold REEVES RAF

English RAF 204 Squadron Sunderland flying boat

German Luftwaffe, FRA, Aufklärungs Gr. 123/3 Eiserne Dritte

1. (RB)2024-135, Foto, Wk2, Luftwaffe, FRA, Aufklärungs Gr. 123/3 Eiserne Dritte | eBay
2. Aufklärungsgruppe 123

German







Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945 By: Henry L. deZeng IV and Douglas G. Stankey

GEISLER, Hans-Ferdinand. (DOB: 19.04.91 in Hannover). (R, DKG). 01.04.09 entered the Marine.
19.09.12 promo to Lt.z.S. WWI served with the Seefliegertruppe. 02.05.15 promo to Oblt.z.S.
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Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section G - K
16.05.15 trf to II. Marineflieger-Abt. as an observer. 29.06.16 trf to I. Seeflieger-Abt. 14.10.17 on
special assignment with the Marine-Flugchefs. 10.01.19 trf to Seeflieger-Abt. Holtenau. Postwar,
stayed in the Reichsmarine, serving mainly in staff positions. 21.01.20 promo to Kapitänleutnant.
31.05.20 appt Kdt. Seefliegerabteilungstelle. 31.05.20 appt Kdr. Seeflieger-Abt. Ostsee. 03.06.20
concurrently with the Wahrnehmung des Geschäfte des Kommandeurs der Seeflieger-Abt. Holtenau.
12.10.20 returned to the surface forces. 01.10.25 assigned to RWM/Marineleitung. 1930 began a
two year special course at Warnemünde. 01.11.30 Korv.Kpt.?, with Marineleitung - had received
flight training. 10.32 appt First Officer on the "Schleswig Holstein". 01.01.33 promo to
Korvettenkapitän. 01.04.33 Freg.Kpt., appt Leiter/Referent in Gruppe III (Ausbildungs)/Abt.
1L(Marine)/Luftschutzamt (later RLM/LA III?). 01.09.33 trf to the Luftwaffe from the Marine with a
rank of Fregattenkapitän and appt Chef der Ausb.-Abt./RLM. 01.09.34 promo to Oberst (RDA
01.03.34). 01.10.35 appt Führer der Marineluftstreitkrafte (FdLuft). 01.05.36 Oberst, Führer der
Marineluftstreitkrafte. 01.04.37 promo to Gen.Maj. 01.04.39 promo to Gen.Lt. and appt Offizier
z.b.V. des RLM und Ob.d.L. (pending assignment). 01.06.39 appt General z.b.V./Luftflotte 2.
05.09.39 appt Kdr. 10. Fl.-Div. 03.10.39 appt Kommandierender Gen.des X. Fl.Korps. 04.05.40
awarded Ritterkreuz. 03.06.40 concurrently appt acting Chef des Ausbildungswesens/RLM.
19.07.40 promo to Gen.d.Fl. 24.08.42 appt Offizier z.b.V. des RLM und Ob.d.L. (pending
assignment). 31.10.42 retired. 09.11.42 awarded DKG. †25.06.66 in Köln-Kalk

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English Sergeant Charles Brennan was Flight Engineer Lancaster ED925 AJ-M Dambuster

Taking part in The Dams Raid on the Mohne dam ED925 was hit in the inner wing and inner port fuel tank which caught fire. The aircraft was hit by light Flak of the 3./leichte Flak-Abteilung 846. The plane was further damaged by the bomb which flew over the dam and exploded. The port wing came off and the plane crashed.#

1. 
   Crew:-
   Pilot : Flight Lieutenant John Vere Hopgood DFC and Bar RAFVR 61281 (NCO:1182427 : Commission Gazetted Friday 21 March, 1941) [Killed]
   Flight Engineer : Sergeant Charles Brennan RAFVR 942037 [Killed]
   Observer : Pilot Officer John William Fraser RCAF J/17696 [PoW]
   Navigator : Flying Officer Kenneth Earnshaw RCAF J/10891 [Killed]
   Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant John William Minchin RAFVR 1181097 [Fatal Injury]
   Front Gunner : Flying Officer George Henry Ford Goodwin Gregory DFM RAFVR 141285 (NCO:755905 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 06 April, 1943) [Killed]
   Rear Gunner : Pilot Officer Anthony Fisher Burcher DFM RAAF Aus/403182 [PoW]
   Associated Sergeant Ronald Buckland Minchin RAFVR 1312801 [Killed]
   Incredibly P/O Burcher and Flt/Sgt Fraser survived the crash and became POWs.
2. After the bombing run of Gibson's AJ-G failed to breach the dam, the Lancaster ED925 AJ-M piloted by John Hopgood was sent in to make the second run. Having sustained flak damage already, the aircraft was again hit by flak on its bombing run, igniting both port engines just before the Upkeep mine was released. The bomb bounced but overshot the dam, exploding as it landed on the power station below. Mortally wounded, the Lancaster reeled away from the scene allowing time for two of the crew to take to their parachutes before the port wing failed and the aircraft crashed into a field. Five of the brave crew were killed in the action, although how many were already wounded or killed prior to the aircraft coming down is not known. Bomb Aimer Flight Sergeant James W Fraser and Rear Gunner Pilot Officer Anthony Fisher Burcher managed to escape the doomed aircraft and parachuted into captivity. The dam remained completely intact after this failed attack, while another Lancaster and valuable Upkeep mine had gone.

1. https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/58849
2. https://www.directart.co.uk/mall/articles/dambusters_history_the_attack_on_the_mohne.php
3. DAMBUSTERS RAID FLYING LOG BOOK & FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS SGT BRENNAN KILLED IN RAID | eBay

Sgt. R.E. Peterson (Robert) Photo from 26th Photo Ren. Sqdn.

German grave 15-06-1941 Sunday

Schädlich, Herbert Fw 2(H)/14 Bf 109F & F, Bf 110C Observer Operational Clasp Killed In Action (KIA) 15 June, 1941 during aerial combat, in his 109, with Hurricanes of RAF No. 73 Sq. near the Capuzzo-Sollum area.

1. Kracker Luftwaffe Archive
2. Original Foto Luftwaffe Afrikakorps Grab Aufklärer 2.(H)/14 Fw. Schädlich Afrika | eBay

American Joseph C Bryant

Assigned to 753BS, 458BG, 8AF USAAF. Mid-Air collision with B-24H 41-29596 "Hell's Angel's" on return from mission to bomb Gera/Reichenbach Marshalling Yards 23-Feb-45. Crashed 10 miles north of Horsham St Faith with loss of 9 crew members. No MACR.

Crew: 2Lt Russell J Bechtel(P), 2Lt Joseph C Bryant(Co), 2Lt William E Torres(B), S/Sgt Everett E Russell(G), S/Sgt Louis R Dolce(G), S/Sgt Alex C Bail(G), S/Sgt John A Gast(G), T/Sgt Harold A Nelson (E), and Sgt Leonard E Wood (G). 9 x KIA.

German Ernst Udet U-12 Flamingo

German Seeflugstützpunkt Tromsö Norwegen BV138

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