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320 Dutch Squadron RAF

FLYING DUTCHMEN OF THE R.A.F..
MEN OF THE ROYAL DUTCH NAVAL AIR SERVICE WHO HAVE BEEN FLYING AMERICAN BUILT MITCHELL BOMBERS ON OPERATIONAL DUTIES WITH THE ROA. F SINCE MID-SUMMER HAVE CARRIED OUT MANY SUCCESSFUL ATTACKS ON ENEMY-OCCUPIED AIRFIELD FACTORIES, MARSHALLING YARDS, DOCKS AND GUN POSITIONS ONE OF THE IR MORE RECENT RAIDS WAS ON FLUSHING, HOLLAND, WHERE TWO CREW MEMBERS OF ONE OF THE BOMBERS HAD THEIR HOMES. ALL TH AIR AND GROUND CREWS WEAR DUTCH NAVAL UNIFORM AND WITHIN THE SQUADRON ARE KNOWN BY THEIR NAVAL RANKS.
ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO SHOWS: GROUND CREW MEMBERS OF THE DUTCH NAVAL AIR SERVICE ARE HERE SEEN ON THEIR WAY TO A PLANE WITH A TROLLEY-LOAD OF 500-POUNDERS WHICH WILL BE USED IN YET ANOTHER RAID ON ENEMY-OCCUPIED TERRITORY.






In 1943, many families had to leave Vlissingen again, now with destinations in West Brabant. On 20 August of that year, the city suffered heavily during a bombardment carried out by 12 Mitchells, with a completely Dutch crew. They caused enormous devastation in the city with their 'five-hundred-pounders'. Twelve civilian casualties were to be mourned during this attack by compatriots.


Mitchell bommenwerpers boven Vlissingen, 1943 (Zeeuws Archief, Fotocollectie Vlissingen nr. 9786).

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German RUDEL, Hans-Ulrich. (DOB: 02.07.16 in Konradswaldau/Silesia).
StabsarztSturzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann"

German Heinrich Höfemeier, Erwin Fleig, Heinz Bär & Heinrich Krafft

Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section G - K
HÖFEMEIER, Heinrich ("Dicke"). (DOB: 21.08.13 in Langenholzhausen/Lippe). (R, DKG). 01.05.33
joined the Luftwaffe, training as a Bordmechaniker. (n.d.) with the Condor Legion. 09.39 began
flying training. 03.41 Ofw., assigned to 1./JG 51. 22.06.41 Ofw., with 1./JG 51 WIA by own
fighters - Bf 109 F-2 (White 5). 25.09.41 Ofw., 1./JG 51 awarded the Ehrenpokal. 30.03.42 Ofw.,
awarded the DKG. 05.04.42 Ofw., awarded the Ritterkreuz. 02.08.42 Lt., Staka 3./JG 51. 16.12.42
Ofw., 1./JG 51. 08.01.43 Ofw., 1./JG 51. 20.03.43 Lt., trf to Erg.JGr. Ost as an instructor. 01.05.43
appt Staka 3./JG 51. 10.06.43 Lt., 3./JG 51. 01.07.43 promo to Oblt. (Kr.O./Fl.). 07.08.43 Oblt.,
Stafü 3./JG 51 KIA – Fw 190 A-4 (Brown 5) shot down by Russian AA fire near Voyeykovo (24 km E
of Karachev. Credited with 490 combat missions and 96 air victories plus 12 more destroyed on the
ground.

FLEIG, Erwin. (DOB: 06.12.12 in Freiburg im Breisgau).
BÄR, Oskar Heinz (Heinrich). ("Pritzel"). (DOB: 25.05.13 in Sommerfeld near Leipzig).

Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section G - K
KRAFFT, Heinrich Heinz ("Gaudi"). (DOB: 13.08.14 in Bilin/Böhmen). (R, DKG). (n.d.) in
Infanterieregiment 9. 1936 trf to the Luftwaffe. 1939 Oblt. with 3./JG 51. 1940 in 1./JG 51.
11.05.40 Oblt., 3./JG 51. 24.05.40 Oblt. in 3./JG 51, POW - shot down by RAF 54 Sqdn. fighters and
crashed near Calais. 11.11.40 Oblt., appt Staka 3./JG 51 (to 31.05.42). 22.06.41 Oblt., Staka 3./JG
51(to 31.05.42 POW). 13.07.41 Oblt., 3./JG 51. 08.09.41 Oblt., 3./JG 51. 04.10.41 Oblt., 3./JG 51.
06.12.41 Oblt., 3./JG 51. 19.01.42 Oblt., awarded DKG, I./JG 51. 25.01.42 Oblt., 3./JG 51.
18.03.42 Oblt.(d.R.), awarded Ritterkreuz, Staka 3./JG 51. 30.04.42 Hptm., 3./JG 51. 01.06.42
Hptm., appt Kdr. I./JG 51 (to 14.12.42). 07.08.42 Hptm., Stab I./JG 51. 23.10.42 Hptm., Stab I./JG
51. 14.12.42 Hptm., Stab I./JG 51 KIA – in Fw 190 A-3 (Black << +3) shot down by AA fire vic
Torbin (10 km S of Belyy, 100 km/SW of Rzhev and supposedly murdered by Russian soldiers.
Buried in war cemetery Rzhev. Credited with 78 air victories.

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German GALLAND, Adolf Josef Ferdinand ("Dolfo"). (DOB: 19.03.12 in Westerholt/Westfalen) , OESAU, Walter ("Gulle"). (DOB: 28.06.13 in Farnewinkel/Holstein). (RES, DKG).

German

Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section S - Z
STEINBATZ, Leopold ("Bazi"). (DOB: 25.10.18 in Wien (Vienna)). (RES, DKG). 1937 joined the
Austrian Army. 1938 trf from the Austrian Air Force to the Luftwaffe. 1939 began pilot training. 11.40
Uffz., assigned to 9./JG 52. 19.01.42 awarded Ehrenpokal. 22.01.42 Fw., awarded DKG, 9./JG 52.
14.02.42 Fw., awarded Ritterkreuz, 9./JG 52. 09.05.42 Fw., 9./JG 52. 02.06.42 Ofw., awarded
Eichenlaub, 9./JG 52. 15.06.42 Lt., 9./JG 52 MIA/KIA - in Bf 109 F-4/R1 (Yellow 2) shot down near
Volchansk by Russian AA fire. 23.06.42 Ofw., awarded Schwerter, 9./JG 52. (n.d) posthumously promo
to Lt.. Credited with 300 combat missions and 99 air victories.

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German + 20-05-1941 Tuesday Crete invasion.

Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section S - Z
WIEGAND, Helmut. (DOB: 01.06.12). 10.07.39 Oblt., trf from III./KG 51 to A./Fl.Ausb.Rgt. 22. 04.41
Hptm., Staka in KGr.z.b.V. 101 (to 20.05.41 MIA). 20.05.41 Hptm., Staka 3./KGr.z.b.V. 101 MIA/KIA -
Ju 52 (G6+KL) lost to AA vic Iráklion. Buried in Maleme war cemetery.

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German Staffelkapitän 1./KGr.106 With Doctor At Dinard France

2.42 - 9.42 Dinard Ju88A

Dinard-Pleurtuit (FR) (48 35 30 N – 02 05 00 W)
Operational Units: Stab/KG 28 (Jun-Jul 40); Stab/St.G 3 (Jul-Dec 40);
II./KG 27 (Jul-Sep 40); Transportstaffel IV. Fliegerkorps (Jul 40 – May 41);
Flugbereitschaft IV. Fliegerkorps (Jul 40 – c.May 41); 3.(F)/Aufkl.Gr. 121
(Aug 40 – May/Jun 41); II./KG 27 (Jul-Sep 40); KGr. 106 (Jan?-Aug 42);
Stab/KG 6 (May 42 – Feb 43); II./KG 6 (Jul 42); Stab, 1., 2./NAGr. 13 (Aug
43 – Jun 44).

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German Kupfer, Wilcke & Dahl

Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section G - K
KUPFER, Dr.(jur). Ernst. (DOB: 02.07.07 in Coburg/Oberfranken). (RES, DKG). 1928 entered
service with the Heer (Kavallerie). 1939 trf from the Heer to the Luftwaffe in the rank of Rittmeister
(Hptm.) and on 30.09.39 began training at an Aufklärungsfliegerschule. c.06.40 training at Stuka-
Schule 2. 07.09.40 trf to I./St.G. 2 as a pilot. 01.10.40 Hptm., appt Staka 7./St.G. 2. 28.09.41
Hptm., Staka 2./St.G. 2 severely WIA - Ju 87 R-2 force-landed hitting a tree cause unstated - and
evacuated to Germany for surgery - Ju 87 B-2 force-landed in the central sector of the east front.
23.11.41 Hptm., awarded gold wounds badge and Ritterkreuz, Staka 7./St.G. 2. 01.01.42 promo to
Major. 06.01.42 or 01.04.42 Maj., appt Kdr. II./St.G. 2 (to 12.02.43). 14.10.42 Hptm., awarded
Ehrenpokal. 15.10.42 Maj., awarded DKG, II./St.G.2. 30.10.42 reached his 500th combat sortie.
08.01.43 Maj., awarded Eichenlaub (No. 173), Kdr. II./St.G. 2. 13.02.43 Maj., appt provisional
Kommodore St.G. 2 (to 10.09.43). 04.43 Kdr. Stukaverband Kupfer at Kerch in Crimea. 07.43 Kdr.
Gefechtsverband Kupfer for the Kursk counteroffensive. 10.09.43 trf to Führerreserve RLM/Ob.d.L.
(11.09.43?) appt General der Schlachtflieger (L.In.2/3)/RLM (to 06.11.43). †06.11.43 Obstlt.,
Gen.d.Schlachtflieger(He 111 transport crash into the Semer Kayasen mountain in northern Greece
during bad weather) [Version #2 KIA - He 111 H-6 (WNr. 7455) crashed after hitting an obstacle NE
of Dojran Lake in the Belafica Mountains, 60 km N of Saloniki]. Buried at Arsakli Military Cemetary
near Saloniki. 22.12.43 posthumously promo to Oberst (RDA 01.11.43). 11.04.44 posthumously
awarded Schwerter (No. 62), Kommodore SG 2. Credited with over 600 missions. Wounded 5
times.

Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section S - Z
WILCKE, Wolf-Dietrich. ("Fürst") (DOB: 11.03.13 in Schrimm near Posen). (RES, DKG). 1934 joined the
army, served in a Cavalry Rgt. 1935 trf to the Luftwaffe, as an Oberfähnrich. 01.04.36 promo to Lt.
(n.d.) trf to JG 132. c.10.37 trf to JFS Werneuchen as an instructor. 1939 served with the Legion Condor
in Spain. 01.07.39 Oblt., trf from I. of J/88 Legion Condor to III./JG 53. 18.09.39 Oblt., appt Staka 7./JG
53 (to 18.05.40). 07.11.39 Oblt., 7./JG 53. 02.03.40 Oblt., 7./JG 53. 18.05.40 Oblt., Staka 7./JG 53
POW – in Bf 109 E-3 (1+I) shot down by French fighters (P-36s?) of GC II/4 W of Rethel and bailed out;
aircraft crashed at LaGravière, Doux. Repatriated after the armistice? 01.07.40 promo to Hptm. 07.40
re-appt Staka 7./JG 53 (to 12.08.40). 12.08.40 Hptm., Gr.Fhr. III./JG 53 unhurt - Bf 109 E-4 crashed in the
Channel due to engine failure - rescued. 13.08.40 Hptm., appt Kdr. III./JG 53 (to 18.05.42). 01.04.41
awarded the Ehrenpokal. 25.06.41 Hptm., Kdr. III./JG 53 WIA - lost Bf 109 F-2 (<< + I) collision on take-
off at Wilna. 06.08.41 Hptm., awarded Ritterkreuz, Kdr. III./JG 53. 19.05.42 trf to JG 3. 13.06.42
Hptm., Stab/JG 3. 05.07.42 Hptm., Stab/JG 3, appt acting Kommodore JG 3. 12.08.42 Hptm./Maj., appt
Kommodore JG 3 (to 23.03.44). 09.09.42 Hptm., awarded Eichenlaub, Kommodore JG 3. 27.09.42
Hptm., Stab/JG 3. 26.10.42 Maj., Stab/JG 3. 03.11.42 Maj., awarded DKG, Kommodore JG 3. 23.12.42
Maj., awarded Schwerter, Kommodore JG 3. 05.01.43 Maj., Stab/JG 3. 01.02.43 promo to Obstlt.
01.12.43 promo to Oberst. Before 01.01.44 Oberst, appt Kommodore Stab/JG 3 (to 23.03.44 KIA).
10.02.44 06.03.44 Oberst Kommodore JG 3 unhurt? - Bf 109 G-6 emergency landing at Neuruppin.
Obstlt., Stab/JG 3. 23.03.44 Obstlt., Stab/JG 3 KIA - Bf 109 G-6 (Black<< + -) shot down by P-51
Mustangs near Schöppenstedt by Braunschweig). Credited with 162 air victories in 732 combat missions.

DAHL, Walter. (DOB: 27.03.16 in Lug/Rheinpfalz). (RE, DKG).

1. https://www.ww2.dk/Lw Offz - G-K Apr 2024.pdf
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German PRILLER, Josef ("Pips"). (DOB: 27.06.15 in Ingolstadt/Bayern). (RES, DKG) FW190

German PETERMANN, Viktor. (DOB: 26.05.16 in Weipert/Sudetenland). (R, DKG).

German

Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section G - K
KUFFNER, Andreas (Gerhard?). (DOB: 30.05.18 in Deisenhofen/Oberbayern). (RE, DKG). 1937
entered the Luftwaffe and assigned to the Flakartillerie. 05.40 Wachmeister in a Flakbatterie. 08.40
trf to the Fliegertruppe and began flight training. 12.41 trf to I./St.G. 2 and assigned to I./St.G. 2 in
North Russia as a pilot. 04.42 flew his 200th combat mission. 25.05.42 Lt., awarded the Ehrenpokal.
01.07.42 promo to Oblt. 25.09.42 awarded DKG, I./St.G. 2. c.10.42 WIA and convalescing until
12.42. 12.42 appt Staffelführer 4./St.G. 2. 13.03.43 in 1./St.G. 2. 16.04.43 Oblt., awarded
Ritterkreuz, Stafü 4./St.G. 2. 05.43 trf to III./St.G. 151 due to a brain concussion. 09.07.43 Hptm.,
appt Kdr. II./St.G. 151 (to 01.12.43). 07.03.44 Oblt., appt Staka 10.(Pz)./SG 3 (to 07.01.45).
01.09.44 promo to Hptm. (advanced to 01.01.43). 22.10.44 destroyed his 50th tank. 20.12.44 Hptm.,
awarded the Eichenlaub (No. 684), Staka 10.(Pz)/SG 3. 07.01.45 appt Kdr. I.(Pz.)/SG 9. 30.04.45
Hptm., Kdr. Stab I(Pz)./SG 9 KIA - Fw 190 F shot down by RAF fighters of 350 Sqdn. when
attempting to land at Sülte airfield, near Schwerin and KIA. Credited with a few less than 1,000
combat missions and the destruction of 60+ enemy tanks.

1. https://www.ww2.dk/Lw Offz - G-K Apr 2024.pdf
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German TRAUTLOFT, Hannes. (DOB: 03.03.12 in Gross-Obringen/Thuringia).

German STOLLE, Bruno. (DOB: 13.04.15 in Münster/Westfalen).

German JOPPIEN, Hermann-Friedrich ("Jupp"). (DOB: 19.07.12 in either Bochum or Bad Hersfeld).

German PHILIPP, Hans. (DOB: 17.03.17 in Meissen/Sachsen). (RES, DKG).

German KUPFER, Dr.(jur). Ernst. (DOB: 02.07.07 in Coburg/Oberfranken). (RES, DKG).

German BENNEMANN, Hans.

Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section A - F
BENNEMANN, Hans. (DOB: 30.08.21 in/Unna-Massen). (R, DKG). 15.11.39 joined the Luftwaffe and began
training with Fl.Ausb.Rgt. 12. 01.40 trf to FFS A/B 12, then to FFS C 1, then BFS Lechfeld., then Grosse KFS
4. 1941 trf to 10./KG 55 (to 12.41). 25.12.41 with KGr.z.b.V. 111 (to 22.03.42). 04.42 rejoined IV./KG 55.
05.42 trf to 7./KG 55. 07.05.42 Lt., 7./KG 55. 13.09.42 Lt., awarded Ehrenpokal. 12.42 flew supply
missions into the Stalingrad pocket. 26.02.43 Lt., awarded DKG, 7./KG 55. 01.06.43 in KG 55; promo to
Oblt. 16.06.43 Oblt., Stafü in III./KG 55, attended Verbandsführerschule/KG 101. End of 1943 trf to IV./KG
55. 26.03.44 Oblt., awarded Ritterkreuz, Staka 5./KG 55. 01.04.44 Oblt., appt Staka of 13./KG 55. 07.06.44
Oblt., appt Staka 11./KG 55 (to 05.01.45). 05.01.45 Oblt., appt Staka 5./KG (J) 55 (to 08.05.45). Credited
with 398 combat missions over the course of the war. 30.09.78 retired from the Bundeswehr as an Obstlt.
†07.04.93 in Mechernich/Rheinland. Credited with far in excess of 400 missions, almost all bomber missions.

German PRILLER, Josef ("Pips"). (DOB: 27.06.15 in Ingolstadt/Bayern). (RES, DKG) Bf109