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German RUSS, Otto , LITJENS, Stefan.

Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section L - R
RUSS, Otto. (DOB: 26.09.20). 09.07.42 Uffz., 4./JG 53. 26.08.42 Uffz., 4./JG 53. 30.11.42 Uffz.,
4./JG 53 WIA - Bf 109 G-4 (Trop) (White 1 + -) in combat with P-38s in the area of Bizerta/Tunisia.
02.01.43 Uffz., 4./JG 53. 22.03.43 Uffz., 4./JG 53. 05.05.43 Uffz., 4./JG 53. 20.06.43 Fw., 4./JG 53
lost Bf 109 G-6. 07.07.43 Fw., 4./JG 53. 10.09.43 Fw., 4./JG 53. 24.02.44 Fw., 4./JG 53. 11.04.44
Fw., 4./JG 53. 02.07.44 Lt., 4./JG 53 MIA - Bf 109 G-6/U4 (White 22 +-) shot down by Spitfires of
403 Sqdn. and P-47s in the area of Caen in Pl.Qu. UU. Credited with 26 victories.

LITJENS, Stefan. (DOB: 13.10.13 in Hasselt/Rheinland). (R, DKG). 09.39 in 4./JG 53. 07.04.40 Fw.,
4./JG 53. 10.05.40 Fw., 4./JG 53. 04.06.41 Fw., 4./JG 53. 11.09.41 severely WIA (lost an eye) and
did not return to combat until 11.42. 24.04.42 Ofw., awarded DKG, 4./JG 53. 01.01.43 Ofw., 4./JG
53. 05.04.43 Ofw., 4./JG 53. 21.06.43 Ofw., awarded Ritterkreuz, 4./JG 53. 17.11.43 returned to
4./JG 53 after a lengthy period of leave. 22.02.44 Ofw., 4./JG 53. 23.03.44 Ofw., 4./JG 53 severely
WIA again (damage to remaining eye) and permanently taken off flying status. Credited with 444
combat missions and 38 air victories. 21.01.56 joined the Bundeswehr. 31.03.66 retired as a
Hauptfeldwebel. †25.02.02 in Kalkar-Hasselt.



 
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German DAHMER, Hugo. Wrknr 968

Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section A - F
DAHMER, Hugo. (DOB: 07.05.18 in Koblenz). (R). (n.d.) initially with 4./JG 26. 16.05.40 Uffz., 4./JG 26.
05.40 Uffz. in 6./JG 26. 01.02.41 trf to 1./JG 77. 10.07.41 Fw., awarded the Ehrenpokal. 08.41 Ofw.,
awarded Ritterkreuz, 6./JG 5. c.12.42 returned to JG 26, but shortly after than trf to III./JG 2. 09.01.43 Lt.
(Kr.O.), with JG 26 trf to JG 2. 08.03.43 Lt., 7./JG 2. 16.08.43 Lt., 7./JG 2. 17.08.43 appt Staka 1./JG 2.
22.08.43 Lt., 1./JG 2. 11.09.43 Lt., 1./JG 2 WIA - Fw 190 A-5 by a Spitfire 5 km N of Rouen - bailed out.
19.09.43 Lt.d.R., Staka 1./JG 2 left the unit. 10.10.43 severely WIA. 1944 instructor in flight and/or fighter
schools. 1945 Hptm., R4/M under-wing rocket specialist, probably in RLM. Credited with 307 combat
missions and 57 air victories. 01.01.56 joined the Bundeswehr. 30.09.74 retired with a rank of Obstlt.
†01.08.2006 in Tropisdorf.


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German HENTSCHEL, Karl Aloys Franz , SETZ, Heinrich

Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section G - K
HENTSCHEL, Karl Aloys Franz. (DOB: 23.09.99 in Neudamm bei Königsberg). (i.G.). (DKG).
28.09.14 entered military service. WWI served in the Infanterie. 05.09.16 became a POW of the
Russians. 07.18 released. 08.04.20 trf to the Polizei, served with the Sicherheitspolizei, Allenstein
Fliegerstaffel. 24.08.20 trf to the Police Technical School (to 20.12.27). 29.04.27 promo to Polizei-
Lt. 06.28 began extensive pilot training by DVS Schleissheim (to 09.34?). 26.03.29 promo to
Polizei-Oblt. 06.05.29 took a gliding course for police. 09.30 more flight training with the DVS.
01.10.31 attended a course for "Air Experts" at the Polizei Institut für Technik und Verkehr. Police
Technical Institute (to 30.01.32). 01.07.34 promo to Polizei-Hptm. 01.10.34 trf from the
ReichshHeer (Polizei?) to the Luftwaffe in rank of Hptm. and ordered to Fliegergruppe Schleissheim
for orientation instruction. 01.11.34 appt Kdr. Flugzeugführerschule Gablingen. 01.04.35 trf to JFS
Schleissheim for training. 0116.07.35 appt to train as a Staka in JG Richthofen (Fliegergruppe
Damm). 01.11.35 trf to LKS Berlin-Gatow. 01.04.36 appt Funk -u.Nav.Offz. then Staka in I./St.G.
165 Kitzingen. 01.10.36 trf to Technischen Akademie d.Lw. Berlin-Gatow for instruction (to
22.12.37). 30.11.37 received the Lw. advanced flying certificate. 01.01.38 Maj., appt Staka
Aufkl.St. A/88 Legion Condor (to 11.04.38). 12.04.38 temporary duty with Stab Münster (to
30.06.38). 01.08.38 appt Ia/3. Fliegerdivision. 01.10.38 trf into the Generalstab d.Lw. 01.01.39
promo to Maj. 28.09.39 appt Ia beim General z.b.V./Luftflotte 4. 01.02.40 appt Ia beim General
z.b.V./Luftflotte 2. 01.04.40 appt Kdr. II./JG 77. 25.10.40 sick. 01.12.40 assigned to JFS 1
Werneuchen while recovering (to 14.01.41). 14.01.41 appt Ia op/Jagdfliegerführer 3 (to 05.41).
09.05.41 appt Ia/Fliegerführer Irak (to 06.41). 16.06.41 appt Ia/Lg.Kdo. Südost Athens. 01.10.41
promo to Obstlt. 23.12.41 appt Ia/Jagdfliegerführer 3 (to 16.08.42). 15.01.42 appt
Ia/Jagdfliegerführer 3 (to 17.08.42). 17.08.42 appt Jagdfliegerführer 1 (Deutsche Bucht) (to
01.10.43). 17.08.42 appt Jagdfliegerführer 2 – Deutsche Bucht (to 12.10.42 or to 30.09.43?). 10.42
appt Jagdfliegerführer 3 (to 14.01.43). 20.10.42 Obstlt., awarded DKG, Stab/Jagdfliegerführer 3.
01.04.43 promo to Oberst. 01.06.43 appt Höherer Fliegerführer 4. 01.10.43 appt Kdr. 3.
Jagddivision (to 14.10.43 or 29.12.43?). 30.12.43 appt Kdr. 5. Jagddivision (to 26.01.45). 01.12.44
promo to Gen.Maj. 26.01.45 appt Kdr. 16. Fliegerdivision (to 03.45). 10.04.45 appt Kdr. 7.
Jagddivision (to 30.04.45). 01.05.45 appt Kdr. Einsatzverband Hentschel. 08.05.45 became Allied
POW. 07.48 released from captivity. †12.12.56 in Münster/Westfalen

Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section S - Z
SETZ, Heinrich. (DOB:12.03.15 in Gundelsdorf/Oberfranken). (RE, DKG). Early 1936 entered the
Luftwaffe. 1938 with I./JG 135. Early 1940 was an instructor. 07.40 in II./JG 77. 08.40 in 4./JG 77.
09.09.40 Oblt., with 6./JG 77. 03.41 Oblt., appt Staka 2.(Schul.)/Erg.Gruppe JG 77. 15.07.41 Oblt.,4./JG
77 unhurt - Bf 109 E (White 1) forced-landing vic Sambel -Seregigei due to hit in the radiator. 21.07.41
Oblt., 4./JG 77 unhurt - Bf 109 E radiator hit - force-landed vic Sambel-Seregigei. 06.08.41 Hptm., Staka
2.(Schul.)/Erg.Gruppe JG 77, appt Staka 4./JG 77 (to 12.11.42). 31.12.41 Oblt., awarded Ritterkreuz,
Staka 4./JG 77. 03.05.42 Oblt., 4./JG 77 unhurt - Bf 109 F-4 (White 1 + -) force-landed due to radiator hit
at an unknown location. 23.06.42 Oblt., awarded Eichenlaub, Staka 4./JG 77. 11.07.42 Hptm., 4./JG 77.
21.08.42 Oblt., awarded DKG, II./JG 77. 05.09.42 Oblt., 4./JG 77. 02.10.42 Oblt., 4./JG 77. 15.10.42
on furlough. 12.11.42 Hptm., appt Kdr. I./JG 27 (to 13.03.43). 13.03.43 Hptm., Kdr. Stab I./JG 27 KIA –
crashed to his death (Bf 109 G-4 crashed at Yzengremer, 11 km E of Le Tréport) from high altitude after
shooting down 3 Spitfires, probably resulting from a collision with one of the enemy planes.
Posthumously promo to Maj. (with effective date of 01.03.43). Buried at Bourdon/France. Credited with
274 combat missions and 138 air victories.

The Blenheim claim was his first victory.



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German KRÜGER, Horst. Ritter Von Leeb.

Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section G - K
KRÜGER, Horst. (DOB: 23.05.16 in Hamburg-Altona). (i.G.). (R). 01.11.35 entered service with the
Heer (Artillerie). 01.10.37 trf to the Luftwaffe and ordered to Aufkl.Fliegerschule Hildesheim for
Beobachter training. 01.07.38 trf to Aufkl.Gr. 11 and then to Aufkl.Gr. 10 as Beobachter and Bild-
Offz. (to 03.04.41). 22.09.38 received Beobachter license. 10.01.39 trf to Fl.Schule Hildesheim (to
05.04.39). 01.01.40 promo to Oblt. 1940-41 with 3.(F)/Aufkl.Gr. 10. 06.01.41 ordered temporary
duty to Blindfluglehrgang 2 (instrument flight course) at Brieg (to 06.04.41). 04.04.41 trf to
Nachtaufkl.St. 3. 04.11.41 Oblt., awarded Ritterkreuz, Nachtaufkl.St. 3. 01.12.41 Generalstab
training at the Luftkriegsakademie Berlin-Gatow (to 31.08.42). 01.06.42 promo to Hptm. 01.09.42
appt Ia op/X. Fliegerkorps. 01.07.43 in Stab/Lw.-Kdo. Südost, accepted into the Generalstab d.Lw.
and promo to Maj.(01.01.44?). 30.08.43 as Offz.z.b.V., ordered temporary duty to FFS A/B 12
(Prenzlau) (to 31.10.43). 12.04.44 trf to the Führerreserve Ob.d.L. 10.08.44 appt Ia Ref. op 1
Flieg/Gen.St.d.Lw. 26.01.45 Maj., appt Ia/1. Jagddivision. 04.45 Maj., Ia/Luftgaukdo. VIII? 1955
joined the Bundeswehr. 30.09.73 retired as a Gen.Maj. †07.04.89 in Freiburg im Breisgau.



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