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German

Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section A - F
DIEPOLD, Max. (DOB: 01.02.21 in Amberg/Oberpfalz). (W.B.K. Amberg). (R, DKG). (n.d.) with 9./St.G. 2.
(n.d.) with 8./St.G. 2. 01.03.43 promo to Lt.(Kr.O./Fl.). 12.04.43 Fw., awarded the Ehrenpokal. 17.10.43 Lt.,
5./St.G. 2 awarded the DKG. 1944 in 2./SG 77. 28.03.45 awarded the Ritterkreuz. 01.04.45 Oblt., appt
Staka 10.(Pz)/SG 77. Credited with some 500 operational sorties and the destruction of 87 enemy tanks.
†18.08.01 in Amberg.



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Oberleutnant Josef Luxenberger,Beobachter 4. / Kampfgeschwader 55. Recipient of the Knights Cross and German Cross in Gold

German

Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section L - R
LUXENBURGER, Josef. (DOB: 02.04.15 in Beckingen/Kreis Merzig). (R, DKG). Fall 1936 entered
the Heer and received basic training with Inf.Rgt. 17. (n.d.) trf to the Luftwaffe. 1938 in
Fl.Ausb.Rgt. 12, then as a Bordfunker in 6./KG 155, 6./KG 55. 09.38 trf to II./KG 254 (later II./KG
55). 09.39 Uffz.,with 4./KG 55. 05.40 with Stab II./KG 55. 03.03.41 Fw., awarded the Ehrenpokal.
05.41 attained 125 missions. (n.d.) underwent observer training with IV./KG55. 01.42 trf to LKS 1
for officer training. 02.01.42 Ofw., awarded DKG, II./KG 55. 05.42 returned to 4./KG 55. Summer
1942 promo to Lt. 09.42 promo to Oblt. 27.12.42 reached his 425th mission. 12.42/01.43 flew 22
supply and evacuation missions to Stalingrad. 08.03.43 trf to Stab/KG 55 as Ia. 03.04.43 Oblt. in
4./KG 55, awarded the Ritterkreuz on completion of 425 combat missions. 01.09.43 Oblt., appt Staka
4./KG 55 (to 18.04.44). 01.11.43 promo to Hptm. 12.11.43 flew his 500th mission. 20.02.44 trf to
Stab Lfl. 6. (n.d.) trf to Stab 4. Fl.Div. 12.44 trf to FFS A 12 for flight training, but this was
cancelled on 02.45. 1945 sent to Fsch.Jg.Rgt. 1 in northern Italy. 01.02.57 joined the Bundeswehr.
30.09.73 retired as an Oberst i.G. Credited with 505 combat missions. †05.02.2009 in Neustadt an
der Weinstrasse/Rheinland-Pfalz.



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Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section A - F
CZEKAY, Richard. (DOB: 26.03.16 in Strausburg near Berlin). (R, DKG). 1936 entered the Luftwaffe. 08.38
Lt., trf to Wertheim and assigned to I./St.G. 165. 1938-39 with St.G. 163. 01.08.39 Lt., trf from III./St.G. 51 to
I./St.G. 76. 01.09.39 Lt.(RDA 01.01.38) with 1./St.G. 76. 1939 reassigned to I./St.G. 76 at Graz. 24.10.39
appt Waffen u. Bomben offz. I./St.G. 76. 02.40 appt Gruppenleiter (instructor group leader) at Stukaschule 2
and Stukaschule Graz. 15.09.41 appt Techn.Offz. I./St.G. 2. 26.09.41 trf to 1./St.G. 2. 01.04.42 promo to
Hptm. 03.05.42 appt Staka 2./St.G. 2 (to 07.42). 27.05.42 Oblt., awarded DKG, I./St.G. 2. 13.09.42 Oblt.,
awarded the Ehrenpokal. 25.10.42 appt Adj. I./St.G. 2. 11.42 Hptm., appt Staka 10./LG 1 (to 31.12.42).
30.12.42 awarded Ritterkreuz. 15.02.43 appt Staka 4./St.G. 2. 10.04.43 appt Staka 3./St.G. 2, later in 10.
(K)/LG 1. 06.43 with Stabsstaffel/St.G. 2, then Staka 10./LG 1. 01.11.43 Hptm., appt Stafü 4./LG 1 (to
16.05.44). 16.05.44 Maj., appt Kdr. I./LG 1 (to 06.07.44). 02.07.44 Hptm., appt Kdr. IV./LG 1 (to 11.01.45).
01.11.44 promo to Maj. 11.01.45 Maj., appt Kdr. I./Erg.KG 1 (to 01.03.45). 02.03.45 Maj., appt Kommodore
LG 1 (to 04.05.45). †24.04.2009 in Kitzingen. Credited with more than 500 combat missions



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FREYTAG, Siegfried ("Justav"). (DOB: 10.11.1919 in Danzig-Langfuhr). (R, DKG). 01.09.39 RDA as Lt.
1940 promo to Lt. Fall 1940 trf to 6./JG 77. 24.04.41 Lt. in 6./JG 77, POW – Bf 109 E-4 shot down due to
AA hits vic Athens and held prisoner for 6 days. 24.07.41 shot down in Russia - no details. 1941-42 in I./JG
77. 18.05.42 awarded Ehrenpokal. 1942 promo to Oblt. 01.06.42 Oblt., 6./JG 77. 27.06.42 Oblt., in 6./JG
77, appt Staka 1./JG 77 (to 13.03.44). 03.07.42 Oblt., awarded Ritterkreuz, I./JG 77. 27.07.42 Oblt. 1./JG 77
unhurt - Bf 109 F-4 damaged in air combat over Malta, force-landed at sea - rescued by Do 24. 01.01.43
Oblt., 1./JG 77. 13.03.43 (orders eff. 17.05.43) appt acting Kdr. II./JG 77 (to 01.04.43). 01.04.43 in JG 77,
promo to Hptm. (RDA withheld). 11.04.43 Hptm., Stab II./JG 77. 01.04.43 awarded DKG (proposed which
an Oblt. in 1./JG 77). 01.04.43 appt Kdr. I./JG 77 (to at least 31.12.43). 06.05.43 Hptm., Stab II./JG 77.
08.07.43 Hptm., Stab II./JG 77. 12.07.43 Hptm. and Kdr. II./JG 77, WIA by P-38s in area of Gela - Bf 109 G-
6 bailed out. 29.01.44 Maj., Stab II./JG 77 WIA - by Spitfires strafing Siena-Süd a/f (returned in 03.44).
01.05.44 promo to Maj. 31.05.44 mentioned in dispatches. 10(08?).09.44 Maj., appt Kdr. II./JG 77 (to after
31.12.44; to 08.09.44 redesignation?). 27.09.44 Maj., Stab II./JG 77. 26(25?).12.44 Maj., Kdr. II./JG 77, appt
acting Kommodore JG 77 (to 15.01.45). 07.03.45 appt acting Kommodore JG 77 (to 01.04.45). 03.04.45 trf
to Stab/JG 51. c.18.04.45 trf to JG 7. Recommended for the Eichenlaub. 1952 joined the French (Légion
Etrangère) in Indochina under the name Dichters Gustav Freytag as Legionnaire 2e Classe with the 5e Régiment
Etranger d'Infanterie, later with 13e demi-Brigade de Légion Etrangère. In the late 1950s, he fought in Algeria.
1962 promo to Sergent. 1965 demoted to Caporal-Chef at his own request, served with the 1er Régiment
Etranger. Due to failing health, he lived since 1970 in a soldiers home for Legionaires in Puylobier/France, the
Institution des Invalides de la Legion Etrangere. Credited with 879 combat missions and 102 air victories.
†02.06.2003 in Puyloubier 25 km NE of Marseille/France. Buried in the Foreign Legion Cemetery



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Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section S - Z
WEIK, Hans. (DOB: 06.07.22 in Heilbronn). (R, DKG). 10.41 entered the Luftwaffe. c.02.43 Lt., assigned
to Geschw.Stab/JG 3. 09.03.43 Lt., Stab I./JG 3. 11.04.43 Lt., Stab/JG 3. 05.43 trf to 4./Erg.JGr. Ost as
an instructor (to 11.43). 16.09.43 Lt., 4./Erg.JGr. Ost. 11.43 trf to 9./JG 3. 01.02.44 promo to Oblt. /A1.
10.02.44 Lt., 10./JG 3, appt Staka 10./JG 3 (to 18.07.44 WIA). 23.03.44 Lt., Stafü 10./JG 3 unhurt - Bf
109 G-6 (White 7 + ~) belly-landed vic Klottingen, 7 km NE of Werl after combat. 22.04.44 Lt., Stafü,
10./JG 3 unhurt - Bf 109 G-6 (White 7 + ~) crashed vic Giessen [Version #2: vic Hartfeld a.d. Eger, "right
side of the road" Hatzfeld - Beddelhausen, 150 m E of Farm Schafort"], - bailed out. 08.05.44 Lt., Staka
10./JG 3 unhurt? - Bf 109 G-6/U4 (White 4 + ~) shot down vic Nienburg, crash-landed near Uelzen.
13.05.44 Lt., Staka 10./JG 3 unhurt? - Bf 109 G-6 (White 14 + ~) belly-landed near Grimmen. 01.05.44
Lt., 10./JG 3 awarded DKG. 15(10?).05.44 Lt., 10./JG 3 awarded the Ehrenpokal. 08.05.44 Lt., Staka
10./JG 3 unhurt - Bf 109 G-6 /U4 (White 4+~) belly-landed vic Uelzen after combat in the area of
Nienburg. 13.05.44 Lt., Staka 10./JG 3 unhurt - Bf 109 G-6 air combat belly-landed vic Grimmen.
18.07.44 Oblt., Staka 10./JG 3 badly WIA - Fw 190 A-8/R2 (Black 7 + ~) in combat crashed vic Kempten,
30 km SE of Memmingen [Version#2: near Bad Waldsee] . 27.07.44 Lt., awarded Ritterkreuz,
Staffelführer 10./JG 3. 01.09.44 promo to Hptm. 04.45 trf to III./Erg.JG 2 to convert to the Me 262.
Credited with 85 combat missions and 36 air victories. (n.d.) post-war he studied architecture and then
designed sport facilities, etc. †05.06.2001 in Heidenheim an der Brenz.




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WW2 USAAF B-24 NAMED CREW "STARDUST" 446TH AT FLIXTON PRESS TYPE PHOTO U167 | eBay

American
B-24 CREW "STARDUST" FLIXTON: JUNE 1944. 705H SQ
446
USED FOR TRAINING BY THIS CREW UNTIL OPS.
B.G.
TOP R to L.
Ed Waldon Co-Pilot.
Tom ZAPOLSHI- Navigator
JACK CANSLER Pilot
Claude Macgowan - Bombardier.
Dick Dubois - Radio.op.
Bottom L to R.
Clarance Gaspar Tail-gunner.
Pat Demas Waist-gunner.
Jim Tootell Flight engineer.
John Goyan Ball gunner
Joe Tillman Waist gunner



 
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