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Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section S - Z
WEISMANN, Ernst. (DOB: 22.02.22 in Zell b. Waidhofen /Austria). (R, DKG). 15.11.39 entered the
Luftwaffe, began training with Fl.Ausb.Rgt. 51. 08.01.40 began flight training with Fl.Ausb. Rgt. 51.
20.08.40 trf to Jagdfliegerschule 1. 21.12.40 trf to Erg.Gr./JG 51. 01.02.41 promo to Ofw. 08.03.41 trf
to 12./JG 51. 22.06.41 Ofhr., with 12./JG 51. 23.09.41 Ofhr. 12./JG 51. c.10.41 Ofhr., assigned to
12./JG 51. 01.11.41 promo to Lt./A1. 02.12.41 Ofhr., 12./JG 51. 16.02.42 Ofhr., awarded the
Ehrenpokal. 20(30?).03.42 Bf 109 E-7 (Brown 5) in a take-off accident at Shatalowka (collision with a Bf
110) - unhurt. 10.04.42 Lt., 12./JG 51 severely WIA - Bf 109 F-2 (Brown 7) in a take-off accident -
collision. 09.06.42 Lt., 12./JG 51 awarded the DKG. 13.08.42 Lt., 12./JG 51 MIA – Bf 109 F-2 (Brown
12) shot down by 157 IAP, bailed out behind Russian lines to the north of Rzhev in Pl.Qu. 47592 and shot
dead by a group of army scouts. 21.08.42 Lt., posthumously awarded the Ritterkreuz, 12./JG 51, and
promo to Oblt. 01.08.44 officially listed as MIA. Credited with c.280 combat missions and 69 air
victories.

Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section G - K
KNAUTH, Johann (Hans). (DOB: 09.02.14 in Hagenau/Alsass). (DKG). 1933-35 spent three terms
studying ship building at Danziger Technische Hochschule. 01.01.38 promo to Lt. 01.04.40 promo
to Oblt. 1940 appt Staka 2.(Erg.)/JG 51. 1940 appt Aufsichts-Offz. and Flugleitoffz. with LKS 1
Dresden. 20.02.41 Oblt., appt Staka 10./JG 51 (to 10.04.42 (19.02.42?)). 28.05.41 Oblt., 10./JG 51.
30.06.41 Oblt., 10./JG 51. 30.08.41 Oblt., 10./JG 51. 20.10.41 Oblt., 10./JG 51 awarded the
Ehrenpokal. 16.11.41 Oblt., 10./JG 51. 29.03.42 Oblt., 10./JG 51. 10.04.42 Hptm., Kdr. IV./JG 51
(to 03.02.43 (28.02.43?*)). 01.07.42 promo to Hptm. 06.07.42 Hptm., Stab IV./JG 51. 04.08.42
Hptm., Stab IV./JG 51. 15.01.43 Hptm., IV./JG 51. 16.02.43 Hptm., trf to Höheren Kdo. der Jagd-
und Zerstörerschulen. 1943 appt Kdr. Ausb.Gr./JFS 2 Zerbst. 10.03.43 Hptm., appt Kdr. I./JG 102
(to 10.09.44). 29.04.43 Hptm., IV./JG 51, awarded the DKG. 01.05.44 promo to Maj. 09.44 Kdr.
JG 101 (to 04.45?). 11.09.44 Maj., appt Kommodore JG 101. 08.01.45 attended Lehrgang für
Verbandsführer at NS-Führungsschule II (to 31.01.45). Credited with 26 victories. Post war he
became an Oberst in the Bundesluftwaffe. [* acc to J. Prien






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ARNOLD, Heinz. (DOB: 12.02.19 in Flöha, bei Chemnitz). (DKG). 23.04.44 Fw., 7./JG 5. 11.05.44 Fw.,
7./JG 5. 28.06.44 Ofw., 7./JG 5. 26.07.44 Fw., 1./NJG 2 awarded the Ehrenpokal. 27.09.44 Ofw., 10./JG 5.
26.10.44 awarded the DKG. 08.04.45 WIA - Fw 190 A vic Wien. 17.04.45 KIA - Me 262 ?during ground
attack mission vic Grossebersdorf in the Thuringer Wald area. Credited with 48 victories. [ might be
confused with another Heinz Arnold - (non JG 5), a Fw. of JG 27]




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Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section S - Z
SCHWANECKE, Günther. (DOB: 03.12.20 in Kleve). 15.01.40 trf to Fl.Ausb.Rgt. 52. 15.08.40 in JFS 1
Werneuchen. 12.40 trf to Erg./JG 77. 03.41 trf to 4./JG 77. 20.04.41 promo to Lt. 1941 in 7./JG 77 and
then Erg.Gr./JG 77. 04.41 WIA. 02.09.41 Lt., 7./JG 77. 04.42 trf to 4./Erg.JGr. Ost. 1942 out of action,
seriously ill. 11.01.43 Lt., appt Stafü of 4./Erg.JGr. Ost (to 14.03.43). 02.43 in JG 105. 08.04.43 Lt. in
Erg.JGr. Süd, trf to JG 5. 01.05.43 Lt., Stab I./JG 5. 05.43 Lt., appt Ic/JG 5 (to 07.43). 01.06.43 in JG 5,
promo to Oblt. 20.06.43 trf to II./JG 5. 07.43 appt Adjutant II./JG 5 (to 01.44). 29.02.44 Oblt., 4./JG 5.
02.04.44 Oblt., 4./JG 5. 28.05.44 appt Staka 4./JG 5 (to 15.08.44 then Staka 7./JG 5). 01.09.44 Oblt.,
appt Staka 4./Erg.JGr. Ost (to 09.11.44). 09.44 Oblt., appt Staka 7./JG 5 (later renamed 10./JG 5). 10.44
Oblt. and Staka 4./Erg.JGr. Ost (later renamed 12./Erg.JG 1). 02.11.44 Oblt., appt Staka 13./JG 4 (to
10.11.44). 12.04.45 Hptm., with Stab/JG 4. Credited with 10 victories and sunk a 2,000 ton ship.
†05.11.2000.

Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section S - Z
WEITZBERG, Paul. (DOB: 25.05.25). 01.06.43 Ofhr., II./JG 5 promo to Lt./A1. 14.09.43 Lt., 4./JG 5.
13.01.44 Lt., 4./JG 5. 17.05.44 Lt., 4./JG 5. 15.08.44 Lt., 5./JG 5 unhurt ? - Bf 109 G-6, crashed at
Madeweg vic Ruinerwold/Holland . 17.08.44 Lt., appt Stafu 5./JG 5 (to 20.10.44 due to unit
redesignation). 20.10.44 appt Staka 13./JG 4 (to 02.11.44 KIA). 02.11.44 Lt., Stafü 13./JG 4 KIA - Bf
109 G-14/AS (White 1) shot down by P-51s 3 km NW(NE?) of Zerbst. Credited with 5 victories.

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Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section S - Z
SCHMIEDER, Benno. (DOB: 22.11.22). 01.06.43 promo to Lt./A1. 11.07.43 with 1./JG 5 WIA - Bf 109.
26.08.43 WIA - Bf 109. 27.02.44 Gefr., 4./JG 5. 16.05.44 Obfhr., with 4./JG 5 WIA - Bf 109. 21.08.44
Lt., St.Offz. 7./JG 5. 13.11.44 in I./JG 4. 25.11.44 Lt., 4./JG 4. 05.12.44 with Erg. Gr. Südost. 26.04.45
Lt., II./JG 4 unhurt - Bf 109 G/K belly-landed vic Rheinsberg a/f. Credited with one victory















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Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section L - R
MIETHIG, Rudolf. (DOB: 17.10.21 in Zwickau/Sachsen). (R, DKG). 1939 entered the Luftwaffe.
Spring 1941 trf to 3./JG 52. 27.05.42 Lt., 3./JG 52 unhurt - Bf 109 F-2 unintended ground contact due
to fog vic Wieringermeer. 31.05.42 3./JG 52. 02.07.42 Lt., appt Staka 3./JG 52 (to 10.06.43).
18.08.42 Lt., 3./JG 52. 09.09.42 Lt., 3./JG 52. 19.10.42 Lt., awarded the Ehrenpokal. 29.10.42
awarded Ritterkreuz, Stafü 3./JG 52. 28.02.43 Lt., 3./JG 52. 26.03.43 Lt., 3./JG 52. 01.04.43 in JG
52, promo to Oblt. 24.04.43 Lt., 3./JG 52. 14.05.43 Lt., 3./JG 52. 27.05.43 Oblt., 3./JG 52.
10.06.43 Oblt., Staka 3./JG 52 KIA – Bf 109 G-2 (Yellow 1 + ) collided with a Yak-1 over the Taman
Peninsula and plunged to his death, crashed 10 km NE of Krimskaya in Pl.Qu. 34 Ost /85112.
01.01.44 posthumously promo to Hptm. 19.01.44 posthumously awarded DKG, 3./JG 52. 01.08.44
officially listed as MIA. Credited with 101 air victories.




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Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section G - K
GLUNZ, Adolf ("Addi"). (DOB: 11.06.18 in Bressegard/Mecklenburg). (RE, DKG). 02.11.38 served
in the RAD (to 25.03.39). 01.09.39 entered the Luftwaffe, began training with 2./Fl.Ausb.Rgt. 62
Oschatz. 1940 trained with 1./JFS 4 Fürth. 01.11.40 trf to Erg.St./JG 52 (to 08.11.40). 09.11.40
Gefr., trf to 4./JG 52 (to 07.07.41). 07.05.41 Gefr., 4./JG 52. 08.07.41 trf to 4./JG 26 (to 14.01.44).
27.08.41 Fw., 4./JG 26. 08.11.41 Fw., 4./JG 26. 1942 trf to II./JG 26. 05.42 with 4./JG 52.
29.06.42 Fw., awarded the Ehrenpokal. 07.42 with 4./JG 26. 15.10.42 Fw., awarded DKG, 4./JG 26.
03.02.43 Fw., 4./JG 26. 05.04.43 Ofw., 4./JG 26. 29.08.43 Ofw., awarded Ritterkreuz, 4./JG 26.
03.10.43 Ofw., 5./JG 26. 12.43 Ofw., Staka 5./JG 26. 15.01.44 Ofw., appt Stafü 5./JG 26 (to
24.02.44). 02.03.44 Oblt., appt Staka 6./JG 26 (to 10.08.44). 01.04.44 promo to Lt. 24.06.44 Lt.,
awarded Eichenlaub, 6./JG 26. 03.09.44 Oblt., re-apptd Staka 6./JG 26 (to 1945). 21.09.44 Lt., 6./JG
26. 01.10.44 promo to Oblt. 24.12.44 Lt., 6./JG 26. 18.03.45 trf III./Erg.JG 2. 03 or 04.45 trf to
JG 7 (to 05.45). 01.05.45 became POW of the Americans. 01.06.45 released. Credited with 574
combat missions and 72 air victories. Perhaps the only German fighter pilot who flew this many
missions over this period of time and was never shot down or wounded. Postwar, he was a Formula 3
race car driver. †01.08.2002 in Lüdenscheid after a long illness. For further reading see: Schumann,
Ralf. RitterkreuzträgerAdolf Glunz Profile 16 (Stengelheim: Unitec, 2017?) ISBN: unknown








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GLUNZ, Adolf ("Addi"). (DOB: 11.06.18 in Bressegard/Mecklenburg). (RE, DKG).

VOGT, Gerhard. (DOB: 29.11.19 in Raudten). (R, DKG). 16.09.41 Ogfr., trf to 6./JG 26 after completing
training. 23.11.41 Ofw., 6./JG 26. 24.03.42 Uffz., WIA - Fw 190 A-1 (Brown 13) by Spitfires. 26.07.42
Uffz., 6./JG 77. 02.02.43 badly WIA in shoulder and foot - Bf 109 G-4 (Brown 10) shot down vic St.Omer
- hospitalized for 4 months. 22.06.43 Fw., 6./JG 26 badly WIA - Fw 190 A-5 (Brown 13) hit by return fire
off Dunkirk. 26.07.43 Fw., 6./JG 26. 03.09.43 lightly WIA - Fw 190 A-4 (Brown 11) hit by return fire vic
Romilly sur Seine. 04.09.43 Fw., 6./JG 26. 29.11.43 Fw., with 7./JG 26. 28.01.44 with 7./JG 26.
27.04.44 Ofw., 5./JG 26. 20.03.44 (05.05.44?) Ofw., 7./JG 26 awarded the DKG. 19.06.44 Lt., 7./JG 26,
appt acting Staka 7./JG 26 (to 14.08.44). 05.07.44 Lt., acting Stafü 7./JG 26 WIA - Fw 190 A-8 (Brown
13) shot down, struck high voltage lines between Bure and Mele-sur-Sarthe, 21 km ENE of Alencon.
14.08.44 Oblt., Stafü 7./JG 26, appt acting? Staka 5./JG 26 (to 14.01.45 KIA)- recommended by
Kommodore Obstlt. Priller to be officially named Staka of 5./26. 23.09.44 Lt., 5./JG 26. 28.10.44 Lt.,
Staka 5./JG 26 lightly WIA - Fw 190 A-8 (White 13) mid-air collision with a Typhoon of 182 Sqdn. vic
Orsoy, 10 km NNE of Moers - force-landed due to engine failure. 25.11.44 Lt., 5./JG 26 awarded the
Ritterkreuz. 24.12.44 Lt., 5./JG 26. 14.01.45 Oblt., Staka 5./JG 26 KIA - Fw 190 D-9 (White 13) shot








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Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section A - F
CORDES, Karl Heinz "Heino". (DOB: 24.04.20). 02.05.43 Uffz.,in 1./JG 54. 05.07.43 Fw., 1./JG 54 unhurt? -
Fw 190 A-4 crashed vic Panikowo a/f. 02.09.43 Uffz., 1./JG 54. 04.11.43 Fw., 1./JG 54 unhurt? - Fw 190A-4
damaged vic Witebsk a./f - combat or accident?. 29.12.43 Fw., 1./JG 54. 06.03.44 Fw., awarded the
Ehrenpokal. 29.05.44 Lt., with 1./Erg.JGr. Ost. 23.08.44 Lt., Staka 2./JG 54. 12.09.44 Lt., Stab I./JG 54.
17.09.44 Lt., 2./JG 54. Credited with at least 42 and as many as 62 victories.



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CORDES, Karl Heinz "Heino". (DOB: 24.04.20).

Michelka,, Kurt Uffz 16 2/JG-54 (9/43 S.U.) Fw 190A
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Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section G - K
HALLER, Günther. (DOB: 17.05.24). 01.12.42 promo to Lt.(Ing.)/A1. 1943 with 5./JG 105 and
3./JGr. Ost. 10.10.43 Lt., 1./JG 54. 11.11.43 Lt., 1./JG 54. 04.01.44 Lt., 1./JG 54. 25.02.44 Lt.,
I./JG 54. 03.07.44 Lt., Stab/JG 54. 15.08.44 Lt., Stab/JG 54 WIA severely - Fw 190 A-5 (Black < 3)
shot down vic Neugut/Lithuania? - 17.08.44 died of wounds in a Latvian hospital. Credited with at
least 16 victories.






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Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section S - Z
SCHLOSSER, Heinrich. (DOB: 01.08.08 in Chemnitz). (R). 1929 took up glider flying. 02.30 received
powered flying training (to 06.30). 1931 received further training at DVS Schleissheim and
Braunschweig. 1932 flight instructor at schools at Cottbus and Lager Lechfeld. 1932 appt Leiter of
Flieger-Übungsstelle Chemnitz (to 10.33). 01.39 earned his instrument flying certificate, then became an
instrument flight instructor at Brandis. 01.07.39 promo to Lt.d.R. 24.08.39 trf to 1.(F)/Aufkl.Gr. 120.
09.39 with 1.(F)/Aufkl.Gr. 122. 01.10.39 because of his civilian flight training, he was accorded a rank of
Flugkapitän. 01.12.39 promo to Oblt.d.R. 12.39 returned to BFS Brandis as an instructor. 05.40
assigned to 2./KG 40 after transferring from the Aufklärungsflieger and taking instrument training at a
Blindflugschule. 10.05.40 sunk the Van Dyk (13,242 GRT) off Narvik. 02.10.40 sunk the Latymer (2,218
GRT). c.03.41 appt Staka 2./KG 40. 01.09.41 Hptm., appt Staka 10./KG 40 (to 29.05.42). 18.09.41
awarded the Ritterkreuz for sinking 55,000 GRT of enemy shipping. 01.06.42 promo to Hptm. 1942
Hptm., Kdr. KGr.z.b.V. 300 (to ?). c.06.42 appt Staka 1./KG 50. 07.42 aided in the creation of KG 50.
09.42 with II./KG 40. 01.43 flew some missions to Stalingrad. 01.01.43 promo to Maj. 01.02.43 Maj.,
appt provisional Kdr. I./KG 50 (to 10.09.43). 10.09.43 trf to Frontflieger-Sammelgruppe. 10.43 appt Kdr.
II./KG 40. 1944/45 served as a quartermaster on various staffs to the war's end. Served in the postwar
Bundeswehr. 16.03.60 promo to Obstlt. 1966 retired with the rank of Oberst. Credited with about 140
missions. †17.12.90 in Penzing near München.



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VF-42 aboard USS Yorktown (CV-5) in February 1942 (USN photo)



Seated (L-R): ENS Brainard T Macomber, LTJG Arthur J Brassfield, LTJG Roy M Plott, LTJG William N Leonard, LCDR Charles R Fenton, LCDR Oscar Pederson, LT Vincent F McCormack, LTJG William S Woollen, LTJG Leslie LB Knox. Standing (L-R): ENS E Duran Mattson, LTJG Richard L Wright, ENS Harry B Gibbs, LTJG William W Barnes, ENS John D Baker, LTJG E Scott McCuskey, LTJG Richard G Crommelin, ENS John P Adams, ENS Edgar R Bassett, LTJG Walter A Haas.

Macomber retired a Captain.
Brassfield retired a Captain.
Plott retired a Commander.
Leonard retired a Rear Admiral.
Fenton retired a Rear Admiral.
Pederson retired a Rear Admiral.
McCormack died on active duty, a Captain.
Woollen retired a Captain
Knox was KIA Battle of the Coral Sea, 7 May 1942 Lieutenant (JG)
Mattson retired a Lieutenant Commander
Wright was killed in a plane crash, 1952, a Commander
Gibbs retired a Captain.
Barnes retired a Commander.
Baker was KIA Battle of the Coral Sea, 7 May 1942, Ensign
McCuskey retired a Captain.
Crommelin was killed in a mid-air collision off Hokkaido, CO, VF-88, 15 Jul 1945, Lieutenant Commander
Adams retired a Captain.
Bassett was KIA Battle of Midway, 4 Jun 1942, Ensign
Hass retired a Captain.
 
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