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Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section S - Z
WICK, Helmut Paul Emil. (RE). (DOB: 05.08.15 in Mannheim). 1935-36 entered the Luftwaffe. 07.37
promo to Fähnrich. 1938 trf to II./JG 134. 01.09.38 promo to Lt. 01.39 trf to 1./JG 133 (becomes 1./JG
53 on 01.05.39). 30.08.39 trf to 3./JG 2. 01.09.39 Lt. I./JG 53 trf to I./JG 1. 22.11.39 Lt., 3./JG 2.
21.12.39 Lt., 3./JG 2. 20.05.40 Lt., 3./JG 2. 22.06.40 Lt., appt Staka 3./JG 2 (to 05.09.40). c. 01.08.40
promo to Oblt. 26.08.40 mentioned in despatches (and again on 06.10.40, 08.11.40, 26.11.40 and
04.12.40. 27.08.40 Oblt., awarded Ritterkreuz, Staka 3./JG 2. 01.09.40 promo to Hptm. 05.09.40
Hptm., appt Staka 6./JG 2 (to 09.09.40). 09.9.40 Hptm., appt Kdr. I./JG 2 (to 20.10.40). 06.10.40 Hptm.,
awarded Eichenlaub, Kdr. I./JG 2. 20.10.40 Hptm., appt Kommodore JG 2 (to 28.11.40 KIA). c. 01.10.40
Promo to Maj. (RDA not assigned). 28.11.40 Maj. and Kommodore JG 2, MIA – baled out (other
accounts state that he did not bale out) after being shot down by 609 Sqdn. 40 km SW of the Isle of Wight
and came down in the Channel; not seen again and believed to have been dragged under by his parachute or
gone under with his plane, a Bf 109 E-4 (Black < - + -). 01.08.44 officially still listed as MIA. Credited
with 168 combat missions and 56 air victories. Wick is acclaimed not only for his leadership and scoring
success, but for his extraordinary rise from Leutnant to Major is just a year. He was the first
Eichenlaubträger killed in the war and the Luftwaffe's highest scoring fighter pilot at the time of his death.



  1. http://www.ww2.dk/Lw Offz - S-Z Apr 2024.pdf
  2. Jagdflieger Major Wick Me Bf 109 Bilanz Leitwerk Richthofen Geschwaderabzeichen | eBay
 
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German

Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section G - K
KÖGL, Peter. (DOB: 17.01.08). 20.04.27 entered service with the Polizei. 01.12.33 pilot training with
DVS Schleissheim, Stettin and Braunschweig, and at Grosse KFS Lechfeld (to 30.09.34). 01.10.34 trf
to the Luftwaffe and continued training at Grosse KFS Lechfeld. 04.35 received the Lw. advanced
flying certificate (re-examined 11.09.36). 01.07.35 trf to Fliegergruppe Schwerin. 12.03.36 appt
Staffelführer in I./St.G. 162 (Schwerin). 01.01.37 promo to Hptm. 01.03.37 appt Staka in I./St.G.
162 (Schwerin). 01.04.37 Hptm., appt Staka 10.(Stuka)/Lehrgeschwader Greifwald (to 31.10.37).
01.11.37 Hptm., appt provisional Kdr. IV.(Stuka)/Lehrgeschwader Greifwald (to 31.05.39). 01.06.39
appt Kdr. IV.(Stuka)/Lehrgeschwader 1 (Barth) (to 14.06.40). 14.06.40 Hptm., KDr. (IV.(St)/LG 1
KIA - in Ju 87 B shot down by artillerie fire near Cappel/20 km SSW of Saarbrücken, crashed near
Cappel).





  1. https://www.ww2.dk/Lw Offz - G-K Apr 2024.pdf
  2. Foto Flugzeug Me109 von Hptm. Kögl Gruppenkommandeur L1 Sturzkampfgeschwader 1 | eBay
 
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WWII 8th USAAF B-17 Fortress Aircrew Nose Art ETO England 1943 6 REPRINT Photos | eBay
American

Douglas B-17F-30-DL 42-3184 U.S.S Aliquippa

42-3184 | American Air Museum in Britain December 1943 with Pilot Henry J. Roeber; Co-pilot Casimir J. Paulinski; Navigator: Donald J. McPhee; Bombardier George Solkolsky; Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Walter T. Sybo; Radio Operator Hubert F. O'Neill; Ball turret gunner: Clayton C. Verlo; Left Waist gunner: Seymour N. Wolfson; Right Waist gunner: Royce F. McGillvary; Tail gunner: Irvin Sumpter (10 Prisoner of War). Hit by enemy aircraft, bellied in safely at De Haar Farm, near Azelo / Bornerbroek, OverIjssel Province, The Netherlands. Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 1711.



After crash in the Netherlands

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Neergestort vliegtuig (B17) in het landschap bij Bornerbroek (1943)



Neergestort vliegtuig (B17) in het landschap bij Bornerbroek (1943) - Het Geheugen



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German 07-02-1941 Friday

Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section L - R
PLATEN-HALLERMUND, Georg, Graf von. (DOB: 02.11.10 in Ludwigslust). 01.04.36 promo to Lt.
01.02.39 promo to Oblt. 11.04.41 Oblt., appt Staka 11./KG 54 (to 30.06.41). 01.07.41 Oblt., appt
Staka 2./KG 54 (to 25.10.41). 10.07.41* Oblt., 2./KG 54 damaged Ju 88 (B3+AK) by AA vic
Novograd(?). 26.10.41 Hptm., appt Kdr. I./KG 54 (to 19.11.42). 01.02.42 promo to Hptm. 05.04.42
Oblt., credited with a hit on the cruiser Penelope during a raid on Malta. 27.04.42 Hptm., awarded
Ehrenpokal. 01.04.43 Hptm., appt Kdr. IV./KG 54 (to 19.04.43 or 17.06.43?). 17.06.43 trf to
Frontflieger-Sammelgruppe. 22.07.43 Hptm. in Frontflieger-Sammelgruppe, trf to
Kampfbeobachterschule 1 (to 24.09.43). 01.08.43 promo to Maj. 24.09.43 trf to Stab/General der
Nachtjagd. 02.44 Maj., appt Kdr. I.KG 101 (to 19.09.44). 15.10.44 Maj., appt Kdt. Fl.H.Kdtr. A(o)
29/VII (to 15.04.45). [*according to the unit KTB, although von Platen-Hallermund's flight log
(Flugbuch) states that he was in Lechfeld/Germany from 6 to 11 July and did not return to the front
until the afternoon of 11 July.]








  1. https://www.ww2.dk/Lw Offz - L-R Apr 2024.pdf
  2. Totenkopfgeschwader, Luftwaffe, 2.WK, Olt von Platen, Gruppenkommandeur 1.Gruppe | eBay
 
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German

Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section A - F
BOKEMEYER, Rolf. (DOB: 06.10.17). 1940 in 6./NJG 1 then moved to 13./NJG 5. 09.05.41 Lt., 5./NJG 1.
01.04.42 promo to Oblt. 30/31.05.42 Oblt., 5./NJG 1. 03.06.42 Oblt., 5./NJG 1 WIA - Bf 110 D-3 (G9+JN)
force-landed vic Soers ("Salvaterberg") near Aachen due to engine failure. 11.11.42 Staka 3./NJG 5. 13.06.43
Oblt., 8./NJG 1. 11.01.44 Oblt., 3./NJG 5. 01.08.44 officially listed as MIA. 15.10.44 Oblt., appt Staka of
4./NJG 5 (to 05.04.45). Credited with 3 day victories and 4 night victories.



  1. https://www.ww2.dk/Lw Offz - A-F Apr 2024.pdf
  2. Orig. Foto Portrait NJG1 NJG5 Nachtjagd Pilot Ass - Rolf Bokemeyer - WIA Aachen | eBay
 
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German

Bargel, Georg Ofw 3/5/1916 Lawalde, Görlitz 2 11/NJG-5, 2/NJG-100 Bf 110C, D & E; Do 217J, Ju 88C Werk # Unk (lost 4/4/44)
EK 1 & 2
Night Fighter Operational Clasp KilledInAction (KIA) 4 April, 1944 3km W of Adunatii-Copaceni, Romania during aerial combat (Boiten). Added: Burial GWC Bucharest, E/5/72 (M.Krebbers). One known victory, a Halifax at Buschau by Barnholz on 30 March, 1943. A Soviet DB-3 S of Jelenowka on the night of 1-2 August, 1943.



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  2. Orig. Foto Portrait NJG1 NJG5 NJG100 Nachtjagd Pilot Bargel - KIA Rumänien 1944 | eBay
 
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