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German German NOWOTNY, Walter ("Nowi"). (DOB: 07.12.20 in České Velenice/Gmünd on the Austria/ Czechoslovakia border). (RESB, DKG). JG54 Grunherz

German

Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section L - R
LANGE, Dr. Heinz. (DOB: 02.10.17 in Köln). (R, DKG). 1937 entered LKS Wildpark-Werder. (n.d.)
trf to 4./JG 234 then II./JG 132. 15.07.39 Lt., trf to 1./JG 21. 16.09.39 Lt., 1./JG 21 unhurt - Bf 109
D-1 (White 12) crash-landed at Klein-Zechen between Sokoly - Rostken due to weather and darkness.
18.10.39 Lt., 1./JG 21 unhurt - Bf 109 D-1 crashed on take-off at Celle - limited damage. 30.10.39
Oblt., 1./JG 21 (06.07.40 redesignated as 7./JG 54). 13.05.40 Hptm., WIA in crash landing at
Stavanger-Sola after being shot up by a Blenheim. 26.06.40 appt Adj. in III./JG 54. 08.40 promo to
Oblt. 25.08.40 trf to 8./JG 54. 30.06.41 Oblt., 8./JG 54. 29.07.41 Oblt., 8./JG 54. 02.08.41 Oblt.,
8./JG 54. 23.09.41 Oblt., 8./JG 54. 01.10.41 Oblt., appt Staka 1./JG 54 (to 15.10.42). 03.02.42
Oblt., 1./JG 54. 14.03.42 Oblt., 1./JG 54. 01.05.42 Oblt., 1./JG 54. 07.08.42 Oblt., 1./JG 54.
30.09.42 Oblt., 1./JG 54. 02.11.42 Oblt., awarded the Ehrenpokal. 02.11.42 Oblt., appt Staka 3./JG
51 (to 07.05.44). 17.12.42 Oblt., 3./JG 51. 17.01.43 Oblt., 3./JG 51. 01.02.43 promo to Hptm.
24.02.43 Hptm., 3./JG 51. 11.05.43 Hptm., 3./JG 51. 17.05.43 Hptm., awarded DKG, 3./JG 51.
05.07.43 Hptm., 3./JG 51. 15.08.43 Hptm., 3./JG 51 appt acting Kdr. I./JG 51 (to 30.08.43).
26.08.43 Hptm., 3./JG 51. 05.09.43 Hptm., 3./JG 51. 05.09.43 Hptm., 3./JG 51. 21.10.43 Hptm.,
3./JG 51. 01.01.44 Hptm., 3./JG 51. 01.44 appt Kdr. I./JG 54? 04.01.44 Hptm., Stab I./JG 51.
06.01.44 Hptm., 3./JG 51. 01.02.44 Hptm., Staka 3./JG 51 (to 07.05.44, then Kdr. IV./JG 51).
10.04.44 Hptm., IV./JG 51. 09.05.44 Hptm., appt Kdr. IV./JG 51 (to 11.04.45). 29.06.44 Hptm.,
Stab IV./JG 51. 24.07.44 Hptm., Stab III./JG 51. 17.08.44 Hptm., Stab IV./JG 51. 29.08.44 Hptm.,
Stab IV./JG 51. 16.10.44 Hptm., Stab IV./JG 51. 18.11.44 Hptm., awarded Ritterkreuz, Kdr. IV./JG
51. 31.12.44 Maj., Kdr. IV./JG 51. 01.01.45 promo to Maj. 12.04.45 Maj., appt Kommodore JG 51
and concurrently from 29.04.45 Kdr. IV./JG 51 (to 08.05.45). 08.05.45 Maj., Kommodore JG 51.
Credited with 628 combat missions and 70 air victories. (n.d.) after the war, received a doctorate in
law from the University of Kiel and worked for an insurance company. †26.02.2006.

Credited with 73 aerial victories, claimed in 628 combat missions, all but one on the Eastern Front. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross.

1. https://www.ww2.dk/Lw Offz - L-R Apr 2024.pdf
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German

Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section L - R
RAMMELT, Karl Heinz. (DOB: 10.06.14 in Nebra/Sachsen). (R, DKG). 1934-40 held technical
positions in the Luftwaffe. 20.05.42 Oblt., trf to II./JG 51. 05.42 in 4./JG 51. 12.06.42 Oblt., 4./JG
51. 10.08.42 Oblt., 4./JG 51. 03.09.42 force-landed in a Bf 109 F-2. 14.09.42 Oblt., 4./JG 51.
20.03.43 Oblt., 4./JG 51. 03.43 Oblt., appt Staka 4./JG 51 (to 06.06.43). 19.05.43 Oblt., 4./JG 51.
06.06.43 appt Kdr. II./JG 51 (to 28.12.43, WIA - after combat, crashing S of Rovigo). 25.06.43 Oblt.,
awarded the Ehrenpokal. 09.43 concurrently appt Jagdfliegerführer Griechenland (to 02.44)?
01.11.43 promo to Hptm. 28.12.43 Hptm., Stab II./JG 51 WIA - Bf 109 G-6 (<<+ +) hit by return fire
from a B-24 S of Rovigo - bailed out. 16.01.44 Hptm., awarded DKG, II./JG 51. 19.01.44
concurrently appt Jagdabschnittsführer Bulgarien (to 03.44). c.03.44 Hptm., re-appt Kdr. II./JG 51
after recovering from wounding (to 31.08.44?). 05.04.44 Maj., Stab II./JG 51. 01.05.44 promo to
Maj. 05.07.44 Maj., Stab II./JG 51. 01.09.44 Hptm., Kdr. II./JG 51 (to 23.23.44 WIA). 24.10.44
Maj., Kdr. II./JG 51 awarded the Ritterkreuz. 23.12.44 Maj., Stab II./JG 51 WIA - Bf 109 G-14
(Black << +) bailed out following combat with Soviet fighters N of Gran; wounds were serious enough
to prevent a return to combat duty. Credited with c.450 combat missions and 46 air victories. 04.56
joined the Bundeswehr. 30.09.69 retired as Obstlt. †13.05.2009 in Fürstenfeldbruck.

Rammelt flew a total of 450 sorties with JG 51, including numerous fighter-bomber attacks. Over the course of his career he achieved 46 aerial victories (including 18 in the East and 11 four-engined bombers). He was awarded the Knight's Cross.

German

Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section A - F
CRINIUS, Wilhelm. (DOB: 02.12.20 in Hohenhausen/Lippe). (RE). (W.B.K. Detmold). 26.08.39 entered the
military. 01.40 entered the Luftwaffe. 02.42 Gefr., assigned to 3./JG 53 on completion of fighter training.
02.42 unhurt? - Bf 109 F-4 (Yellow 13) no details. 09.06.42 Uffz., 3./JG 53. 08.07.42 Uffz., 3./JG 53 unhurt
Bf 109 F-4 (Yellow ?) force landed at Woronesh due to combat damage. 01.08.42 Uffz., 3./JG 53. 08.08.42
Fw., 3./JG 53. 26.08.42 Uffz., 3./JG 53. 01.09.42 promo to Fw. 02.09.42 Fw., 3./JG 53. 09.09.42 Fw.,
3./JG 53 awarded the Ehrenpokal. 23.09.42 Fw. in 3./JG 53, awarded Ritterkreuz, the Eichenlaub and promo to
Lt., all on the same date. 01.01.43 Lt., 3./JG 53. 13.01.43 Lt., 3./JG 53 POW/WIA – Bf 109 G-2/R1 (Black <
+ ?) shot down by a Spitfire over Tunisia, ditched following engine fire vic La Calle, spent a day in the water
before rescue and taken prisoner - wounded in the thigh - hospitalized. Credited with c.400 combat missions
and 114 air victories. †26.04.97 at Stuhr-Fahrenhorst.

Crinius was credited with 114 aerial victories claimed in approximately 400 combat missions. He scored 100 victories over the Eastern Front, and 14 victories claimed over the Western Front serving with JG 53. Crinius was awarded the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves.

His Bf109

1. https://www.ww2.dk/Lw Offz - A-F Apr 2024.pdf

German NOLLER, Wilhelm. (DOB: 28.11.19 in Schwäbisch Hall). (R, DKG).

Noller served with Schlachtgeschwader 2 and flew a total of 1058 combat missions, including 200 over Stalingrad. During this time he was credited with the destruction of 86 tanks, 2 armoured trains, 2 ships, 5 bridges, and 2 aerial victories. He was awarded the Knight's Cross.

German

Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section A - F
BEERENBROCK, Franz-Josef. (DOB: 09.04.20 in Datteln/Westfalen). (RE, DKG). 01.10.38 joined a flak
artillery unit. 1939 trf from the Flak branch to the Flieger branch and began fighter pilot training at Stolp.
03.41 trf to 12./JG 51. 24.06.41 Uffz., 12./JG 51. 30.06.41 Uffz., 12./JG 51. 06.41 in 10./JG 51? 23.07.41
Uffz., 12./JG 51. 27.08.41 Uffz., Stab IV./JG 51. 15.09.41 Uffz., awarded Ehrenpokal. 06.10.41 Uffz.,
awarded Ritterkreuz, 10./JG 51. 14.12.41 Uffz., Stab IV./JG 51. 24.02.42 Uffz., Stab IV./JG 51. 31.03.42.
Uffz.,Stab IV./JG 51. 27.05.42 Fw., Stab IV./JG 51. 17.06.42 Fw., awarded DKG, IV./JG 51. 28.07.42 Fw.,
Stab IV./JG 51. 03.08.42 Ofw., awarded Eichenlaub, 10./JG 51. 01.09.42 commissioned in the rank of Lt.
30.09.42 Lt., Stab IV./JG 51. 04.10.42 Lt., Stab IV./JG 51. 10.42 Lt., appt Staka 10./JG 51 (to 09.11.42).
07.11.42 Lt., 10./JG 51. 09.11.42 Lt. in Stab IV./JG 51, POW – Bf 109 F-2 (White 12) force-landed behind
Russian lines N of Velizh after claiming 3 enemy planes and taking hits in his own radiator; captured and
released after the war. (n.d.) promo to Lt. while in captivity. (n.d.) held at Krasnogorsk Camp Nr. 27. 12.49
released and returned to Germany. Credited with c.400 combat missions and 117 air victories. Post-war he
joined the Bundesluftwaffe. †13.12.2004 in Morsbach/Sieg or in Olfen. Credited with 501 combat missions
and 117 victories.

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German

Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section L - R
MATONI, Walter. (DOB: 27.06.17 in Duisburg). (W.B.K. München ). (R, DKG). (W.B.K.
Königsberg). 19.10.36 entered the military. 06.40 in 9./JG 27. 1940-41 Fw., in III./JG 27.
01.10.40 promo to Fw. 26.07.41 Fw., 9./JG 27. 17.08.41 Fw. trf to 5./JG 26. 21.09.41 trf to 7./JG 2.
20.10.41 trf to Erg.JGr. West to be an instructor (to 13 .02.43). 20.10.42 trf to Erg.JGr. Ost as an
instructor. 13.02.43 Lt., trf to II./JG 26. c.04.43 Lt., trf to II./JG 26. 01.04.43 Lt., promo to Oblt.
(RDA 01.01.42). 17.06.43 Lt., 6./JG 26. 01.08.43 in JG 26, promo to Oblt. (RDA 01.12.41).
31.08.43 Oblt., 5./JG 26 WIA - Fw 190 A-5 hit by return fire from a B-17, force-landed at Montdidier.
21.12.43 Oblt., 6./JG 26. 24.02.44 Oblt., appt Staka 5./JG 26 (to 14.08.44). 12.04.44 Oblt., 5./JG 26.
01.05.44 promo to Hptm. 08.05.44 Hptm., I./JG 2 awarded the Ehrenpokal. 15.08.44 Hptm., Staka
5./JG 26, appt Kdr. I./JG 11 (to 30.09.44). 24.09.44 Hptm., Kdr. I./JG 11, appt Kdr. I./JG 2 (to
30.09.44 ). 30.09.44 appt Kdr. I./JG 2. 01.10.44 Oblt., awarded DKG, 5./JG 26. 19.11.44 Hptm.,
Stab I./JG 2. 05(06?).12.44 Hptm., Kdr. I./JG 2 severely injured in a take-off accident at Merzhausen
- prevented from further combat flying - Fw 190 A. 16.12.44 Hptm., awarded Ritterkreuz. 01.01.45
Hptm., appt Kdr. II./JG 2 (to 28.02.45). 05.45 ended the war at the Fighter Pilot's rest-home at Bad
Wiessee. Credited with over 400 combat missions and 34 air victories (44 according to some
accounts). †26.06.88 in Frankfurt. Buried at Friedhof Escherheim.

Matoni was credited with 34 aerial victories claimed in over 400 claimed missions. He claimed three aerial victories on the Eastern Front, and further 31 aerial victories on the Western Front. He served with JG 27, JG 26, and JG 11 receiving the Knight's Cross.

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German

Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section A - F
DRÜNKLER, Ernst-Georg. (DOB: 08.07.20 in Bernburg/Saale). (R, DKG). 05.42 assigned to II./ZG 2. 11.42
trf to night fighters and assigned to I./NJG 5. 01.06.43 in I./NJG 5, promo to Oblt. 06.43 Oblt., appt acting
Staka 2./NJG 5. 12/13.06.43 Oblt., 2./NJG 5 detached to 12./NJG 1. 13.06.43 Hptm., II./NJG 1 unhurt - Bf
110 G-4 (C9+AK) crashed vic Begen-an-Zee a/f, to unknown cause. 25.07.43 Oblt., 12./NJG 1. 24.02.44
Oblt., 1./NJG 5. 12/13.07.44 Oblt., 1./NJG 5. 10.43 trf to 13./NJG 5 as a night fighter instructor. 16.02.44
appt Staka 1./NJG 5 (to 08.05.45). 31.03.44 Oblt., 1./NJG 5. 05.08.44 Oblt., 1./NJG 5. 02.09.44 Oblt.,
1./NJG 5. 01.10.44 promo to Hptm. 01.01.45 Oblt., awarded DKG, 1./NJG 5. 08/09.02.45 Hptm., 1./NJG 5.
05/06.03.45 Hptm., 1./NJG 5. 20.03.45 Hptm., awarded Ritterkreuz, Staka 1./NJG 5. 10/11.04.45 Hptm.,
1./NJG 5. Credited with 102 combat missions and 47 air victories, nearly all at night. †12.03.97 in Sottrum.

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American Lt John D Szlyk Boston Mass P-47 42-29176 P-47 D-20 RE Thunderbolt Bouvange Luxembourg

CREDIT...U.S.ARMY SIGNAL CORPS PHOT6G--PFC JOSEPH LAPINE...167
LT.JOHN D.SZLYK, BESTON, MASS. LEFT, TELLS CPL CHARLES A.KLEIN, CAMDEN, N.J., RIGHT, HOW HIS P-47 FIGHTER PLANE, IN BACKGROUND, WAS FORCED TO CRASH LAND NEAR BOEVANGE, LUXEMBOURG AFTER IT WAS RIDDLED BY ENEMY ANTI-AIRCRAFT FIRE ON A STRAFING MISSION OVER THE GERMAN LINES. CORPORAL KLEIN IS WITH THE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICE OF THE 6TH ARMORED DIVISION。 (B)
6TH ARM DIV, BOEVANGE, LUXEMBOURG

Snautzer01 said:

Lt John D Szlyk Boston Mass P-47 42-29176 P-47 D-20 RE Thunderbolt Bouvange Luxembourg

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Looks like he's getting a parking ticket.

A name with no vowels. Perhaps a member could give a phonetic pronunciation. I wonder what his nickname was?
Slick?

American US Navy VSB-5 Flight 118 NAS Miami

German

Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section S - Z
STERR, Heinrich ("Bazi"). (DOB: 24.09.19 in Ortenburg/Niederbayern). (R, DKG). (W.B.K. München II).
1939 entered the Luftwaffe. 01.06.40 trf to FFS A/B 111. 01.05.41 trf to Jagdfliegervorschule Kamens.
01.07.41 trf to Jagdfliegerschule Magdeburg. 15.09.41 trf to Erg.Gr. Neukuhren. 01.01.42 trf to 6./JG 54
(to 06.06.44). 1942 in II./JG 54. 01.42 trf to 6./JG 54. 19.07.42 Uffz., 6./JG 54. 25.12.42 Uffz., 6./JG
54. 07.01.43 Fw., 6./JG 54 WIA - Bf 109 G-2 (Yellow 10 + -) by LaGG -3s N of Ramushevo. 05.03.43
Fw., 6./JG 54. 30.04.43 Fw., awarded the Ehrenpokal. 17.05.43 Fw., with 6./JG 54. 10.06.43 Ofw.,
6./JG 54. 23.07.43 Ofw., awarded DKG, 6./JG 54. 02.08.43 Ofw., 6./JG 54. 08.10.43 Ofw., 6./JG 54
WIA - Fw 190 A-6 (Yellow 4) bailed out 3 km NE of Dymer - hospitalized. 01.11.43 promo to Lt. (Kr.O.)
(RDA 01.01.41). 05.12.43 awarded Ritterkreuz, 6./JG 54. 28.01.44 Lt., 6./JG 54. 19.03.44 Lt., 4./JG 54.
02.04.44 appt Staka 6./JG 54. 01.05.44 Lt., 6./JG 54. 18.09.44 Oblt., became Staka 16./JG 54 due to unit
renaming (to 26.11.44 KIA). 12.08.44 Oblt., 16./JG 54. 25.09.44 Lt., 16./JG 54. c.10.44 Oblt. Stafü
16./JG 54. 11.44 Oblt., Staka 9./JG 54 (to 26.11.44). 26.11.44 Oblt., Lt., 16./JG 54 KIA – Fw 190 A-8
(Blue 4) strafed on the ground and killed after landing at Vörden by P-51. Buried at Hofkirchen.
Recommended for the Eichenlaub. Credited with 129 air victories

Capt. Philip L. larson of 84th FS/78th FG who claimed a Fw 190 on 26.11.1944 over Vorden A/F. I assume this was Oblt. Sterr of IV./JG 54.

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A name with no vowels. Perhaps a member could give a phonetic pronunciation. I wonder what his nickname was?
Slick?

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Eslek or Eslik.

Is either of Polish or Czech origin.

Could be somewhere else, but these two are strongest possibilities, IMO.

In Polish it could be Szłyk or Słyk. Both names exist in the Polish. The difference is the 'sz". The one sound like the Engilish "sh" while the second one just as the "ss". Instead of the "l" there would be the "ł" in Polish. And actually there is no equivalent for the letter pronunciation in the English. However it sounds like the 'w" in the "watch" ( łocz ).

Wurger said:

In Polish it could be Szłyk or Słyk. Both names exist in the Polish. The difference is the 'sz". The one sound like the Engilish "sh" while the second one just as the "ss". Instead of the "l" there would be the "ł" in Polish. And actually there is no equivalent for the letter pronunciation in the English. However it sounds like the 'w" in the "watch" ( łocz ).

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Actually, in Hungarian, SZ is pronounced as S in English, and S is pronounced as Sh.

The Polish language is vise versa, as you mentioned.

Ralph Kidd Hofer ?

German Jagdflieger General Ernst Udet



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