German Frank Liesendahl + 17-07-1942 Friday - Jagdgeschwader 2 , JG2
Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section L - R
LIESENDAHL, Frank (Franz). (DOB: 23.02.15 in Wuppertal-Barmen). (R, DKG). 01.04.37 Ofhr.,
RLM pool (Schul.Etat), promo to Lt.(RDA 01.04.36). 01.07.39 Lt., II./JG 53 trf to II./ZG 1.
29.11.39 Oblt., RLM pool (Sch.Etat), with JGr. 101 , trf to II./JG 2. 01.12.39 Lt., trf from JGr. 101 to
II./JG 2. 26.05.40 Oblt. in II./JG 2, WIA/POW - Bf 109 E shot down over Dunkirk and captured.
09.09.40 Oblt., appt Staka 6./JG 2. 01.41 Oblt., Staka 6./JG 2 (to 20.02.41). 10.07.41 Oblt., 6./JG 2
WIA - Bf 109 F in combat, force-landed at Abbeville - hospitalized for about two months. 10.11.41
appt Staka 10.(Jabo)/JG 2. 29.01.42 awarded the Ehrenpokal. 05.06.42 Oblt., 10./JG 2 awarded
DKG, 10./JG 2. 07.42 Hptm., Staka 10.(Jabo)/JG 2 (to 17.07.42). 17.07.42 Hptm., Staka 10./JG 2
KIA - Fw 190 A-3 (Blue 14) failed to return from an attack on a freighter 2 km SE off
Brixham/England and reported missing; believed shot down by AA fire (body washed up 10 km E of
Berry Head on 06.09.42, then buried at sea). 04.09.42 Hptm., awarded Ritterkreuz, Staka 10./JG 2.
Credited with 142 combat missions
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