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German Georg Mayr + 11-08-1941 Monday 4./Jg52

Bf 109F-2, 6721, Mayr, Ofw. Georg, , II., 4., JG 52, weiße, 5 +, DJ+JC, , 11-Aug-41, KIA due to Flak and infantry fire., , Lfl.1/Eins.Osten, Gen.Qu.6.Abt. (mfm #4)-Vol.6; Prien, et al, Die Jagdfliegerverbände, VI.2, p.49; Fast, JG 52, IV, p.49, LEMB, bei Minjuschi, 100%


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Germa Nachtjagd Bordfunker Horst Kersten, hier als Unteroffizier im II./NJG1, später gefallen am 25./26. Dezember 1944 als Feldwebel der 12./NJG1 in Bf 110 G-4 "G9+DZ" (Werknr. 160587) der Uffz. Franz Rothmeier, im Raum Elsdorf / Angelsdorf (hier beerdigt), bei Einsatz über d. Ardennen / Eifel

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German NJG1

Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section G - K
GREINER, Ambrosius. (DOB: 11.10.13). (W.B.K. Rastatt). 01.08.43 promo to Oblt. (Kr.O./Ln.).
02.45 Lt.(Kr.O./Ln.), released from active service on the basis of "UK".
GREINER, Eberhard. (DOB: 12.05.98). 08.07.41 Maj., Kdtr. des Flakartillerie-Schiessplatzes Rerik, trf
to Kolonen-Abschnittskommandeur Nord in Luftgau II. AS 02.42 Maj., appt Kdr. Kolonnen-Abt.
I/100 (to 04.42). 10.04.42 Maj.(Erg.O.), Kdr. Kolonnen-Abt. I/100, appt Kdr. Kolonnen-Abt. II/100.
26.06.42 appt Div.Nachschubführer/17. Flak-Div. (to 1943). 01.08.42 promo to Obstlt. 02.43 Obstlt.
(as Eberhardt Greiner), appt Kdr. Flak-Rgt. 37 (mot) (to 08.43).
GREINER, Ewald. (DOB: 04.06.17 ). (W.B.K. Stuttgart I). 01.11.42 Wachtmeister, promo to Lt.
(Kr.O./Flak).
GREINER, Georg Hermann. (DOB: 02.01.20 in Heidenheim/Brenz). (RE, DKG). 01.10.38 entered the
Luftwaffe. 03.39 began schooling: attended Aufklärungsschule at Grossenhain, Blindflugschule at
Neuburg-Donau, Zerstörerschule 2 at Memmingen, JFS 2 at Schleissheim and Nachtjadgschule at
Stuttgart-Echterdingen. 30.10.39 received pilot's licence. c.11.39 attended FFS C at Alt- Lönnewitz.
09.41 finished schooling. 01.10.41 Lt. trf II./NJG 1. 01.42 trf to 4./NJG 2. 01.04.42 promo to Oblt.
06.42 in IV./NJG 1. 25/26.06.42 Oblt., II./NJG 2. 01.09.42 Ofw., promo to Lt.(Kr.O./Fl.). (RDA
01.09.41). 07.10.42 with 11./NJG 1. 23.11.42 began training with NJ-Schule 1. 01.05.43 Lt.,
IV./NJG 1. 19.05.43 trf to 10./NJG 1. 26.05.43 Lt., 11./NJG 1. 25.07.43 Oblt., 11./NJG 1.
03.08.43 Oblt., 11./NJG 1. 24.08.43 Oblt., 10./NJG 1. 01.09.43 Oblt., appt Staka 10./NJG 1 (to
01.03.44). 04.10.43 appt Staka Luftbeobachter-Erprobungstaffel of I./NJG 1. 02.12.43 returned to
10./NJG 1. 30.01.44 Oblt., 10./NJG 1. 28.02.44 Oblt., awarded the Ehrenpokal. 01.03.44 appt
Staka 11./NJG 1 (to 03.11.44). 29.03.44 Oblt., awarded DKG, 10./NJG 1. 22/23.04.44 Hptm.,
11./NJG 1. 01.06.44 in IV./NJG 1, promo to Hptm. 27.07.44 Oblt., Staka 11./NJG 1, awarded
Ritterkreuz. 23.09.44 Hptm., IV./NJG 1. 04.11.44 Hptm., appt Kdr. IV./NJG 1 (to 08.05.45).
20/21.02.45 Hptm., Stab IV./NJG 1. 05.03.45 WIA. 07/08.03.45 Hptm., Kdr. IV./NJG 1 severely
WIA over the Eifel area after bailing out and striking his knee on the tailfin. Spent remainder of war
in hospital. 17.04.45 Hptm., awarded Eichenlaub. Credited with 204 combat missions and 51 air
victories, all but 4 at night. 1946-57 studied law and became a sales representative for a textile
factory. 01.08.57 joined the Bundesluftwaffe with the rank of Hauptmann. 18.09.1974 retired as an
Oberstleutnant. He has lived in Wangen im Allgäu since 1980. †26.09.2014 in Wangen im Allgäu


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German Nachtjagd Gefreiter Willi Dietrich, hier noch beim 4./NJG1 (siehe schöne Anstecknadel mit Geschwaderwappen!). Später als Unteroffizier zur 8./NJG3, und gefallen an Bord der Ju 88 G-1 ("D5+JS") der Oblt. Horst Henning, bei Absturz am 7./8. Oktober 1944 in Hadersleben, Dänemark. Heute in Esbjerg beerdigt.

Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section G - K
HENNING, Horst. (DOB: 10.04.17 in Danzig). (W.B.K. Prag). (R, DKG). 09.39 with 1./KG 77.
19.12.41 Ofw., awarded DKG, 1./KG 77. 22.05.42 Ofw. in 1./KG 77, awarded the Ritterkreuz after
completing 314 combat missions and destroying 20 planes on the ground, 23 trains, 3 AA batteries and
1 plane in the air. 01.04.43 Lt., promo to Oblt. (Kr.O.)(RDA 01.09.41). (n.d.) Oblt., trf to IV./KG
77 as an instructor 13.07.44 Oblt., on completion of aerial torpedo training to be appt Staka of 7./KG
77. 05.04.44 Lt., 5./KG 100 MIA - Do 217 E-5 (6N+GP) lost to a Beaufighter off the Algerian coast
during shipping attack. c.07.44 trf to night fighters and assigned to 8./NJG 3. 07/08.10.44 Oblt. in
8./NJG 3, KIA - Ju 88 G-1 (D5+JS) crashed shortly after take-off (possibly caused by a sharp change
in wind direction) vicinity Ustrup, SW of Hadersleben/Denmark during operations. Buried at
Fovrfelt ( or Esbjerg/Denmark). Posthumous promo to Hptm. Credited with 7 night victories,
destroyed 20 a/c on the ground, 23 trains and 3 AA batteries in at least 314 bomber missions and 10 to
15 nightfighter missions.

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German Nachtjagd Pilot Eckart-Wilhelm von Bonin, hier als Leutnant und Staka der 6./NJG1, später ua DK & RK, Major und Gruppenkommandeur der II./NJG1, 37 Luftsiege


Portrait der Nachtjagd Bordfunker Friedrich Johrden, Oberfeldwebel im 6./NJG1, verwundet am 21./22. Juni 1943 in Bf 110 G-4 "G9+BP" (Werknr. 5445) der Hptm. Eckart-Wilhelm von Bonin, Notlandung beim Kloster Achel, südlich Eindhoven an der belgisch-holländischen Grenze

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BONIN, Eckart-Wilhelm von. (DOB: 14.11.19 in Potsdam). (R, DKG). 11.37 entered the Luftwaffe as a
Fahnenjunker. 01.08.39 promo to Lt. (Tr.O./Fl.)(RDA withheld), RLM/Ob.d.L. pool (Sch.Etat). 01.09.39
RDA as Lt., bei Ob.d.L. pool (Sch.Etat). 10.40 Adj. in II./NJG 1. 23.10.40 trf to 6./NJG 1. 11.05.41 Lt.,
6./NJG 1. 15.07.41 Lt., 6./NJG 1. 01.11.41 appt Adj. II./NJG 1. 21.05.42 Oblt., appt Staka 6./NJG 1 (to
22.11.43). 12.03.43 Oblt., 6./NJG 1. 03.04.43 Oblt., 6./NJG 1. 08.05.43 Oblt., 6./NJG 1 awarded the
Ehrenpokal. 21/22.06.43 Oblt., 6./NJG 1 WIA - Bf 110 G-4 (G9+BP) damaged by fire from enemy plane vic
Achel, near the Trappist monastry, and suffered engine failure while trying to land at Eindhoven - struck
obstacle on ground. 01.08.43 awarded DKG, 6./NJG 1. 07.09.43 Oblt., 6./NJG 1. 03.11.43 Oblt., 6./NJG 1.
22.11.43 Oblt., appt Kdr. II./NJG 1 (to 22.10.44). 01.12.43 promo to Hptm. 05.02.44 Hptm., awarded
Ritterkreuz, Kdr. II./NJG 1. 15/16.03.44 Hptm., Stab II./NJG 1. 01.08.44 promo to Maj. 26.10.44 Maj., appt
Kdr. I./NJG 102 (to 28.03.45). 04.45 Maj., in Stab/Generalbevollmächtigten für Strahlflugzeuge. Credited
with c.150 combat missions and 37 air victories, all but 2 of these at night. †11.01.92 in
Luhmühlen/Niedersachsen (or Hamburg-Eimsbüttel).


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German Nachtjagd Pilot Hans-Jörg Birkenstock, hier als Leutnant im 6./NJG1, später beim I./NJG6 (ua als Adjudant), und gefallen am 19./20. Mai 1944 bei Vossenack, Hürtgenwald, 7 Luftsiege

Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section A - F
BIRKENSTOCK, Hans-Jörg (Hans-Georg?). (DOB: 25.12.19 in Arheiligen near Darmstadt). 08.12.41 Lt.,
6./NJG 1 unhurt - Bf 110 E-1 (G9+CP) damaged when overshot runway and flipped over on soft ground 10 km
E of Lüneburg - during training flight. 24.02.42 Lt., 6./NJG 1 WIA - Bf 110 E-2 (G9+AP) crashed 3 km E of
Bremen - right engine fire after take-off - snagged starboard wingtip when attempring to turn around.
09/10.08.43 Oblt., Stab I./NJG 6. 18/19.11.43 Oblt., Stab I./NJG 6. 30/31.01.44 Stab I./NJG 6. 25/26.02.44
Oblt., I./NJG 6. 18/19.03.44 Oblt., I./NJG 6 WIA - Bf 110 G-4 shot down by a night fighter vic Baumhelder.
25.02.44 Oblt., I./NJG 6. 19/20.05.44 Oblt., Adj. Stab I./NJG 6 KIA - Bf 110 G-4 (2Z+BB) vic
Vossenack/Eifel during a combat mission, in collision with Halifax LK750 (MH-Y2) of 51 Sqdn. Buried at
Darmstadt. Credited with 7 victories.

Aircraft: Bf 110 G4. After combat and subsequent collision with enemy aircraft. Halifax III LK750 MH-V 51 SquadronOblt. (Oberleutnant) Hansjörg Birkenstock, baled out-wounded (Later killed in action 19.05.1944) Bordfunker (Wireless Operator): Uffz. Walter Welz, baled out-wounded (Believed to have survived the war) Bordschütze (air gunner): Ogfr. Kurt Maciejewski, baled out-wounded (Later killed in action - 27.05.1944

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  3. 51 Squadron Halifax III LK750 MH-Y2 Fl/Sgt. Seaman, RAF Snaith, Oblt. Hans-Georg Birkenstock, Stab1/NJG/5, Baumholder, Germany
 
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German Nachtjagd Bordfunker Hugo Bauer, hier noch als Gefreiter im II./NJG1, später als Feldwebel des 10./NJG1 verwundet am 25./26. Juli 1943 bei Flugplatz Leeuwarden (Holland), und gefallen beim Stab des III./NJG3 am Fassberg bei Göttingen, am 3./4. Oktober 1943 bei Absturz seiner Bf 110 G-4-U7 (Werknr. 5560, D5+AD) der Hauptmann Rudolf Sigmund

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Bordschutze Uffz Johannes Dittrich
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Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section S - Z
SIGMUND, Rudolf. (DOB: 05.03.15 in Hardheim/Baden). (R, DKG). c.04.41 Lt., trf to 1./NJG 1. c.03.42
Oblt., appt Adj.II./NJG 2. c.04.42 Staka 11./NJG 1. 20/21.06.42 Oblt., Stab II./NJG 2. 01.10.42 Oblt.,
appt Staka 10./NJG 1 (to 31.08.43). 04.01.43 Oblt., 10./NJG 1. 29.03.43 Oblt., 10./NJG 1 awarded the
Ehrenpokal. 28.05.43 Hptm., 10./NJG 1. 01.06.43 in Führerreserve Ob.d.L., promo to Hptm.
20/21.06.43 Hptm., 10./NJG 1. 22.07.43 Oblt., awarded DKG, 10./NJG 1. 25/26.07.43 Hptm., 10./NJG 1
WIA - Bf 110 G-4 (G9+AX) vic Leeuwarden a/f. 02.08.43 Hptm., awarded Ritterkreuz, Staka 11./NJG 1.
31.08.43 Hptm. in 10./NJG 1, appt Kdr. III./NJG 3 (to 03.10.43). 03/04.10.43 Hptm., Stab III./NJG 3 KIA
- Bf 110 G-4 (D5+AD) accidentally shot down by German Flak over Kassel and crashed SW Göttingen.
Buried at Reichenbrüch (Reichenbuch?). Credited with over 150 combat missions and 25 night and 2 day
victories.

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German BARTE, Walter. (DOB: 10.10.11). (W.B.K. Potsdam I). (DK). 1941 assigned to Lfl.Kdo. 2. 01.05.41 appt Techn.Offz. II./NJG 1. 15/16.09.41 Oblt., Stab II./NJG 1. 01.05.42 Oblt., appt Staka 4./NJG 1 (to 15.10.43). 01.04.43 promo to Hptm. (Kr.O.). 12.06.43 Oblt., 4./NJG 1. 09.08.43 Oblt., awarded Ehrenpokal. 15.10.43 Hptm., appt provisional Kdr. III./NJG 3 (to 10.44). 16.12.43 Hptm., Stab III./NJG 3. 09.04.44 Hptm., Stab III./NJG 3. 01.05.44 promo to Maj. 15.06.44 appt acting Kdr. III./NJG 3. 01.10.44 Hptm., awarded DK, Kdr. of an unspecified Nachtjagdgeschwader. 15.10.44 appt permanent Kdr. III./NJG 3. 08.05.45 Maj., "Staka" in "VII."/NJG 3. Credited with 17 night victories and 2 day victories.

Night Fighter Operational Clasp Also seen the name spelled "Barthe". One known victory, a B-17 of the 100th BG flown by Robert Knox. A double victory, his 1st and 2nd, on 15-16 September, 1941, 2 Hampdens, no locations. Two victories on 31 May, 1942; a Wellington 30 km north of Hasselt, and a Manchester at Kinroy. A Stirling I of RAF No. 149 Sq. at lEcluse (Brabant), 10 km SW of Tienen Belgium the night of 5-6 June, 1942. A Wellington 2 km southwest of Oploo on 1 August, 1942. A Lancaster I of RAF No. 83 Sq. at Morkhoven (Antwerpen), 6 km SSW of Herentals Belgium, the night of 24-25 August, 1942. Two Wellington IVs of RAF No. 21 (OTU) in the Limburg Belgium area the night of 16-17 September, 1942. Two more victories, a Lancaster and a Halifax on 12 June, 1943. Another dual victory, a Lancaster and a Halifax at Peenemünde on 17 August, 1943. A Lancaster at Berlin-Reindendorf on 16 December, 1943. A "4 mot" SW of Düsseldorf on 23 April, 1944. A B-17 at Jävenitz, SW of Stendal, on 29 April, 1944.

(Quelle ww2 dk und aircrewremembered)

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German Feldwebel Georg Bargel, hier noch beim NJG1 (siehe auch Miniatur Orden mit Geschwaderwappen!), 2 Luftsiege, später beim 11./.NJG5 und 2./NJG100, gefallen am 4. April 1944 bei Luftkampf in Adunati-Copaceni, Rumänien

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am going backwards in this fine series of photos presented. post # 1098 should read Ernst Scheufele by his 109 in JG 5. Later he flew in IV./JG 4. wonderful chap to interview over the phone.
I've learnt way more German words and terms from this topic than what a language course could teach me!
 
American B-17F-75-DL 42-3534 "Ol' Dad delivered Denver Jul 24, 1943, to Dyersburg Aug 31, 1943. Assigned to 349th BS, 100th BG at Thorpe Abbots Sep 9, 1943. (100th BG, 349th BS, Ol'Dad lost Apr 27, 1944 on mission to Le Culot, France. MACR 4268. 9 crew POW, 1 evaded. 27-04-1944 Thursday Picture is taken in Pyote Texas December 1943.
Left to Right Back Row
Sgt Lee- 1st Engineer
Sgt Cornelius - 2nd Engineer
Sgt Herdzils - 3rd Engineer
Sgt Hamilton Armorer Tail bunker.
Sgt. Erg Radio Operator
Left To Right Front Row
Lt. W. C. Shaddix, Pilot (Georgia)
Lt. G. Sullivan, Co-Pilot (New York)
Lt. Marry Tennenbaum-Navigator (New York)
H.C.M. Dailey, Latrine Engineer (Gunner Bombardier

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