NJG1 Holland KIA Nachtjagd Pilot Kurt Holler am Flugplatz RHEINE 1941
Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section G - K
HOLLER, Kurt. (DOB: 10.05.11 in Tannensbergsthal). (DKG). (n.d.) formerly with 6./KG.z.b.V. 1,
2./KG.z.b.V. 1, Erg./ZG 1 and 3./ZG 26. 01.01.40 promo to Hptm., Sch./Fl.Ausb.Rgt. 21. 05.10.40
trf to 9./NJG 1. 4.11.40 Hptm., Staka 9./NJG 1 WIA - Bf 110 D force-landed at Hamburg-Stade
during ferry flight from Schleswig to Rhein. 08.11.40 unhurt Bf 110 crash-landed at Stade-Lindtig
a./f. Early 1941 Oblt., Staka 9./NJG 1 (to 08.11.41?). 08.11.41 Oblt., appt Staka 1./NJG 1 (to
01.05.42). 14.11.40 Hptm., Staka 9./NJG 1 WIA - Bf 110 D-2 force-landed at Hamburg-Stade during
a ferry flight, Schleswig - Rheine. 01.05.42 Hptm., appt Kdr. III./NJG 4 (to 22.06.43). 28.06.42
Maj., III./NJG 4. 28.09.42 Maj., awarded Ehrenpokal. 21/22.12.42 Maj., Stab III./NJG 4 WIA - Bf
110 F-4 crash-landed N of Juvincourt following right engine failure. 16.02.43 Maj., named from
provision to permanent Kdr. III./NJG 4. 15.04.43 Maj., Stab III./NJG 4. 04.06.43 Maj., awarded
DKG, Stab III./NJG 4. 22.06.43 Maj., Kdr. III./NJG 1 KIA – in Bf 110 E-2 (3C+AD hit by return
fire from a bomber and crashed 1 km N of Moriaanshoofd near Schouwen/Holland. Buried at
Zypendaal then reburied post-war at Ysselsteyn. Credited with 18 victories.
Theo Boiten's
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part 1 on p. 126 states that Maj. Holler was shot down while making his second interception of the night, probably a 149 Squadron Stirling at 0141 hours and that Holler's BF110E-2, coded G9+AD crashed at Duivendijke on Schouwen, Zeeland.
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