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English 611 SQUADRON with dog see post above FY-S SPITFIRE & PILOTS WITH MASCOT of 611 SQUADRON RAF BIGGIN HILL in 1942

SPITFIRE & PILOTS WITH MASCOT of 611 SQUADRON RAF BIGGIN HILL in 1942 | eBay

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German Leo Schumacher Rottenflieger Heinz Bar

Luftwaffe Foto, Ritterkreuzträger Leo Schumacher - German Air Force 1933-45 - Photo albums, Portraitphotos, military single photos, postcards - Military Antiques

Luftwaffe Foto, Ritterkreuzträger Leo Schumacher Foto Maße ca. 12 x 17 cm. Zustand 2.<br>

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German Hugo Dahmer vom Jagdgeschwader 5 "Eismeer" JG5

Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section A - F
DAHMEN, Eduard. 01.11.40 Dipl.Ing., accepted as a Fl.Stabs-Ing. with the RLM. 01.45 Flieger-Stabsingenieur
and Sachbearbeiter with Erprobungsstelle Tarnewitz. [from ADI(K) summaries: Regarding Erprobungsstelle
Tarnewitz - Chief of department for electric and pneumatic weapon accessories.]
DAHMEN . Ernst. 01.02.45 Stabsintendant (RDA 01.07.44), on Seniority List for TSD (V).
DAHMEN, Hans. (W.B.K.Wien I). 01.06.39 promo to Maj.(Wm.).(RDA) 01.11.39 Maj., Stab/Flak-Rgt. 8.
28.08.42 Maj., trf from Flak-Ers.Abt. 92 to Wehrmeldeamt Wien 8.
DAHMEN, Joseph. (DOB: 22.01.92). (W.B.K. Jülich). 16.10.43 Hptm. (d.R./Flak).
DAHMEN, Peter. (DOB: 01.05.11). (W.B.K. Limberg/Lahn). 01.04.43 promo to Hptm. (Kr.O.).(RDA
01.02.42). 19.09.44 Hptm. (Kr.O.), Kp.-Chef in Fallschirmjäger-Ers.Btl. Aschersleben, reported MIA.
DAHMEN, Rudolf. (DOB: 15.02.08). 05.02.45 Oblt.(Kr.O./Ln.), trf to the Fsch.AOK.
DAHMER, Hugo. (DOB: 07.05.18 in Koblenz). (R). (n.d.) initially with 4./JG 26. 16.05.40 Uffz., 4./JG 26.
05.40 Uffz. in 6./JG 26. 01.02.41 trf to 1./JG 77. 10.07.41 Fw., awarded the Ehrenpokal. 08.41 Ofw.,
awarded Ritterkreuz, 6./JG 5. c.12.42 returned to JG 26, but shortly after than trf to III./JG 2. 09.01.43 Lt.
(Kr.O.), with JG 26 trf to JG 2. 08.03.43 Lt., 7./JG 2. 16.08.43 Lt., 7./JG 2. 17.08.43 appt Staka 1./JG 2.
22.08.43 Lt., 1./JG 2. 11.09.43 Lt., 1./JG 2 WIA - Fw 190 A-5 by a Spitfire 5 km N of Rouen - bailed out.
19.09.43 Lt.d.R., Staka 1./JG 2 left the unit. 10.10.43 severely WIA. 1944 instructor in flight and/or fighter
schools. 1945 Hptm., R4/M under-wing rocket specialist, probably in RLM. Credited with 307 combat
missions and 57 air victories. 01.01.56 joined the Bundeswehr. 30.09.74 retired with a rank of Obstlt.
†01.08.2006 in Tropisdorf

1. http://www.ww2.dk/Lw Offz - A-F Apr 2024.pdf
2. https://www.weitze.com/militaria/56...hmer_vom_Jagdgeschwader_5_Eismeer__450056.htm

 

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German Ritterkreuzträger Oberfeldwebel Gerhard Scheibe bordfunker with pilot Manfred Meurer

Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section S - Z
SCHEIBE, Gerhard. (DOB: 06.04.17 in Zerbst/Sachsen). (R, DKG). 23.07.43 Fw. Bordfunker, awarded
DKG, 3./NJG 1. 26.07.43 awarded Ehrenpokal. 10.12.43 Ofw. Bordfunker, awarded Ritterkreuz, I./NJG
1. 21.01.44 KIA – during combat with an RAF bomber near Magdeburg. Credited with participation in
over 60 night victories.

Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section L - R
MEURER, Manfred. (DOB: 08.09.19 in Hamburg). (RE, DKG). 1939 entered service as a cadet in
Flak-Rgt. 6. c.07.40 trf to the Fliegertruppe and then attended a Zerstörer-Schule. c.01.41 assigned
to 9./NJG 1. 10.41 pilot in 2./NJG 1. 26/27.03.42 Lt., 9./NJG 1. 01.01.43 Oblt., appt Staka 3./NJG
1 (to 05.08.43). 03.02.43 Oblt., 3./NJG 1. 15.03.43 Oblt., Oblt., 3./NJG 1 awarded the Ehrenpokal.
31.03.43 Oblt., awarded DKG, 3./NJG 1 16.04.43 Oblt., awarded Ritterkreuz, Staka 3./NJG 1.
30.05.43 Oblt., 3./NJG 1. 21/22.06.43 Hptm., 3./NJG 1 WIA - Bf 110 G-4 (G9+DL) vic
Elsendorp/Netherlands, 22 km NW of Eindhoven due to engine failure. 22.06.43 Hptm., 3./NJG 1.
02.08.43 Hptm., awarded Eichenlaub, Staka 3./NJG 1. 05.08.43 Hptm., appt Kdr. II./NJG 5 (to
28.09.43). 01.09.43 Hptm.,Stab II./NJG 5. 28.09.43 Hptm., appt Kdr. I./NJG 1 (to 22.01.44).
03.11.43 Hptm., 3./NJG 1. 12.12.43 Hptm., 3./NJG 1. 21/22.01.44 Hptm., (Tr.O.), Kdr. Stab I./NJG
1 KIA – He 219 A-0 (G9+BB) in mid-air collision with an RAF bomber over the Magdeburg area,
crashed 20 km E of Magdeburg. Buried at Ohlsdorfer. Cemetery/Hamburg. Credited with c.130
combat missions and 65 night victories.

1. http://www.ww2.dk/Lw Offz - S-Z Apr 2024.pdf
2. http://www.ww2.dk/Lw Offz - L-R Apr 2024.pdf
3. https://www.weitze.com/militaria/40...er_Oberfeldwebel_Gerhard_Scheibe__449640.html
4. eBay: Airwar ww2 The Pilots.

 

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German Rolf Pingel im Jagdgeschwader 26 "Schlageter" JG26

Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section L - R
PINGEL, Rolf Peter ("Old"). (DOB: 01.10.13 in Kiel). (R). 15.03.37 Lt., trf to I./JG 134. 16.07.37
Lt., with 2. J/88. 22.08.37 in Spain. 22.08.37 Lt., with 2./JG 334. 09.37 trf to 2. J/88 of the Legion
Condor in Spain. 04.38 Hptm., appt Staka 2./JG 334 (to 31.10.38), then Staka 2./JG 133 (to 30.04.39).
01.05.39 appt Staka 2./JG 53 (to 21.08.40). 10.09.39 Oblt., 2./JG 53. 30.09.39 Oblt. and Staka 2./JG
53 - Bf 109 E hit by return fire from Fairey BattlesW of Saarbrücken (unhurt). 14.05.40 Hptm., 2./JG
53. 26.05.40 Hptm., 2./JG 53. c.06.06.40 appt acting Kdr. III./JG 53 (to 20.06.40). 11.06.40 Hptm.,
Stab III./JG 53. 22.08.40 Hptm., appt Kdr. I./JG 26 (to 10.07.41). 14.09.40 awarded Ritterkreuz,
Kdr. I./JG 26. 28.09.40 Hptm., I./JG 26 WIA - Bf 109 E-4 hit by Hurricanes of 249(238?) Sqdn. into
the Channel vic Hastings (Pl.Qu.1116.1) - rescued by Seenot. 16.06.41 Hptm., Stab I./JG 26.
10.07.41 Hptm., Stab I./JG 26 POW – Bf 109 F-2 (Black << +) shot down by Spitfires over England,
belly-landed near Dover and taken prisoner. Spent remainder of the war as a prisoner in Canada.
01.06.42 promo to Maj. 01.08.44 officially listed as a POW or internee in a neutral country. Credited
with c.550 combat missions and 28 air victories, of which 6 were in Spain. †04.04.2000 in Lollar.

1. http://www.ww2.dk/Lw Offz - L-R Apr 2024.pdf
2. https://www.weitze.com/militaria/38..._im_Jagdgeschwader_26_Schlageter__449738.html

 

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German Gustav Sprick Ritterkreuzträger und Staffelkapitän im Jagdgeschwader 26 "Schlageter" JG26

Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section S - Z
SPRICK, Gustav ("Micky"). (DOB: 29.11.17 in Biemsen/Westfalen). (R). 09.39 Fähnrich in 8./JG 26.
11.05.40 Lt., 8./JG 26. 01.06.40 Lt., 8./JG 26 unhurt - Bf 109 E-1 shot down over Furnes - bailed out.
06.06.40 Oblt., 8./JG 26. 14.06.40 Lt., 8./JG 26 lightly WIA - Bf 109 E-1 force-landed vic La Vieille 32
km SW of Everaux by AA or by a French fighter. 08.08.40 Oblt., appt Staka 8./JG 26 (to 28.06.41).
08.09.40 awarded the Ehrenpokal? 01.10.40 Lt., awarded Ritterkreuz, 8./JG 26. 16.06.41 Oblt., 8./JG 26.
22.06.41 Oblt., 8./JG 26. 28.06.41, KIA – Bf 109 F-2 (Black 13 +I) in combat with Spitfires near
Holque/France (12 km NNW of St.Omer) when his right wing collapsed. Credited with 192 combat
missions and 31 air victories.

1. http://www.ww2.dk/Lw Offz - S-Z Apr 2024.pdf
2. https://www.weitze.com/militaria/43...ader_26_Schlageter_Gustav_Sprick__449643.html

 

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German Helmut Rüffler Ritterkreuzträger vom Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet" JG3 postcard written on 23-12-1942 Wednesday

Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section L - R
RÜFFLER, Helmut. (DOB: 18.01.18 in Weissstein/Schlesien). (DKG). 28.09.40 trf to Erg.Gr./JG 3.
01.02.41 entered combat with 9./JG 3. 22.06.41 Uffz., 7./JG 3. 04.03.42 Fw., 7./JG 3. 25.07.42
Fw., 1./JG 3. 17.09.42 Fw., 1./JG 3. 19.10.42 Fw., 1./JG 3 awarded Ehrenpokal. 03.12.42 Fw.,
awarded DKG, I./JG 3. 23.12.42 Ofw., awarded Ritterkreuz, 4./JG 3. 15.06.43 trf to Erg.JGr. West
as an instructor ( to 30.08.43). 01.09.43 trf to 4./JG 3. 24.02.44 Ofw., 4./JG 3. 19.04.44 Ofw., 4./JG
3. 02.45 underwent conversion training to Me 262. 03.45 Ofw., Staffelführer 9./JG 51. Credited
with c.690 combat missions and 88 air victories. †21.09.2001 in Niederkassel.

1. http://www.ww2.dk/Lw Offz - L-R Apr 2024.pdf
2. https://www.weitze.com/militaria/16...effler_vom_Jagdgeschwader_3_Udet__450016.html

 

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American 25th antisub squadron Jacksonville Florida 1943 see b-25 here

1. (6+) 1943 WWII 4x5 Negs - B-25 Antisub patrol group enlisted crew and formations | eBay
2. (3) 1943 WWII 4x5 Negs - B-25 Antisub patrol group in planning mtg - operations | eBay

 

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American 374th Bomb Squadron Ubangi Bag B-24 Bomber Jacket 3rd pic: notive abscense of airplane nick name. All of the photographs listed this week belonged to Jim Nolan. He was with the 374th Bomb Squadron, 308th Bomb Group, 14th Air Force.

1. WWII US GI Photo - GI In 374th Bomb Squadron Ubangi Bag B-24 Bomber Jacket | eBay
2. WWII US GI Photo - GI In 374th Bomb Squadron Patch Ubangi Bag B-24 Jacket | eBay
3. WWII US GI Photo - 374th Bomb Squadron GI w/ Unit Patch On Jacket In Group Photo | eBay

Consolidated B-24D-20-CO 41-24194 Ubangi Bag, was originally assigned to the 14th Air Force, the 308th Bomb Group, and the 374th Bomb Squadron. It was sent back to the united states in late 1943 on a War Bond Tour.https://www.americanairmuseum.com/archive/aircraft/41-24194

 

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French Maurice Halna du Fretay quite a man.

Vintage Press Photograph of Maurice Halna Du Fretay Famous French Airman | eBay

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Descended from a family of Breton nobility , he was the son of Maurice-Jehan, Baron Halna du Fretay, and Marie-Noémie Fourtier-Rouget (bornDecember 13, 1891in Saint-Brieuc ) [ 1 ] , [ 2 ] and the great-grandson of archaeologist Maurice Halna du Fretay . He studied at the College of Dinan . In 1937 , he took flying lessons at Dinan aerodrome and, after a year, obtained his private plane pilot's license and then that of aircraft mechanic. He also bought a 45 hp Zlin XII , a small Czech passenger plane .


As he prepares to study law at the Faculty of Rennes , war breaks out, inseptember 1939. A month later, he signed a pre-enlistment in the Air Force. Student pilot at the Elementary Pilot School No. 24 in Dinan then, inapril 1940, student sailor in Aulnat , he was demobilized after the armistice of June 22, 1940 without having been able to participate in the defense of his country.


Back home onAugust 25, 1940, he leaves occupied France aboard his personal plane, a Czechoslovakian ZLIN-XII, hidden, dismantled, in the family property, the Ranléon mansion; he reassembles it clandestinely and takes off from the driveway of the mansion, in the company of an officer of the Legion and lands in Dorchester ( England ) onNovember 15, 1940[ 3 ] .


Enlisted in the Free French Air Force after a stint at the Patriotic School , he completed an internship at 51 Operational Training Unit , before being posted to 607 Squadron of the Royal Air Force , with which he completed his first mission on November 27, 1941.


Assigned to 174 Squadron in the spring of 1942 , he carried out numerous missions over France . He is decorated with the cross of the Order of the Liberation onFebruary 1 , 1942. InAugust 1942, his squadron provided air cover for Operation Jubilee , organizing an Allied landing at Dieppe . Returning from the operation, around 2 p.m., his Hawker Hurricane IIc disappeared at sea, the same day as his squadron leader , Émile "François" Fayolle [ 4 ] . His body could never be found. On the cabin of his Hurricane, he had inscribed the mottos: " Breizh dalc'h mad " ("Brittany, hold on!") and " Kentoc'h marvel " ("Rather death", beginning of the motto of Anne de Bretagne : "Rather death than defilement") [ 5 ].

 

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German Lt Richter Goldene 110 Feindflug Fernaufklärer 4./(F)121 Orel 1943

Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section L - R
RICHTER, Ewald. (DOB: 26.12.19). 06.10.43 Lt., 4.(F)/Aufkl.Gr. 121 MIA - Ju 88 D lost under
unknown circumstances. 01.11.43 Lt., (pilot) awarded the Ehrenpokal. 01.08.44 officially still listed
as MIA.

1. http://www.ww2.dk/Lw Offz - S-Z Apr 2024.pdf
2. https://www.ebay.de/itm/354967283547?hash=item52a5b2e75b:g:AjAAAOSwkaxk0gXQ

 

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German Picture taken on 10-07-1943 Thursday. 17-07-1943 Saturday the crew did not return. Hauptmann von der Ropp Oberleutnant Schlafender FW Bernreuter Uoff Loesche Feindflug Fernaufklärer 4./(F)121 Orel 1943.

Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section L - R
ROPP, Erich von der. 01.04.37 Ofhr., Aufkl.Gr. 111, promo to Lt.(RDA 01.04.36). 01.09.39 Lt., promo
to Oblt.(Tr.O.), at Aufkl.Fl.Schule Braunschweig. 01.04.42 promo to Hptm. 19.08.42 Hptm., Ic1
Stab/Lw.Kdo. Ost. 17.07.43 Hptm. and Beobachter (observer) in 4.(F)/Aufkl.Gr. 121, MIA – in Ju 88
D-1 (7A+GM) that failed to return from a recce mission east of Orel in Pl.Qu. 6445. 01.08.44
officially still listed as MIA.

Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section S - Z
SCHLAFENDER, Siegfried. 01.04.42 promo to Oblt. 17.07.43 Oblt. and pilot in 4.(F)/Aufkl.Gr. 121, MIA –
in Ju 88 D-1 (7A+GM) that failed to return from a recce mission east of Orel in Pl.Qu. 6445. 01.08.44
officially still listed as MIA.

1. http://www.ww2.dk/Lw Offz - L-R Apr 2024.pdf
2. http://www.ww2.dk/Lw Offz - S-Z Apr 2024.pdf
3. https://www.ebay.de/itm/394799058149?hash=item5bebdb8ce5:g:YLcAAOSwK-Zk0gVB

 

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German 2000 Feindflug Fernaufklärer 4./(F)121 Orel 1943 Obl Reibold

Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section L - R
REIBOLD, Otto. (DOB: 04.04.10). (W.B.K. Grimma). 07.08.43 Oblt. in 4.(F)/Aufkl.Gr. 121, MIA – in
Ju 88 D-1 (7A+MM) that failed to return from a recce mission in the Orel area. 01.04.43 promo to
Hptm. (Kr.O.) with effect from this date (RDA 01.06.42).

1. http://www.ww2.dk/Lw Offz - L-R Apr 2024.pdf
2. Flugzeug JU 88 Staffel 2000 Feindflug Fernaufklärer 4./(F)121 Orel 1943 | eBay
3. Flugzeug JU 88 Staffel 2000 Feindflug Fernaufklärer 4./(F)121 Orel 1943 (2) | eBay

 

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American Robert L Crain Blues in the Nigh flight jacket

i find 2 but cant link Crain

Boeing B-17E 41-9209
B-17G-70-BO 43-37866

WW2 AAF Bomber Crew With RARE A-2 Paint Job / ID Card | eBay

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American 98th Bomb Sq. & 90th Bomb Sqd.

MISSING IN ACTION
IST LT FRANK T WASKOWITZ
2 LT CLARENCE L MARTHEY
2 LT ARTHUR J PLATT
2 LT JOSEPH M TODD
T/SGT. DAVID G. DIXON
S/SGT. J.W. CHILDERS
SGT RAYMOND R. JOSLIN
CPL HENRY C NOSALIK
CPL ROBERTO THOMAS
IT LT. ROBERT & LODER
ILT DANIEL H. JUDD
S/SGT DON C MECORD
SGT JAMES E DINAGEN
T/SGT CARSON LOCKHART
SGT JACK FREINHART
S/SOT MICHAEL LESSO JR.
CPL WILLIAM RAINOVIC
CPL ROY A KNIGHT
ILT WILLIAM R. HITCHCOCK
2LT CAPT ROBERT S. RASMUSSEN FRED L DISTERDICK JR
2 LT MARSHALL R. CHECK
2LT GORDON O HOWARD
SGT ALBERT H. FORMAN
PVT WILLIAM C CLARY
S/SGT. EUGENE M WYMAN
SOT. JOSEPH MADARAS
SGT EARL & RECTOR
PVT. ROBERT J. MANNON
CAPT GARDINER CORNWELL
INTLT EUGENER PARLETT
ILT. MAX E SMITH
LT ROBERT I PRIESTER T/SGT DONALD J HOWELL
SGT ELI GOLD
T/SGT. JOHN NEMCHICK
S/SGT HERMAN R LEFFEW
S/SGT STANLEY C OHLSSON
S/SGT DONALD CARPENTER
I LT. ROGER W MORSE
ILT HERMAN'S EVANS
2 LT ROBERT H WIROSTEK
2 LT WILLIAM F. CARPEN
SOT MARION L FARMER
S/SGT. L. STOWE
T/SOT. JOHN W. HORMAN
PVT ROBERT MITWIGAN
S/SGT PAUL H VAN BUSKIRK
S/SGT HENRY R WYKA JR
ILT CHARLES & HOPKINS
ILT JOHN K MUNCY
2 LT. WILLIAM PROWE JR.
2 LT FRANK J. WASHBURN
T/SGT LORIAN A LLEWELLYN
S/SGT ALAN HIBBERT
T/SGT EUGENE J. GURZENDA
S/SGT ORVEL E ESTES
S/SGT SAM A. BELFIORE

WW2 AAF Photos / 98th Bomb Sq. & 90th Bomb Sqd. *Must See* | eBay

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English No. 218 (Gold Coast) Squadron of No.3 Group RAF Bomber Command RAF Downham Market.

original ww2 218 sqn aircrew photograph stirlings downham market | eBay

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