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American Perry K. Gilson16th Fighter Group, 43rd Fighter Squadron MIA

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German Herbert IHLEFELD und Wolf-Dietrich HUY General PFLUGBEIL

HUY, Wolf-Dietrich (Wolfdietrich). (DOB: 02.08.17 in Freiburg/Breisgau). (RE). 1935 in the
Kriegsmarine. 1936 promo to Lt.z.S. 01.10.37 trf to the Luftwaffe. 01.07.39 trf to II./Tr.Gr. 186.
01.08.39, promo to Oblt., 6.(J)/Tr.Gr. 186. 15.08.39 Lt., trf from 6.(J)/Tr.Gr. 196 to 5.(J)/Tr.Gr. 186.
09.39 in II.(J)/Tr.Gr. 186. 31.05.40 Lt., in Stab II./Tr.Gr. 186. 01.08.40 appt Staka 7./JG 77.
13.08.40 Oblt., in Stab III./JG 77, appt Staka 7./JG 77 (to 29.10.42). 05.07.41 Oblt., awarded
Ritterkreuz, Staka 7./JG 77. 09.07.41 Oblt., 7./JG 77 unhurt - Bf 109 F-4 damaged - hit obstruction at
Jassy a/f /Romania. 03.08.41 Oblt., acting Kdr. III./JG 77 (to 09.41). 19.10.41 Oblt., 7./JG 77 unhurt
- Bf 109 F-4 damaged in air combat vic Tschaplinka. 23.01.42 Oblt., 7./JG 77 WIA - Bf 109 F-4
(White 3) force-landed at Tarpowka due to fighter damage. 25.01.42 Oblt., awarded the Ehrenpokal.
11.03.42 Oblt., 7./JG 77 WIA - Bf 109 F-4 damaged vic Grammatikova a/f by ground fire. 17.03.42
Oblt., awarded Eichenlaub, Staka 7./JG 77. 05.03.42 Oblt., 7./JG 77. 03.42 WIA. 01.04.42 promo
to Hptm. 08.42 returned to 7./JG77. 29.10.42 Hptm., Staka 7./JG 77 POW – Bf 109 G-2 (White 1)
shot down by Spitfires over the El Alamein area in North Africa and captured. 01.08.44 officially
listed as a POW or internee in a neutral country. Credited with over 500 combat missions and 40 air
victories. †13.07.2003 in Gernsbach.

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  1. Orig. Foto Jagdflieger Pilot m. Orden R^K Herbert IHLEFELD und Wolf-Dietrich HUY | eBay
  2. Orig. Foto Jagdflieger Pilot mit Orden R^K Herbert IHLEFELD m. General PFLUGBEIL | eBay
 
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German Hermann Graf m. Fliegerkorps in Berlin 1943

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German NJG RESSE Foto Beerdigung der Nachtjagd Pilot Helmut LENT in Berlin 1944 NJG1

Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section L - R
LENT, Helmut. (DOB: 13.06.18 in Pyrehne/Brandenburg). (RESB, DKG). 01.04.36 trf from the
Kriegsmarine to the Luftwaffe as Fähnenjunker. 01.03.37 promo to Lt. (n.d.) attended LKS Berlin-
Gatow but this interrupted by 5 months in hospital with a broken right leg in an auto accident.
01.03.38 Lt. began attendance at Grosse Kampfschule Tutow, training as a Beobachter (observer).
Late 06.38 suffered a broken jaw in another auto accident - hospitalized for three weeks. 01.07.38 trf
to III./JG 132. 01.11.38 Lt. trf to 6./JG 141 due to unit renaming. 01.05.39 trf to I./ZG 76 due to unit
renaming. 09.39 in I./ZG 76. 18.12.39 Lt., Stab I./ZG 76. 09.04.40 Lt., 1./ZG 76 Bf 110 C
(M8+DH) - damaged, crash landed at Fornebu. 27.05.40 Lt., 1./ZG 76. 02.06.40 Lt., 1./ZG 76.
01.07.40 promo to Oblt. and trf to the Nachtjagd. 23.09.40 Oblt., appt Staka 6./NJG 1 (to 01.07.41).
12.05.41 6./NJG 1. 26.06.41 awarded the Ehrenpokal. 30.06.41 Oblt., 6./NJG 1 unhurt - Bf 110 E-2
belly-landed due to combat damage. 01.07.41 Oblt., appt Staka 4./NJG 1 (to 01.11.41). 04.07.41
Oblt., 4./NJG 1. 10.07.41 Oblt., Staka 4./NJG 1 WIA - Do 215 B-5 damaged by enemy fire vic
Leeuwarden a/f. 30.08.41 Oblt., awarded Ritterkreuz, Staka 6./NJG 1. 07.09.41 Oblt., 4./NJG 1.
13.10.41 Oblt., 4./NJG 1. 01.11.41 Oblt., appt Kdr. II./NJG 2 (to 01.10.42) - Do 215 B-5 (R4+DC).
10.11.41 mentioned in dispatches. 01.01.42 promo to Hptm. 28.01.42 mentioned in dispatches.
09.04.42 Hptm. in II./NJG 2, awarded the DKG. 16.05.42 mentioned in dispatches. 06.06.42 Hptm.,
awarded Eichenlaub, Kdr. II./NJG 2. 21.06.42 mentioned in dispatches a fourth time. 01.10.42 Maj.,
appt Kdr. IV./NJG 1 due to unit renaming (to 01.08.43). 01.01.43 promo to Maj. 08.01.43 Maj., Stab
IV./NJG 1. 05.03.43 Maj., Stab II./NJG 1. 29.03.43 Maj., Stab IV./NJG 1. 04.04.42 Maj., Stab
IV./JG 1. 05.05.43 Maj., Stab IV./NJG 1. 30.07.43 Maj., Stab IV./NJG 1. 01.08.43 Maj., appt
Kommodore NJG 3 (to 05.10.44). 02.08.43 Maj., awarded Schwerter, Kdr. IV./NJG 1. 24.08.43
Maj., Stab/NJG 3. 01.09.43 Maj., Maj. Stab/NJG 3. 02/03.10.43 Maj., Stab/NJG 3 WIA to his left
thumb and index finger plus superficial damage to his face - Ju 88 R-2 (D5+AA) by a Stirling vic -
recovering until 11.43. 16.12.43 Maj., Stab/NJG 3. 24.02.44 Maj., Stab/NJG 3. 31.03.44 Obstlt.,
Stab/NJG 3. 01.05.44 promo to Obstlt. (RDA 01.03.44). 31.07.44 Obstlt., awarded Brillanten,
Kommodore NJG 3. 05.10.44 WIA/DOW - Ju 88 G-6 (D5+AA) crashed while landing at Paderborn
with failed engines and striking high voltage wires vic Nordbroichen, 2 km WSW of Paderborn and
died two days later from complications during amputation of both of his broken legs). 11.10.44
mentioned in dispatches a fifth and final time. (n.d.) promo to Oberst posthumously. Buried in the
Alter Garnisonfriedhof at Stade. Credited with 102 night and 8 day air victories in 520 combat
missions.

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  1. http://www.ww2.dk/Lw Offz - L-R Apr 2024.pdf
  2. Hoffmann-Fotopostkarte Brillanten Helmut Lent signiert | eBay
  3. https://www.ebay.de/itm/395162612594?hash=item5c0186f372:g:BpQAAOSw-dtls-jc
 
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American P-38 Pilot Lt. Sid Radoccia 485th FS, 370th FG

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American Lockheed/Vega B-17G-35-VE 42-97880 (324th BS, 91st BG, Little Miss Mischief ) hit by flak Oct 15, 1944 but was able to return to base. Aircraft was repaired with rear fuselage of 42-31405. Made emergency landing at Bassingbourne, UK Apr 4, 1945 and was scrapped. 15-10-1944 Sunday 04-04-1945 Wednesday

15-Oct-44 mission to Cologne, received flak hit amidships, wounding Sgt's Glenn Slaughter [waist] and Ed Adbo [ball turret] and damaging control cables. Engineer T/Sgt James Hobbs spliced control cables and A/C returned base at 100-110 mph, where gear was hand cranked down, before being greased onto the field by pilot 1Lt Paul R McDowell. 9 x RTD [2 x WIA]. Crew: Lt McDowell, Lt Herman Balaban [CP], Lt Ralph Barrett , Lt William Royle [N], Hobbs, Adbo, Slaughter, T/Sgt Ken Bush [RO] and Sgt Howell Thomas [TG]. Damage was such that rear of A/C was replaced by that of B-17 42-31405 'Wallaroo Mk II', 40 days of repair work resulted in a silver Vega built frontend, being followed by an olive drab Boeing rearend !!


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  1. USAF Serial Number Search Results
  2. 42-97880 | American Air Museum
  3. Org. Photo: 91st Bomb Group Aircrew w/ Flak Damaged B-17 Bomber (#42-97880) 1944 | eBay
 
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American Lockheed/Vega B-17G-35-VE 42-97880 (324th BS, 91st BG, Little Miss Mischief ) hit by flak Oct 15, 1944 but was able to return to base. Aircraft was repaired with rear fuselage of 42-31405. Made emergency landing at Bassingbourne, UK Apr 4, 1945 and was scrapped. 15-10-1944 Sunday 04-04-1945 Wednesday

15-Oct-44 mission to Cologne, received flak hit amidships, wounding Sgt's Glenn Slaughter [waist] and Ed Adbo [ball turret] and damaging control cables. Engineer T/Sgt James Hobbs spliced control cables and A/C returned base at 100-110 mph, where gear was hand cranked down, before being greased onto the field by pilot 1Lt Paul R McDowell. 9 x RTD [2 x WIA]. Crew: Lt McDowell, Lt Herman Balaban [CP], Lt Ralph Barrett , Lt William Royle [N], Hobbs, Adbo, Slaughter, T/Sgt Ken Bush [RO] and Sgt Howell Thomas [TG]. Damage was such that rear of A/C was replaced by that of B-17 42-31405 'Wallaroo Mk II', 40 days of repair work resulted in a silver Vega built frontend, being followed by an olive drab Boeing rearend !!


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  1. USAF Serial Number Search Results
  2. 42-97880 | American Air Museum
  3. Org. Photo: 91st Bomb Group Aircrew w/ Flak Damaged B-17 Bomber (#42-97880) 1944 | eBay
Anybody got pictures of this hybrid??
 
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English Ambrose No. 175 Squadron RAF

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German Ogr. Johann Gantner + 10-10-1944 Tuesday Hooger Heide Holland Think he was transferred to ground unit and killed.

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