• Hermann Staiger (6 April 1915 – 22 June 1964) was a Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's...
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    57 32 Unknown Walther Dahl 128 30 Unknown Egon Mayer  † 102 26 21 Hermann Staiger 63 26 21 Willy Unger 24 21 13 Hugo Frey  † 32 25 19 Hans Ehlers  †...
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    Otto Staiger". Website Dreiländermuseum, Sammlungsdatenbank. 2015-10-18. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. "Hermann Scherer Biography – Hermann Scherer...
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  • command to Hauptmann Hermann Staiger. Borris returned to JG 26 on 14 July, and resumed command of I. Gruppe on 1 August after Staiger had been transferred...
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    Hermann-Friedrich Joppien (19 July 1912 – 25 August 1941) was a German Luftwaffe military aviator during World War II, a fighter ace who claimed 70 enemy...
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  • Museum from 1876 to 1879. Staiger was one of a number of influential German-speaking residents — such as Ludwig Becker, Hermann Beckler, William Blandowski...
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  • creating a II. Gruppe of JG 7 and placed under the command of Major Hermann Staiger. III. Gruppe of JG 7 was formed from the remnants of Kommando Nowotny...
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    57 32 Unknown Walther Dahl 128 30 Unknown Egon Mayer  † 102 26 21 Hermann Staiger 63 25 21 Willy Unger 24 21 13 Hugo Frey  † 32 25 19 Hans Ehlers  †...
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    ZG 76, SKG 210, JG 26, JG 11, JG 104 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Hermann Staiger 26 63 JG 51, JG 26, JG 1, JG 7 Knight's Cross Anton-Rudolf Piffer*...
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    sentenced to death by the Germans for beating Mölders, Mölders approached Hermann Göring and requested clemency, which was granted. Kurt Braatz, author of...
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    Karl-Heinz Schnell Helmut Schönfelder Otto Schultz Georg Seelmann Hermann Staiger Hubert Straßl Hans Strelow (Oak Leaves) Otto Tange Kurt Tanzer Edwin...
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    unit) was moved to Anklam and equipped with Bf 109 G-10s. Hauptmann Hermann Staiger rebuilt the shattered II. Gruppe at Reinsehlen. It took I. Gruppe ten...
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    Channel on 2 September 1940 by a Spitfire. Bär was summoned to appear before Hermann Göring and report on this battle. When Göring asked him what he was thinking...
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  • 9—Grave 210) at Venray. According to Weal, Frey, together with Major Hermann Staiger, was the most successful fighter pilot against the heavy bombers while...
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    Karl-Heinz Schnell Helmut Schönfelder Otto Schultz Georg Seelmann Hermann Staiger Hubert Straßl Hans Strelow (Oak Leaves) Otto Tange Kurt Tanzer Edwin...
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  • Oberleutnant 60 JG 27 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves MIA 7 September 1942 Hermann Staiger Major 63 JG 51, JG 26, JG 1, JG 7 Knight's Cross incl. 26 heavy bombers...
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    Scherzer as messenger in the Stab II./Fallschirm-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 2 "Hermann Göring". According to Scherzer as Richtschütze (gunner) in the 13./Grenadier-Regiment...
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  • Karl-Heinz Schnell Helmut Schönfelder Otto Schultz Georg Seelmann Hermann Staiger Hubert Straßl Hans Strelow (Oak Leaves) Otto Tange Kurt Tanzer Edwin...
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  • Homuth †  Germany Luftwaffe 63 Wilhelm Schilling  Germany Luftwaffe 63 Hermann Staiger  Germany Luftwaffe 63 Credited with 26 heavy bombers shot down Kurt...
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    Gruppenkommandeur of III./JG 51 while command of 7./JG 51 went to Oberleutnant Hermann Staiger. By October 1940, Oesau had a total score of 48 (including 26 Spitfires)...
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  • Karl-Heinz Schnell Helmut Schönfelder Otto Schultz Georg Seelmann Hermann Staiger Hubert Straßl Hans Strelow (Oak Leaves) Otto Tange Kurt Tanzer Edwin...
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    Karl-Heinz Schnell Helmut Schönfelder Otto Schultz Georg Seelmann Hermann Staiger Hubert Straßl Hans Strelow (Oak Leaves) Otto Tange Kurt Tanzer Edwin...
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  • Karl-Heinz Schnell Helmut Schönfelder Otto Schultz Georg Seelmann Hermann Staiger Hubert Straßl Hans Strelow (Oak Leaves) Otto Tange Kurt Tanzer Edwin...
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  • Karl-Heinz Schnell Helmut Schönfelder Otto Schultz Georg Seelmann Hermann Staiger Hubert Straßl Hans Strelow (Oak Leaves) Otto Tange Kurt Tanzer Edwin...
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  • Karl-Heinz Schnell Helmut Schönfelder Otto Schultz Georg Seelmann Hermann Staiger Hubert Straßl Hans Strelow (Oak Leaves) Otto Tange Kurt Tanzer Edwin...
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    Jagdgeschwader 7 (JG 7—7th Fighter Wing) under the command of Major Hermann Staiger. However Glunz never flew the Me 262 in combat. On 1 May 1945, Glunz...
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    Luftwaffe. Its creation began in early 1937. A plan dated 14 March 1936 by Hermann Göring, at the time Reichsminister der Luftfahrt (Minister of Aviation)...
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  • Karl-Heinz Schnell Helmut Schönfelder Otto Schultz Georg Seelmann Hermann Staiger Hubert Straßl Hans Strelow (Oak Leaves) Otto Tange Kurt Tanzer Edwin...
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  • Karl-Heinz Schnell Helmut Schönfelder Otto Schultz Georg Seelmann Hermann Staiger Hubert Straßl Hans Strelow (Oak Leaves) Otto Tange Kurt Tanzer Edwin...
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  • were also awarded the Oak Leaves. On 22 November 1941, Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring informed Galland that he would succeed Oberst Werner Mölders as...
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