Hans Weik (6 July 1922 – 5 June 2001) was a former German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War...
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Frey † 32 25 19 Hans Ehlers † 55 24 18 Alwin Doppler 29 25 16 Werner Gerth † 27 22 16 Friedrich-Karl Müller † 140 23 15 Hans Weik 36 22 15 Walter Loos...
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Schentke Hans Schleef Winfried Schmidt Werner Schröer5 (Oak Leaves & Swords) Franz Schwaiger Kurt Sochatzy Ekkehard Tichy Willy Unger Hans Weik Franz von...
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Hans Schleef (19 July 1920 – 31 December 1944) was a German Luftwaffe military aviator and fighter ace during World War II. He is credited with at least...
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Hans "Specker" Grünberg (8 July 1917 – 16 January 1998) was a German military aviator who served in the Luftwaffe during World War II. As a fighter ace...
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Hans Fuß (19 September 1920 – 10 November 1942) was a former Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War...
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/JFS 5 where, among others, he trained future aces Hans-Joachim Marseille, Walter Nowotny and Hans Strelow. He returned to the frontline after the Battle...
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magnitude of 3,800 pilots or crew members killed or missing and 1,400 wounded. Hans-Ulrich Rudel was the most decorated flying ace in the Luftwaffe, primarily...
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exchange their Ju 87s for the Fw 190. Some units, such as the one commanded by Hans-Ulrich Rudel, continued to fly the Ju 87 (and Fw 190) until the end of the...
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List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (W) (redirect from Hans Witt)
of the I. Fallschirmkorps, General der Fallschirmtruppe Richard Heidrich. Hans-Joachim Weck was a member of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients...
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wounded. In consequence, command of 9. Staffel was passed on to Leutnant Hans-Martin Stein. On 16 August 1944, Thichy was killed in action in a mid-air...
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married on 11 March 1939 at the Holy Trinity Church in Berlin. They had a son, Hans-Ulrich, born 29 January 1940, and a daughter, Carola, born 31 August 1942...
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Hans von Hahn (7 August 1914 – 5 November 1957) 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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War 2. London, England: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84176-435-1. Seidl, Hans D. Stalin's Eagles: An Illustrated Study of the Soviet Aces of World War...
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killed in action, Moritz temporarily took command of the Gruppe until Major Hans-Ekkehard Bob officilly took command of the Gruppe on 1 August. In October...
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Schentke Hans Schleef Winfried Schmidt Werner Schröer5 (Oak Leaves & Swords) Franz Schwaiger Kurt Sochatzy Ekkehard Tichy Willy Unger Hans Weik Franz von...
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Schentke Hans Schleef Winfried Schmidt Werner Schröer5 (Oak Leaves & Swords) Franz Schwaiger Kurt Sochatzy Ekkehard Tichy Willy Unger Hans Weik Franz von...
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Schentke Hans Schleef Winfried Schmidt Werner Schröer5 (Oak Leaves & Swords) Franz Schwaiger Kurt Sochatzy Ekkehard Tichy Willy Unger Hans Weik Franz von...
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Schentke Hans Schleef Winfried Schmidt Werner Schröer5 (Oak Leaves & Swords) Franz Schwaiger Kurt Sochatzy Ekkehard Tichy Willy Unger Hans Weik Franz von...
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Frielinghaus, Leutnant Georg Schentke, Feldwebel Kurt Ebener, and Feldwebel Hans Grünberg. Their purpose was to cover the Junkers Ju 52 transports flying...
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German). Stuttgart, Germany: Motorbuch Verlag. ISBN 978-3-613-01045-1. Ahrens, Hans-Werner (2019). Die Rettungsflieger der Luftwaffe 1956–1971: Konzeption —...
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Staffel was part of I. Gruppe of JG 3 then under the command of Hauptmann Hans von Hahn. In September 1941, with the exception of 3. Staffel which followed...
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(in German). Eutin, Germany: Struve-Druck. ISBN 978-3-923457-16-8. Ring, Hans; Girbig, Werner (1994) [1971]. Jagdgeschwader 27 Die Dokumentation über den...
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fighting against the enemy four-engined bombers, and SS-Obergruppenführer Hans Kammler, responsible for air armament and manufacturing of the Me 262. Gollob's...
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Schentke Hans Schleef Winfried Schmidt Werner Schröer5 (Oak Leaves & Swords) Franz Schwaiger Kurt Sochatzy Ekkehard Tichy Willy Unger Hans Weik Franz von...
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attended by Adolf von Thadden and Erich Kern, the honorary president was Hans-Ulrich Rudel. It was planned that the RdS youth program was to be organized...
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Schentke Hans Schleef Winfried Schmidt Werner Schröer5 (Oak Leaves & Swords) Franz Schwaiger Kurt Sochatzy Ekkehard Tichy Willy Unger Hans Weik Franz von...
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JG 3. On 4 September 1941, Schentke and fellow JG 3 pilot Oberfeldwebel Hans Stechmann, received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (Ritterkreuz des...
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1. Staffel of JG 3 following the death of its former commander Leutnant Hans Frese on 8 March. On 24 April, the USAAF Eighth Air Force sent 745 heavy...
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At Salzwedel, the Gruppe was joined by Sturmstaffel 1, headed by Major Hans-Günter von Kornatzki. The Sturmstaffel was an experimental unit flying the...
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