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    Werner Mölders (18 March 1913 – 22 November 1941) was a World War II German Luftwaffe pilot, wing commander, and the leading German fighter ace in the...
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    and christened for Luftwaffe Oberst (Colonel) Werner Mölders by his mother Anne-Marie Mölders. Mölders was commissioned on 23 February 1969 into the 1...
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    death of the German World War II fighter ace Werner Mölders, JG 74 received the honorary name of "JG 74 Mölders" on 22 November 1973. However, the German...
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    After his transfer to JG 27, Galland met Mölders again. Due to his injuries, Galland could never match Mölders' sharp eyesight; the shards of glass in...
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  • manager Werner Liebrich (1927–1995), German football (soccer) player and coach Werner Mölders, Nazi German Luftwaffe fighter ace in World War II Werner Munter...
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  • footballer, played for 1860 München Werner Mölders (1913–1941), German flying ace Jagdgeschwader 51, called “JG 51 Mölders” from 1942 on, was a Luftwaffe fighter...
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    Invalid's Cemetery, including former Army Supreme Commander Werner von Fritsch, fighter ace Werner Mölders, Luftwaffe commander Ernst Udet, Munitions Minister...
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    Legion, such as Mölders, should "no longer be honored". In 2005, the Federal Ministry of Defence decided to remove the name "Mölders" from JG 74. The...
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    Lütjens who had commanded the Bismarck task group, the fighter ace Werner Mölders of the Luftwaffe, and Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. Miller, David (1992)...
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    his 100th victory of the war, becoming the second fighter pilot after Werner Mölders to do so. From September to November 1941, he also served as acting...
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  • occurred in the town of Aalborg, when Oberleutnant Victor Mölders (brother of Werner Mölders) took the official surrender of the town after landing at...
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    bringing his total to six. He was replaced as commander of JG 51 by Werner Mölders on 23 July with the latter formally taking command on the 27 July. Promoted...
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  • friends and foes. Hartmann is not an intelligent tactical innovator like Werner Mölders. It seems to me that he controls his flying talent, his good eyesight...
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    such as near the town hall in Buer are in nearly original form. Oberst Werner Mölders, the legendary Luftwaffe fighter pilot, was born here. The Gelsenberg...
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    proportion of its personnel experienced ex-Condor Legion pilots including Werner Mölders. On 14 May 1940, JG 53 claimed some 43 victories in one day. The Battle...
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  • Japanese aircraft. Awarded the Medal of Honor.[better source needed] Werner Mölders Nazi Germany 1 September 1939 – 22 November 1941 1931–1941 Bf 109 Alfred...
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    surfaced again in 2005 after media reports about the role of pilot Werner Mölders, who had volunteered to serve in Spain. Although he was not involved...
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    Gebhard; Held, Werner (1993). Jagdgeschwader 51 'Mölders' Eine Chronik – Berichte – Erlebnisse – Dokumente [Fighter Wing 51 'Mölders' A Chronicle - Reports -...
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    capitalise on the death of Germany's fighter ace Werner Mölders; this letter, ostensibly written by Mölders, attested to the supreme importance of his Catholic...
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    in its development and use in the Luftwaffe were Günther Lützow and Werner Mölders and their fellow airmen. In the Luftwaffe, the flight (German: Schwarm)...
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    Gebhard; Held, Werner (1993). Jagdgeschwader 51 'Mölders' Eine Chronik – Berichte – Erlebnisse – Dokumente [Fighter Wing 51 'Mölders' A Chronicle – Reports –...
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    Luftwaffe pilots during the Spanish Civil War (led by Günther Lützow and Werner Mölders, among others) are generally given credit. The Rotte allowed the Rottenführer...
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    Gebhard; Held, Werner (1993). Jagdgeschwader 51 'Mölders' Eine Chronik – Berichte – Erlebnisse – Dokumente [Fighter Wing 51 'Mölders' A Chronicle – Reports –...
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    Werner Mölders wears an Officer's M35 Flying Cap (Fliegermütze), also called (side cap)...
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    fighter pilots such as Adolf Galland and Walter Oesau, but others such as Werner Mölders considered the single nose-mounted gun to compensate well for the loss...
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    in honor of its fallen Geschwaderkommodore. Only Werner Mölders had a similar honor with JG 51 Mölders. Walter Oesau is buried in Meldorf, close to his...
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    role model in the modern German military. However, they assert, like Werner Mölders, that Marseille was not a political soldier, but apolitical, despite...
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  • novella by Peter Schneider (writer) Vati (German: Daddy), nickname of Werner Mölders Vati und Sohn, nickname for the German Mistel aircraft VATI, acronym...
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  • Wurmheller †  Germany Luftwaffe 102 Killed in action on 22 June 1944. Werner Mölders †  Germany Luftwaffe 101 +14 in Spanish Civil War Ace in each of two...
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    Maneuvers such as the "combat spread" were first devised by pilots like Werner Mölders during the Spanish Civil War. A simple, non-turning form of the low-Yo-Yo...
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