• Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke (11 March 1913 – 23 March 1944) was a German Luftwaffe pilot during World War II, a fighter ace credited with 162 enemy aircraft shot...
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  • at 06:20 in the vicinity of Artemivsk. Hartmann's Geschwaderkommodore, Dietrich Hrabak, had given orders to Hartmann's unit to support the dive bombers...
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  • Flak Division – Generalmajor Wolfgang Pickert Jagdgeschwader 3 – Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke 4th Panzer Army XXXXVIII Panzer Corps – General der Panzertruppe...
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    kill. On 11 August, Lützow handed over command of JG 3 to Hauptmann Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke. According to Braatz, sometime in June 1942 (most likely in Grakowo...
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    rivalries amongst the Luftwaffe command over how best to employ the aircraft. Dietrich Peltz, commander of the IX. Fliegerkorps (9th Air Corps), wanted to use...
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    were Steinhoff, Barkhorn's former squadron commander during World War II, Dietrich Hrabak and Kurt Kuhlmey. All three of them were trained by the United States...
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  • Ademeit †  Germany Luftwaffe 166 Missing in action on 7 August 1944. Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke †  Germany Luftwaffe 162 Killed in action on 23 March 1944. Hans-Joachim...
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    armed forces to be so honored. The presentation was made by Hitler at the Wolf's Lair, Hitler's headquarters in Rastenburg on 22 September 1943. Three other...
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    August 1942 2 February 1943 Joachim Müncheberg 5 September 1942 Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke 6 September 1942 17 December 1942 Heinz Schmidt 15 September 1942...
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    on Stalingrad. The detachment came under the command of Hauptmann Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke from JG 3. Initially Graf was based at Tuzov and then Pitomnik west...
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    Schack (174) Emil Lang (173) Heinz Schmidt (173) Horst Ademeit (166) Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke (162) Hans-Joachim Marseille (158) Heinrich Sturm (158) Gerhard Thyben...
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  • Maclean, 1st Baronet, Scottish general and politician (d. 1996) 1913 – Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke, German colonel and pilot (d. 1944) 1915 – Vijay Hazare, Indian cricketer...
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    Schack (174) Emil Lang (173) Heinz Schmidt (173) Horst Ademeit (166) Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke (162) Hans-Joachim Marseille (158) Heinrich Sturm (158) Gerhard Thyben...
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    Front, reaching 2,000 claims on 28 May 1942. On 12 August, Major Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke was appointed Kommodore of JG 3. In June 1942 II Gruppe was transferred...
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    Töniges Hannes Trautloft Heinrich Trettner Joachim Wandel Kurt Weyher Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke Joachim Ziegler Felix Zymalkowski * Won the Spanish Cross in Gold...
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  • Dietrich "Dieter" Hrabak (19 December 1914 – 15 September 1995) was a German Luftwaffe military aviator and wing commander during World War II. Following...
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    Hermann Schreiber (1882-1954), rabbi, philosopher and journalist Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke (1913–1944), Luftwaffe pilot Włodzimierz Kolanowski (1913–1944),...
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    On 22 June 1941, then again on 6 July 1942 and 22 September 1942, Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke, Luftwaffe fighter pilot on the Eastern Front, became a three-time...
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  • in Nordstrand) a German pilot in the German Luftwaffe during WWII Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke (1913 in Schrimm – 1944 in Schöppenstedt) a German Luftwaffe pilot...
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    in the Kriegsmarine, where he served for one year alongside his friend Dietrich Hrabak as a naval flying cadet before transferring to the newly reformed...
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    Weidinger. The award was unlawfully presented by SS-Oberstgruppenführer Sepp Dietrich. The date is taken from the announcement made by the 6. SS-Panzerarmee...
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    became a "Swords" ceremony. The presentation was made by Hitler at the Wolf's Lair, Hitler's headquarters in Rastenburg on 22 September 1943. Three other...
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    Hauptmann Harro Harder July 1940 – 12 August 1940 †  • Hauptmann Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke 13 August 1940 – 18 May 1942  • Major Erich Gerlitz May 1942 – October...
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    further pressured to relocate JV 44 when Major General (Generalmajor) Dietrich Peltz, commander of IX. Fliegerkorps, and Colonel Hajo Herrmann, commander...
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    Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub). The presentation was made by Adolf Hitler at the Wolf's Lair, Hitler's headquarters in Rastenburg. Six other Luftwaffe officers...
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    Schack (174) Emil Lang (173) Heinz Schmidt (173) Horst Ademeit (166) Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke (162) Hans-Joachim Marseille (158) Heinrich Sturm (158) Gerhard Thyben...
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  • action including the Geschwaderkommodore (wing commander) Oberst Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke. On 12 April, Müller was given command of JG 3 by General der Jagdflieger...
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    (schwere)/SS-Panzer-Regiment 1. Dietrich Kirn was a cover name used while serving in the Abwehr (military intelligence). His real name is Dietrich Witzel. The Association...
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  • Dover. The presentation of the Oak Leaves was made by Adolf Hitler at the Wolf's Lair, Hitler's headquarters in Rastenburg. Two other Luftwaffe officers...
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    Pierce McKennon Steve Pisanos Vermont Garrison Carroll W. McColpin Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke Frank E. Speer (1999). The Debden Warbirds: The Fourth Fighter Group...
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