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1 Auerochs, PaulOfwFFS B 17 (Blindschule)Bv 138B-1 Werk # 2016 (85% damaged)Wound BadgeInjured in a crash during foul weather at Bug/Rügen after a Blind School exam flight on 27 October, 1943. Remaining crew: Uffz Alfred Kuhn(KIC), R/O and Ogefr Waller(Injured), Mechanic. Also onboard, two pilot trainees, Ogefr Gert Wiemann(KIC) and Lt Georg M.Ott(Injured). Jager Blatt 4/2004
2 Backhaus, Hans JürgenLt6/KG-4He 111H Werk # unk "5J + FP" (lost 6/19/40)Bomber Operational ClaspPOW 19 June, 1940; sd by a Spitfire of No. 19 Sq., piloted by F/O George Ball, and crashed into the sea off Margate, Kent. Remaining crew: Fw Alfred Reitzig, Obs (KilledInAction (KIA)); Uffz Theodor Kühn, R/O (POW) and Uffz Fritz Boeck, Flt Engr (POW). Reitzig buried in Margate Cem., Sec 50, Gr 15030 (D.Drury). Alternate spelling Bachhaus.
3 Bohlmann, GünterFw10/29/1920
Ysselstein, Holland		4/LG-1 (12/44)Ju 88S-3 Werk # 330959 "L1 + ??" (lost 12/8/44)Bomber Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 8 December, 1944 after being shot down by British fighters during a mine-laying operation. His Ju 88 crashed at Groede Holland. He was buried at Ysselsteyn, Block CG/9/201. Remaining crew (Buried Ysselsteyn): Fw Erich Kuhn, geb 4/28/1917, buried CG/9/204; Ofw Siegfried Meier, geb 3/17/1917, buried CG/8/198; and Ogefr Arnold Hillmeister (MIA) (DeSwart & Wings to Victory)
4 Dietze, KarlOblt13/KG-1 (4/43)Ju 88A-5 Werk # 4149 (lost 4/29/43)Bomber Operational ClaspKIC with unnamed crew at Schaulen 29 April, 1943, cause not reported (Ju 88 Loss List). Added: Remaining crew (KIC): Ogefr Heinrich Schmidt, Obs; Uffz Günther Kühn, R/O and Uffz Herbert Miecke, Mech (Qu.Meister File).
5 Drechsler, SiegfriedLt


Uffz Flieger

7./KG 51 (-09/40-06/43)Ju 88 A-1 Werk # 7092 "9K + MR" (dam 20/09/40), Ju 88 A-4 "9K + BR" (lost, CK)EP (01/12/41 CK)
EK 1 & EK 2

Bomber Operational Clasp in Silver
He landed at Lille Nord following an early morning war flight, and his ac sustained a landing gear collapse , crew unharmed (D.Drury). Added: MIA on 2 June 1943 when shot down by fighters in Pl.Qu. 7039 in the region of Kharkov. Crew (KIA): OFw Kühn, Herbert, Fw Lachenmaier, Fritz, Obsv Uffz Flieger, Sebastian (EK 1+ 2, Bomber Operational Clasp in Silver, see picture)
6 Falch, D.Lt12/KG-2 (7/42 Schiphol)Do 217E-4 Werk # 5467 "U5 + TW" (dam 7/3/42)Wound Badge, Bomber Operational ClaspHis Do 216 crashed at Werkhoven Holland, south of Utrecht, on 3 July, 1942, cause and pilot disposition unknown (DeSwart) Added: Cause not known; the entire crew were injured in the crash. Remaining crew: Uffz W.Kuhn, Obs; Uffz H.Weidauer, R/O and Uffz M.Schmid, Gnr (SGLO).
7 Fiedler, JoachimLt1923/06/2713./NJG 2 (08-10/44 Gütersloh)Bf 110, Ju 88G-1 "4R + DT" (lost), added: Werknr 711280, Stammkennzeichen "DR + RN" (CK)
EK 1 & 2
POW the night of 6/7 October, 1944; failed to return from a night recce mission (Boiten& LOCS). One known victory, a "4 mot" opposing the Brunswick Raid on 13 August, 1944. Added: Crew: Uffz Günther, Uffz Kuhn (CK)
8 Grassmann, Dietrich 'Dieter'Hptm1/13/1920Berlin Treptow4/KG-4 (7/40, 1/42 Eindhoven), Stab II/KG-4 (9/42), Stfkpt 12/KG-4 (10/43), Stfkpt 1/KG-4 (8/44)He 111P-4 Werk # 2926 (30% damaged Wesermünde Estuary 11/24/40, fuel shortage), He 111P-4 Werk # 2981 "5J + ?M" (lost 1/19/41), He 111H
RK(3/12/45)

Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(3/31/43)
EP(10/5/42)

EK 1 & 2
Wound Badge, Bomber Operational Clasp		His P-4, Wk# 2981, crashed at Vogelenzang/Bloemendaal Holland on 19 January, 1941, cause and pilot/crew disposition unknown. (DeSwart). Additional per Kaiser RK book: Wk# 2981 developed engine trouble and crashed near Haarlem, injuring entire crew. Remaining crew: Uffz Gerhard Kuhn, Obs; Uffz Hermann Fröhlich, R/O and Uffz Hans Stütz, Gnr.. Deceased 8/24/1991, Bonn.
9 Haisch, PhilippOfwI/KG-40Fw 200C-4 Werk # 0125 "F8 + BB" (lost 8/14/42)Bomber Operational ClaspMIA 14 August, 1942; shot down while flying Co-pilot with Ofw Fritz Kühn, 15 km west of Reykjavik. See Ofw Fritz Kühn for further detail. SIG Norway & D.Drury.
10 Kittke, WalterOfw6/3/1915Pessin12/TG-2 (9/43)Ju 52/3m Werk # Unk "8T + KW" (lost 9/24/43)EP(11/1/43)

EK 1 & 2
Transport Operational Clasp		KIA 24 September, 1943 when he was attacked by fighters and crashed into the Ligurian Sea, on route to Capraia, over Gorgona, to Pisa, Italy. He is commemorated on the Kiel-Laboe Naval Memorial. Remaining crew (All WIA & Ret'd): Fw Ernst Kühn, R/O; Uffz Hans Reymann, Flt Engr and Uffz Hermann Schulz ,Gnr (D.Drury). His EP date from the EP List provided by Fritz Braun.
11 Krieg, OttoFwRecon unitHs 126 Werk # 3349 (lost 12/29/40)Observer Operational ClaspThe ac was reported lost 29 December, 1940 at Freienseen, no cause reported. Both the pilot and his Obs, Lt Heinrich Kuhn, were reported killed. Lost Aircraft Report.
12 Kriegel, HansHptm1/21/1914Liebau1


Stfkpt 7/ZG-76 (4/41 Norway), Stab/ZG-76(6/41), Kdr IV/JG-5 (4/43 Trondheim Norway)Bf 110C-4 Wk # 3271 "2N + DR" (28% dam 4/16/41), Bf 110D Wk# 3714(80% dam), Bf 109G, Fw 190A & Bf 110G-2
EK 1 & 2
Wound Badge

at least
Fighter Operational Clasp in Silver
WIA 28 June, 1941 in a collision during aerial combat near Kirkenes. His R/O, Fw Erich Kuhn was killed (Source: SIG Norway). Injured in a landing accident crash, after an operational flight, on 16 April, 1941, near Herdla Norway. His R/O, Uffz Kurt Huhn, was also injured (Source: SIG Norway). One known victory, a Beaufighter off Haugesünd on 30 March, 1944. Magnus: 5 victories.

Courtesy Christian König
13 Kuhn,UffzI/NJG-2 (Med)Ju 88C-6 Werk # 360210 (95% dam 3/1/43)Wound Badge
Night Fighter Operational Clasp		Pilot and unnamed crew injured 1 March, 1943 when they experienced engine trouble on takeoff from Castel Vetrano (Ju 88 Loss List).
14 Kühn,UffzFlugzeugführer 3/JG-53 (4/40 Wiesbaden-Erbenheim)Bf 109E-3 EK 2(4/1/40)
Pilot Badge		EK 2 presentation in the JG-53 Chronicles by Jochen Prien.
15 Kuhn, AdalbertUffz10/2/1919Nürnberg7

Courtesy Christian König

9/JG-3 (2/42 S.U.)Bf 109F-4 Werk # 13233 "Yellow 9 + I" (lost 5/29/42)
EK 1 & 2
Fighter Operational Clasp		POW 29 May, 1942 after combat near Tschugujew (Bf 109 Loss List). His first victory, a Soviet I-15 on 28 February, 1942. A 2nd, an I-61 on 5 April, 1942. A 3rd, an I-61 on 20 May, 1942. A 4th, an I-61 on 22 May, 1942. A 5th, a MiG-1 on 29 May, 1942.
16 Kühn, AlfonsLt5(H)/12Fw 189A-1 Werk # 2216 "H1 + CN" (lost 7/1/42)
Deutsches Kreuz - Gold

EK 1 & 2
Observer Operational Clasp		KilledInAction (KIA) 1 July, 1942 at Alexandrowka-Kschen Russia, cause unknown. His Observer, Lt Edwin Bader listed MIA and the other unnamed crewmember was also killed(Obs Loss List). Added: Crash location: vicinity Wassilewka, 7km SW of Pokrowskoje (LOCS).
17 Kühn, AlfredHptm5/24/1914Damsdorf25Stfkpt 3/LG-1 (1/44), Stfkpt 9/LG-1 (5/44), 7/NJG-2 (12/44 Jever), 8/NJG-2 (3/45 Varel)Ju 88A in LG-1, Ju 88G-6 Werk # 620132 "4R + OR" (lost 12/31/44), Bf 110 in NJG-7 (lost 4/3/45)
Deutsches Kreuz - Gold
EP


EK 1 & 2
Night Fighter Operational Clasp		Magnus Report. Bowers/Lednicer, 25 victories. Added: Hptm Kühn and his R/O, Ogefr Otto Menkhaus (geb 5/6/1922) were both killed in a crash into a swampy area in Sliedrecht Holland 3 April, 1945, cause unknown. Both were initially buried in a fieldgrave in Houweningenwater and reburied at Yesselsteyn, 20 May, 1952; Kühn TDD/3/27 and Menkhaus TDD/3/29 (FindAGrave by Fred). Added: He went MIA-Returned, the night of 30/31 December, 1944, after being hit by AA fire in the Antwerp vicinity, and bailing out over Venlo (LOCS). Remaining crew (12/31/44): Uffz R.Seidel, Obs (WIA/POW); Uffz H.Hoferichter, R/O (POW) and Uffz S.Schwartz, Wart (WIA/POW) (SGLO).
18 Kühn, AndreasUffz9/JG-27 (Africa)Bf 109F-4 (Trop) Werk # 7186 "Yellow 4" (lost 10/15/42)Fighter Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 15 October, 1942 when his engine was damaged during aerial combat on a reconnaissance mission at Alexandria. He was killed in the crash. Carried as MIA by Mombeek.
19 Kuhn, AntonOfw38/JG-3Bf 109E
EK 1 & 2
Fighter Operational Clasp		One known victory, his 1st, a Hawk-75A at Roosendaal, 13 May, 1940. His 2nd, a Hurricane at Arras, 19 May, 1940. His 3rd, a Hurricane west of Dunkirk, 28 May, 1940.
20 Kuhn, AntonLtStfkpt 5/JG-27Bf 109G-6 Werk # Unk "Blk 16 + -" (lost 7/14/44)Fighter Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 14 July, 1944 during aerial combat, crashed in the vicinity of Memecozca, SlovaKilledInAction (KIA) (LOCS).
21 Kuhn, BennoLt3/29/19232/KG-26 (8/40)He 111H & Ju 88ABomber Operational ClaspBattle of Britain pilot known to have participated in mine-laying operations at the southern entrance to Skapa Flow early August, 1940. Deceased 25 October, 1999. Jager Blatt Obit.
22 Kühn, BrunoUffz10/4/1920BingenErg/JGr West, 3/JG-26 (11/42)Fw 190A-4 Werk # 7028 "Yellow 10" (lost 12/11/42)Fighter Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 11 December, 1942 when he and his wingman were jumped by Spitfires near Hastings. He staggered off to the south spewing black smoke. He attempted to land on the French coast, but the A-4 went out of control and crashed, killing Kühn. Added: His place of death shown as Fiennes, Pas-de-Calais, France. He is buried in the German War Cem at Bourdon, France, Blk 10, Row 17, Gr 652. No mention on the disposition of the wingman (D.Drury).
23 Kühn, EdmundUffz4/KG-3 (S.U.)Ju 88A-4 Werk # 8516 "??" (80% dam 7/30/42)Bomber Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) with two other unnamed crew near Rshew 30 July, 1942 after being hit by flak, one other crew WIA (Ju 88 Loss List).
24 Kuhn, Franz JosefUffz9/KG-54Ju 88A-4 Werk # Unk "B3 + GT" (lost 6/6/44)Bomber Operational ClaspOpposed the Normandy Invasion attacking shipping, along with four others from his squadron. Added: MIA 6 June, 1944, crashed into Seine Bay, off the Normandy coast, cause unknown. Remaining crew unnamed, all MIA except the unnamed R/O listed as POW (D.Drury).
25 Kühn, FritzOfw2/KG-40Fw 200C-4 Werk # 0125 "F8 + BB" (lost 8/14/42)
Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(9/25/42)

EK 1 & 2
Bomber Operational Clasp		MIA 14 August, 1942, shot down in Faxafloi Bay, 15km W of Reykjavik, Iceland by a P-38D of 1FG, piloted by Lt Ezra Shahan, believed to be the first US victory in the ETO. Remaining crew (MIA): Ofw Phillip Haisch, Co-P; Ofw Ottmar Ebener (or Ebner), 1st R/O; Uffz Wolfgang Schulze, 2nd R/O; Ofw Artur Wohlleben, Engr and Ofw Albert Winkelmann, Gnr.. Alternate spelling: Kuhn. DK-G Awards List, Stankey & DeZeng and D.Drury. Alternate spelling: Kuehn.
26 Kühn, Fritz OskarLt7/StG-2Ju 87B-1 (lost 8/16/40)Dive Bomber Operational ClaspMIA 16 August, 1940; sd by fighters off Selsey Bill, Sussex, crashing into the sea. His R/O-Gnr, Gefr Josef Wenzel also MIA (D.Drury)
27 Kuhn, GerhardUffz19/JG-54 (5/44)Fw 190A-8 Werk# 170681 "Yellow 9" (lost)
EK 1 & 2
Fighter Operational Clasp		KilledInAction (KIA) 12 June, 1944 over Caen France. One known victory, a B-17 at Voges, W of Colmar, on 27 May, 1944.
28 Kühn, GerhardOfwAufkl.Gr.Ju 88A-4, Ju 188E
Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(10/1/44)

EK 1 & 2
Observer Operational Clasp		DK-G Awards List
29 Kuhn, Götz GerhardFhr112/JG-3Bf 109G
EK 1 & 2
Fighter Operational Clasp		One known victory, his 1st, a B-17 at Eichfeld on 16 August, 1944.
30 Kühn, GüntherUffzSG unitFw 190F-8
Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(10/1/44)

EK 1 & 2
Assault Operational Clasp		DK-G Awards List
31 Kühn, GüntherUffz2/10/1922PlauenJG-103Fw 190A-3 Werk # 5329 (lost 5/27/43)Fighter Operational ClaspKIC 27 May, 1943; crashed at St.Christope, France, cause unknown. Buried Mont de Huisnes Cem, Vault 63, Grave 94 (absa3945).
32 Kühn, GüntherUffz311/JG-27 (France)Bf 109G-6 Werk # 163663 "Red 3 + ~" (lost 6/10/44)
EK 1 & 2
Fighter Operational Clasp		MIA 10 June, 1944 during aerial combat SE of Caen. Mombeek. One known victory, his 1st, a P-38F over Cape Ronodit (Greece?), 31 October, 1943. His 2nd, a P-38 20 km southeast of Kalamaki Greece, 15 November, 1943. His 3rd, a P-38 southeast of Kalamaki Greece, 17 November, 1943. Alternate spelling: Kuhn.
33 Kuhn, HansUnkII/JG-11, JG-27Bf 109Fighter Operational ClaspJager Blatt, Deceased 11 January, 1996.
34 Kuhn, Hans JoachimLtInstr Erg/JGr. Ost, Stab/JG-2 (4/44)Fw 190A-8 Werk # 731065 (lost 7/6/44) Wound Badge, Fighter Operational Clasp WIA 6 July, 1944 during aerial combat in the vicinity of Bercheres sur Vesgre, in Eure-et-Loir, France. Lt Kuhn was engaged in combat with a P-47, when he had to bail, and landed with wounds (D.Drury).
35 Kühn, Hans UlrichLt8/SG-2Fw 190F-8 Werk # Unk (lost 4/13/45)Assault Operational ClaspKIC 13 April, 1945 during a landing approach at Riesa-Leutewitz (LOCS).
36 Kühn, HarriUffz6/6/1922Berlin10/JG-1 (Reich Def)Bf 109G-14/AS Wk# 784146 "Blk 9" (lost 12/25/44)Wound Badge
Fighter Operational Clasp		WIA 25 December, 1944 (intercepting bombers) in aerial combat with Mustangs from the 352nd FG over Marche en Famenne. First listed as "Missing", the experienced pilot was found one week later in the shattered wreckage of his "Black 9" at Aremberg. He died of his wounds 27 December, 1944. Buried at Aremberg.
37 Kühn, HattoOblt12/10/1915Rabaul, Papua, New Guinea2/KG-26 (Aalborg West)He 111H-5 Werk # 3774 "1H + BK" (lost)Bomber Operational ClaspPOW 1 March, 1941 as a result of an emergency landing at sea, 1.5 km off Melrose Head, Banffshire, due to an engine fire. Remaining crew (all POW): Uffz Friedrich Grosshardt, Observer; Gefr Manfred Hänel, R/O and Uffz Ferdinand Mänling, Gunner. Source: SIG Norway.
38 Kühn, HeinzUffzIII/JG-7Me 262Fighter Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 19 December, 1944 after being shot down while in a conversion training flight near Ingolstadt.
39 Kühn, HelmutOblt8/StG-3Ju 87D-3
Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(3/25/43)

EK 1 & 2
Dive Bomber Operational Clasp		DK-G Awards List. Alternate spelling: Kuhn. NOTE: Although the pilots name was not connected to these two events, they are believed to be those of Oblt Kuhn: On 1 April, 1942, in a ju 87D-1, Wk# 2111 was lost in the vicinity of Malta after a fighter attack. Pilot picked up by German ASR, R/O-Gnr, Gefr Helmut Suchlich, fate unknown. On 22 June, 1943, in a Ju 87D-3, Wk# 100333 collided with another D-3 piloted by Fw Hans Stiegler (fate unknown), near Bylki, NW of Konotop Ukraine, killing Oblt Kuhn. Kuhn believed buried as "Unknown" in the War Cemetery, Kiev, birthdate listed, 6 November, 1918, Schweina (D.Drury).
40 Kühn, Helmut Oblt12(StG)/LG-1 (10/40 Channel), II/StG-2 (4/41), 8/StG-3 (3/43)Ju 87B Werk # 0395 "L1 + AW" (lost 10/8/40), Ju 87 Werk # Unk (dam 4/6/41) Wound Badge
Dive Bomber Operational Clasp 		Both he and his unnamed crew were injured in a non-combat in-flight accident on 8 October, 1940. They collided with another Ju 87, Wk# 5086, piloted by Lt Schlegel (KIC w/crew) at Marles les Mines (Ju 87 Loss List). Alternate spelling: Kühn. Added: His injured R/O-Gnr was Ogefr Erwin Dürr (D.Drury). Added: He ws WIA 6 April, 1941, during a raid at Agedabia, no further detail (LOCS).
41 Kühn, HelmutUffz8/KG-77 (Med)JU 88A-4 Werk # 142220 "3Z + US" (lost 4/23/43)Bomber Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) with one other unnamed crew 23 April, 1943, cause unknown, location not reported, two other crew WIA (Ju 88 Loss List). Added: Remaining crew: Uffz Wilhelm Siebert, Obs (WIA); Uffz Günther Volprich, R/O (WIA) and Ogefr Hans Moos (?), Gnr (KilledInAction (KIA)) (Qu.Meister File).
42 Kühn, HerbertFw24/JG-3Bf 109G-14 Werk# 461197 "< O +" EK 2
Fighter Operational Clasp		MIA 24-25 December, 1944; Combat with a Spitfire over Chemnitz. Mombeek MIA List. One known victory, a P-51 in the Halle area on 2 November, 1944. A 2nd, a Typhoon at Monschau on 18 December, 1944.
43 Kuhn, HermannOfwAufkl.Gr. unitJu 88D-1
Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(9/27/43)

EK 1 & 2
Observer Operational Clasp		DK-G Awards List
44 Kühn, HermannUffzII/JG-26 (joins 9/43), 5/JG-26, Ferry Unit (8/44), 5/JG-25 (ret 1/45)Fw 190A-4 thru 8, Fw 190D-9 EK 2
Fighter Operational Clasp		KIFA 25 March, 1945 when he collided with Gerhard Schulwitz on takeoff from Nordhorn airfield. The flaming wreckage landed in a nearby woods. A witness, Werner Molge helped a "digger" locate the spot, and Schulwitzs watch and Iron Cross were found in 1985.
45 Kuhn, HilariusFw1/Bo.Fl.St.-196Ar 196A-3 Werk # 0148 "T3 + EK" (lost 1/2/42)Observer Operational ClaspMIA, and presumed killed, 2 January, 1942 while on a "positioning" flight between Amsterdam and Brest. According to a French article, it is almost certain that he was sd by a group of Spitfires of No.602 Sq., which claimed a He 114 in front of Le Treport (crash-aerien.news/forum via S.Youngs). "Positioning" is the result of a French translation and could reference a navigational, transfer or reconniassance flight, since the Ar 196 was a reconnaissance aircraft.
46 Kuhn, HubertFwTGr.-10 (4/43)He 111H Werk # 4155 "L5 + DL" (lost 4/12/43)Transport Operational ClaspMIA 12 April, 1943 when he crashed at Krepetkin, cause unknown. Remaining crew: Uffz Hans Veget, Obs (MIA); Uffz Leo Görtz, Mech (MIA); Ogefr Ernst Bartels, Gnr (KIC) and Uffz Adalbert Gruber, R/O (KIC) (Qu.Meister File).
47 Kuhn, Johannes AntoniusEM11/15/1908Amsterdam, Prov. No. HollandY-2 LvR (Dutch Ftr Grp 5/40), SG-101 (7/43 Paris-Orly), SG-3, 3/Überführungsgruppe (Ferry Group)-West (2/44), TG-30 (6/44)Hs 129 in SG-101, He 111 in TG-30, Fw 190A-8 Werk # 171747 "White 13" (interned in England 8/30/44)Pilot BadgeA Dutch volunteer, who served in the Dutch Air Force in 1940, he was shot down with injuries on 10 May, 1940, by a Bf 110 of II/ZG-1. He joined the Luftwaffe in 1942. Depressed at the high risk and losses in the Luftwaffe Ferry Unit, he deserted to England on 30 August, 1944 in his 190A-8, which he was to transport to JG-26 at Brussels-Melsbroek. He made a perfect belly landing in a field at Montkon Road Farm, near RAF Manston, Kent, slightly damaging the A-8. He remained a British POW until 1949. Jager Blatt article. Added: His A-8 was given the RAF SN AM230 and put on display until it was eventually scrapped (D.Drury).


Courtesy Christian König
48 Kühn, Karl ErnstOblt10/28/19215/KG-55 (3/43)He 111H-16
Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(3/20/43)

EP (10/26/42), EK 1 & 2
Wound Badge, Bomber Operational Clasp		DK-G Awards List. Added: Injured in a crash 29 March, 1943 due to bad weather (LOCS).
49 Kuhn, KurtLt9/KG-3Do 17Bomber Operational ClaspPOW 21 July, 1941 after being shot down during a bombing raid on Moscow.
50 Kühn, LudwigOfw16/JG-52 (12/43 S.U.)Bf 109G EK 2
Fighter Operational Clasp		His first known victory, a Soviet Yak-1 on 28 December, 1943.
51 Kühn, OttoUffz4/ZG-76Bf 110C-2 (or C-7) Werk # 2638 (or 3638) (10% dam 9/24/40) Wound Badge
Destroyer Operational Clasp 		WIA 24 September, 1940; hit by flak during the Battle of Britain, no location reported (Bf 110 Loss List). Added: The location was over Southhampton (D.Drury).
52 Kühn, OttoFw212/JG-27Bf 109G EK 2
Fighter Operational Clasp		One known victory, a P-38 NW of Veszprem on 10 May, 1944. A 2nd, a B-24 (HSS) NW of Veszprem on 10 May, 1944. His victories may be as high as 4, since his B-24 was referred to as victory No. 4 per OKL.
53 Kühn, Otto Heinrich WilhelmUffz12/7/19207/JG-2 (Nidda)Bf 109G-14 Werk# 464277 "Yellow 5" (lost 12/24/44)Fighter Operational ClaspMIA 24 December, 1944; Combat with a P-38 east of Bastogne. Mombeek MIA List. The Lost Aircraft Report states that Kuhn was KilledInAction (KIA).
54 Kühn, RudigerFw7/JG-51Bf 109G-14 Werk # 166294 "Yellow 4" (80% dam 1/7/45)Wound Badge, Fighter Operational ClaspInjured 7 January, 1945 in a takeoff accident at Imely emergency landing ground, Cz.. The Group was being transerred elsewhere, no further detail (D.Drury).
55 Kuhn, RudolfUffzI/JG-27 (France)Bf 109G-4 Werk # 16173 (lost 2/27/43)Fighter Operational ClaspKIC 27 February, 1943 near Pont Audemer due to an engine fire.
56 Kühn, RudolfGefr1918/03/26Sch./Fl.Ausb.Rgt.42Fw-44 "CO + CJ" Werknr 2966 (lost)KIFA on a training flight near Avnø on 16 April 1941. 2 FW-44 were training “Ziel-Landeflug” when they collided, both pilots died,. On the Kriegsgräberfürsorge headstone at Vestre Cemetery the date of death probably shows the false date of 16/03/41.CKönig
57 Kuhn, ToniOfw4(F)/Nacht (Kharkiv-Voichenko)Do 17P Werk # 4107 (80% dam 10/3/42)Wound Badge, Observer Operational ClaspInjured in a takeoff accident at Voichenko airfield, 3 October, 1942, due to a technical malfunction. Remaining crew (dispo unk): Ofw G.Geida, Obs and Uffz G.Wiehlmann, R/O. No VDK matches (D.Drury).
58 Kühn, WalterUffz6/KG-1 (S.U.)Ju 88A-5 Werk # 2228 "V4 + EP" (lost 6/30/41)Bomber Operational ClaspMIA with unnamed crew 30 June, 1941 at Perecri-Derpat, cause unknown (Ju 88 Loss List).
59 Kuhn, WalterFw28/JG-54Bf 109F EK 2
Fighter Operational Clasp		His first known Soviet victory, a DB-3 on 30 June, 1941. A 2nd, a SB-3 on 21 July, 1941. First name may be Walther, with the "h".
60 Kuhn, WalterUffz8/ZG-1 (S.U.)Bf 109E-7 Werk # 3572 "Black C" "S9 + CS" (lost 7/13/42)Destroyer Operational ClaspMIA 13 July, 1942 after being attacked by enemy fighters at Petschany.
61 Kuhn, WalterUffz9/StG-1 (S.U.)Ju 87D-3 Werk # 2410 "J9 + EL" (lost 3/15/43)
Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(4/29/43)

EK 1 & 2
Dive Bomber Operational Clasp		DK-G Awards List. MIA with unnamed crew 15 March, 1943 south of bulatowo due to enemy fighters (Ju 87 Loss List).
62 Kuhn, WalterUffz51/JG-52Bf 109F
EK 1 & 2
Fighter Operational Clasp		KIC 31 December, 1941. His 1st victory, a Blenheim at Hoek van Holland on 7 September, 1941. Magnus.
63 Kuhn, WilliOFw11/12/12Essen

Küstenaufklärungsstaffel 1/ 306 Norderney (07/38), KG 54, KGr 806 (11/40-04/41-)He-60, He-114, He-111 , Ju-88 A
EK 1 (14/09/40) & EK 2 (08/03/40)

Transporter Operational Clasp in Gold (07/07/42)

Bomber Operational Clasp in Gold (25/09/44)		He received both Frontflugspangen and seems to have survived the war. The unit was known as Kampfgruppe 806 from Nov 1939. On 01/09/42 redesignated in III./KG54.CKönig
64 Kühn, WillyUffz4/3/1920BerlinI/JG-1 (5/41 Düsseldorf), 2/JG-1 (9/41)Bf 109E-7 Werk # 6110 "Black 1" (80% dam 9/17/41), Fw 190A-5 Werk # 410196 "Black 13" (lost 7/26/43)Fighter Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 26 July, 1943 during aerial combat with "4 mots" near Hattendorf. Buried Wunstorf City Cemetery, Block 9/1/4 (Geensen). His E-7 crashed making a force landing at Deventer Holland on 17 September, 1941, cause unknown, pilot OK.
65 Kühn, WillyUffzII(Schl)/LG-2 (Germany)Bf 109E-7 Werk # 4149 (lost 3/29/41)KIC 29 March, 1941; crashed and burned in the Köln-Butzweilerhof area while on a non-operational flight, no cause reported (Bf 109 Loss List).
66 Ladner, KarlHptm9(Eis)/KG-1 (4/43), Stfkpt 1/KG-6 (8/43)Ju 88 A-4 Werk # Unk (dam 4/13/43), Ju 88A-2 Werk # 170632 "3E + EH" (lost 7/20/44)Wound Badge, Bomber Operational ClaspMIA 20 July, 1944, shot down by a Mosquito of No.409 Sq., piloted by W/C Kirkwood, while attacking allied formations. He was able to bail, but went missing. The ac crashed 5km N of the Orne. Remaining crew (Bail/POW): Fw Erich Kuhn, Uffz Rudolf Wunsch and Fw Adolf Seifert. He was injured in a force landing in his A-4 at Tours, 13 April, 1943, due to engine failure (LOCS & C.König).
67 Lutz, HansLt8/3/1918U.S.A.6/KG-55 (6/41)He 111P-4 Werk # 2965 "G1 + BP" (lost 6/22/41)Bomber Operational ClaspKIA 22 June, 1941 when his ac made an emergency landing in the area of Zloczow (maybe Zlocgow), due to ground fire. [The Polish word Zloczow is an alternative for Zolochiv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine]. Remaining crew (all MIA, desig unk): Ogefr Johann Bütje, Ogefr Kurt Klenkens, Ofw Bruno Kuhn and Gefr Heinrich Riemer. The remains of Lt Lutz could not be recovered for transfer to the Collective War Cemetery at Potelytsch, Ukraine, where his name is recorded in the memorial book there (D.Drury).
68 Meinke, Hans-JoachimUffz1920/05/12Berlin6./KG 40Do-217 E-4 "F8 + MP" Werknr. 4345 (lost)MIA on 28 March 1943 during an attack on Norwich, believed to have been shot down by a Mosquito of No. 157 Squadron and probably lost in the North Sea Crew (MIA): Obsv Uffz Kurt Kersten (born 29/04/1916 in Göttingen), Radop Uffz Heinz Hornig (born 12/06/1921 in Gmünden), Gunr OGefr Hermann Kühn (born 20/12/1921 in Bad Salzuflen.


Kühn
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CKönig
69 Overbeck, JürgenFw4(F)/11 (S.U.)Ju 88D-5 Werk # 430212 "6M + BM" (or 6M + DM) (lost 5/26/42)Observer Operational ClaspMIA with his Observer Lt Paul Kuhn and two other unnamed crew in the Yelnya-Yukhnow-Dorogobuzch area 26 May, 1942, cause unknown (Ju 88 Loss List). Added: The two unnamed crewmen were Uffz H.Schnell and Uffz E.Wilmer, and believed captured. The ac was brought down by AA fire and made an emergency landing, location not reported (D.Drury).
70 Reimann, RudolfUffz2(F)/22 (S.U.)Ju 88D-1 Werk # 430256 "4N + KR" (lost 9/28/43)Observer Operational ClaspMIA with his Observer Ofw Wilhelm Kühn and two other unnamed crew at Charkow-Poltawa on 28 September, 1943, cause unknown (Ju 88 Loss List).
71 Schlegel, WernerLt11/23/1917Noremburg (?)12(StG)/LG-1 (Channel)Ju 87b Werk # 5086 "L1 + MW" (lost 10/8/40)Dive Bomber Operational ClaspKIC with unnamed crew 8 October, 1940 when they collided with another Ju 87, Wk# 0395, piloted by Lt Kuhn or Kühn (injured). This took place at Marles les Mines and was a non-combat flight. Ju 87 Loss List. Added: Schlegel is buried in the War Cem in Bourdon France, Blk 30, Row 17, Gr 674. His R/O-Gnr, Gefr Josef Schiehandl, also buried Bourdon, Blk 6, Row 8, Gr 281 (D.Drury). His birthplace may be Nuremburg (?).
72 Schulwitz, Gerhard "Bubi"Lt1921/09/229


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10./JG 26 (joins 05/43), 8./JG 26 (04/44), 6./JG 26 (06/44), 3./JG 26(09/44), 7. & 8./JG 26 (10/44), 5./JG 26 (02/45)Fw 190 A-8 "Yellow 10" Werknr 170335 (lost), Fw 190 D-9 (lost 03/45)probably EP

EK 1 & 2

probably Fighter Operational Clasp in Gold
Bodenplatte pilot in 8./JG 26. A popular and gifted pilot, he was KIC 25 March, 1945, in a collision in his D-9 with his wingman, Uffz Hermann Kühn, after take-off for a transfer flight. Kühn was attempting a dramatic exit on a short airstrip at Nordhorn! Shot down in "Yellow 10" w/o injuries on D-Day by naval gunfire. Listed as MIA briefly after this encounter. One known victory, a Spitfire at St Pierre-Capelle on 24 June, 1943. His 2nd, a B-17 SE of Boulogne on 7 January, 1944. His 3rd, a B-24 (HSS) SW of Lüttich, 12 April, 1944. His 4th & 5th, both P-51s within seconds at Bacholt on 17 September, 1944. His 6th, a P-47 near Mönchen-Gladbach on 28 February, 1945. His 7th, a P-47 of 366FG at Wallach, near Wesel on 9 March, 1945. His last two victories were Austers (L-4 or L-5) of the 47th FA, attached to the 5th Armd Div., on 17 March, 1945 in the Düsseldorf area, one piloted by Lt Kenneth Lund (Source: Nephew Richard Tiedeman). Schulwitzs remains were discovered in 1985 after his comrade, Werner Molge, showed a Dig Team the location of the crashsite. He is buried at Lingen Neuer Friedhof Reihe L Grab 22 (CK).


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73 Stiegler, HansFw8/StG-3 (6/43 S.U.)Ju 87D-3 Werk # 100328 (dam 6/22/43)Dive Bomber Operational ClaspInvolved in a mid-air collision near Bylki with Werk # 100333, believed piloted by Oblt Helmut Kühn (KIFA), 22 June, 1943. The disposition of Stiegler and his unnamed crewman, unknown (D.Drury)
74 Struck, KarlFw8/KG-26Ju 88A-17 Werk # 801705 "1H + AS" (lost 5/30/44)Bomber Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 30 May, 1944; his ac crashed at Malgrat Barcelona, Spain, killing the entire crew, believed lost at sea, cause unknown. Remaining crew: Ofw Heinz Kühn, Obs; Uffz Josef Swoboda, R/O and Uffz Martin Wagenknecht, Flt Engr (bur IM at Cuacos de Yuste). Source: D.Drury.
75 Werber, Friedrich WilhelmLt3/26/1915Helmonsödt3(F)/22Ju 88A-5 Werk # 0591 "4N + KL" (lost 7/28/41)Observer Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) with his entire crew, 28 July, 1941, when the ac was lost at Velikiye-Luki, Pskov Oblast, Russia, cause unknown. Remaining crew (believed buried Velikiye-Luki): HauptFw Herbert Wilhelm Bruno Schaefer, Obs; Uffz Richard Kuhn, R/O and Uffz Karl Reuls, Gnr (D.Drury).
76 Wimmer, M.Lt? . 26.08.40 Oblt., 8./KG 4 WIA - Ju 88 A-1 (5J+ES) rammed by another Ju 88 on take-off at Schiphol.8/KG-4 (8/40 Schiphol)Ju 88 A-1 Wrk # (88)3080 "5J + ES" (dam 8/26/40)Wound Badge, Bomber Operational ClaspInjured in a mid-air collision the night of 25/26 August, 1940 with Wk# (88)3149, piloted by Oblt Rudolf Meissner (KIC). Lt Wimmer's Observer, Fw T.Kuhn was also injured. The R/O, Uffz P.Hütten and Mech/Gnr, Flg Giesecke, no injuries reported (SGLO). This may be Max Wimmer, later in 8/KG-30. Added: rammed by another Ju 88 on take-off at Schiphol (CK).

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