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The Kracker Luftwaffe Archive: Axis Powers Pilots and Crew
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There is a rogue group of copyright infringers who have stolen a much earlier version of my data - from at least 10 years ago - and have the affrontery to publish that, along with using my name, on their poorly researched website. They claim this is the 'original' Kracker Archive, a ridiculous claim since my Archive has been in a state of continuous development for over 30 years and nobody - NOBODY - has the original. They have no right to use my name or my data and readers who come across this nonsense should do nothing to encourage theft of this nature. I am outraged by this blatant theft and misrepresentation of my lifetime's work. The ONLY person I have ever authorized to publish my data and use my name is Kelvin Youngs, who earned my trust and respect many years ago and is authorized by me to publish my work on whichever website he organizes, currently this being its present home at the highly respected Aircrew Remembered.
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| # | Pilot/Crew SORT (↓) | Rank | Born | Place | Score SORT (↓) | Photo | Units | Aircraft | Awards | *************Notes************* | Links | AuthorComments |
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| 1 | Behrens, Franz | Uffz | 4/3/1917 | Wiedelah | 7/KG-26 | He 111H Werk # Unk (lost 4/30/41) | Bomber Operational Clasp | KilledInAction (KIA) the night of 29/30 April, 1941. His ac crashed in the area of Evreux-Lisieux France, circumstance unknown. However, earlier in the flight, the ac experienced an engine malfunction which may have contributed to this crash. Remaining crew: Uffz Gerhard Dauwwitz, Obs (KilledInAction (KIA)); Gefr Friedrich Koch, R/O (rescued by ASR) and Ogefr Rudolf Lehnig, Flt Engr. The deceased are buried in the Geman War Cem., La Cambe France, Blk 36, as follows: Uffz Behrens Gr 145, Uffz Dauwitz Gr 25 and Ogefr Lehnig Gr 24 (D.Drury) | ||||
| 2 | Berlebach, Raimund | Uffz | IV/SKG-10 (Channel) | Fw 190A-5 Werk # 50059 "Yellow D" (lost 5/30/43) | Assault Operational Clasp | MIA 30 May, 1943, cause and location not given. | ||||||
| 3 | Blumers, Otto | Oblt | 4/26/1910 | Heppenheim | 3/Tr.Gr. 186 (5/40), 9/StG-1 (11/40 Channel) | Ju 87B-2 Werk # 5641 "J9 + BL" (lost 11/14/40) | Wound Badge (5/22/40), Dive Bomber Operational Clasp | POW 14 November, 1940; shot down during aerial combat with Spitfires over a convoy, no mention of R/O disposition. Ju 87 Loss List. Added: His R/O-Gnr, Gefr Willy Koch, reported as MIA (D.Drury & LOCS). | ||||
| 4 | Botterbrodt, Helmut | Oblt | 10/8/1912 | 1/Kü.Fl.Gr 106 (Legion Condor), II/KGr.z.b.V.-1, 1/KG-40 (1/44) | He 60 in 1/Kü.Fl.Gr.106, He 177A-3 Werk # 535741 "CJ + FO" (lost 1/22/44) |  Spanish Cross Bomber Operational Clasp | Failed to return from a mission over London England the night of 21/22 January, 1944. The crew were able to bail by Chateaudun, therefore, presumed POWs. Remaining crew: StFw Otto Schelldorfer, Fw Wilhelm von Trott zu Soltz, Fw Hans Streller, Uffz Herbert Schulze and Uffz Jakob Koch. Jager Blatt 4/2003. | |||||
| 5 | Brandenburg, Hans Jürgen | Oblt | 5/30/1919 | Neustrelitz, Stargard |  Cannock Chase | 3/KG-2 | Do 17Z-3 (lost 8/16/40) | Bomber Operational Clasp | KilledInAction (KIA) 16 August, 1940 after being shot down by three Hurricanes while on a mission in the Canterbury area. The ac crashed at the Hornchurch airfield. Remaining crew (KilledInAction (KIA)): Gefr Eugen Genter (geb 2/28/19 Freiburg), Bombardier; Gefr Kurt Hirsch (geb 12/21/18 Sprottau), R/O and Flg Hans Koch (geb 6/20/18 Essleben), Gunner. Source: Lw. Loss Report via Joe Potter. Added: Their Do 17 was attacked by three Hurricanes of No. 56 Sq., and exploded, the remains falling on the beac at Whitstable, Kent. The four deceased are buried in a collective grave at CC, Plot 9, Row 8, Gr 49 (D/Drury). | |||
| 6 | Schlichter, Artur (Arthur) | Uffz | 1920/09/02 | Leipzig (CK) | 1./NJG 2 (12/44), 3./NJG 2 (03/45 Twente) | Ju 88 G-6 "4R + ?L" Werknr 620591 (lost 28/12/44), Ju 88 G-6 "4R + CL" Werknr 620654 (lost 04/03/45) | KIC 4 March, 1945 with Gunr OGefr Robert Kautz (born 29/08/1924 in Vienna, CK) due to a fuel shortage at Mallersricht, two other crew bailed safely (Ju 88 Loss List). This most likely happened during Operation Gisela. Remaining crew (bailed safely): Radop Fw Gerhard Kolbe (born 1918 in Bennungen, Sangerhausen, CK) and Radop 2 OGefr Raimund Theimer (with injuries, born 09/04/1924 Stiebnig, Wagstadt, CK) (A. Rosseels). Crashed Wk# 620591 the night of 27/28 December, 1944 at Kaltenkirchen, W of Roermond, Holland, after being hit by Flak, pilot disposition unknown. One known crew, an OGefr Kessler. Jager Blatt article & M.Balss. | |||||
| 7 | Brehm, Friedrich "Fritz" | Fw | 2/KGr-806 (5/41 France, 5/42 Malta) | Ju 88A-5 Werk # 6229 (dam 5/13/41), Ju 88A-4 Werk # 1601 "M7 + MK" (lost 5/28/42) | Wound Badge, Bomber Operational Clasp | MIA with unnamed crew 28 May, 1942; failed to return from a mission at Luca (Ju 88 Loss List). Added: WIC 13 May, 1941 when his Wk# 6229 made contact with an He 111 of 1/KG-28 at the Nantes airfield, Loire Atlantique. Remaining crew (WIC): Gefr Rudolf Pannicke, Obs; Uffz Herbert Reckow, R/O and Gefr Adolf Rinne, Gnr (D.Drury). NOTE: Werk # 6229 is also attributed to Ofw Raimund Deisinger of 7/KG-51, lost 22 June, 1941. My source; Luftwaffe Loss Report, microfilm roll #3. This might suggest the May damage was repaired, and 6229 returned to service. | ||||||
| 8 | Bruscagin, Raimund | Uffz | 11/JG-5 | Bf 109G-6 Werk# 410816 (lost) | Fighter Operational Clasp | MIA 7 December, 1944; Aerial combat, crashed into the sea near Gossen. Mombeek MIA List. | ||||||
| 9 | Czernik, Gerhard | Maj (postmortem) | 1913/01/12 | Breslau |     Courtesy CK | 1./K 88 Legion Condor (CK), Stfkpt 6./KG 2 (10/41 Eindhoven) | Do 217 E-2 "U5 + AP" Werknr 1139 (lost 21/10/41) |  RK (16/05/41) Spanish Cross in Gold with Swords EP (26/02/41)  EK 1 & 2  Bomber Operational Clasp in Gold Medalla de la Campaña de España 1936-1939 | KilledInAction (KIA) the night of 20/21 October, 1941 in Werk # 1139, crashing on Sloterdijkmeerweg in Sloten Holland, 7km NW of the Schiphol airfied. Remaining crew (added: during the combat mission Czernik had to abort and fly back to Schiphol due to a failed engine. In the process of landing the second engine failed too so that the Do crashed (CK), buried Ysselsteyn: Obsv OFw Robert Spies, (born on 18/02/1915 in Düsseldorf (CK) KilledInAction (KIA), bur CW-6-142); Radop Fw Karl Koch (born on 13/12/1917 in Celle (CK) (KilledInAction (KIA), bur CW-6-144) and Fw Horst Walther, Flt Engr, who parachuted to safety. Over 130 combat missions. Destroyed 24 AC on the ground. Added: The cause of the crash reported as motor damage, left engine. Maj Czernik buried CW-6-143 (SGLO).    Do 217 E-2 "U5 + AP" Werknr 1139 Courtesy CK czernik1230.jpg | |||
| 10 | Davignon, Hans Werner | Oblt | 10/06/06 | 17./KG.z.b.V. 1 (Gruppe Koch) ('40), KGr.z.b.V. 900 (6/42), Stfkpt 9/K .z.b.V. 323 (03/43-06/43), Adj II./TG 5 (07/43), NJG 2 (09/44), NJG 3 | Ju 52, Bf 110 & Ju 88G in NJG | EK 1 & EK 2  Recce Operational Clasp in Gold  at least Night Fighter Operational Clasp in Bronze |
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| 11 | Deisinger, Raimund | Ofw | 8/18/1914 | Vienna | 7/KG-51 (S.U.) | Ju 88A-5 Werk # 6229 "9K + FR" (lost 6/22/41) | Bomber Operational Clasp | KilledInAction (KIA) 22 June, 1941, day one of Operation Barbarossa, vicinity Tarnopol, cause unknown; three others unnamed, all MIA (Ju 88 Loss List). Added: Remaining crew (MIA): Ofw Georg Maier, Obs; Fw Johann Wagner, R/O and Uffz Hans Buckenmeyer (or Buckenmayer), Gnr. Ofw Deisinger buried in the Ger War Cem. at Potelitsch, Ukraine (D.Drury). | ||||
| 12 | Diermeyer, Heinrich | Lt | 6/KG-30 | Ju 88A-1 "4D + AP" (lost 5/16/40) | Bomber Operational Clasp | Pilot and crew unhurt on 16 May, 1940, when they made a successful force landing near a farm in Mardal. The cause may have been due to combat with Skuas of No. 803 Sq.. The crew stuffed the ac with hay, and set it on fire. Remaining crew: Gefr Georg Schutz, Uffz Anton Schlösser and Ogefr Heinrich Koch. The crew were picked up by a German seaplane (Flyvrak Norway). | ||||||
| 13 | Dostlebe, Herbert | Hptm | 10/23/1913 | Zeitz, Sachsen | | 2/KG-100 (4/44 Chateaudin, Fr) | He 177A-3 Werk # (33)2357 "6N +IK" (lost 4/21/44) | Bomber Operational Clasp | KilledInAction (KIA) 20/21 April, 1944; failed to return from a night mission over Hull; his He 177 crashed into the North Sea off the Dutch coast (DeSwart). Remaining crew (MIA): FhjFw Hans Georg Vollandt, geb 11/26/1919, Obs; Ofw Anton Krebs, geb 5/13/1915, R/O; Ofw Johann Konrad, geb 11/4/1916, Wart; Ofw Hermann Koch, geb 8/8/1919, Gunner (B.Bines). Added: Killed were Pilot Hptm Dostlebe, buried Norderney D-48, and a Gnr, Uffz Gustav Neumann (geb 8/8/1920), buried Yssel AR-1-3 (SGLO). | |||
| 14 | Draisbach, Hermann | Ofw | 3/KG-4 | He 111H-4 "5J + EL" (lost) | Bomber Operational Clasp | POW 1 July, 1940 after aerial combat near Hull with three Spitfires of RAF No. 616 Sq., crashing into the sea 25 miles east of Spurn Head, east of Humber. The crew was rescued by HMS Black Swan. Remaining crew (all POW): Oblt Friedrich Wilhelm Koch, Observer, Fw Alfred Weber (WIA), wireless operator and Ofw Rudolf Ernst (WIA), mechanic. | ||||||
| 15 | Edlinger, Raimund | Gefr | JG 105 | Fw-56 Werknr 2414 (lost on 24/10/43) | KilledInAction (KIA) on 24/10/43 in "air combat" with a Canadian pilot, F/O L. W. SEATH of 400 Squadron (RCAF) at the village of Saint-Priest, near Chartres, S of Paris. He rests at the German military cemetery at Solers (France). | CKönig | ||||||
| 16 | Engelhardt, Hans | Oblt | 10/22/1916 | Puderbach |
Courtesy Christian König | 11/JG-3 (8/43 -11/44) | Bf 109G-14 Werk # Unk "Yellow 14 + I" (lost 11/2/44) | EK 1 & 2  Fighter Operational Clasp in Silver | KIFA, a mid-air collision with Raimund Koch, 2 November, 1944, 800m SE of Reinsdorf during a practise flight (C.König & LOCS). | |||
| 17 | Frick, Alfred | Fw | 11/20/1918 | Hepach | 1/TGr-30 | He 111H-20 Werk # 701492 "S3 + CH" (lost 1/20/45) | Transport Operational Clasp | KIC 20 January, 1945 when his ac possibly developed an engine malfunction and crashed at Aujac, Charente-Maritime, France. Remaining crew (all KIC, all buried Berneuil, Blk 2, Row 12): Uffz Josef Fritz, Obs, Gr 430; Uffz Walter Kemnitz, R/O, Gr 433; Uffz Horst Conradi, Flt Engr, Gr 429 and Ogefr Waldemar Koch, Gnr, Gr 432. Two Army officer passengers, were also killed, Oblt Herbert Steinbeiss, bur Gr 431 and Obstlt Josef Wiesheu, bur Gr 427. Pilot Fw Frick buried Gr 428. The two passengers were delivering ayroll and papers belonging to Admiral Hans Michahelles (D.Drury).p | ||||
| 18 | Füssel, Erhardt | Lt | 7/KG-40 | He 111H-5 Werk # 3909 "V4 + JH" (lost 5/12/41) | Wound Badge Bomber Operational Clasp | WIA/POW 12 May, 1941; believed sd by a destroyer, crashing at sea off Lundy Island. There is a second claim on this same ac; destroyed three hours later by a Defiant of No.307 Sq., piloted by F/Sgt J. Malinowski, crashing at sea off Exmouth or Dawlish, The two locations are 70 miles apart, suggesting the ac was only damaged by the destroyer fire. Remaining crew: Fw Gustav Koch, Obs (WIA/POW); Uffz Karl Böger, R/O (POW) and Uffz Erhardt Trenkler, Mech (POW). Source: D. Drury. | ||||||
| 19 | Mietho, Erwin | Uffz | 6/JG-1 (12/43) | Fw 190A-4 Werk # 7031 "Yellow 7" (70% dam 9/5/43), Fw 190A-5 Werk # 7215 (lost 12/22/43), Fw 190A-6 Werk # 550466 "Yellow 13" (lost 1/11/44) | Wound Badge Fighter Operational Clasp | KilledInAction (KIA) 11 January, 1944 during aerial combat opposing B-17s over Paderborn, crashing near Ohrbeck. No known grave. Collided with his Stfkpt, Harry Koch, during aerial combat in his A-5 on 22 December, 1943 near Badbergen. He bailed successfully, without injury, but Koch was killed. Injured in a crash at Rheine on 5 September, 1943, overturning on landing. | ||||||
| 20 | Koch, ? | Uffz |  | Nachtjagdlehrgang 13 | Found on a picture of pilots of Nachtjagdlehrgang 13 probably taken end of 1943, start of 1944. Might be one of the other Koch in the archive. | CKönig | ||||||
| 21 | Gruber, Lorenz | Uffz | 7/28/1922 |  Ysselstein, Holland | 8/KG-3 (8/44/Venlo) | He 111H-16 Werk # 161771 "5K + BS" (lost 8/31/44) | Bomber Operational Clasp | His He 111 crashed at Gilze Holland (Vossenberg) the night of 30/31 August, 1944, cause and pilot/crew disposition unknown. (DeSwart). Added: The entire crew were killed in the crash and buried at Ysselsteyn, Blk GQ, Row 5. Remaining crew: Fw Karl Koch, Obs (Gr 104); Uffz Norbert Wiemers, R/O (Gr 101); Uffz Eugen Kauffeld, 1st Gnr (Gr 102) and Uffz Egon Bahr, 2nd Gnr (Gr 105). Pilot Gruber buried in Gr 103 (D.Drury). | ||||
| 22 | Hagen, Wilhelm 'Willi' | StbsFw | 2/Kü.Fl.Gr.-106 (7/40; redesig as 3/Kü.Fl.Gr.-906), 1/Kü.Fl.Gr.-606 (10/40), 3/Kü.Fl.Gr.-906 (9/41), 1/Kü.Fl.Gr.-606 (4/42 Med) | Do 18G Werk # 0878 dam 7/23/40), Do 17Z-5 Werk # 2787 "7T + HH" (45% dam 10/11/40), Do 18G-1 Werk # 0890 "8L + CL" (lost 6/13/41), Do 18G Werk # 0898 "8L +HL" (9/3/41), Ju 88A-4 Werk # 1526 "7T + BH" (lost 4/19/42) |  Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(1/30/42) EK 1 & 2 Wound Badge(7/23/40) Observer Operational Clasp | MIA 19 April, 1942 with unnamed crew over Malta, probably due to flak (Ju 88 Loss List). MIA 3 September, 1941; sd by enemy gunfire at Eismeer. Remaining crew ( two MIA): Oblt Rudolf Müller, Obs; Ofw Herbert Bode, R/O and Uffz Wilhelm Schmager, Mech (KilledInAction (KIA); no known grave). MIA 13 June, 1941 during an operation over the Norwegian Sea, sd by a Hudson of No.220 Sq., piloted by Sgt Hall, off Bergen, three rescued, unhurt. Remaining crew: Lt Helmut Ohlendorf, Observer, (KilledInAction (KIA), remembered at either Möltendorf U-Boat or Laboe Naval Memorials); Uffz Fritz Augustin, R/O and Ofw August Conizianer, Gunner. Source: SIG Norway. Added: 7/23/40 Incident; Hagen WIA during a transfer flight SW of Caen, circumstance unknown. Rem crew: Lt.z.S. Siegfried Sott, Obs (KilledInAction (KIA)); Uffz Osmar Kreutzmann, R/O (WIA) and Uffz Raimund Hellmer, Flt Engr (WIA). Sott buried at La Cambe (Fr), Blk 11, Gr 400. Added 10/11/40 incident: Hagen and Obs Lt.z.S. Heine unhurt after being attacked by Spitfires of No.611 Sq., the ac returning to Brest, 45% damaged. Two crew, Uffz Heinz Johannsen (geb 10/1/1914 Gettorf KilledInAction (KIA)) and Fw Hans Starf (or Staas) (POW), bailed over England. Johannsen buried CC, 7/8/191. Career Summaries suggests Heine MIA. Added: 4/19/42 incident; Remaining crew (MIA): Fw Heinz Ücker, Obs; Ofw Ludwig Bachmann, R/O and Ofw Ernst Althammer, Gnr.. (D.Drury). | ||||||
| 23 | Hase, Hans Joachim | Oblt | 3/KG-40 | Fw 200C-3/U4 Werk # 0086 "F8 + IH" (lost 12/19/41) | Bomber Operational Clasp | AC reported lost 19 December, 1941 west of Portugal, no further detail (Fw 200 Losses, 1988 Book, per H. Breuer). Added: the ac crashed into the Atlantic west of Portugal; sd by Grumann Martlets (Wildcats) of FAA 802 Sq. of the Royal Navy, flying off the HMS Audacity. The entire crew MIA. Remaining crew: Ofw Karl Gendner, Co-pilot; Uffz Wilhelm Müller, R/O 1; Uffz Robert Cordes, R/O 2; Ofw Karl Bock, Flt Engr and Gefr Raimund Steinke, Gnr (D.Drury). | ||||||
| 24 | Helbig, Georg | Fw | 7/8/1918 | 1/NJG-3 (Tirstrup De.) | Bf 110G-4 Werk # 730368 "D5 + QK" (lost 11/23/44) | Night Fighter Operational Clasp | KIC 23 November, 1944 during an aerial combat training exercise, when following Stfkpt Oblt Herbert Koch through cloud cover, Helbig mysteriously crashed below in the Store Vildmosen Moor, near Bronderslev, killing the entire crew. Remaining crew (KIC): Uffz Willi Beyersdörfer, acting as R/O, geb.9/9/1915 (a pilot in his own right) and Uffz Otto Henselmann, Radar Oper., geb 12/11/1918. All were burried in the Frederikshavn Cemetery on 2 December, 1944. Source: Air War over Denmark & Bjorn Nygaard. Added: Burials: Fw Helbig, Blk 8, Gr 913; Uffz Henselmann, Blk 8, Gr 914 and Uffz Beyersdörfer, Blk 8, Gr 915 (D.Drury). | |||||
| 25 | Wolf, Willi | Uffz | Cannock Chase | 4/KG-26 | He 111H-3 Werk# 6964 "1H + FM" (lost 4/8/40) | Bomber Operational Clasp | POW 8 April, 1940 after his ac was attacked by a Hurricane of No.43 Sq, piloted by F/O John D. Edmonds, and landed on the sea, SSW of Copinsay Light, Orkney Islands. Remaining crew: Oblt Alfred Donike, Obs (POW); Uffz Leon Deeken, R/O (KilledInAction (KIA), bur CC War Cem, not the usual German Soldier Cannock Chase, 4/F/11) and Ofw Heinz Koch (POW) (D.Drury). Alternate spelling: Wollf (KG-26 Loss List). | |||||
| 26 | Höslin, Ekkehart von | Lt | 7/11/1917 |
| 3/KG-27 | He 111H-5 Werk # 3910 "1G + DL" (lost 3/15/41) | Bomber Operational Clasp | MIA with his entire crew, 15 March, 1941 after hia ac failed to return from an armed reconnaissance over the Atlantic, cause unknown. Remaining crew: Ofw Günther Koch, Obs; Fw Ernst Reinders, R/O and Gefr Gerhard Schäfer, Flt Engr (D.Drury). | ||||
| 27 | Keil, Karl | FhjFw | 6/JG-11 (Reich Def) | Bf 109G-10 Werk # 491445 "Black 9 + -" (lost 2/8/45) | Fighter Operational Clasp | MIA 8 February, 1945 after he and his leader, Hans Helmut Koch, made forced landings behind Russian lines; reason and place unknown. It is thought one landed to rescue the other. Jager Blatt article. | ||||||
| 28 | Koch, | Oblt | I/JG-300 | Fw 190A-8 & Bf 109G-10 and G-14 | Fighter Operational Clasp | He appears on an AC Lost List; AC lost 1/1/45 no location, pilot disposition unknown. | ||||||
| 29 | Wenner, Karl Arnulf | Maj | 3/KGr.z.b.V. 106 (4/41), Stfkpt 4/Stö.KG.Lfl.-4, 4 Seenotstaffel (11/43), 1/NSGr-5 (11/44), Kdr V/SG-151 (4/45) | Ar 66, Fw 58, Go 145, Fw 190F-8 | Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(11/25/43) EK 1 & 2 EP (8/9/43), Assault Operational Clasp | This is the Major who signed the last mission order of Robert Koch of 14 Staffel/ SG-151 on 1 May, 1945. This info found on the Internet & LOCS. | ||||||
| 30 | Vagts, Hermann Peter "Hans" | Oblt | 6/19/1915 | Kiel |  Above: Hermann Wilhelm Sodtmann Courtesy Spencer Wilson
Courtesy Christian Konig | 3/KGr-126 | He 111H-4 Werk # unk "1T + EL" (lost 4/30/40) | KilledInAction (KIA) 30 April, 1940: during a mine-laying operation at sea, the ac was hit by AA fire and crashed at Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. The ac exploded on impact resulting from a parachute mine still onboard, killing the entire crew. Civilians were also killed and this incident may well have been the first civilian deaths in England due to enemy action. Remaining crew (KilledInAction (KIA)): Lt Hermann Wilhelm Sodtmann, Obs (age 24 from Travemünde, bur CC, Plot 5, Row 5, Gr 112); Uffz Karl Heinz Fresen, (age 26 from Hamburg (?), bur CC, 5/5/111) and Uffz Hans Günther Koch, ( age 20 from Neu Skalmirschütz, bur 5/5/113). Oblt Vagts buried CC, 5/5/114. Source: Dave Drury & Spencer Wilson.
Courtesy Christian Konig | ||||
| 31 | Koch, | Uffz | 15(Z)/LG-1 | Bf 110C-2 Werk # 3849 "L1 + GL" (lost 9/27/40) | Destroyer Operational Clasp | KilledInAction (KIA) 27 September, 1940 during aerial combat at Horam, north of Hailsham. His R/O-Gunner, Merchtold MIA. Bf 110 Loss List | ||||||
| 32 | Koch, | Oblt | II/NJG-3 | Ju 88G-6 Werk # 621202 "D5 + HN" (lost 2/2/45) | Night Fighter Operational Clasp | This ac reported sd near Landsberg the night of 1/2 February, 1945. Remaining crew (disp unk): Oblt Fritch and Fw Kuhr (M.Balss). | ||||||
| 33 | Rössner, Raimund | Uffz | 4/JG-26 | Fw 190A-6 Werk # 550574 (lost 10/20/43) | Fighter Operational Clasp | KilledInAction (KIA) 20 October, 1943 during aerial combat at Charleroi. | ||||||
| 34 | Koch, Adolf | Maj | 9/26/1911 | Kdr I/KG-200 (3/44) | Fw 200 & Ju 188 | Bomber Operational Clasp | Served as Kdr I/KG-200, 3/44 to 5/45 (LOCS) | |||||
| 35 | Koch, Albert | FhjFw | 1/JG-102 (Aalborg Ost) | Bf 109G-6 Werk # 163723 (lost) | Student Pilot | KIC 5 September, 1944 when, on a training exercise, his 109 suffered engine failure and he crashed into the ground at Gjol, west of Aalborg West, bursting into flames. He was buried in the Frederikshavn Cemetery on 12 September, 1944. Source: Air War over Denmark. | ||||||
| 36 | Koch, Alfred | Uffz | 2/ZG-1 (S.U.) | Bf 110E Werk # 3445 (90% dam 11/26/42) | Destroyer Operational Clasp | KilledInAction (KIA) with unnamed crew 26 November, 1942; crashed at Tazinskaja. Bf 110 Loss List | ||||||
| 37 | Koch, Alfred | Uffz | 2/SKG-210 (7/41 Orscha) | Bf 110E-2 Werk # 4095 "S9 + DK" (lost 7/26/41) | Ground Attack Operational Clasp | Evaded Soviet capture 26 July, 1941, when he and his R/O, Uffz Horst Sieland, were sd while returning from a war mission to the Bryansk aerodrone. Alternate spelling: Kopiz. Note: This could be the Uffz Alfred Koch, later in 2/ZG-1, after evading 26 July, 1941 Soviet capture. 2/SKG-210 was redesignated 2/ZG-1 on 4 January, 1942 (D.Drury). | ||||||
| 38 | Koch, Arnold Arno | Uffz | 3/JG-5 (Norway) | Bf 109G-2 Werk # 10331 "Yellow 13" (lost 5/14/43) | Fighter Operational Clasp | KilledInAction (KIA) 14 May, 1943; missing at Map Quadrant 05 East/5936. Source: SIG Norway. | ||||||
| 39 | Koch, Benno | Maj | Kdr II/KG-1 (39) | He 111 | Bomber Operational Clasp | |||||||
| 40 | Koch, Bruno | Uffz | 9/JG-27 (10/44 Köln-Wahn) | Bf 109G-14 (or a G-6) Werk # 462723 "White 7 + I" (lost 10/5/44) | Fighter Operational Clasp | MIA 5 October, 1944 during aerial combat near Wesel (Mombeek). Added: Shot down by Spitfires of No.403 Sq. (SGLO). | ||||||
| 41 | Koch, Dietrich | Gefr | 9/JG-26 (Channel) | Bf 109E-1 Werk # 4911 "Yellow 6 + I" (lost 12/27/40) | Fighter Operational Clasp | KilledInAction (KIA) 27 December, 1940 by return fire from a Coastal Command Blenheim along the French coast.He crashed into the Channel W of Le Treport. Another source reported the year as 1941. | ||||||
| 42 | Koch, Erich | LKS 7 | KIA on 26 June 1944 N of Vienna when shot down. Might be the Radop. | CKönig | ||||||||
| 43 | Koch, Ernst | Fw | 1916/09/21 | Heidenheim | 12./JG 5 (Vaernes Norway) | Fw 190 A-2 Werknr 5492 (lost 21/01/43) | Fighter Operational Clasp | KilledInAction (KIA) 12 January, 1943 after his engine was damaged and he overturned during an emergency landing northeast of Drontheim Norway. Added: While protecting a convoy in the Petsamo area, he suffered engine failure over Frosta. While attempting an emergency landing on the frozen Lake Hovdalsvatnet, he clipped some trees and crashed at Dalsveet. He is buried in the Havstein Cemetery, Trondheim (Andreas Rothhaar). | ||||
| 44 | Ladage, F. | Uffz | Stab/KGzbV-12 (5/40 Störmede) | Ju 52/3m Werk # unk "G6 + ??" (lost 5/10/40) | Transport Operational Clasp | His ac reported lost 10 May, 1940 at Ypenburg airfield, hit by AA fire, pilot and crew disposition unknown (Netherland Loss Registry). Added: Uffz Ladage killed along with his Observer, Uffz G.Böhme, who was buried as Unknown at Ysselsteyn. No known grave for Uff z Ladage. Remaining crew (POW/to UK): Gefr S.Koch, R/O and Uffz H.Scharenna, Mech/Gnr (SGLO). | ||||||
| 45 | Lischka, Josef | Uffz | 2/24/1920 | Hindenburg O.S. (Oberschlesien, now Zabrze, Poland) | 11/KG-27 (8/43) | He 111H-6 Werk # 7550 (lost 8/18/43) | Bomber Operational Clasp | KIC with his entire crew, 18 August, 1943, when, during a navigational exercise, he crashed in the vicinity of Jessau, E. Prus., after flying into a thunderstorm, when he apparently lost control. Remaining crew: Lt Reinhold Koch, Obs and Uffz Alfred Brettschneider, desig unk. The pilot's remains have not been transferred to a military cemetery, but a grave is believed to exist in Zabrze, Poland. Uffz Brettschneider is buried in a single grave at Berlin-Köpenick Friedhof, Rudower Strasse. No grave found for Lt Koch (D.Drury). | ||||
| 46 | Koch, Friedrich | Fw | FFS A/B 115 (3/43) | Ar 96B-1 Werk # 4096 (lost 3/20/43) | Student Pilot ? | KIC 20 March, 1943; crashed near Ötzing due to a technical failure (C.König). | ||||||
| 47 | Koch, Fritz | Lt | 1917 | 4./KG 30 | JU 88 C-1 (lost on 03/04/40) | KilledInAction (KIA) on 03/04/40. His Ju-88 returned from an mission to Scapa Flow and was probably rejected due to poor visibility at airfields in Oldenburg, Delmenhorst, Neumünster and Bremen. The aircraft crashed near Holzurburg-Bederkesa, probably due to lack of fuel or an involuntary ground contact. Crew: 21 year old bombardier Lt Fürstenau, Rolf (EK2), 23 year old radio operator Uffz Scholz, Paul, 23 year old gunner Gefr Sonntag, Hans (all KilledInAction (KIA)) | CKönig | |||||
| 48 | Ulrici, Georg | Oblt | 9/19/1921 | Wiesbaden | 9/KG-40 (6/43), 1/JG-11 (12/44) | Fw 200C-3/U2 Werk # 52 "F8 + DT" (90% dam 6/7/43), Fw 190A-8 Werk # 737367 "White 9" (lost 12/23/44) | Wound Badge, Fighter Operational Clasp | KilledInAction (KIA) 23 December, 1944 during a bomber intercept over the Moselle River, at Kaisersesch, St Vith area (Daun and Cochem). Added: While serving in KG-40, he was injured in his Fw 200, 7 June, 1943, making a force landing at Castanet, 80 km NE of Toulouse due to engine trouble. Remaining crew: Uffz Walter Drieschner, Obs (Inj); Uffz Günther Koch, R/O 1 (Inj); Uffz Johann Niebauer, R/O 2 (Inj); Ofw Franz Ziegon, Mech (Inj) and Fw Alfred Zitzen, an FW Rep (Inj/died of injuries 6/9/43) (Gilles Collaveri). Added: His remains were discovered on 21 February, 1945, and he was buried in Kaisersesch, Germany, Grave 18 (LOCS & D.Drury). | ||||
| 49 | Koch, Georg | Fw | 4/22/1920 | 5/JG-300 (3/45) | Fw 190A-8 (lost 3/24/45) | Fighter Operational Clasp | Koch appears on an AC Lost List in March, 1945 at Salzau, his disposition unknown. Added: Pilot reported MIA 24 March, 1945, no further detail (denkmalprojekt.org.). | |||||
| 50 | Koch, Georg-Heinrich | Ofhr | 7/7/1924 | 6/JG-54 | Fw 190A-8 Werk# 380160 "Yellow 1" (lost) | Fighter Operational Clasp | KilledInAction (KIA) 16 October, 1944 over Map Quadrant 17487. | |||||
| 51 | Kurt, Gerhard | Uffz | 13/JG-3 | Fw 190A-8 | Fighter Operational Clasp | Witnessed the crash of wingman Uffz Wilhelm Koch, into the Schweriner See on 2 May, 1945. Jager Blatt 1/2003. | ||||||
| 52 | Koch, Günther | Uffz | 7/29/1920 | 7/JG-1 (Paderborn Reich Def) | Bf 109G-5 Werk # 110059 "White 7 + I"(lost 4/9/44) | Fighter Operational Clasp | KilledInAction (KIA) 9 April, 1944 during aerial combat with American fighter escorts. He was last seen attacking outbound bombers, and shortly before noon, his "White 7" crashed into a field near Sollested, 9 km east of Nakskov Denmark. He died of a fractured skull. He was buried in the Kobenhavn Vestre Cemetery on 15 April, 1944, Block A/1/12. Source: Air War over Denmark. | |||||
| 53 | Reismüller, Raimund | Lt | Stab I/KG-26 (Kemi, S.U.) | He 111H-5 Werk # 3670 "1H + AB" (lost) | Bomber Operational Clasp | MIA 4 October, 1941; failed to return from a mission over Russia, location unknown. Remaining crew (all MIA): Uffz Konrad Miottke, Observer; Fw Georg Krems, R/O and Gefr Rudolf Hülsenbeck, Gunner. Source: SIG Norway. Alternate spelling: Reissmann (SIG Norway); Reismann per KG-26 Loss List. | ||||||
| 54 | Koch, H. | Ofw | Ysselstein, Holland | II/KG-30 (3/41 Gilze-Rijen) | Ju 88A-5 Werk # 0205 "4D + ??" (90% 3/13/41) | Bomber Operational Clasp | His Ju 88 crashed at the Gilze Rijen airfield, Holland the night of 12/13 March, 1941, cause and pilot/crew disposition unknown (DeSwart). Added: Crashed at Molenschot as a result of handling error, killing all four crew, buried Ysselsteyn. Pilot Ofw Koch buried CQ-4-77. Remaining crew (KIC): Lt H.Koennecke, Obs (bur CQ-4-76); Fw E.Schwind, R/O (bur CQ-4-78) and Ogefr P.Nikolaus, Gnr (bur CQ-4-79) (SGLO). | |||||
| 55 | Koch, Hans | Gefr | IV(StG)/LG-1 | Ju 87R-4 Werk # 6340 (lost) | Dive Bomber Operational Clasp | KIC 26 September, 1941; crashing at Bodo Norway airfield due to pilot error, on a non-operational flight. No mention of his R/Os disposition. Source: SIG Norway. | ||||||
| 56 | Koch, Hans | Ofw | 1/JG-52 (S.U.) | Bf 109G-2 Werk # 13788 "White 13" (lost 5/16/43) | Fighter Operational Clasp | MIA 16 May, 1943 after aerial combat SW of Staronishestbljewskaja (Bf 109 Loss List). | ||||||
| 57 | Schönstedt, Eduard | Ofw | 2(F)/Aufkl.Gr. Ob.d.L. | Do 215B Werk # 0084 "VB + KF" (lost 4/15/41) | Observer Operational Clasp | MIA with his entire crew 15 April, 1941 when his ac was sd into the sea off the Isle of Wight. Remaining crew: Lt Herbert Koch (or Zoch), Obs; Ogefr Erich Aldert (or Aldort), R/O and Uffz heinz Krüger, Flt Engr (D.Drury). | ||||||
| 58 | Koch, Hans Günther | Oblt | 10/2/1915 |  Lommel, Belgium | I/ZG-26 | Bf 110 (lost) | Destroyer Operational Clasp | KilledInAction (KIA) 15 May, 1940 during the French Campaign, crashing near Grandrieu, buried Lommel, Block 7/592. Source: A. Rosseels. | ||||
| 59 | Rösner, Raimund | Uffz | 7/23/1919 | 4/JG-26 | Fw 190A-6 Werk # 530574 "Blue 3" (lost) | Fighter Operational Clasp | KilledInAction (KIA) 20 October, 1943 in aerial combat in "Blue 3" with a P-47 of the 355th FG NE of Chimay. Buried Lille-Harbourdin, Block 5/2/62, next to Helmut Pittmann (Rosseels). Served as Gerd Wiegands wingman against the 95BG on 10 October, 1943, when they found themselves under the B-17s when they let go with their bomb loads. They successfully dodged the projectiles to live another day. | |||||
| 60 | Novak, Raimund | Uffz | Kroatien Legion | Cr.42 Werk # 977 (lost 12/14/43) | Fighter Operational Clasp | Uninjured 14 December, 1943; his ac hit the ground and exploded at Gorica Yugoslavia. Since no injury reported, he must have bailed safely. Source: Yugo crashes-Shrani. | ||||||
| 61 | Tücher, Hans | Uffz | 1./ KGrz.b.v. 106 (ckonigxx) | Ju 52/3m "DC + SP" Werknr 6751 (ckonigxx) (lost) | Transport Operational Clasp | This AC crashed into a mountainside in Sweden on 06/02/40 after flying over Sweden and being fired upon by Anti-Aircraft batteries. The intended destination was Bjornfjell Norway with 15 men onboard. Seven bailed successfully and one died when he had too little altitude for his chute to open. Added: Crew: Engr Fw Frans Reichard, Radop Gefr. Kramer (KIFA) (ckonigxx). The pilot and six men survived. The survivors were: Fw Frans Reichard, Ufw Hermann Bausen, Uffz Gustaf Mank, Fw Walter Himmrich, Ogefr Adolf Koch and Ogefr Arno Wolf. The eight killed were: Ofw Haase, Gefr Kramer, Fhj Hans Versteffel, Fhj Werner Fischer, Fhj Konrad Hot, Fhj Walter Schmitzer, Fhj Franz Langfeld and Fhj Bodo Westkamp. Source: B.Widfeldt | ||||||
| 62 | Koch, Heinrich | Uffz | 1/19/1915 | 3/LG-1 | Ju 88A-1 Werk # 3124 "F7 + L?" (lost 8/28/40) | Bomber Operational Clasp | KIC with his entire crew on 28 August, 1940; location Baulon "La Lande du Chene", cause unknown. Remaining crew (pos unk, all buried at Mont de Huisnes, Vault 9): Uffz Hans Wedekind (geb 2/8/18) Gr36 and Uffz Gustav (geb 4/13/16) Gr 32. Uffz Koch buried in Gr 33 (absa3945). | |||||
| 63 | Töchler, Hans | Uffz | 1/KGzbV-106 (Vaernes) | Ju 52/3m Werk # 6751 "DC + SP" (lost 6/2/40) | Transport Operational Clasp | KilledInAction (KIA) 2 June, 1940; carrying eleven paratroopers, this ac was chased by a Gladiator and as it passed over the Swedish border, it was sd by Swedish AA fire and crashed at Riksgränsen Sweden. Remaining crew: Gefr Krämer (KilledInAction (KIA)), Fw Franz Reichard and Ogefr Adolf Koch. The survivors were interned for six weeks before being turned over to the Germans (Flyvrak Norway)., | ||||||
| 64 | Tannenberger, Franz | Uffz | II/KG-2 (4/43) | Do 217E-4 Werk # 4245 "U5 + DP" (lost 4/14/43) | Bomber Operational Clasp | MIA with his entire crew, 14 April, 1943, no cause or location reported. Remaining crew: Ogefr Hans Springer, Obs; Ogefr Franz Friedel, R/O and Gefr Peter Raimund, Gnr (Qu.Meister File). | ||||||
| 65 | Renner, Karl | Lt | 8/KG-40 | He 111H-3 Werk # 6891 "V4 + GK" (lost 5/6/41) | Bomber Operational Clasp | MIA with unnamed crew the night of 5/6 May, 1941 over England, no further detail. Added: During an armed reconnaissance, their He 111 accidentally crashed into the Irish Sea off Anglesey in NW Wales, due to a failed maneuver. Two members of the crew, including the pilot, were rescued and taken prisoner, two others missing. Remaining crew: Uffz Heinrich Schmidt, Obs (MIA); Uffz Johann Wittmann, R/O and Gefr Edgar Koch, Flt Engr (MIA). No VDK matches (D.Drury). | ||||||
| 66 | Koch, Herbert | Uffz | 4/19/1922 | 3/JG-76 | Bf 109G-14 Werk # 462967 "White 3" (lost 10/17/44) | Fighter Operational Clasp | KilledInAction (KIA) 17 October, 1944; aerial combat with P-47s near Efringen- Kirchen, near Wintersweiler, in the mountains in the Mappach area. He bailed but did not survive. Source: F. Trendle. Burial: War Cem Kehl-Oberrhein, Blk A, Row 15, Gr 63 (D.Drury). | |||||
| 67 | Koch, Joachim | Uffz | 1921/08/04 | Celle |
| JG 26 (Butler Pilot List), 10./JG 54 | Fw 190 A-5 "Black 4" Werknr (15)2576 (lost 29/03/43) | KilledInAction (KIA) 29 March, 1943 in aerial combat in "Black 4"with a Spitfire Vb from RAF No. 610 Squadron, piloted by F/O Colin Hodgkinson, near Brighton. Crashed at sea 500 yards off Brighton, Sussex; buried Brighton (Bear Rd) Borough Cem., Sec "ZGP", Gr 8 (M.Croft). Another source suggests this event took place on 3/29/43. Added: The incorrect date, 25 April, 1943, appearing on his grave marker, is the date he washed ashore (C.König).
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| 68 | Koch, Johannes | Uffz | 8/JG-2 (8/44 St Trond, Fr.) | Bf 109G-6 Werk# 413740 "Blue 9" (lost 8/13/44) | Fighter Operational Clasp | MIA 13 August, 1944; Combat with Spitfires and Mustangs; force landing at Illiers-Combray, near Le Mans. Alternate spelling: Kock (Mombeek MIA List). | ||||||
| 69 | Koch, Josef | Lt | Transport unit in Finland, Target Pilot | Ju W 34L "TF + NA" (interned in Sweden) | Transport Operational Clasp | Defected to Sövdeborg in southern Sweden on 30 October, 1944. His flight originated from Rerik Finland. | ||||||
| 70 | Koch, Josef | Fw | 03/06/20 (CK) | Einöd, Dornwang, Dingelfing (CK) | | 3./NJG 3 | Bf 110 G-4 Werk # 5566 "D5 + AL" (lost 10/20/43) |  EK 2 (CK) | KilledInAction (KIA) with unnamed crew 20 October, 1943, cause unknown, location not reported. LW Loss Report & Bf 110 Loss List. Added: KIA during a combat mission 3.5km SW of Riebrau near Lüneburg (CKönig) | |||
| 71 | Koch, K. | Gefr | 3/JG-20 | Bf 109E Werk # Unk (lost 5/19/40) | Wound Badge, Fighter Operational Clasp | Injured in a crash, 19 May, 1940, when he crashed at Eindhoven airfied due to enfine failure (SGLO). | ||||||
| 72 | Koch, Karl | Fw | 2/KG-3 | Ju 88A-4 | Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(10/27/42) EK 1 & 2 Bomber Operational Clasp | DK-G Awards List | ||||||
| 73 | Koch, Karl | Uffz | 4/JG-51 (Med) | Bf 109G-6 Werk # 15247 (lost 5/20/43) | Fighter Operational Clasp | KilledInAction (KIA) 20 May, 1943 during aerial combat SE of Gonnofanadioa (Bf 109 Loss List). | ||||||
| 74 | Koch, Karl | Flg | 2/SG-3 | Fw 190F-8 Werk # 931911 (lost 10/16/44) | Ground Assault Operational Clasp | KIC 16 October, 1944; he perished in a burning crash near Slatina Cz., cause not reported (F.Braun). | ||||||
| 75 | Rose, Günther | 10/KG-76 (Toulouse) | Ju 88A-4 Werk # 885793 "F1 + FU" (lost 7/21/43) | Bomber Operational Clasp | KIC with his entire crew 21 July, 1943, when their ac accidentally struck the ground during a dive bombing training exercise. The ac crashed into a forest near the Toulouse airfield. Remaining crew: Werner Leistner, Obs, (from Linz Austria); Raimund Brückner, R/O and Helmut Illmer, Mech. This same ac was reported 30% damaged in May 1943 making an emergency landing in SW France due to engine trouble (Gilles Collaveri). | |||||||
| 76 | Koch, Karl Heinz | Lt | 1915/01/31 |
| Tech Offz Stab/ErpGr-210 (Channel) | Bf-110 D-0 Werk # 3339 "S9 + CB" (lost 8/15/40) | POW 15 August, 1940 after being shot down by a Hurricane of RAF No. 32 Sq., piloted by F/L Russell, over the Croydon Airdrome, and crashing at School Farm, Hooe, near Battle, Sussex, England. His R/O, Uffz Rolf Kahl was seriously wounded and taken prisoner. Due to his wounds, he was repatriated back to Germany in 1943 (D.Drury). Pic Src Vasco+Estanislaus
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| 77 | Münter, Joachim | Oblt | 1913/11/15 (CK) | Borgentreich/Warburg (CK) | 7./NJG 1 (12/43) | Bf 110 G-4 "G9 + DR" Werknr 5308 (lost 24/12/43) | KIC 24 December, 1943 10 km SW Renslage, 10 km SW of Quakenbrück due to ground contact during a turn (CK). Added; Crew (KIC): Radop Uffz August Koch (born 01/03/1920 in Hoheneiche, Eschwege),Gunr Gefr Bruno Holte (born 23/10/1922 in Bochum-Arnsberg) (CK) | |||||
| 78 | Stemplinger, Ernst | Fw | 12/2/1920 | 1/KG-66 | Do 217E-4 Werk # 4315 "3E + CZ" (lost) | Bomber Operational Clasp | MIA 17 August, 1943 during a raid on Lincoln England, cause and loss location unknown. Remaining crew (MIA): Uffz Kurt Ewe, geb 3/26/1921, Obs; Uffz Hans Koch, geb 9/5/1919, R/O and Uffz Gustav Nitsche, geb 4/23/1918, Gunner. Source: B. Bines. | |||||
| 79 | Stärk, | Oblt | Adj II./JG 1 (10/43), Adj. I./JG 1 (05/45) | Fw 190 A-4, 5 & 6 | Gave the 8 October, 1943 order to ram the enemy when you ran out of ammunition; each pilot should account for for enemy AC this date. After the death of Harry Koch, he "ran things on the ground" which leads me to believe he was not a flying officer. Schuhmacher and Flecks seemed to run the air war until Kochs successor could be appointed. | |||||||
| 80 | Schuy, Willi | Uffz | 7/21/1915 | Wesel | 3/KG-4 | He 111P-2 Werk # ?? "5J + CL" (lost 9/6/39) | Bomber Operational Clasp | KilledInAction (KIA) 6 September, 1939; sd by enemy action near Grojec Poland. Remaining crew (KilledInAction (KIA)): Obs Uffz Kurt Ambrosius; R/O Ogefr Raimund Riedel and Engr Uffz Johannes Sailer. Added: They were sd by Polish fighters of 161 & 162 Sqds, piloted by Lance Sgt Franciszek Pretkiewicz & Cpl Zdzislaw Urbanczyk, respectively. There are no grave details, however the deceased are remembered in the Joachimow-Mogily Cem. (D.Drury). | ||||
| 81 | Koch, Kurt | Ofw | 3/28/1914 | Bedheim | 9/KG-26 | Ju 88A-4 Werk # 822608 "1H + DT" (lost 2/1/44) | Bomber Operational Clasp | KilledInAction (KIA) 1 February, 1944; crashed at Porto Petro (Mallorca) Spain after attacking convoy UGS30. Remaining crew: Oblt Ernst Szillat, Obs (KilledInAction (KIA)); Ofw Kurt Naacke, R/O (injured) and Fw Wilhelm Wicher, Mech (KilledInAction (KIA)). The three deceased are buried at Cuacos de Yuste, Row 2: Koch Gr 21, Szillat Gr 20 and Wicher Gr 19 (SGM, Incidents in Spain & D.Drury). | ||||
| 82 | Koch, Ludwig | Ofw | Fl.ü.G.-1 | Bf 109G-6 Werk # 410821 (85% dam 12/4/43) | Wound Badge Pilot Badge | Injured in a crash at the Dresden Klotzsche airfield 4 December, 1943 during a delivery flight. | ||||||
| 83 | Koch, Martin | Lt | 12/19/1918 | 1/JG-26 | Fw 190A-8 Werk # 171076 "White 2" (lost) | Wound Badge Fighter Operational Clasp | WIA 28 June, 1944 during aerial combat in "White 2" with a Spitfire near Serquigny. He bailed successfully with severe burns. | |||||
| 84 | Koch, Otto | Uffz | 1/JG-53 (S.U.) | Bf 109F-4 Trop Werk # 10196 "White 1" 90% dam 6/10/42) | Wound Badge Fighter Operational Clasp | Injured 10 June, 1942; crashed on takeoff from Kursk-Ost (Bf 109 Loss List). | ||||||
| 85 | Koch, Philipp | Uffz | 3/KG-6 | Ju 188A-2 Werk # 160218 "3E + CL" (lost 6/13/44) | Bomber Operational Clasp | MIA with four other crew, 13 June, 1944; failed to return from a mission (presumably the invasion front), cause and location unknown. Four Remaining airmen reported MIA on 6/13/44 per Onlineprojekt Gefallenendenkmäler "location & cause unknown": Ogefr Josef Daut, Ogefr Norbert Lauxtermann, Ogefr Michael Neff and Uffz Hans Seipel (D.Drury). | ||||||
| 86 | Remer, Wilhelm | Uffz | 2/KG-6 (Channel) | Ju 88A-14 Werk # 144345 "3E + BK" (lost 3/15/43) | Bomber Operational Clasp | MIA 15 March, 1943 after aerial combat believed to be with a Beaufighter of RAF No. 219 Sq., piloted by Sq Ldr Morton, crashing into the sea off Hartlepool. Mortons AC was severely by return fire, and both Morton and his co-pilot, F/O Strange bailed out over the sea, Morton survived, but Strange died from exposure. Remaining crew (all MIA): Ogefr Alois Buster, Observer, Uffz Werner Strange, wireless operator and Ogefr Heinrich Koch, gunner. | ||||||
| 87 | Koch, Reinhold | Fw | 3/10/1916 | Ruppertsweiler | 1(F)/22 | Ju 88 Werk # 1318 (lost 9/15/41) | Observer Operational Clasp | KilledInAction (KIA) 15 September, 1941 at Chudovo (Tschudowo in German), Novgorod Oblast, Russia, cause unknown. The VDK places the crash location as 15km NW of the town. Remaining crew (KilledInAction (KIA)): Fw Richard Josef Zimmermann, Obs; Uffz Heinz Müller, R/O and Gefr Emil Thäter, Gnr (D.Drury). | ||||
| 88 | Koch, Richard | Fw | 6/JG-77 | Bf 109E | Fighter Operational Clasp | MIA 25 November, 1939; Crash, German Bight. Mombeek MIA List. | ||||||
| 89 | Markert, Helge | Oblt | Sd.Kdo. "Koch" | Unk | Pilot Badge, Wound Badge | Oblt Markert was wounded 20 May, 1943 during a major B-17 bombing raid on the Grosseto, Italy airfield. This was an important repair and replacement facility bombed out to the extent it had to be relocated, and Sd.Kdo "Koch" was later disbanded (D.Drury). | ||||||
| 90 | Koch, Robert | Uffz | 11/6/1922 | IV/KG-6 (5/44), III/KG-6 (11/44), 14/SG-151 (4/45), KG-200 (5/45) | Ju 52, Ju 188, Me 108, Ar 96, Fw 190A "White 12", Me 262 | Bomber & Assault Operational Clasps | His last flight record indicates a sortie on 1 May, 1945 in Fw 190A "White 12" before being sent to KG-200. This info retrieved from a Pilot License and Mission Order found on the internet (EBay) owned by a person in Wohlen (Aargau) Switzerland. | |||||
| 91 | Olsson, Franz | Fw | 1/KG-4 | He 111H-5 Werk # 3520 "5J + IH" (lost) | Bomber Operational Clasp | POW 6 May, 1941 after a bombing mission at Greenock, and was a few miles SW of Glasgow, when attacked by a Defiant Night Fighter of RAF No. 141 Sq.. The Defiant broke off the attack after running out of ammunition, but not before mortally wounding the He 111. Olsson struggled to continue flying, however he lost altitude so quickly, the crew could not bail. One wing hit a telephone pole and they crashed on the outskirts of Newcastle, where they were quickly rounded up by the Home Guard. Remaining crew: Hptm Eugen Eichler, Observer (POW), Ogefr Wilhelm Koch, wireless operator (KilledInAction (KIA)) and Gefr Hans Schiedlinski, gunner (POW).
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| 92 | Sost, Hans | Ofw | 12/15/1914 | 7 Seenotstaffel | Do 24T-2 Werk # 0049 (or 0051) "CM + IO" (or CM + IQ) (lost 6/15/42), Do 24T-2 Werk # 0054 "CM +IT" (lost 12/17/42) | Air Sea Rescue Operational Clasp | KIC 17 December, 1942 while taking off on a transport flight to Africa, loaded with fuel. The ac struck some sort of a mast at Syracuse Sicily, killing the entire crew. Remaining crew (buried German War Cem., Crypt 4, Motta Sant' Anastasia, Sicily): Oblt z.S. Hans Kurz, Obs (bur Row 14, Plot 16, Gr 56); Ofw Werner Fraschak, R/O (bur Row 6. Plot 1, Gr 54); Fw Kurt Haugk, Flt Engr (bur Row 13, Plot 15, Gr 9) and Ogefr Willi Koch, Flt Engr (bur Row 13, Plot 15, Gr 2). Earlier, on 15 June, 1942, he was tasked to rescue the crew of Lt Heinrich Hesse, roughly north of Tobruk, Libya. Due to rough seas, the Do 24 was unable to take off, and both crews were subsequently rescued by U-83 (Added: under Kptlt Hans-Werner Kraus who received the Iron Cross for rescuing both crews, he had to dive 5 times on the 3 days tour back among them an 8h dive (CKönig). Seaplane crew: Ofw Peter Jansen, Uffz Förster, Ogefr Münch, Ogefr Robert Möller and Ogefr Willi Schulz (D.Drury).
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| 93 | Koch, Walter | Ofw | Feldluftpark-Pori | Fw 58 Werk # 216 (lost) | Transport Operational Clasp | KIC 21 April, 1942; crashed at Pori during a non-operational flight, cause unknown. Remaining crew (all KIC): Fw Hans Strädiche, R/O and Uffz Bruno Delfs, Mech. Source: SIG Norway. | ||||||
| 94 | Koch, Walter | Fw | 6/Schl.G-2 (Med) | Fw 190A-5 Werk # 5999 "Red A" (lost 6/11/43) | Assault Operational Clasp | MIA 11 June, 1943 after aerial combat with enemy fighters at Pantelleria. | ||||||
| 95 | Schwaighart, Josef | Hptm | 11/15/1911 |  Pomezia, Italy | Sd.Kdo. "Koch" | Unk | Pilot Badge | Killed 20 May, 1943 during a major B-17 bombing raid on the Grosseto, Italy airfield. Grosseto was an important repair and replacement facility. The raid took out the repair workshops and numerous aircraft, to the extent that the operations had to be relocated and Sd.Kdo. "Koch" was disbanded. Hptm Schwaighart is buried in the Ger War Cem. at Pomezia, Italy, Blk S, Gr 1034 (D.Drury). | ||||
| 96 | Koch, Wilhelm | Uffz | 5/11/1925 | Köln Delbrück | 13/JG-3 | Fw 190A-8 | Fighter Operational Clasp | MIA 2 May, 1945, crashing into the Schweriner See shortly after taking off on a Low-level intercept of British fighters. His wingman, Uffz Gerhard Kurt saw the water splash, and realized his wingman was gone. Jager Blatt 5/2002. | ||||
| 97 | Rische, Johannes | Lt | 11/4/1914 | Dresden | 6/KG-100 (9/42, Sonderkdo "Koch", Athens-Kalamaki, Greece) | He 111H-6 Werk # 7583 "TM + KP" (lost 9/2/42) | Bomber Operational Clasp | KIC with his entire crew, 2 September, 1942; crashed at sea after takeoff from Fliegerhorst Athens-Kalamaki, cause unknown. Remaining crew (desig unk): Fw Bruno Adrian, Uffz Helmut Brohammer, R/O and Lt helmut Otto. The bodies of Lt Rische and Uffz Brohammer were recovered from the sea, and are buried in the German War Cemetery at Dionyssos-Rapendoza, Greece (D.Drury). | ||||
| 98 | Krenz, Joachim | Lt | 10/4/1912 | TO I/KG-27 (7/40), 3/KG-27 (3/41) | He 111H-5 Werk # 3747 "1G + EL" (lost 3/27/41) | Bomber Operational Clasp | POW with unnamed crew, 27 March, 1941; ditched at sea after suffering AA fire damage from HMS Leith (RN) in the vicinity of Smalls Lighthouse (LOCS). Remaining crew (POW): Fw Klaus Eilers, Obs; Fw Rudolf Gebhardt, R/O; Fw Ernst Janssen (or Jansen), Flt Engr and Gefr Willi Koch, Gnr. The crew made their way clear of the ac in a dingy, and were captured by HMS Leith (D.Drury). Alternate spelling: Crenz. | |||||
| 99 | Krüger, Martin | Oblt | 11/27/1914 |  | Unk Reconnaissance Unit | Fw 189A-1 | Observer Operational Clasp | Pictured Personalausweiss via Raimund Czernyuk, Austria, 1/2022.  | ||||
| 100 | Kull (Kulli), Raimund (Raymond) | Lt | 10/01/16 | Estonia |
| KIFA on 01/01/44 - Estonian pilot and Luftwaffe volunteer | CKönig |
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