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SORT (↑)		RankBornPlaceScore
SORT (↑)		PhotoUnitsAircraftAwards*************Notes*************LinksAuthorComments
1 Michaelis, GerhardGefr7/JG-53 (France)Bf 109G-14/AS Werk # 165756 "White 5 + -" (lost 8/22/44)Fighter Operational ClaspKIA 22 August, 1944 during aerial combat with a P-38 south of La Fere.
2 Wissmann, HeinrichFw12/JG-301 (1/45 Stendal)Fw 190A-8 Werk # 682031 "Black 12" (dam 1/1/45)Wound Badge, Fighter Operational ClaspWIA 1 January, 1945; disposition unknown, however, he did not return to Stendal (C.König).

JG301 Shown L-R: Straub, Egon - Schrack Franz - Michaelis Rudolf - Fw Dörr, Heinrich - Dürr, Hermann - Scheller, Walter - Greiner, Willi - Prawitz- Wissmann,
Front: Warnecke, Heinz - Dederichs, Gerhard - Bäcker, Walter

Courtesy Christiam Kónig
3 Warnecke, HeinzUffz1

Courtesy Christian König

12/JG-301 (10/44), 11/JG-301 (4/45)Fw 190A-8 Werk # Unk (lost 4/2/45)
EK 1 & 2
Fighter Operational Clasp		MIA 2 April, 1945 in aerial combat in the Thüringen area. Mombeek. One known victory, a B-24 S of Hannover on 26 November, 1944.

Heinz Warnecke (alternate spelling Warnicke), Heinrich Dorr and Walter Backer

JG301 Shown L-R: Straub, Egon - Schrack Franz - Michaelis Rudolf - Fw Dörr, Heinrich - Dürr, Hermann - Scheller, Walter - Greiner, Willi - Prawitz- Wissmann,
Front: Warnecke, Heinz - Dederichs, Gerhard - Bäcker, Walter



4 Straub, EgonOgefr12/JG-301 (Alteno)Fw 190A-8 Werk # 172355 "Black 10" (lost 1/14/45 at Kyritz)Pilot Badge, Wound BadgePilot killed, 1/14/45 JG-301 Loss List via R.Freitag. Added: wounded during aerial combat with a P-51; made an emergency landing, and was hospitalized. He did not return to JG-301 (C.König).

JG301 Shown L-R: Straub, Egon - Schrack Franz - Michaelis Rudolf - Fw Dörr, Heinrich - Dürr, Hermann - Scheller, Walter - Greiner, Willi - Prawitz- Wissmann,
Front: Warnecke, Heinz - Dederichs, Gerhard - Bäcker, Walter

Courtesy Christiam Kónig
5 Schrack, FranzUffz11/JG-301 (11/44), 12/JG-301 (4/45)Fw 190A-8 Werk # 682027 "Black 4" (dam 12/44), Fw 190A -8 most likely Werk # Unk (lost 4/7/45)Wound Badge, Fighter Operational ClaspKIA 7 April, 1945 during aerial combat with US fighters near Lüneburg while escorting Rammkdo Elbe ac. WIA in Dcember, 1944 during aerial combat over Lüneburg. Returned to JG-301 after a short hospital stay (W.Reschke/C.König).

JG301 Shown L-R: Straub, Egon - Schrack Franz - Michaelis Rudolf - Fw Dörr, Heinrich - Dürr, Hermann - Scheller, Walter - Greiner, Willi - Prawitz- Wissmann,
Front: Warnecke, Heinz - Dederichs, Gerhard - Bäcker, Walter

Courtesy Christiam Kónig
6 Scheller, WalterUffz2

Courtesy Christian König

4/JG-302 (7/44), 12/JG-301 (11/44)Fw 190A-8 Werk # Unk (lost 12/44)
EK 1 & 2
Fighter Operational Clasp		MIA April 1945 in aerial combat in the Thüringen area. One known victory, his 1st, a B-24 (HSS) at Neusiedlersee on 16 July, 1944. A 2nd, a B-24 opposing the Misburg Raid on 26 November, 1944.

JG301 Shown L-R: Straub, Egon - Schrack Franz - Michaelis Rudolf - Fw Dörr, Heinrich - Dürr, Hermann - Scheller, Walter - Greiner, Willi - Prawitz- Wissmann,
Front: Warnecke, Heinz - Dederichs, Gerhard - Bäcker, Walter

Courtesy Christiam Kónig
7 Prawitz, OttoUffz1922/11/19 (CK) 1./JGr West (CK), 12./JG 301 (11/44)Fw 190 A-8Pictured at Stendal JG 301 (CK)
L to R: Greiner, Willi - Prawitz- Wissmann


L-R: Straub, Egon - Schrack Franz - Michaelis Rudolf - Fw Dörr, Heinrich - Dürr, Hermann - Scheller, Walter - Greiner, Willi - Prawitz- Wissmann. Front: Warnecke, Heinz - Dederichs, Gerhard - Bäcker, Walter
8 Michaels, HerbertFw4/28/191882/JG-51 (6/43)Fw 190A-5 Werk # 7259 (lost 7/15/43), Fw 190A-8 Werk # 680758 (lost 7/44)EP


EK 1 & 2
Wound Badge
Fighter Operational Clasp		KIA 18 July, 1944 (Magnus). WIA 15 July, 1943 at Map Quadrant Pl.Qu. 54172, no cause reported. His first known victory, a Soviet Il-2 on 10 June, 1943. A LaGG-5 on 11 July, 1943. An Il-2 WSW of Archangelskoye on 13 July, 1943. One known western victory, his 6th, a B-24 in the Oschersleben area on 7 July, 1944. His 7th & 8th, both B-17s SE of Kempten on 18 July, 1944. Buried in the Soldiers Cemetery at Memmingen. Alternate spelling: Michaelis.
9 Michaelis, RudolfOfw3/KGzbV-500JU 52
Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(3/25/43)

EK 1 & 2
Transport Operational Clasp		DK-G Awards List
10 Michaelis, RudolfUffz112/JG-301Bf 109G, Fw 190A
EK 1 & 2
Fighter Operational Clasp		One known victory, a B-24 opposing the Misburg Raid on 26 November, 1944. Added: After this victory, it was necessary to make an emergency landing in the Hildesheim area, after combat with a P-51 (C.König).

JG301 Shown L-R: Straub, Egon - Schrack Franz - Michaelis Rudolf - Fw Dörr, Heinrich - Dürr, Hermann - Scheller, Walter - Greiner, Willi - Prawitz- Wissmann,
Front: Warnecke, Heinz - Dederichs, Gerhard - Bäcker, Walter

Courtesy Christiam Kónig
11 Michaelis, HerbertLt1/12/19184/KG-3 (Channel)Do 17Z-2 Werk # 3457 "5K + KM" (lost 9/15/40)Bomber Operational ClaspPOW 15 September, 1940; after being hit by flak over the London Docks, he was sd by British fighters of no.501 Sq. SE of London. Remaining crew (KIA): Uffz burballa, Uffz Hansburg and Flg Bormann.
12 Michaelis, HeinzObltStfkpt 8/KG(J)-6 (11/44)Fw 190, Me 262Fighter Operational ClaspNo further detail
13 Michaelis, HansLt4(F)/121Ju 88 "7A + AM" (lost 4/27/41)Observer Operational ClaspKIA 27 April, 1941; sd by a Hurricane of No.33 Sq, piloted by F/O Kirkpatrick. He carshed at sea after a recon mission over Crete. No mention of crew.
14 Bäcker, WalterOfw12/JG-301 (joins 9/44 @ Alperstedt)Fw 190A-8 Werk # 682005 "Black 9" (lost 12/5/44)Fighter Operational ClaspMIA 5 December, 1944 during aerial combat with a P-51 over Prenzlau by Settin. Mombeek.

Heinz Werick, Heinrich Dorr and Walter Backer

JG301 Shown L-R: Straub, Egon - Schrack Franz - Michaelis Rudolf - Fw Dörr, Heinrich - Dürr, Hermann - Scheller, Walter - Greiner, Willi - Prawitz- Wissmann,
Front: Warnecke, Heinz - Dederichs, Gerhard - Bäcker, Walter

Courtesy Christiam Kónig
15 Michaelis, Ernst-Eugen vonObstlt


Stfkpt 2.(H)/Aufkl.Gr. 32 (07/40-08/41), Ia Koluft 9 ('41), Kdr Aufkl.Gr. (H) Nord (-04/42), Kdr NAGr 11 ('42), IIa/I. Jagdkorps (02/45)Hs-126


CKönig
16 Michaelis, EberhardOblt8/9/1918Oberneukirch/BautzenKG-3 (3/42), 4/KG-3 (12/43), 8/NJG-2 (1/45)Ju 88(n) A-4 Werk # Unk "5K + SM" (dam 3/44), Ju 88G-6 Werk # 620142 "4R + CS" (lost 1/2/45)DK-G (12/12/43), EP (11/10/41), EK 1 & 2, Wound Badge,Bomber Operational ClaspKIA the night of 1/2 January, 1945; sd during aerial combat in the vicinity of Hesepe. Oblt Michaelis buried at Bramsche. One known crew, a Hptm Blumberg, disp unk. WIA 19 March 1944 when his A-4 was damaged by AA fire during an attack on the Samy Train Station (LOCS & M.Balss).
17 Michaelis, AlfredUffz

III./ StG 1, III./SG 1Ju-87
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (17/10/43)
EP (24/08/42)

EK 1 & 2
Radop and Gunr.

CKönig
18 Michaelis,LtStG-3 (10/41 N.Africa)Ju 87 "A5 + HL" (dam 11/14/41)Dive Bomber Operational ClaspHe and gunner Gefr Matthias Kluetsch are uninjured after a raid against allied batteries E of Tobruk on 14 November, 1941. They crashed on landing at El Arid and struck a pylon.
19 Meier, HartmutOblt11/26/1921St. Michaelis, Freiberg2(F)/Nacht, 7/NJG-2 (1/45 Twente)Ju 88G-6 Werk # 620441 "4R + BS" (lost 1/1/45)
Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(10/17/43)
EP (7/26/43), >

EK 1 & 2
Night Fighter Operational Clasp		KIA the night of 31 December, 1944/1 January, 1945 near Meerkerk. Failed to return from his mission, but believed shot down by a Mosquito Night Fighter of RCAF No 409 Sq., piloted by S/L R.F. Hatton. His AC crashed at Meerkerk, north of Gorinchem Holland on 1 January, 1945, during Operation Bodenplatte. Remaining crew: Fw Artur Gutzeit, R/O 1 (KIA); Ogefr Thornwald Wettern, R/O 2 (KIA) and Ofw Walter Donath, Gunner (MIA). In a picture of Meier, he is actually wearing an Observer Operational Clasp. Ysselsteyn burials added: Pilot Oblt Meier BX-7-155, Fw Gutzeit, Obs (BX-7-154); Ogefr Wettern, R/O (BY-7-167) and Ofw Donath, Gnr (TE-3-29, recovered 2010) (SGLO).
20 Hundt, WilhelmOblt1922/05/04Essen


2./KG 100He 177 A-3 "5J (or 6N)+ PK" Werknr 332222 (lost)KIA 24/25 February, 1944 during a night raid on London when he was shot down by a Night Fighter, caught fire and crashed in flames at Chequers Farm (now Lamberhurst Golf Club), Lamberhurst, Kent). The R/O, Observer and Flight Engineer were able to bail and were taken prisoner. Remaining crew: FhjUffz Wolfgang Michaelis, geb 9/28/1922, Observer (POW); Ogefr Adolf Kreiser, geb 3/24/1923, R/O (POW); Uffz Konrad Keusch, geb 11/22/1919, Flt Engr (POW): Fw Ernst Graf, geb 12/15/1920, Gunner 1 (MIA) and Uffz Rolf Luce, geb 12/21/1919, Gunner 2 (KIA, bur CC, Blk 1, Gr 4). Added: Oblt Hundt buried CC, Blk 1, Gr 5 (Luftwaffe Graves UK).


Courtesy CK
21 Harrer, FranzOgefr2 & 3/JG-301 (11/44)Fw 190A Werk # 202421 "Yellow 15" (lost 11/21/44)Fighter Operational ClaspKIA 21 November, 1944 during aerial combat, crashed near Jena. Source: A. Rosseels. Added: Buried in Michaelis Cem. in Jena (C.König).
22 Greiner, WilliUffz94/JG-302 (7/44), 12/JG-301 (11/44)Fw 190A, Bf 109G
EK 1 & 2
Fighter Operational Clasp		One known victory, his 1st, a B-17 (HSS) at Traunsee on 21 July, 1944. His 2nd, a P-47 E of Budapest on 20 August, 1944. His 3rd, a B-24 by Papa on 22 August, 1944. A 4th and 5th, both B-24s S of Hannover on 26 November, 1944. His 6th, a Yak-9 at Berlin on 30 April, 1945. Magnus Report.

JG301 Shown L-R: Straub, Egon - Schrack Franz - Michaelis Rudolf - Fw Dörr, Heinrich - Dürr, Hermann - Scheller, Walter - Greiner, Willi - Prawitz- Wissmann,
Front: Warnecke, Heinz - Dederichs, Gerhard - Bäcker, Walter

Courtesy Christiam Kónig
23 Dürr, HermannUffz8/25/1920Burgrieden54/JG-302 (8/44), 12/JG-301 (11/44)Bf 109G-6 Werk # 166274 (lost 8/24/44), Ta 152 Werk # 150037 (lost 2/1/45)
EK 1 & 2
Wound Badge, Fighter Operational Clasp		KIFA 1 February, 1945. Added: While on a Ta 152 low level training mission 1km E of Alteno, he went into a flat spin, and was unable to recover (C.König). Two known victories, a P-38 and a B-24 by Papa on 22 August, 1944. Nos. 3 and 4, both B-17s on 24 August, 1944, no locations given, but most likely in the Papa area (Perry Claims). A 5th, a B-24 opposing the Misburg Raid on 26 November, 1944. Magnus. Added: On 24 August, 1944, while in 4/JG-302, attacking an American bomber formation, he was injured bailing from his stricken G-6, and landed at Kunzak, Cz.. He was the victim of a P-51 of 325FG/318FS, piloted by Capt Harry A. Parker. A Czech source suggests his date of death was 2 February, and that he died at Luckau, and is buried in a single grave at the Lübben Hauptfriedhof, Virchow Street (D.Drury).

JG301 Shown L-R: Straub, Egon - Schrack Franz - Michaelis Rudolf - Fw Dörr, Heinrich - Dürr, Hermann - Scheller, Walter - Greiner, Willi - Prawitz- Wissmann,
Front: Warnecke, Heinz - Dederichs, Gerhard - Bäcker, Walter

Courtesy Christiam Kónig
24 Dörr, HeinrichFw74/JG-302 (7/44), 11/JG-301 (11/44)Bf 109G-6 Werk # 440029 "Black 8" (lost 8/7/44), Fw 190A-8 Werk # 682009 "Black 18" (lost 12/31/44)EP


EK 1 & 2
Wound Badge, Fighter Operational Clasp		KIA 31 December, 1944; aerial combat with a P-51 over Tessin by Rostock. Added: Bailed with wounds 7 August, 1944 after he was attacked by P-51's of 31FG; his ac crashed between Kenez and Pecol, E of Szombathely Hungary (C.König). One known victory, a B-24 (HSS) at Neusiedler See on 16 July, 1944. A 2nd, a B-17 (HSS) at Starnberger See on 19 July, 1944. A 3rd, a B-17 (HSS) at Traunsee on 21 July, 1944. A 4th, a B-24 (HSS) at Mariazell on 25 July, 1944.A 5th, a B-17 at Naumburg-Groitsh on 29 July, 1944. A 6th & 7th, both B-17s at Hildesheim, opposing the Misburg Raid on 26 November, 1944. Magnus.

Heinz Werick, Heinrich Dorr and Walter Backer

JG301 Shown L-R: Straub, Egon - Schrack Franz - Michaelis Rudolf - Fw Dörr, Heinrich - Dürr, Hermann - Scheller, Walter - Greiner, Willi - Prawitz- Wissmann,
Front: Warnecke, Heinz - Dederichs, Gerhard - Bäcker, Walter

Courtesy Christiam Kónig
25 Dederichs, GerhardUffz32/JG-27Bf 109G
EK 1 & 2
Fighter Operational Clasp		One known victory, his 1st, a B-24 south southwest of Wiener Neustadt, 2 November, 1943. His 3rd, a P-51 at Otschertormauer on 24 May, 1944.

JG301 Shown L-R: Straub, Egon - Schrack Franz - Michaelis Rudolf - Fw Dörr, Heinrich - Dürr, Hermann - Scheller, Walter - Greiner, Willi - Prawitz- Wissmann,
Front: Warnecke, Heinz - Dederichs, Gerhard - Bäcker, Walter

Courtesy Christiam Kónig

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