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1	Feierlein, Hans	Fw	3/29/1919	Abenberg		2/KG-2	Do 217E-4 Werk # 1179 "U5 + DK" (lost 8/19/42)	Bomber Operational Clasp	KilledInAction (KIA) 19 August, 1942, the day of the Dieppe Raid. His ac was sd by a Spitfire of No.416 Sq., and crashed near Le Treport, Seine-Inferieure France. The deceased crew were buried in the German War Cem. at Champigny-St.Andre. Remaining crew: Uffz Franz Baumgartner, Obs (EK 1+2, Bomber Op Flying clasp in Gold, born 11/03/21 in Ternberg (CK), bur Blk 16, Row 31, Gr 1697); Uffz Kurt Müller, R/O (bur Blk 16, Row unspecified, Gr 1864) and Uffz Otto Badoff, Gnr (WIA). Pilot Feierlein buried Blk 17, Row 21, Gr 1157 (D.Drury).	Baumgartne
2	Ziegler, Werner	Lt	10/22/1919			2/LG-1 (4/41 Greece; 3/42 Africa)	Ju 88A-5 Werk # 5235 "L1 + UK" (lost 4/20/41), Ju 88A-4 Trop Werk # 5548 "L1 + FK" (lost 3/5/42)	Bomber Operational Clasp	KilledInAction (KIA) 5 March, 1942 at Fuka, three other unnamed crew MIA, cause unknown (Ju 88 Loss List). Shot down on 20 April, 1941 by RAF fighters, crew returned except for one KilledInAction (KIA), who was unnamed. Ziegler an Ofhr at the time, was uninjured. Added: Shot down north of Karies Greece 20 April, 1941. Remaining crew this date: Gefr Heinrich Baumgartner, Obs (KilledInAction (KIA), no known grave); Gefr Gerhard Baumann, R/O (WIA) and Uffz Hans Köppel, Gnr (WIA). Lt. Ziegler buried in the War Cem., El Alamein, in Crypt 4 (D.Drury).
3	Zenthofer, Siegfried	Uffz				2/KGr.z.b.V.- 5 (4/43 Cholmskaya), 2/TGr.-10 (5/43)	He 111H-11 Werk # 8020 "L5 + CM" (lost 4/15/43)	Transport Operational Clasp	KIC with his entire crew 15 April, 1943 when they crashed at Cholmakaja, cause unknown. Remaining crew: Uffz Jakob Becker, R/O; Ogefr Arno Kriese, Mech; Uffz Franz Bartsch,, Gnr and Fw Michael Baumgartner, Mech (Qu.Meister File).
4	Pietruschka, Aloisius Paul	Uffz	5/19/1919	Serritat		11/ KGr.z.b.V.-1 (12/41)	Ju-52/3m Werk # 6616 (lost)	Transport Operational Clasp	KIA with his entire crew, 12 December 1941 at Apollonia, following enemy fire. Added: The VDK shows the location as 60km from Apollonia, in the Mediterranean. Remaining crew: Gefr Erwin Spielvogler, R/O; Ofw Walter Polenz, Flt Engr and Fw Franz Baumgartner, Gnr. Uffz Pietruschka is commemorated in the memorial book at the Kiel-Laboe Naval Memorial (D.Drury).			CKönig
5	Pichler, Leo	Uffz	22/02/20			4./KG 27	He-111 H-16		MIA on 14 October 1943 near Smolensk- Krassny. He might not be the pilot of the crew which is also MIA: Uffz Werner Gehrig (10/10/21), OGefr Konrad Baumgärtner (29/03/21 in Oberfranken), OGefr Horst Knuth (20/01/23)	Baumgaertne		CKönig
6	Muhlack, Heinz	Fw				2/KG-26	Ju 88A-17 Werk # 800614 "3Z + HK" (lost 8/19/44)	Bomber Operational Clasp	KIC with his entire crew, 19 August, 1944 when their ac crashed in the Rhöne Valley (Rhonetal) France, cause unknown. Remaining crew: Ogefr Alois Baumgartner, R/O; Ogefr Hans Hinz, Ogefr Gerhard Rohnstock and Uffz Heinz Wagner. Remaining crew designations unknown; pilot name selected due to his rank (D.Drury).
7	Mischeck, Gerhard	Lt				KGr.z.b.V.-21 (2/43 Fliegerhorst Schwäbisch-Hall)	He 111H-6 Werk # 7777 (lost 2/24/43)	Transport Operational Clasp	KIC with two known crew, 24 February, 1943, when they crashed NE of the Fliegerhorst, Baden-Wurttemberg due to an unknown cause, during trials of Fritz-X missiles. Remaining crew (desig unk): Lt Gerhard Frömink and Ofw Otto Baumgartner (D.Drury). Alternate spelling: Mischock. .
8	Lohmann,	Oblt				2/KG-27 (2/42 S.U.)	He 111	Bomber Operational Clasp	This may be the Oblt Lohmann leading missions during the Battle of Britain, previous record. This Lohmann was allegedly encouraged to defect by a former comrade, Lt Herbert Baumgartner.
9	Krenz,	Lt				2/KG-27 (2/42 S.U.)	He 111	Bomber Operational Clasp	See note reference on Oblt Herbert Baumgartner
10	Klarhöfer, Hans.	Lt	5/17/1920			4/NJG-2 (2/41 Gilze-Rijen)	Ju 88C-2 Werk # 0230 "R4 + ?M" (lost 2/18/41)	Night Fighter Operational Clasp	KIC with unnamed crew 17 February, 1941 when his Ju 88 crashed at Dorst Holland (op de Breevelden) after hitting a tree (DeSwart & Ju 88 Loss List). Buried Ysselstein, Block AZ-4-83 (Rosseels). Added: Remaining crew (Bur Yssel): Gefr F.Baumgartner, R/O (bur AZ-4-84) and Gefr G.Osterloh, Mech/Gnr (bur AZ-4-85) (SGLO).	Ysselstein, Holland
11	Hegendörfer, Fritz	Ofw				2(F)/Aüf.Kl.Gr. Ob. d. L. (Poltava, Ukraine)	Ju 88D-5 Werk # 430245 "T5 + FK" (lost 8/14/42)	DK-G (5/22/42), EK 1 & 2, Observer Operational Clasp	MIA with unnamed crew 14 August, 1942 when he was sd in the Machatsch-Kala-Baku area (Azerbaijan) (Ju 88 Loss List). Added: His ac was sd by fighters of 82 IAP, piloted by V.A.Borisov and A.N.Shcherbinok, and came down at Khachmaz (or Hachmaz), Azerbaijan. Remaining crew (MIA): Oblt Martin Baumgartner, Obs; Uffz Franz Nadansky, R/O; and Ofw Ernst Scheithauer, Gnr. The fate of the crew uncertain; one source says two were captured, another source suggests all were captured (D.Drury).
12	Gross, Robert	Fw				2(F)/Ob. d. L. (Le Bourget)	Do 215B Werk # 0083 (dam 3/10/41)	EK 1 & 2, Observer Operational Clasp	On 10 March, 1941, his Dornier collided with an He 111 of Wekusta 5 while taking off from Le Bourget, crew dispositions unknown (LOCS). Added: Known Remaining crew: Oblt Martin Baumgartner, Obs and Fw Karl Böhm, Flt Engr (D.Drury).
13	Graf, Edmund	Uffz				5/KG-40 (1/43 Soesterberg)	Do 217E-4 Werk # 5577 "F8 + DN" (lost 1/24/43)	Bomber Operational Clasp	His Do 217 crashed at Soesterberg Holland on 24 January, 1943, cause and pilot/crew disposition unknown (DeSwart). Added: Remaining crew (all KilledInAction (KIA), bur Ysselsteyn, Blk CT, Row 11): Ogefr Ernst Specht, Obs (bur Gr 268); Uffz Hans Eisenhuth, R/O (bur Gr 270) and Uffz Berthold Baumgartner, Flt Engr (bur Gr 271). Pilot Uffz Graf buried Gr 269 (D.Drury).	Ysselstein, Holland
14	Baumgartner, Ferdinand	Fw				1(H)/14	Hs 126 Werk # Unk (dam 5/16/40)	Observer Operational Clasp	The crew of two were uninjured when they crashed at Rillaar, Belgium 16 May, 1940. They ran out of fuel during a reconnaissance flight. The second crewman was an Uffz Schulze. It is uncertain which of the two was the pilot (D.Drury).
15	Bott, Helmut	Oblt	5/19/1914	Wallerstein/Nördlingen Bay		5/KG-77	Do 17Z Werk # 2640 "(lost 5/10/40)	Bomber Operational Clasp	KilledInAction (KIA) 10 May, 1940 during the French Campaign when he crashed at an undisclosed location in Belgium. Buried Lommel, Block 15/126. Source: A. Rosseels. Added: Shot down by flak near Vroenhoven, nearby Kesselt, Belgium, but there may also have been an attack by Fiat CR.42's, of the Belgian AF, piloted by Sgt Jan Maes & S/Lt Jean Offenberg. The fighter claims are unconfirmed. Remaining crew (KilledInAction (KIA), all bur Lommel, Blk 15): Lt Robert Weiss, Obs (bur Gr 125); Fw Alfred Baumgartner, R/O (bur Gr 292) and Ofw Hermann Spohr, Flt Engr (bur Gr 598). Pilot Oblt Bott buried Gr 126 (D.Drury).	Lommel, Belgium
16	Bergen, Karl Friedrich	Hptm	24/04/12 (CK)			Aufkl.Gr.-121 (9/39), Aufkl.Gr.Ob.d.L (4/41), 3(F)/Ob.d.L (to 6/43), Stfkpt 3(F)/Ob.d.L (6/43)	Ju 88D-1, Do 215B-4 Werk # 0093 (dam 4/25/41), Ju 290A-5 Werk # 110177 "9V + DK" (lost 2/16/44)	EP (05/06/43 CK) EK 1 & EK 2 at least Recce Operational Clasp in Bronze	MIA 16 February, 1944 with his entire crew when they were sd into the Atlantic, west of Ireland. They were downed by two Grumman; Martlets of FAA 811 Sq., piloted by Lts E.S.Erikson & W.C.Dimes, flying off the escort carrier HMS Biter.Remaining crew: Oblt Kurt Baumgartner, Co-pilot; Lt Martin Glöckhofer (or Glöckelhofer or Glöcklhofer), Obs; Reg.Rat Candidate Werner Cordes; Lt Gottfried Beninde; Ofw Heinz Felleckner; Fw Heinz Schacht; Ofw Ludwig Ebner; Uffz Jakob Daniel; Ogefr Josef Neubauer and Ogefr Karl Zinke. Oblt Bergen was injured in an emergency landing at Belgrade-Semlin airfield, Yugoslavia, cause unknown. A passenger, believed to be his observer, a Hptm Artmann, was on the flight, his disposition unknown (D.Drury).
17	Baumgartner, Wilhelm	Ofw	10/25/1913	Switzerland (?)	34	9/JG-77 (1/41-5/41 Romania), 7/JG-77 (10/42 S.U.; 4/43/Tunisia)	Bf 109E-4 (50% dam 1/41 Fr.), Bf 109E & F in Russia, Bf 109F-4 Werk # 7192 "Yellow 2" (25% dam 10/15/41), Bf 109G (Trop) in 7 Staffel, Bf 109G-2 Werk # 13996 "White 10" (lost 4/11/43)	Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(8/4/42) EP EK 1 & 2 Fighter Operational Clasp	KilledInAction (KIA) 11 April, 1943 during aerial combat with a Spitfire 2 km south of Sedjoumi. Baumgartner damaged his E-4 on 5 January, 1941, on a takeoff from Dinan France (D.Dahiot). Briefly a POW on 15 October, 1941 when making an emergency landing 45 km south of Ischum. Added: His wingman this day was Uffz Franz Schmidt, who downed a Soviet Pe-2 bomber (C.Sundin). He escaped and returned on 29 October. The AC was apparently recovered, as it was reported 25% damaged in combat on 3 November. His first victory, a Hurricane I northeast of Malemes, into the sea, on 14 May, 1941. One known Soviet victory in 9 Staffel was a Russian MiG-3 piloted by Lt Stepan Komlev, who successfully bailed out. A triple Soviet victory on 5 February, 1942; Two SB-2s and a MiG-3. A DB-3 on 16 March, 1942. A MiG-3 on 10 May, 1942. A Soviet triple on 11 May, 1942; two I-61s and a Pe-2. An Il-2 on 13 May, 1942. Two LaGG-3s on 16 May, 1942. His 24th victory, an unnamed Soviet AC on 7 June, 1942. His 26th was a Soviet AC on 2 July, 1942. His 27th, a Pe-2 on 10 July, 1942. A Yak-1 on 4 October, 1942. One known Desert victory, a Kittyhawk on 10 March, 1943. Another, an Aircobra on 13 March, 1943. Added: Ofw Baumgartner buried in the German War Cem., Bordj-Cedria, Tunisia, "Hof MOR, Ossario 6, Tafel 12" (D.Drury).
18	Baumgartner, von	Fhr				1/JG-11	Most likely an Fw 190A	Fighter Operational Clasp	MIA 3 May, 1945, reason unknown, on a Ferry Flight to Leck. Mombeek MIA List.
19	Baumgartner, Rudolf	Uffz				6/KG-54 (Channel)	Ju 88A-4 Werk # 801385 "B3 + WP" (lost 1/29/44)	Bomber Operational Clasp	MIA with unnamed crew at London 29 January, 1944, cause unknown (Ju 88 Loss List). Added: This ac failed to return from a mission to London. Remaining crew (believed MIA): Uffz Josef Poster, Uffz Johannes Scholz and Ogefr Siegfried Madritsch (D.Drury).
20	Baumgartner, Robert	Lt	7/23/1916			3(F)/SAGr-125 (12/43), Fl.Erg.Gr. (See) (2/44), 2(F)/SAGr.131 (8/44), 1Erg/JGr.Süd (9/44), 12/JG-301 (10/44), 16/JG-300 (11/44)	BV 138C-1 Werk # 311048 "7R + CL" (dam 1/16/44) in SAGr.-125, Bf 109G-10 Werk # 490713 "Blue 2" (dam 11/16/44)	Wound Badge, Observer Operational Clasp & Fighter Operational Clasp (?)	Injured in a crash on 16 January, 1944, when as a crewman on BV 138, their ac made ground contact during takeoff from Varna. Injured a second time on 29 November, 1944, now a pilot, circumstances unknown (LOCS & D.Drury).
21	Baumgartner, Peter	Lt	1/15/1915			V.Fl.Korps ('41), 7/KG-55 (1/42 Dnjepropetrowsk, Ukaine), 10/KG-55 (7/42), Stfkpt 1/KG-55 (2/44), 1/KG(J)-55 (2/45)	He 111H-6 Werk # 7207 "G1 + KR" (lost 5/24/42), Me 262 in KG(J)-55	Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(7/1/42) EP (9/23/41), EK 1 & 2 Bomber Operational Clasp	MIA (briefly) when he was involved in an ac loss 24 May, 1942, cause & location unknown. Remaining crew (all return safely): Fw Siegfried Zantke, Obs; Fw Hans Köhler, R/O; Fw Karl Haselbeck, Flt Engr and Uffz Hans Krebel, Gnr. DK-G Awards List, LOCS & D.Drury.
22	Baumgartner, Kurt	Oblt	2/8/1920			3(F)/Ob,d.L. (8/42 S.U.), 2/FAGr-5 (2/44)	Bf 109F-4 Werk # 10082 (lost 8/6/42), Ju 290A-5 Werk # 110177 "9V + DK" (lost 2/16/44)	Wound Badge Observer Operational Clasp	Injured in a crash after takeoff from the Gostkino-Charkow airfield on 6 August, 1942, on a non-operational flight, due to a servicing fault (LOCS). Added: MIA 16 February, 1944 while flying as Co-pilot for Hptm Karl Friedrich Bergen. They were sd into the Atlantic, west of Ireland, by two Grumman Martlets, of No.811 Sq. off the escort carrier HMS Biter. See Hptm Karl Friedrich Bergen for further detail (D.Drury).
23	Baumgartner, Karl	Uffz				10(J)/JG-26	Fw 190A-3/U3 Werk # 248 (10% damaged)	Wound Badge Fighter Operational Clasp	WIFA 4 October, 1942 when he force-landed S of Campagne due to engine failure on takeoff.
24	Baumgartner, Herbert	Oblt	4/7/1917			2/KG-27 (2/42 S.U.)	He 111H-6 Werk # Unk "1G + HK" (lost 3/4/42)	Bomber Operational Clasp	It is alleged that he deserted to the Soviets on 4 March, 1942. It is also alleged that he authored a leaflet dropped on his Luftwaffe airfield, encouraging five of his fellow pilots, Krenz, Lessmaier, Wagner, Lohmann and Klein to desert. Officially listed as MIA (LOCS).
25	Baumgartner, Heinrich	Fw				11/KG-26 (Lübeck-Blankensee)	Ju 88A-4 Werk # 142450 "1H + LW" (lost 6/14/44)	Bomber Operational Clasp	MIA with his entire crew 14 June, 1944 when their ac was reported to have crashed into the Baltic Sea, cause unknown. Remaining crew: Gefr Hans Dehler (MIA), Ogefr Hans Heinrich Gellert (possibly Johann Heinrich Gellert buried Höxter Gr 8) and Gefr Alfred Janik (MIA) (D.Drury).

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