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1 Erler, Karl Heinz16/JG-5 (4/45 Stavanger Norway)Bf 109GFighter Operational ClaspGroup picture, Stormbirds.com, Andreas Brekken.


JG 5 L-R, Uffz. Max Ede, Otto Ach, Uffz. Max Eder, Fw. Hans Steiner, Uffz. Albert Schmiletzky, Lt. Heinz Schüler, Uffz. Walter Smejkal, Uffz. Karl-Heinz Erler Sola, December 1944.
2 Steiner, HansFw1/20/1923Penk, Mölltal, Austria16/JG-5 (44, Stavanger Norway, 3/45), 16/ JG5 (Soal 12/44), 9/JG-5 (4/45 Herdla)Bf 109G-14 Werk # Unk "Blue 9" in 16 Staffel, Fw 190A-8 Werk # Unk "White 19" "Waltraut"Fighter Operational ClaspFlew protection for German ships off the Norwegian coast. Jager Blatt 2/2003 & C.König.


JG 5 L-R, Uffz. Max Ede, Otto Ach, Uffz. Max Eder, Fw. Hans Steiner, Uffz. Albert Schmiletzky, Lt. Heinz Schüler, Uffz. Walter Smejkal, Uffz. Karl-Heinz Erler Sola, December 1944.
3 Smejkal, WalterUffz16/JG-5 (12/44 Sola, 4/45 Stavanger Norway)Bf 109GFighter Operational ClaspGroup picture, Stormbirds.com, Andreas Brekken.


JG 5 L-R, Uffz. Max Ede, Otto Ach, Uffz. Max Eder, Fw. Hans Steiner, Uffz. Albert Schmiletzky, Lt. Heinz Schüler, Uffz. Walter Smejkal, Uffz. Karl-Heinz Erler Sola, December 1944.
4 Schüler, HeinzLt16/JG-5 (10/44 - 1/45 Stavanger Norway; Forus 3/45)Bf 109G-14/AS "Blue 17 + ~" (lost 4/11/45)Fighter Operational ClaspLt Schuler bailed safely 11 April, 1945 after being hit by a P-51 of RAF No.65 Sq., piloted By F/Lt Reginald Sims. His ac crashed into a hillside at Oklungen (F.Braun). Group picture, Stormbirds.com, Andreas Brekken. Also Anders Hjortsberg artwork.


JG 5 L-R, Uffz. Max Ede, Otto Ach, Uffz. Max Eder, Fw. Hans Steiner, Uffz. Albert Schmiletzky, Lt. Heinz Schüler, Uffz. Walter Smejkal, Uffz. Karl-Heinz Erler Sola, December 1944.
5 Schmiletzky, AlbertUffz111./ JG-5 (11/43 Sola), 14./JG-5 (10/44 Stavanger), 16./ JG5 (12/44 Sola)Bf 109G-6 Werk # 15649 (lost 11/16/43), Bf 109G-6 Werk # 410716 (lost 10/11/44)EK 2
Wound Badge
Fighter Operational Clasp		Shot down with wounds 16 November, 1943 during aerial combat by B-17 return fire, near Egersund; bailed safely. The B-17 crashed later at Asan in Konsmo, 9 crew POW, one escaped to Sweden. Source: SIG Norway. Added: He bailed from his G-6 and landed at Tonstad. He was sd a second time, with wounds, at Petsamo, on 2 November, 1944 in Wk# 410716. Survived the war (Flyvrak Norway). Alternate spelling: Schmilitzky (Andreas Brekken) & Schmilinsky.


JG 5 L-R, Uffz. Max Ede, Otto Ach, Uffz. Max Eder, Fw. Hans Steiner, Uffz. Albert Schmiletzky, Lt. Heinz Schüler, Uffz. Walter Smejkal, Uffz. Karl-Heinz Erler Sola, December 1944.
6 Querengässer, GerhardUffz1921/09/28Weissen, Thuringia (CK)5Erg./JG 2 (12/42), 5./JG 2 (05/43), 12./JG 2 (07/43), 8./JG 2 (06/44 Creil,01/45 Nidda)Fw 190 A-4, Fw 190 A-5 Werknr 410018 (70% dam 22/05/43), Bf 109 G-6 (lost 23/03/44), Bf 109 G-14/AS (or K-4) "Blue 8" (dam 01/01/45)
EK 1 & 2
Wound Badge
Wounded twice; 23 March and 26 June, 1944 (downed by his own flak, no further detail). Injured in a collision 23 March, 1944 over Creil, with OFhr Gert Pudnowski (KIFA). He bailed with head injuries, but his East Prussian comrade was killed. Injured 22 May, 1943 in his A-5 at Honfleur making a belly landing due to engine failure. Returned to base 1 January, 1945, after his ac was hit by flak at St Trond. 150 combat missions. One known victory, a B-17 (e.V.) on 30 July, 1943. A 2nd, a P-51 in the Guingamp/Alencon area on 11 July, 1944. A 3rd, a Taylorcraft Light Observation AC at Caen on 24 July, 1944. A 4th, a P-47 at Monschau on 17 December, 1944. A 5th, a P-38 W of Wetzlar on 25 December, 1944. He was an occassional wingman for Oesau. Added: Wingman to Eder, then later to Stratmann and Kabbe when 12. Staffel was re-designated 8.Staffel (CK)


Courtesy CK
7 Lüthje, ArminUffz1919/11/11Flensburg

FFS A/B 10 (See) Warnemünde, FFS C 19, KGr. z.b.V. 700, IV./TG 4 (renamed 05/43)Ju-52 "4V + KT" /29/10/42), Leo-451 "G6 + KK" (02/02/44), Ju-52/3m "CN + TT" Werknr. 130860 (23/07/44)
at least Transporter Operational Clasp in Bronze		Pilot badge received on 19/11/42. Flew on 02/02/44 with the following crew according to Flugbefehl Sonderauftrag the route Mondesir-Venlo-Marx: Radop Uffz Baumgart, Mech OGefr Eder, Gnr OGefr Schlemmer. Flew on 23/07/44 with the following crew according to Flugbefehl the route Schönwalde-Fürstenwalde-Praschnitz: Radop Aufenrot, Mech Uffz Scholz, Gnr Gefr Franke. Lüthje survived the war.CKönig
8 Krüger, KurtOblt18/ZG-76Bf 110G-2 Werk # Unk (dam 10/22/43)
EK 1 & 2
Wound Badge, Destroyer Operational Clasp		WIA 22 October, 1943 during aerial combat near Salzgitter (LOCS). One known victory, a B-17 W of Eder Talspeer on 20 February, 1944.
9 Kirchhoff, ErwinUffz2(F)/122 (12/43 Med)Ju 88D-1 Werk # 430856 "F6 + NK" (lost 12/21/43)Observer Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 21 December, 1943 in aerial combat with Spitfires 25 km S of Fermo/Adria, by St. Patrice. Also killed, the remaining crew: BO Lt Klaus Lehmann, BF Uffz Arthur Eder, and BS Josef Welles (or Nelles). Jager Blatt article.
10 Hackl, Anton 'Toni'Maj1915/03/25Regensburg192



Skpt 5./JG 77 (01/42), Kdr III/.JG 11 (Oldenburg 04/44), Stab/JG 76 (09/44 Freiburg), Kdr II./JG 26 (01/45 Bodenplatte), Kdr JG 300, Kdr JG 11 (02/45)Bf 109 F-4 "Black 5" Werknr 13046 (06/42), Bf 109 G-5 in JG 11, Bf 109 G-6/R6 "<< + I" in III./JG 11, Fw 190 A-8 "Black < - + -" Werknr 170935 (09/44)
RK(5/27/42)
S(7/9/44)

EK 1 & 2
Wound Badge

Fighter Operational Clasp in Gold with pendant
Opposed the 6 March, 1944 Berlin Raid as Kdr III/JG-11. Plus 24 Unconfirmed despite gun camera evidence. Joined II/JG-77 in April, 1938. 34 Bombers. 87 victories in the West. 1000+ combat missions! His 1st victory, two Hudsons at Stavanger, 15 June, 1940, while in 5/JG-77. On 27 June, 1940 he was wounded during aerial combat south of Stavanger, his Bf 109E was 10% damaged. Source: SIG Norway. His 75th victory, a Soviet LaGG-3 on 21 July, 1942, one of six victories this date. His 100th, a Pe-2 on 3 August, 1942. Two known Ardennes victories, both P-47s at Durbuy-Stavelot on 24 December, 1944. Shot down eight times. Four times wounded,several seriously wounded. EL conferred on 6 Aug., 1942. Brief Kdr JG-76 in August, 1944. Hackl succeded Eder as Kdr II/JG-26 in October of 1944. A P-47 and a P-51 near Liege & Remscheid on 14 January, 1945 in II/JG-26. Ordered to JG-300 on 29 January, 1945. Kdr of JG-11 in February, 1945. Flew operational flights for all five years of the war. Germanys 17th ranked fighter Ace. Deceased 9 July, 1984.




Courtesy CK
11 Ach, OttoUffz16/JG-5 (12/44 Sola, Stavanger Norway)Bf 109G-14/AS Werk # Unk "Blue ??" (4/11/45)
EK 2
Fighter Operational Clasp		One known victory, a P-51 of RAF No.65 Sq., piloted by Lt Friedrich Hiley Bradford (KilledInAction (KIA)). The P-51 crashed into the Frier fjord at Flakvarp (F.Braun). Group picture, Stormbirds.com, Andreas Brekken. Alternate spelling: Achx.


JG 5 L-R, Uffz. Max Ede, Otto Ach, Uffz. Max Eder, Fw. Hans Steiner, Uffz. Albert Schmiletzky, Lt. Heinz Schüler, Uffz. Walter Smejkal, Uffz. Karl-Heinz Erler Sola, December 1944.

achx
12 Eder, MaxUffz16/JG-5 (12/44 Sola, 4/45 Stavanger Norway)Bf 109GFighter Operational ClaspGroup picture, Stormbirds.com, Andreas Brekken.


JG 5 L-R, Uffz. Max Ede, Otto Ach, Uffz. Max Eder, Fw. Hans Steiner, Uffz. Albert Schmiletzky, Lt. Heinz Schüler, Uffz. Walter Smejkal, Uffz. Karl-Heinz Erler Sola, December 1944.
13 Eder, HeinzUffz2/Schl.G-1 (S.U.)Fw 190F-3 Werk # 670029 "Black Q" (lost 6/26/43)Assault Operational ClaspMIA 26 June, 1943 at Map Quadrant Pl.Qu. 807, cause unknown.
14 Eder, HansFwFFS C6Ju 52 Werk # 5265 (60% dam 11/25/40)Transport Operational ClaspHis Ju 52 reported damaged 25 November, 1940 making a failed landing at Lauterbach. Remaining crew: Flt Engr Uffz Gottfried Grasser; two students, Ogefr Max Müller and Gefr Helmut Rosenbaum. no injuries reported.
15 Eder, HansHptm7/19/19131Stab I/JG-4 (8/43)Bf 109G-6
EK 1 & 2
Fighter Operational Clasp		A JG-4 report claims he bailed but was reported killed during aerial combat over Rome on 13 January, 1944. Opposed the Ploesti raid, downing a B-24 on 1 August, 1943.
16 Eder, Georg Peter 'Schorsch'Maj3/8/1921Oberdachstetten Franken78

Courtesy Christian König

4/JG-51 (6/41), 5, 7 (Vannes, Fr.), 9 &Stfkpt 12/JG-2 (Channel), Stfkpt 6/JG-1 (2/44), Stfkpt 6/JG-26, Kdr II/JG-26, Kdo NowotnyBf 109F-2 Werk # 9184 (80% dam 8/10/41; WIC coll w/Ju 52 on ground), Fw 190A-2 Wk# 5257 "Yel 7 + I" w 9/JG-2, Fw 190A-4 Werk # Unk "White 4 + I" in 7/JG-1 (2/13/43), Bf 109G-4 Werk # 14988 (70% dam 3/28/43 w/B-17, emergency land near Beaumont le Roger airfield), Bf 109G-6 Werk # 20733 (lost 11/5/43), Bf 109G-6/R6 Werk # 14988 "Black 1 + -" (dam 3/2843), Fw 190A-7 Werk # 430645 "Yel 4" (lost 4/19/44) & Fw 190D-9 "Yellow 4" & Fw 190A-8 Werk # 730386 "Red 24" at Cottbus in JG-1, Fw 190A-8 "Yel 4" (engine failure, dam 5/12/44) Fw 190A-8 Werk # 170071 "Yellow 4" (5/8/44; Belly land Vechta after combat), Me 262
RK(6/24/44)
EL(11/25/44)

Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(8/31/43)
EP(6/16/43)

EK 1 & 2
G.Wnd Bdg
Ftr Oper.Clasp w/Pend.		36 Bombers. He suffered a skull fracture on 22 August, 1941, when he coillided on the ground with a Ju 52 at Ponjatowska in Bf 109F-2 Wk# 9184. He scored his first victory in 190A "Yellow 7" in July 1942. On 28 March, 1943, after downing a B-17, he was hit by return fire and crashed a Bf 109G-4 Wk# 14998, somersaulting on landing at Beaumont. On 5 Nov, 1943, he was forced to bail from Bf 109G-6 Wk# 20733. His A-7, WK# 430645 "Yellow 4" was lost 19 April, 1944 after he was forced to bail after combat with a P-47. Next AC was an A-8 Wk# 170071"Yellow 4". On 29 May 1944, he flew an A-8 Wk# 730386 "Red 24" in JG-1, colliding with Siebel. Eder succeded Emil Lang and remained with JG-26 until October 1944, when he joined "Kommando Nowotny", 9/JG-7, the first jet fighter unit. 10 victories in the East, including his first known Soviet victories, an I-16 and a SB-2 on 22 June, 1944. . 4 victories while serving in JG-26. 12 victories in the Me 262. Plus 3 Sherman Tanks and 18 unconfirmed victories. 572 combat missions, 150 in Me 262. Shot down 17 times, wounded 12 on these occasions! Deceased 11 March, 1986 in Wiesbaden. Bailed 9 times. Added: emergency landing near Mannheim-Sonthofen due to engine failure on 12/05/44 (CKönig)
17 Eder, ErnstOfw2(F)/11Do 17P-1 Werk # 3591 "6M + OK" (lost 12/21/41)Observer Operational ClaspMIA with his entire crew 21 December, 1941 when he failed to return from reconnaissance west of Moscow while covering the Narskie-Novopetrovskaya-Zavidovo areas. Remaining crew: Lt Helmut Mönnigheim, Obs and Gefr Franz Heidinger, R/O. Only Gefr Heidinger can be found in the VDK, as commemorated in the War cem at Rshew, Russia (D.Drury).
18 Eder, BennoLt10/05/22Neunburg vorm Wald (CK)6

9/JG 2 (12/42), Stfkpt 2./JG 2 (01/43-03/44), 1./Erg.JGr. West (04/44)Fw-190 A-2 "KH + MM" (lost)
EK 1 & 2

at least Fighter Operational Clasp in Bronze
Added: KIA on 27 April 1944, crashed near Ossum (CK) One known victory, a B-17 on 30 December, 1942. This is not Georg, also of 9/JG-2. (Georg Peter was in 7/JG-2 on this date, also downed a B-17). His 2nd known, a B-17 on 28 June, 1943. A 3rd, a B-17 (HSS) at Map Quadrant 3714/15 West on 4 July, 1943. A 4th, a B-17 on 30 July, 1943. A 5th, a B-17 30 km NW of Fecamp on 6 September, 1943. Added: Buried in Pau. On 03/01/43 he bailed out uninjured due to engine failure, ac crashed near Theix 8 km SE Vannes (CK)
19 Damaske, HermannLt3/KGr-806 (Malta)Ju 88A-4 Werk # 1647 "M7 + DL" (lost 3/23/42)Bomber Operational ClaspMIA with two other unnamed crew on 23 March, 1942 after being shot down (Added: during attack on convoy MW 10) over Malta by fighters of No. 126 or 272 Sq., one crew KilledInAction (KIA) (Ju 88 Loss List). Added: Crew Radop Uffz Paul Winkler (KilledInAction (KIA), his body was found on 26/03/43 at the coast of Sicily), Obsv Uffz Alois Eder (MIA), Gunr Uffz Johann Huppert (MIA) (CKönig)

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