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#Pilot (↑)RankBornPlaceScore (↑)UnitsAircraftAwards*************Notes*************Photo
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1 Ensinger, HelmutLt6/7/19243/NJG-4 (3/45 Vechta) Ju 88G-6 Werk # 621305 3C + FL" (lost 3/4/45) Night Fighter Operational Clasp Pilot KIA the night of 3/4 March, 1945 after hit by enemy fire (Ju 88 Loss List). His Ju 88 crashed at Heemse Holland, southwest of Hardenberg during Operation Gisela. Pilot buried Ysselsteyn Block Q, Row 4, Grave 82. Remaining crew: R/O Ofw Kurt Gäbler (bailed, WIA) and unnamed Gnr bailed safely. Alternate spelling: Emsinger (Rosseels & Ju 88 Loss List).
Ysselstein, Holland
2 Gäbler, Franz HeinzUffz34/JG-2 (1/43 Africa)Bf 109F & G (Trop), Fw 190A-3 Werk # 0265 "White 6" (lost 1/21/43)
EK 1 & 2
Fighter Operational Clasp		MIA 21 January, 1943; combat with 8 P-40s near Kairouan (Mombeek, who lists his given name as Heinz). One known Desert victory, a P-40 10 km southeast of Birt on 6 January, 1943. His 2nd & 3rd, two P-38s, one 20 km northeast of Kairouan, and the other 50 km southwest of Kairouan, both on 8 January, 1943. OKL refers to him as Franz.
3 Gabler, HansGefr6/JG-77Bf 109E-7 Werk# 1079Fighter Operational ClaspMIA 14 May, 1941; AA fire and combat with a Hurricane of RAF No. 33 Squadron over Maleme Kreta. Mombeek MIA List.
4 Gäbler, HugoUffzIV/KG-3 (France)Ju 88A-5 Werk # 4245 (lost 10/4/42)Bomber Operational ClaspKIC with unnamed crew near the Bourges airfield 4 October, 1942, probably due to a servicing fault while on a non-combat flight (Ju 88 Loss List).
5 Gäbler, KurtOfw315/KG-40 (9/43), 3/ZG-1 (1/44), Kdo. Kunkel (1/44 Nantes), 9(N)/ZG-1, 1/NJG-4 (3/45 Vechta)Bf 110 in ZG-1, Ju 88C6 & R-2 in Kdo. Kunkel, Ju 88G-6 Werk # 622132 "3C + PJ" (lost 3/4/45)
Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(3/20/44)

EK 1 & 2
Wound Badge
Night Fighter Operational Clasp		Two known victories, a Beaufighter and a Mosquito 25 September, 1943. His 3rd, a B-17 at Hourtin 5 January, 1944. WIA the night of 3/4 March, 1945 when his Ju 88 was shot down during Operation Gisela at Zuidloo Holland, SE of Bathmen, remaining unnamed crew bailed safely (DeSwart & Ju 88 Loss List). Added: The two unnamed , both Safe, were Fw Gebhardt, R/O and Uffz H.G.Ernst, Mech/Gnr (SGLO). Alternate spelling: Gaebler


Courtesy Christian König
6 Gabler, KurtOblt10/18/1914Torgau14Flt Instr to 10/43, 9/JG-300 (3/44), 8/JG-300 (6/44), Stfkpt 11/JG-300 (9/44), 5/JG-300 (11/44) Fw 190A-8, Bf 109G-6 Werk # Unk "Red 8" (7/44 Jüterbog), Bf 109G-14/AS "Green 1" (lost 9/18/44 at Heiligenhaus)
Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(1/1/45)
EP


EK 1 & 2
Fighter Operational Clasp 		Magnus Report. The extent of his 9/18/44 injuries, if any, are unknown. Survived the war, living in Zwickau/Sachsen. 8 bombers. One known victory, a "4 mot" S of Stuttgart on 15 March, 1944. A "4 mot" NE of Frankfurt-Main on 22 March, 1944. Another "4 mot" at Nürnberg on 31 March, 1944. A B-24 at Insel Rügen and a P-51 at Stettin on 20 June, 1944. A B-17 at Köthen on 29 June, 1944. A B-24 N of Quedinbürg on 7 July, 1944. A 2nd & 3rd B-24, same day, one 2 km E of the Halberstadt airfield, the other 10 km W of Halberstadt. A Mosquito E of the Zerbst airfield on 18 July, 1944. A P-51 at Immenstadt on 19 July, 1944. A 12th, a B-17 S of Leipzig on 20 July, 1944. A 13th & 14th, both B-24s on 21 July, 1944; one NW of Ammersee, the other at Fenningsstadt. Alternate spelling: Gabler.
7 Gabler, KurtUffz1/JG-301 (11/44)Fw 190A-9 Werk # 206039 (lost 11/26/44)Fighter Operational ClaspKIA 26 November, 1944; after aerial combat with a P-51 at Einbeckhausen; buried Wunstorf Cem. (C.König).
8 Gäbler, OswaldObltStfkpt 7/KG-53He 111Bomber Operational ClaspKIA 23 October, 1941during a daylight bombing raid on Moscow. He was intercepted most likely by fighters of the 34th Fighter Aviation Regt..
9 Pfeiffer, AlexanderOblt12/25/19164/KG-4 (4/42), 1/KG-66 (4/44)He 111H-6 Werk # 4490 (dam 4/15/42), He 111H-6, Ju 88S-1 Werk # 140610 "Z6 + DH" (lost)
Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(2/23/43)

EK 1 & 2
EP (10/5/42), Wound Badge, Bomber Operational Clasp 		MIA 26 April, 1944 shot down by a Night Fighter in Quadrant 2026; observed by Lt. Altrogge. Remaining crew (KIA): Ofw Johann Engler, geb 11/4/1917, Obs and Fw Roland Gabler, geb 1/16/1920, R/O (B.Bines & DK-G Awards List). Added: In an earlier incident on 15 April, 1942, Oblt Pfeiffer and his Observer, Uffz Werner Ackele, were injured in a takeoff accident from Demyansk airfield. No other crew information available (D.Drury).
10 Winter, Rudolf "Rudi"Lt10/6/1919Berlin179/JG-300, 10/JG-300, II/JG-300, 12/JG-300 (8/44)Bf 109G-6 Night Fighter at Wiesbaden in 43, Bf 109G-6/R6 "Black 8" (lost 8/25/44)EP


EK 1 & 2
Fighter Operational Clasp		KIA 25 August, 1944 in "Black 8" during aerial combat with US fighters at Steffenshagen, near Bad Doberan (Bolten). Rudi may have served in 11/JG-300, as he was best friends with Lts. Trabert and Gäbler of 11/JG-300. Magnus Report, 17 victories. Strange that I found no victories, much less 17! Bolten 3 victories.

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