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#	Pilot (↑)	Rank	Born	Place	Score (↑)	Units	Aircraft	Awards	*************Notes*************	Photo	Links	AuthorComments
1	Geiger, August "Gustl"	Hptm	5/6/1920	Überlingen Bodensee	54	9/NJG-1 (6/42), Stfkpt 7/NJG-1 (9/43 Twente)	Bf 110G-4 Werk # 5477 "G9 + ER" (lost 9/30/43)	RK(5/22/43) EL(3/2/44 Post.) Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(9/27/43) EP(10/19/42) EK 1 & 2 Night Fighter Operational Clasp	KilledInAction (KIA) the night of 29/30 September, 1943 when he was shot down by an RAF Night Fighter Ace, "Bob" Braham, over the Zuider Zee. He and R/O Fw Dieter Koch parachuted into the lake and drowned. The G-4 crashed at Ijsselmeer, 8 km NW of Harderwijk. All his victories were Night victories. On the night of 30 March, 1943, he shot down five AC. One known victory, a Whitley V of RAF No. 138 Sq. at Haarlerberg, 7 km WNW of Rijssen, a town 11 km SW of Almelo Holland, the night of 29-30 July, 1942. A Halifax II of RAF No. 158 at Oldebroek, 12 km NNW of Epe Holland the night of 5-6 August, 1942. A Wellington III of RAF No. 150 Sq. near Epse, 4 km SE of Deventer Holland, the night of 9-10 August, 1942, now a Hptm. A Wellington at Map Quadrant 737/8G3 on 11 September, 1942. Another, A Lancaster "AR-J" of RAAF No. 460 Sq. on 23/24 May, 1943. A Stirling III Wk# EH900, "WP-Y" of RAF No.90 Sq., piloted by F/O McKenzie at Legden on 25/26 June, 1943. Added: Also, the night of 25/26 June, 1943, he is credited with two Lancasters (T.Boiten/R.Snape). Burial at Ysselsteyn: Hptm Geiger M-4-83; Fw Koch CL-3-69 (SGLO).	Courtesy Christian König	Lancaster R5551 Archive Report Operational Record Allied Losses Database Stirling BF566
2	Geiger, Erwin	Lt				3/KG-30 (Med)	Ju 88 A-4 Werk # 1739 "4D + BL" (lost 8/10/43)	Bomber Operational Clasp	MIA with unnamed crew at Augusta 10 August, 1943, cause unknown (Ju 88 Loss List). This may be the other Erwin Geiger, a POW who may have been part of an exchange.
3	Geiger, Franz	Uffz				9/JG-27 (France)	Bf 109G-6 Werk # 413547 "Yellow 11 + I" (lost 8/19/44)	Fighter Operational Clasp	MIA 19 August, 1944 in the area of Meulan, 37 km NW of Paris. Mombeek.
4	Geiger, Willi	Ofw	8/30/1914	Mannheim		5/StG-77	Ju 87B-1 Werk # 5167 "S2 + UN" (lost)	Dive Bomber Operational Clasp	KilledInAction (KIA) 18 August, 1940 during aerial combat, crashing at Ham Manor Golf Course, Angmering, Susses. Buried Cannock Chase, Block 4, F, Gr 18. Source: M.Croft.	Cannock Chase
5	Hoffmann, Gerhard "Fakken" "Mäcki"	Lt	11/6/1919	Nieden, Ostpreussen	130	4/JG-52 (10/42- 3/43 S.U.), 5/JG-52 (4/43), 4/JG-52 (5-6/43), 12/JG 51 (7/43), 4/JG-52 (8-12/43) Stab II/JG-54 (2/44) Added (CKönig): Erg.JGr. West (6-11/44), 4./Erg.JG 1 (11/44, Stfkpt), 11/JG-52 (3-4/45, Stfkpt)	Bf 109G-6 Werk # 20127 "White 6 + -" (dam 9/25/43) in 4/JG-52, Fw 190A, Bf 109 G-14 "Yellow 4+ -" Werknr 785 937 (lost)	RK(5/14/44) Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(12/12/43) EP(8/9/44) EK 1 & 2 Wound Badge (9/25/43) Fighter Operational Clasp in Gold with pendant	MIA 11 April, 1945; crashing shortly after takeoff from Görlitz on a supply escort mission to Breslau, cause not given (Stankey & DeZeng). WIA 25 September, 1943 during aerial combat at Perejelaslaw, 80 km south of Kiev. 125 victories in the East. His first known victory, a Soviet LaGG-3 on 26 October, 1942, as an Uffz.. Two Soviet P-40s on 8 December, 1942. A Low flying LaGG-5 on 25 January, 1943. An R-5 on 28 February, 1943. A Yak-1 on 3 March, 1943. A LaGG-3 on 5 March, 1943. Two LaGG-3s on 30 March, 1943. A Yak-1 on 19 April, 1943. A Yak-1 and a LaGG-3 on 20 April, 1943. A P-40 and two Il-2s on 21 April, 1943. A Yak-1 on 29 April, 1943. A Yak-1 on 8 May, 1943. A Yak-1 on 15 May, 1943. A Spitfire on 25 May, 1943. A Yak-1 on 27 May, 1943. A Yak-1 on 5 June, 1943. Two Il-2s and a LaGG-5 on 15 July, 1943. A LaGG-5 and a Yak-1 on 28 August, 1943. Four Yak-1s on 21 September, 1943. He downed two Yak-9s on 10 February, 1944. Added: 06/44 promotion to Lt. One version of his death is that he collided with his wingman, Uffz Richard Geiger, who died too. (CKönig).
6	Schweinhardt, Kurt	Ofw				5/StG-77 (Channel)	Ju 87B-1 Werk # 5167 "S2 + JN" (or UN) (lost 8/18/40)	Wound Badge Dive Bomber Operational Clasp	POW 18 August, 1940 after being shot down with wounds at Ham Manor Golf Course, Angmering, Sussex, by P/O Whall of No. 602 Sq.. His unnamed R/O KilledInAction (KIA). Ju 87 Loss List. Added: His R/O-Gnr, Ofw Willi Geiger (8/30/1914 Mannheim), buried CC, Block 4, Row F, Gr 18 (D.Drury).	Cannock Chase

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