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1 Lemke, PaulLtI/KG-40Fw 200C-4Bomber Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 7 August, 1942 while flying as Co-pilot with Ofw Alfons Kleinschrittger and hitting a mountain at Jan Mayen Norway, while on an operational flight. Source: SIG Norway.
2 Waschke, E.Uffz3/KGzbV-12 (5/40 Störmede)Ju 52/3m Werk # unk "G6 + ?L" (lost 5/10/40)Wound Badge, Transport Operational ClaspHis ac reported lost 10 May, 1940; crash landed at Ockenburg airfield, collided with another Ockenburg aircrasft; destroyed by groundfire, pilot and crew disposition unknown (Netherland Loss Registry). Added: Ofw Waschke and his two crew, were injured and returned to their unit. Remaining crew: Uffz P.Quasdorf, R/O and Uffz R.Lemke, Mech/Gnr (SGLO).
3 Seibold, PaulLt12/18/191510/KG-2Do 217E-4 Werk # Unk (lost 11/4/43)Bomber Operational ClaspKIC with his entire crew, 4 November, 1943, when his ac crashed at Melun-Villaroche airfield, France, while on a training flight (he may have been blinded by some sort of lighting). Remaining crew: Gefr Karl Heinz Haisch, geb 8/9/1923; Fw Erich Kemmerzell, geb 5/23/1918 and Uffz Paul Lemke, geb 4/1/1921. All are buried in a dual grave at Champigny-St Andre Fr., Blk 5, Row 1, Gr 7 & 8 (D.Drury).
4 Schrapel, HansOgefr9/KG-54Ju 88A-4 Werk # Unk "B3 + HT" (lost 6/12/44)Bomber Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 12 June, 1944 during a supply drop over the Normandy beachhead; location believed to be Colleville-sur-Mer, adjacent to Omaha Beach. Remaining crew (KilledInAction (KIA), all 4 grave locations unk): Uffz Kurt Gerber, Ogefr Heinz Lemke and Ogefr Bruno Schlag (D.Drury).
5 Rohde,Fw1/JG-2 (6/44)Fw 190A-5Fighter Operational ClaspPictured with Lt Siegfried Lemke, June, 1944.
6 Nicolaus, WalterLt1(F)/124 (Kirkenes)Ju 88D-1 Werk# 1265 "G2 + IH" (lost 10/7/41)Observer Operational ClaspMIA 7 October, 1941; failed to return from a mission in Russia, location and cause unknown. Remaining crew (all MIA): Fw Eugen Brauchle, Observer; Uffz Helmut Lemke, R/O and Uffz Franz Stadter, Mech. Source: SIG Norway. Added: Altho the cause is still unknown, the mission is believed to be a recon from Taybola, Murmansk Oblast to Belomorsk, Karelia, both in Russia (D.Drury).
7 Lemke, WillyOfw3(H)/11Bf 110G-3
Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(6/17/43)

EK 1 & 2
Observer Operational Clasp		DK-G Awards List
8 Lemke, WilhelmHptm9/27/1920Arnswalde Neumark131

Courtesy Christian König

8/JG-3 (3/42 S.U.), Stafkpt 9/JG-3 (8/41), Kdr II/JG-3 (12/43 Volkel)Bf 109E, Bf 109F-2 Werk # 8245 (20% dam 8/26/41; WIA Soviet fighters), Bf 109F-4 (4/42), Bf 109G-6 "Yellow 7" in 9/JG-3 (8/43), G-6 Werk# 410558 (lost 12/4/43) RK(9/19/42)-EL(11/25/43)
EP(11/3/41)

EK 1 & 2
Wound Badge

Fighter Operational Clasp in Gold with star pendant
KilledInAction (KIA) 4 December, 1943 in aerial combat in Wk# 410558 with P-47s near Nijmegen Holland. He crashed on Bonegraafseweg in Dodewaard Holland (DeSwart). 3 Bombers. 700 missions, 125 victories were in the East. His first known Soviet victory, an R-5 SE of Staraya Russia on 3 March, 1942. An I-61 3 km NW of Solobjewo on 13 March, 1942. An R-5 at Konjuchowo on 16 March, 1942. A double on 31 March, 1942; two I-301s. A triple on 4 April, 1942; all 3 were MiG-3s; one in the Demyansk Sector, one 4 km NW of Bjakowo and one 2 km N of Jermakowo. An I-61 3 km S of Meshinski on 5 April, 1942. An I-15 NE of Izyum on 28 May, 1942. Another Soviet triple on 24 June, 1942; a Yak-4 and two MiG-3s, the Yak-4 NE of Schtschignoye, and the Migs SE of Tschmenissowo. A LaGG-3 N of Kabovska on 31 July, 1942. His 65th victory, a Soviet Il-2 3 km E of Stalingrad on 28 September, 1942. A MiG-3 SE of the Leninsk airfield on 1 November, 1942. Two Il-2s in the Morosowskaya/Urjupin areas on 31 December, 1942. A LaGG-5 and two Il-2s near Belgorod on 5 July, 1943. Added: >500 combat missions (CKönig). Burial: Ysselsteyn, Block CW, Row 1, Grave 24.

Courtesy Christian König
9 Lemke, Siegfried "Wumm"Hptm4/7/1921Schivelbein Pommern96

Courtesy Christian Königes

1/JG-2 (5/43), Stfkpt 1/JG-2, Kdr III/JG-2 (6/44 to the end)Fw 190A-3, Fw 190A-6(2/44), Fw 190A-7 Werk # 430674 (3/44 Italy) RK(6/14/44)

Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(4/3/44)
EP(3/31/44)

EK 1 & 2
Fighter Operational Clasp		Channel pilot. 325 combat missions, 95 victories in the West, plus 1 victory in the East. 21 four engine bombers, one on 17 May, 1943 in the Bordeaux area. One known victory, a P-38 (possibly Jim Edmonson) east of Köln-Bonn, 20 October, 1944. Another the same day, a P-47, same location. A Spitfire 25 km NW of Montdidier on 6 September, 1943. A multiple victory on 27 January, 1944; 3 Spitfires, two near Marseilles, the 3rd at Hyeres. Two more Spitfires on 29 February, 1944; one 2 km N of Nettuno, the other 20 km SW of Tibermündung. A triple victory over Italy on 7 March, 1944; 2 Spitfires ansd a B-24. The Spitfires were near Nettuno and the B-24 55 km SW of Tarquinia. A Tempest at the Eifel on 17 December, 1944. Two P-47s SW of Köln on 23 December, 1944. Bowers/Lednicer, 96 victories. Survived the war. Deceased 18 December, 1995 Büttelborn/Worfelden (P. Bastin & H.D. Zemke)




Leonhard Ziehr right with Zebhaur.

KTY Photo
10 Lemke, SiegfriedGefrIII/JG-2 (Reich Defense '44)Fw 190AFighter Operational Claspfalkeeins-blogspot
11 Albrecht-Lemke, Egon Friedrich KurtHptm1918/05/19Curitiba, Brazil25


Courtesy CK

6. & 1./ZG-1 (02/42 S.U.), 4./ZG 1 (12/42 S.U.), 9./ZG 76, II./SKG 210, Kdr II./ZG 1 (10/43), Kdr IV./JG 53 (07/44), Kdr III./JG 76 (08/44)Bf 110 Werknr 3666 (80% dam 12/19/42; belly landing Krasnodar S.U., non cmbt flight, both crew injured) in ZG 1, Bf 109 G-14 "Black 21 + I" Werknr 460593 (lost 25/08/44)
RK (22/05/43)

Deutsches Kreuz - Gold (03/12/42)
EP (21/09/42)

EK 1 & 2
Wound Badge in Silver
Destroyer & Fighter Oper. Clasps
Medaille "Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42" (Ostmedaille) CK		KilledInAction (KIA) 25 August, 1944 in aerial combat over Beauvais, east of Saint-Claude near Creil, with a P-38 of the 474th FG, while returning from a mission. He bailed but from too low an altitude. His body was robbed of all his possessions by the French Maquis. He had several 4 engine victories. One known victory, his first known Soviet, an R-5 1 km SW of Wjerchowje on 8 February, 1942. Two Yak-1s on 4 July, 1942. A Yak-1 and an I-153 on 25 July, 1942. An I-16 Rata on 1 August, 1942. An I-153 on 23 August, 1942. A DB-3 on 24 August, 1942. An I-15 on 23 September, 1942. An I-153 on 31 October, 1942. An I-16 Rata on 5 November, 1942. A western victory, a B-24 S of Pilsen (Bohemia) on 22 February, 1944. Another, a B-24 40 km NNW of Brück on 25 February, 1944. A B-24 E of Wiener Neustadt on 12 April, 1944. A B-24 NW of Pressburg and a 2nd B-24 at Stockerau, on 26 June, 1944. The subject is buried in the German war cemetery at Beauvais, France in Block 3, Row 8, Grave 316. Added: RK awarded after achieving 15 aerial victories and destroying a further 11 aircraft on the ground.(CK)


Courtesy CK

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12 Lemke, GerhardHptm3/KG-77Ju 88A-4
Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(6/9/42), EP(12/10/41,

EP (12/15/41), EK 1 & 2
Bomber Operational Clasp		 DK-G Awards List & Vermeer EP Awards List
13 Lemke, FranzUffz12/30/191925/JG-300 (8/44)Fw 190A-8 (lost 8/23/44 near Prizwitz/Semmering)
EK 1 & 2
Fighter Operational Clasp		KilledInAction (KIA) 23 August, 1944 during aerial combat with American fighters. Two known victories, both B-17s at Vosges on 9 August, 1944.
14 Lemke, BrunoUffz6/ZG-26 (S.U.)Bf 110E-1 Werk # 4050 "3U + LP" (lost 7/13/41)Destroyer Operational ClaspMIA with unnamed crew 13 July, 1941 due to enemy fire near Lepel. Bf 110 Loss List
15 Kleinschrittger, AlfonsOfwI/KG-40Fw 200C-4 Werk # 0104 "F8 + AB" (lost 8/7/42)Bomber Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) 7 August, 1942; crashed into a mountain at Jan Mayan Islands, between Iceland and Spitzbergen, during an operational flight. Remaining crew (all KilledInAction (KIA)): Fw Paul Lemke, Co-pilot; Uffz Werner Schetle, R/O; Uffz Josef Kotzur, Gunner; Uffz Oskar Walter, Mech and Ofw Karl Classow, 2nd Mech. Source: SIG Norway. The wreck was discovered in 1972 in Danielsenkrateret (Fw 200 Losses, 1988 book, H. Breuer).
16 Heisterman von Ziehlberg, Dietrich Karl OskarHptm4/27/1910Braunsberg
Crashsite marker


Cannock Chase		4.K/88 Condor Legion ('38), Stab III/KG-76 (5/41 Channel)Ju 88A-5 Werk # 6213 "F1 + AD" (lost 5/8/41)
Spanish Cross, EK 1 & 2
Bomber Operational Clasp		KilledInAction (KIA) 8 May, 1941 after bombing Liverpool; with one wing on fire, he crashed into a hillside at Goldsitch Moss, Moss End farm, Staffordshire after being damaged by a Defiant night fighter piloted by Sgt Robin McNair of No. 96 Sq (Ju 88 Loss List & aircrashsites.co.uk via D. Drury). Pilot buried Cannock Chase, 3/3/86. Remaining crew (KilledInAction (KIA)): Oblt Walter Lemke, Obs (buried Cannock Chase, 3/3/83); Ofw Rudolf Schwalbe, R/O (buried Cannock Chase, 3/3/85)and Fw Georg Mahl, Gnr. (Mahl bailed but with too little height for his chute to deploy, buried Cannock Chase, 3/3/84). Remaining crew source: www.aircrashsites.co.uk via D. Drury. Alternate spelling: Heisterman von Ziehlberg
(Added by Pietrzak Youngs)
The pilot’s father was a General implicated in the 1944 bomb plot. The General’s aide de camp supplied the explosive to the plotters. The General was arrested and tried and finally disposing of any need for clear proof he was executed in early 1945. The pilot’s brother died on the Russian front. The Von Ziehlbergs are to be remembered. (source: post at aircrashsites)
17 Heider, OttoUffzKGr.z.b.V.-5 (1/43)He 111 Werk # 2959 (lost 1/7/43)Wound Badge, Bomber Operational ClaspInjured 7 January, 1943, when he crashed at Flugplatz Stalingrad-Pitomik due to bsd weather. Remaining crew: Uffz Karl Heinz Haase, Obs (KIC); Uffz Helmut Krämer, R/O (Inj); Ogefr Johann Schönsteiner, Flt Engr (Inj) and Gefr Helmut Lemke, Gnr (D.Drury).
18 Gayko, Werner "Wernerchen"Oblt5/22/1923Wehlau, E.Prussia13

Courtesy Christian König

7/JG-5 (11/43 S.U.), Stfkpt 9/JG-5 (7/44 Petsamo; Spring '45 @ Herdla)Bf 109G "White 7", Fw 190F-8 Werk # 931862 (1/45 Herdla), Fw 190A-8 Werk # 737935 "White 1" (lost 3/25/45)EP


EK 1 & 2
Fighter Operational Clasp		His first known victory, a Soviet P-40 on 25 November, 1943. A 2nd, a P-39 on 12 April, 1944. A 3rd, a Soviet Spitfire on 16 May, 1944. A 4th, a P-39 NE of Hamningberg on 26 May, 1944. A 5th, a P-39 E of Isgenfjord on 12 June, 1944. A 6th, a P-40 SE of Kiberg on 17 June, 1944. A 7th, a P-39 SW of Pümmanki on 17 July, 1944. An 8th, a Pe-2 on 17 August, 1944. A 9th, a LaGG-3 on 7 September, 1944. His 13th, a Lancaster of No.617 Sq. on 12 January, 1945. On 25 March, 1945, he had to ditch into the North Sea north of Bergen Norway, after combat with an RAF P-51, due to engine damage, and was rescued by Norwegians. He referred to this event as the "opening of the 1945 bathing season". Magnus Report. Added: One of a few to down a Recce Spitfire. Post-war Bundeswehr Col., deceased 11 October, 1994 (C.König 1/2023).

Courtesy Christian König
19 Buttker, BodoOblt5/KG-3Do 17Z-3 Werk # 2894 "5K + FN" (lost 11/15/40)Bomber Operational ClaspMIA 15 November, 1940 after his ac was sd by a Spitfire of No.421, piloted by F/Sgt Donald A.Stewart McKay, and crashed into the Channel off Copt Point, Folkestone, Kent. Remaining crew (MIA): Fw Horst Lemke, Obs; Ogefr Erwin Herbert, R/O and Gefr Fritz Otte, Gnr (D.Drury). Alternate spelling: Büttker
20 Bendig, KarlLt11/4/1915Biesenthal


Courtesy Christian König

5/NJG-3 (1/45 Schleswig)Ju 88G-6 Werk # 620948 "D5 + ?N" (lost 1/14/45)Night Fighter Operational ClaspKilledInAction (KIA) the night of 13/14 January, 1945; his Ju 88 crashed at Barendrecht Holland, cause unknown. Buried Ysselsteyn, BW-6-148 (DeSwart & Rosseels). Added: Remaining crew (KilledInAction (KIA), buried Yssel): Fw G.Hintz, Obs (bur BW-6-147); Uffz O.Lemke, Gnr 1 (bur BW-2-36) and Uffz H.Mehler, Gnr 2 (bur BW-6-146) (SGLO).

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