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#	Pilot (↑)	Rank	Born	Place	Score (↑)	Units	Aircraft	Awards	*************Notes*************	Photo	Links	AuthorComments
1	Deuber, Willi	Oblt	1/10/1921	Essen	4	13/KG-40 as Lt, Stab IV/NJG-6 (2/45 Kitzingen)	Bf 110, Ju 88G-6 Werk # 620886 "2Z + AF" (lost 2/15/45)	EP EK 1 & 2 Bomber Operational Clasp	KilledInAction (KIA) 14/15 February, 1945 when he was shot down during a night interception of a raid on Dresden. The plane was hit and burning fiercely and crashed at Stoeckheim, 12 km north of Ansbach, killing three of the crew. The Gunner bailed safely. Remaining crew: Fw Kurt Ramp (geb 4/23/1921 Rossow), R/O (KilledInAction (KIA)); Fw Alfred Schwindt (geb 2/24/1921 Essen, Rüttenscheid), Gunner 1 (KilledInAction (KIA)) and Fw Josef Gilg, Gunner 2 (Bailed). One known shared victory, a Wellington at the Bay of Biscay on 11 September, 1942. Shared with Kurt Necesany and Henny Passier. His 2nd, a Wellington at the Bay of Biscay on 15 September, 1942. A 3rd, the same day & place, a Hudson. His 4th, a Halifax west southwest of Brest on 4 February, 1943. Alternate spelling: Deuper.	Josef Gilg
2	Necesany, Kurt	Lt	11/28/1920	Oldenburg	10	13/KG-40 (9/42), 2/ZG-1 (8/43), 14/KG-40 (9/43), Stab I/ZG-1 (2/44)	Ju 88C-6 Werk # Unk "F8 + RY" (05/43 Lorient), Bf 110	EP EK 1 & 2 Destroyer Operational Clasp	MIA 14 February, 1944 (Magnus). One known shared victory, a Wellington at the Bay of Biscay on 11 September, 1942. Shared with Henny Passier and Willi Deuper. Another known victory, a Hudson at 14 West N/8933 on 17 September, 1942. Another victory, a Wellington at the Bay of Biscay on 30 September, 1942. Another, a shared victory, a Wellington with Meister and Steurich on 16 October, 1942. Another, a Sunderland of RAF No. 461 Sq. at the Bay of Biscay on 14 May, 1943. Another, a Wellington on 26 July, 1943. A 7th, a Wellington HZ576 130 km W of Cape Ortegal on 22 August, 1943, shared with Lothar Wolff. An 8th, a B-24 II on 2 September, 1943. A 9th, a B-24 of Coastal Command on 4 October, 1943. A 10th, a B-24 (w.b.) on 14 February, 1944. Added: Necesany and his crew flew 14./KG 40’s 500th combat mission on 21/05/43 (CK)	Archives		KTY Photo
3	Passier, Henny	Oblt			5	13/KG-40 (7/42), V/KG-40 (Atlantic 9/42), 1/SAGr-128 (6/43), 11/ZG-1 (8/43)	Bf 109 Escort for Fw 200, Ju 88C-6 Werk # 360024 (lost 9/17/42), Fw 190A-5/U8 Werk # Unk (in SAGr)	EK 1 & 2 Wound Badge Fighter Operational Clasp	WIA with one unnamed crew over the sea 17 September, 1942; shot down by an enemy destroyer, one other crew KilledInAction (KIA), others rescued; he was a Fw at the time (Ju 88 Loss List). One known victory, a Wellington of RAF No. 311 Sq. at the Bay of Biscay on 15 July, 1942. His 2nd shared victory, a Wellington at the Bay of Biscay on 11 September, 1942. Shared with Kurt Necesany and Willi Deuper. His 3rd, a Whitley V at the Bay of Biscay on 15 September, 1942. His 4th, a Beaufighter at Q 14 West /8989 on 17 September, 1942. Now in ZG-1, he scored a 5th known victory, a Sunderland on 7 August, 1943 at Pl.Qu.14W N/8515. Added: The Beaufighter sd 17 Sept, 1942 was most likely downed over the Bay of Biscay also. Oblt Passier was sd by a Beaufighter of No.235 Sq. Remaining crew: Uffz Ottmar Grimmer, R/O (WIA) and Uffz Emmerich Grass, Gnr (KilledInAction (KIA)). Passier & Grimmer were rescued (D.Drury).
4	Wolff, Lothar	Oblt	6/18/1922		13	15/KG-40 (42), 2/ ZG-1 (6/43), 11/KG-40 (8/43), 13/KG-40 (9/43), I/ZG-1 (11/43), 4/JG-5 (6/44), Stfkpt 15/JG-4 (10/44 to end)	Ju 88C-6 Werk # Unk (dam 7/8/43, No. 53 Sq. B-24 return fire) Bf 110, Fw 190A, Bf 109G	EP EK 1 & 2 Destroyer Operational Clasp	Known to have flown U-Boat escort mission over the Atlantic in 1942, and said to have downed a B-17 near the Bay of Biscay. This B-17 may be one of the listed victories.Two known victories on 14 June, 1943; both B-17s, one from 220 BS. A Shared victory (with Georg Grahl) a B-24 on 8 July, 1943. Another, a Wellington on 27 July, 1943. Another, a shared victory SW of Brest with Gmelin on 1 August, 1943. A 6th, a shared victory with Necesany, a Wellington HZ576 on 22 August, 1943 at Cape Ortegal. A 7th, a B-24 240 km W of Brest on 8 September, 1943. An 8th, a Wellington on 19 November, 1943. A 9th & 10th, both B-17s in the Pretzsch area on 2 November, 1944. A P-38 at Rhein-Taunus on 14 December, 1944. A 12th, a P-47 on 14 January, 1945. A 13th, a P-39 on 26 January, 1945. Flugbuch (8/44 to 4/45). Alternate spelling: Wolf.

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