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#	Pilot/Crew SORT (↑)	Rank	Born	Place	Score SORT (↑)	Photo	Units	Aircraft	Awards	***********Notes***********
1	Apirius,	Lt					Dive Bomber Unit	Ju 87		Crashed August, 1939 at Ufer des Leba-Sees, between Klucken and Giesebitz, cause and pilot disposition unknown. Jager Blatt 3/2004.
2	Buder, Helmut	Oblt	7/7/1912	Ebersbach	1		Instr FFS A/B 3 (Guben 43), 7/NJG-6, I/NJG-6 (Wiener-Neustadt), Flgfüh III/NJG-6 (12/44)	Ju 88G-1 Werk # 714628 "2Z + BR" (lost 12/5/44)	EK 1 & 2 Night Fighter Operational Clasp	KilledInAction (KIA) 4/5 December, 1944; crashed into Lake Balaton, near Ufer, after being hit by flak over Csongrad, during an attack on Russian troops crossing the river Tisza, killing the entire crew. The other known crewmen identified as Lt Gottfried Jentzsch, and R/O Uffz Hans Bühler. This Ju 88 was recovered in 1995 from Lake Balaton in Hungary. Source: Janos Bruckner, diver. One known victory, a Wellington N of Szombathely on 23 November, 1944. Added: Lt Jentzsch was reported to have exited the ac and entered a dinghy, but remains MIA. Oblt Buder is buried in the War Cem. at Szekesfehervar Hungary, Blk 4, Row 6, Gr 268. Uffz Bühler's body could not be recovered, and he is remembered in a special place, also at Szekesfehervar. The ac can be found in the Deutsches Technikmuseum in Berlin (D.Drury).
3	Schlick, Horst	Lt	10/1/1921	Bartenstein	32	Courtesy Christian König	1/JG-77 (1/42 S.U.; 11/42 Africa; 9/43 Med), 4/JG-77 (11/44 Reich Def), JG-7 (4/45)	Bf 109E-7 Werk # 6389 "White 4" (40% combat dam, crash land 3/17/42, Ufer des Donez), Bf 109F, Bf 109G-2 Trop Werk # 10533 "White 3" (lost 11/4/42; dam & abandoned to Brits, eng dam by RCAF ftr, piloted by F/O N.E. Gilboe, No.260 Sq.), Bf 109G-6 Werk # 18744 (lost 9/9/43, flak, pilot OK), Bf 109G-14 Werk # 512382 "Blue 3" (believed lost late Fall 1944) in 4/JG-77, Me 262	Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(10/17/43) EP(4/12/43) EK 1 & 2 Fighter Operational Clasp	480 combat missions. A Soviet victory, an R-5 on 15 March, 1942. His 3rd victory was a Spitfire V over Malta on 8 July, 1942. Another Spitfire V, his 4th, was downed over Malta on 22 July. His 5th, a Hurricane over Malta on 12 August, 1942. His 9th, a P-40 over Malta on 2 November, 1942. His 14th, a P-40E on 14 January, 1943. His 15, a P-38 on 28 January, 1943. His 18th & 19th victories were two P-40s in the Desert on 26 February, 1943. His 21st, a Spitfire on 4 May, 1943. His 22nd, a P-40 on 5 May, 1943. His 30th, a P-51 2 km SE of Guardea Italy, NE of Viterbo, on 18 April, 1944. His 31st, a P-47 in the Aachen area on 12 October, 1944. His 32nd, a P-38 at Bande/Ardennes on 24 December, 1944. Werk # 6389 was Clausens old AC.
4	Ufer, Helmut	OFw	1914/08/28	Essen- Altenessen	3	Courtesy CK	Erg./JG 26, 4./JG 26 (07/41 Channel)	Bf 109 F-4, Fw 190 A-1 "White 5 + -" Werknr 0110036 (lost 13/07/42)	EK 1 & 2	KilledInAction (KIA) 13 July, 1942 in aerial combat with a Spitfire of RAF No. 616 Sq.. He crashed his A-1 SW of Abbeville. Buried Bourdon Fr., 32/10/370 (A. Rosseels). One known victory, his 1st, a Spitfire at Wirre Effroy, northeast of Boulogne on 13 March, 1942. His 2nd, a Spitfire southeast of Calais on 4 April, 1942. His 3rd, a Spitfire at St. Valery-sur-Somme on 30 April, 1942. Courtesy CK

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