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of German industrial cities. The RAF mustered 791 aircraft—347 Lancasters, 246 Halifax, 125 Stirlings and 73 Wellingtons— for the operation. The
British lost 12 aircraft—four Halifaxes, four Lancasters, three Stirlings and a Wellington which amounted to 1.5 per cent of the force. The raid was very
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attacked the railway yards at
Trappes again. 15 Halifax and one Lancaster were lost: 12.5 per cent of the force. Drünkler claimed a heavy bomber (type unknown) over Trappes at 01:00 for his 13th victory. Bomber Command lost 17 aircraft in total this night on operations. German night fighter units
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Command estimated that 41 per cent of all the housing and 20 per cent of all the industry in Königsberg was destroyed. There was heavy night fighter opposition over the target and 15 Lancasters, (7.9 per cent of the force) were lost. Northwest of the city he
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at 01:08 was his last of the month. At 02:18 on 13 July
Dunkler scored his 18th victory at "Chaumont"; which Chaumont this refers to was not reported. Drünkler continued his success in France on the 14/15 July when he destroyed two Lancasters west of Chaumont (02:08) and southeast of
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Halifax shot down at 00:54. It was one of only 12 claims made by the German night fighter pilots that night because of the effectiveness of "window". Six Halifax, a Wellington, two Stirlings and three Lancasters were claimed.
254:(NJG 5—5th Night Fighter Wing), where he was trained as a night fighter pilot. Flying with NJG 1, he claimed his first nocturnal aerial victory on 13 June 1943. Following his 40th aerial victory, he was awarded the
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Stettin area was attacked by Bomber Command again. A series of raids were carried out on Germany this night and Bomber Command lost 17 aircraft. 10 Lancasters of No. 5 Group began minelaying off
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at 01:09 and an unknown location at 01:04 on the latter night. On 8/9 August in "Grid GJ" he claimed a
Lancaster at 03:10, before sunrise for his 25th victory. It was his last claim in Normandy.
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was bombed by 475 heavy bombers. Drünkler intercepted three bombers and claimed them shot down within nine minutes: 21:03 to 21:12 southwest and west of the city. Bomber
Command lost Lancaster
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on the mission to the synthetic oil refinery at Böhlen, crashed at Tachenau, just south of the target area, killing all seven crew members including pilot Flying Officer Richard Stuart Bennett
658:. 95 bombers were lost: 64 Lancasters and 31 Halifaxes which amounted to 11.9 per cent of the force. It was the largest Bomber Command loss of the war. Drünkler claimed a Halifax northeast of
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on 16/17 October 1944 at 17:57, the location was not recorded in his report. Another of this type at 18:12 on 23 October brought his score to 30. On 1 January 1945, Drünkler was awarded the
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operation. 14 Lancaster and 10 Halifax bombers were lost, 4.8 per cent of the attacking force. Drünkler claimed his first two aerial victories. In the early hours of 13 June 1943, north of
682:, scheduled to begin on 6 June 1944. On one such operation, Bomber Command sent 219 aircraft (125 Lancaster and 86 Halifax bombers supported by 8 Mosquitos) to attack the railway yards at
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1076:, Drünkler's penultimate victory claims of the war. Drünkler was credited with 46 aerial victories—45 nocturnal, including five over Russian bombers, and one daytime victory over
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589:(JG 26—26th Fighter Wing) intercepted but were not successful. JG 26 claimed three for the loss of two fighters and JG 1 claimed three for the loss of four pilots
642:. Bomber Command dispatched 795 aircraft, including 572 Lancasters, 214 Halifaxes and nine Mosquitos. A further 49 Halifax aircraft were sent on minelaying operations in the
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lost 6 out of the 19 Halifax bombers it sent. The raid took place in good visibility and the Pathfinders produced an almost perfect marking effort, ground-markers dropped by
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on 29/30 August 1944. 23 Lancasters were lost, 5.7 per cent of the force. This was a successful raid. A further 189 Lancasters of No. 5 Group carried a successful attack on
384:(canopy bed) would direct the night fighter into visual range with target bombers. In 1941, the Luftwaffe started equipping night fighters with airborne radar such as the
469:-equipped Mosquitos were supplemented by the Pathfinder heavies. 619 aircraft bombed struck the area within 3 miles of the centre of the target. Drünkler intercepted the
313:, five locomotives, two freight cars and five trucks. Predominately however, he was tasked with making courier flights. On 1 October 1942, Drünkler transferred to the 2.
457:. 17 Halifax, 9 Lancasters, 9 Wellingtons and 9 Stirlings were lost on the operation. This represented 6.2 per cent of the force. The raid was carried out before the
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at extreme range. Only 480 tons of bombs could be carried because of the range of the target but severe damage was caused.
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for his 36th claim. Drünkler downed a trio of heavy bombers on 16/17 March 1945, over, east and south of
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in the spring, 1944. Bomber Command attacked the rail networks in Belgium and France as a prelude to
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326:(NJG 5—5th Night Fighter Wing) where he was trained as a night fighter pilot.
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were to attack Hamburg, while a small force was to bomb the
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247:(NJG 1—1st Night Fighter Wing), and later to
173:(8 July 1920 – 12 March 1997) was a German
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3173:Accident description for Stirling BK799
1510:5 km (3.1 mi) south-southwest of
1005:On 20 March 1945, Drünkler was awarded the
1002:, who claimed his 50th victory that night.
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1345:25 km (16 mi) northwest of
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305:of World War II. There, he flew nine
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726:at 00:43 and the other northwest of
280:Drünkler was born on 8 July 1920 in
4404:Recipients of the Gold German Cross
3819:Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein
3421:Identifying a Luftwaffe Planquadrat
2310:Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe
1280:1.5 km (0.93 mi) west of
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3527:. Midland Counties Publications.
3508:. Midland Counties Publications.
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2642:Foreman, Parry & Mathews 2004
2618:Foreman, Parry & Mathews 2004
2606:Foreman, Parry & Mathews 2004
2559:Foreman, Parry & Mathews 2004
2512:Foreman, Parry & Mathews 2004
2481:Foreman, Parry & Mathews 2004
2469:Foreman, Parry & Mathews 2004
2184:10 km (6.2 mi) east of
2059:5 km (3.1 mi) south of
1759:5 km (3.1 mi) north of
1597:10 km (6.2 mi) west of
1553:3 km (1.9 mi) north of
998:who claimed five RAF bombers and
674:1./NJG 5 was transferred to
582:(JG 1—1st Fighter Wing) and
523:In support of Bomber Command the
498:, a concerted attempt to destroy
4351:
4339:
3767:
2400:consider this claim unconfirmed.
2334:Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
1466:2 km (1.2 mi) east of
1256:45 km (28 mi) west of
1031:(on secondment). It is believed
1012:Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
1007:Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
442:, which destroyed the aircraft.
256:Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
155:Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
61:
4399:German World War II flying aces
3551:: An Operational Reference Book
3207:. Retrieved on 25 January 2021.
3179:. Retrieved on 25 January 2021.
2530:. Retrieved on 25 January 2021.
2330:in the 1./Nachtjagdgeschwader 5
3648:. Walton on Thames: Red Kite.
3602:. Walton on Thames: Red Kite.
3549:The Bomber Command War Diaries
2973:Everitt & Middlebrook 2014
2893:Everitt & Middlebrook 2014
2822:Everitt & Middlebrook 2014
2709:Everitt & Middlebrook 2014
2659:Everitt & Middlebrook 2014
2630:Everitt & Middlebrook 2014
2574:Everitt & Middlebrook 2014
2540:Everitt & Middlebrook 2014
2493:Everitt & Middlebrook 2014
1144:Chronicle of aerial victories
414:, as it continued the British
344:Battle of the Heligoland Bight
1:
4319:List of top World War II aces
3462:. Barnsley, South Yorkshire:
3439:. Barnsley, South Yorkshire:
2324:in Gold on 1 January 1945 as
406:bombers with support from 11
2881:Patzwall & Scherzer 2001
1645:north-northeast of Chaumont
525:United States Army Air Force
491:, Bomber Command, initiated
264:(squadron leader) of the 1.
1078:Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
1037:was destroyed by Drünkler.
398:committed 503 aircraft—323
4430:
3489:. MBI Publishing Company.
3132:Mathews & Foreman 2014
2589:Caldwell & Muller 2007
453:and—12 Mosquitos attacked
342:Following the 1939 aerial
214:, Drünkler grew up in the
4306:
3663:Obermaier, Ernst (1989).
1354:
1206:
1201:
1198:
1195:
1192:
1189:
1186:
1148:
1143:
4309:Only nocturnal victories
4167:Eckart-Wilhelm von Bonin
3792:Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer
3621:; Schulze, Kurt (2011).
3573:Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer
3458:Bowman, Martin (2016b).
3435:Bowman, Martin (2016a).
2812:, pp. 205, 207–208.
2318:(1939) 2nd and 1st Class
1202:Serial No./Squadron No.
950:./NJG 5 and one by
364:had established a night
3709:Scherzer, Veit (2007).
3205:Aviation Safety Network
3177:Aviation Safety Network
2528:Aviation Safety Network
2305:Flugzeugführerabzeichen
1099:German Federal Archives
862:Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
847:shot down southeast of
609:and were captured by a
573:anti-aircraft artillery
480:On the 23/24 July 1943
354:campaign. By mid-1940,
180:during World War II, a
3779:with 30+ aerial claims
3738:Luftwaffe Fighter Aces
3523:Chorley, W. R (2007).
3504:Chorley, W. R (1998).
3464:Pen and Sword Aviation
1122:
1011:
861:
489:Air Officer Commanding
408:de Havilland Mosquitos
339:
4295:Friedrich-Karl Müller
4263:Karl-Heinz Scherfling
4247:Heinz-Martin Hadeball
4044:Hans-Heinz Augenstein
2225:northwest of Leipzig
2206:northwest of Leipzig
1947:southwest of Stettin
1089:Aerial victory claims
972:Operation Thunderclap
597:. A notable loss was
438:at Bergervaart, near
337:
284:, at the time in the
199:missions against the
87:Years of service
4384:People from Bernburg
4231:Ernst-Wilhelm Modrow
4068:Ernst-Georg Drünkler
3772:German World War II
3734:Spick, Mike (1996).
2378:No. 103 Squadron RAF
2336:on 20 March 1945 as
2012:four-engined bomber
1778:four-engined bomber
1572:four-engined bomber
1550:four-engined bomber
1529:four-engined bomber
1417:four-engined bomber
1396:four-engined bomber
1377:four-engined bomber
1292:No. 149 Squadron RAF
1025:No. 463 Squadron RAF
857:German Cross in Gold
812:Defence of the Reich
787:No. 576 Squadron RAF
624:RAF Berlin offensive
553:4th Bombardment Wing
541:1st Bombardment Wing
537:B-17 Flying Fortress
428:Messerschmitt Bf 109
404:Handley-Page Halifax
360:(Brigadier General)
352:Defence of the Reich
258:on 20 March 1945 as
235:Messerschmitt Bf 110
197:Defense of the Reich
171:Ernst-Georg Drünkler
143:Defence of the Reich
23:Ernst-Georg Drünkler
4207:Heinz-Horst Hißbach
3555:Pen and Sword Books
3544:Middlebrook, Martin
3441:Pen and Sword Books
3413:Bergström, Christer
3219:, pp. 97, 161.
3002:, pp. 240–244.
2836:, pp. 213–214.
2711:, pp. 324–326.
2644:, pp. 161–162.
2620:, pp. 157–158.
2576:, pp. 183–185.
2350:Nachtjagdgeschwader
1399:vicinity of Langen
1380:vicinity of Langen
1361:Nachtjagdgeschwader
1323:No. 76 Squadron RAF
1213:Nachtjagdgeschwader
1050:advancing to Berlin
599:Karl-Heinz Leesmann
463:No. 35 Squadron RAF
451:Vickers Wellingtons
394:On 12/13 June 1943
322:Nachtjagdgeschwader
297:Zerstörergeschwader
250:Nachtjagdgeschwader
243:Nachtjagdgeschwader
225:Zerstörergeschwader
3481:Caldwell, Donald;
3115:, pp. 85–247.
2425:Heaton et al. 2011
1998:/No. 640 Squadron
1040:By April 1945 the
680:Operation Overlord
630:at 22:23. Another
555:was to attack the
416:Battle of the Ruhr
396:RAF Bomber Command
368:system dubbed the
340:
319:(2nd squadron) of
4327:
4326:
4299:
4291:
4283:
4275:
4267:
4259:
4251:
4243:
4239:Gerhard Friedrich
4235:
4227:
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4008:
3989:
3981:
3973:
3965:
3957:
3953:Hans-Dieter Frank
3949:
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3925:
3917:
3909:
3901:
3893:
3874:
3866:
3858:
3850:
3842:
3823:
3804:
3796:
3753:978-0-8041-1696-1
3726:978-3-938845-17-2
3701:978-3-931533-45-8
3678:978-3-87341-065-7
3655:978-1-906592-18-9
3636:978-1-61059-748-7
3609:978-0-9538061-4-0
3590:978-3-7909-0284-6
3534:978-1-85780-195-8
3515:978-0-90459-792-9
3473:978-1-4738-4979-2
3450:978-1-4738-4986-0
2296:
2295:
1979:14 February 1945
1854:2 September 1944
1446:Frankfurt am Main
1134:by 30 minutes of
1097:, researched the
1084:Summary of career
974:. The target was
936:61 Squadron, and
800:and northwest of
660:Frankfurt-am-Main
595:Focke-Wulf Fw 190
591:wounded in action
168:
167:
4421:
4394:Luftwaffe pilots
4356:
4355:
4354:
4344:
4343:
4342:
4335:
4297:
4289:
4281:
4273:
4271:Paul-Hubert Rauh
4265:
4257:
4249:
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4233:
4225:
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4209:
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4193:
4185:
4177:
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4153:
4145:
4143:Leopold Fellerer
4126:
4118:
4116:Dietrich Schmidt
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3862:Rudolf Schoenert
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3594:
3568:
3564:978-1-78346360-2
3542:Everitt, Chris;
3538:
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2244:east of Leipzig
2124:east of Ansbach
1957:8 February 1945
1938:8 February 1945
1916:8 February 1945
1898:23 October 1944
1878:17 October 1944
1739:Condé-en-Barrois
1664:west of Chaumont
1172:
1158:
1152:
1141:
1125:
1058:Western Alliance
1044:had reached the
1014:
864:
802:Condé-en-Barrois
603:killed in action
529:Eighth Air Force
502:and step up the
178:military aviator
76:
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4287:Hans Leickhardt
4215:Werner Husemann
4191:Günther Bertram
4183:Helmut Bergmann
4131:
4100:Walter Borchers
4092:Reinhold Knacke
4012:Hermann Greiner
4004:Reinhard Kollak
3992:
3985:Werner Hoffmann
3877:
3854:Günther Radusch
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3503:
3497:
3483:Muller, Richard
3480:
3474:
3457:
3451:
3434:
3425:
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3402:
3394:
3390:
3384:Fellgiebel 2000
3382:
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1832:30 August 1944
1810:30 August 1944
1692:
1665:
1622:
1620:Château-Thierry
1424:
1408:
1331:
1182:
1170:
1168:
1156:
1154:
1150:
1091:
1086:
1052:, while on the
942:Walter Borchers
918:, 61 Squadron,
814:
772:Château-Thierry
764:V-1 flying bomb
712:No. 8 Group RAF
692:No. 5 Group RAF
686:to the west of
672:
447:Short Stirlings
400:Avro Lancasters
362:Josef Kammhuber
348:Royal Air Force
332:
294:(2nd group) of
286:Weimar Republic
278:
216:Weimar Republic
201:Royal Air Force
161:Other work
62:
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3929:Gustav Francsi
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3846:Manfred Meurer
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2457:Obermaier 1989
2444:
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1899:
1896:
1892:
1891:
1889:
1887:
1882:
1879:
1876:
1872:
1871:
1869:
1863:
1858:
1855:
1852:
1848:
1847:
1845:
1839:
1836:
1833:
1830:
1826:
1825:
1823:
1817:
1814:
1811:
1808:
1804:
1803:
1801:
1798:
1795:
1792:
1791:9 August 1944
1789:
1785:
1784:
1782:
1779:
1776:
1773:
1772:5 August 1944
1770:
1766:
1765:
1763:
1757:
1754:
1751:
1748:
1744:
1743:
1741:
1735:
1732:
1729:
1726:
1722:
1721:
1719:
1713:
1710:
1707:
1704:
1700:
1699:
1697:
1686:
1683:
1680:
1677:
1673:
1672:
1670:
1662:
1659:
1656:
1653:
1649:
1648:
1646:
1643:
1640:
1637:
1634:
1630:
1629:
1627:
1617:
1614:
1611:
1608:
1604:
1603:
1601:
1595:
1592:
1589:
1586:
1582:
1581:
1579:
1573:
1570:
1567:
1564:
1560:
1559:
1557:
1551:
1548:
1545:
1542:
1538:
1537:
1535:
1530:
1527:
1524:
1521:
1517:
1516:
1514:
1508:
1505:
1502:
1499:
1495:
1494:
1492:
1486:
1483:
1480:
1479:31 March 1944
1477:
1473:
1472:
1470:
1464:
1461:
1458:
1457:31 March 1944
1455:
1451:
1450:
1448:
1442:
1439:
1436:
1435:31 March 1944
1433:
1429:
1428:
1426:
1418:
1415:
1412:
1411:24 March 1944
1409:
1406:
1403:
1402:
1400:
1397:
1394:
1391:
1390:24 March 1944
1388:
1384:
1383:
1381:
1378:
1375:
1372:
1371:24 March 1944
1369:
1365:
1364:
1352:
1351:
1349:
1343:
1338:
1335:
1332:
1329:
1326:
1325:
1315:
1310:
1305:
1302:
1299:
1295:
1294:
1284:
1278:
1273:
1270:
1267:
1263:
1262:
1260:
1254:
1251:
1248:
1245:
1241:
1240:
1238:
1232:
1227:
1224:
1221:
1217:
1216:
1204:
1203:
1200:
1197:
1194:
1191:
1188:
1184:
1183:
1169:
1155:
1149:
1146:
1145:
1123:Jägermeldenetz
1090:
1087:
1085:
1082:
1074:Ilyushin Il-4s
996:Johannes Hager
901:Flying Officer
830:Wing Commander
813:
810:
791:service number
671:
668:
619:Staffelkapitän
585:Jagdgeschwader
578:Jagdgeschwader
440:Bergen op Zoom
436:forced landing
370:Kammhuber Line
331:
328:
277:
274:
261:Staffelkapitän
205:Bomber Command
166:
165:
162:
158:
157:
152:
148:
147:
146:
145:
135:
131:
130:
127:
123:
122:
109:
105:
104:
96:
92:
91:
88:
84:
83:
78:
72:
71:
58:
54:
53:
48:(aged 76)
42:
38:
37:
30:
26:
25:
22:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
4426:
4415:
4412:
4410:
4407:
4405:
4402:
4400:
4397:
4395:
4392:
4390:
4387:
4385:
4382:
4380:
4377:
4375:
4372:
4371:
4369:
4359:
4349:
4347:
4337:
4333:
4320:
4317:
4315:
4312:
4311:
4310:
4305:
4296:
4293:
4288:
4285:
4280:
4277:
4272:
4269:
4264:
4261:
4256:
4253:
4248:
4245:
4240:
4237:
4232:
4229:
4224:
4221:
4216:
4213:
4208:
4205:
4200:
4197:
4192:
4189:
4184:
4181:
4176:
4173:
4168:
4165:
4160:
4159:Wilhelm Beier
4157:
4152:
4149:
4144:
4141:
4140:
4138:
4134:
4125:
4122:
4117:
4114:
4109:
4108:Martin Drewes
4106:
4101:
4098:
4093:
4090:
4085:
4084:Alois Lechner
4082:
4077:
4074:
4069:
4066:
4061:
4058:
4053:
4052:Ludwig Becker
4050:
4045:
4042:
4037:
4034:
4029:
4026:
4021:
4020:Herbert Lütje
4018:
4013:
4010:
4005:
4002:
4001:
3999:
3995:
3986:
3983:
3978:
3975:
3970:
3969:August Geiger
3967:
3962:
3959:
3954:
3951:
3946:
3943:
3938:
3935:
3930:
3927:
3922:
3919:
3914:
3911:
3906:
3903:
3898:
3897:Martin Becker
3895:
3890:
3887:
3886:
3884:
3880:
3871:
3868:
3863:
3860:
3855:
3852:
3847:
3844:
3839:
3838:Werner Streib
3836:
3835:
3833:
3829:
3820:
3817:
3816:
3814:
3810:
3801:
3798:
3793:
3790:
3789:
3787:
3783:
3778:
3775:
3774:night fighter
3764:
3755:
3749:
3745:
3740:
3739:
3732:
3728:
3722:
3718:
3713:
3707:
3703:
3697:
3693:
3689:
3684:
3680:
3674:
3670:
3666:
3661:
3657:
3651:
3647:
3642:
3638:
3632:
3628:
3624:
3620:
3615:
3611:
3605:
3601:
3596:
3592:
3586:
3582:
3578:
3574:
3570:
3566:
3560:
3556:
3552:
3550:
3545:
3540:
3536:
3530:
3526:
3521:
3517:
3511:
3507:
3502:
3498:
3496:1-85367-712-4
3492:
3488:
3484:
3479:
3475:
3469:
3465:
3461:
3456:
3452:
3446:
3442:
3438:
3433:
3422:
3418:
3414:
3410:
3409:
3404:
3397:
3396:Scherzer 2007
3392:
3389:
3385:
3380:
3377:
3373:
3368:
3365:
3361:
3356:
3354:
3350:
3346:
3341:
3338:
3334:
3329:
3326:
3322:
3317:
3314:
3310:
3305:
3302:
3298:
3293:
3290:
3286:
3281:
3278:
3274:
3269:
3266:
3262:
3257:
3255:
3251:
3247:
3242:
3239:
3235:
3230:
3228:
3226:
3222:
3218:
3213:
3210:
3206:
3202:
3197:
3194:
3191:, p. 96.
3190:
3185:
3182:
3178:
3174:
3169:
3166:
3162:
3161:
3155:
3152:
3148:
3143:
3141:
3137:
3133:
3128:
3126:
3124:
3122:
3118:
3114:
3109:
3106:
3102:
3097:
3094:
3090:
3085:
3083:
3081:
3077:
3073:
3068:
3066:
3064:
3062:
3060:
3056:
3052:
3047:
3044:
3040:
3035:
3032:
3028:
3023:
3021:
3017:
3013:
3008:
3005:
3001:
2996:
2994:
2990:
2986:
2981:
2978:
2974:
2969:
2966:
2963:, p. 73.
2962:
2957:
2955:
2953:
2951:
2947:
2944:, p. 71.
2943:
2938:
2935:
2932:, p. 72.
2931:
2926:
2923:
2919:
2914:
2912:
2910:
2908:
2906:
2904:
2902:
2898:
2894:
2889:
2886:
2883:, p. 93.
2882:
2877:
2875:
2871:
2867:
2862:
2860:
2858:
2854:
2850:
2845:
2843:
2839:
2835:
2830:
2827:
2823:
2818:
2815:
2811:
2806:
2803:
2799:
2794:
2792:
2790:
2786:
2782:
2777:
2774:
2770:
2765:
2763:
2759:
2755:
2750:
2748:
2744:
2740:
2735:
2733:
2729:
2725:
2720:
2718:
2714:
2710:
2705:
2702:
2698:
2693:
2691:
2689:
2685:
2681:
2676:
2674:
2672:
2670:
2668:
2664:
2660:
2655:
2653:
2651:
2647:
2643:
2638:
2635:
2631:
2626:
2623:
2619:
2614:
2611:
2608:, p. 97.
2607:
2602:
2600:
2598:
2594:
2591:, p. 99.
2590:
2585:
2583:
2579:
2575:
2570:
2568:
2564:
2561:, p. 88.
2560:
2555:
2553:
2551:
2549:
2545:
2541:
2536:
2533:
2529:
2525:
2520:
2517:
2514:, p. 85.
2513:
2508:
2506:
2504:
2502:
2498:
2494:
2489:
2486:
2483:, p. 27.
2482:
2477:
2474:
2470:
2465:
2462:
2458:
2453:
2451:
2449:
2445:
2441:
2436:
2434:
2430:
2426:
2421:
2418:
2412:
2407:
2399:
2395:
2392:According to
2389:
2387:
2383:
2379:
2375:
2372:
2366:
2363:
2356:
2351:
2347:
2346:
2341:
2340:
2335:
2332:
2329:
2328:
2323:
2320:
2317:
2314:
2311:
2308:
2306:
2303:
2302:
2298:
2292:
2290:
2286:
2283:
2280:
2277:
2274:
2273:
2270:
2268:
2265:northwest of
2264:
2262:
2259:
2256:
2253:
2250:
2249:
2246:
2243:
2240:
2237:
2234:
2231:
2230:
2227:
2224:
2221:
2218:
2215:
2212:
2211:
2208:
2205:
2202:
2199:
2196:
2193:
2192:
2189:
2187:
2183:
2180:
2177:
2175:8 April 1945
2174:
2171:
2170:
2167:
2165:
2161:
2158:
2155:
2152:
2149:
2148:
2145:
2142:
2139:
2136:
2133:
2130:
2129:
2126:
2123:
2120:
2117:
2114:
2111:
2110:
2107:
2105:
2102:
2099:
2096:
2093:
2090:
2089:
2086:
2084:
2080:
2077:
2074:
2071:
2068:
2067:
2064:
2062:
2058:
2055:
2052:
2049:
2046:
2045:
2042:
2040:
2037:northeast of
2036:
2033:
2030:
2028:7 March 1945
2027:
2024:
2023:
2020:
2018:
2015:southeast of
2014:
2011:
2008:
2006:5 March 1945
2005:
2002:
2001:
1997:
1993:
1991:
1988:northwest of
1987:
1984:
1981:
1978:
1975:
1974:
1971:
1969:
1965:
1962:
1959:
1956:
1953:
1952:
1949:
1946:
1943:
1940:
1937:
1934:
1933:
1930:
1928:
1925:southwest of
1924:
1921:
1918:
1915:
1912:
1911:
1908:
1906:
1903:
1900:
1897:
1894:
1893:
1890:
1888:
1886:
1883:
1880:
1877:
1874:
1873:
1870:
1868:
1864:
1862:
1859:
1856:
1853:
1850:
1849:
1846:
1844:
1840:
1837:
1834:
1831:
1828:
1827:
1824:
1822:
1818:
1815:
1812:
1809:
1806:
1805:
1802:
1799:
1796:
1793:
1790:
1787:
1786:
1783:
1780:
1777:
1774:
1771:
1768:
1767:
1764:
1762:
1758:
1755:
1752:
1750:29 July 1944
1749:
1746:
1745:
1742:
1740:
1736:
1733:
1730:
1728:19 July 1944
1727:
1724:
1723:
1720:
1718:
1714:
1711:
1708:
1706:19 July 1944
1705:
1702:
1701:
1698:
1696:
1691:
1690:Bar-sur-Seine
1687:
1684:
1681:
1679:15 July 1944
1678:
1675:
1674:
1671:
1669:
1663:
1660:
1657:
1655:15 July 1944
1654:
1651:
1650:
1647:
1644:
1641:
1638:
1636:13 July 1944
1635:
1632:
1631:
1628:
1626:
1621:
1618:
1615:
1612:
1610:29 June 1944
1609:
1606:
1605:
1602:
1600:
1599:Berck-sur-Mer
1596:
1593:
1590:
1588:25 June 1944
1587:
1584:
1583:
1580:
1578:
1575:northwest of
1574:
1571:
1568:
1566:13 June 1944
1565:
1562:
1561:
1558:
1556:
1552:
1549:
1546:
1544:13 June 1944
1543:
1540:
1539:
1536:
1534:
1531:
1528:
1525:
1522:
1519:
1518:
1515:
1513:
1509:
1506:
1503:
1500:
1497:
1496:
1493:
1491:
1487:
1484:
1481:
1478:
1475:
1474:
1471:
1469:
1465:
1462:
1459:
1456:
1453:
1452:
1449:
1447:
1444:northeast of
1443:
1440:
1437:
1434:
1431:
1430:
1427:
1423:
1419:
1416:
1413:
1410:
1405:
1404:
1401:
1398:
1395:
1392:
1389:
1386:
1385:
1382:
1379:
1376:
1373:
1370:
1367:
1366:
1362:
1358:
1353:
1350:
1348:
1344:
1342:
1339:
1336:
1334:25 July 1943
1333:
1328:
1327:
1324:
1320:
1316:
1314:
1311:
1309:
1306:
1303:
1301:25 July 1943
1300:
1297:
1296:
1293:
1289:
1285:
1283:
1279:
1277:
1274:
1271:
1269:22 June 1943
1268:
1265:
1264:
1261:
1259:
1255:
1252:
1249:
1247:13 June 1943
1246:
1243:
1242:
1239:
1237:
1233:
1231:
1228:
1225:
1223:13 June 1943
1222:
1219:
1218:
1214:
1210:
1205:
1185:
1180:
1176:
1166:
1162:
1147:
1142:
1139:
1137:
1133:
1129:
1124:
1119:
1114:
1112:
1108:
1104:
1100:
1096:
1088:
1083:
1081:
1079:
1075:
1071:
1068:and north of
1067:
1063:
1059:
1055:
1054:Western Front
1051:
1047:
1043:
1038:
1036:
1035:
1030:
1026:
1022:
1018:
1013:
1008:
1003:
1001:
1000:Herbert Lütje
997:
993:
989:
985:
981:
977:
973:
968:
966:
962:
958:
955:
954:
949:
948:
943:
939:
935:
931:
928:
924:
921:
917:
913:
910:
906:
902:
898:
895:
891:
888:
884:
880:
876:
872:
866:
863:
858:
854:
850:
846:
845:Ilyushin DB-3
843:
842:Red Air Force
838:
836:
831:
827:
823:
819:
811:
809:
807:
803:
799:
794:
792:
788:
784:
783:
778:
777:Bar-sur-Seine
773:
769:
768:Berck-sur-Mer
765:
761:
757:
753:
749:
745:
741:
737:
733:
729:
725:
721:
716:
713:
709:
705:
701:
697:
693:
689:
685:
681:
677:
669:
667:
665:
661:
657:
653:
649:
645:
641:
637:
633:
629:
625:
621:
620:
614:
612:
608:
604:
600:
596:
592:
588:
586:
581:
579:
574:
570:
566:
562:
558:
554:
550:
546:
542:
538:
534:
530:
526:
521:
518:
514:
510:
505:
501:
497:
496:
490:
486:
485:Arthur Harris
483:
478:
476:
472:
471:bomber stream
468:
464:
460:
456:
452:
448:
443:
441:
437:
433:
429:
425:
421:
417:
413:
409:
405:
401:
397:
392:
390:
388:
383:
379:
375:
371:
367:
363:
359:
358:
353:
349:
345:
336:
329:
327:
325:
323:
318:
317:
312:
311:armored train
308:
307:ground attack
304:
303:Eastern Front
300:
298:
293:
292:
287:
283:
275:
273:
271:
267:
263:
262:
257:
253:
251:
246:
244:
239:
238:heavy fighter
236:
232:
231:Eastern Front
228:
226:
221:
217:
213:
208:
206:
202:
198:
194:
193:Western Front
190:
189:the thirtieth
186:
183:
182:night fighter
179:
176:
172:
163:
159:
156:
153:
149:
144:
141:
140:
139:
136:
132:
128:
124:
121:
117:
113:
110:
106:
102:
101:
97:
93:
89:
85:
82:
79:
73:
70:
59:
55:
52:
44:12 March 1997
43:
39:
36:
31:
27:
20:
4308:
4279:Heinz Ferger
4255:Josef Kociok
4199:Günther Bahr
4124:Werner Baake
4076:Rudolf Frank
4067:
4036:Paul Gildner
3905:Gerhard Raht
3870:Heinz Rökker
3742:. New York:
3737:
3715:
3710:
3691:
3687:
3668:
3664:
3645:
3622:
3599:
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