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Alfons Klein

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Victories : 39
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Country : Germany
Fought in : WW2
Fought for : Axis


Awarded the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross
Knights
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In early May 1941, in conditions of strict secrecy because the United States was not yet at war, seventeen pilots of the US Navy had arrived in Britain and been attached to Catalina squadrons of Coastal Command. These experienced PBY pilots were there to assist the Royal Air Force to become familiar with the Catalina, and also to gain operational experience for the US Navy. On 26th May 1941 Catalina Z of No.209 Sqn, commanded by Flying Officer Dennis Briggs RAF, with Ensign Leonard B Smith USN as co-pilot, joined the search for the Bismarck. At 1015 the aircraft was being flown in poor visibility at an altitude of 500ft when Ensign Smith sighted the Bismarck at a range of eight miles. The Catalina was flown towards the contact so that a positive identification could be made and emerged from the cloud only 500 yards from the German ship. The aircraft met a hail of anti-aircraft fire but was able to make its escape. As a result of the sighting report from Catalina Z the Bismarck was again engaged by ships and aircraft of the Royal Navy and was sunk at 1040 on 27th May 1941. Leonard Smith can be considered therefore, the first American to be directly involved in action in World War Two. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (American) for his actions.

The Aircraft That Found the Bismarck by Ivan Berryman.		 One of the all time great fighter aces, Adolf Galland is depicted flying Bf 109E-4/N of Stab/JG26 in September 1940. Galland flew 705 combat missions during World War Two and was credited with a final tally of 104 aerial victories. He survived the war and died peacefully in February 1996.

Tribute to Generalleutnant Adolf Galland by Ivan Berryman.		 Walter Briegleb is shown in his Ju88 G.7 4R+BR as he stalks his prey - on this occasion a Lancaster. Flying below their target, his crew would aim upward firing cannon at the inner wing of the bomber, igniting the fuel tanks. For the bomber crews, they were very much defenceless against this type of attack, and often had no idea of the presence of an enemy aircraft in the dark.

Tribute to Walter Briegleb by Ivan Berryman.		 The attack by Leutnant Walter Briegleb and his crew on Lancaster Mk.III ND960 DX-I of No.57 Sqn early on 22nd May 1944. Flying Me110 with codes D5+BV with his crew of Feldwebel Walter Bräunlich and Bordfunker Feldwebel Brandt, Briegleb flew undetected beneath the bomber and used the deadly 'Schräge Musik' - upward firing cannon - to hit the fuel tanks in the port wing between the fuselage and inner engine. Pulling away, he watched the aircraft burn and could see both gunners in their turrets but no return fire came. He wondered why none of the crew escaped by parachute with the bomber doomed - it disintegrated in the air over the coast of the island of Fyn, Denmark, impacting near Emtekær at 00:44hrs.<br><br><center>All of the crew were killed :<br>Flight Lieutenant Arthur Richards (Pilot)<br>Flying Officer William Woodall (Navigator)<br>Pilot Officer Athur Bugden (Flight Engineer)<br>Sergeant Thomas Edwards (Wireless Operator)<br>Flying Officer George Ferguson (Air Bomber)<br>Sergeant Harold Griffiths (Air Gunner)<br>Sergeant Cyril Woodmass (Air Gunner)

The Hunted and the Hunter by Ivan Berryman.

Alfons Klein

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JG11


Country : Germany
'Ace of Hearts'

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JG52


Country : Germany
'Ace of Hearts'

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The most successful Luftwaffe fighter-wing of World War II, with a claim total of more than 10,000 victories over enemy aircraft. It was home to the top three scoring Experten of the Luftwaffe, Erich Hartmann, Gerhard Barkhorn and Günther Rall. The unit flew the various marks of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 exclusively through the war.

Known Victory Claims - Alfons Klein

DATE

PILOT

UNIT

JG

CLAIMED

LOCATION

TIME

FRONT

26/09/1936Ltn. Alfons KleinJ/88Breguet 19--Spanish Civil War
01/09/1943Uffz. Alfons Klein2JG 52Il-288 176: 200m13.44Eastern Front
22/09/1943Uffz. Alfons Klein2JG 52Pe-266 851: 200m7.12Eastern Front
03/10/1943Uffz. Alfons Klein2JG 52Il-2mH.76 542: 100m14.36Eastern Front
16/10/1943Uffz. Alfons Klein2JG 52Pe-258 744: 600m8.45Eastern Front
20/10/1943Uffz. Alfons Klein2JG 52Il-2mH.48 291: 500m10.2Eastern Front
20/10/1943Uffz. Alfons Klein2JG 52Il-2mH.48 292: 300m12.05Eastern Front
24/10/1943Uffz. Alfons Klein2JG 52Airacobra39 822: 600m8.55Eastern Front
26/10/1943Uffz. Alfons Klein2JG 52Il-2mH.58 783: 800m15.15Eastern Front
10/03/1944Fw. Alfons Klein2JG 52Il-227 141: 400m15Eastern Front
23/03/1944Fw. Alfons Klein2JG 52Il-218 641: 50m15.57Eastern Front
24/04/1944Fw. Alfons Klein2JG 52Il-2mH.97 513: tiefst.18.22Eastern Front
26/04/1944Fw. Alfons Klein2JG 52Il-2mH.97 482: 600m14.38Eastern Front
28/04/1944Fw. Alfons Klein2JG 52Airacobra78 812: 800m16.27Eastern Front
02/05/1944Fw. Alfons Klein2JG 52Il-2mH.68832: 300m15.42Eastern Front
02/05/1944Fw. Alfons Klein2JG 52Airacobra68 821: 800m17.5Eastern Front
05/05/1944Fw. Alfons Klein2JG 52Jak-968 832: 3500m17.09Eastern Front
11/05/1944Fw. Alfons Klein2JG 52Il-2mH.98 782: tiefst.18.25Eastern Front
15/05/1944Fw. Alfons Klein2JG 52Boston98 728: 2000m10.01Eastern Front
15/05/1944Fw. Alfons Klein2JG 52Il-2mH.97 131: 150m18.15Eastern Front
21/05/1944Fw. Alfons Klein2JG 52Pe-397 481: 6000m11.16Eastern Front
26/06/1944Ltn. Alfons Klein10JG 11Il-2mH.06 753: 300m12.3Eastern Front
26/06/1944Ltn. Alfons Klein10JG 11Jak-995 563: 500m18Eastern Front
14/07/1944Ltn. Alfons Klein10JG 11Jak-941 471: 500m16.4Eastern Front
16/07/1944Ltn. Alfons Klein10JG 11Airacobra41 442: 2000m5Eastern Front
18/07/1944Ltn. Alfons Klein10JG 11Il-2mH.32 834: 500m14.55Eastern Front
19/07/1944Ltn. Alfons Klein10JG 11Jak-932 864: 20m19.35Eastern Front
27/08/1944Ltn. Alfons Klein4JG 11P-47UF: 2500m [Forêt d'Ermenonville]14.33Western Front
27/08/1944Ltn. Alfons Klein4JG 11P-47UF: 2500m14.36Western Front
12/09/1944Ltn. Alfons Klein4JG 11P-51SSW Hahn: 2500-3000m12.25Western Front
05/02/1945Ltn. Alfons Klein10JG 11Jak-3--Western Front
23/03/1945Ltn. Alfons Klein10JG 11Jak-915 Ost S/4335: [Raum Küstrin]11.5Western Front
24/03/1945Ltn. Alfons Klein10JG 11Jak-915 Ost S/4347: [Raum Küstrin]12.03Western Front
25/03/1945Ltn. Alfons Klein10JG 11Jak-9--Western Front
16/04/1945Ltn. Alfons Klein10JG 11Jak-3--Western Front
18/04/1945Ltn. Alfons Klein10JG 11Jak-9--Western Front

Known Claims : 36

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