HAUPTMANN (LUFTWAFFE)
(A - L)
Adolph, Walter (RK)
Hauptmann
* 11.06.1913 in Fontanelle / Kreis Bacau (Romania).
+ 18.09.1941 near Ostende over the North Sea (initially listed as missing on that date during combat- flying FW 190A-1 0028 >>schwarzer Winkel<<- with RAF Blenheims and Spitfires northwest of Ostende; his corpse washed up near Knokke, Belgium on 12.10.1941).
Promotions:
00.00.193_ Leutnant
Oberleutnant
Hauptmann
Career:
Decorations & Awards:
13.11.1940 Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes as Hauptmann and Gruppenkommandeur of II./JG 26 "Schlageter"
26.10.1940 Ehrenpokal
Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse
Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse
00.00.1939 Deutsches Spanienkreuz in Gold mit Schwertern
Frontflug-Spange f�r Tagj�ger in Silber
Frontflug-Spange f�r Tagj�ger in Bronze
Flugzeugf�hrerabzeichen
Notes
Aerial victories:
25 total (1 IL5 over Spain on 30.12.1937 and 24 against the RAF on the Western Front [16 fighters and 6 Blenheim bombers], + 4 unconfirmed victories. Shot down a Blenheim on the Franco-German border, 01.10.1939, then downed a further 5 enemy aircraft in the Western Campaign (including 3 Blenheims on 12.05.1940). He brought his score to 15 by the end of 1940.
Total combat missions flown:
79.
Albrecht, Egon (RK)
Hauptmann
* 19.05.1918 in Curitiba, Brazil.
+ 25.08.1944 near Creil, France (shot down in combat with U.S. fighterswhile flying Bf 109G-14 460593 >>schwarze 21<< near St. Claude northwest of Creil and killed after bailing out).
Promotions:
Leutnant
Oberleutnant
Hauptmann
Career:
Decorations & Awards:
22.05.1943 Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes as Oberleutnant and Staffelkapit�n of 6./Zerst�rergeschwader 1
22.05.1943 Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
21.09.1942 Ehrenpokal
Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse
Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse
Frontflug-Spange in Gold
Frontflug-Spange in Silber
Frontflug-Spange in Bronze
Flugzeugf�hrerabzeichen
Verwundetenabzeichen, 1939 in Silber (or Gold)
Medaille "Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42"
Notes
Aerial victories:
Approximately 25 (including 5 four-engined bombers and 15 on the Eastern Front).
Total combat missions flown:
Approximately 250.
Andorfer, Anton (RK)
Hauptmann
* 23.12.1919 in Linz / �sterreich.
+ 11.04.1945 near Cottbus (shot down in his FW 190 by Soviet anti-aircraft fire).
Promotions:
Leutnant
Oberleutnant
Hauptmann
Career:
Decorations & Awards:
26.03.1944 Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes as Oberleutnant (after his 726th combat mission)
07.05.1943 Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
22.09.1942 Ehrenpokal
22.09.1943 Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse
Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse
Flugzeugf�hrerabzeichen
Notes
Total combat missions flown:
900 (possibly 1,000), 200 while flying the FW 190
Augenstein, Hans-Heinz (RK)
Hauptmann
* 11.07.1921 in Pforzheim-Br�tzingen / Baden.
+ 06./07.12.1944 near M�nster-Handorf (shot down by a long-range night fighter of the RAF while flying Bf 110G-4 140078 >>G9+HZ<< 10 km. northwest of M�nster-Handorf).
Promotions:
Leutnant
Oberleutnant
Hauptmann
Career:
Decorations & Awards:
09.06.1944 Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes as Oberleutnant and Staffelkapit�n of 12./Nachtjagdgeschwader 1
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Ehrenpokal
Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse
Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse
Flugzeugf�hrerabzeichen
Verwundetenabzeichen, 1939
Notes
Aerial victories:
46- all at night- including 45 four-engined bombers.
Baake, Werner (RK)
Hauptmann
* 01.11.1918 in Nordhausen/Harz.
+ 15.07.1964 near Heilbronn (Killed as a Lufthansa Flugkapit�n when he crashed during a training flight).
Promotions:
Leutnant
Oberleutnant
Hauptmann
Career:
Decorations & Awards:
27.07.1944 Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes as Oberleutnant and Staffelkapit�n of 2./Nachtjagdgeschwader 1
20.03.1944 Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
06.09.1943 Ehrenpokal
Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse
Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse
Frontflug-Spange f�r Nachtj�ger in Gold
Frontflug-Spange f�r Nachtj�ger in Silber
Frontflug-Spange f�r Nachtj�ger in Bronze
Flugzeugf�hrerabzeichen
Notes
Total combat missions flown:
195.
Aerial victories:
41- all at night- including 1 Mosquito and 37 4-engined bombers of the RAF.
Balthasar, Wilhelm (RK m. EL)
Hauptmann
* 02.02.1914 in Fulda / Hessen.
+ 03.07.1941 near Aire, France (killed in combat with RAF fighters when the wings broke off his Bf 109).
Promotions:
Leutnant
Oberleutnant
Hauptmann
Career:
Decorations & Awards:
14.06.1940 Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes as Hauptmann and Staffelkapit�n of 1.Staffel / Jagdgeschwader 1
02.07.1941 Eichenlaub zum Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes (17.) as Hauptmann and F�hrer of Jagdgeschwader 2 �Richthofen�
Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse
Eisernes Kreuz II.Klasse
Deutsche Spanienkreuz in Gold mit Schwertern
02.07.1941 & 10.07.1941 Mentioned in the daily Wehrmachtbericht
Flugzeugf�hrerabzeichen
Notes
Total combat missions flown:
300 during World War II.
Aerial victories:
47 (40 on the Western Front, 7 with the Legion Condor in Spain).
Bargen, Hans von (�H�nschen�) (RK)
Hauptmann
* 14.10.1914 in Malente-Gremsm�hlen.
+ 06.07.1944 over Aeyraepaeae,Finland (killed by a direct hit from Soviet anti-aircraft fire; also killed was his long-time Bordfunker, Oberfeldwebel Wilhelm Becker).
Promotions:
Leutnant
Oberleutnant
Hauptmann
Career:
Decorations & Awards:
19.09.1942 Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes as Oberleutnant, following his 200th combat mission
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse
Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse
Frontflug-Spange in Gold mit Anh�nger
Frontflug-Spange in Silber
Frontflug-Spange in Bronze
Flugzeugf�hrerabzeichen
Notes
Total combat missions flown:
400+ with the Ju 87.
Barten, Franz (RK)
Hauptmann
* 26.01.1912 in Saarbr�cken
+ 04.08.1944 near Reinsehlen (fatally shot in the head while parachuting after being shot down in the area of Soltau bei Reinsehlen during combat with a P-47 Thunderbolt; flying Bf 109G-6 441575 >>gelbe 15<<).
Promotions:
[01.07.1939] Feldwebel
Leutnant
Oberleutnant
00.00.1944 Hauptmann (posthumous promotion)
Career:
Decorations & Awards:
24.10.1944 Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes (posthumously) as Oberleutnant
01.06.1942 Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
20.10.1941 Ehrenpokal
Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse
Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse
Frontflug-Spange f�r Tagj�ger in Gold mit Anh�nger
Frontflug-Spange f�r Tagj�ger in Silber
Frontflug-Spange f�r Tagj�ger in Bronze
Flugzeugf�hrerabzeichen
ca. 1942 Verwundetenabzeichen, 1939
Notes
Total combat missions:
895
Aerial victories:
52 (including 39 on the Eastern Front).
Barth, Eitel-Albert (RK)
Hauptmann
* 07.02.1915 in Bucharest, Romania.
+ 05.11.2004 in Flims-Dorf, Switzerland.
Promotions:
Leutnant
Oberleutnant
Hauptmann
Career:
Decorations & Awards:
24.03.1943 Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes as Oberleutnant and Staffelf�hrer of 4./KG 55
Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse
Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse
Frontflug-Spange f�r Kampfflieger in Gold mit Anh�nger
Frontflug-Spange f�r Kampfflieger in Silber
Frontflug-Spange f�r Kampfflieger in Bronze
Flugzeugf�hrerabzeichen
Notes
Total combat missions flown:
Aerial victories:
Bauhaus, Gerhard (RK)
Hauptmann
*
+ 02.09.1942 at the Luftwaffenlazarett in Greifswald / Pommern (as a result of severe burns sustained in an attack on Rostow, 22.07.1942. Transported to a Lazarett in Taganrog, then, on 20.08.1942, flown by Ju 52 to Greifswald).
Promotions:
Leutnant
Oberleutnant
Hauptmann
Career:
Decorations & Awards:
25.05.1942 Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes as Hauptmann following over 300 combat missions
Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse
Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse
Frontflug-Spange in Gold mit Anh�nger
Frontflug-Spange in Silber
Frontflug-Spange in Bronze
Flugzeugf�hrerabzeichen
Flugzeugf�hrerabzeichen
Notes
Total combat missions flown:
482 as a bomber and dive bomber pilot
Becker, Ludwig (RK m. EL)
Hauptmann
* 22.08.1911 in Dortmund-Aplerbeck / Westfalen.
+ 26.02.1943 10 km north of Schiermonnikoog /Nordsee (killed during a daylight mission).
Promotions:
Leutnant
Oberleutnant d. R.
Hauptmann d. R.
03.02.1943 Hauptmann (aktiv)(mit Wirkung vom 01.02.1943 and Rangdienstalter vom 01.04.1942)
Career:
Decorations & Awards:
01.07.1942 Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes as Oberleutnant d. R. and Staffelkapit�n of 12.Staffel/Nachtjagdgeschwader 2
26.02.1943 Eichenlaub zum Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes (198.) as Hauptmann d. R. and Staffelkapit�n of 12.Staffel/Nachtjagdgeschwader 2
24.04.1942 Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
02.03.1942 Ehrenpokal
23.12.1940 Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse
03.07.1940 Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse
21.01.1942; 26.03.1942;07.06.1942; & 26.06.1942 Mentioned in the daily Wehrmachtbericht
Frontflug-Spange f�r Nachtj�ger in Gold
Frontflug-Spange f�r Nachtj�ger in Silber
Frontflug-Spange f�r Nachtj�ger in Bronze
Flugzeugf�hrerabzeichen
Notes
Total combat missions flown:
165 (118 at night, 47 by day)
Aerial victories:
46 (all at night)
Becker, Martin (RK m. EL)
Hauptmann
* 12.04.1916 in Wiesbaden.
+
Promotions:
Leutnant
Oberleutnant
Hauptmann
Career:
Decorations & Awards:
20.04.1944 Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes as Oberleutnant, Gruppen-TO of I.Gruppe, and Staffelfuhrer of 2.Staffel / Nachtjagdgeschwader 6
20.03.1945 Eichenlaub zum Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes (792.) as Hauptmann and Kommandeur of IV.Gruppe / Nachtjagdgeschwwader 6
30.05.1944 Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
15.04.1944 Ehrenpokal
19.07.1940 Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse
15.06.1940 Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse
Frontflug-Spange f�r Nachtj�ger in Gold
Frontflug-Spange f�r Nachtj�ger in Silber
Frontflug-Spange f�r Nachtj�ger in Bronze
Flugzeugf�hrerabzeichen
Notes
Total combat missions flown:
127
Aerial victories:
58 (all at night)
Belser, Helmut (RK)
Hauptmann
* 23.12.1915 in Stuttgart.
+ 19.06.1942 at Castel-Benito near Tripoli, Libya.
Promotions:
Leutnant
Oberleutnant
Hauptmann
Career:
Decorations & Awards:
06.09.1942 Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes (posthumously)
17.08.1942 Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (posthumously)
11.05.1942 Ehrenpokal
Flugzeugf�hrerabzeichen
Notes
Total combat missions flown:
Aerial victories:
36 (24 in the West, 12 on the Eastern Front).
Bergmann, Helmut (RK)
Hauptmann
* 26.05.1920 in Bochum / Westfalen.
MIA 06./07.08.1944 in the area of Mortain, Normandy (failed to return from an operation in the vicinity of Avranches-Mortain, together with his Bordfunker Feldwebel Hauthal and Bordsch�tze Feldwebel Schopp, while flying Bf 110G-4 140320 >>3C+CS<<). Possibly shot down by a long-range night fighter of the RAF.
Promotions:
Leutnant
Oberleutnant
Hauptmann
Career:
Decorations & Awards:
09.06.1944 Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
06.03.1944 Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
25.06.1943 Ehrenpokal
Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse
Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse
Frontflug-Spange f�r Nachtj�ger in Gold
Frontflug-Spange f�r Nachtj�ger in Silber
Frontflug-Spange f�r Nachtj�ger in Bronze
Flugzeugf�hrerabzeichen
Notes
Total combat missions flown:
135
Aerial victories:
36 (all at night)
Berres, Heinz-Edgar (RK)
Hauptmann
* 10.01.1920 in Koblenz.
+
Promotions:
Leutnant
Oberleutnant
19.09.1943 Hauptmann (posthumous promotion)
Career:
Decorations & Awards:
19.09.1943 Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes (posthumously)
16.02.1943 Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Ehrenpokal
Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse
Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse
Frontflug-Spange f�r Tagj�ger in Gold
Frontflug-Spange f�r Tagj�ger in Silber
Frontflug-Spange f�r Tagj�ger in Bronze
Flugzeugf�hrerabzeichen
Notes
Total combat missions flown:
354
Aerial victories:
52 (including 6 on the Eastern Front and 2 four-engined bombers).
Bisping, Joseph (RK)
Hauptmann
* 22.03.1913 in Emsdetten / Westfalen.
+ 13./14.02.1945 near Berlin (killed in an air crashtogehter with his Bordfunker, Hauptmann Vogel, while flying Ar 234B-2 140145)
Promotions:
Leutnant
Oberleutnant
Hauptmann
Career:
Decorations & Awards:
22.10.1941 Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes as Oberleutnant
Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse
Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse
Flugzeugf�hrerabzeichen
Notes
Total combat missions flown:
Aerial victories:
Bitsch, Emil (RK)
Hauptmann
* 14.06.1916 in Bad Griesbach / Baden.
+ 15.03.1944 near Schijndal / North Brabant, Netherlands (killed in aerial combat with P-47 Thunderbolts while flying Bf 109F 161139).
Promotions:
Leutnant
Oberleutnant
Hauptmann
Career:
Decorations & Awards:
29.08.1943 Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
19.10.1942 Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
31.08.1942 Ehrenpokal
Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse
Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse
Frontflug-Spange f�r Tagj�ger in Gold
Frontflug-Spange f�r Tagj�ger in Silber
Frontflug-Spange f�r Tagj�ger in Bronze
Flugzeugf�hrerabzeichen
Notes
Total combat missions flown:
Aerial victories:
108 (including 4 four-engined bombers on the Western Front).
Boremski, Eberhard von (RK)
Hauptmann
* 24.09.1919 in Conow bei Ludwigslust / Mecklenburg.
+ 16.12.1963inHamburg (killed in an accident).
Promotions:
[01.03.1940] Unteroffizier
Oberfeldwebel
Leutnant
Oberleutnant
Hauptmann
Career:
Postwar Captivity:
Captured by U.S. troops in Czechoslovakia, 00.05.1945. Later handed over to Soviet authorities, spending many years in Russian captivity.
Decorations & Awards:
03.05.1942 Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes as Oberfeldwebel
23.08.1943 Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse
Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse
Frontflug-Spange f�r Tagj�ger in Gold mit Anh�nger
Frontflug-Spange f�r Tagj�ger in Silber
Frontflug-Spange f�r Tagj�ger in Bronze
Flugzeugf�hrerabzeichen
Notes
Total combat missions flown:
630
Aerial victories:
104 (100 on the Eastern Front / 4 on the Western Front).
Bretn�tz, Heinz ("Pietsch") (RK)
Hauptmann
* 24.01.1914 in Mannheim.
+ 27.06.1941 in Jubarkas, Lithuania (died following the amputation of his left leg; this resulted from injuries sustained in an emergency landing after combat with Soviet bombers on 22.06.1941).
Promotions:
[Autumn 1938] Leutnant
Oberleutnant
Hauptmann
Career:
Decorations & Awards:
22.10.1940 Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse
Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse
Deutsches Spanienkreuz in Gold mit Schwertern
Frontflug-Spange f�r Tagj�ger in Gold
Frontflug-Spange f�r Tagj�ger in Silber
Frontflug-Spange f�r Tagj�ger in Bronze
Flugzeugf�hrerabzeichen
Notes
Total combat missions flown:
244
Aerial victories:
37 (34 on the Western Front, 1 Soviet SB-2 bomber on 22.06.1941, and 2 in Spain), and 12 barrage balloons.
Burckhardt, Lutz-Wilhelm (RK)
Hauptmann
* 05.02.1919 in Bremen.
+
Promotions:
Leutnant
Oberleutnant
Hauptmann
Career:
Decorations & Awards:
15.10.1942 Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes as Leutnant and pilot with 4.Staffel / Jagdgeschwader 77
19.10.1942 Ehrenpokal
Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse
Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse
Deutsches Spanienkreuz in Gold mit Schwertern
Frontflug-Spange f�r Tagj�ger in Gold
Frontflug-Spange f�r Tagj�ger in Silber
Frontflug-Spange f�r Tagj�ger in Bronze
Flugzeugf�hrerabzeichen
Notes
Total combat missions flown:
245
Aerial victories:
58 (53 on the Eastern Front)
D�hne, Paul-Heinrich (RK)
Hauptmann
* 07.07.1921 in Frankfurt/Oder.
+ 24.04.1945 near Warnem�nde (killed during a training flight when his He 162 crashed).
Promotions:
[00.00.1941] Leutnant
Oberleutnant
Hauptmann
Career:
Decorations & Awards:
08.04.1944 Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes as Oberleutnant
10.01.1944 Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
13.09.1943 Ehrenpokal
Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse
Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse
Frontflug-Spange f�r Tagj�ger in Gold mit Anh�nger
Frontflug-Spange f�r Tagj�ger in Silber
Frontflug-Spange f�r Tagj�ger in Bronze
Flugzeugf�hrerabzeichen
Notes
Total combat missions flown:
Approximately 600
Aerial victories:
99 aerial victories (3 on the Western Front). Possibly over 100 victories.
Dahmer, Hugo (RK)
Hauptmann
* 07.05.1918 in Koblenz.
+
Promotions:
[00.09.1939] Unteroffizier
[30.07.1941] Oberfeldwebel
Leutnant
Oberleutnant
Hauptmann
Career:
Decorations & Awards:
30.07.1941 Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes as Oberfeldwebel and pilot with 6.Staffel / JG 5
Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse
Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse
Frontflug-Spange f�r Tagj�ger in Gold
Frontflug-Spange f�r Tagj�ger in Silber
Frontflug-Spange f�r Tagj�ger in Bronze
Flugzeugf�hrerabzeichen
Notes
Total combat missions flown:
307
Aerial victories:
45 (including 26 on the Eastern Front and 4 four-engined bombers), + 12 unconfirmed.
D�rr, Franz (RK)
Hauptmann
* 10.02.1913 in Mannheim.
+ 13.10.1972 in Konstanz.
Promotions:
[Spring 1941] Feldwebel
Leutnant
Oberleutnant
Hauptmann
Career:
Decorations & Awards:
19.08.1944 Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes as Oberleutnant and Gruppenkommandeur of III./JG 5
05.06.1944 Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
28.02.1944 Ehrenpokal
Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse
Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse
Frontflug-Spange f�r Tagj�ger in Gold
Frontflug-Spange f�r Tagj�ger in Silber
Frontflug-Spange f�r Tagj�ger in Bronze
Flugzeugf�hrerabzeichen
Notes
Total combat missions flown:
427
Aerial victories:
128 (including 1 on the Western Front, 32 Soviet bombers, 16 Ilyushin Il-2 ground attack aircraft, and 79 Soviet fighters). Also sank 1 enemy patrol boat.
(RK)
Hauptmann
*
+
Promotions:
Leutnant
Oberleutnant
Hauptmann
Career:
Decorations & Awards:
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
Flugzeugf�hrerabzeichen
Notes
Total combat missions flown:
Aerial victories:
(RK)
Hauptmann
*
+
Promotions:
Leutnant
Oberleutnant
Hauptmann
Career:
Decorations & Awards:
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
Flugzeugf�hrerabzeichen
Notes
Total combat missions flown:
Aerial victories:
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