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Luftwaffe Victories Against Handley Page Halifax Date Rank First Name Last name Staffel Unit Enemy Place 13.6.1941 Oblt. Paul Semrau 3. NJG 2 Halifax Finningley 24.6.1941 Oblt. Reinhold Eckardt Stab II. NJG 1 Halifax Buxtehude 30.6.1941 Ltn. Jakob Bender I. NJG 1 Halifax E. Tönning 30.6.1941 Oblt. Walter Fenske I. NJG 1 Halifax S. Garding 30.6.1941 Oblt. Walter Fenske I. NJG 1 Halifax SW Husum 30.6.1941 Ofw. Gerhard Herzog 2. NJG 1 Halifax SW Husum 9.7.1941 Ltn. August Geiger III. NJG 1 Halifax 10km S. Nijmegen 24.7.1941 Uffz. Helmut Baudach 1. JG 2 Halifax 27/3/7: 500m 24.7.1941 Oblt. Helmut Belser 2.Erg. JG 53 Halifax Pl.Qu. 27/3/4/14 West: 50m 24.7.1941 Uffz. Heinz Bross 2.Erg. JG 53 Halifax - 24.7.1941 Fw. Kurt Dols 2.Erg. JG 53 Halifax - 24.7.1941 Ofw. Franz Gawlick 2.Erg. JG 53 Halifax - 24.7.1941 Ofw. Franz Kaiser 2.Erg. JG 53 Halifax - 24.7.1941 Fw. Wolfgang Liedig 2. JG 2 Halifax - 24.7.1941 Fw. Harry Mayer 1. JG 2 Halifax La Rochelle 24.7.1941 Ofw. Gerhard Mund 2. JG 2 Halifax - 24.7.1941 Fw. Ernst Reckers 2.Erg. JG 53 Halifax - 24.7.1941 Ofw. Rudolf Täschner 1. JG 2 Halifax - 6.8.1941 Ltn. Hans-Joachim Redlich I. NJG 1 Halifax 5km NE St. Trond 8.8.1941 Ofw. Wilhelm Beier 3. NJG 2 Halifax 200km E. Withernsea [1424] 13.8.1941 Ltn. Hans Autenrieth 6. NJG 1 Halifax 1km E. Wittstedt 15.8.1941 Ltn. Heinz-Martin Hadeball 7. NJG 1 Halifax 15km ENE Lingen 25.8.1941 Oblt. Heinrich Griese I. NJG 1 Halifax 10km S. Ath 2.9.1941 Uffz. Karl Kupfer 3. NJG 3 Halifax Kreuzbruch 12.10.1941 Ltn. Leopold Fellerer 4. NJG 1 Halifax 3km S. Wons 31.10.1941 Oblt. Rudolf Schoenert 4. NJG 1 Halifax N. Wangerooge 31.10.1941 Oblt. Rudolf Schoenert 4. NJG 1 Halifax 15km N. Langeoog 8.11.1941 Ltn. Herbert Lütje Stab III. NJG 1 Halifax 4km E. Terlet 30.11.1941 Ltn. Ludwig Meister 5. NJG 1 Halifax 5km S. Bramstedt 30.12.1941 Fw. Horst-Benno Krüger Stab II. JG 2 Halifax Brest 30.12.1941 Oblt. Erich Leie Stab JG 2 Halifax 14 West N/49/1/1: 4000m 30.12.1941 Ltn. Franz Sommer 6. JG 2 Halifax Brest 27.3.1942 Oblt. Rudolf Schoenert 4. NJG 2 Halifax - 4.5.1942 Fw. Hans Berschwinger 4. NJG 2 Halifax - 7.5.1942 Hptm. Wilhelm Herget Stab II. NJG 4 Halifax Libin 10km SW St. Hubert 7.5.1942 Oblt. Hubert Rauh 9. NJG 4 Halifax - 20.5.1942 Hptm. Wilhelm Herget 9. NJG 4 Halifax NW St. Hubert 31.5.1942 Ltn. Franz Brinkhaus 4. NJG 1 Halifax 30km NW Köln b. Bergheim: 4000m 31.5.1942 Oblt. Reinhold Knacke Stab I. NJG 1 Halifax 3km ESE Weert: 4500m 31.5.1942 Hptm. Wolfgang Thimmig 2. NJG 1 Halifax 3km NW Maarheeze 2.6.1942 Hptm. Alfred Haesler III. NJG 1 Halifax Bredenbruch 2.6.1942 Oblt. Heinrich zu Sayn-Wittgenstein Erg. NJG 2 Halifax - 2.6.1942 Ltn. Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer II. NJG 1 Halifax 15km S. Louvain 2.6.1942 Hptm. Erich Simon Erg. NJG 2 Halifax - 2.6.1942 Oblt. Helmut Woltersdorf 7. NJG 1 Halifax SE Winterswijk 3.6.1942 Ofw. Rolf Bussmann Erg. NJG 2 Halifax - 3.6.1942 Oblt. Alois Lechner Erg. NJG 2 Halifax - 3.6.1942 Oblt. Manfred Meurer Stab III. NJG 1 Halifax Raum Emmerich 3.6.1942 Hptm. Horst Patuschka Erg. NJG 2 Halifax - 4.6.1942 Hptm. Helmut Lent Stab II. NJG 2 Halifax W. St. Maartensvlotburg 8.6.1942 Fw. Richard Philipp III. NJG 1 Halifax 2km S. Vardingholt 9.6.1942 Oblt. Eckart-Wilhelm von Bonin 6. NJG 1 Halifax 4km NE Brüssel 9.6.1942 Oblt. Paul Gildner 5. NJG 2 Halifax - 9.6.1942 Oblt. Werner Rowlin 8. NJG 1 Halifax 2km S. Zaltbommel 9.6.1942 Hptm. Erich Simon Erg. NJG 2 Halifax SW Hook-of-Holland 17.6.1942 Oblt. Wilhelm Dormann 8. NJG 1 Halifax 8km SW Hardenberg 17.6.1942 Oblt. Reinhold Knacke Stab I. NJG 1 Halifax 7km W. Veldhoven: 4200m 21.6.1942 Oblt. Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weissenfeld 5. NJG 2 Halifax 25km NW Gröningen 26.6.1942 Oblt. Fritz Carstens 7. NJG 1 Halifax - 26.6.1942 Hptm. Alfred Haesler III. NJG 1 Halifax 8km NW Eldenzaal 26.6.1942 Oblt. Rudolf Sigmund Stab II. NJG 2 Halifax Assen 26.6.1942 Ltn. Paul Szameitat 6. NJG 3 Halifax Cuxhafen 26.6.1942 Uffz. Heinz Vinke 5. NJG 2 Halifax Zuiderzee 28.6.1942 Oblt. Rudolf Sigmund Stab II. NJG 2 Halifax 20km SSW Den Helder 30.6.1942 Uffz. Alfred Brackmann 1. NJG 3 Halifax - 30.6.1942 Oblt. Leopold Fellerer 5. NJG 2 Halifax S. Hoorn 30.6.1942 Hptm. Paul Semrau 3. NJG 2 Halifax MTO 30.6.1942 Oblt. Rudolf Sigmund Stab II. NJG 2 Halifax 40km S. Leeuwarden 9.7.1942 Oblt. Rudolf Sigmund Stab II. NJG 2 Halifax 21km NW Gröningen 20.7.1942 Oblt. Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weissenfeld 5. NJG 2 Halifax N. Terschelling 20.7.1942 Oblt. Rudolf Schoenert 4. NJG 2 Halifax Raum Borkum 22.7.1942 Ofw. Heinz Strüning 8. NJG 2 Halifax 14km S. Utrecht 26.7.1942 Oblt. Hans-Dieter Frank 2. NJG 1 Halifax N. Venlo 26.7.1942 Oblt. Kurt Loos 1. NJG 1 Halifax 52324: 3000m [Osten/1km N. s'Hertogenbosch] 27.7.1942 Ofw. Hans Berschwinger 4. NJG 2 Halifax - 27.7.1942 Ltn. Kaiser 4. NJG 2 Halifax - 27.7.1942 Hptm. Helmut Lent Stab II. NJG 2 Halifax NW Vlieland 27.7.1942 Ltn. Gerhard Raht 5. NJG 3 Halifax SW Pellworm 27.7.1942 Oblt. Rudolf Schoenert 4. NJG 2 Halifax - 30.7.1942 Oblt. Reinhold Eckardt 7. NJG 3 Halifax 200m S. Brabant: 3900m 1.8.1942 Oblt. Heinrich zu Sayn-Wittgenstein 9. NJG 2 Halifax - 6.8.1942 Ltn. August Geiger 8. NJG 1 Halifax 5363F4: 4000m [Wezep 15km S. Zwolle] 6.8.1942 Oblt. Kurt Loos 1. NJG 1 Halifax 52244: 5500m [3˝km N. Appeltern 20km W. Nijmegen] 6.8.1942 Hptm. Werner Streib Stab I. NJG 1 Halifax 5243: 4700m [2km N. Karkebeiath 15km N. Eindhoven] 7.8.1942 Hptm. Walter Ehle Stab II. NJG 1 Halifax 2km SW Gruitrode: 4500m 7.8.1942 Hptm. Heinrich zu Sayn-Wittgenstein 9. NJG 2 Halifax - 10.8.1942 Oblt. Reinhold Knacke 1. NJG 1 Halifax 5246: 3600m [2km SW St. Antoine/8km NW Helmond] 12.8.1942 Hptm. Ludwig Bietmann 5. NJG 1 Halifax 51/5/6D5: 3500m [1˝km NNE Namur] 12.8.1942 Oblt. Paul Gildner 5. NJG 2 Halifax Erbach b. Wiesbaden: 4500m [Raum Ameland] 12.8.1942 Oblt. Kurt Loos 1. NJG 1 Halifax 1km SE Sammlinghem: 600m [Scheldmündung] 13.8.1942 Hptm. Horst Patuschka 8. NJG 2 Halifax - 14.8.1942 Uffz. Fritz Hobusch 7. NJG 2 Halifax - 16.8.1942 Oblt. Reinhold Knacke 1. NJG 1 Halifax 2˝km E. Kevelaer: 5100m 17.8.1942 Major Günther Radusch Stab II. NJG 3 Halifax 7663I6: 3000m [Sonderborg] 17.8.1942 Major Günther Radusch Stab II. NJG 3 Halifax 866701: 3000m 19.8.1942 Fw. Herbert Altner 5. NJG 3 Halifax 1km ESE Sřnderborg: 4000-4800m 20.8.1942 Besatzung KGr. 106 Halifax 14 West/6845-9458: 500m Date Rank First Name Last name Staffel Unit Enemy Place 20.8.1942 Fw. Vincenz Giessübel 13. KG 40 ˝ Halifax Pontepedra 15km SW La Coruna 20.8.1942 Oblt. Adolf Runge 13. KG 40 ˝ Halifax Pontepedra 15km SW La Coruna 27.8.1942 Hptm. Wolfgang Thimmig Stab III. NJG 1 Halifax 4km S. Haaksbergen: 3500m 28.8.1942 Oblt. Martin Bauer 7. NJG 1 Halifax 2km NW Leer: 4600m 28.8.1942 Hptm. Wilhelm Herget 9. NJG 4 Halifax 1km S. Hastičre: 4100m [Hainault/Dinant] 28.8.1942 Ltn. Hermann Müller Stab III. NJG 2 Halifax 334 8F4: 1200m 29.8.1942 Ofw. Adolf Brandstetter 9. NJG 1 Halifax Maubergue: 4200m [E. Mons] 29.8.1942 Ltn. Fritz Graef 9. NJG 4 Halifax 2km SE Soize: 3400m 29.8.1942 Fw. Fritz Schellwat 5. NJG 1 Halifax Grandiebach: 3000m [Kloster Maria Laach] 29.8.1942 Ltn. Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer Stab II. NJG 1 Halifax 4125 H3: 3600m [1km E. Tombeek] 2.9.1942 Hptm. Wilhelm Herget 9. NJG 4 Halifax 5km S. Dixmuiden: 3700m 3.9.1942 Oblt. Kurt Martinek 9. NJG 4 Halifax 12km SW Namur: 4200m 5.9.1942 Hptm. Helmut Lent Stab II. NJG 2 Halifax 531 9A: 5800m [15km SE Leeuwarden] 5.9.1942 Fw. Arthur Liebhold 8. JG 27 Halifax S. Iraklion 5.9.1942 Oblt. Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weissenfeld 5. NJG 2 Halifax 548 3A: 1000m [5km SW Leeuwarden] 5.9.1942 Uffz. Heinz Vinke 5. NJG 2 Halifax Workna: 4700m [9km E. Enkhuizen] 7.9.1942 Ofw. Wilhelm Beier 9. NJG 2 Halifax - 7.9.1942 Hptm. Siegfried Wandam 3. NJG 1 Halifax 62/5/4: 3000m 8.9.1942 Hptm. Ludwig Bietmann 5. NJG 1 Halifax 51/5/ 1A2: 5000m [25km SW Ardennes] 10.9.1942 Hptm. Heinrich zu Sayn-Wittgenstein 9. NJG 2 Halifax - 10.9.1942 Ofw. Karl Wieland 1. NJG 1 Halifax 6233: 5200m 14.9.1942 Oblt. Ludwig Becker 6. NJG 2 Halifax 631 1C: 5700m [10km S. Leeuwarden] 17.9.1942 Oblt. Hubert Rauh 9. NJG 4 Halifax Ostrand Fl.Pl.
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