Casualty List 1939-1945 

A to D
This list includes all pilot casualties presently known. It is a less detailed adaptation of the casualty list which appears in Appendix V of Don's War Diary Volume II. The visitor should consult the original data for additional listings which include - aircraft type, werk nummer, markings, time and, where appropriate, allied unit responsible for listed cause
 

KIA = killed in action - KIFA = killed in flying accident - KAC = killed in non flying accident - WIA = wounded in action - WIFA = wounded in flying accident -POW = prisoner of war - MIA = missing in action - a/f = airfield

             
Date
Name
Rank
Casualty
Unit
Place
Cause
10/18/42
Abel, Hans
Ogfr.
KIA
7
Dover-Ramsgate
ship flak
6/17/41
Adam, Bernhard
Fw.
KIA
2
Channel-Boulogne
Hurricane
12/20/42
Adam, Heinz-Günther
Lt.
KIA
1
Abbeville a/f
landing
9/18/41
Adolph, Walter
Hptm.
KIA
II CO
30km NW of Ostend
Spitfire
4/10/44
Afflerbach, Franz
Uffz.
KIA
3
Florennes a/f
bomb
10/2/44
Ahrens, Erich
Uffz.
WIFA
7
S of Borken
engine
1/1/45
Ahrens, Erich
Fw.
POW
7
Beveland-SW of Goes (NL)
ship flak
11/11/43
Ahrens, Peter
Fw.
WIA
3
5km SW of St Pol
Spitfire
1/18/45
Ahrens, Peter
Lt.
WIFA
3
near Meppen
engine
3/4/45
Ahrens, Peter
Lt.
KIFA
3
NW of Fürstenau a/f
engine
1/14/44
Aistleitner, Johann
Hptm.
KIA
5 CO
Montdidier-Ercheu
P-47
8/19/43
Altmann, Leberecht
Lt.
WIA
1
Epen-W of Breda
P-47
12/10/44
Anselment, Reinhard
Gefr.
KIA
4
Neurath-Grevenbroich
P-47
10/22/40
Arp, Heinrich
Fw.
KIA
2
S of Littlestone-Channel
Hurricane
4/12/45
Asmus, Erich
Lt.
KIA
I St
N of Ülzen
Tempest
6/24/44
Ayerle, Hermann
Uffz.
WIA
12
St. Andre
Mustang
7/17/44
Ayerle, Hermann
Uffz.
WIA
12
Toussous le Noble
Spitfire
9/25/44
Ayerle, Hermann
Uffz.
WIA
12
N of Deelen a/f
Spitfire
4/8/44
Babenz, Emil
Fhj-Ofw.
KIA
2
W of Lingen-Zuider Zee
P-47
5/14/43
Backeberg, Heinz
Uffz.
KIA
5
E of Ghent-Scheldt Est
B-17
4/9/43
Backhaus, Otto-August
Lt.
KIA
10J
NW of Cap Gris Nez
Spitfire
9/27/43
Bäder, Alfred
Uffz.
KIA
9
Beauvais
Spitfire
9/27/44
Baier, Valentin
Uffz.
KIA
8
near Arnhem
Spitfire
9/14/43
Bannischka, Helmut
Uffz.
KIA
7
Veenendaal
Spitfire
3/7/45
Bartels, Heinz-William
Lt.
KIA
11
near Gildehaus
Tempest
7/24/40
Bartels, Werner
Oblt.
POW
III St
Margate
Spitfire
7/23/41
Barthel, Alfred
Uffz.
WIA
5
Manighem
Spitfire
8/11/42
Barthel, Alfred
Fw.
WIFA
5
Epinoy a/f
takeoff
1/20/43
Barthel, Alfred
Fw.
KIA
5
Channel
Spitfire
3/16/44
Baumann, Josef
Uffz.
KIA
8
near Epinoy a/f
P-47
6/20/43
Bäumener, Helmut
Fw.
WIA
3
near Vendeville
Spitfire
9/8/43
Bäumener, Helmut
Fw.
WIA
3
W of Cambrai - f/l Vendeville
Spitfire
10/4/42
Baumgartner, Karl
Uffz.
WIFA
10J
S of Campaigne
engine
4/13/44
Beck, Kurt
Uffz.
WIA
11
NW Würtemberg-Ettingen
P-47
5/25/44
Beck, Kurt
Uffz.
KIA
11
NE of Chaumont
P-47
9/27/44
Becker, Alois
Fw.
KIA
1
W of Emmerich-Spijk
Spitfire
8/17/43
Becker, Hans-Georg
Uffz.
WIA
1
Liege - b/l Venlo
B-17
6/7/44
Becker, Hans-Georg
Uffz.
KIA
1
40km SW of Rouen
combat
3/21/45
Beckert, Otto
Uffz.
KIA
7
Hopsten a/f
combat
3/16/44
Beer, Heinrich
Lt.
KIA
3
SW of St. Dizier
P-47
6/1/40
Beese, Artur
Uffz.
POW
9
Lille
Morane 406
8/24/40
Beese, Artur
Fw.
no
9
St. Inglevert
fighter
9/8/43
Beese, Artur
Oblt.
WIA
1 CO
W of Cambrai
Spitfire
2/6/44
Beese, Artur
Oblt.
KIA
1 CO
SW of Melun
P-47
3/24/42
Behrens, Otto
Oblt.
WIA
6 CO
near Le Treport
Spitfire
12/20/41
Beilstein, Hans
Gefr.
KIFA
1/E
Donk near Tilburg
crashed
4/22/45
Bellmann, Rudolf
Uffz.
KIA
6
Buchholz
flak
5/2/44
Benk, Konrad
Fhj-Uffz
KIFA
11
Rouvres-Chaumont a/f
engine
12/24/44
Benz, Siegfried
Lt.
KIA
6
N of Düsseldorf
Bf 109
3/2/44
Berg, Heinrich
Uffz.
KIA
6
Koblenz-Trier
P-47
8/19/42
Berg, Heinrich von
Uffz.
KIA
10J
4km N of Hesdin
Spitfire
9/6/43
Berger, Walter
Uffz.
KIA
6
12km NE of Poix
Spitfire
12/26/44
Bergmeier, Hans
Flg.
KIA
4
near Malmedy
P-51
1/1/45
Berndt, Karl-Heinz
Uffz.
POW
12
St Martensdijk
flak
1/4/45
Bernhardt, Horst
Ofhr.
WIA
4
near Osnabrück
Spitfire
11/19/44
Bertels, Konrad
Oblt.
KIFA
I St
Rheine-Bentheim
engine
4/8/45
Bexen, Harro
Ogfr.
KIA
5
near Hildesheim
P-47
8/28/40
Beyer, Georg
Oblt.
POW
Ge St
S of Canterbury
fighter
5/14/43
Beyer, Siegfried
Obfw.
WIA
6
Wevelgem a/f
P-47
7/3/41
Bieber, Rudolf
Hptm.
KIA
I St
St. Omer
Spitfire
9/17/41
Biedermann, Erwin
Oblt.
KIA
9
NW of Calais
Spitfire
5/28/40
Biegert, Ernst
Fw.
KIA
2
St Pol-NW of Calais
Spitfire
9/6/40
Bieker, Karl
Gefr.
KIA
7
Channel-S of London
Spitfire
1/30/44
Bierkamp, Karl
Uffz.
KIA
8
Zuider Zee
P-47
8/27/42
Bierwirth, Heinrich
Obfw.
WIA
5
Somme Estuary
Spitfire
11/27/42
Bierwirth, Heinrich
Obfw.
KIA
5
Rye-Folkestone
RR explosion
1/14/45
Binge, Werner
Uffz.
KIA
6
SE of Bonn
P-51
7/31/42
Birke, Gerhard
Uffz.
WIA
4
20km SW of Berck
Spitfire
5/17/43
Birke, Gerhard
Uffz.
KIFA
4
Vitry a/f
grd collision
4/4/43
Birn, Jürgen
Ogfr.
KIA
4/54
St Denis-Rouen
B-17
12/23/44
Bischoff, Hermann
Uffz.
KIA
2
Nettersheim-St. Vith
P-47
12/8/41
Bleefe, Joachim
Uffz.
WIFA
I St
Arques
hit ground
6/6/44
Bleich, Hans
Lt.
WIFA
6
Biarritz a/f
takeoff
3/1/45
Bleich, Hans
Lt.
KIA
1
Düsseldorf
P-47
3/26/45
Blickle, Wilhelm
Lt.
WIA
3
Münster-Handorf
Tempest
6/19/40
Blohm, Peter
Lt.
KIA
6
SW of Chateauroux
flak
6/24/43
Blömertz, Günther
Lt.
WIA
4
Ichtegem-S of Ostend
P-47
10/1/40
Bluder, Hans
Uffz.
KIA
4
Balmer Down-Brighton
Hurricane
8/18/40
Blume, Walter
Lt.
POW
7
Canterbury
Hurricane
6/13/43
Böcher, Karl-Heinz
Obfw.
WIA
10/54
near Furnes
P-47
7/1/43
Bock, Arnulf
Uffz.
KIA
5
Hazebrouck
Spitfire
9/17/40
Bock, Heinz
Uffz.
POW
7
Rye
engine
3/25/45
Bock, Otto
Uffz.
WIFA
11
Delmenhorst a/f
landing
11/20/43
Boeckl, Albert
Uffz.
WIA
12
Köln
no fuel
5/25/44
Boeckl, Albert
Uffz.
WIA
12
NW of Contrexeville-Haute Marne
P-47
2/7/45
Boeke, Günther
Ogfr.
KIFA
7
Düsseldorf a/f
takeoff
3/12/43
Boesch, Emil
Fw.
KIA
10J
10km N of Dunkirk
Typhoon
4/25/42
Bohn, Kurt
Fw.
KIA
3
N of Dunkirk
Spitfire
1/14/45
Böhter, Hans-Georg
Uffz.
KIA
6
St Vith-Bastogne
P-51
8/23/43
Borounick, Erich
Obfw.
KIA
10
7km E of Frevent-Artois
Spitfire
11/6/44
Borreck, Hans-Joachim
Uffz.
KIA
5
near Wahlheim-Aachen
flak
5/13/40
Borris, Karl
Lt.
WIA
5
near Dordrecht
Defiant
5/14/43
Borris, Karl
Hptm.
WIA
8 CO
Issigen-Wevelgem
B-17
2/25/45
Bott, Josef
Lt.
WIA
5
Clausheide-Rheine
Spitfire XIV
3/26/40
Boy, Bruno
Uffz.
KIFA
8
Essen-Mülheim
collision
7/17/44
Bracher, Fritz
Oblt.
KIA
10
Dreux
P-51
9/7/40
Braun, Ernst
Uffz.
POW
6
London
fighter
8/19/41
Braun, Reinhardt
Gefr.
KIA
5
Poperinghe-Steenvoorde
Spitfire
11/5/40
Braun, Walter
Fw.
POW
9
N of Dungeness-Wittersham
collision
6/26/40
Braune, Heinz
Gefr.
KIFA
2
Lyon
engine
1/1/45
Braunert, Karl-Heinz
Ogfr.
KIA
4
W of Vremde-Antwerp
missing
8/18/44
Brede, Hans-Joachim
Lt.
KIA
7
Beauvais-Tillé
Mustang
1/15/43
Bremer, Herbert
Uffz.
KIA
3
off Rye
flak
12/22/43
Broda, Günter
Uffz.
KIA
9
Heemse-Enschede
P-47
9/1/44
Bruckauf, Gerhard
Gefr.
KIFA
12
near Siegen
crashed
5/19/40
Brucks, Helmut
Lt.
POW
9
NE of Courtrai
Hurricane
5/31/40
Brügelmann, Helmut
Uffz.
WIA
8
Dunkirk
Hurricane
1/15/41
Brügelmann, Helmut
Fw.
KIFA
8
E of St Valery
crashed
7/14/44
Brühan, Emil
Uffz.
WIA
1
60km W of Paris
P-47
11/27/44
Brühan, Emil
Uffz.
WIA
1
Salzbergen-Rheine
P-51
2/25/45
Brühan, Emil
Uffz.
KIA
1
15km N of Münster
combat
2/15/43
Bruhn, Karl
Uffz.
KIA
7
15km NW of Dunkirk
Spitfire
2/21/45
Brumund, Johannes
Uffz.
KIFA
6
SE of Meppen
own flak
2/3/45
Brünn, Heinz
Uffz.
WIFA
10
Plantlünne a/f
takeoff taxi
11/5/43
Bruns, Holger
Ofhr.
WIFA
5
Dienze-15km SW of Ghent
engine
1/19/44
Bruns, Holger
Lt.
KIFA
5
Givet-Meuse
engine fire
1/20/43
Budde, Heinz
Uffz.
POW
6
E of Dover
Typhoon
10/12/44
Bühring, Hans-Th.
Ofhr.
KIA
12
Bremervörde
P-51
9/3/44
Büker, Herbert
Uffz.
KIA
2
E of Brussels
P-51
12/18/44
Burckhardt, Gottfried
Uffz.
WIFA
8
Plantlünne a/f
landing
1/14/45
Burckhardt, Gottfried
Uffz.
KIA
8
Köln-Wahn a/f
P-51
10/20/43
Bürger, Walter
Uffz.
KIA
5
Krinkelt near Elsenborn
P-47
4/26/44
Burglechner, Josef
Ofhr.
KAC
1
Cazaux
drowned
3/31/45
Burkardt, Friedrich
Oblt.
KIA
5
near Ahlhorn-Bissel
Spitfire
1/21/44
Burkert, Erich
Oblt.
KIA
9
Chièvres-en-Laonnois
P-47
6/8/40
Burkhardt, Alfred
Fw.
POW
3
SW of Beauvais
Morane 406
8/13/44
Burmeister, Erich
Uffz.
MIA
4
NE of Le Mans
P-51
9/27/44
Burmeister, Erich
Uffz.
WIA
4
N of Kleve
Spitfire
10/4/44
Burmeister, Erich
Uffz.
WIA
4
S of Emmerich
P-47
9/28/39
Bürschgens, Josef
Lt.
WIA
2
SW of Perl
Curtiss H75
8/11/40
Bürschgens, Josef
Lt.
no
7
Calais-Caffiers
Spitfire
9/1/40
Bürschgens, Josef
Lt.
POW
7
Wittersham-Rye
Bf 110
9/23/44
Busch, Maximilian
Fhr.
KIA
6
30km NNW of Wesel-Apeldoorn
P-51
5/11/44
Busch, Waldemar
Fhr.
WIA
8
15km N of Orleans
rammed B-24
7/4/44
Busch, Waldemar
Lt.
KIA
8
Caen-Bayeux
Spitfire
12/5/44
Buschegger, Friedrich
Obfw.
KIA
2
Maiburg-NW of Fürstenau
P-51
8/12/40
Butterweck, Friedrich
Oblt.
KIA
1
Elham-SE of Ashford
Spitfire
2/5/43
Büttner, Herbert
Uffz.
KIA
10J
SE of Hastings
Typhoon
12/20/43
Butzmann, Hermann
Uffz.
KIA
5
N of Boursies
Spitfire
11/30/42
Cadenbach, Wilhelm
Lt.
KIA
4
SW of Portland
ship flak
9/30/40
Carl, Konrad
Fw.
WIA
9
S of London
Spitfire
6/21/41
Carmeinke, Heinz
Uffz.
KIA
8
W of Le Touquet
Hurricane
10/7/44
Chemnitzer, Max
Fw.
WIFA
7
Kirchhellen a/f
landing
3/1/45
Chemnitzer, Max
Fw.
KIA
7
Düsseldorf
P-47
9/6/40
Christinnecke, Hans
Oblt.
POW
7
Hothfield-Ashford
Spitfire
7/30/43
Christof, Ernst
Fw.
KIA
1
W Burgh-Haamstede
P-47
11/30/43
Claar, Karl-Heinz
Obfw.
KIA
12
Radevornwald-Niederfeld
combat
9/2/41
Contzen, Herbert
Uffz.
no
E
Scheldt near Oostkapelle
engine
4/27/42
Contzen, Herbert
Uffz.
KIFA
9
3km W of Bergues
crashed
1/23/45
Cordt, Hans-Helmuth
Lt.
KIA
4
near Lenden-Tecklenburg
Spitfire XIV
9/19/42
Corinth, Gerhard
Fw.
KIFA
9
Moorsele a/f
crashed
9/27/44
Corinth, Gerhard
Uffz.
KIA
4
Rheden-W of Arnhem
Spitfire
4/15/42
Crull, Karl-August
Oblt.
KIA
2
Moringhem-St. Omer
Spitfire
6/22/43
Crump, Peter
Fw.
WIA
5
Scheldt Estuary
P-47
2/22/44
Crump, Peter
Fw.
WIA
6
Rückelshofen-Venlo
P-47
4/4/42
Cubillus, Erich
Uffz.
WIFA
1
St Omer
engine
4/13/42
Cubillus, Erich
Uffz.
KIA
1
near Marquise
Spitfire
8/19/42
Czwilinski, Paul
Obfw.
KIA
2
Dieppe harbor
Spitfire
6/22/44
Dachmann, Willi
Uffz.
WIA
12
Cherbourg
P-47
2/28/45
Dachmann, Willi
Uffz.
KIFA
11
Plantlünne a/f
collision
9/14/40
Dähne, Kurt
Oblt.
KIA
I St
Teynham, Kent
Hurricane
4/3/43
Damm, Heinrich
Uffz.
KIA
4
St. Omer-Le Touquet
Spitfire
5/31/43
Danneberg, Hans
Fw.
KIA
4
sea 10km N of Ostend
Spitfire
9/23/44
Dantschke, Albrecht
Uffz.
KIA
1
Rayen-Neuenkirchen
P-51
9/18/43
David, Rudolf
Fw.
WIA
12
Pont Audemer
Typhoon
4/13/44
Dehsbesell, Karl
Uffz.
KIA
6
Trier-Steffeln
P-47
12/27/44
Delor, Rudolf
Uffz.
WIFA
4
Hopsten a/f
landing
3/1/45
Delor, Rudolf
Uffz.
KIA
3
Düsseldorf
P-47
8/7/44
Deshombes, Günter
Ogfr.
KIA
11
E of Avranches
P-47
6/2/41
Dethloff, Hans-Heinz
Oblt.
KIFA
2/E
SW of Cognac a/f
landing
7/7/41
Deuse, Erwin
Fw.
KIFA
4
Bruges
engine
6/10/44
Dewald, Gerhard
Ofhr.
WIA
9
Orne Estuary
P-47
7/17/44
Dewald, Gerhard
Ofhr.
KIA
9
Évreux
P-51
10/4/44
Dieterlen, Georg
Uffz.
KIFA
4
Krefeld
landing
6/16/41
Dietz, Karl
Gefr.
KIA
1
Marquise-Samer
Spitfire
9/7/41
Dietze, Gottfried
Uffz.
no
2
near Lumbres
non-op crash
9/27/41
Dietze, Gottfried
Uffz.
WIA
2
Clairmarais
combat
5/31/42
Dietze, Gottfried
Fw.
WIFA
1
Arques a/f
cockpit fire
2/4/44
Dietze, Gottfried
Lt.
WIA
1
E of Hasselt
P-47
1/2/41
Dietze, Rudolf
Fw.
KIFA
1/E
Cognac
crashed
3/8/45
Dingler, Günther
Ogfr.
WIFA
3
Fürstenau a/f
landing
4/4/45
Dingler, Günther
Ogfr.
KIA
3
Lingen-Nordhorn
combat
8/17/43
Dippel, Hans-Georg
Oblt.
no
9
WSW of Koblenz
B-17
5/8/44
Dippel, Hans-Georg
Hptm.
KIFA
9 CO
Doncourt
crashed
9/21/43
Dirksen, Hans
Fw.
KIA
8
10km NW of Albert
Spitfire
6/29/44
Dobryn, Fritz
Uffz.
KIA
4
near Caen
Spitfire
9/3/44
Dombrowa, Leo
Uffz.
WIA
2
E of Brussels
P-51
3/1/45
Dombrowa, Leo
Uffz.
KIA
2
Düsseldorf
P-47
9/17/41
Dominikus, Karl
Oblt.
WIA
I St
Bois de Boulogne
Spitfire
6/8/40
Dörr, Hermann
Lt.
KIA
7
Neufchatel
Morane 406
9/8/43
Dörre, Edgar
Fw.
KIA
9
Lens
Spitfire
3/31/45
Dortenmann, Hans
Oblt.
no
3 CO
Lüdinghausen
flak
2/13/42
Dovnar, Alfred
Uffz.
KIFA
8
Calais-Pihen
takeoff
9/21/43
Draheim, Manfred
Lt.
KIA
1
10km NW of Albert
Spitfire
2/16/44
Düsing, Wilhelm
Uffz.
WIFA
3
near Florennes
crashed
2/14/45
Düsing, Wilhelm
Uffz.
WIA
2
near Rheine a/f
Spitfire XIV
3/19/45
Düsing, Wilhelm
Uffz.
WIA
2
near Münster-Ostbevern
P-51
2/24/44
Dylewski, Kurt-Heinz
Fhj-Fw.
KIA
12
Handrup-Stappenberg
P-47
9/21/41
Dzialas, Ulrich
Lt.
KIA
8
S of Boulogne
Spitfire
 

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